The Boston Red Sox went 108-54 in 2018, a .667 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 876 runs and allowed 647, a run differential of +229. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.73 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 117 team wRC+ was 17% above league average — the best in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 8.6 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 2.11 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL East, 8 games clear. They spent 158 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 11.5 games on September 16 and were as far as 2 games back on June 20. Their best month was July at 19-6, their worst Sept/Oct at 15-11. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from July 2 to July 12 and a 3-game losing streak from April 21 to April 24. They were 57-24 at home and 51-30 on the road, 25-14 in one-run games and 41-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-3 against the Orioles on September 26; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Yankees on July 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
21
7
.750
159
96
+63
May
18
11
.621
144
120
+24
June
17
10
.630
135
93
+42
July
19
6
.760
134
87
+47
August
18
9
.667
166
127
+39
Sept/Oct
15
11
.577
138
124
+14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
57-24
.704
Road
51-30
.630
One-run games
25-14
.641
Extra innings
8-5
.615
Within the division
52-24
.684
Against .500+ clubs
41-33
.554
Decided by 5+ runs
38-17
.691
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League East standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2018. 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
35,748
36,543
31,314
37,830
Night
53
35,934
36,654
31,314
37,830
Day
28
35,396
36,325
31,821
37,396
Weekend
41
35,813
36,593
31,821
37,830
Weekday
40
35,681
36,384
31,314
37,816
On the road
81
29,993
30,347
10,194
47,351
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
33,256
May
15
34,981
Jun
12
36,526
Jul
13
37,071
Aug
13
37,099
Sep
15
35,734
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, 2018.
Regulation
3:09
149 games
All games
3:13
Extra innings
3:53
13 of them
Longest
4:39
2018-08-05, 10 inn
Shortest
2:15
2018-08-03
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
162
3:13
3:11
2:15
4:39
Regulation
149
3:09
3:09
2:15
4:03
Extra innings
13
3:53
3:54
2:51
4:39
Home
81
3:11
3:08
2:15
4:39
Road
81
3:14
3:13
2:16
4:27
Day
46
3:09
3:08
2:29
3:55
Night
116
3:14
3:12
2:15
4:39
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:20
May
15
3:08
Jun
12
3:02
Jul
13
3:16
Aug
13
3:03
Sep
15
3:15
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 108-54, a .667 win rate, while their +229 run differential implies .635. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
