American League East · 2020

Boston Red Sox 2020

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Team WAR: 10.6
Win %: .400
Run diff: -59
wRC+: 104
ERA: 5.75
Home runs: 85

The Boston Red Sox went 24-36 in 2020, a .400 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 292 runs and allowed 351, a run differential of -59. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.75 staff ERA was the worst. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Xander Bogaerts led the position players at 2.2 WAR, and Nathan Eovaldi the rotation at a 3.72 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 5th in the AL East, 16 games back. They spent 2 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 16 games back on September 19. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 12-13, their worst August at 9-18. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from August 19 to August 21 and a 9-game losing streak from August 10 to August 18. They were 10-20 at home and 14-16 on the road, 4-9 in one-run games and 13-26 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Orioles on July 24; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Orioles on September 24.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	5	.375	37	43	-6
August	9	18	.333	125	172	-47
Sept/Oct	12	13	.480	130	136	-6

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	10-20	.333
Road	14-16	.467
One-run games	4-9	.308
Extra innings	0-4	.000
Within the division	14-26	.350
Against .500+ clubs	13-26	.333
Decided by 5+ runs	8-13	.381
Last 10	6-4	.600

American League East standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	—	289	229	+60	16.3
New York Yankees	33	27	.550	7	315	270	+45	15.9
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	8	302	312	-10	12.7
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	15	274	294	-20	10.7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	16	292	351	-59	10.6

2020 Boston Red Sox roster

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.

Catchers 3

Christian VázquezC · 46 G · 1.1 WAR
Kevin PlaweckiC · 23 G · 0.8 WAR
Deivy GrullónC · 1 G · 0.0 WAR

Infielders 9

Xander BogaertsSS · 56 G · 2.2 WAR
Rafael Devers3B · 57 G · 1.2 WAR
Mitch Moreland1B · 42 G · 1.0 WAR
Bobby Dalbec1B · 23 G · 0.8 WAR
Jonathan Araúz2B · 24 G · 0.2 WAR
Christian Arroyo2B · 14 G · 0.1 WAR
José Peraza2B · 33 G · -0.1 WAR
Michael Chavis1B · 42 G · -0.4 WAR
Tzu-Wei LinSS · 21 G · -0.6 WAR

Outfielders 6

Jackie Bradley Jr.CF · 54 G · 1.6 WAR
Alex VerdugoRF · 52 G · 1.4 WAR
Kevin PillarCF · 54 G · 1.1 WAR
Yairo MuñozLF · 12 G · 0.3 WAR
César PuelloRF · 5 G · 0.1 WAR
Andrew BenintendiLF · 14 G · -0.3 WAR

Designated hitters 1

J.D. MartinezDH · 54 G · -0.4 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Nathan Eovaldi9 GS · 1.0 WAR
Martín Pérez12 GS · 0.5 WAR
Tanner Houck3 GS · 0.5 WAR
Chris Mazza6 GS · 0.4 WAR
Kyle Hart3 GS · -0.3 WAR
Zack Godley7 GS · -0.5 WAR

Relief pitchers 21

Ryan Brasier25 G · 0.6 WAR
Robert Stock10 G · 0.3 WAR
Phillips Valdez24 G · 0.2 WAR
Dylan Covey8 G · 0.2 WAR
Darwinzon Hernández7 G · 0.2 WAR
Matt Barnes24 G · 0.1 WAR
Jeffrey Springs16 G · 0.1 WAR
Austin Brice21 G · 0.0 WAR
José Peraza1 G · 0.0 WAR
Kevin Plawecki1 G · -0.0 WAR
Domingo Tapia5 G · -0.0 WAR
Tzu-Wei Lin1 G · -0.1 WAR
Ryan Weber17 G · -0.1 WAR
Josh Osich17 G · -0.2 WAR
Josh Taylor8 G · -0.2 WAR
Colten Brewer11 G · -0.2 WAR
Matt Hall4 G · -0.3 WAR
Andrew Triggs5 G · -0.3 WAR
Robinson Leyer6 G · -0.4 WAR
Mike Kickham6 G · -0.4 WAR
Marcus Walden15 G · -0.5 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

594 team hits

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.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Xander Bogaerts	SS	56	225	61	11	28	8	.300	.364	.502	.369	128	2.2
Jackie Bradley Jr.	CF	54	217	54	7	22	5	.283	.364	.450	.354	118	1.6
Alex Verdugo	RF	52	221	62	6	15	4	.308	.367	.478	.364	124	1.4
Rafael Devers	3B	57	248	61	11	43	0	.263	.310	.483	.338	107	1.2
Christian Vázquez	C	46	189	49	7	23	4	.283	.344	.457	.347	113	1.1
Kevin Pillar	CF	54	223	60	6	26	5	.288	.336	.462	.343	110	1.1
Mitch Moreland	1B	42	152	36	10	29	0	.265	.342	.551	.373	130	1.0
Bobby Dalbec	1B	23	92	21	8	16	0	.263	.359	.600	.402	149	0.8
Kevin Plawecki	C	23	89	28	1	17	1	.341	.393	.463	.376	132	0.8
Yairo Muñoz	LF	12	45	15	1	4	2	.333	.333	.511	.358	121	0.3
Jonathan Araúz	2B	24	80	18	1	9	0	.250	.325	.319	.293	78	0.2
César Puello	RF	5	11	3	0	0	0	.375	.500	.375	.410	154	0.1
Christian Arroyo	2B	14	54	12	3	8	0	.240	.296	.440	.316	93	0.1
Deivy Grullón	C	1	4	1	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.401	149	0.0
José Peraza	2B	33	120	25	1	8	1	.225	.275	.342	.272	64	-0.1
Andrew Benintendi	LF	14	52	4	0	1	1	.103	.314	.128	.246	47	-0.3
J.D. Martinez	DH	54	237	45	7	27	1	.213	.291	.389	.291	77	-0.4
Michael Chavis	1B	42	158	31	5	19	3	.212	.259	.377	.274	65	-0.4
Tzu-Wei Lin	SS	21	57	8	0	3	0	.154	.182	.173	.161	-9	-0.6

Pitching

27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Nathan Eovaldi	9	9	48.1	4	2	0	52	3.72	3.87	1.20	9.7	1.0
Ryan Brasier	25	1	25.0	1	0	0	30	3.96	3.15	1.40	10.8	0.6
Martín Pérez	12	12	62.0	3	5	0	46	4.50	4.88	1.34	6.7	0.5
Tanner Houck	3	3	17.0	3	0	0	21	0.53	3.25	0.88	11.1	0.5
Chris Mazza	9	6	30.0	1	2	0	29	4.80	4.26	1.63	8.7	0.4
Robert Stock	10	0	13.1	0	1	0	14	4.72	3.34	1.95	9.4	0.3
Phillips Valdez	24	0	30.1	1	1	0	30	3.26	4.38	1.62	8.9	0.2
Dylan Covey	8	0	14.0	0	0	0	11	7.07	3.91	1.43	7.1	0.2
Darwinzon Hernández	7	0	8.1	1	0	0	13	2.16	3.31	1.56	14.0	0.2
Matt Barnes	24	0	23.0	1	3	9	31	4.30	4.84	1.39	12.1	0.1
Jeffrey Springs	16	0	20.1	0	2	0	28	7.08	4.81	1.82	12.4	0.1
Austin Brice	21	1	19.2	1	0	0	25	5.95	4.92	1.53	11.4	0.0
José Peraza	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	27.00	3.19	6.00	0.0	0.0
Kevin Plawecki	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	1.50	0.0	-0.0
Domingo Tapia	5	0	4.1	0	0	0	4	2.08	5.73	1.38	8.3	-0.0
Tzu-Wei Lin	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	27.00	16.19	4.00	0.0	-0.1
Ryan Weber	17	5	43.0	1	3	0	27	4.40	5.54	1.35	5.7	-0.1
Josh Osich	17	1	18.1	1	1	0	24	6.38	5.97	1.42	11.8	-0.2
Josh Taylor	8	0	7.1	1	1	0	7	9.82	7.28	1.64	8.6	-0.2
Colten Brewer	11	4	25.2	0	3	0	25	5.61	6.04	1.75	8.8	-0.2
Matt Hall	4	1	8.2	0	3	0	9	18.69	7.92	3.12	9.3	-0.3
Andrew Triggs	5	2	8.1	0	2	0	7	7.56	8.35	1.68	7.6	-0.3
Kyle Hart	4	3	11.0	0	1	0	13	15.55	8.28	3.09	10.6	-0.3
Robinson Leyer	6	1	4.2	0	0	0	9	21.21	12.83	4.29	17.4	-0.4
Mike Kickham	6	2	14.0	1	1	0	17	7.71	7.83	1.86	10.9	-0.4
Zack Godley	8	7	28.2	0	4	0	28	8.16	7.10	1.95	8.8	-0.5
Marcus Walden	15	0	13.1	0	2	1	10	9.45	8.59	2.40	6.8	-0.5

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	22	0	0	0	0
Day	8	0	0	0	0
Weekend	15	0	0	0	0
Weekday	15	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:17
All games: 3:21
Extra innings: 4:08
Longest: 4:55
Shortest: 2:42

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	60	3:21	3:18	2:36	4:55
Regulation	56	3:17	3:14	2:36	4:24
Extra innings	4	4:08	4:01	3:36	4:55
Home	30	3:26	3:20	2:42	4:55
Road	30	3:15	3:12	2:36	3:59
Day	12	3:23	3:20	2:46	4:23
Night	48	3:20	3:16	2:36	4:55

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	5	3:08
Aug	13	3:29
Sep	12	3:30

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 197 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 24-36, a .400 win rate, while their -59 run differential implies .417. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.