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  • Boston Red Sox (8381-7813 W-L, 1908 - 2011) - 6 World Championships, 10 Pennants, and 19 Playoff Appearances
  • Boston Americans (528-492 W-L, 1901 - 1907) - 1 World Championship, 2 Pennants, and 1 Playoff Appearance
  • Overall (8909-8305 W-L, 1901 - 2011) - 7 World Championships, 12 Pennants, and 20 Playoff Appearances

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Franchise History

Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Top Player Managers
1 2011 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 90 72 0 .556 3rd of 5 875 737 30.0 30.3 49 27 J.Ellsbury (7.2) Terry Francona (90-72)
2 2010 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 89 73 0 .549 3rd of 5 818 744 30.8 29.6 53 25 A.Beltre (6.1) Terry Francona (89-73)
3 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 K.Youkilis (5.7) Terry Francona (95-67)
4 2008 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 95 67 0 .586 2nd of 5 Lost ALCS (4-3) 845 694 29.7 29.2 47 23 K.Youkilis (6.0) Terry Francona (95-67)
5 2007 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 96 66 0 .593 1st of 5 Won WS (4-0) 867 657 30.2 31.1 40 20 D.Ortiz (6.0) Terry Francona (96-66)
6 2006 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 86 76 0 .531 3rd of 5 820 825 30.5 31.1 53 28 D.Ortiz (5.5) Terry Francona (86-76)
7 2005 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 95 67 0 .586 2nd of 5 Lost LDS (3-0) 910 805 31.5 33.6 52 26 D.Ortiz (5.1) Terry Francona (95-67)
8 2004 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 98 64 0 .605 2nd of 5 Won WS (4-0) 949 768 30.6 32.5 50 26 C.Schilling (6.4) Terry Francona (98-64)
9 2003 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 95 67 0 .586 2nd of 5 Lost ALCS (4-3) 961 809 29.8 31.2 47 26 P.Martinez (7.3) Grady Little (95-67)
10 2002 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 93 69 0 .574 2nd of 5 859 665 29.9 31.0 39 18 N.Garciaparra (6.7) Grady Little (93-69)
11 2001 Boston Red Sox AL East 161 82 79 0 .509 2nd of 5 772 745 30.0 30.7 48 23 M.Ramirez (4.8) Jimy Williams (65-53) and Joe Kerrigan (17-26)
12 2000 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 85 77 0 .525 2nd of 5 792 745 29.4 30.1 52 24 P.Martinez (10.1) Jimy Williams (85-77)
13 1999 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 94 68 0 .580 2nd of 5 Lost ALCS (4-1) 836 718 28.9 30.1 48 25 P.Martinez (8.3) Jimy Williams (94-68)
14 1998 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 92 70 0 .568 2nd of 5 Lost LDS (3-1) 876 729 28.8 29.5 47 23 N.Garciaparra (7.3) Jimy Williams (92-70)
15 1997 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 78 84 0 .481 4th of 5 851 857 27.9 27.8 46 25 N.Garciaparra (5.9) Jimy Williams (78-84)
16 1996 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 85 77 0 .525 3rd of 5 928 921 28.4 28.7 55 23 R.Clemens (7.8) Kevin Kennedy (85-77)
17 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 J.Valentin (8.5) Kevin Kennedy (86-58)
18 1994 Boston Red Sox AL East 115 54 61 0 .470 4th of 5 552 621 29.9 30.2 45 23 R.Clemens (5.9) Butch Hobson (54-61)
19 1993 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 80 82 0 .494 5th of 7 686 698 29.7 30.6 39 16 D.Darwin (5.1) Butch Hobson (80-82)
20 1992 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 73 89 0 .451 7th of 7 599 669 28.9 31.5 38 16 R.Clemens (7.9) Butch Hobson (73-89)
21 1991 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 84 78 0 .519 2nd of 7 731 712 29.0 30.8 39 19 R.Clemens (7.5) Joe Morgan (84-78)
22 1990 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 88 74 0 .543 1st of 7 Lost ALCS (4-0) 699 664 29.0 30.6 43 20 R.Clemens (9.5) Joe Morgan (88-74)
23 1989 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 7 774 735 29.4 29.5 35 15 W.Boggs (8.2) Joe Morgan (83-79)
24 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 W.Boggs (8.7) John McNamara (43-42) and Joe Morgan (46-31)
25 1987 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 78 84 0 .481 5th of 7 842 825 28.7 27.1 35 13 W.Boggs (9.1) John McNamara (78-84)
26 1986 Boston Red Sox AL East 161 95 66 0 .590 1st of 7 Lost WS (4-3) 794 696 30.5 28.0 38 16 W.Boggs (8.6) John McNamara (95-66)
27 1985 Boston Red Sox AL East 163 81 81 1 .500 5th of 7 800 720 29.4 26.8 36 17 W.Boggs (8.5) John McNamara (81-81)
28 1984 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 86 76 0 .531 4th of 7 810 764 29.0 25.8 33 14 W.Boggs (5.8) Ralph Houk (86-76)
29 1983 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 78 84 0 .481 6th of 7 724 775 29.1 26.8 31 12 W.Boggs (7.6) Ralph Houk (78-84)
30 1982 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 89 73 0 .549 3rd of 7 753 713 28.8 28.2 33 14 D.Evans (6.3) Ralph Houk (89-73)
31 1981 Boston Red Sox AL East 108 59 49 0 .546 5th of 7 519 481 29.1 27.9 32 13 D.Evans (6.8) Ralph Houk (59-49)
32 1980 Boston Red Sox AL East 160 83 77 0 .519 5th of 7 757 767 29.5 29.5 41 17 F.Lynn (4.2) Don Zimmer (82-73) and Johnny Pesky (1-4)
33 1979 Boston Red Sox AL East 160 91 69 0 .569 3rd of 7 841 711 29.0 28.4 34 14 F.Lynn (8.4) Don Zimmer (91-69)
34 1978 Boston Red Sox AL East 163 99 64 0 .607 2nd of 7 796 657 28.5 29.2 31 14 J.Rice (7.0) Don Zimmer (99-64)
35 1977 Boston Red Sox AL East 161 97 64 0 .602 2nd of 7 859 712 28.6 29.4 38 15 C.Fisk (6.8) Don Zimmer (97-64)
36 1976 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 6 716 660 27.7 29.5 32 11 L.Tiant (5.9) Darrell Johnson (41-45) and Don Zimmer (42-34)
37 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 F.Lynn (7.1) Darrell Johnson (95-65)
38 1974 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 84 78 0 .519 3rd of 6 696 661 27.6 29.2 37 13 L.Tiant (7.5) Darrell Johnson (84-78)
39 1973 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 89 73 0 .549 2nd of 6 738 647 29.5 28.3 32 15 B.Lee (6.3) Eddie Kasko (88-73) and Eddie Popowski (1-0)
40 1972 Boston Red Sox AL East 155 85 70 0 .548 2nd of 6 640 620 28.9 28.9 38 17 C.Fisk (7.1) Eddie Kasko (85-70)
41 1971 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 85 77 0 .525 3rd of 6 691 667 27.9 29.1 36 15 S.Siebert (6.3) Eddie Kasko (85-77)
42 1970 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 87 75 0 .537 3rd of 6 786 722 26.5 27.9 40 20 C.Yastrzemski (9.1) Eddie Kasko (87-75)
43 1969 Boston Red Sox AL East 162 87 75 0 .537 3rd of 6 743 736 26.1 26.5 40 19 R.Petrocelli (9.3) Dick Williams (82-71) and Eddie Popowski (5-4)
44 1968 Boston Red Sox AL 162 86 76 0 .531 4th of 10 614 611 26.5 27.4 36 16 C.Yastrzemski (10.1) Dick Williams (86-76)
45 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 C.Yastrzemski (12.2) Dick Williams (92-70)
46 1966 Boston Red Sox AL 162 72 90 0 .444 9th of 10 655 731 25.3 27.4 40 21 C.Yastrzemski (4.6) Billy Herman (64-82) and Pete Runnels (8-8)
47 1965 Boston Red Sox AL 162 62 100 0 .383 9th of 10 669 791 26.7 26.5 30 12 C.Yastrzemski (4.1) Billy Herman (62-100)
48 1964 Boston Red Sox AL 162 72 90 0 .444 8th of 10 688 793 27.5 25.8 32 13 D.Radatz (5.0) Johnny Pesky (70-90) and Billy Herman (2-0)
49 1963 Boston Red Sox AL 161 76 85 0 .472 7th of 10 666 704 28.0 26.3 31 16 C.Yastrzemski (6.2) Johnny Pesky (76-85)
50 1962 Boston Red Sox AL 160 76 84 0 .475 8th of 10 707 756 27.8 27.6 33 18 E.Bressoud (4.7) Pinky Higgins (76-84)
51 1961 Boston Red Sox AL 163 76 86 1 .469 6th of 10 729 792 27.5 27.6 32 15 B.Monbouquette (4.3) Pinky Higgins (76-86)
52 1960 Boston Red Sox AL 154 65 89 0 .422 7th of 8 658 775 29.0 27.6 42 18 B.Monbouquette (4.1) Billy Jurges (15-27), Del Baker (2-5) and Pinky Higgins (48-57)
53 1959 Boston Red Sox AL 154 75 79 0 .487 5th of 8 726 696 29.1 26.7 41 18 P.Runnels (5.7) Pinky Higgins (31-42), Rudy York (0-1) and Billy Jurges (44-36)
54 1958 Boston Red Sox AL 155 79 75 1 .513 3rd of 8 697 691 28.8 27.2 35 18 P.Runnels (5.3) Pinky Higgins (79-75)
55 1957 Boston Red Sox AL 154 82 72 0 .532 3rd of 8 721 668 28.9 26.9 36 16 T.Williams (9.9) Pinky Higgins (82-72)
56 1956 Boston Red Sox AL 155 84 70 1 .545 4th of 8 780 751 28.3 27.4 34 14 T.Brewer (6.2) Pinky Higgins (84-70)
57 1955 Boston Red Sox AL 154 84 70 0 .545 4th of 8 755 652 27.6 26.6 40 17 T.Williams (6.7) Pinky Higgins (84-70)
58 1954 Boston Red Sox AL 156 69 85 2 .448 4th of 8 700 728 26.9 27.2 36 15 T.Williams (7.2) Lou Boudreau (69-85)
59 1953 Boston Red Sox AL 153 84 69 0 .549 4th of 8 656 632 26.6 29.6 37 15 M.Parnell (5.0) Lou Boudreau (84-69)
60 1952 Boston Red Sox AL 154 76 78 0 .494 6th of 8 668 658 27.8 29.5 48 19 B.Goodman (3.5) Lou Boudreau (76-78)
61 1951 Boston Red Sox AL 154 87 67 0 .565 3rd of 8 804 725 29.9 27.5 38 14 T.Williams (6.5) Steve O'Neill (87-67)
62 1950 Boston Red Sox AL 154 94 60 0 .610 3rd of 8 1027 804 29.8 27.9 41 20 M.Parnell (5.5) Joe McCarthy (31-28) and Steve O'Neill (63-32)
63 1949 Boston Red Sox AL 155 96 58 1 .623 2nd of 8 896 667 29.7 28.7 35 17 T.Williams (9.5) Joe McCarthy (96-58)
64 1948 Boston Red Sox AL 155 96 59 0 .619 2nd of 8 907 720 29.4 30.1 34 16 T.Williams (8.9) Joe McCarthy (96-59)
65 1947 Boston Red Sox AL 157 83 71 3 .539 3rd of 8 720 669 29.0 29.8 41 17 T.Williams (10.3) Joe Cronin (83-71)
66 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 T.Williams (11.8) Joe Cronin (104-50)
67 1945 Boston Red Sox AL 157 71 83 3 .461 7th of 8 599 674 30.2 27.3 37 15 E.Lake (5.7) Joe Cronin (71-83)
68 1944 Boston Red Sox AL 156 77 77 2 .500 4th of 8 739 676 30.1 29.4 33 16 B.Johnson (6.9) Joe Cronin (77-77)
69 1943 Boston Red Sox AL 155 68 84 3 .447 7th of 8 563 607 28.3 30.3 31 12 B.Doerr (4.0) Joe Cronin (68-84)
70 1942 Boston Red Sox AL 152 93 59 0 .612 2nd of 8 761 594 26.6 29.1 26 10 T.Williams (11.0) Joe Cronin (93-59)
71 1941 Boston Red Sox AL 155 84 70 1 .545 2nd of 8 865 750 28.2 29.2 31 15 T.Williams (11.3) Joe Cronin (84-70)
72 1940 Boston Red Sox AL 154 82 72 0 .532 4th of 8 872 825 28.1 28.9 33 17 T.Williams (6.0) Joe Cronin (82-72)
73 1939 Boston Red Sox AL 152 89 62 1 .589 2nd of 8 890 795 27.7 29.0 29 15 J.Foxx (7.2) Joe Cronin (89-62)
74 1938 Boston Red Sox AL 150 88 61 1 .591 2nd of 8 902 751 28.5 28.3 30 17 J.Foxx (7.5) Joe Cronin (88-61)
75 1937 Boston Red Sox AL 154 80 72 2 .526 5th of 8 821 775 28.6 29.9 30 12 L.Grove (7.7) Joe Cronin (80-72)
76 1936 Boston Red Sox AL 155 74 80 1 .481 6th of 8 775 764 29.1 29.3 31 15 L.Grove (8.7) Joe Cronin (74-80)
77 1935 Boston Red Sox AL 154 78 75 1 .510 4th of 8 718 732 28.6 29.3 33 14 W.Ferrell (9.1) Joe Cronin (78-75)
78 1934 Boston Red Sox AL 153 76 76 1 .500 4th of 8 820 775 29.0 28.5 34 13 B.Werber (6.1) Bucky Harris (76-76)
79 1933 Boston Red Sox AL 149 63 86 0 .423 7th of 8 700 758 28.4 26.9 36 11 R.Johnson (3.4) Marty McManus (63-86)
80 1932 Boston Red Sox AL 154 43 111 0 .279 8th of 8 566 915 28.4 25.7 41 18 D.Alexander (2.9) Shano Collins (11-44) and Marty McManus (32-67)
81 1931 Boston Red Sox AL 153 62 90 1 .408 6th of 8 625 800 28.6 28.3 37 12 E.Webb (4.8) Shano Collins (62-90)
82 1930 Boston Red Sox AL 154 52 102 0 .338 8th of 8 612 814 28.6 27.9 34 13 M.Gaston (4.2) Heinie Wagner (52-102)
83 1929 Boston Red Sox AL 155 58 96 1 .377 8th of 8 605 803 28.2 26.3 35 12 M.Gaston (3.6) Bill Carrigan (58-96)
84 1928 Boston Red Sox AL 154 57 96 1 .373 8th of 8 589 770 28.2 24.6 35 17 R.Ruffing (4.3) Bill Carrigan (57-96)
85 1927 Boston Red Sox AL 154 51 103 0 .331 8th of 8 597 856 27.5 25.0 37 14 D.MacFayden (2.1) Bill Carrigan (51-103)
86 1926 Boston Red Sox AL 154 46 107 1 .301 8th of 8 562 835 28.4 25.3 40 16 T.Rigney (3.3) Lee Fohl (46-107)
87 1925 Boston Red Sox AL 152 47 105 0 .309 8th of 8 639 922 27.7 27.7 41 15 H.Ehmke (3.5) Lee Fohl (47-105)
88 1924 Boston Red Sox AL 157 67 87 3 .435 7th of 8 735 806 30.1 29.1 33 16 H.Ehmke (6.7) Lee Fohl (67-87)
89 1923 Boston Red Sox AL 154 61 91 2 .401 8th of 8 584 809 29.3 28.7 30 11 J.Harris (4.5) Frank Chance (61-91)
90 1922 Boston Red Sox AL 154 61 93 0 .396 8th of 8 598 769 29.5 28.5 30 10 J.Quinn (3.2) Hugh Duffy (61-93)
91 1921 Boston Red Sox AL 154 75 79 0 .487 5th of 8 668 696 29.5 27.1 27 11 S.Jones (6.7) Hugh Duffy (75-79)
92 1920 Boston Red Sox AL 154 72 81 1 .471 5th of 8 650 698 28.1 25.7 32 11 H.Hooper (5.0) Ed Barrow (72-81)
93 1919 Boston Red Sox AL 138 66 71 1 .482 6th of 8 564 552 27.4 25.8 30 13 B.Ruth (11.2) Ed Barrow (66-71)
94 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 B.Ruth (8.4) Ed Barrow (75-51)
95 1917 Boston Red Sox AL 157 90 62 5 .592 2nd of 8 555 455 27.9 24.8 27 9 B.Ruth (7.8) Jack Barry (90-62)
96 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 B.Ruth (9.0) Bill Carrigan (91-63)
97 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 T.Speaker (8.1) Bill Carrigan (101-50)
98 1914 Boston Red Sox AL 159 91 62 6 .595 2nd of 8 589 510 25.4 24.7 32 14 T.Speaker (9.9) Bill Carrigan (91-62)
99 1913 Boston Red Sox AL 151 79 71 1 .527 4th of 8 631 610 26.1 24.6 29 13 T.Speaker (7.9) Jake Stahl (39-41) and Bill Carrigan (40-30)
100 1912 Boston Red Sox AL 154 105 47 2 .691 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 799 544 26.1 25.2 27 11 S.Wood (11.0) Jake Stahl (105-47)
101 1911 Boston Red Sox AL 153 78 75 0 .510 4th of 8 680 643 24.9 25.0 43 16 S.Wood (5.8) Patsy Donovan (78-75)
102 1910 Boston Red Sox AL 158 81 72 5 .529 4th of 8 641 564 25.5 25.3 35 13 T.Speaker (7.6) Patsy Donovan (81-72)
103 1909 Boston Red Sox AL 152 88 63 1 .583 3rd of 8 601 549 25.9 25.3 37 19 T.Speaker (6.2) Fred Lake (88-63)
104 1908 Boston Red Sox AL 155 75 79 1 .487 5th of 8 564 513 27.2 29.4 39 16 C.Young (8.2) Deacon McGuire (53-62) and Fred Lake (22-17)
105 1907 Boston Americans AL 155 59 90 6 .396 7th of 8 466 558 29.0 30.1 35 14 C.Young (6.3) Cy Young (3-3), George Huff (2-6), Bob Unglaub (9-20) and Deacon McGuire (45-61)
106 1906 Boston Americans AL 155 49 105 1 .318 8th of 8 463 706 29.1 30.2 31 12 C.Stahl (2.9) Jimmy Collins (35-79) and Chick Stahl (14-26)
107 1905 Boston Americans AL 153 78 74 1 .513 4th of 8 579 565 31.6 30.1 27 9 C.Young (6.2) Jimmy Collins (78-74)
108 1904 Boston Americans AL 157 95 59 3 .617 1st of 8 608 466 31.2 30.1 18 5 C.Young (8.3) Jimmy Collins (95-59)
109 1903 Boston Americans AL 141 91 47 3 .659 1st of 8 Won WS (5-3) 708 504 29.6 28.2 20 6 C.Young (8.1) Jimmy Collins (91-47)
110 1902 Boston Americans AL 138 77 60 1 .562 3rd of 8 664 600 28.6 28.4 24 12 C.Young (8.9) Jimmy Collins (77-60)
111 1901 Boston Americans AL 138 79 57 2 .581 2nd of 8 759 608 28.0 28.3 24 11 C.Young (11.2) Jimmy Collins (79-57)