The Boston Red Sox went 71-91 in 2014, a .438 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 634 runs and allowed 715, a run differential of -81. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.86 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. David Ortiz led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Jon Lester the rotation at a 2.46 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 25 games back. They spent 1 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 3 and were as far as 26.5 games back on September 18. Their best month was March/April at 13-14, their worst July at 10-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 26 to June 1 and a 10-game losing streak from May 15 to May 25. They were 34-47 at home and 37-44 on the road, 28-28 in one-run games and 38-68 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Blue Jays on July 21; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Blue Jays on July 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
112
124
-12
May
13
15
.464
115
113
+2
June
12
16
.429
84
109
-25
July
10
15
.400
101
121
-20
August
12
16
.429
111
128
-17
Sept/Oct
11
15
.423
111
120
-9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
28-28
.500
Extra innings
10-11
.476
Within the division
31-45
.408
Against .500+ clubs
38-68
.358
Decided by 5+ runs
15-21
.417
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2014. 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
36,495
36,677
33,465
38,275
Night
56
36,455
36,451
33,465
38,275
Day
25
36,585
36,879
33,585
37,689
Weekend
39
36,689
36,905
33,947
38,035
Weekday
42
36,314
36,204
33,465
38,275
On the road
81
31,867
29,628
10,543
48,572
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
35,982
May
17
36,174
Jun
9
36,953
Jul
15
36,902
Aug
14
36,776
Sep
12
36,367
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:10
141 games
All games
3:17
Extra innings
4:03
21 of them
Longest
5:05
2014-07-06, 12 inn
Shortest
2:31
2014-06-18
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
3:17
3:11
2:21
6:32
Regulation
141
3:10
3:09
2:21
4:19
Extra innings
21
4:03
3:53
2:31
6:32
Home
81
3:20
3:17
2:31
5:05
Road
81
3:13
3:07
2:21
6:32
Day
46
3:17
3:13
2:28
5:16
Night
116
3:17
3:11
2:21
6:32
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:21
May
17
3:19
Jun
9
3:07
Jul
15
3:19
Aug
14
3:33
Sep
12
3:18
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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -81 run differential implies .445. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
