The Boston Red Sox went 78-84 in 2015, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 748 runs and allowed 753, a run differential of -5. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.35 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Clay Buchholz the rotation at a 3.26 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 15 games back. They spent 19 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on April 21 and were as far as 15.5 games back on September 18. Their best month was August at 15-12, their worst May at 10-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 25 to September 30 and an 8-game losing streak from July 12 to July 23. They were 43-38 at home and 35-46 on the road, 20-19 in one-run games and 44-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 against the Mariners on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 18-7 at the Orioles on April 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
10
.545
113
119
-6
May
10
19
.345
82
124
-42
June
14
14
.500
126
120
+6
July
10
15
.400
111
137
-26
August
15
12
.556
161
130
+31
Sept/Oct
17
14
.548
155
123
+32
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
20-19
.513
Extra innings
7-7
.500
Within the division
35-41
.461
Against .500+ clubs
44-59
.427
Decided by 5+ runs
25-23
.521
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League East standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2015. 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
35,564
35,726
31,704
38,063
Night
51
35,331
35,203
31,907
38,063
Day
30
35,960
36,399
31,704
37,761
Weekend
39
36,251
36,534
32,411
38,047
Weekday
42
34,926
34,828
31,704
38,063
On the road
81
32,263
31,951
12,733
48,608
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
35,542
May
12
35,618
Jun
15
35,525
Jul
16
37,137
Aug
13
35,214
Sep
15
34,201
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, 2015.
Regulation
3:01
147 games
All games
3:06
Extra innings
4:02
14 of them
Longest
4:24
2015-08-16, 12 inn
Shortest
2:15
2015-06-03
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
3:06
3:02
2:15
6:49
Regulation
147
3:01
3:00
2:15
4:01
Extra innings
14
4:02
3:58
2:57
6:49
Home
80
3:08
3:10
2:15
4:24
Road
81
3:04
2:58
2:19
6:49
Day
52
3:04
3:04
2:19
4:24
Night
109
3:07
3:01
2:15
6:49
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:13
May
12
3:05
Jun
15
2:55
Jul
16
3:18
Aug
13
3:21
Sep
15
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -5 run differential implies .497. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
