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1941 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942)
84-70, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 865 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Manager: Joe Cronin (84-70)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 718,497 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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Game Results

Season Summary 84-70, Final Rank:2, GB: 17.0
Days in First8last on Wednesday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 9last on Apr 23, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1.5last on Sunday, Apr 20, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind20.5last on Tuesday, Sep 9, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50015last on Sunday, Sep 28
Most Games under .5001last on Friday, May 30
Longest Winning Streak8Tuesday, Sep 9 to Wednesday, Sep 17
Longest Losing Streak5Thursday, May 15 to Monday, May 19 and Friday, Jul 18 to Sunday, Jul 20
Most Runs Allowed16Thursday, Jul 31
Most Runs Scored15Thursday, May 1 and Friday, Aug 8
Times Shutout by Opponent5 
Times Opponent Shutout8 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 84 70 865 750 .545
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 47 30 461 371 .610
Road 37 40 404 379 .481
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 6 76 78 .538
May 12 13 163 143 .480
June 17 11 174 132 .607
July 14 16 132 141 .467
August 18 17 189 174 .514
September 16 7 131 82 .696
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 40 33 441 384 .548
Second Half 44 37 424 366 .543
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 19 19 161 161 .500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 29 15 335 217 .659
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
CHW 16 6 113 74 .727
CLE 9 13 110 105 .409
DET 11 11 138 110 .500
NYY 9 13 121 107 .409
PHA 16 6 132 100 .727
SLB 9 13 112 133 .409
WSH 14 8 139 121 .636

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 15 BOS WSH W 7 6 1-0 1 Tied Johnson 2:40 15,000 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 16 BOS WSH W 8 7 2-0 1 Tied Harris 3:20 5,200 ++
3 3 Friday, Apr 18 BOS @ PHA W 3 2 3-0 1 up 1.5 Hash 1:58 11,308 +++
4 4 Saturday, Apr 19 BOS @ PHA W 7 2 4-0 1 up 1.5 Dickman 2:05 8,604 ++++
5 5 Sunday, Apr 20 BOS @ WSH W 14 8 5-0 1 up 1.5 Ryba 2:43 18,000 +++++
6 6 Monday, Apr 21 BOS @ WSH L 5 6 5-1 1 up 1.0 Sundra 2:10 3,000 -
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 22 BOS @ WSH L 5 12 5-2 1 up 1.0 Masterson 2:20 2,500 --
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 23 BOS @ NYY L 2 4 5-3 1 Tied Gomez 2:30 10,651 ---
9 9 Thursday, Apr 24 BOS @ NYY L 3 6 5-4 2 1.0 Russo 2:13 5,360 ----
10 10 Friday, Apr 25 BOS PHA W 3 1 6-4 2 1.0 Newsome 1:46 2,000 +
11 11 Saturday, Apr 26 BOS PHA W 8 7 7-4 2 1.0 Fleming 2:07 2,600 ++
12 12 Tuesday, Apr 29 BOS @ DET L 3 5 7-5 4 2.0 Gorsica 1:57 4,696 -
13 13 Wednesday, Apr 30 BOS @ DET L 8 12 7-6 4 3.0 Newsom 2:27 5,147 --
14 14 Thursday, May 1 BOS @ DET W 15 9 8-6 4 3.0 Johnson 2:40 4,588 +
15 15 Friday, May 2 BOS @ CLE L 3 7 8-7 4 4.0 Harder 1:57 14,000 -
16 16 Saturday, May 3 BOS @ CLE L 2 4 8-8 4 5.0 Milnar 2:20 9,000 --
17 17 Sunday, May 4 BOS @ SLB W 11 4 9-8 4 5.0 Grove 2:37 6,417 +
18 18 Wednesday, May 7 BOS @ CHW W 4 3 10-8 3 4.0 Wagner 2:05 2,463 ++
19 19 Sunday, May 11 BOS NYY W 13 5 11-8 2 3.0 Johnson 0:54 34,000 +++
20 20 Monday, May 12 BOS NYY W 8 4 12-8 2 2.5 Grove 3:15 10,963 ++++
21 21 Tuesday, May 13 BOS CHW L 2 3 12-9 3 3.5 Rigney 1:47 3,000 -
22 22 Wednesday, May 14 BOS CHW W 10 7 13-9 2 3.5 Newsome 2:18 3,200 +
23 23 Thursday, May 15 BOS CLE L 4 6 13-10 3 4.5 Milnar 2:40 7,500 -
24 24 Friday, May 16 BOS CLE L 3 9 13-11 3 5.5 Bagby 2:23 6,000 --
25 25 Saturday, May 17 BOS CLE L 9 12 13-12 3 6.5 Feller 3:20 20,000 ---
26 26 Sunday, May 18 BOS DET L 5 6 13-13 4 6.5 Benton 2:58 23,000 ----
27 27 Monday, May 19 BOS DET L 2 4 13-14 4 6.5 Gorsica 2:12 3,000 -----
28 28 Tuesday, May 20 BOS DET W 4 2 14-14 4 5.5 Johnson 1:44 3,300 +
29 29 Wednesday, May 21 BOS SLB W 8 6 15-14 3 5.5 Newsome 2:20 3,500 ++
30 30 Thursday, May 22 BOS SLB L 1 4 15-15 4 6.5 Muncrief 2:12 3,400 -
31 31 Friday, May 23 BOS @ NYY T 9 9 15-15 4 7.0 2:05 8,584 -
32 32 Saturday, May 24 BOS @ NYY L 6 7 15-16 5 8.0 Branch 2:23 20,935 --
33 33 Sunday, May 25 BOS @ NYY W 10 3 16-16 4 8.0 Grove 2:30 36,431 +
34 34 Tuesday, May 27 BOS PHA W 5 2 17-16 5 7.0 Wagner 1:55 ++
35 35 Tuesday, May 27 BOS PHA L 1 11 17-17 5 7.0 Marchildon 2:17 4,900 -
36 36 Wednesday, May 28 BOS PHA L 6 8 17-18 5 7.0 Ferrick 3:25 1,400 --
37 37 Thursday, May 29 BOS PHA W 6 4 18-18 5 7.0 Dobson 2:02 1,900 +
38 38 Friday, May 30 BOS NYY L 3 4 18-19 5 6.0 Breuer 2:02 -
39 39 Friday, May 30 BOS NYY W 13 0 19-19 5 6.0 Harris 2:30 34,500 +
40 40 Sunday, Jun 1 BOS @ DET W 7 6 20-19 4 4.0 Ryba 2:20 ++
41 41 Sunday, Jun 1 BOS @ DET W 6 5 21-19 4 4.0 Wilson 2:25 25,851 +++
42 42 Monday, Jun 2 BOS @ DET W 9 1 22-19 4 4.0 Dobson 2:00 2,861 ++++
43 43 Thursday, Jun 5 BOS @ CLE W 14 1 23-19 3 3.0 Harris 2:24 3,000 +++++
44 44 Friday, Jun 6 BOS @ CHW W 6 3 24-19 3 3.0 Dobson 2:12 3,578 ++++++
45 45 Saturday, Jun 7 BOS @ CHW L 4 5 24-20 3 4.0 Smith 2:08 3,685 -
46 46 Sunday, Jun 8 BOS @ CHW W 5 3 25-20 2 4.0 Grove 2:27 +
47 47 Sunday, Jun 8 BOS @ CHW W 3 0 26-20 2 4.0 Newsome 1:44 36,859 ++
48 48 Thursday, Jun 12 BOS @ SLB L 4 9 26-21 3 5.0 Muncrief 2:18 -
49 49 Thursday, Jun 12 BOS @ SLB W 3 2 27-21 3 5.0 Ryba 1:50 1,546 +
50 50 Saturday, Jun 14 BOS CHW L 2 5 27-22 3 5.0 Smith 2:33 6,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 15 BOS CHW W 8 6 28-22 3 3.5 Ryba 2:08 +
52 52 Sunday, Jun 15 BOS CHW W 6 4 29-22 3 3.5 Newsome 1:54 34,500 ++
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 17 BOS DET W 14 6 30-22 3 3.5 Wilson 2:32 +++
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 17 BOS DET L 5 8 30-23 3 3.5 McKain 2:28 23,000 -
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 18 BOS DET L 2 5 30-24 3 4.5 Rowe 2:22 5,400 --
56 56 Thursday, Jun 19 BOS DET W 6 4 31-24 3 4.5 Newsome 2:21 4,100 +
57 57 Friday, Jun 20 BOS SLB W 4 2 32-24 3 3.5 Dobson 2:08 3,100 ++
58 58 Saturday, Jun 21 BOS SLB L 9 13 32-25 3 3.5 Harris 2:41 5,400 -
59 59 Sunday, Jun 22 BOS SLB W 7 5 33-25 3 4.0 Ryba 2:12 0 +
60 60 Sunday, Jun 22 BOS SLB L 3 12 33-26 3 4.0 Niggeling 2:10 20,000 -
61 61 Tuesday, Jun 24 BOS CLE W 13 2 34-26 3 3.0 Newsome 2:05 8,060 +
62 62 Wednesday, Jun 25 BOS CLE W 7 2 35-26 3 2.0 Grove 2:03 11,000 ++
63 63 Thursday, Jun 26 BOS CLE L 8 11 35-27 3 3.0 Feller 3:09 24,000 -
64 64 Friday, Jun 27 BOS @ WSH L 3 5 35-28 3 4.0 Sundra 1:50 18,500 --
65 65 Saturday, Jun 28 BOS @ WSH L 1 3 35-29 3 4.0 Zuber 1:50 2,000 ---
66 66 Sunday, Jun 29 BOS @ PHA W 13 1 36-29 3 5.0 Wagner 1:52 0 +
67 67 Sunday, Jun 29 BOS @ PHA L 2 3 36-30 3 5.0 Knott 1:48 28,483 -
68 68 Tuesday, Jul 1 BOS @ NYY L 2 7 36-31 3 7.0 Russo 2:32 0 --
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 1 BOS @ NYY L 2 9 36-32 3 7.0 Bonham ---
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 2 BOS @ NYY L 4 8 36-33 3 8.0 Gomez 2:22 8,682 ----
71 71 Thursday, Jul 3 BOS @ PHA W 5 2 37-33 3 7.5 Grove 1:44 7,000 +
72 72 Saturday, Jul 5 BOS WSH W 5 0 38-33 3 7.5 Wagner 1:55 8,000 ++
73 73 Sunday, Jul 6 BOS WSH W 6 2 39-33 3 7.5 Newsome 1:48 0 +++
74 74 Sunday, Jul 6 BOS WSH W 4 3 40-33 3 7.5 Hughson 1:32 25,000 ++++
75 75 Friday, Jul 11 BOS @ DET L 0 2 40-34 3 9.0 Newsom 2:03 4,083 -
76 76 Saturday, Jul 12 BOS @ DET W 7 5 41-34 3 8.5 Newsome 2:19 0 +
77 77 Saturday, Jul 12 BOS @ DET W 10 2 42-34 3 8.5 Hughson 1:56 21,088 ++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 13 BOS @ CLE L 6 9 42-35 3 10.5 Bagby 2:00 0 -
79 79 Sunday, Jul 13 BOS @ CLE L 1 2 42-36 3 10.5 Smith 2:35 33,565 --
80 80 Monday, Jul 14 BOS @ CLE L 1 4 42-37 3 10.5 Feller 2:16 12,000 ---
81 81 Tuesday, Jul 15 BOS @ CLE W 6 2 43-37 3 10.5 Dobson 13,000 +
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 16 BOS @ CHW W 2 1 44-37 3 10.5 Hughson 1:45 2,946 ++
83 83 Thursday, Jul 17 BOS @ CHW W 7 4 45-37 3 10.5 Newsome 2:00 27,437 +++
84 84 Friday, Jul 18 BOS @ CHW L 3 4 45-38 3 10.5 Rigney 1:49 2,624 -
85 85 Saturday, Jul 19 BOS @ SLB L 3 9 45-39 3 12.5 Allen 2:03 0 --
86 86 Saturday, Jul 19 BOS @ SLB L 3 4 45-40 3 12.5 Auker 2:15 2,630 ---
87 87 Sunday, Jul 20 BOS @ SLB L 3 6 45-41 3 14.0 Niggeling 1:41 0 ----
88 88 Sunday, Jul 20 BOS @ SLB L 0 10 45-42 3 14.0 Muncrief 1:55 6,868 -----
89 89 Tuesday, Jul 22 BOS CHW W 6 2 46-42 3 14.0 Newsome 1:42 4,100 +
90 90 Wednesday, Jul 23 BOS CHW L 4 10 46-43 3 15.0 Lee 2:27 5,200 -
91 91 Thursday, Jul 24 BOS CHW W 11 1 47-43 3 15.0 Harris 2:20 2,600 +
92 92 Friday, Jul 25 BOS CLE W 10 6 48-43 3 15.0 Grove 2:27 10,000 ++
93 93 Saturday, Jul 26 BOS CLE W 4 3 49-43 3 15.0 Newsome 2:40 15,274 +++
94 94 Sunday, Jul 27 BOS CLE L 0 4 49-44 3 15.5 Heving 1:52 29,264 -
95 95 Tuesday, Jul 29 BOS SLB L 2 3 49-45 3 15.5 Niggeling 2:23 4,701 --
96 96 Thursday, Jul 31 BOS SLB L 11 16 49-46 3 16.5 Trotter 3:11 0 ---
97 97 Thursday, Jul 31 BOS SLB W 4 1 50-46 3 16.5 Hughson 1:35 25,000 +
98 98 Saturday, Aug 2 BOS DET L 5 6 50-47 3 18.0 Bridges 2:13 9,357 -
99 99 Sunday, Aug 3 BOS DET L 3 6 50-48 3 17.5 Newhouser 2:28 --
100 100 Monday, Aug 4 BOS PHA W 7 6 51-48 3 17.5 Hughson 2:15 3,260 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Aug 5 BOS PHA W 6 5 52-48 3 16.5 Wagner 2:11 3,600 ++
102 102 Wednesday, Aug 6 BOS NYY W 6 3 53-48 3 16.5 Ryba 2:14 0 +++
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 6 BOS NYY L 1 3 53-49 3 16.5 Breuer 1:59 34,427 -
104 104 Thursday, Aug 7 BOS NYY W 9 5 54-49 3 15.5 Newsome 2:20 11,593 +
105 105 Friday, Aug 8 BOS WSH W 15 8 55-49 3 14.5 Wagner 2:15 3,959 ++
106 106 Saturday, Aug 9 BOS WSH L 6 8 55-50 3 15.5 Zuber 2:30 5,835 -
107 107 Sunday, Aug 10 BOS WSH W 7 6 56-50 3 16.5 Ryba 2:20 0 +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 10 BOS WSH L 2 8 56-51 3 16.5 Carrasquel 2:10 25,858 -
109 109 Monday, Aug 11 BOS @ NYY W 8 0 57-51 3 15.5 Wilson 2:05 9,071 +
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 12 BOS @ NYY L 0 4 57-52 3 16.5 Chandler 2:06 9,001 -
111 111 Wednesday, Aug 13 BOS @ PHA W 4 0 58-52 3 16.0 Wagner 1:58 19,106 +
112 112 Thursday, Aug 14 BOS @ PHA W 11 8 59-52 3 17.0 Dobson 3:12 0 ++
113 113 Thursday, Aug 14 BOS @ PHA L 8 10 59-53 3 17.0 Harris 2:13 10,493 -
114 114 Friday, Aug 15 BOS @ WSH W *V 3 6 60-53 3 16.5 1:31 7,000 +
115 115 Saturday, Aug 16 BOS @ WSH W 8 6 61-53 2 15.5 Dobson 2:30 5,000 ++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 17 BOS @ WSH L 2 6 61-54 2 17.0 Hudson 1:52 11,000 -
117 117 Tuesday, Aug 19 BOS @ SLB L 2 3 61-55 3 17.0 Galehouse 1:39 0 --
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 19 BOS @ SLB W 10 7 62-55 3 17.0 Potter 2:33 2,100 +
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 20 BOS @ SLB L 9 11 62-56 3 17.5 Auker 2:10 0 -
120 120 Wednesday, Aug 20 BOS @ SLB L 3 4 62-57 3 17.5 Niggeling 2:01 1,750 --
121 121 Thursday, Aug 21 BOS @ CHW W 8 5 63-57 3 16.5 Newsome 2:10 4,491 +
122 122 Friday, Aug 22 BOS @ CHW W 2 1 64-57 3 15.5 Dobson 2:10 5,072 ++
123 123 Saturday, Aug 23 BOS @ CHW L 0 3 64-58 3 16.5 Humphries 2:01 6,151 -
124 124 Sunday, Aug 24 BOS @ CLE L 3 4 64-59 4 18.5 Milnar 1:50 0 --
125 125 Sunday, Aug 24 BOS @ CLE L 2 5 64-60 4 18.5 Smith 1:39 16,287 ---
126 126 Monday, Aug 25 BOS @ CLE W 1 0 65-60 3 17.5 Wagner 1:56 12,483 +
127 127 Tuesday, Aug 26 BOS @ CLE W 9 4 66-60 3 17.0 Newsome 1:53 8,000 ++
128 128 Wednesday, Aug 27 BOS @ DET L 3 6 66-61 3 18.0 Gorsica 1:55 4,782 -
129 129 Thursday, Aug 28 BOS @ DET L 7 8 66-62 3 19.0 Manders 2:11 3,993 --
130 130 Saturday, Aug 30 BOS PHA W 12 3 67-62 3 19.0 Wagner 1:53 6,387 +
131 131 Sunday, Aug 31 BOS PHA W 5 3 68-62 2 19.5 Newsome 1:43 0 ++
132 132 Sunday, Aug 31 BOS PHA L 2 3 68-63 2 19.5 Marchildon 1:51 22,570 -
133 133 Monday, Sep 1 BOS WSH W 13 9 69-63 2 18.5 Potter 2:47 0 +
134 134 Monday, Sep 1 BOS WSH W 10 2 70-63 2 18.5 Dobson 2:09 22,577 ++
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 3 BOS NYY L 1 2 70-64 2 19.5 Bonham 2:25 15,672 -
136 136 Thursday, Sep 4 BOS NYY L 3 6 70-65 3 20.5 Donald 2:05 13,088 --
137 137 Saturday, Sep 6 BOS @ NYY W 8 1 71-65 2 19.5 Dobson 2:04 10,286 +
138 138 Sunday, Sep 7 BOS @ NYY L 5 8 71-66 2 20.5 Gomez 2:07 22,822 -
139 139 Tuesday, Sep 9 BOS DET W 6 0 72-66 2 20.5 Newsome 1:49 3,200 +
140 140 Wednesday, Sep 10 BOS DET W 11 2 73-66 2 20.0 Harris 2:15 4,931 ++
141 141 Friday, Sep 12 BOS SLB W 5 0 74-66 2 19.5 Dobson 1:55 5,932 +++
142 142 Saturday, Sep 13 BOS SLB W 7 2 75-66 2 18.5 Wilson 2:06 6,153 ++++
143 143 Sunday, Sep 14 BOS CHW W 9 2 76-66 2 17.5 Newsome 1:44 0 +++++
144 144 Sunday, Sep 14 BOS CHW W 5 1 77-66 2 17.5 Wagner 1:45 36,224 ++++++
145 145 Monday, Sep 15 BOS CHW W 6 1 78-66 2 17.5 Harris 1:44 3,897 +++++++
146 146 Wednesday, Sep 17 BOS CLE W 3 2 79-66 2 17.5 Dobson 1:55 6,858 ++++++++
147 147 Thursday, Sep 18 BOS CLE L 1 6 79-67 2 18.0 Feller 2:18 8,204 -
148 148 Saturday, Sep 20 BOS NYY L 1 8 79-68 2 19.0 Russo 2:09 12,014 --
149 149 Sunday, Sep 21 BOS NYY W 4 1 80-68 2 18.0 Harris 1:48 28,070 +
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 23 BOS @ WSH L 3 4 80-69 2 18.0 Hudson 1:49 5,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 24 BOS @ WSH W 7 2 81-69 2 17.5 Wagner 1:38 0 +
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 24 BOS @ WSH W 5 4 82-69 2 17.5 Newsome 2:10 5,000 ++
153 153 Saturday, Sep 27 BOS @ PHA W 5 1 83-69 2 17.5 Harris 1:42 0 +++
154 154 Sunday, Sep 28 BOS @ PHA W 12 11 84-69 2 17.0 Wagner 2:02 0 ++++
155 155 Sunday, Sep 28 BOS @ PHA L 1 7 84-70 2 17.0 Caligiuri 1:21 10,268 -
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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