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1938 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
88-61, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 902 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-62
Manager: Joe Cronin (88-61)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 646,459 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100

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1937 / 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 88-61, Final Rank:2, GB: 9.5
Days in First4last on Sunday, May 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 8last on May 18, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1.5last on Sunday, May 15, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind16last on Tuesday, Sep 13, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50028last on Saturday, Oct 1
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak8Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 15
Longest Losing Streak6Wednesday, Aug 10 to Tuesday, Aug 16
Most Runs Allowed15Friday, Jun 10, Monday, Aug 29 and Saturday, Sep 10
Most Runs Scored19Saturday, Aug 27
Times Shutout by Opponent4 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 88 61 902 751 .591
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 52 23 481 356 .693
Road 36 38 421 395 .486
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 5 57 43 .545
May 13 12 144 109 .520
June 16 10 141 126 .615
July 16 8 158 135 .667
August 18 15 198 195 .545
September 18 10 194 135 .643
October 1 1 10 8 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 39 28 376 306 .582
Second Half 49 33 526 445 .598
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 23 15 174 166 .605
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 36 19 428 298 .655
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
CHW 12 6 92 88 .667
CLE 12 10 127 96 .545
DET 10 12 118 135 .455
NYY 11 11 114 117 .500
PHA 14 8 166 115 .636
SLB 17 5 158 101 .773
WSH 12 9 127 99 .571

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Monday, Apr 18 BOS NYY W 8 4 1-0 1 Tied Bagby 2:10 10,500 +
2 2 Tuesday, Apr 19 BOS NYY L 3 5 1-1 2 0.5 Gomez 1:54 10,000 -
3 3 Tuesday, Apr 19 BOS NYY W 6 0 2-1 2 0.5 Ostermueller 1:53 33,000 +
4 4 Thursday, Apr 21 BOS NYY W 3 2 3-1 2 0.5 Marcum 2:18 9,000 ++
5 5 Saturday, Apr 23 BOS @ PHA W 10 4 4-1 1 Tied Grove 2:24 10,895 +++
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 BOS @ PHA L 4 10 4-2 2 1.0 Caster 2:12 9,154 -
7 7 Monday, Apr 25 BOS @ WSH W 7 0 5-2 2 0.5 Ostermueller 1:44 8,000 +
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 26 BOS @ WSH L 4 6 5-3 2 1.5 Appleton 2:17 6,000 -
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 27 BOS @ WSH L 2 5 5-4 3 1.5 DeShong 2:14 6,000 --
10 10 Thursday, Apr 28 BOS @ NYY W 6 1 6-4 3 1.5 Grove 1:56 10,747 +
11 11 Friday, Apr 29 BOS @ NYY L 4 6 6-5 3 2.5 Murphy 2:20 12,395 -
12 12 Sunday, May 1 BOS PHA L 6 8 6-6 3 3.0 Thomas 2:15 17,200 --
13 13 Monday, May 2 BOS PHA W 13 1 7-6 3 3.0 Marcum 1:55 4,000 +
14 14 Tuesday, May 3 BOS DET W 4 3 8-6 2 3.0 Grove 2:43 4,500 ++
15 15 Wednesday, May 4 BOS DET L 1 4 8-7 4 3.0 Poffenberger 2:00 6,600 -
16 16 Thursday, May 5 BOS DET L 5 7 8-8 4 3.0 Kennedy 2:37 5,500 --
17 17 Friday, May 6 BOS SLB W 7 3 9-8 4 3.0 Marcum 2:15 4,700 +
18 18 Saturday, May 7 BOS SLB W 7 2 10-8 4 3.0 Grove 1:46 4,500 ++
19 19 Sunday, May 8 BOS CLE W 5 0 11-8 4 2.0 Wilson 2:01 33,100 +++
20 20 Monday, May 9 BOS CLE W 15 3 12-8 4 1.5 Bagby 2:11 ++++
21 21 Wednesday, May 11 BOS CHW W 4 2 13-8 3 1.0 Grove 1:35 5,700 +++++
22 22 Friday, May 13 BOS WSH W 10 0 14-8 2 0.5 Wilson 2:15 9,500 ++++++
23 23 Saturday, May 14 BOS WSH W 10 9 15-8 1 up 0.5 Rogers 2:50 15,000 +++++++
24 24 Sunday, May 15 BOS WSH W 4 3 16-8 1 up 1.5 Grove 2:16 26,000 ++++++++
25 25 Thursday, May 19 BOS @ CHW L 0 4 16-9 2 1.0 Whitehead 1:36 2,500 -
26 26 Friday, May 20 BOS @ SLB W 16 2 17-9 2 1.0 Grove 2:19 1,529 +
27 27 Saturday, May 21 BOS @ SLB L 3 5 17-10 2 1.0 Newsom 2:25 1,423 -
28 28 Sunday, May 22 BOS @ DET L 3 4 17-11 2 2.0 Poffenberger 1:58 27,700 --
29 29 Tuesday, May 24 BOS @ DET W 5 4 18-11 2 2.0 Grove 2:25 6,600 +
30 30 Wednesday, May 25 BOS @ CLE L 4 6 18-12 2 3.0 Harder 2:15 7,500 -
31 31 Thursday, May 26 BOS @ CLE W 8 4 19-12 2 2.0 Wilson 2:17 5,000 +
32 32 Saturday, May 28 BOS @ WSH L 2 3 19-13 2 2.5 Leonard 1:56 6,000 -
33 33 Sunday, May 29 BOS @ WSH L 3 5 19-14 2 2.5 Ferrell 2:00 14,000 --
34 34 Monday, May 30 BOS @ NYY L 0 10 19-15 4 4.5 Ruffing 2:15 0 ---
35 35 Monday, May 30 BOS @ NYY L 4 5 19-16 4 4.5 Gomez 1:45 75,000 ----
36 36 Tuesday, May 31 BOS @ NYY L 5 12 19-17 4 5.0 Murphy 2:12 6,317 -----
37 37 Wednesday, Jun 1 BOS SLB W 6 3 20-17 4 4.0 Wagner 2:15 3,400 +
38 38 Thursday, Jun 2 BOS SLB W 6 1 21-17 4 4.0 Bagby 1:52 3,000 ++
39 39 Saturday, Jun 4 BOS DET W 5 3 22-17 4 4.5 Grove 1:41 9,700 +++
40 40 Sunday, Jun 5 BOS DET L 4 10 22-18 4 5.5 Kennedy 2:00 29,000 -
41 41 Monday, Jun 6 BOS DET W 8 7 23-18 4 4.5 Wilson 2:02 4,000 +
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 7 BOS CLE L 5 7 23-19 4 5.5 Humphries 2:17 7,000 -
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 8 BOS CLE W 7 6 24-19 2 4.5 McKain 2:36 5,000 +
44 44 Thursday, Jun 9 BOS CLE W 8 0 25-19 2 3.5 Grove 2:05 12,000 ++
45 45 Friday, Jun 10 BOS CHW L 2 15 25-20 3 3.5 Stratton 2:03 12,000 -
46 46 Sunday, Jun 12 BOS CHW W 3 2 26-20 3 3.0 Wilson 1:50 0 +
47 47 Sunday, Jun 12 BOS CHW L 3 4 26-21 3 3.0 Rigney 1:40 36,000 -
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 14 BOS @ SLB W 5 3 27-21 3 2.0 Wilson 2:17 1,259 +
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 15 BOS @ SLB W 7 4 28-21 3 2.0 Ostermueller 2:22 962 ++
50 50 Thursday, Jun 16 BOS @ SLB W 12 8 29-21 3 2.0 Marcum 2:40 1,028 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 17 BOS @ CHW W 5 1 30-21 3 2.0 Wilson 1:48 2,000 ++++
52 52 Saturday, Jun 18 BOS @ CHW W 4 3 31-21 2 1.0 Grove 2:26 4,500 +++++
53 53 Sunday, Jun 19 BOS @ CHW L 2 3 31-22 2 1.5 Whitehead 1:58 0 -
54 54 Sunday, Jun 19 BOS @ CHW W 6 1 32-22 2 1.5 Bagby 1:48 22,000 +
55 55 Tuesday, Jun 21 BOS @ DET W 8 3 33-22 2 2.0 Ostermueller 2:20 0 ++
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 21 BOS @ DET L 4 5 33-23 2 2.0 Lawson 2:06 26,400 -
57 57 Wednesday, Jun 22 BOS @ DET L 3 8 33-24 2 3.5 Kennedy 1:55 7,000 --
58 58 Thursday, Jun 23 BOS @ DET L 2 10 33-25 2 3.5 Gill 2:06 6,900 ---
59 59 Friday, Jun 24 BOS @ CLE L 6 7 33-26 2 4.5 Humphries 2:30 12,000 ----
60 60 Monday, Jun 27 BOS @ CLE L 3 7 33-27 3 5.5 Feller 2:35 10,000 -----
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 29 BOS WSH W 6 4 34-27 3 5.0 Marcum 1:41 3,500 +
62 62 Thursday, Jun 30 BOS WSH W 11 1 35-27 3 5.0 Bagby 1:51 4,400 ++
63 63 Friday, Jul 1 BOS @ PHA W 12 7 36-27 3 4.5 Grove 2:12 10,000 +++
64 64 Saturday, Jul 2 BOS @ PHA W 6 5 37-27 3 4.0 Dickman 2:44 5,000 ++++
65 65 Sunday, Jul 3 BOS @ NYY L 3 9 37-28 3 4.5 Gomez 2:07 23,876 -
66 66 Monday, Jul 4 BOS PHA W 8 5 38-28 3 2.5 Ostermueller 2:28 0 +
67 67 Monday, Jul 4 BOS PHA W 5 2 39-28 3 2.5 Bagby 1:42 18,000 ++
68 68 Friday, Jul 8 BOS NYY W 9 8 40-28 3 2.5 Dickman 2:22 26,000 +++
69 69 Saturday, Jul 9 BOS NYY L 6 11 40-29 3 3.5 Murphy 2:27 17,000 -
70 70 Sunday, Jul 10 BOS NYY W 6 4 41-29 3 3.5 Grove 1:56 27,000 +
71 71 Wednesday, Jul 13 BOS DET W 7 4 42-29 3 3.0 Dickman 1:58 ++
72 72 Wednesday, Jul 13 BOS DET L 5 9 42-30 3 3.0 Auker 2:00 20,000 -
73 73 Thursday, Jul 14 BOS DET W 12 1 43-30 3 3.0 Grove 2:05 4,200 +
74 74 Friday, Jul 15 BOS SLB W 5 3 44-30 3 3.0 McKain 1:56 3,200 ++
75 75 Saturday, Jul 16 BOS SLB L 3 8 44-31 3 4.0 Hildebrand 2:12 4,900 -
76 76 Sunday, Jul 17 BOS SLB W 11 5 45-31 3 3.5 Dickman 2:09 0 +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 17 BOS SLB W 14 4 46-31 3 3.5 Bagby 2:04 ++
78 78 Friday, Jul 22 BOS CLE W 7 4 47-31 3 2.5 Wilson 2:30 2,000 +++
79 79 Monday, Jul 25 BOS CLE W 4 0 48-31 3 2.5 Dickman 1:52 0 ++++
80 80 Monday, Jul 25 BOS CLE L 0 3 48-32 3 2.5 Harder 1:55 29,000 -
81 81 Tuesday, Jul 26 BOS @ CHW L 1 9 48-33 3 4.0 Lyons 1:58 4,500 --
82 82 Thursday, Jul 28 BOS @ CHW W 13 8 49-33 3 3.0 Bagby 2:48 +
83 83 Thursday, Jul 28 BOS @ CHW W 8 5 50-33 3 3.0 Midkiff 2:21 12,000 ++
84 84 Saturday, Jul 30 BOS @ SLB W 5 4 51-33 3 3.5 Wilson 3:01 1,352 +++
85 85 Sunday, Jul 31 BOS @ SLB L 6 7 51-34 3 5.5 Van Atta 2:54 0 -
86 86 Sunday, Jul 31 BOS @ SLB L 2 10 51-35 3 5.5 Mills 1:51 --
87 87 Tuesday, Aug 2 BOS @ CLE L 4 7 51-36 3 5.5 Galehouse 2:16 5,000 ---
88 88 Wednesday, Aug 3 BOS @ CLE W 4 3 52-36 3 6.0 Wilson 2:25 0 +
89 89 Wednesday, Aug 3 BOS @ CLE L 6 8 52-37 3 6.0 Whitehill 2:20 36,397 -
90 90 Friday, Aug 5 BOS @ DET W 9 8 53-37 3 6.5 Bagby 2:46 7,200 +
91 91 Saturday, Aug 6 BOS @ DET W 14 8 54-37 3 6.5 Bagby 2:45 10,200 ++
92 92 Sunday, Aug 7 BOS @ DET L 3 7 54-38 3 7.5 Gill 1:53 19,000 -
93 93 Tuesday, Aug 9 BOS @ PHA W 16 4 55-38 3 6.5 Harris 2:23 2,000 +
94 94 Wednesday, Aug 10 BOS @ PHA L 3 5 55-39 3 7.5 Thomas 1:50 1,500 -
95 95 Thursday, Aug 11 BOS @ PHA L 3 5 55-40 3 8.5 Caster 1:56 5,000 --
96 96 Friday, Aug 12 BOS @ WSH L 1 13 55-41 3 9.0 Leonard 2:08 15,000 ---
97 97 Saturday, Aug 13 BOS @ WSH L 1 4 55-42 3 10.0 Weaver 1:48 10,000 ----
98 98 Sunday, Aug 14 BOS @ WSH L 1 7 55-43 3 11.5 Kelley 1:41 15,000 -----
99 99 Tuesday, Aug 16 BOS PHA L 11 14 55-44 3 13.0 Ross 2:32 5,200 ------
100 100 Wednesday, Aug 17 BOS PHA W 4 3 56-44 3 12.0 Wilson 1:50 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Wednesday, Aug 17 BOS PHA W 5 0 57-44 3 12.0 Heving 1:45 3,200 ++
102 102 Thursday, Aug 18 BOS PHA W 2 0 58-44 3 11.5 Bagby 1:35 2,000 +++
103 103 Friday, Aug 19 BOS WSH W 4 3 59-44 3 11.5 Ostermueller 2:29 4,700 ++++
104 104 Saturday, Aug 20 BOS WSH W 10 7 60-44 3 11.5 McKain 2:07 6,200 +++++
105 105 Sunday, Aug 21 BOS WSH L 4 5 60-45 3 12.5 Appleton 2:10 0 -
106 106 Sunday, Aug 21 BOS WSH W 7 2 61-45 3 12.5 Heving 1:48 +
107 107 Tuesday, Aug 23 BOS CLE W 13 3 62-45 2 11.5 Ostermueller 2:24 0 ++
108 108 Tuesday, Aug 23 BOS CLE W 14 12 63-45 2 11.5 Wilson 2:38 18,500 +++
109 109 Wednesday, Aug 24 BOS CLE L 3 5 63-46 2 12.0 Harder 2:02 7,000 -
110 110 Thursday, Aug 25 BOS CHW W 1 0 64-46 2 12.0 Wilson 1:40 0 +
111 111 Thursday, Aug 25 BOS CHW W 9 5 65-46 2 12.0 Heving 2:30 10,000 ++
112 112 Friday, Aug 26 BOS CHW L 2 12 65-47 2 12.0 Lyons 2:05 0 -
113 113 Friday, Aug 26 BOS CHW W 9 8 66-47 2 12.0 Bagby 2:40 14,800 +
114 114 Saturday, Aug 27 BOS CHW W 19 6 67-47 2 12.0 Ostermueller 2:10 0 ++
115 115 Saturday, Aug 27 BOS CHW W 1 0 68-47 2 12.0 Harris 1:38 18,000 +++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 28 BOS DET L 3 4 68-48 2 13.0 Bridges 2:17 18,000 -
117 117 Monday, Aug 29 BOS DET L 1 15 68-49 2 14.0 Auker 2:00 4,500 --
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 30 BOS SLB L 5 9 68-50 2 15.0 Cole 2:17 2,800 ---
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 31 BOS SLB W 6 3 69-50 2 14.0 Harris 2:00 3,000 +
120 120 Thursday, Sep 1 BOS SLB W 5 3 70-50 2 13.0 Ostermueller 1:55 2,200 ++
121 121 Friday, Sep 2 BOS @ NYY L 4 6 70-51 2 14.0 Ruffing 2:13 9,039 -
122 122 Saturday, Sep 3 BOS @ NYY W 9 3 71-51 2 13.0 Heving 2:10 13,722 +
123 123 Sunday, Sep 4 BOS @ PHA L 11 12 71-52 2 13.5 Smith 2:30 0 -
124 124 Sunday, Sep 4 BOS @ PHA W 12 2 72-52 2 13.5 Harris 1:47 16,000 +
125 125 Monday, Sep 5 BOS @ WSH W 14 4 73-52 2 13.5 Ostermueller 2:17 0 ++
126 126 Monday, Sep 5 BOS @ WSH W 8 6 74-52 2 13.5 McKain 2:05 +++
127 127 Tuesday, Sep 6 BOS @ WSH L 5 7 74-53 2 14.0 Monteagudo 2:12 400 -
128 128 Wednesday, Sep 7 BOS NYY W 11 4 75-53 2 13.0 Heving 1:28 13,000 +
129 129 Thursday, Sep 8 BOS NYY L 0 4 75-54 2 14.0 Gomez 1:55 9,500 -
130 130 Friday, Sep 9 BOS PHA L 3 4 75-55 2 15.0 Ross 2:05 2,200 --
131 131 Saturday, Sep 10 BOS PHA L 7 15 75-56 2 16.0 Nelson 2:16 4,200 ---
132 132 Sunday, Sep 11 BOS PHA W 12 7 76-56 2 15.0 Wilson 2:20 9,000 +
133 133 Tuesday, Sep 13 BOS @ DET L 3 9 76-57 2 16.0 Kennedy 1:50 6,000 -
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 14 BOS @ DET W 9 2 77-57 2 15.5 Heving 1:38 +
135 135 Thursday, Sep 15 BOS @ CLE L 2 3 77-58 2 15.0 Harder 1:56 0 -
136 136 Thursday, Sep 15 BOS @ CLE W 3 2 78-58 2 15.0 Ostermueller 1:59 2,000 +
137 137 Friday, Sep 16 BOS @ CLE W 2 1 79-58 2 15.0 McKain 2:06 2,500 ++
138 138 Saturday, Sep 17 BOS @ CLE L 4 5 79-59 2 15.0 Humphries 1:58 -
139 139 Tuesday, Sep 20 BOS @ SLB W 12 8 80-59 2 12.0 Bagby 2:23 0 +
140 140 Tuesday, Sep 20 BOS @ SLB W 7 2 81-59 2 12.0 Heving 1:51 800 ++
141 141 Wednesday, Sep 21 BOS @ SLB W 8 4 82-59 2 11.0 Ostermueller 2:26 615 +++
142 142 Saturday, Sep 24 BOS @ NYY W 7 6 83-59 2 10.5 Bagby 2:05 6,144 ++++
143 143 Sunday, Sep 25 BOS @ NYY W 5 3 84-59 2 9.5 Wilson 2:19 0 +++++
144 144 Sunday, Sep 25 BOS @ NYY T 2 2 84-59 2 9.5 1:10 22,783 +++++
145 145 Monday, Sep 26 BOS @ NYY L 3 4 84-60 2 10.5 Sundra 2:00 4,492 -
146 146 Tuesday, Sep 27 BOS @ PHA W 11 1 85-60 2 10.5 Harris 1:30 2,500 +
147 147 Wednesday, Sep 28 BOS @ PHA W 2 1 86-60 2 9.5 Heving 1:31 ++
148 148 Thursday, Sep 29 BOS WSH W 13 5 87-60 2 9.5 Ostermueller 1:45 1,800 +++
149 149 Saturday, Oct 1 BOS NYY W 9 2 88-60 2 8.5 Bagby 1:40 4,500 ++++
150 150 Sunday, Oct 2 BOS NYY L 1 6 88-61 2 9.5 Sundra 1:31 12,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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