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1942 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941/1943)
93-59, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 761 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-59
Managed by Joe Cronin

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 730,340 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   93-59 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    9.0
Days in First:                   7 (last on April 22, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          34 (last on September 27)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on April 20)
Farthest Behind Leader:       13.0 (last on August 12)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (June 7 to June 16 and August 20 to August 26)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (May 8 to May 14)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (September 8)
Most Runs Scored:               19 (April 16)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        93  59     761     594    .612

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           53  24     403     299    .688
Road           40  35     358     295    .533

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9   6      89      61    .600
May            14  14     156     122    .500
June           19   7     114      86    .731
July           14  17     129     129    .452
August         23   9     167     119    .719
September      14   6     106      77    .700

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     46  30     389     291    .605
Second Half    47  29     372     303    .618
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        30  23     206     199    .566

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        26   8     273     126    .765

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
CHW            13   8      76      52    .619
CLE            14   8     128      88    .636
DET            15   7      89      75    .682
NYY            12  10      88      93    .545
PHA            14   8     142      78    .636
SLB            11  11     110     111    .500
WSH            14   7     128      97    .667

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 14     BOS  PHA  W   8-3        1-0     1    Tied  2:21 D Newsome                   9,901 +
  2 Wed, Apr 15     BOS  PHA  W   3-1        2-0     1    Tied  1:45 J Dobson                    2,459 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 16     BOS  PHA  W  19-4        3-0     1    Tied  2:06 C Wagner                    2,891 +++
  4 Fri, Apr 17     BOS @NYY  L   0-1        3-1     3     1.0  1:53 T Bonham                   30,303 -
  5 Sat, Apr 18     BOS @NYY  W   5-1        4-1     1    Tied  2:05 Y Terry                    24,021 +
  6 Sun, Apr 19     BOS @NYY  W   5-2        5-1     1  up 0.5  2:02 D Newsome                  51,322 ++
  7 Mon, Apr 20     BOS  WSH  L   4-10       5-2     1  up 0.5  2:22 J Wilson                   10,000 -
  8 Wed, Apr 22     BOS @WSH  W  13-4        6-2     1    Tied  2:18 O Judd                      4,000 +
  9 Thu, Apr 23     BOS @WSH  L   5-10       6-3     2     1.0  2:16 D Leonard                   2,500 -
 10 Fri, Apr 24     BOS  NYY  L   5-8        6-4     3     2.0  1:50 T Bonham                   15,056 --
 11 Sat, Apr 25     BOS  NYY  W   4-2        7-4     3     1.0  2:05 J Dobson                   19,538 +
 12 Sun, Apr 26     BOS  NYY  L   2-7        7-5     4     2.0  2:06 M Breuer                   38,010 -
 13 Tue, Apr 28     BOS  DET  W   6-1        8-5     4     2.0  1:50 C Wagner                    4,868 +
 14 Wed, Apr 29     BOS  DET  L   2-4        8-6     4     3.0  1:58 H Manders                   6,040 -
 15 Thu, Apr 30     BOS  DET  W   8-3        9-6     4     3.0  1:58 D Newsome                   5,482 +
 16 Fri, May  1     BOS  SLB  L   6-10       9-7     4     4.0  2:14 J Niggeling                 4,609 -
 17 Sat, May  2     BOS  SLB  W  11-10      10-7     3     4.0  2:20 M Brown                    10,261 +
 18 Sun, May  3     BOS  CLE  W   8-4       11-7     4     3.0  2:07 C Wagner                   32,123 ++
 19 Mon, May  4     BOS  CLE  W  11-8       12-7     4     2.0  2:24 D Newsome                   8,637 +++
 20 Tue, May  5     BOS  CLE  W  13-3       13-7     3     1.0  2:13 K Chase                    10,104 ++++
 21 Wed, May  6     BOS  CHW  W   3-1       14-7     2     0.5  1:40 J Dobson                    6,550 +++++
 22 Fri, May  8     BOS @PHA  L   1-2       14-8     3     1.0  1:52 P Marchildon                3,277 -
 23 Sun, May 10     BOS @PHA  L   2-4       14-9     4     3.0  1:35 R Wolff                           --
 24                 BOS @PHA  L   5-6       14-10    4     3.0  2:30 R Christophe               25,393 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 13     BOS @CHW  L   1-2       14-11    4     3.0  2:12 J Haynes                    3,230 ----
 26 Thu, May 14     BOS @SLB  L   3-6       14-12    4     3.5  1:47 J Niggeling                 1,050 -----
 27 Sat, May 16     BOS @SLB  W   4-2       15-12    4     4.0  1:59 T Hughson                   1,851 +
 28 Sun, May 17     BOS @DET  L   3-4       15-13    4     4.5  2:05 T Bridges                  24,581 -
 29 Mon, May 18     BOS @DET  W   4-2       16-13    4     4.0  1:43 C Wagner                    3,037 +
 30 Tue, May 19     BOS @DET  L   2-5       16-14    4     5.0  1:54 H Newhouser                 5,371 -
 31 Thu, May 21     BOS @CLE  W   8-3       17-14    3     5.0  2:00 T Hughson                  12,000 +
 32 Sat, May 23     BOS  PHA  L   3-4       17-15    3     6.0  2:05 R Wolff                    12,216 -
 33 Sun, May 24     BOS  PHA  L   5-6       17-16    4     5.5  2:24 J Knott                           --
 34                 BOS  PHA  W   6-5       18-16    4     5.5  2:00 Y Terry                    24,284 +
 35 Mon, May 25     BOS @NYY  L   1-3       18-17    4     6.5  1:44 S Chandler                  9,995 -
 36 Tue, May 26     BOS @NYY  L   2-9       18-18    4     7.5  1:55 A Donald                   11,221 --
 37 Wed, May 27     BOS @WSH  W  10-1       19-18    4     7.5  2:15 O Judd                     17,000 +
 38 Thu, May 28     BOS @WSH  L   1-5       19-19    4     8.5  2:14 E Wynn                      8,500 -
 39 Fri, May 29     BOS @PHA  W  14-2       20-19    4     8.5  1:55 T Hughson                  16,822 +
 40 Sat, May 30     BOS @PHA  W  10-6       21-19    4     9.5  2:24 J Dobson                          ++
 41                 BOS @PHA  L   4-5       21-20    4     9.5  1:52 R Wolff                    17,166 -
 42 Sun, May 31     BOS  WSH  W  11-1       22-20    3     8.5  2:11 O Judd                            +
 43                 BOS  WSH  W   4-3       23-20    3     8.5  2:13 M Brown                    23,906 ++
 44 Tue, Jun  2     BOS  CLE  L   2-7       23-21    4     9.0  2:00 M Harder                    2,717 -
 45 Thu, Jun  4     BOS  CLE  L   2-4       23-22    4    10.5  1:54 J Bagby                     3,593 --
 46 Fri, Jun  5     BOS  CHW  W   4-2       24-22    4    10.5  1:50 Y Terry                     3,538 +
 47 Sat, Jun  6     BOS  CHW  L   1-3       24-23    4    11.5  1:57 O Grove                     7,316 -
 48 Sun, Jun  7     BOS  CHW  W   3-2       25-23    3    10.5  1:36 D Newsome                         +
 49                 BOS  CHW  W   3-2       26-23    3    10.5  1:40 C Wagner                   20,061 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun  9     BOS  SLB  W   7-4       27-23    2    11.0  1:57 O Judd                      4,676 +++
 51 Wed, Jun 10     BOS  SLB  W  10-3       28-23    2    10.0  2:03 T Hughson                   4,806 ++++
 52 Thu, Jun 11     BOS  SLB  W   8-7       29-23    2     9.5  2:30 M Brown                     4,020 +++++
 53 Sat, Jun 13     BOS  DET  W   6-5       30-23    2     9.5  2:30 M Brown                     6,640 ++++++
 54 Sun, Jun 14     BOS  DET  W   3-2       31-23    2     9.5  1:51 D Newsome                         +++++++
 55                 BOS  DET  W   2-1       32-23    2     9.5  2:22 T Hughson                  30,311 ++++++++
 56 Tue, Jun 16     BOS @SLB  W   4-2       33-23    2     9.0  1:47 O Judd                      5,144 +++++++++
 57 Wed, Jun 17     BOS @SLB  L   3-6       33-24    2     9.0  1:57 E Auker                       844 -
 58 Fri, Jun 19     BOS @CHW  W   1-0       34-24    2     7.5  2:02 C Wagner                   12,938 +
 59 Sun, Jun 21     BOS @CHW  L   5-6       34-25    2     7.0  1:55 T Lyons                           -
 60                 BOS @CHW  W   7-0       35-25    2     7.0  1:49 T Hughson                  18,777 +
 61 Tue, Jun 23     BOS @DET  W   6-2       36-25    2     7.0  1:54 O Judd                      3,587 ++
 62 Wed, Jun 24     BOS @DET  W   1-0       37-25    2     7.0  1:34 C Wagner                   13,193 +++
 63 Thu, Jun 25     BOS @DET  L   3-7       37-26    2     7.5  1:48 H White                     3,827 -
 64 Fri, Jun 26     BOS @CLE  W   3-2       38-26    2     6.5  1:50 D Newsome                  19,704 +
 65 Sat, Jun 27     BOS @CLE  W   6-3       39-26    2     6.5  2:02 K Chase                     3,000 ++
 66 Sun, Jun 28     BOS @CLE  W   8-3       40-26    2     5.5  2:10 O Judd                            +++
 67                 BOS @CLE  L   2-3       40-27    2     5.5  1:45 V Kennedy                  19,547 -
 68 Tue, Jun 30     BOS  WSH  W   9-8       41-27    2     4.5  2:32 M Ryba                            +
 69                 BOS  WSH  W   5-2       42-27    2     4.5  1:55 T Hughson                   9,506 ++
 70 Wed, Jul  1     BOS  WSH  W   3-2       43-27    2     3.0  2:20 Y Terry                           +++
 71                 BOS  WSH  W   7-1       44-27    2     3.0  2:00 J Dobson                   10,593 ++++
 72 Fri, Jul  3     BOS  NYY  L   3-5       44-28    2     4.0  1:58 S Chandler                 21,296 -
 73 Sat, Jul  4     BOS  NYY  L   3-6       44-29    2     4.0  2:33 R Ruffing                         --
 74                 BOS  NYY  W   6-4       45-29    2     4.0  1:50 T Hughson                  33,675 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  5     BOS @WSH  L   3-4       45-30    2     4.0  2:08 B Newsom                          -
 76                 BOS @WSH  W   5-0       46-30    2     4.0  2:00 J Dobson                   18,000 +
 77 Thu, Jul  9     BOS  DET  W   2-1       47-30    2     4.0  2:05 C Wagner                    7,757 ++
 78 Fri, Jul 10     BOS  DET  W   6-1       48-30    2     4.0  1:42 T Hughson                   7,506 +++
 79 Sun, Jul 12     BOS  SLB  L   0-1       48-31    2     4.5  1:57 D Galehouse                       -
 80                 BOS  SLB  L   6-10      48-32    2     4.5  2:26 S Ferens                   34,519 --
 81 Tue, Jul 14     BOS  SLB  L   2-3       48-33    2     6.0  1:57 J Niggeling                 4,247 ---
 82 Wed, Jul 15     BOS  CHW  W  10-1       49-33    2     6.5  1:53 T Hughson                         +
 83                 BOS  CHW  L   6-11      49-34    2     6.5  2:18 B Dietrich                 12,623 -
 84 Thu, Jul 16     BOS  CHW  L   2-3       49-35    2     7.5  1:59 B Ross                      3,795 --
 85 Fri, Jul 17     BOS  CHW  W   2-1       50-35    2     7.5  1:55 C Wagner                    3,324 +
 86 Sun, Jul 19     BOS  CLE  L   7-10      50-36    2    10.0  2:58 T Ferrick                         -
 87                 BOS  CLE  L   0-4       50-37    2    10.0  1:32 M Harder                   32,025 --
 88 Tue, Jul 21     BOS @CHW  L   4-5       50-38    2    11.0  1:53 J Humphries                14,071 ---
 89 Wed, Jul 22     BOS @CHW  L   0-2       50-39    2    12.0  1:46 B Ross                      2,643 ----
 90 Thu, Jul 23     BOS @CHW  W   5-4       51-39    2    11.0  2:15 M Brown                     2,889 +
 91 Fri, Jul 24     BOS @SLB  W   5-3       52-39    2    11.5  2:12 K Chase                           ++
 92                 BOS @SLB  L   1-3       52-40    2    11.5  2:23 J Niggeling                20,812 -
 93 Sat, Jul 25     BOS @SLB  W   9-8       53-40    2    11.5  3:55 M Ryba                      2,435 +
 94 Sun, Jul 26     BOS @SLB  L   2-9       53-41    2    13.0  2:04 D Galehouse                       -
 95                 BOS @SLB  L   3-4       53-42    2    13.0  1:55 S Sundra                   13,011 --
 96 Mon, Jul 27     BOS @CLE  W   8-5       54-42    2    12.5  2:12 T Hughson                   4,000 +
 97 Tue, Jul 28     BOS @CLE  W   3-1       55-42    2    12.5  2:04 J Dobson                   11,059 ++
 98 Wed, Jul 29     BOS @CLE  L   6-7       55-43    2    12.0  2:55 R Embree                    3,500 -
 99 Thu, Jul 30     BOS @CLE  L   3-4       55-44    2    12.5  2:10 M Harder                    5,000 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Jul 31     BOS @DET  W   7-6       56-44    2    12.0  2:04 T Hughson                   2,250 +
101 Sat, Aug  1     BOS @DET  W   9-8       57-44    2    11.0  2:29 M Brown                     4,153 ++
102 Sun, Aug  2     BOS @DET  L   4-8       57-45    3    13.0  1:58 D Trout                           -
103                 BOS @DET  L   2-6       57-46    3    13.0  2:06 V Trucks                   17,645 --
104 Tue, Aug  4     BOS  PHA  L   4-6       57-47    3    13.0  1:54 P Marchildon                4,314 ---
105 Wed, Aug  5     BOS  PHA  W   7-0       58-47    3    12.5  1:50 T Hughson                   4,533 +
106 Thu, Aug  6     BOS  PHA  W   2-0       59-47    3    11.5  1:46 B Butland                   4,066 ++
107 Mon, Aug 10     BOS @WSH  L   3-9       59-48    2    13.0  2:21 S Hudson                          -
108                 BOS @WSH  L   0-1       59-49    2    13.0  1:54 W Masterson                17,000 --
109 Tue, Aug 11     BOS @NYY  W   3-2       60-49    2    12.0  2:00 T Hughson                  13,312 +
110 Wed, Aug 12     BOS @NYY  L   4-8       60-50    2    13.0  2:24 H Borowy                   10,000 -
111 Sat, Aug 15     BOS  WSH  W   2-1       61-50    2    12.5  1:44 T Hughson                         +
112                 BOS  WSH  W   7-6       62-50    2    12.5  2:17 C Wagner                    9,883 ++
113 Sun, Aug 16     BOS  WSH  W   6-4       63-50    2    12.0  1:48 B Butland                         +++
114                 BOS  WSH  W  10-3       64-50    2    12.0  2:17 Y Terry                    19,707 ++++
115 Tue, Aug 18     BOS  NYY  W   8-7       65-50    2    11.5  2:22 M Brown                    10,277 +++++
116 Wed, Aug 19     BOS  NYY  W   6-4       66-50    2    11.5  1:59 T Hughson                         ++++++
117                 BOS  NYY  L   1-2       66-51    2    11.5  1:58 T Bonham                   38,814 -
118 Thu, Aug 20     BOS  NYY  W   7-4       67-51    2    10.5  2:02 B Butland                  16,956 +
119 Fri, Aug 21     BOS @PHA  W   7-5       68-51    2    10.5  2:17 C Wagner                    9,388 ++
120 Sat, Aug 22     BOS @PHA  W  11-3       69-51    2    10.0  2:01 Y Terry                           +++
121                 BOS @PHA  W  11-5       70-51    2    10.0  1:57 D Newsome                   6,351 ++++
122 Sun, Aug 23     BOS @PHA  W   2-0       71-51    2     9.0  1:45 T Hughson                         +++++
123                 BOS @PHA  W   7-0       72-51    2     9.0  2:01 J Dobson                   26,514 ++++++
124 Tue, Aug 25     BOS  CLE  W   4-3       73-51    2     8.5  2:26 K Chase                           +++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 BOS  CLE  W   5-1       74-51    2     8.5  1:59 O Judd                     15,537 ++++++++
126 Wed, Aug 26     BOS  CLE  W   4-1       75-51    2     7.5  1:49 B Butland                   3,908 +++++++++
127 Thu, Aug 27     BOS  CLE  L   2-4       75-52    2     8.0  1:42 J Bagby                     8,102 -
128 Fri, Aug 28     BOS  CHW  W   4-0       76-52    2     8.0  1:47 J Dobson                    4,539 +
129 Sat, Aug 29     BOS  CHW  W   4-2       77-52    2     7.0  2:02 C Wagner                    6,542 ++
130 Sun, Aug 30     BOS  SLB  L   1-4       77-53    2     8.0  2:15 J Niggeling                       -
131                 BOS  SLB  W  12-6       78-53    2     8.0  2:08 B Butland                  37,796 +
132 Mon, Aug 31     BOS  SLB  W   8-6       79-53    2     8.0  1:53 T Hughson                   7,153 ++
133 Wed, Sep  2     BOS  DET  W   3-2       80-53    2     8.0  1:39 C Wagner                          +++
134                 BOS  DET  W   4-2       81-53    2     8.0  1:58 J Dobson                   18,598 ++++
135 Thu, Sep  3     BOS  DET  W   2-0       82-53    2     7.5  1:52 B Butland                   4,568 +++++
136 Sat, Sep  5     BOS  PHA  L   3-4       82-54    2     8.0  2:04 P Marchildon                7,704 -
137 Sun, Sep  6     BOS  PHA  W   8-7       83-54    2     8.5  2:12 M Brown                    14,978 +
138 Mon, Sep  7     BOS @WSH  W   9-7       84-54    2     9.0  2:27 M Ryba                     10,000 ++
139 Tue, Sep  8     BOS @WSH  L  11-15      84-55    2     9.5  2:37 R Scarboroug               15,000 -
140 Thu, Sep 10     BOS @DET  L   4-5       84-56    2    10.0  1:35 H Newhouser                 1,755 --
141 Fri, Sep 11     BOS @CLE  W  15-2       85-56    2     9.0  2:22 K Chase                     2,000 +
142 Sat, Sep 12     BOS @CLE  W   8-6       86-56    2     9.0  2:26 J Dobson                          ++
143 Sun, Sep 13     BOS @CHW  W   6-1       87-56    2     9.0  1:49 B Butland                         +++
144                 BOS @CHW  W   5-0       88-56    2     9.0  1:33 T Hughson                  10,137 ++++
145 Mon, Sep 14     BOS @CHW  L   0-4       88-57    2    10.0  1:36 J Humphries                   844 -
146 Wed, Sep 16     BOS @SLB  L   0-3       88-58    2    11.0  1:33 J Niggeling                 1,482 --
147 Thu, Sep 17     BOS @SLB  W   5-1       89-58    2    11.0  1:51 T Hughson                   1,102 +
148 Sat, Sep 19     BOS @NYY  W   9-6       90-58    2    10.0  2:15 M Brown                     6,747 ++
149 Sun, Sep 20     BOS @NYY  L   1-2       90-59    2    10.0  2:12 M Russo                           -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 BOS @NYY  W   3-2       91-59    2    10.0  1:55 C Wagner                   24,307 +
151 Mon, Sep 21     BOS @NYY  W   3-2       92-59    2     9.0  2:09 T Hughson                   5,695 ++
152 Sun, Sep 27     BOS  NYY  W   7-6       93-59    2     9.0  1:32 T Hughson                  20,000 +++

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