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1939 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
89-62, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 890 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-68
Manager: Joe Cronin (89-62)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 573,070 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 89-62, Final Rank:2, GB: 17.0
Days in First4last on Tuesday, May 9, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 7last on May 9, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead0.5last on Saturday, May 6, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind17.5last on Thursday, Sep 21, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50031last on Wednesday, Aug 23
Most Games under .5001last on Monday, Apr 24
Longest Winning Streak12Tuesday, Jul 4 to Sunday, Jul 16
Longest Losing Streak6Monday, Sep 4 to Saturday, Sep 9
Most Runs Allowed17Tuesday, May 30
Most Runs Scored18Tuesday, May 16, Friday, Jun 9 and Tuesday, Jul 4
Times Shutout by Opponent8 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 89 62 890 795 .589
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 42 32 458 445 .568
Road 47 30 432 350 .610
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 5 3 43 36 .625
May 16 9 160 137 .640
June 12 12 147 134 .500
July 23 10 201 176 .697
August 18 14 176 154 .563
September 15 14 163 158 .517
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 43 25 425 357 .632
Second Half 46 37 465 438 .554
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 24 16 191 183 .600
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 27 21 364 310 .563
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
CHW 8 14 104 136 .364
CLE 11 11 109 116 .500
DET 10 12 119 140 .455
NYY 11 8 93 97 .579
PHA 18 4 162 105 .818
SLB 16 6 168 111 .727
WSH 15 7 135 90 .682

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 Thursday, Apr 20 BOS @ NYY L 0 2 0-1 6 1.5 Ruffing 1:47 30,278 -
2 2 Friday, Apr 21 BOS PHA W 9 2 1-1 4 1.0 Bagby 1:51 15,000 +
3 3 Saturday, Apr 22 BOS PHA W 5 2 2-1 2 0.5 Rich 2:00 10,300 ++
4 4 Sunday, Apr 23 BOS PHA L 8 12 2-2 4 1.0 Smith 2:55 12,000 -
5 5 Monday, Apr 24 BOS WSH L 9 10 2-3 4 2.0 Haynes 2:53 2,000 --
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 25 BOS WSH W 6 5 3-3 4 2.0 Heving 2:53 4,000 +
7 7 Saturday, Apr 29 BOS @ PHA W 3 2 4-3 2 1.0 Wilson 2:20 8,000 ++
8 8 Sunday, Apr 30 BOS @ PHA W 3 1 5-3 1 Tied Bagby 1:49 10,000 +++
9 9 Wednesday, May 3 BOS @ CLE W 5 1 6-3 2 0.5 Auker 1:59 5,000 ++++
10 10 Thursday, May 4 BOS @ DET W 7 6 7-3 2 0.5 Heving 2:25 5,550 +++++
11 11 Friday, May 5 BOS @ DET W 4 1 8-3 1 up 0.5 Rich 1:45 8,592 ++++++
12 12 Saturday, May 6 BOS @ DET W 5 4 9-3 1 up 0.5 Grove 1:58 14,802 +++++++
13 13 Sunday, May 7 BOS @ SLB L 3 6 9-4 2 0.5 Newsom 2:12 8,205 -
14 14 Tuesday, May 9 BOS @ SLB W 10 8 10-4 1 Tied Heving 2:51 1,589 +
15 15 Thursday, May 11 BOS @ CHW L 2 3 10-5 2 1.5 Lyons 1:53 4,000 -
16 16 Sunday, May 14 BOS @ WSH W 5 4 11-5 2 1.5 Grove 2:56 17,000 +
17 17 Monday, May 15 BOS @ WSH W 9 2 12-5 2 1.5 Ostermueller 1:56 3,000 ++
18 18 Tuesday, May 16 BOS CHW W 18 4 13-5 2 1.5 Rich 2:07 5,800 +++
19 19 Wednesday, May 17 BOS CHW L 3 6 13-6 2 2.5 Dietrich 2:05 5,200 -
20 20 Thursday, May 18 BOS CHW W 5 3 14-6 2 2.5 Auker 1:55 3,500 +
21 21 Friday, May 19 BOS SLB W 15 7 15-6 2 2.5 Bagby 2:10 7,800 ++
22 22 Saturday, May 20 BOS SLB L 5 9 15-7 2 3.5 Kramer 2:29 9,800 -
23 23 Sunday, May 21 BOS DET W 8 3 16-7 2 3.5 Grove 2:10 24,000 +
24 24 Tuesday, May 23 BOS DET L 2 7 16-8 2 4.5 Newsom 2:10 2,500 -
25 25 Wednesday, May 24 BOS CLE L 2 6 16-9 2 4.5 Hudlin 1:51 4,000 --
26 26 Thursday, May 25 BOS CLE L 0 11 16-10 2 5.5 Feller ---
27 27 Friday, May 26 BOS WSH W 4 2 17-10 2 5.5 Rich 1:46 4,800 +
28 28 Saturday, May 27 BOS WSH W 11 4 18-10 2 5.5 Grove 2:00 0 ++
29 29 Saturday, May 27 BOS WSH W 7 6 19-10 2 5.5 Wilson 1:53 12,000 +++
30 30 Sunday, May 28 BOS WSH W 12 7 20-10 2 5.5 Galehouse 1:59 12,000 ++++
31 31 Monday, May 29 BOS NYY L 1 6 20-11 2 6.5 Hadley 2:10 17,000 -
32 32 Tuesday, May 30 BOS NYY W 8 4 21-11 2 6.5 Weaver 2:00 0 +
33 33 Tuesday, May 30 BOS NYY L 9 17 21-12 2 6.5 Pearson 2:22 35,000 -
34 34 Thursday, Jun 1 BOS @ DET W 14 5 22-12 2 6.5 Auker 2:34 6,871 +
35 35 Friday, Jun 2 BOS @ DET L 5 8 22-13 2 7.5 Benton 2:19 3,914 -
36 36 Sunday, Jun 4 BOS @ CLE L 2 10 22-14 2 8.5 Feller 2:25 0 --
37 37 Sunday, Jun 4 BOS @ CLE W 7 1 23-14 2 8.5 Grove 2:09 22,936 +
38 38 Monday, Jun 5 BOS @ CLE L 5 7 23-15 2 8.5 Allen 2:04 1,300 -
39 39 Tuesday, Jun 6 BOS @ CLE L 7 8 23-16 2 8.5 Zuber 2:05 2,000 --
40 40 Thursday, Jun 8 BOS @ SLB W 8 7 24-16 2 9.0 Dickman 2:16 1,000 +
41 41 Friday, Jun 9 BOS @ SLB W 4 3 25-16 2 8.0 Ostermueller 1:55 0 ++
42 42 Friday, Jun 9 BOS @ SLB W 18 7 26-16 2 8.0 Wilson 2:35 876 +++
43 43 Sunday, Jun 11 BOS @ CHW L 5 7 26-17 2 9.0 Lyons 1:43 0 -
44 44 Sunday, Jun 11 BOS @ CHW W 4 3 27-17 2 9.0 Auker 1:53 10,000 +
45 45 Wednesday, Jun 14 BOS DET L 8 9 27-18 2 9.5 Thomas 2:18 0 -
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 14 BOS DET L 2 6 27-19 2 9.5 Trout 2:00 7,000 --
47 47 Thursday, Jun 15 BOS DET L 3 6 27-20 2 10.5 Bridges 2:16 3,300 ---
48 48 Friday, Jun 16 BOS DET L 7 8 27-21 2 11.5 Benton 2:10 3,200 ----
49 49 Sunday, Jun 18 BOS CLE W 5 4 28-21 2 10.5 Ostermueller 2:34 0 +
50 50 Sunday, Jun 18 BOS CLE W 5 3 29-21 2 10.5 Grove 1:45 32,000 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 20 BOS SLB W 8 1 30-21 2 11.0 Auker 1:40 1,500 +++
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 21 BOS SLB L 0 6 30-22 2 12.0 Kramer 1:51 3,400 -
53 53 Thursday, Jun 22 BOS SLB W 7 3 31-22 2 12.0 Wilson 1:54 2,400 +
54 54 Saturday, Jun 24 BOS CHW L 6 14 31-23 2 13.0 Marcum 2:22 5,500 -
55 55 Monday, Jun 26 BOS @ WSH W 3 0 32-23 2 12.0 Grove 1:42 3,500 +
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 27 BOS @ WSH W 8 0 33-23 2 11.5 Auker 2:30 1,500 ++
57 57 Thursday, Jun 29 BOS PHA L 6 8 33-24 2 13.0 Potter 2:01 2,000 -
58 58 Saturday, Jul 1 BOS NYY W 5 3 34-24 2 12.5 Ostermueller 1:58 12,000 +
59 59 Sunday, Jul 2 BOS NYY W 7 3 35-24 2 12.5 Grove 1:53 0 ++
60 60 Sunday, Jul 2 BOS NYY L 3 9 35-25 2 12.5 Hadley 2:00 35,000 -
61 61 Tuesday, Jul 4 BOS @ PHA W 17 7 36-25 2 11.5 Heving 2:31 0 +
62 62 Tuesday, Jul 4 BOS @ PHA W 18 12 37-25 2 11.5 Galehouse 2:30 22,030 ++
63 63 Wednesday, Jul 5 BOS @ PHA W 6 4 38-25 2 11.5 Auker 1:59 8,000 +++
64 64 Friday, Jul 7 BOS @ NYY W 4 3 39-25 2 10.5 Dickman 2:09 6,588 ++++
65 65 Saturday, Jul 8 BOS @ NYY W 3 1 40-25 2 8.5 Ostermueller 2:00 +++++
66 66 Saturday, Jul 8 BOS @ NYY W 3 2 41-25 2 8.5 Galehouse 1:53 27,539 ++++++
67 67 Sunday, Jul 9 BOS @ NYY W 4 3 42-25 2 6.5 Dickman 2:11 0 +++++++
68 68 Sunday, Jul 9 BOS @ NYY W 5 3 43-25 2 6.5 Wilson 2:55 47,652 ++++++++
69 69 Thursday, Jul 13 BOS @ CLE W 6 5 44-25 2 5.5 Heving 1:53 35,000 +++++++++
70 70 Saturday, Jul 15 BOS @ CLE W 9 5 45-25 2 6.0 Dickman 1:55 12,000 ++++++++++
71 71 Sunday, Jul 16 BOS @ DET W 9 2 46-25 2 6.0 Grove 1:58 0 +++++++++++
72 72 Sunday, Jul 16 BOS @ DET W 3 0 47-25 2 6.0 Galehouse 1:39 48,152 ++++++++++++
73 73 Monday, Jul 17 BOS @ DET L 6 13 47-26 2 7.0 Newsom 2:21 5,860 -
74 74 Tuesday, Jul 18 BOS @ CHW W 13 10 48-26 2 8.0 Heving 2:33 +
75 75 Tuesday, Jul 18 BOS @ CHW L 5 8 48-27 2 8.0 Brown 2:33 7,000 -
76 76 Wednesday, Jul 19 BOS @ CHW L 1 4 48-28 2 9.0 Knott 2:10 --
77 77 Wednesday, Jul 19 BOS @ CHW L 0 8 48-29 2 9.0 Rigney 2:23 13,000 ---
78 78 Thursday, Jul 20 BOS @ CHW L 0 4 48-30 2 10.0 Lee 1:46 5,000 ----
79 79 Friday, Jul 21 BOS @ SLB W 6 5 49-30 2 9.0 Ostermueller 2:25 714 +
80 80 Saturday, Jul 22 BOS @ SLB W 6 3 50-30 2 8.5 Wilson 2:02 3,016 ++
81 81 Sunday, Jul 23 BOS @ SLB W 13 5 51-30 2 7.5 Heving 2:13 0 +++
82 82 Sunday, Jul 23 BOS @ SLB W 11 3 52-30 2 7.5 Dickman 2:12 4,106 ++++
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 25 BOS CHW W 3 2 53-30 2 7.0 Grove 1:57 +++++
84 84 Tuesday, Jul 25 BOS CHW W 6 5 54-30 2 7.0 Dickman 2:16 20,000 ++++++
85 85 Wednesday, Jul 26 BOS CHW L 1 8 54-31 2 7.5 Dietrich 2:13 -
86 86 Wednesday, Jul 26 BOS CHW W 6 5 55-31 2 7.5 Heving 2:02 21,000 +
87 87 Thursday, Jul 27 BOS CHW L 7 12 55-32 2 8.0 Brown 2:20 4,600 -
88 88 Friday, Jul 28 BOS SLB L 6 11 55-33 2 9.0 Trotter 2:00 3,000 --
89 89 Saturday, Jul 29 BOS SLB L 3 4 55-34 2 9.5 Kramer 2:32 4,600 ---
90 90 Sunday, Jul 30 BOS SLB W 6 4 56-34 2 9.0 Galehouse 2:05 9,000 +
91 91 Tuesday, Aug 1 BOS CLE W 7 5 57-34 2 8.0 Grove 2:10 11,000 ++
92 92 Wednesday, Aug 2 BOS CLE L 2 8 57-35 2 7.5 Harder 2:15 -
93 93 Wednesday, Aug 2 BOS CLE W 5 4 58-35 2 7.5 Heving 1:58 22,000 +
94 94 Thursday, Aug 3 BOS CLE W 17 6 59-35 2 7.5 Wade 2:25 5,000 ++
95 95 Saturday, Aug 5 BOS DET L 4 16 59-36 2 9.0 Bridges 2:25 11,000 -
96 96 Sunday, Aug 6 BOS DET L 1 10 59-37 2 8.0 Hutchinson 2:03 0 --
97 97 Sunday, Aug 6 BOS DET W 8 3 60-37 2 8.0 Wilson 1:47 35,000 +
98 98 Tuesday, Aug 8 BOS PHA W 9 2 61-37 2 7.0 Grove 1:55 3,300 ++
99 99 Wednesday, Aug 9 BOS PHA W 5 3 62-37 2 6.5 Galehouse 2:03 +++
100 100 Wednesday, Aug 9 BOS PHA W 6 5 63-37 2 6.5 Ostermueller 2:02 8,500 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Thursday, Aug 10 BOS PHA W 7 5 64-37 2 5.5 Wilson 1:52 4,000 +++++
102 102 Saturday, Aug 12 BOS WSH W 9 5 65-37 2 6.0 Dickman 2:15 9,500 ++++++
103 103 Sunday, Aug 13 BOS WSH W 9 1 66-37 2 6.0 Ostermueller 2:15 0 +++++++
104 104 Sunday, Aug 13 BOS WSH L 3 6 66-38 2 6.0 Carrasquel 2:10 30,000 -
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 15 BOS @ PHA L 0 3 66-39 2 7.0 Nelson 1:50 22,188 --
106 106 Thursday, Aug 17 BOS @ PHA W 7 1 67-39 2 7.5 Grove 1:58 12,000 +
107 107 Friday, Aug 18 BOS @ WSH W 6 2 68-39 2 7.5 Ostermueller 1:55 10,000 ++
108 108 Saturday, Aug 19 BOS @ WSH W 8 6 69-39 2 7.5 Heving 2:00 +++
109 109 Saturday, Aug 19 BOS @ WSH L 1 2 69-40 2 7.5 Chase 1:40 7,000 -
110 110 Sunday, Aug 20 BOS @ WSH L 0 2 69-41 2 7.5 Leonard 1:44 0 --
111 111 Sunday, Aug 20 BOS @ WSH W 10 5 70-41 2 7.5 Wagner 1:55 25,000 +
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 22 BOS @ SLB W 10 3 71-41 2 7.5 Galehouse 2:02 997 ++
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 23 BOS @ SLB W 9 1 72-41 2 8.0 Ostermueller 2:09 790 +++
114 114 Thursday, Aug 24 BOS @ CHW L 1 3 72-42 2 9.0 Rigney 1:46 20,000 -
115 115 Friday, Aug 25 BOS @ CHW L 2 9 72-43 2 10.5 Knott 2:13 18,000 --
116 116 Saturday, Aug 26 BOS @ CHW L 4 5 72-44 2 11.5 Dietrich 2:15 7,000 ---
117 117 Sunday, Aug 27 BOS @ CLE L 0 1 72-45 2 13.0 Feller 2:15 0 ----
118 118 Sunday, Aug 27 BOS @ CLE L 3 5 72-46 2 13.0 Hudlin 2:05 23,540 -----
119 119 Monday, Aug 28 BOS @ CLE W 6 5 73-46 2 13.0 Auker 2:15 2,000 +
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 29 BOS @ CLE W 7 4 74-46 2 12.0 Lefebvre 2:10 1,500 ++
121 121 Wednesday, Aug 30 BOS @ DET L 6 7 74-47 2 12.0 Coffman 2:05 6,316 -
122 122 Thursday, Aug 31 BOS @ DET L 4 11 74-48 2 12.5 Trout 2:16 --
123 123 Friday, Sep 1 BOS @ DET L 10 14 74-49 2 13.5 Rowe 2:20 5,741 ---
124 124 Saturday, Sep 2 BOS NYY W 12 7 75-49 2 12.5 Ostermueller 2:00 12,000 +
125 125 Sunday, Sep 3 BOS NYY W 12 11 76-49 2 11.5 Auker 2:28 0 ++
126 126 Sunday, Sep 3 BOS NYY T 5 5 76-49 2 11.5 2:06 27,000 ++
127 127 Monday, Sep 4 BOS WSH L 6 7 76-50 2 13.5 Haynes 2:00 0 -
128 128 Monday, Sep 4 BOS WSH L 4 6 76-51 2 13.5 Appleton 2:00 0 --
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 6 BOS @ NYY L 1 2 76-52 2 14.5 Gomez 1:58 11,715 ---
130 130 Thursday, Sep 7 BOS @ NYY L 2 5 76-53 2 15.5 Pearson 1:52 9,379 ----
131 131 Friday, Sep 8 BOS @ NYY L 1 4 76-54 2 16.5 Ruffing 1:20 -----
132 132 Saturday, Sep 9 BOS @ PHA L 1 2 76-55 2 17.5 Ross 1:42 5,000 ------
133 133 Sunday, Sep 10 BOS @ PHA W 10 7 77-55 2 17.5 Wagner 2:01 0 +
134 134 Sunday, Sep 10 BOS @ PHA W 5 1 78-55 2 17.5 Heving 1:30 23,285 ++
135 135 Monday, Sep 11 BOS @ PHA W 11 9 79-55 2 17.0 Bagby 2:29 500 +++
136 136 Tuesday, Sep 12 BOS DET W 2 1 80-55 2 16.0 Galehouse 1:49 1,800 ++++
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 13 BOS DET W 1 0 81-55 2 15.0 Grove 1:36 2,400 +++++
138 138 Thursday, Sep 14 BOS CLE L 7 8 81-56 2 15.0 Allen 2:05 2,400 -
139 139 Friday, Sep 15 BOS CLE L 1 7 81-57 2 16.0 Hudlin 2:05 --
140 140 Saturday, Sep 16 BOS CLE L 1 2 81-58 2 17.0 Harder 1:42 3,400 ---
141 141 Sunday, Sep 17 BOS CHW L 1 6 81-59 2 16.0 Lee 1:48 0 ----
142 142 Sunday, Sep 17 BOS CHW W 11 7 82-59 2 16.0 Bagby 2:31 12,000 +
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 19 BOS SLB W 6 2 83-59 2 16.5 Wilson 1:52 1,100 ++
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 20 BOS SLB L 8 11 83-60 2 17.5 Harris 3:36 1,100 -
145 145 Thursday, Sep 21 BOS SLB W 6 2 84-60 2 17.5 Galehouse 2:05 600 +
146 146 Friday, Sep 22 BOS PHA W 7 5 85-60 2 17.0 Wagner 1:55 ++
147 147 Saturday, Sep 23 BOS PHA W 10 8 86-60 2 17.0 Wilson 2:13 +++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 BOS PHA W 9 4 87-60 2 17.0 Dickman 2:05 4,600 ++++
149 149 Thursday, Sep 28 BOS @ WSH W 4 2 88-60 2 17.0 Grove 1:40 +++++
150 150 Thursday, Sep 28 BOS @ WSH L 1 6 88-61 2 17.0 Leonard 1:30 5,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Sep 30 BOS @ NYY L 4 5 88-62 2 17.0 Murphy 1:55 --
152 152 Saturday, Sep 30 BOS @ NYY W 4 2 89-62 2 17.0 Wilson 1:15 7,501 +
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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