The Boston Red Sox went 86-76 in 2006, a .531 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 820 runs and allowed 825, a run differential of -5. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.76 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. David Ortiz led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and Curt Schilling the rotation at a 3.97 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 11 games back. They spent 99 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 4 games on June 29 and were as far as 12.5 games back on September 27. Their best month was May at 17-9, their worst August at 9-21. The longest runs were a 12-game winning streak from June 16 to June 29 and a 6-game losing streak from August 18 to August 22. They were 48-33 at home and 38-43 on the road, 29-20 in one-run games and 37-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-3 at the Yankees on May 9; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 at the Indians on April 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
11
.560
117
127
-10
May
17
9
.654
167
123
+44
June
17
9
.654
146
119
+27
July
15
12
.556
147
143
+4
August
9
21
.300
132
179
-47
Sept/Oct
14
14
.500
111
134
-23
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
29-20
.592
Extra innings
5-7
.417
Within the division
40-35
.533
Against .500+ clubs
37-44
.457
Decided by 5+ runs
24-25
.490
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
36,180
36,224
35,491
36,920
Night
57
36,270
36,269
35,881
36,607
Day
24
35,967
35,901
35,491
36,920
Weekend
38
36,100
36,119
35,564
36,920
Weekday
43
36,251
36,290
35,491
36,607
On the road
81
36,099
34,387
15,001
55,246
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
36,272
May
14
36,252
Jun
13
36,178
Jul
12
36,146
Aug
15
36,123
Sep
16
36,163
Oct
1
35,826
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 160 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
3:04
148 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
4:07
12 of them
Longest
4:59
2006-06-26, 12 inn
Shortest
2:13
2006-09-05
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
160
3:09
3:03
2:03
6:19
Regulation
148
3:04
3:02
2:03
4:45
Extra innings
12
4:07
3:58
3:07
6:19
Home
79
3:09
3:02
2:13
4:59
Road
81
3:09
3:07
2:03
6:19
Day
46
3:17
3:10
2:23
6:19
Night
114
3:06
3:01
2:03
4:45
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:51
May
13
3:06
Jun
13
3:14
Jul
12
3:13
Aug
15
3:24
Sep
16
3:03
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Boston Red Sox are 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their -5 run differential implies .497. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
