The Boston Red Sox went 93-69 in 2017, a .574 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 785 runs and allowed 668, a run differential of +117. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.74 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 2.90 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 2 games clear. They spent 97 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on August 13 and were as far as 5 games back on May 9. Their best month was August at 18-9, their worst July at 13-14. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 31 to August 9 and a 4-game losing streak from July 22 to July 25. They were 48-33 at home and 45-36 on the road, 22-19 in one-run games and 27-23 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 at the Blue Jays on July 2; the heaviest defeat, 16-3 against the Orioles on August 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
11
.542
93
93
0
May
16
12
.571
159
125
+34
June
16
12
.571
125
116
+9
July
13
14
.481
122
101
+21
August
18
9
.667
143
118
+25
Sept/Oct
17
11
.607
143
115
+28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
22-19
.537
Extra innings
15-3
.833
Within the division
41-35
.539
Against .500+ clubs
27-23
.540
Decided by 5+ runs
29-19
.604
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2017. 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
36,021
36,625
32,072
37,570
Night
58
35,925
36,671
32,072
37,570
Day
23
36,263
36,625
32,400
37,343
Weekend
40
36,550
36,755
34,517
37,570
Weekday
41
35,504
36,144
32,072
37,497
On the road
81
31,564
30,859
11,853
47,241
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
35,624
May
13
35,135
Jun
12
36,888
Jul
12
36,961
Aug
14
37,033
Sep
15
34,868
Oct
1
34,517
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:12
144 games
All games
3:20
Extra innings
4:26
18 of them
Longest
6:00
2017-09-05, 19 inn
Shortest
2:21
2017-04-27
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
3:20
3:14
2:13
6:05
Regulation
144
3:12
3:11
2:13
4:32
Extra innings
18
4:26
4:22
3:07
6:05
Home
81
3:23
3:16
2:21
6:00
Road
81
3:17
3:11
2:13
6:05
Day
48
3:13
3:10
2:13
5:50
Night
114
3:23
3:19
2:21
6:05
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:18
May
13
3:13
Jun
12
3:32
Jul
12
3:37
Aug
14
3:20
Sep
15
3:21
Oct
1
3:09
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 192 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 +117 run differential implies .573. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
