The Boston Red Sox went 93-69 in 2016, a .574 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 878 runs and allowed 694, a run differential of +184. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.96 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 115 team wRC+ was 15% above league average — the best in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Rick Porcello the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 4 games clear. They spent 54 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on September 26 and were as far as 5.5 games back on June 29. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-10, their worst June at 10-16. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from September 15 to September 25 and a 4-game losing streak from July 25 to July 28. They were 47-34 at home and 46-35 on the road, 20-24 in one-run games and 55-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-2 against the Diamondbacks on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 21-2 against the Angels on July 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
10
.583
126
105
+21
May
18
10
.643
182
123
+59
June
10
16
.385
126
142
-16
July
15
10
.600
140
120
+20
August
17
13
.567
150
113
+37
Sept/Oct
19
10
.655
154
91
+63
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
20-24
.455
Extra innings
7-4
.636
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
55-48
.534
Decided by 5+ runs
30-11
.732
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2016. 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
36,487
37,129
31,011
38,378
Night
57
36,289
37,129
31,011
38,378
Day
24
36,956
37,030
35,736
37,954
Weekend
39
36,798
37,195
31,415
38,134
Weekday
42
36,198
37,016
31,011
38,378
On the road
81
32,290
31,662
10,298
52,728
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
34,549
May
14
35,400
Jun
13
36,927
Jul
18
37,229
Aug
12
37,525
Sep
8
37,687
Oct
2
37,092
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, 2016.
Regulation
3:09
150 games
All games
3:12
Extra innings
3:53
11 of them
Longest
4:25
2016-06-23, 10 inn
Shortest
2:31
2016-07-10
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
3:12
3:09
2:16
5:03
Regulation
150
3:09
3:09
2:16
4:16
Extra innings
11
3:53
3:47
3:04
5:03
Home
81
3:16
3:13
2:31
4:25
Road
80
3:09
3:05
2:16
5:03
Day
50
3:14
3:10
2:23
4:25
Night
111
3:12
3:09
2:16
5:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:15
May
14
3:21
Jun
13
3:09
Jul
18
3:19
Aug
12
3:13
Sep
8
3:18
Oct
2
3:22
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +184 run differential implies .606. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
