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1941 Boston Red Sox (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
Managed by Joe Cronin

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 718,497 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   84-70 , Final Rank: 2, GB:   17.0
Days in First:                   8 (last on April 23, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          15 (last on September 28)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on May 30)

Biggest Lead:                  1.5 (last on April 20)
Farthest Behind Leader:       20.5 (last on September 9)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (September 9 to September 17)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (May 15 to May 19 and July 18 to July 20)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (July 31)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 1 and August 8)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        84  70     865     750    .545

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           47  30     461     371    .610
Road           37  40     404     379    .481

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     40  33     441     384    .548
Second Half    44  37     424     366    .543
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  19     161     161    .500

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        29  15     335     217    .659

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 15     BOS  WSH  W   7-6        1-0     1    Tied  2:40 E Johnson                  15,000 +
  2 Wed, Apr 16     BOS  WSH  W   8-7        2-0     1    Tied  3:20 M Harris                    5,200 ++
  3 Fri, Apr 18     BOS @PHA  W   3-2        3-0     1  up 1.5  1:58 H Hash                     11,308 +++
  4 Sat, Apr 19     BOS @PHA  W   7-2        4-0     1  up 1.5  2:05 E Dickman                   8,604 ++++
  5 Sun, Apr 20     BOS @WSH  W  14-8        5-0     1  up 1.5  2:43 M Ryba                     18,000 +++++
  6 Mon, Apr 21     BOS @WSH  L   5-6        5-1     1  up 1.0  2:10 S Sundra                    3,000 -
  7 Tue, Apr 22     BOS @WSH  L   5-12       5-2     1  up 1.0  2:20 W Masterson                 2,500 --
  8 Wed, Apr 23     BOS @NYY  L   2-4        5-3     1    Tied  2:30 L Gomez                    10,651 ---
  9 Thu, Apr 24     BOS @NYY  L   3-6        5-4     2     1.0  2:13 M Russo                     5,360 ----
 10 Fri, Apr 25     BOS  PHA  W   3-1        6-4     2     1.0  1:46 D Newsome                   2,000 +
 11 Sat, Apr 26     BOS  PHA  W   8-7        7-4     2     1.0  2:07 B Fleming                   2,600 ++
 12 Tue, Apr 29     BOS @DET  L   3-5        7-5     4     2.0  1:57 J Gorsica                   4,696 -
 13 Wed, Apr 30     BOS @DET  L   8-12       7-6     4     3.0  2:27 B Newsom                    5,147 --
 14 Thu, May  1     BOS @DET  W  15-9        8-6     4     3.0  2:40 E Johnson                   4,588 +
 15 Fri, May  2     BOS @CLE  L   3-7        8-7     4     4.0  1:57 M Harder                   14,000 -
 16 Sat, May  3     BOS @CLE  L   2-4        8-8     4     5.0  2:20 A Milnar                    9,000 --
 17 Sun, May  4     BOS @SLB  W  11-4        9-8     4     5.0  2:37 L Grove                     6,417 +
 18 Wed, May  7     BOS @CHW  W   4-3       10-8     3     4.0  2:05 C Wagner                    2,463 ++
 19 Sun, May 11     BOS  NYY  W  13-5       11-8     2     3.0  0:54 E Johnson                  34,000 +++
 20 Mon, May 12     BOS  NYY  W   8-4       12-8     2     2.5  3:15 L Grove                    10,963 ++++
 21 Tue, May 13     BOS  CHW  L   2-3       12-9     3     3.5  1:47 J Rigney                    3,000 -
 22 Wed, May 14     BOS  CHW  W  10-7       13-9     2     3.5  2:18 D Newsome                   3,200 +
 23 Thu, May 15     BOS  CLE  L   4-6       13-10    3     4.5  2:40 A Milnar                    7,500 -
 24 Fri, May 16     BOS  CLE  L   3-9       13-11    3     5.5  2:23 J Bagby                     6,000 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 17     BOS  CLE  L   9-12      13-12    3     6.5  3:20 B Feller                   20,000 ---
 26 Sun, May 18     BOS  DET  L   5-6       13-13    4     6.5  2:58 A Benton                   23,000 ----
 27 Mon, May 19     BOS  DET  L   2-4       13-14    4     6.5  2:12 J Gorsica                   3,000 -----
 28 Tue, May 20     BOS  DET  W   4-2       14-14    4     5.5  1:44 E Johnson                   3,300 +
 29 Wed, May 21     BOS  SLB  W   8-6       15-14    3     5.5  2:20 D Newsome                   3,500 ++
 30 Thu, May 22     BOS  SLB  L   1-4       15-15    4     6.5  2:12 B Muncrief                  3,400 -
 31 Fri, May 23     BOS @NYY  -   9-9       15-15    4     7.0  2:05                            85,384 -
 32 Sat, May 24     BOS @NYY  L   6-7       15-16    5     8.0  2:23 N Branch                   20,935 --
 33 Sun, May 25     BOS @NYY  W  10-3       16-16    4     8.0  2:30 L Grove                    36,431 +
 34 Tue, May 27     BOS  PHA  W   5-2       17-16    5     7.0  1:55 C Wagner                          ++
 35                 BOS  PHA  L   1-11      17-17    5     7.0  2:17 P Marchildon                4,900 -
 36 Wed, May 28     BOS  PHA  L   6-8       17-18    5     7.0  3:25 T Ferrick                   1,400 --
 37 Thu, May 29     BOS  PHA  W   6-4       18-18    5     7.0  2:02 J Dobson                    1,900 +
 38 Fri, May 30     BOS  NYY  L   3-4       18-19    5     6.0  2:02 M Breuer                          -
 39                 BOS  NYY  W  13-0       19-19    5     6.0  2:30 M Harris                   34,500 +
 40 Sun, Jun  1     BOS @DET  W   7-6       20-19    4     4.0  2:20 M Ryba                            ++
 41                 BOS @DET  W   6-5       21-19    4     4.0  2:25 J Wilson                   25,851 +++
 42 Mon, Jun  2     BOS @DET  W   9-1       22-19    4     4.0  2:00 J Dobson                    2,861 ++++
 43 Thu, Jun  5     BOS @CLE  W  14-1       23-19    3     3.0  2:24 M Harris                    3,000 +++++
 44 Fri, Jun  6     BOS @CHW  W   6-3       24-19    3     3.0  2:12 J Dobson                    3,578 ++++++
 45 Sat, Jun  7     BOS @CHW  L   4-5       24-20    3     4.0  2:08 E Smith                     3,685 -
 46 Sun, Jun  8     BOS @CHW  W   5-3       25-20    2     4.0  2:27 L Grove                           +
 47                 BOS @CHW  W   3-0       26-20    2     4.0  1:44 D Newsome                  36,859 ++
 48 Thu, Jun 12     BOS @SLB  L   4-9       26-21    3     5.0  2:18 B Muncrief                        -
 49                 BOS @SLB  W   3-2       27-21    3     5.0  1:50 M Ryba                      1,546 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun 14     BOS  CHW  L   2-5       27-22    3     5.0  2:33 E Smith                     6,000 -
 51 Sun, Jun 15     BOS  CHW  W   8-6       28-22    3     3.5  2:08 M Ryba                            +
 52                 BOS  CHW  W   6-4       29-22    3     3.5  1:54 D Newsome                  34,500 ++
 53 Tue, Jun 17     BOS  DET  W  14-6       30-22    3     3.5  2:32 J Wilson                          +++
 54                 BOS  DET  L   5-8       30-23    3     3.5  2:28 A McKain                   23,000 -
 55 Wed, Jun 18     BOS  DET  L   2-5       30-24    3     4.5  2:22 S Rowe                      5,400 --
 56 Thu, Jun 19     BOS  DET  W   6-4       31-24    3     4.5  2:21 D Newsome                   4,100 +
 57 Fri, Jun 20     BOS  SLB  W   4-2       32-24    3     3.5  2:08 J Dobson                    3,100 ++
 58 Sat, Jun 21     BOS  SLB  L   9-13      32-25    3     3.5  2:41 B Harris                    5,400 -
 59 Sun, Jun 22     BOS  SLB  W   7-5       33-25    3     4.0  2:12 M Ryba                          0 +
 60                 BOS  SLB  L   3-12      33-26    3     4.0  2:10 J Niggeling                20,000 -
 61 Tue, Jun 24     BOS  CLE  W  13-2       34-26    3     3.0  2:05 D Newsome                   8,060 +
 62 Wed, Jun 25     BOS  CLE  W   7-2       35-26    3     2.0  2:03 L Grove                    11,000 ++
 63 Thu, Jun 26     BOS  CLE  L   8-11      35-27    3     3.0  3:09 B Feller                   24,000 -
 64 Fri, Jun 27     BOS @WSH  L   3-5       35-28    3     4.0  1:50 S Sundra                   18,500 --
 65 Sat, Jun 28     BOS @WSH  L   1-3       35-29    3     4.0  1:50 B Zuber                     2,000 ---
 66 Sun, Jun 29     BOS @PHA  W  13-1       36-29    3     5.0  1:52 C Wagner                        0 +
 67                 BOS @PHA  L   2-3       36-30    3     5.0  1:48 J Knott                    28,483 -
 68 Tue, Jul  1     BOS @NYY  L   2-7       36-31    3     7.0  2:32 M Russo                         0 --
 69                 BOS @NYY  L   2-9       36-32    3     7.0       T Bonham                          ---
 70 Wed, Jul  2     BOS @NYY  L   4-8       36-33    3     8.0  2:22 L Gomez                     8,682 ----
 71 Thu, Jul  3     BOS @PHA  W   5-2       37-33    3     7.5  1:44 L Grove                     7,000 +
 72 Sat, Jul  5     BOS  WSH  W   5-0       38-33    3     7.5  1:55 C Wagner                    8,000 ++
 73 Sun, Jul  6     BOS  WSH  W   6-2       39-33    3     7.5  1:48 D Newsome                       0 +++
 74                 BOS  WSH  W   4-3       40-33    3     7.5  1:32 T Hughson                  25,000 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul 11     BOS @DET  L   0-2       40-34    3     9.0  2:03 B Newsom                    4,083 -
 76 Sat, Jul 12     BOS @DET  W   7-5       41-34    3     8.5  2:19 D Newsome                       0 +
 77                 BOS @DET  W  10-2       42-34    3     8.5  1:56 T Hughson                  21,088 ++
 78 Sun, Jul 13     BOS @CLE  L   6-9       42-35    3    10.5  2:00 J Bagby                         0 -
 79                 BOS @CLE  L   1-2       42-36    3    10.5  2:35 A Smith                    33,565 --
 80 Mon, Jul 14     BOS @CLE  L   1-4       42-37    3    10.5  2:16 B Feller                   12,000 ---
 81 Tue, Jul 15     BOS @CLE  W   6-2       43-37    3    10.5       J Dobson                   13,000 +
 82 Wed, Jul 16     BOS @CHW  W   2-1       44-37    3    10.5  1:45 T Hughson                   2,946 ++
 83 Thu, Jul 17     BOS @CHW  W   7-4       45-37    3    10.5  2:00 D Newsome                  27,437 +++
 84 Fri, Jul 18     BOS @CHW  L   3-4       45-38    3    10.5  1:49 J Rigney                    2,624 -
 85 Sat, Jul 19     BOS @SLB  L   3-9       45-39    3    12.5  2:03 J Allen                         0 --
 86                 BOS @SLB  L   3-4       45-40    3    12.5  2:15 E Auker                     2,630 ---
 87 Sun, Jul 20     BOS @SLB  L   3-6       45-41    3    14.0  1:41 J Niggeling                     0 ----
 88                 BOS @SLB  L   0-10      45-42    3    14.0  1:55 B Muncrief                  6,868 -----
 89 Tue, Jul 22     BOS  CHW  W   6-2       46-42    3    14.0  1:42 D Newsome                   4,100 +
 90 Wed, Jul 23     BOS  CHW  L   4-10      46-43    3    15.0  2:27 T Lee                       5,200 -
 91 Thu, Jul 24     BOS  CHW  W  11-1       47-43    3    15.0  2:20 M Harris                    2,600 +
 92 Fri, Jul 25     BOS  CLE  W  10-6       48-43    3    15.0  2:27 L Grove                    10,000 ++
 93 Sat, Jul 26     BOS  CLE  W   4-3       49-43    3    15.0  2:40 D Newsome                  15,274 +++
 94 Sun, Jul 27     BOS  CLE  L   0-4       49-44    3    15.5  1:52 J Heving                   29,264 -
 95 Tue, Jul 29     BOS  SLB  L   2-3       49-45    3    15.5  2:23 J Niggeling                 4,701 --
 96 Thu, Jul 31     BOS  SLB  L  11-16      49-46    3    16.5  3:11 B Trotter                       0 ---
 97                 BOS  SLB  W   4-1       50-46    3    16.5  1:35 T Hughson                  25,000 +
 98 Sat, Aug  2     BOS  DET  L   5-6       50-47    3    18.0  2:13 T Bridges                   9,357 -
 99 Sun, Aug  3     BOS  DET  L   3-6       50-48    3    17.5  2:28 H Newhouser                       --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Mon, Aug  4     BOS  PHA  W   7-6       51-48    3    17.5  2:15 T Hughson                   3,260 +
101 Tue, Aug  5     BOS  PHA  W   6-5       52-48    3    16.5  2:11 C Wagner                    3,600 ++
102 Wed, Aug  6     BOS  NYY  W   6-3       53-48    3    16.5  2:14 M Ryba                          0 +++
103                 BOS  NYY  L   1-3       53-49    3    16.5  1:59 M Breuer                   34,427 -
104 Thu, Aug  7     BOS  NYY  W   9-5       54-49    3    15.5  2:20 D Newsome                  11,593 +
105 Fri, Aug  8     BOS  WSH  W  15-8       55-49    3    14.5  2:15 C Wagner                    3,959 ++
106 Sat, Aug  9     BOS  WSH  L   6-8       55-50    3    15.5  2:30 B Zuber                     5,835 -
107 Sun, Aug 10     BOS  WSH  W   7-6       56-50    3    16.5  2:20 M Ryba                          0 +
108                 BOS  WSH  L   2-8       56-51    3    16.5  2:10 A Carrasquel               25,858 -
109 Mon, Aug 11     BOS @NYY  W   8-0       57-51    3    15.5  2:05 J Wilson                    9,071 +
110 Tue, Aug 12     BOS @NYY  L   0-4       57-52    3    16.5  2:06 S Chandler                  9,001 -
111 Wed, Aug 13     BOS @PHA  W   4-0       58-52    3    16.0  1:58 C Wagner                   19,106 +
112 Thu, Aug 14     BOS @PHA  W  11-8       59-52    3    17.0  3:12 J Dobson                        0 ++
113                 BOS @PHA  L   8-10      59-53    3    17.0  2:13 L Harris                   10,493 -
114 Fri, Aug 15     BOS @WSH  W*V 3-6       60-53    3    16.5  1:31                             7,000 +
115 Sat, Aug 16     BOS @WSH  W   8-6       61-53    2    15.5  2:30 J Dobson                    5,000 ++
116 Sun, Aug 17     BOS @WSH  L   2-6       61-54    2    17.0  1:52 S Hudson                   11,000 -
117 Tue, Aug 19     BOS @SLB  L   2-3       61-55    3    17.0  1:39 D Galehouse                     0 --
118                 BOS @SLB  W  10-7       62-55    3    17.0  2:33 N Potter                    2,100 +
119 Wed, Aug 20     BOS @SLB  L   9-11      62-56    3    17.5  2:10 E Auker                         0 -
120                 BOS @SLB  L   3-4       62-57    3    17.5  2:01 J Niggeling                 1,750 --
121 Thu, Aug 21     BOS @CHW  W   8-5       63-57    3    16.5  2:10 D Newsome                   4,491 +
122 Fri, Aug 22     BOS @CHW  W   2-1       64-57    3    15.5  2:10 J Dobson                    5,072 ++
123 Sat, Aug 23     BOS @CHW  L   0-3       64-58    3    16.5  2:01 J Humphries                 6,151 -
124 Sun, Aug 24     BOS @CLE  L   3-4       64-59    4    18.5  1:50 A Milnar                        0 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 BOS @CLE  L   2-5       64-60    4    18.5  1:39 A Smith                    16,287 ---
126 Mon, Aug 25     BOS @CLE  W   1-0       65-60    3    17.5  1:56 C Wagner                   12,483 +
127 Tue, Aug 26     BOS @CLE  W   9-4       66-60    3    17.0  1:53 D Newsome                   8,000 ++
128 Wed, Aug 27     BOS @DET  L   3-6       66-61    3    18.0  1:55 J Gorsica                   4,782 -
129 Thu, Aug 28     BOS @DET  L   7-8       66-62    3    19.0  2:11 H Manders                   3,993 --
130 Sat, Aug 30     BOS  PHA  W  12-3       67-62    3    19.0  1:53 C Wagner                    6,387 +
131 Sun, Aug 31     BOS  PHA  W   5-3       68-62    2    19.5  1:43 D Newsome                       0 ++
132                 BOS  PHA  L   2-3       68-63    2    19.5  1:51 P Marchildon               22,570 -
133 Mon, Sep  1     BOS  WSH  W  13-9       69-63    2    18.5  2:47 N Potter                        0 +
134                 BOS  WSH  W  10-2       70-63    2    18.5  2:09 J Dobson                   22,577 ++
135 Wed, Sep  3     BOS  NYY  L   1-2       70-64    2    19.5  2:25 T Bonham                   15,672 -
136 Thu, Sep  4     BOS  NYY  L   3-6       70-65    3    20.5  2:05 A Donald                   13,088 --
137 Sat, Sep  6     BOS @NYY  W   8-1       71-65    2    19.5  2:04 J Dobson                   10,286 +
138 Sun, Sep  7     BOS @NYY  L   5-8       71-66    2    20.5  2:07 L Gomez                    22,822 -
139 Tue, Sep  9     BOS  DET  W   6-0       72-66    2    20.5  1:49 D Newsome                   3,200 +
140 Wed, Sep 10     BOS  DET  W  11-2       73-66    2    20.0  2:15 M Harris                    4,931 ++
141 Fri, Sep 12     BOS  SLB  W   5-0       74-66    2    19.5  1:55 J Dobson                    5,932 +++
142 Sat, Sep 13     BOS  SLB  W   7-2       75-66    2    18.5  2:06 J Wilson                    6,153 ++++
143 Sun, Sep 14     BOS  CHW  W   9-2       76-66    2    17.5  1:44 D Newsome                       0 +++++
144                 BOS  CHW  W   5-1       77-66    2    17.5  1:45 C Wagner                   36,224 ++++++
145 Mon, Sep 15     BOS  CHW  W   6-1       78-66    2    17.5  1:44 M Harris                    3,897 +++++++
146 Wed, Sep 17     BOS  CLE  W   3-2       79-66    2    17.5  1:55 J Dobson                    6,858 ++++++++
147 Thu, Sep 18     BOS  CLE  L   1-6       79-67    2    18.0  2:18 B Feller                    8,204 -
148 Sat, Sep 20     BOS  NYY  L   1-8       79-68    2    19.0  2:09 M Russo                    12,014 --
149 Sun, Sep 21     BOS  NYY  W   4-1       80-68    2    18.0  1:48 M Harris                   28,070 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 23     BOS @WSH  L   3-4       80-69    2    18.0  1:49 S Hudson                    5,000 -
151 Wed, Sep 24     BOS @WSH  W   7-2       81-69    2    17.5  1:38 C Wagner                        0 +
152                 BOS @WSH  W   5-4       82-69    2    17.5  2:10 D Newsome                   5,000 ++
153 Sat, Sep 27     BOS @PHA  W   5-1       83-69    2    17.5  1:42 M Harris                        0 +++
154 Sun, Sep 28     BOS @PHA  W  12-11      84-69    2    17.0  2:02 C Wagner                        0 ++++
155                 BOS @PHA  L   1-7       84-70    2    17.0  1:21 F Caligiuri                10,268 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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