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1940 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
82-72, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 872 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
Manager: Joe Cronin (82-72)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 716,234 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 82-72, Final Rank:4, GB: 8.0
Days in First39last on Wednesday, Jun 19, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 58last on Jun 19, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead3last on Thursday, May 16, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind11last on Friday, Sep 27, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50015last on Sunday, Jun 16
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak6Monday, May 6 to Saturday, May 11 and Tuesday, Jun 11 to Sunday, Jun 16
Longest Losing Streak8Thursday, Jul 18 to Thursday, Jul 25
Most Runs Allowed19Tuesday, Aug 13
Most Runs Scored24Friday, Sep 27
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 82 72 872 825 .532
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 45 34 468 421 .570
Road 37 38 404 404 .493
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 4 60 45 .636
May 15 6 126 108 .714
June 14 16 138 144 .467
July 14 18 188 201 .438
August 19 14 204 200 .576
September 13 14 156 127 .481
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 41 31 387 364 .569
Second Half 41 41 485 461 .500
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 26 19 211 204 .578
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 24 22 326 292 .522
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
CHW 11 11 106 109 .500
CLE 8 14 107 111 .364
DET 11 11 126 149 .500
NYY 9 13 108 132 .409
PHA 18 4 162 108 .818
SLB 12 10 131 127 .545
WSH 13 9 132 89 .591

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 Tuesday, Apr 16 BOS @ WSH W 1 0 1-0 1 Tied Grove 31,000 +
2 2 Thursday, Apr 18 BOS @ WSH W 7 0 2-0 1 up 0.5 Bagby 5,000 ++
3 3 Friday, Apr 19 BOS PHA W 7 6 3-0 1 Tied Heving 7,109 +++
4 4 Friday, Apr 19 BOS PHA L 1 3 3-1 1 Tied Babich 26,500 -
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 23 BOS WSH W 7 2 4-1 1 up 0.5 Harris 2,000 +
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 24 BOS WSH L 6 9 4-2 2 0.5 Masterson 2,700 -
7 7 Friday, Apr 26 BOS NYY W 8 1 5-2 1 Tied Dickman 23,200 +
8 8 Saturday, Apr 27 BOS @ PHA L 3 8 5-3 2 1.0 Babich 8,400 -
9 9 Sunday, Apr 28 BOS @ PHA W 5 4 6-3 2 1.0 Hash 24,006 +
10 10 Monday, Apr 29 BOS @ PHA W 11 3 7-3 1 Tied Harris 5,000 ++
11 11 Tuesday, Apr 30 BOS CHW L 4 9 7-4 2 1.0 Rigney 7,600 -
12 12 Wednesday, May 1 BOS CHW W 12 4 8-4 1 Tied Hash 6,800 +
13 13 Friday, May 3 BOS SLB W 9 8 9-4 1 up 0.5 Heving 6,200 ++
14 14 Saturday, May 4 BOS SLB W 4 1 10-4 1 up 0.5 Galehouse 5,300 +++
15 15 Sunday, May 5 BOS CLE L 1 6 10-5 2 0.5 Feller 32,500 -
16 16 Monday, May 6 BOS CLE W 8 5 11-5 1 up 0.5 Dickman 7,000 +
17 17 Tuesday, May 7 BOS CLE W 6 4 12-5 1 up 1.0 Grove 8,500 ++
18 18 Wednesday, May 8 BOS DET W 5 4 13-5 1 up 1.5 Bagby 3,800 +++
19 19 Thursday, May 9 BOS DET W 6 5 14-5 1 up 1.5 Hash 7,700 ++++
20 20 Friday, May 10 BOS @ NYY W 3 2 15-5 1 up 1.5 Wilson 17,185 +++++
21 21 Saturday, May 11 BOS @ NYY W 9 8 16-5 1 up 1.5 Heving 25,426 ++++++
22 22 Sunday, May 12 BOS @ NYY L 0 4 16-6 1 up 1.5 Ruffing 41,376 -
23 23 Tuesday, May 14 BOS @ CHW W 7 6 17-6 1 up 2.5 Dickman 6,000 +
24 24 Thursday, May 16 BOS @ SLB W 7 5 18-6 1 up 3.0 Galehouse 2,235 ++
25 25 Monday, May 20 BOS @ DET L 7 10 18-7 1 up 1.5 Rowe 7,931 -
26 26 Tuesday, May 21 BOS @ DET W 11 8 19-7 1 up 2.5 Dickman 6,908 +
27 27 Wednesday, May 22 BOS @ CLE L 6 9 19-8 1 up 1.5 Harder 5,000 -
28 28 Sunday, May 26 BOS NYY L 2 7 19-9 1 up 0.5 Pearson 14,800 --
29 29 Tuesday, May 28 BOS @ PHA W 4 1 20-9 1 up 2.0 Galehouse 27,151 +
30 30 Wednesday, May 29 BOS @ PHA W 8 3 21-9 1 up 2.0 Butland 4,000 ++
31 31 Thursday, May 30 BOS @ NYY L 0 4 21-10 1 up 1.0 Ruffing -
32 32 Thursday, May 30 BOS @ NYY W 11 4 22-10 1 up 1.0 Hash 82,437 +
33 33 Saturday, Jun 1 BOS CHW W 2 1 23-10 1 up 2.0 Harris 9,500 ++
34 34 Sunday, Jun 2 BOS CHW L 0 6 23-11 1 up 2.0 Lyons -
35 35 Sunday, Jun 2 BOS CHW W 10 8 24-11 1 up 2.0 Bagby 33,500 +
36 36 Monday, Jun 3 BOS CHW L 4 7 24-12 1 up 1.0 Dietrich 4,000 -
37 37 Tuesday, Jun 4 BOS SLB L 3 5 24-13 1 up 0.5 Auker 3,100 --
38 38 Wednesday, Jun 5 BOS SLB L 3 4 24-14 1 up 0.5 Harris 3,200 ---
39 39 Thursday, Jun 6 BOS SLB W 3 1 25-14 1 up 0.5 Grove 3,000 +
40 40 Friday, Jun 7 BOS DET L 1 7 25-15 1 up 0.5 Newhouser 1,170 -
41 41 Saturday, Jun 8 BOS DET L 2 4 25-16 2 0.5 Gorsica 10,900 --
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 11 BOS CLE W 9 2 26-16 1 up 1.0 Wilson 10,000 +
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 12 BOS CLE W 9 5 27-16 1 up 2.0 Bagby 7,200 ++
44 44 Friday, Jun 14 BOS @ CHW W 5 1 28-16 1 up 1.5 Galehouse 40,104 +++
45 45 Saturday, Jun 15 BOS @ CHW W 5 2 29-16 1 up 2.0 Hash 4,835 ++++
46 46 Sunday, Jun 16 BOS @ CHW W 4 3 30-16 1 up 2.5 Bagby +++++
47 47 Sunday, Jun 16 BOS @ CHW W 14 5 31-16 1 up 2.5 Wilson 26,210 ++++++
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 18 BOS @ SLB L 7 11 31-17 1 up 1.5 Trotter 1,547 -
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 19 BOS @ SLB L 4 6 31-18 1 up 0.5 Lawson 1,768 --
50 50 Thursday, Jun 20 BOS @ SLB L 1 2 31-19 2 1.0 Niggeling ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Thursday, Jun 20 BOS @ SLB L 4 11 31-20 2 1.0 Kramer 4,958 ----
52 52 Friday, Jun 21 BOS @ CLE L 4 7 31-21 2 2.0 Milnar 12,000 -----
53 53 Saturday, Jun 22 BOS @ CLE L 5 7 31-22 3 3.0 Harder 8,000 ------
54 54 Sunday, Jun 23 BOS @ CLE L 1 4 31-23 3 3.0 Smith -------
55 55 Sunday, Jun 23 BOS @ CLE W 2 0 32-23 3 3.0 Hash 56,659 +
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 25 BOS @ DET W 11 7 33-23 3 4.0 Wilson ++
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 25 BOS @ DET L 1 5 33-24 3 4.0 Newhouser 26,169 -
58 58 Wednesday, Jun 26 BOS @ DET W 3 1 34-24 3 3.0 Hash 8,329 +
59 59 Friday, Jun 28 BOS WSH L 3 4 34-25 3 3.5 Leonard 6,100 -
60 60 Saturday, Jun 29 BOS WSH L 7 9 34-26 3 4.5 Hudson 5,800 --
61 61 Sunday, Jun 30 BOS WSH W 6 5 35-26 3 3.5 Grove +
62 62 Sunday, Jun 30 BOS WSH W 5 4 36-26 3 3.5 Wagner 23,000 ++
63 63 Monday, Jul 1 BOS PHA L 1 9 36-27 3 3.5 Potter 2,200 -
64 64 Tuesday, Jul 2 BOS PHA L 3 4 36-28 3 3.0 Heusser --
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 2 BOS PHA W 15 9 37-28 3 3.0 Harris 9,200 +
66 66 Wednesday, Jul 3 BOS PHA W 12 11 38-28 3 3.0 Heving 2,400 ++
67 67 Thursday, Jul 4 BOS NYY L 4 12 38-29 3 4.0 Chandler -
68 68 Thursday, Jul 4 BOS NYY L 3 7 38-30 3 4.0 Russo 29,000 --
69 69 Friday, Jul 5 BOS @ WSH W 9 4 39-30 3 3.5 Bagby 6,000 +
70 70 Saturday, Jul 6 BOS @ WSH W 5 3 40-30 3 3.5 Galehouse 3,500 ++
71 71 Sunday, Jul 7 BOS @ WSH W 7 1 41-30 3 3.5 Grove +++
72 72 Sunday, Jul 7 BOS @ WSH L 4 7 41-31 3 3.5 Monteagudo 22,000 -
73 73 Thursday, Jul 11 BOS CHW W 3 2 42-31 3 3.0 Dickman 3,700 +
74 74 Saturday, Jul 13 BOS CHW L 0 5 42-32 3 5.0 Lyons -
75 75 Saturday, Jul 13 BOS CHW L 0 7 42-33 3 5.0 Knott 16,700 --
76 76 Sunday, Jul 14 BOS SLB W 5 4 43-33 3 3.5 Dickman +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 14 BOS SLB W 7 3 44-33 3 3.5 Galehouse 17,000 ++
78 78 Monday, Jul 15 BOS SLB W 10 6 45-33 3 2.5 Heving 2,500 +++
79 79 Wednesday, Jul 17 BOS DET W 8 3 46-33 2 0.5 Ostermueller ++++
80 80 Wednesday, Jul 17 BOS DET W 8 5 47-33 2 0.5 Bagby 32,400 +++++
81 81 Thursday, Jul 18 BOS DET L 8 10 47-34 3 1.0 Seats 5,800 -
82 82 Friday, Jul 19 BOS DET L 0 4 47-35 3 2.0 Bridges 13,300 --
83 83 Saturday, Jul 20 BOS CLE L 6 9 47-36 3 3.0 Harder 10,200 ---
84 84 Sunday, Jul 21 BOS CLE L 2 3 47-37 3 5.0 Feller ----
85 85 Sunday, Jul 21 BOS CLE L 0 2 47-38 3 5.0 Dobson 31,600 -----
86 86 Tuesday, Jul 23 BOS @ CHW L 7 8 47-39 3 5.0 Appleton 4,810 ------
87 87 Wednesday, Jul 24 BOS @ CHW L 10 12 47-40 3 6.0 Dietrich 4,000 -------
88 88 Thursday, Jul 25 BOS @ CHW L 4 6 47-41 3 7.0 Knott 4,581 --------
89 89 Friday, Jul 26 BOS @ SLB W 14 7 48-41 3 6.0 Wilson 8,567 +
90 90 Saturday, Jul 27 BOS @ SLB L 5 13 48-42 3 7.5 Kennedy 1,382 -
91 91 Sunday, Jul 28 BOS @ SLB W 3 1 49-42 3 6.0 Johnson +
92 92 Sunday, Jul 28 BOS @ SLB W 13 10 50-42 3 6.0 Bagby 6,811 ++
93 93 Tuesday, Jul 30 BOS @ CLE L 1 2 50-43 3 5.5 Feller 49,238 -
94 94 Wednesday, Jul 31 BOS @ CLE L 11 12 50-44 3 6.5 Zuber 6,000 --
95 95 Thursday, Aug 1 BOS @ CLE W 5 2 51-44 3 6.5 Ostermueller 14,000 +
96 96 Friday, Aug 2 BOS @ DET W 12 9 52-44 3 5.5 Wilson 8,693 ++
97 97 Saturday, Aug 3 BOS @ DET L 4 6 52-45 3 7.5 Hutchinson -
98 98 Saturday, Aug 3 BOS @ DET L 2 14 52-46 3 7.5 Gorsica 38,150 --
99 99 Sunday, Aug 4 BOS @ DET W 7 3 53-46 3 6.5 Grove 27,398 +
100 100 Monday, Aug 5 BOS NYY W 4 1 54-46 3 6.0 Ostermueller 5,100 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Aug 6 BOS NYY W 8 3 55-46 3 6.0 Heving 7,600 +++
102 102 Wednesday, Aug 7 BOS NYY W 10 7 56-46 3 6.5 Johnson ++++
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 7 BOS NYY L 3 6 56-47 3 6.5 Russo 32,500 -
104 104 Thursday, Aug 8 BOS NYY W 6 5 57-47 3 6.0 Dickman 8,500 +
105 105 Friday, Aug 9 BOS @ WSH L 5 6 57-48 3 6.0 Carrasquel 10,000 -
106 106 Saturday, Aug 10 BOS @ WSH W 3 0 58-48 3 6.0 Johnson 6,000 +
107 107 Sunday, Aug 11 BOS @ WSH L 1 2 58-49 3 5.5 Hudson 15,000 -
108 108 Tuesday, Aug 13 BOS @ NYY L 1 9 58-50 3 7.5 Russo --
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 13 BOS @ NYY L 8 19 58-51 3 7.5 Donald 32,172 ---
110 110 Wednesday, Aug 14 BOS @ NYY L 3 8 58-52 3 8.5 Ruffing 7,187 ----
111 111 Thursday, Aug 15 BOS @ NYY W 11 1 59-52 3 8.5 Heving 7,344 +
112 112 Friday, Aug 16 BOS WSH W 7 6 60-52 3 8.5 Wilson 5,500 ++
113 113 Saturday, Aug 17 BOS WSH W 12 9 61-52 3 7.5 Terry 7,800 +++
114 114 Sunday, Aug 18 BOS WSH W 4 2 62-52 3 7.0 Johnson 15,700 ++++
115 115 Monday, Aug 19 BOS CLE W 16 7 63-52 3 6.0 Heving 7,830 +++++
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 20 BOS CLE L 6 11 63-53 3 7.0 Feller 24,200 -
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 21 BOS CLE L 2 4 63-54 3 8.0 Harder 10,600 --
118 118 Thursday, Aug 22 BOS DET L 8 9 63-55 3 8.0 Hutchinson 6,600 ---
119 119 Saturday, Aug 24 BOS DET L 1 12 63-56 4 7.0 Bridges ----
120 120 Saturday, Aug 24 BOS DET W 8 7 64-56 4 7.0 Dickman 29,209 +
121 121 Sunday, Aug 25 BOS SLB L 2 7 64-57 4 6.5 Niggeling -
122 122 Sunday, Aug 25 BOS SLB W 17 3 65-57 4 6.5 Wilson 18,600 +
123 123 Monday, Aug 26 BOS SLB W 7 6 66-57 4 6.5 Bagby 2,400 ++
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 28 BOS CHW L 2 3 66-58 4 7.0 Dietrich 7,600 -
125 125 Thursday, Aug 29 BOS CHW W 4 3 67-58 4 6.5 Wilson 5,400 +
126 126 Friday, Aug 30 BOS @ PHA W 5 4 68-58 4 6.5 Heving 5,000 ++
127 127 Saturday, Aug 31 BOS @ PHA W 10 6 69-58 4 6.5 Bagby 4,000 +++
128 128 Monday, Sep 2 BOS @ WSH L 0 1 69-59 4 7.0 Hudson -
129 129 Monday, Sep 2 BOS @ WSH L 4 5 69-60 4 7.0 Chase 23,000 --
130 130 Wednesday, Sep 4 BOS PHA W 6 5 70-60 4 5.5 Heving +
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 4 BOS PHA W 5 4 71-60 4 5.5 Ostermueller 5,600 ++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 5 BOS PHA W 9 7 72-60 4 4.5 Johnson 6,200 +++
133 133 Saturday, Sep 7 BOS NYY L 3 4 72-61 4 4.0 Russo 10,000 -
134 134 Sunday, Sep 8 BOS NYY L 4 9 72-62 4 5.0 Chandler 33,800 --
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 10 BOS @ DET W 6 5 73-62 4 4.0 Grove 6,634 +
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 11 BOS @ DET L 7 11 73-63 4 5.0 McKain 3,966 -
137 137 Thursday, Sep 12 BOS @ CLE L 1 8 73-64 4 6.0 Harder 1,000 --
138 138 Friday, Sep 13 BOS @ CLE L 0 1 73-65 5 7.0 Milnar 8,000 ---
139 139 Saturday, Sep 14 BOS @ CLE W 6 1 74-65 5 6.0 Johnson 7,000 +
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 BOS @ CHW L 1 5 74-66 5 7.5 Lyons -
141 141 Sunday, Sep 15 BOS @ CHW L 2 4 74-67 5 7.5 Rigney --
142 142 Monday, Sep 16 BOS @ CHW W 6 2 75-67 5 7.0 Wilson 2,940 +
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 BOS @ SLB L 2 11 75-68 5 8.0 Harris 960 -
144 144 Thursday, Sep 19 BOS @ SLB L 1 2 75-69 5 9.0 Auker 800 --
145 145 Saturday, Sep 21 BOS @ NYY L 4 5 75-70 5 10.5 Bonham 13,388 ---
146 146 Sunday, Sep 22 BOS @ NYY L 3 6 75-71 5 10.5 Russo 27,518 ----
147 147 Tuesday, Sep 24 BOS @ PHA W 16 8 76-71 5 9.5 Heving +
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 24 BOS @ PHA W 4 3 77-71 5 9.5 Wilson 1,500 ++
149 149 Thursday, Sep 26 BOS WSH L 5 6 77-72 5 11.0 Carrasquel 1,100 -
150 150 Friday, Sep 27 BOS WSH W 24 4 78-72 5 11.0 Ostermueller 2,200 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Sep 28 BOS PHA W 16 4 79-72 5 9.5 Heving ++
152 152 Saturday, Sep 28 BOS PHA W 8 1 80-72 5 9.5 Wilson 3,200 +++
153 153 Sunday, Sep 29 BOS PHA W 9 4 81-72 4 8.0 Fleming ++++
154 154 Sunday, Sep 29 BOS PHA W 4 1 82-72 4 8.0 Rich 6,800 +++++
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.

1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits