The Boston Red Sox went 69-93 in 2012, a .426 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 734 runs and allowed 806, a run differential of -72. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.63 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Dustin Pedroia led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Jon Lester the rotation at a 4.82 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 26 games back. They were as far as 26 games back on October 3. Their best month was June at 15-12, their worst Sept/Oct at 7-22. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 23 to April 28 and an 8-game losing streak from September 25 to October 3. They were 34-47 at home and 35-46 on the road, 17-22 in one-run games and 37-67 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Indians on August 12; the heaviest defeat, 20-2 at the Athletics on August 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
127
124
+3
May
15
14
.517
141
126
+15
June
15
12
.556
136
98
+38
July
12
14
.462
106
125
-19
August
9
20
.310
139
172
-33
Sept/Oct
7
22
.241
85
161
-76
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
17-22
.436
Extra innings
2-10
.167
Within the division
26-46
.361
Against .500+ clubs
37-67
.356
Decided by 5+ runs
20-22
.476
Last 10
1-9
.100
American League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2012. 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
37,568
37,467
36,770
38,416
Night
56
37,568
37,370
37,045
38,416
Day
25
37,568
37,570
36,770
38,170
Weekend
39
37,579
37,570
36,770
38,270
Weekday
42
37,557
37,370
37,045
38,416
On the road
81
31,038
29,089
11,502
49,573
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
37,706
May
18
37,524
Jun
15
37,447
Jul
13
37,942
Aug
15
37,473
Sep
11
37,381
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 161 completed games, 2012.
Regulation
3:04
149 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
4:18
12 of them
Longest
6:07
2012-05-06, 17 inn
Shortest
2:25
2012-05-14
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
161
3:10
3:06
2:13
6:07
Regulation
149
3:04
3:03
2:13
4:09
Extra innings
12
4:18
4:12
3:21
6:07
Home
80
3:15
3:09
2:25
6:07
Road
81
3:04
3:02
2:13
4:45
Day
46
3:10
3:07
2:13
6:07
Night
115
3:09
3:04
2:18
4:37
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:20
May
18
3:21
Jun
15
3:00
Jul
12
3:13
Aug
15
3:24
Sep
11
3:13
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 69-93, a .426 win rate, while their -72 run differential implies .457. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
