The Boston Red Sox went 89-73 in 2010, a .549 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 818 runs and allowed 744, a run differential of +74. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.12 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 114 team wRC+ was 14% above league average — the best in MLB. Adrian Beltré led the position players at 5.5 WAR, and Jon Lester the rotation at a 3.25 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 7 games back. They spent 2 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 4 and were as far as 10 games back on September 4. Their best month was June at 18-9, their worst March/April at 11-12. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from June 15 to June 20 and a 5-game losing streak from April 15 to April 19. They were 46-35 at home and 43-38 on the road, 22-26 in one-run games and 50-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the Orioles on June 4; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Blue Jays on August 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
12
.478
103
119
-16
May
18
11
.621
166
132
+34
June
18
9
.667
166
117
+49
July
12
13
.480
107
107
0
August
15
13
.536
118
123
-5
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
158
146
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
22-26
.458
Extra innings
6-12
.333
Within the division
37-35
.514
Against .500+ clubs
50-53
.485
Decided by 5+ runs
26-18
.591
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2010. 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
37,610
37,589
37,022
38,304
Night
60
37,693
37,674
37,022
38,304
Day
21
37,375
37,431
37,061
37,742
Weekend
40
37,569
37,576
37,022
38,106
Weekday
41
37,651
37,609
37,133
38,304
On the road
81
32,287
30,854
13,847
49,716
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
37,506
May
16
37,615
Jun
14
37,568
Jul
9
37,795
Aug
14
37,676
Sep
12
37,580
Oct
3
37,503
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, 2010.
Regulation
3:05
144 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
3:51
18 of them
Longest
4:18
2010-04-16, 12 inn
Shortest
2:07
2010-07-02
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
3:10
3:05
2:07
4:48
Regulation
144
3:05
3:02
2:07
4:09
Extra innings
18
3:51
3:50
2:58
4:48
Home
81
3:11
3:07
2:07
4:18
Road
81
3:10
3:01
2:23
4:48
Day
43
3:08
2:59
2:32
4:20
Night
119
3:11
3:06
2:07
4:48
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:30
May
16
3:03
Jun
14
3:11
Jul
9
3:04
Aug
14
2:55
Sep
12
3:13
Oct
3
3:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +74 run differential implies .543. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
