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1948 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
96-59, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 907 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-61
Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-59)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,558,798 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97

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1947 / 1949 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 96-59, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0
Days in First35last on Sunday, Oct 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 41last on Oct 3, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead3.5last on Thursday, Sep 9, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind11.5last on Monday, May 31, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50038last on Sunday, Oct 3
Most Games under .5009last on Wednesday, Jun 2
Longest Winning Streak13Sunday, Jul 18 to Tuesday, Jul 27
Longest Losing Streak5Thursday, May 6 to Monday, May 10
Most Runs Allowed17Wednesday, Sep 15
Most Runs Scored19Sunday, Jul 4
Times Shutout by Opponent6 
Times Opponent Shutout11 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 96 59 907 720 .619
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 55 23 481 336 .705
Road 41 36 426 384 .532
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 3 6 36 37 .333
May 11 17 136 148 .393
June 18 6 156 97 .750
July 25 9 212 149 .735
August 19 10 180 152 .655
September 18 10 169 123 .643
October 2 1 18 14 .667
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 39 35 409 353 .527
Second Half 57 24 498 367 .704
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 16 185 180 .568
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 39 21 452 323 .650
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
CHW 14 8 132 87 .636
CLE 11 12 118 147 .478
DET 15 7 137 93 .682
NYY 14 8 124 110 .636
PHA 12 10 123 92 .545
SLB 15 7 145 109 .682
WSH 15 7 128 82 .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 Monday, Apr 19 BOS PHA L 4 5 0-1 8 2.0 Marchildon 2:51 22,409 -
2 2 Monday, Apr 19 BOS PHA L 2 4 0-2 8 2.0 Brissie 2:05 33,875 --
3 3 Thursday, Apr 22 BOS PHA L 3 5 0-3 7 3.0 Savage 2:00 14,241 ---
4 4 Friday, Apr 23 BOS @ NYY W 4 0 1-3 6 2.0 Harris 2:15 44,619 +
5 5 Saturday, Apr 24 BOS @ NYY L 2 7 1-4 7 3.0 Reynolds 2:34 44,195 -
6 6 Sunday, Apr 25 BOS @ NYY L 4 5 1-5 7 4.0 Lopat 2:35 68,021 --
7 7 Monday, Apr 26 BOS @ WSH W 6 0 2-5 7 4.0 Parnell 2:03 29,043 +
8 8 Thursday, Apr 29 BOS @ PHA W 11 5 3-5 6 4.0 Johnson 2:03 2,522 ++
9 9 Friday, Apr 30 BOS NYY L 0 6 3-6 6 4.5 Reynolds 1:53 20,716 -
10 10 Saturday, May 1 BOS NYY W 8 6 4-6 6 3.5 Kramer 2:30 32,720 +
11 11 Sunday, May 2 BOS NYY W 7 1 5-6 5 2.5 Dobson 2:17 34,095 ++
12 12 Tuesday, May 4 BOS DET W 6 3 6-6 4 1.5 Ferriss 2:15 17,316 +++
13 13 Wednesday, May 5 BOS DET W 4 3 7-6 4 1.0 Kinder 2:36 11,434 ++++
14 14 Thursday, May 6 BOS DET L 3 8 7-7 4 2.0 White 2:26 15,960 -
15 15 Saturday, May 8 BOS SLB L 4 9 7-8 5 3.0 Sanford 2:12 11,662 --
16 16 Sunday, May 9 BOS CLE L 1 4 7-9 6 5.0 Feller 2:43 11,902 ---
17 17 Sunday, May 9 BOS CLE L 5 9 7-10 6 5.0 Klieman 2:28 34,298 ----
18 18 Monday, May 10 BOS CLE L 7 12 7-11 6 5.5 Klieman 2:42 11,101 -----
19 19 Tuesday, May 11 BOS CHW W 8 0 8-11 5 5.5 Kramer 2:21 6,480 +
20 20 Wednesday, May 12 BOS CHW W 6 5 9-11 4 5.5 Deal 2:32 8,267 ++
21 21 Saturday, May 15 BOS WSH W 5 0 10-11 4 5.5 Dobson 1:53 12,834 +++
22 22 Sunday, May 16 BOS WSH W 14 5 11-11 4 5.0 Johnson 2:31 33,042 ++++
23 23 Tuesday, May 18 BOS @ DET L 7 10 11-12 4 5.0 White 2:22 17,010 -
24 24 Wednesday, May 19 BOS @ DET L 1 4 11-13 5 5.5 Newhouser 1:52 16,229 --
25 25 Thursday, May 20 BOS @ CLE L 4 13 11-14 6 6.5 Lemon 2:33 43,158 ---
26 26 Friday, May 21 BOS @ CLE W 11 5 12-14 6 5.5 Dobson 2:30 8,409 +
27 27 Saturday, May 22 BOS @ CLE L 0 7 12-15 6 6.5 Bearden 2:01 16,803 -
28 28 Sunday, May 23 BOS @ CHW L 3 4 12-16 7 7.5 Haynes 2:10 --
29 29 Sunday, May 23 BOS @ CHW L 3 4 12-17 7 7.5 Harrist 2:31 27,859 ---
30 30 Tuesday, May 25 BOS @ SLB L 4 9 12-18 6 8.5 Zoldak 2:05 7,034 ----
31 31 Wednesday, May 26 BOS @ SLB W 5 3 13-18 6 8.0 Dobson 2:15 2,897 +
32 32 Friday, May 28 BOS @ WSH L 1 2 13-19 7 9.5 Scarborough 2:15 13,521 -
33 33 Saturday, May 29 BOS @ WSH L 4 5 13-20 7 11.0 Haefner 2:07 --
34 34 Saturday, May 29 BOS @ WSH L 6 7 13-21 7 11.0 Welteroth 2:31 14,052 ---
35 35 Sunday, May 30 BOS @ WSH L 1 8 13-22 7 11.5 Wynn 1:52 11,340 ----
36 36 Monday, May 31 BOS @ PHA W 7 0 14-22 7 11.5 Dobson 2:16 +
37 37 Monday, May 31 BOS @ PHA L 1 2 14-23 7 11.5 Coleman 2:06 24,838 -
38 38 Tuesday, Jun 1 BOS @ PHA W 8 1 15-23 7 10.5 Kinder 2:10 4,908 +
39 39 Wednesday, Jun 2 BOS SLB L 1 3 15-24 7 10.5 Sanford 1:50 34,303 -
40 40 Thursday, Jun 3 BOS SLB W 3 2 16-24 7 10.0 Kramer 1:59 7,916 +
41 41 Friday, Jun 4 BOS SLB W 10 4 17-24 7 9.5 Dobson 1:55 ++
42 42 Friday, Jun 4 BOS SLB W 7 2 18-24 7 9.5 Galehouse 1:52 14,901 +++
43 43 Sunday, Jun 6 BOS DET W 5 4 19-24 4 9.5 Johnson 2:25 ++++
44 44 Sunday, Jun 6 BOS DET W 12 4 20-24 4 9.5 Ferriss 2:17 34,251 +++++
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 8 BOS CLE L 0 2 20-25 6 10.5 Bearden 2:01 33,032 -
46 46 Thursday, Jun 10 BOS CLE W 15 7 21-25 6 9.5 Dobson 2:38 17,810 +
47 47 Friday, Jun 11 BOS CHW W 12 4 22-25 6 9.5 Kramer 2:26 38,420 ++
48 48 Saturday, Jun 12 BOS CHW L 3 5 22-26 6 11.0 Gettel 2:12 12,259 -
49 49 Tuesday, Jun 15 BOS @ CLE W 7 3 23-26 5 9.5 Parnell 2:27 51,380 +
50 50 Wednesday, Jun 16 BOS @ CLE W 7 4 24-26 5 8.5 Dobson 2:37 13,547 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Thursday, Jun 17 BOS @ CLE W 8 6 25-26 5 7.5 Johnson 2:27 9,825 +++
52 52 Saturday, Jun 19 BOS @ DET W 9 7 26-26 5 7.0 Kramer 2:27 27,098 ++++
53 53 Sunday, Jun 20 BOS @ DET W 8 3 27-26 4 7.5 Parnell 1:44 49,148 +++++
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 22 BOS @ CHW W 11 6 28-26 4 7.0 Ferriss 2:52 27,838 ++++++
55 55 Thursday, Jun 24 BOS @ CHW L 1 3 28-27 4 6.0 Wight 1:46 8,700 -
56 56 Thursday, Jun 24 BOS @ CHW W 8 5 29-27 4 6.0 Kramer 2:10 8,700 +
57 57 Friday, Jun 25 BOS @ SLB L 6 9 29-28 4 6.0 Stephens 2:17 3,574 -
58 58 Sunday, Jun 27 BOS @ SLB W 2 0 30-28 4 5.5 Dobson 1:59 +
59 59 Sunday, Jun 27 BOS @ SLB W 6 3 31-28 4 5.5 Ferriss 1:36 10,024 ++
60 60 Tuesday, Jun 29 BOS @ NYY L 0 7 31-29 4 6.5 Lopat 2:10 70,941 -
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 30 BOS @ NYY W 7 3 32-29 4 6.5 Kramer 2:21 31,615 +
62 62 Thursday, Jul 1 BOS @ NYY L 7 10 32-30 4 6.5 Hiller 2:05 25,294 -
63 63 Friday, Jul 2 BOS PHA L 2 4 32-31 4 7.5 Brissie 2:17 33,989 --
64 64 Saturday, Jul 3 BOS PHA L 2 8 32-32 4 8.5 Fowler 2:22 15,435 ---
65 65 Sunday, Jul 4 BOS PHA W 19 5 33-32 4 8.0 Kinder 2:35 24,363 +
66 66 Monday, Jul 5 BOS NYY W 6 5 34-32 4 7.0 Kramer 2:25 ++
67 67 Monday, Jul 5 BOS NYY W 8 7 35-32 4 7.0 Galehouse 2:32 34,138 +++
68 68 Tuesday, Jul 6 BOS NYY W 2 1 36-32 4 6.0 Dobson 2:02 31,735 ++++
69 69 Wednesday, Jul 7 BOS WSH L 6 7 36-33 4 7.0 Welteroth 2:21 33,957 -
70 70 Thursday, Jul 8 BOS WSH W 4 1 37-33 4 7.0 Parnell 1:47 26,996 +
71 71 Friday, Jul 9 BOS @ PHA L 7 8 37-34 4 7.0 Harris 2:51 28,323 -
72 72 Saturday, Jul 10 BOS @ PHA W 4 0 38-34 4 6.5 Kramer 2:15 13,355 +
73 73 Sunday, Jul 11 BOS @ PHA W 9 8 39-34 4 6.5 Ferriss 3:06 ++
74 74 Sunday, Jul 11 BOS @ PHA L 5 7 39-35 4 6.5 Fowler 1:54 30,265 -
75 75 Thursday, Jul 15 BOS DET W 13 5 40-35 4 6.5 Kramer 2:26 14,403 +
76 76 Thursday, Jul 15 BOS DET W 3 1 41-35 4 6.5 Parnell 2:22 33,892 ++
77 77 Friday, Jul 16 BOS DET W 5 3 42-35 4 5.5 Dobson 1:57 12,476 +++
78 78 Saturday, Jul 17 BOS DET L 1 3 42-36 4 5.5 Trucks 1:57 17,477 -
79 79 Sunday, Jul 18 BOS SLB W 12 5 43-36 4 5.5 Johnson 2:25 +
80 80 Sunday, Jul 18 BOS SLB W 7 6 44-36 4 5.5 Harris 2:02 28,563 ++
81 81 Monday, Jul 19 BOS SLB W 4 1 45-36 4 5.5 Parnell 1:32 26,092 +++
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 20 BOS SLB W 8 3 46-36 4 4.5 Kramer 2:15 9,656 ++++
83 83 Wednesday, Jul 21 BOS CHW W 3 1 47-36 3 3.5 Dobson 1:57 7,148 +++++
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 21 BOS CHW W 10 9 48-36 3 3.5 Hughson 2:40 29,851 ++++++
85 85 Thursday, Jul 22 BOS CHW W 3 0 49-36 3 2.0 Galehouse 1:48 18,250 +++++++
86 86 Thursday, Jul 22 BOS CHW W 5 3 50-36 3 2.0 Kinder 1:58 18,250 ++++++++
87 87 Friday, Jul 23 BOS CHW W 13 1 51-36 3 1.5 Harris 2:08 6,664 +++++++++
88 88 Saturday, Jul 24 BOS CLE W 6 5 52-36 2 0.5 Ferriss 2:27 ++++++++++
89 89 Saturday, Jul 24 BOS CLE W 2 1 53-36 2 0.5 Parnell 1:50 34,129 +++++++++++
90 90 Sunday, Jul 25 BOS CLE W 3 0 54-36 1 Tied Dobson 1:50 32,190 ++++++++++++
91 91 Tuesday, Jul 27 BOS @ DET W 8 0 55-36 1 up 1.0 Kinder 2:07 54,609 +++++++++++++
92 92 Wednesday, Jul 28 BOS @ DET L 0 13 55-37 1 Tied Trout 2:02 16,622 -
93 93 Thursday, Jul 29 BOS @ DET W 8 1 56-37 1 up 0.5 Kramer 2:27 40,872 +
94 94 Friday, Jul 30 BOS @ CLE W 8 7 57-37 1 up 1.5 Galehouse 2:30 58,862 ++
95 95 Saturday, Jul 31 BOS @ CLE L 9 10 57-38 1 up 0.5 Gromek 3:30 26,165 -
96 96 Sunday, Aug 1 BOS @ CLE L 2 12 57-39 2 1.0 Lemon 2:19 --
97 97 Sunday, Aug 1 BOS @ CLE L 1 6 57-40 2 1.0 Zoldak 2:02 70,702 ---
98 98 Tuesday, Aug 3 BOS @ SLB W 15 8 58-40 1 Tied Kramer 2:35 6,961 +
99 99 Wednesday, Aug 4 BOS @ SLB L 8 9 58-41 4 0.5 Sanford 2:37 5,235 -
100 100 Thursday, Aug 5 BOS @ SLB W 8 7 59-41 4 1.0 Hughson 2:24 2,563 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Aug 6 BOS @ CHW L 3 4 59-42 4 1.5 Wight 2:00 27,428 -
102 102 Saturday, Aug 7 BOS @ CHW L 1 5 59-43 4 2.0 Gettel 1:53 5,938 --
103 103 Sunday, Aug 8 BOS @ CHW W 8 1 60-43 4 2.5 Parnell 1:56 +
104 104 Sunday, Aug 8 BOS @ CHW L 1 2 60-44 4 2.5 Moulder 2:23 21,738 -
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 10 BOS @ NYY W 9 6 61-44 3 2.0 Hughson 2:54 67,691 +
106 106 Wednesday, Aug 11 BOS @ NYY W 5 2 62-44 3 2.0 Galehouse 2:30 44,836 ++
107 107 Friday, Aug 13 BOS @ WSH W 6 2 63-44 3 1.5 Parnell 2:03 18,000 +++
108 108 Saturday, Aug 14 BOS @ WSH W 4 3 64-44 2 1.5 Harris 1:57 14,000 ++++
109 109 Sunday, Aug 15 BOS @ WSH L 4 5 64-45 3 2.5 Scarborough 2:05 -
110 110 Sunday, Aug 15 BOS @ WSH W 8 7 65-45 3 2.5 Harris 2:25 25,029 +
111 111 Wednesday, Aug 18 BOS PHA W 10 2 66-45 2 3.0 Galehouse 2:06 24,178 ++
112 112 Thursday, Aug 19 BOS PHA L 3 10 66-46 3 3.5 Fowler 2:34 18,846 -
113 113 Friday, Aug 20 BOS WSH W 5 4 67-46 2 3.0 Johnson 2:14 +
114 114 Friday, Aug 20 BOS WSH W 10 4 68-46 2 3.0 Kramer 2:18 15,865 ++
115 115 Saturday, Aug 21 BOS WSH W 10 6 69-46 2 2.0 Johnson 2:35 16,828 +++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 22 BOS WSH W 4 1 70-46 2 0.5 Harris 1:56 26,734 ++++
117 117 Tuesday, Aug 24 BOS CLE W 9 8 71-46 1 up 0.5 Caldwell 2:26 34,172 +++++
118 118 Wednesday, Aug 25 BOS CLE L 0 9 71-47 2 0.5 Lemon 2:12 30,745 -
119 119 Thursday, Aug 26 BOS CLE W 8 4 72-47 1 up 0.5 Parnell 2:20 20,322 +
120 120 Friday, Aug 27 BOS CHW W 10 5 73-47 1 up 1.0 Galehouse 2:35 6,285 ++
121 121 Saturday, Aug 28 BOS CHW W 6 2 74-47 1 up 1.5 Kinder 2:10 10,380 +++
122 122 Sunday, Aug 29 BOS SLB W 10 2 75-47 1 up 1.5 Dobson 1:54 ++++
123 123 Sunday, Aug 29 BOS SLB L 4 12 75-48 1 up 1.5 Garver 2:20 27,522 -
124 124 Tuesday, Aug 31 BOS DET W 8 4 76-48 1 up 1.0 Parnell 2:18 33,310 +
125 125 Wednesday, Sep 1 BOS DET W 10 1 77-48 1 up 1.0 Kramer 2:19 22,374 ++
126 126 Friday, Sep 3 BOS @ PHA W 2 0 78-48 1 up 0.5 Dobson 1:55 20,915 +++
127 127 Saturday, Sep 4 BOS @ PHA W 5 3 79-48 1 up 0.5 Kinder 2:39 11,221 ++++
128 128 Sunday, Sep 5 BOS @ PHA W 4 3 80-48 1 up 0.5 Ferriss 2:18 19,059 +++++
129 129 Monday, Sep 6 BOS @ WSH W 14 6 81-48 1 up 1.5 Parnell 2:33 0 ++++++
130 130 Monday, Sep 6 BOS @ WSH W 2 1 82-48 1 up 1.5 Kramer 1:56 21,669 +++++++
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 8 BOS NYY W 10 6 83-48 1 up 2.5 Johnson 2:24 33,775 ++++++++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 9 BOS NYY W 9 4 84-48 1 up 3.5 Kinder 2:20 28,002 +++++++++
133 133 Friday, Sep 10 BOS NYY L 6 11 84-49 1 up 2.5 Shea 3:20 27,329 -
134 134 Saturday, Sep 11 BOS PHA W 9 1 85-49 1 up 3.0 Galehouse 2:14 21,415 +
135 135 Saturday, Sep 11 BOS PHA W 2 1 86-49 1 up 3.0 Parnell 1:55 34,002 ++
136 136 Sunday, Sep 12 BOS PHA L 4 10 86-50 1 up 2.0 Scheib 2:25 29,100 -
137 137 Tuesday, Sep 14 BOS @ CHW W 4 1 87-50 1 up 2.0 Kinder 2:01 15,622 +
138 138 Wednesday, Sep 15 BOS @ CHW L 10 17 87-51 1 up 1.5 Gettel 2:43 3,668 -
139 139 Thursday, Sep 16 BOS @ SLB L 1 3 87-52 1 up 1.0 Fannin 1:59 6,376 --
140 140 Friday, Sep 17 BOS @ SLB W 9 3 88-52 1 up 1.0 Dobson 2:10 1,922 +
141 141 Saturday, Sep 18 BOS @ SLB W 11 6 89-52 1 up 2.0 Johnson 2:04 3,700 ++
142 142 Sunday, Sep 19 BOS @ DET L 3 4 89-53 1 up 0.5 Overmire 2:55 -
143 143 Sunday, Sep 19 BOS @ DET L 6 8 89-54 1 up 0.5 Kretlow 2:55 --
144 144 Monday, Sep 20 BOS @ DET W 7 2 90-54 1 up 0.5 Harris 1:43 6,890 +
145 145 Tuesday, Sep 21 BOS @ DET W 10 2 91-54 1 up 1.0 Parnell 2:02 4,811 ++
146 146 Wednesday, Sep 22 BOS @ CLE L 2 5 91-55 1 Tied Feller 2:15 76,772 -
147 147 Friday, Sep 24 BOS @ NYY L 6 9 91-56 1 Tied Page 2:31 33,609 --
148 148 Saturday, Sep 25 BOS @ NYY W 7 2 92-56 1 Tied Kramer 2:43 65,607 +
149 149 Sunday, Sep 26 BOS @ NYY L 2 6 92-57 2 1.0 Byrne 2:25 69,725 -
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 28 BOS WSH L 2 4 92-58 2 2.0 Scarborough 2:17 10,485 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 29 BOS WSH W 5 1 93-58 2 2.0 Kinder 2:17 7,247 +
152 152 Thursday, Sep 30 BOS WSH W 7 3 94-58 2 1.5 Parnell 2:01 4,998 ++
153 153 Saturday, Oct 2 BOS NYY W 5 1 95-58 2 1.0 Kramer 2:12 32,118 +++
154 154 Sunday, Oct 3 BOS NYY W 10 5 96-58 1 Tied Johnson 2:40 31,304 ++++
155 155 Monday, Oct 4 BOS CLE L 3 8 96-59 2 1.0 Bearden 2:24 33,957 -
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.

1947 / 1949 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits