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Rk	Year	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs	R	RA	BatAge	PitchAge	#Bat	#Pitch	Managers
1	2009	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	95	67	0	.586	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-0)	872	736	30.0	29.8	52	27	Terry Francona (95-67)
2	2008	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	95	67	0	.586	2nd of 5	Lost ALCS (4-3)	845	694	29.8	29.2	47	23	Terry Francona (95-67)
3	2007	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	96	66	0	.593	1st of 5	Won WS (4-0)	867	657	30.1	31.1	40	20	Terry Francona (96-66)
4	2006	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	86	76	0	.531	3rd of 5		820	825	30.4	31.1	53	28	Terry Francona (86-76)
5	2005	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	95	67	0	.586	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-0)	910	805	31.3	33.6	52	26	Terry Francona (95-67)
6	2004	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	98	64	0	.605	2nd of 5	Won WS (4-0)	949	768	30.4	32.5	50	26	Terry Francona (98-64)
7	2003	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	95	67	0	.586	2nd of 5	Lost ALCS (4-3)	961	809	29.7	31.2	47	26	Grady Little (95-67)
8	2002	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	93	69	0	.574	2nd of 5		859	665	29.9	31.0	39	18	Grady Little (93-69)
9	2001	Boston Red Sox	AL East	161	82	79	0	.509	2nd of 5		772	745	30.0	30.7	48	23	Jimy Williams (65-53) and Joe Kerrigan (17-26)
10	2000	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	85	77	0	.525	2nd of 5		792	745	29.3	30.1	52	24	Jimy Williams (85-77)
11	1999	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	94	68	0	.580	2nd of 5	Lost ALCS (4-1)	836	718	28.8	30.1	48	25	Jimy Williams (94-68)
12	1998	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	92	70	0	.568	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	876	729	28.7	29.5	47	23	Jimy Williams (92-70)
13	1997	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	78	84	0	.481	4th of 5		851	857	27.9	27.8	46	25	Jimy Williams (78-84)
14	1996	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	85	77	0	.525	3rd of 5		928	921	28.4	28.7	55	23	Kevin Kennedy (85-77)
15	1995	Boston Red Sox	AL East	144	86	58	0	.597	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-0)	791	698	28.6	29.1	53	26	Kevin Kennedy (86-58)
16	1994	Boston Red Sox	AL East	115	54	61	0	.470	4th of 5		552	621	29.9	30.2	45	23	Butch Hobson (54-61)
17	1993	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	80	82	0	.494	5th of 7		686	698	29.7	30.6	39	16	Butch Hobson (80-82)
18	1992	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	73	89	0	.451	7th of 7		599	669	28.7	31.5	38	16	Butch Hobson (73-89)
19	1991	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	84	78	0	.519	2nd of 7		731	712	28.9	30.8	39	19	Joe Morgan (84-78)
20	1990	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	88	74	0	.543	1st of 7	Lost ALCS (4-0)	699	664	28.9	30.6	43	20	Joe Morgan (88-74)
21	1989	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	83	79	0	.512	3rd of 7		774	735	29.4	29.5	35	15	Joe Morgan (83-79)
22	1988	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	1st of 7	Lost ALCS (4-0)	813	689	28.8	28.7	37	17	John McNamara (43-42) and Joe Morgan (46-31)
23	1987	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	78	84	0	.481	5th of 7		842	825	28.8	27.1	35	13	John McNamara (78-84)
24	1986	Boston Red Sox	AL East	161	95	66	0	.590	1st of 7	Lost WS (4-3)	794	696	30.6	28.0	38	16	John McNamara (95-66)
25	1985	Boston Red Sox	AL East	163	81	81	1	.500	5th of 7		800	720	29.5	26.8	36	17	John McNamara (81-81)
26	1984	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	86	76	0	.531	4th of 7		810	764	29.2	25.8	33	14	Ralph Houk (86-76)
27	1983	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	78	84	0	.481	6th of 7		724	775	29.2	26.8	31	12	Ralph Houk (78-84)
28	1982	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	3rd of 7		753	713	28.9	28.2	33	14	Ralph Houk (89-73)
29	1981	Boston Red Sox	AL East	108	59	49	0	.546	5th of 7		519	481	29.2	27.9	32	13	Ralph Houk (59-49)
30	1980	Boston Red Sox	AL East	160	83	77	0	.519	5th of 7		757	767	29.5	29.5	41	17	Don Zimmer (82-73) and Johnny Pesky (1-4)
31	1979	Boston Red Sox	AL East	160	91	69	0	.569	3rd of 7		841	711	29.0	28.4	34	14	Don Zimmer (91-69)
32	1978	Boston Red Sox	AL East	163	99	64	0	.607	2nd of 7		796	657	28.4	29.2	31	14	Don Zimmer (99-64)
33	1977	Boston Red Sox	AL East	161	97	64	0	.602	2nd of 7		859	712	28.6	29.4	38	15	Don Zimmer (97-64)
34	1976	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	83	79	0	.512	3rd of 6		716	660	27.6	29.5	32	11	Darrell Johnson (41-45) and Don Zimmer (42-34)
35	1975	Boston Red Sox	AL East	160	95	65	0	.594	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-3)	796	709	26.9	28.8	37	12	Darrell Johnson (95-65)
36	1974	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	84	78	0	.519	3rd of 6		696	661	27.5	29.2	37	13	Darrell Johnson (84-78)
37	1973	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	2nd of 6		738	647	29.5	28.3	32	15	Eddie Kasko (88-73) and Eddie Popowski (1-0)
38	1972	Boston Red Sox	AL East	155	85	70	0	.548	2nd of 6		640	620	28.9	28.9	38	17	Eddie Kasko (85-70)
39	1971	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	85	77	0	.525	3rd of 6		691	667	27.9	29.1	36	15	Eddie Kasko (85-77)
40	1970	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	87	75	0	.537	3rd of 6		786	722	26.5	27.9	40	20	Eddie Kasko (87-75)
41	1969	Boston Red Sox	AL East	162	87	75	0	.537	3rd of 6		743	736	26.1	26.5	40	19	Dick Williams (82-71) and Eddie Popowski (5-4)
42	1968	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	86	76	0	.531	4th of 10		614	611	26.5	27.4	36	16	Dick Williams (86-76)
43	1967	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	92	70	0	.568	1st of 10	Lost WS (4-3)	722	614	25.4	27.2	39	18	Dick Williams (92-70)
44	1966	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	72	90	0	.444	9th of 10		655	731	25.3	27.4	40	21	Billy Herman (64-82) and Pete Runnels (8-8)
45	1965	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	62	100	0	.383	9th of 10		669	791	26.7	26.5	30	12	Billy Herman (62-100)
46	1964	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	72	90	0	.444	8th of 10		688	793	27.5	25.8	32	13	Johnny Pesky (70-90) and Billy Herman (2-0)
47	1963	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	76	85	0	.472	7th of 10		666	704	28.0	26.3	31	16	Johnny Pesky (76-85)
48	1962	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	76	84	0	.475	8th of 10		707	756	27.8	27.6	33	18	Pinky Higgins (76-84)
49	1961	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	76	86	1	.469	6th of 10		729	792	27.5	27.6	32	15	Pinky Higgins (76-86)
50	1960	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	65	89	0	.422	7th of 8		658	775	29.0	27.6	42	18	Billy Jurges (15-27), Del Baker (2-5) and Pinky Higgins (48-57)
51	1959	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	75	79	0	.487	5th of 8		726	696	29.1	26.7	41	18	Pinky Higgins (31-42), Rudy York (0-1) and Billy Jurges (44-36)
52	1958	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	79	75	1	.513	3rd of 8		697	691	28.8	27.2	35	18	Pinky Higgins (79-75)
53	1957	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	82	72	0	.532	3rd of 8		721	668	28.9	26.9	36	16	Pinky Higgins (82-72)
54	1956	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	84	70	1	.545	4th of 8		780	751	28.3	27.4	34	14	Pinky Higgins (84-70)
55	1955	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	84	70	0	.545	4th of 8		755	652	27.6	26.6	40	17	Pinky Higgins (84-70)
56	1954	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	69	85	2	.448	4th of 8		700	728	26.9	27.2	36	15	Lou Boudreau (69-85)
57	1953	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	84	69	0	.549	4th of 8		656	632	26.6	29.6	37	15	Lou Boudreau (84-69)
58	1952	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	76	78	0	.494	6th of 8		668	658	27.8	29.5	48	19	Lou Boudreau (76-78)
59	1951	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	87	67	0	.565	3rd of 8		804	725	29.9	27.5	38	14	Steve O'Neill (87-67)
60	1950	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	94	60	0	.610	3rd of 8		1027	804	29.8	27.9	41	20	Joe McCarthy (31-28) and Steve O'Neill (63-32)
61	1949	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	96	58	1	.623	2nd of 8		896	667	29.7	28.7	35	17	Joe McCarthy (96-58)
62	1948	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	96	59	0	.619	2nd of 8		907	720	29.4	30.1	34	16	Joe McCarthy (96-59)
63	1947	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	83	71	3	.539	3rd of 8		720	669	29.0	29.8	41	17	Joe Cronin (83-71)
64	1946	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	104	50	2	.675	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-3)	792	594	29.1	29.2	39	16	Joe Cronin (104-50)
65	1945	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	71	83	3	.461	7th of 8		599	674	30.2	27.3	37	15	Joe Cronin (71-83)
66	1944	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	77	77	2	.500	4th of 8		739	676	30.1	29.4	33	16	Joe Cronin (77-77)
67	1943	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	68	84	3	.447	7th of 8		563	607	28.3	30.3	31	12	Joe Cronin (68-84)
68	1942	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	93	59	0	.612	2nd of 8		761	594	26.6	29.1	26	10	Joe Cronin (93-59)
69	1941	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	84	70	1	.545	2nd of 8		865	750	28.2	29.2	31	15	Joe Cronin (84-70)
70	1940	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	82	72	0	.532	4th of 8		872	825	28.1	28.9	33	17	Joe Cronin (82-72)
71	1939	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	89	62	1	.589	2nd of 8		890	795	27.7	29.0	29	15	Joe Cronin (89-62)
72	1938	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	88	61	1	.591	2nd of 8		902	751	28.5	28.3	30	17	Joe Cronin (88-61)
73	1937	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	80	72	2	.526	5th of 8		821	775	28.6	29.9	30	12	Joe Cronin (80-72)
74	1936	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	74	80	1	.481	6th of 8		775	764	29.1	29.3	31	15	Joe Cronin (74-80)
75	1935	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	78	75	1	.510	4th of 8		718	732	28.6	29.3	33	14	Joe Cronin (78-75)
76	1934	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	76	76	1	.500	4th of 8		820	775	29.0	28.5	34	13	Bucky Harris (76-76)
77	1933	Boston Red Sox	AL	149	63	86	0	.423	7th of 8		700	758	28.4	26.9	36	11	Marty McManus (63-86)
78	1932	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	43	111	0	.279	8th of 8		566	915	28.4	25.7	41	18	Shano Collins (11-44) and Marty McManus (32-67)
79	1931	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	62	90	1	.408	6th of 8		625	800	28.6	28.3	37	12	Shano Collins (62-90)
80	1930	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	52	102	0	.338	8th of 8		612	814	28.6	27.9	34	13	Heinie Wagner (52-102)
81	1929	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	58	96	1	.377	8th of 8		605	803	28.2	26.3	35	12	Bill Carrigan (58-96)
82	1928	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	57	96	1	.373	8th of 8		589	770	28.2	24.6	35	17	Bill Carrigan (57-96)
83	1927	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	51	103	0	.331	8th of 8		597	856	27.5	25.0	37	14	Bill Carrigan (51-103)
84	1926	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	46	107	1	.301	8th of 8		562	835	28.4	25.3	40	16	Lee Fohl (46-107)
85	1925	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	47	105	0	.309	8th of 8		639	922	27.7	27.7	41	15	Lee Fohl (47-105)
86	1924	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	67	87	3	.435	7th of 8		735	806	30.1	29.1	33	16	Lee Fohl (67-87)
87	1923	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	61	91	2	.401	8th of 8		584	809	29.3	28.7	30	11	Frank Chance (61-91)
88	1922	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	61	93	0	.396	8th of 8		598	769	29.4	28.5	30	10	Hugh Duffy (61-93)
89	1921	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	75	79	0	.487	5th of 8		668	696	29.5	27.1	27	11	Hugh Duffy (75-79)
90	1920	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	72	81	1	.471	5th of 8		650	698	28.1	25.7	32	11	Ed Barrow (72-81)
91	1919	Boston Red Sox	AL	138	66	71	1	.482	6th of 8		564	552	27.4	25.8	30	13	Ed Barrow (66-71)
92	1918	Boston Red Sox	AL	126	75	51	0	.595	1st of 8	Won WS (4-2)	474	380	28.5	25.3	32	12	Ed Barrow (75-51)
93	1917	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	90	62	5	.592	2nd of 8		555	455	28.0	24.8	27	9	Jack Barry (90-62)
94	1916	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	91	63	2	.591	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)	550	480	27.0	24.4	29	10	Bill Carrigan (91-63)
95	1915	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	101	50	4	.669	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)	669	499	26.7	24.5	30	11	Bill Carrigan (101-50)
96	1914	Boston Red Sox	AL	159	91	62	6	.595	2nd of 8		589	510	25.4	24.7	32	14	Bill Carrigan (91-62)
97	1913	Boston Red Sox	AL	151	79	71	1	.527	4th of 8		631	610	26.1	24.6	29	13	Jake Stahl (39-41) and Bill Carrigan (40-30)
98	1912	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	105	47	2	.691	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3-1)	799	544	26.1	25.2	27	11	Jake Stahl (105-47)
99	1911	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	78	75	0	.510	4th of 8		680	643	24.9	25.0	43	16	Patsy Donovan (78-75)
100	1910	Boston Red Sox	AL	158	81	72	5	.529	4th of 8		641	564	25.5	25.3	35	13	Patsy Donovan (81-72)
101	1909	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	88	63	1	.583	3rd of 8		601	549	25.9	25.3	37	19	Fred Lake (88-63)
102	1908	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	75	79	1	.487	5th of 8		564	513	27.2	29.4	39	16	Deacon McGuire (53-62) and Fred Lake (22-17)
103	1907	Boston Americans	AL	155	59	90	6	.396	7th of 8		466	558	29.0	30.1	35	14	Cy Young (3-3), George Huff (2-6), Bob Unglaub (9-20) and Deacon McGuire (45-61)
104	1906	Boston Americans	AL	155	49	105	1	.318	8th of 8		463	706	29.1	30.2	31	12	Jimmy Collins (35-79) and Chick Stahl (14-26)
105	1905	Boston Americans	AL	153	78	74	1	.513	4th of 8		579	565	31.6	30.1	27	9	Jimmy Collins (78-74)
106	1904	Boston Americans	AL	157	95	59	3	.617	1st of 8		608	466	31.2	30.1	18	5	Jimmy Collins (95-59)
107	1903	Boston Americans	AL	141	91	47	3	.659	1st of 8	Won WS (5-3)	708	504	29.6	28.2	20	6	Jimmy Collins (91-47)
108	1902	Boston Americans	AL	138	77	60	1	.562	3rd of 8		664	600	28.6	28.4	24	12	Jimmy Collins (77-60)
109	1901	Boston Americans	AL	138	79	57	2	.581	2nd of 8		759	608	28.0	28.3	24	11	Jimmy Collins (79-57)

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