The Boston Red Sox went 87-75 in 2026, a .537 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 689 runs and allowed 611, a run differential of +78. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.49 staff ERA was the second best. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Willson Contreras led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Payton Tolle the rotation at a 3.03 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 11 games back. They spent 2 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 15.5 games back on June 17. Their best month was July at 21-4, their worst March/April at 12-19. The longest runs were a 15-game winning streak from July 3 to July 22 and a 5-game losing streak from March 28 to April 1. They were 41-40 at home and 46-35 on the road, 21-21 in one-run games and 36-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 at the Orioles on April 25; the heaviest defeat, 16-1 at the Yankees on August 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
19
.387
123
139
-16
May
13
14
.481
108
97
+11
June
12
14
.462
104
98
+6
July
21
4
.840
128
74
+54
August
17
12
.586
155
125
+30
Sept/Oct
12
12
.500
71
78
-7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
21-21
.500
Extra innings
7-4
.636
Within the division
25-27
.481
Against .500+ clubs
36-35
.507
Decided by 5+ runs
27-19
.587
Last 10
5-5
.500
2026 postseason
In October the Boston Red Sox lost the Wild Card Series to the Yankees 2-0.
Wild Card Series vs Yankees0-2 L
Game 1, September 29 L 0-9 at Yankees
Game 2, September 30 L 2-9 at Yankees
American League East standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2026. 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
34,905
35,406
20,411
38,005
Night
47
35,445
35,758
31,046
38,005
Day
34
34,159
34,923
20,411
37,105
Weekend
39
34,763
35,052
20,411
37,405
Weekday
42
35,037
35,440
28,660
38,005
On the road
81
30,465
29,961
9,674
49,291
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
34,213
May
15
34,134
Jun
15
34,113
Jul
11
35,585
Aug
13
36,915
Sep
14
34,822
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:41
151 games
All games
2:43
Extra innings
3:14
11 of them
Longest
4:23
2026-08-06, 13 inn
Shortest
2:13
2026-05-13
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
2:43
2:41
2:06
4:23
Regulation
151
2:41
2:40
2:06
3:23
Extra innings
11
3:14
3:16
2:33
4:23
Home
81
2:45
2:43
2:13
4:23
Road
81
2:41
2:38
2:06
3:32
Day
61
2:42
2:41
2:16
3:32
Night
101
2:43
2:41
2:06
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:42
May
15
2:46
Jun
15
2:43
Jul
11
2:37
Aug
13
2:57
Sep
14
2:44
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 161 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 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +78 run differential implies .555. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
