The Boston Red Sox went 96-66 in 2007, a .593 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 867 runs and allowed 657, a run differential of +210. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.85 staff ERA was the second best. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. David Ortiz led the position players at 6.7 WAR, and Josh Beckett the rotation at a 3.27 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 2 games clear. They spent 172 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 11.5 games on May 27 and were as far as 1 game back on April 2. Their best month was May at 20-8, their worst June at 13-14. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 18 to April 22 and a 4-game losing streak from June 3 to June 6. They were 51-30 at home and 45-36 on the road, 22-28 in one-run games and 44-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 at the White Sox on August 25; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 against the Braves on May 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
8
.667
125
84
+41
May
20
8
.714
155
117
+38
June
13
14
.481
112
112
0
July
15
12
.556
153
107
+46
August
16
13
.552
167
118
+49
Sept/Oct
16
11
.593
155
119
+36
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
22-28
.440
Extra innings
2-5
.286
Within the division
42-30
.583
Against .500+ clubs
44-40
.524
Decided by 5+ runs
36-17
.679
Last 10
6-4
.600
2007 postseason
In October the Boston Red Sox beat the Angels 3-0 in the ALDS, beat the Indians 4-3 in the ALCS, then beat the Rockies 4-0 in the World Series. They won the 2007 World Series.
ALDS vs Angels3-0 W
Game 1, October 3 W 4-0 vs Angels
Game 2, October 5 W 6-3 vs Angels
Game 3, October 7 W 9-1 at Angels
ALCS vs Indians4-3 W
Game 1, October 12 W 10-3 vs Indians
Game 2, October 13 L 6-13 vs Indians
Game 3, October 15 L 2-4 at Indians
Game 4, October 16 L 3-7 at Indians
Game 5, October 18 W 7-1 at Indians
Game 6, October 20 W 12-2 vs Indians
Game 7, October 21 W 11-2 vs Indians
World Series vs Rockies4-0 W
Game 1, October 24 W 13-1 vs Rockies
Game 2, October 25 W 2-1 vs Rockies
Game 3, October 27 W 10-5 at Rockies
Game 4, October 28 W 4-3 at Rockies
American League East standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2007. 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
36,679
36,747
35,424
37,216
Night
56
36,831
36,834
35,946
37,216
Day
25
36,339
36,358
35,424
36,767
Weekend
39
36,546
36,533
35,946
37,039
Weekday
42
36,803
36,877
35,424
37,216
On the road
81
38,643
39,234
16,393
55,078
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
36,401
May
16
36,848
Jun
11
36,651
Jul
17
36,746
Aug
10
36,620
Sep
17
36,671
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 162 completed games, 2007.
Regulation
3:07
155 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
3:53
7 of them
Longest
4:43
2007-09-14, 9 inn
Shortest
2:17
2007-09-29
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
162
3:09
3:10
2:10
4:43
Regulation
155
3:07
3:08
2:10
4:43
Extra innings
7
3:53
3:46
3:16
4:38
Home
81
3:10
3:10
2:17
4:43
Road
81
3:08
3:07
2:10
4:38
Day
48
3:07
3:06
2:10
4:04
Night
114
3:10
3:10
2:13
4:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:01
May
16
3:11
Jun
11
3:15
Jul
17
3:09
Aug
10
3:11
Sep
17
3:14
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +210 run differential implies .624. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
