The Boston Red Sox went 97-65 in 2013, a .599 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 853 runs and allowed 656, a run differential of +197. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.79 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 123 team wRC+ was 23% above league average — the best in MLB. Jacoby Ellsbury led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Jon Lester the rotation at a 3.75 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 5.5 games clear. They spent 158 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 9.5 games on September 11 and were as far as 3 games back on May 14. Their best month was March/April at 18-8, their worst May at 15-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 13 to April 20 and a 3-game losing streak from May 3 to May 5. They were 53-28 at home and 44-37 on the road, 21-21 in one-run games and 53-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-4 against the Tigers on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Athletics on April 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
18
8
.692
135
97
+38
May
15
15
.500
140
131
+9
June
17
11
.607
156
123
+33
July
15
10
.600
114
97
+17
August
16
12
.571
146
104
+42
Sept/Oct
16
9
.640
162
104
+58
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
21-21
.500
Extra innings
10-6
.625
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
53-43
.552
Decided by 5+ runs
33-13
.717
Last 10
5-5
.500
2013 postseason
In October the Boston Red Sox beat the Rays 3-1 in the ALDS, beat the Tigers 4-2 in the ALCS, then beat the Cardinals 4-2 in the World Series. They won the 2013 World Series.
ALDS vs Rays3-1 W
Game 1, October 4 W 12-2 vs Rays
Game 2, October 5 W 7-4 vs Rays
Game 3, October 7 L 4-5 at Rays
Game 4, October 8 W 3-1 at Rays
ALCS vs Tigers4-2 W
Game 1, October 12 L 0-1 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 13 W 6-5 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 15 W 1-0 at Tigers
Game 4, October 16 L 3-7 at Tigers
Game 5, October 17 W 4-3 at Tigers
Game 6, October 19 W 5-2 vs Tigers
World Series vs Cardinals4-2 W
Game 1, October 23 W 8-1 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 24 L 2-4 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 26 L 4-5 at Cardinals
Game 4, October 27 W 4-2 at Cardinals
Game 5, October 28 W 3-1 at Cardinals
Game 6, October 30 W 6-1 vs Cardinals
American League East standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2013. 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
34,979
35,710
27,704
38,540
Night
55
34,545
35,030
27,704
38,540
Day
26
35,898
36,776
29,274
37,611
Weekend
38
36,222
37,050
29,312
38,143
Weekday
43
33,881
34,609
27,704
38,540
On the road
81
33,045
36,556
9,143
50,240
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
32,439
May
13
33,756
Jun
15
35,131
Jul
12
36,492
Aug
12
36,465
Sep
13
36,387
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, 2013.
Regulation
3:10
144 games
All games
3:16
Extra innings
4:08
16 of them
Longest
5:03
2013-07-31, 15 inn
Shortest
2:13
2013-09-22
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
3:16
3:14
2:07
5:24
Regulation
144
3:10
3:11
2:07
4:12
Extra innings
16
4:08
4:05
3:11
5:24
Home
80
3:14
3:11
2:13
5:03
Road
80
3:18
3:15
2:07
5:24
Day
43
3:11
3:12
2:13
4:04
Night
117
3:18
3:15
2:07
5:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
3:11
May
13
3:15
Jun
15
3:13
Jul
12
3:21
Aug
12
3:20
Sep
13
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 190 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 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +197 run differential implies .618. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
