1908 Boston Red Sox

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

75-79, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Deacon McGuire (53-62) and Fred Lake (22-17)
Scored 564 runs, Allowed 513 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds · Attendance: 473,048 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1907 / 1909 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	75-79, Final Rank:5, GB: 15.5
Days in First	2	last on Thursday, Apr 16, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	3	last on Apr 16, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	17	last on Saturday, Oct 3, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	2	last on Friday, Apr 24
Most Games under .500	11	last on Wednesday, May 20
Longest Winning Streak	5	Friday, May 22 to Wednesday, May 27
Longest Losing Streak	7	Friday, May 8 to Saturday, May 16
Most Runs Allowed	15	Tuesday, Jun 9
Most Runs Scored	16	Tuesday, May 26
Times Shutout by Opponent	22
Times Opponent Shutout	12

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	75	79	564	513	.487
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	37	40	273	249	.481
Road	38	39	291	264	.494
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	7	7	48	37	.500
May	8	17	79	92	.320
June	14	13	125	119	.519
July	14	13	87	95	.519
August	13	12	91	83	.520
September	14	14	84	64	.500
October	5	3	50	23	.625

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	35	44	291	299	.443
Second Half	40	35	273	214	.533
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	21	26	141	146	.447
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	22	12	200	131	.647

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
CHW	6	16	75	89	.273
CLE	10	12	73	84	.455
DET	11	11	91	89	.500
NYY	12	10	79	47	.545
PHA	10	12	91	67	.455
SLB	15	7	80	61	.682
WSH	11	11	75	76	.500

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Tuesday, Apr 14	BOS		WSH	W	3	1		1-0	1	Tied						18,752	`+`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 16	BOS		WSH	W	3	1		2-0	1	Tied						1,955	`++`
3	3	Friday, Apr 17	BOS		WSH	L	1	2		2-1	2	1.0							`-`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 18	BOS		PHA	L	2	4		2-2	3	1.0							`--`
5	5	Monday, Apr 20 (1)	BOS		PHA	W	8	1		3-2	2	0.5							`+`
6	6	Monday, Apr 20 (2)	BOS		PHA	W	5	3		4-2	2	0.5							`++`
7	7	Tuesday, Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L	0	4		4-3	3	1.5							`-`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W	5	3		5-3	3	1.0							`+`
9	9	Thursday, Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L	4	6		5-4	3	1.5							`-`
10	10	Friday, Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W	7	0		6-4	3	1.0							`+`
11	11	Saturday, Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L	1	3		6-5	3	1.0							`-`
12	12	Monday, Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	L	0	1		6-6	5	1.5							`--`
13	13	Tuesday, Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	L	4	7		6-7	5	2.5							`---`
14	14	Wednesday, Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	W	5	1		7-7	5	2.0							`+`
15	15	Friday, May 1	BOS	@	PHA	L	4	5		7-8	5	2.5							`-`
16	16	Saturday, May 2	BOS	@	PHA	L	0	2		7-9	6	3.0							`--`
17	17	Monday, May 4	BOS	@	PHA	L	2	3		7-10	6	3.5							`---`
18	18	Tuesday, May 5	BOS	@	PHA	L	2	5		7-11	6	4.5							`----`
19	19	Wednesday, May 6	BOS		NYY	W	4	0		8-11	6	4.0							`+`
20	20	Friday, May 8	BOS		NYY	L	0	3		8-12	6	4.0							`-`
21	21	Saturday, May 9	BOS		NYY	L	1	2		8-13	7	5.0							`--`
22	22	Monday, May 11	BOS		NYY	L	0	3		8-14	8	6.0							`---`
23	23	Tuesday, May 12	BOS		DET	L	2	4		8-15	8	6.0							`----`
24	24	Wednesday, May 13	BOS		DET	L	3	10		8-16	8	7.0							`-----`
25	25	Friday, May 15	BOS		DET	L	4	6		8-17	8	8.0							`------`
26	26	Saturday, May 16	BOS		CLE	L	1	4		8-18	8	9.0							`-------`
27	27	Monday, May 18	BOS		CLE	W	3	0		9-18	8	8.0							`+`
28	28	Tuesday, May 19	BOS		CLE	L	2	7		9-19	8	9.0							`-`
29	29	Wednesday, May 20	BOS		CLE	L	3	4		9-20	8	9.5							`--`
30	30	Friday, May 22	BOS		SLB	W	2	1		10-20	8	8.5							`+`
31	31	Saturday, May 23	BOS		SLB	W	6	2		11-20	8	8.5							`++`
32	32	Monday, May 25	BOS		SLB	W	4	2		12-20	7	7.5							`+++`
33	33	Tuesday, May 26	BOS		CHW	W	16	5		13-20	7	6.5							`++++`
34	34	Wednesday, May 27	BOS		CHW	W	3	2		14-20	7	5.5							`+++++`
35	35	Thursday, May 28	BOS		CHW	L	1	2		14-21	8	5.5							`-`
36	36	Friday, May 29 (1)	BOS		WSH	L	1	6		14-22	8	6.5							`--`
37	37	Friday, May 29 (2)	BOS		WSH	L	5	7		14-23	8	6.5							`---`
38	38	Saturday, May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W	6	0		15-23	8	6.5						5,865	`+`
39	39	Saturday, May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L	4	7		15-24	8	6.5						5,491	`-`
40	40	Monday, Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	L	0	2		15-25	8	7.5							`--`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W	7	0		16-25	8	6.0							`+`
42	42	Tuesday, Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W	6	5		17-25	8	6.0							`++`
43	43	Wednesday, Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	W	6	1		18-25	8	5.0							`+++`
44	44	Thursday, Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	W	2	1		19-25	8	5.0							`++++`
45	45	Friday, Jun 5	BOS	@	DET	L	7	8		19-26	8	6.0							`-`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W	10	5		20-26	7	5.0							`+`
47	47	Sunday, Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	W	9	5		21-26	7	4.5							`++`
48	48	Tuesday, Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	L	6	15		21-27	7	5.0							`-`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W	8	4		22-27	7	5.0							`+`
50	50	Thursday, Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	L	0	2		22-28	7	6.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	L	2	4		22-29	7	7.0							`--`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	W	6	5		23-29	7	7.0							`+`
53	53	Sunday, Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W	10	4		24-29	7	7.0							`++`
54	54	Monday, Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	L	0	10		24-30	7	8.0							`-`
55	55	Tuesday, Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W	9	1		25-30	7	8.0							`+`
56	56	Thursday, Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	L	5	6		25-31	7	8.5							`-`
57	57	Friday, Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	L	4	6		25-32	7	9.5							`--`
58	58	Saturday, Jun 20	BOS	@	CHW	L	0	1		25-33	7	10.5							`---`
59	59	Sunday, Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L	3	7		25-34	7	11.5							`----`
60	60	Tuesday, Jun 23	BOS		WSH	W	3	2		26-34	6	10.0							`+`
61	61	Wednesday, Jun 24	BOS		WSH	L	2	8		26-35	7	10.0							`-`
62	62	Thursday, Jun 25	BOS		WSH	W	2	1		27-35	6	10.0							`+`
63	63	Friday, Jun 26	BOS		WSH	L	0	8		27-36	6	11.0							`-`
64	64	Saturday, Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L	6	7		27-37	7	11.0							`--`
65	65	Monday, Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W	4	1		28-37	6	11.0							`+`
66	66	Tuesday, Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W	8	0		29-37	6	10.0							`++`
67	67	Wednesday, Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	W	4	3		30-37	6	9.5							`+++`
68	68	Thursday, Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L	1	4		30-38	6	9.5							`-`
69	69	Saturday, Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L	0	5		30-39	6	9.5							`--`
70	70	Saturday, Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W	4	3		31-39	6	9.5							`+`
71	71	Tuesday, Jul 7	BOS		CLE	W	8	6		32-39	6	10.0							`++`
72	72	Wednesday, Jul 8	BOS		CLE	W	2	0		33-39	6	9.0							`+++`
73	73	Thursday, Jul 9	BOS		CLE	L	1	4		33-40	6	10.0							`-`
74	74	Friday, Jul 10	BOS		CLE	L	2	5		33-41	6	11.0							`--`
75	75	Saturday, Jul 11	BOS		DET	W	7	3		34-41	6	10.0							`+`
76	76	Monday, Jul 13 (1)	BOS		DET	L	2	6		34-42	6	11.0							`-`
77	77	Monday, Jul 13 (2)	BOS		DET	W	4	2		35-42	6	11.0							`+`
78	78	Tuesday, Jul 14	BOS		DET	L	3	5		35-43	6	11.0							`-`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 15	BOS		DET	L	1	5		35-44	6	12.0							`--`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 16	BOS		CHW	L	0	2		35-45	6	12.0							`---`
81	81	Friday, Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W	4	3		36-45	6	12.0							`+`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 18	BOS		CHW	L	2	7		36-46	6	12.0							`-`
83	83	Monday, Jul 20	BOS		CHW	W	8	1		37-46	6	12.0							`+`
84	84	Tuesday, Jul 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	W	2	1		38-46	6	11.5							`++`
85	85	Tuesday, Jul 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	W	3	2		39-46	6	11.5							`+++`
86	86	Wednesday, Jul 22	BOS		SLB	L	2	4		39-47	6	12.5							`-`
87	87	Thursday, Jul 23	BOS		SLB	L	2	4		39-48	6	13.5							`--`
88	88	Saturday, Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	W	3	1		40-48	6	14.0							`+`
89	89	Monday, Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W	4	3		41-48	6	14.5							`++`
90	90	Tuesday, Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L	3	5		41-49	6	15.0							`-`
91	91	Wednesday, Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W	4	3		42-49	6	14.5							`+`
92	92	Thursday, Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L	2	3		42-50	6	15.5							`-`
93	93	Friday, Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W	9	5		43-50	6	14.5							`+`
94	94	Saturday, Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	L	0	3		43-51	6	15.5							`-`
95	95	Sunday, Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W	8	4		44-51	6	14.5							`+`
96	96	Tuesday, Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	W	4	1		45-51	6	14.5							`++`
97	97	Wednesday, Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W	3	2		46-51	6	14.5							`+++`
98	98	Thursday, Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L	1	2		46-52	6	15.0							`-`
99	99	Friday, Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L	0	7		46-53	6	15.0							`--`
100	100	Saturday, Aug 8	BOS	@	SLB	W	3	1		47-53	6	15.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Sunday, Aug 9	BOS	@	SLB	L	2	8		47-54	6	16.0							`-`
102	102	Monday, Aug 10	BOS	@	SLB	W	5	0		48-54	6	15.0							`+`
103	103	Tuesday, Aug 11	BOS	@	SLB	W	3	0		49-54	5	14.0							`++`
104	104	Friday, Aug 14	BOS		DET	L	2	5		49-55	6	15.0							`-`
105	105	Saturday, Aug 15	BOS		DET	W	4	3		50-55	6	14.0							`+`
106	106	Monday, Aug 17	BOS		DET	L	0	1		50-56	6	15.0							`-`
107	107	Tuesday, Aug 18	BOS		CLE	W	3	2		51-56	6	15.0							`+`
108	108	Wednesday, Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W	7	2		52-56	6	14.0							`++`
109	109	Thursday, Aug 20	BOS		CLE	W	5	4		53-56	6	13.0							`+++`
110	110	Friday, Aug 21	BOS		CHW	L	7	8		53-57	6	13.0							`-`
111	111	Saturday, Aug 22	BOS		CHW	L	6	7		53-58	6	14.0							`--`
112	112	Monday, Aug 24	BOS		CHW	L	4	6		53-59	6	15.0							`---`
113	113	Tuesday, Aug 25	BOS		CHW	L	1	2		53-60	6	15.5							`----`
114	114	Thursday, Aug 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	L	1	3		53-61	6	16.5							`-----`
115	115	Thursday, Aug 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	L	1	3		53-62	6	16.5							`------`
116	116	Friday, Aug 28	BOS		SLB	W	3	1		54-62	6	16.0							`+`
117	117	Saturday, Aug 29	BOS		SLB	W	11	5		55-62	6	14.5							`++`
118	118	Monday, Aug 31	BOS	@	WSH	W	7	3		56-62	6	13.0							`+++`
119	119	Tuesday, Sep 1	BOS	@	WSH	L	0	6		56-63	6	13.0							`-`
120	120	Wednesday, Sep 2	BOS	@	WSH	L	2	3		56-64	6	14.0							`--`
121	121	Thursday, Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	W	5	2		57-64	6	14.0							`+`
122	122	Friday, Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W	7	1		58-64	6	12.5							`++`
123	123	Friday, Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W	10	1		59-64	6	12.5							`+++`
124	124	Saturday, Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L	2	3		59-65	6	12.5							`-`
125	125	Monday, Sep 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W	6	1		60-65	6	13.0							`+`
126	126	Monday, Sep 7 (2)	BOS		PHA	W	3	2		61-65	6	13.0							`++`
127	127	Tuesday, Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	W	3	1		62-65	6	12.0							`+++`
128	128	Wednesday, Sep 9	BOS	@	WSH	L	4	5		62-66	6	13.0							`-`
129	129	Thursday, Sep 10	BOS	@	WSH	W	7	1		63-66	6	13.0							`+`
130	130	Friday, Sep 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L	2	4		63-67	6	12.5							`-`
131	131	Friday, Sep 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	W	5	1		64-67	6	12.5							`+`
132	132	Saturday, Sep 12	BOS		NYY	L	0	1		64-68	6	12.5							`-`
133	133	Monday, Sep 14	BOS		NYY	W	2	1		65-68	5	11.0							`+`
134	134	Tuesday, Sep 15	BOS		NYY	L	0	1		65-69	5	12.0							`-`
135	135	Thursday, Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	L	0	1		65-70	6	13.5							`--`
136	136	Friday, Sep 18	BOS	@	CLE	L	1	2		65-71	5	13.5							`---`
137	137	Saturday, Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L	5	6		65-72	6	13.5							`----`
138	138	Monday, Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W	4	3		66-72	5	13.5							`+`
139	139	Tuesday, Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	W	4	1		67-72	5	13.5							`++`
140	140	Wednesday, Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	W	4	1		68-72	5	13.5							`+++`
141	141	Thursday, Sep 24	BOS	@	SLB	L	0	3		68-73	5	13.5							`-`
142	142	Friday, Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	W	3	1		69-73	5	12.5							`+`
143	143	Saturday, Sep 26	BOS	@	SLB	W	2	0		70-73	5	12.5							`++`
144	144	Sunday, Sep 27	BOS	@	CHW	L	0	3		70-74	5	13.0							`-`
145	145	Monday, Sep 28	BOS	@	CHW	T	2	2		70-74	5	13.5							`-`
146	146	Tuesday, Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L	1	5		70-75	5	15.5							`--`
147	147	Tuesday, Sep 29 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L	0	2		70-76	5	15.5							`---`
148	148	Thursday, Oct 1	BOS	@	PHA	L	2	5		70-77	5	16.5							`----`
149	149	Friday, Oct 2	BOS	@	PHA	W	8	1		71-77	5	16.5							`+`
150	150	Saturday, Oct 3 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L	7	8		71-78	5	17.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Saturday, Oct 3 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W	5	0		72-78	5	17.0							`+`
152	152	Monday, Oct 5	BOS		NYY	W	4	0		73-78	5	15.5							`++`
153	153	Tuesday, Oct 6	BOS		NYY	W	11	3		74-78	5	15.5							`+++`
154	154	Wednesday, Oct 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W	10	1		75-78	5	15.5							`++++`
155	155	Wednesday, Oct 7 (2)	BOS		PHA	L	3	5		75-79	5	15.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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