- Team WAR
- 35.6 21.6 bat / 14.0 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .498
- Run diff
- -4 4.77 / 4.79 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.46 FIP 4.35
- Home runs
- 190
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 153 | 656 | 157 | 33 | 100 | 5 | .271 | .351 | .500 | .360 | 123 | 4.5 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 131 | 502 | 113 | 24 | 65 | 0 | .263 | .367 | .490 | .369 | 129 | 2.8 |
| Jarren Duran | CF | 100 | 362 | 98 | 8 | 40 | 24 | .295 | .346 | .482 | .356 | 120 | 2.8 |
| Justin Turner | DH | 146 | 626 | 154 | 23 | 96 | 4 | .276 | .345 | .455 | .347 | 114 | 2.1 |
| Adam Duvall | CF | 91 | 353 | 79 | 21 | 58 | 4 | .247 | .303 | .531 | .349 | 115 | 2.1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | LF | 140 | 580 | 155 | 15 | 72 | 8 | .289 | .338 | .445 | .340 | 110 | 2.1 |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 139 | 602 | 144 | 13 | 54 | 5 | .264 | .324 | .421 | .324 | 99 | 1.6 |
| Connor Wong | C | 116 | 403 | 87 | 9 | 36 | 8 | .235 | .287 | .385 | .294 | 79 | 1.1 |
| Pablo Reyes | SS | 55 | 185 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 7 | .287 | .339 | .377 | .317 | 94 | 0.9 |
| Wilyer Abreu | LF | 26 | 85 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 3 | .316 | .388 | .474 | .377 | 134 | 0.7 |
| Enmanuel Valdez | 2B | 46 | 149 | 37 | 6 | 19 | 5 | .266 | .311 | .453 | .329 | 102 | 0.6 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 68 | 206 | 50 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .267 | .310 | .358 | .295 | 80 | 0.5 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 84 | 243 | 50 | 1 | 28 | 7 | .248 | .365 | .317 | .317 | 94 | 0.4 |
| Luis Urías | 2B | 49 | 177 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .194 | .337 | .299 | .300 | 83 | 0.2 |
| Raimel Tapia | RF | 61 | 169 | 35 | 3 | 13 | 10 | .236 | .317 | .338 | .295 | 80 | 0.2 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | CF | 26 | 89 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .241 | .281 | .386 | .289 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Enrique Hernández | SS | 137 | 508 | 110 | 11 | 61 | 4 | .237 | .289 | .357 | .283 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Kutter Crawford | PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Caleb Hamilton | C | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -38 | -0.1 |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B | 19 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .204 | .264 | .306 | .255 | 53 | -0.2 |
| David Hamilton | SS | 13 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .121 | .256 | .182 | .219 | 29 | -0.2 |
| Yu Chang | SS | 36 | 112 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 4 | .162 | .200 | .352 | .236 | 41 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Story | SS | 42 | 168 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 10 | .203 | .250 | .316 | .251 | 50 | -0.3 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 60 | 206 | 47 | 3 | 24 | 1 | .241 | .268 | .369 | .276 | 67 | -0.3 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kutter Crawford | 31 | 23 | 129.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 135 | 4.04 | 3.83 | 1.11 | 9.4 | 2.2 |
| Chris Sale | 20 | 20 | 102.2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 4.30 | 3.80 | 1.13 | 11.0 | 2.0 |
| Nick Pivetta | 38 | 16 | 142.2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 183 | 4.04 | 3.96 | 1.12 | 11.5 | 2.0 |
| Brayan Bello | 28 | 28 | 157.0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 132 | 4.24 | 4.54 | 1.34 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
| Chris Martin | 55 | 0 | 51.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 1.05 | 2.44 | 1.03 | 8.1 | 1.5 |
| Tanner Houck | 21 | 21 | 106.0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 99 | 5.01 | 4.43 | 1.37 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| Josh Winckowski | 60 | 1 | 84.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 2.88 | 3.91 | 1.42 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Brennan Bernardino | 55 | 6 | 50.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.20 | 3.41 | 1.30 | 10.3 | 0.9 |
| James Paxton | 19 | 19 | 96.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 4.50 | 4.68 | 1.31 | 9.5 | 0.9 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 22 | 10 | 71.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 5.15 | 4.27 | 1.33 | 9.0 | 0.8 |
| Chris Murphy | 20 | 0 | 47.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 4.91 | 3.70 | 1.41 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Kenley Jansen | 51 | 0 | 44.2 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 52 | 3.63 | 3.66 | 1.28 | 10.5 | 0.7 |
| Nick Robertson | 18 | 1 | 22.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6.04 | 3.88 | 1.75 | 10.5 | 0.3 |
| Mauricio Llovera | 30 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4.89 | 4.34 | 1.46 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| John Schreiber | 46 | 2 | 46.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 3.86 | 4.52 | 1.41 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.70 | 3.11 | 1.20 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Joe Jacques | 23 | 1 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5.06 | 4.53 | 1.57 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Walter | 9 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.26 | 4.60 | 1.70 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Joely Rodríguez | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.55 | 4.71 | 1.73 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Zack Kelly | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.86 | 5.18 | 1.61 | 5.8 | -0.0 |
| Jake Faria | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.50 | 6.26 | 4.00 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Richard Bleier | 27 | 0 | 30.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.28 | 5.11 | 1.37 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| Pablo Reyes | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 9.26 | 3.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Justin Garza | 17 | 1 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7.36 | 5.66 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.1 |
| Zack Weiss | 12 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.21 | 6.33 | 1.07 | 9.6 | -0.2 |
| Kaleb Ort | 21 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6.26 | 5.86 | 1.57 | 9.4 | -0.2 |
| Matt Dermody | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 10.76 | 1.25 | 2.3 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 3 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.91 | 11.21 | 2.61 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| Corey Kluber | 15 | 9 | 55.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 7.04 | 7.11 | 1.64 | 6.9 | -1.1 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2023.
- Average
- 32,989 81 home dates
- Median
- 33,399
- Total
- 2,672,130
- Best
- 37,457 2023-07-26
- Quietest
- 24,477 2023-04-05
- On the road
- 29,547 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.