The Boston Red Sox went 78-84 in 2023, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 772 runs and allowed 776, a run differential of -4. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.46 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Rafael Devers led the position players at 4.5 WAR, and Kutter Crawford the rotation at a 4.04 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 23 games back. They were as far as 24 games back on September 28. Their best month was July at 15-8, their worst Sept/Oct at 9-19. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 29 to May 6 and a 5-game losing streak from June 24 to June 29. They were 39-42 at home and 39-42 on the road, 18-25 in one-run games and 51-55 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 at the Astros on August 24; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Blue Jays on August 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
14
.517
163
151
+12
May
13
13
.500
122
125
-3
June
13
15
.464
117
115
+2
July
15
8
.652
124
91
+33
August
13
15
.464
139
156
-17
Sept/Oct
9
19
.321
107
138
-31
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
18-25
.419
Extra innings
4-6
.400
Within the division
24-28
.462
Against .500+ clubs
51-55
.481
Decided by 5+ runs
26-20
.565
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League East standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2023. 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
32,989
33,399
24,477
37,457
Night
49
32,728
32,227
27,438
37,457
Day
32
33,389
34,310
24,477
37,035
Weekend
38
34,036
34,703
27,732
37,102
Weekday
43
32,065
31,744
24,477
37,457
On the road
81
29,547
28,519
9,119
46,138
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
36,049
Apr
15
31,061
May
12
30,932
Jun
14
33,582
Jul
11
35,049
Aug
16
34,053
Sep
12
33,205
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:44
151 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:21
10 of them
Longest
3:40
2023-09-09, 9 inn
Shortest
1:57
2023-04-16
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
2:46
2:43
1:57
4:01
Regulation
151
2:44
2:42
1:57
3:40
Extra innings
10
3:21
3:15
2:51
4:01
Home
80
2:49
2:48
1:57
3:40
Road
81
2:43
2:40
2:05
4:01
Day
62
2:48
2:44
1:57
4:01
Night
99
2:45
2:42
2:05
3:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:10
Apr
15
2:46
May
12
2:53
Jun
14
2:44
Jul
11
2:45
Aug
16
2:48
Sep
11
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 -4 run differential implies .498. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
