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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979
99-64, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Zimmer (99-64)
Scored 796 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-67
Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 2,320,643 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
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| Season Summary | 99-64, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0 | |
| Days in First | 108 | last on Sunday, Oct 1, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 127 | last on Oct 1, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 10 | last on Saturday, Jul 8, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 3.5 | last on Saturday, Sep 16, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 37 | last on Wednesday, Aug 30 |
| Most Games under .500 | 2 | last on Monday, Apr 10 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 9 | Friday, Jun 9 to Saturday, Jun 17 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Thursday, Jul 20 to Monday, Jul 24 and Tuesday, Sep 12 to Saturday, Sep 16 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 15 | Thursday, Sep 7 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Saturday, Jun 10 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 17 | Wednesday, Aug 2 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 5 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 15 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Friday, Apr 7 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | LaGrow | Drago | 2:54 | D | 50,754 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 8 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 0-2 | 6 | 2.0 | Torrealba | Campbell | LaGrow | 2:36 | D | 11,832 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 9 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 0 | 1-2 | 5 | 2.0 | Lee | Wood | 2:29 | D | 30,794 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Monday, Apr 10 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 1-3 | 6 | 2.5 | Kern | Cleveland | 2:43 | D | 4,177 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 2-3 | 4 | 3.0 | Torrez | Garland | Drago | 2:34 | D | 6,234 | + | |
| 6 | 6 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | BOS | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3-3 | 3 | 2.0 | Drago | Barker | 3:11 | D | 34,747 | ++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | BOS | TEX | W | 12 | 4 | 4-3 | 3 | 1.0 | Lee | Ellis | 2:30 | D | 18,624 | +++ | |||
| 8 | 8 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | BOS | TEX | W | 8 | 6 | 5-3 | 3 | 1.0 | Stanley | Umbarger | Burgmeier | 2:48 | D | 22,168 | ++++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Monday, Apr 17 | boxscore | BOS | MIL | W | 9 | 2 | 6-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Torrez | Stein | 2:45 | D | 26,075 | +++++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | BOS | MIL | W | 7 | 6 | 7-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Tiant | Rodriguez | 2:49 | D | 18,928 | ++++++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, Apr 20 | boxscore | BOS | MIL | W | 10 | 4 | 8-3 | 1 | Tied | Lee | Haas | 2:35 | D | 16,238 | +++++++ | |||
| 12 | 12 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | BOS | CLE | W | 9 | 7 | 9-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Drago | Kern | 2:35 | N | 25,401 | ++++++++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | BOS | CLE | L | 4 | 13 | 9-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Wise | Ripley | 2:52 | D | 36,005 | - | |||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 23 (1) | boxscore | BOS | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 10-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Campbell | Kinney | 2:53 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, Apr 23 (2) | boxscore | BOS | CLE | L | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Kern | Stanley | Kinney | 3:46 | N | 36,246 | - | |
| 16 | 16 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 11-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Lee | Augustine | Drago | 2:17 | N | 9,051 | + | |
| 17 | 17 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 6 | 11-6 | 2 | 1.0 | Caldwell | Torrez | McClure | 2:31 | N | 8,724 | - | |
| 18 | 18 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11-7 | 2 | 2.0 | Cleveland | Campbell | 3:12 | N | 29,731 | -- | |
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 11-8 | 2 | 3.0 | Ellis | Eckersley | 2:32 | N | 34,101 | --- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 11-9 | 2 | 3.0 | Jenkins | Campbell | 2:06 | D | 22,554 | ---- | ||
| 21 | 21 | Monday, May 1 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | W | 9 | 6 | 12-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Torrez | Briles | Stanley | 3:21 | N | 18,710 | + | ||
| 22 | 22 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 12-10 | 3 | 3.5 | Martinez | Ripley | 2:43 | N | 19,930 | - | |||
| 23 | 23 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | BOS | MIN | W | 11 | 9 | 13-10 | 3 | 3.5 | Burgmeier | Johnson | Stanley | 3:36 | N | 16,403 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | BOS | MIN | W | 8 | 1 | 14-10 | 2 | 3.0 | Eckersley | Thormodsgard | 2:19 | N | 15,784 | ++ | |||
| 25 | 25 | Saturday, May 6 (1) | boxscore | BOS | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15-10 | 2 | 2.0 | Stanley | Willoughby | 3:16 | D | 0 | +++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 6 (2) | boxscore | BOS | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 16-10 | 2 | 2.0 | Wright | Barrios | 2:11 | N | 32,238 | ++++ | |||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | BOS | CHW | W | 5 | 0 | 17-10 | 2 | 2.0 | Torrez | Torrealba | 2:00 | D | 30,921 | +++++ | |||
| 28 | 28 | Monday, May 8 | boxscore | BOS | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 18-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Stanley | Leonard | 2:26 | N | 25,891 | ++++++ | |||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | BOS | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 19-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Eckersley | Colborn | 2:09 | N | 22,369 | +++++++ | |||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 19-11 | 2 | 1.0 | Flanagan | Burgmeier | 2:21 | N | 10,023 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 11 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 20-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Lee | Martinez | Drago | 3:18 | N | 14,950 | + | |
| 32 | 32 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 21-11 | 1 | up 1.0 | Torrez | Zahn | Burgmeier | 2:42 | D | 7,914 | ++ | |
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 2 | 22-11 | 1 | up 1.0 | Eckersley | Thormodsgard | Burgmeier | 2:50 | D | 7,008 | +++ | |
| 34 | 34 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | BOS | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 22-12 | 1 | Tied | Gale | Ripley | 2:27 | N | 34,166 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | BOS | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 23-12 | 1 | Tied | Lee | Splittorff | 2:10 | N | 23,474 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | L | 5 | 7 | 23-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Sykes | Torrez | Hiller | 2:30 | N | 48,817 | - | |
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 24-13 | 1 | Tied | Campbell | Foucault | 2:53 | D | 30,856 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 21 (1) | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | L | 1 | 2 | 24-14 | 1 | Tied | Wilcox | Lee | 2:27 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 21 (2) | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | W | 9 | 3 | 25-14 | 1 | Tied | Tiant | Rozema | 2:53 | N | 52,368 | + | ||
| 40 | 40 | Monday, May 22 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 26-14 | 1 | up 0.5 | Ripley | Clancy | Stanley | 2:32 | D | 25,054 | ++ | |
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 12 | 26-15 | 1 | up 0.5 | Jefferson | Campbell | 3:00 | N | 14,578 | - | |
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 2 | 27-15 | 1 | up 1.0 | Torrez | Lemanczyk | 2:15 | N | 28,825 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 5 | 28-15 | 1 | up 1.0 | Eckersley | Underwood | Drago | 2:41 | N | 17,197 | ++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 6 | 3 | 29-15 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lee | Wilcox | 2:21 | N | 33,431 | +++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 1 | 0 | 30-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Tiant | Morris | 2:31 | D | 33,335 | ++++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 28 (1) | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 31-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Stanley | Hiller | 2:45 | D | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 28 (2) | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 32-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Wright | Slaton | Drago | 2:19 | D | 34,672 | ++++++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | BOS | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 33-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Torrez | Underwood | 2:14 | D | 25,935 | +++++++ | |||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | BOS | TOR | W | 4 | 0 | 34-15 | 1 | up 3.0 | Eckersley | Garvin | 2:17 | N | 25,853 | ++++++++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | BOS | TOR | L | 2 | 6 | 34-16 | 1 | up 3.0 | Clancy | Lee | 2:33 | N | 27,945 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 1 | 35-16 | 1 | up 3.5 | Tiant | Ryan | Drago | 2:39 | N | 31,324 | + | |
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 36-16 | 1 | up 4.5 | Torrez | Hartzell | Campbell | 2:17 | N | 34,228 | ++ | |
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 36-17 | 1 | up 4.5 | Tanana | Eckersley | LaRoche | 2:38 | D | 29,911 | - | |
| 54 | 54 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | BOS | @ | OAK | L | 7 | 9 | 36-18 | 1 | up 4.5 | Broberg | Ripley | Sosa | 2:56 | N | 36,463 | -- | |
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | BOS | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 7 | 36-19 | 1 | up 4.5 | Renko | Lee | 2:28 | N | 7,914 | --- | ||
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | BOS | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 37-19 | 1 | up 4.0 | Tiant | Mitchell | 2:39 | N | 11,677 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | BOS | @ | SEA | W | 13 | 1 | 38-19 | 1 | up 5.0 | Torrez | Pole | 2:34 | N | 15,910 | ++ | ||
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | BOS | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 39-19 | 1 | up 6.0 | Eckersley | McLaughlin | Campbell | 2:23 | D | 18,626 | +++ | |
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | BOS | CAL | W | 10 | 9 | 40-19 | 1 | up 6.0 | Campbell | LaRoche | 3:15 | N | 31,652 | ++++ | |||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | BOS | CAL | W | 5 | 0 | 41-19 | 1 | up 6.0 | Wright | Knapp | 2:12 | N | 26,539 | +++++ | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | BOS | OAK | W | 9 | 0 | 42-19 | 1 | up 6.0 | Tiant | Broberg | 2:10 | N | 29,690 | ++++++ | |||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | BOS | OAK | W | 7 | 3 | 43-19 | 1 | up 6.0 | Torrez | Lacey | 2:55 | N | 32,281 | +++++++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | BOS | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 44-19 | 1 | up 7.0 | Campbell | Pole | 2:41 | N | 31,519 | ++++++++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | BOS | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 45-19 | 1 | up 7.0 | Stanley | Montague | 2:13 | D | 32,551 | +++++++++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | BOS | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 45-20 | 1 | up 6.5 | Abbott | Wright | 2:46 | D | 28,961 | - | |||
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 19 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | W | 10 | 4 | 46-20 | 1 | up 7.0 | Burgmeier | Gossage | 2:48 | N | 33,163 | + | |||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | L | 4 | 10 | 46-21 | 1 | up 6.0 | Gullett | Torrez | 3:13 | N | 32,643 | - | |||
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | W | 9 | 2 | 47-21 | 1 | up 7.0 | Eckersley | Beattie | 2:38 | N | 32,459 | + | |||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 48-21 | 1 | up 7.5 | Lee | Palmer | 2:19 | N | 34,582 | ++ | |||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | W | 8 | 3 | 49-21 | 1 | up 8.5 | Tiant | McGregor | 2:42 | D | 32,213 | +++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 50-21 | 1 | up 8.5 | Torrez | Martinez | 2:48 | D | 33,526 | ++++ | |||
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 51-21 | 1 | up 9.5 | Eckersley | Messersmith | Campbell | 3:01 | N | 52,124 | +++++ | |
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 14 | 51-22 | 1 | up 8.5 | Lyle | Drago | 4:08 | N | 55,132 | - | |
| 74 | 74 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 52-22 | 1 | up 9.0 | Ripley | Martinez | 2:57 | N | 28,899 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 52-23 | 1 | up 8.0 | Stanhouse | Tiant | 3:01 | N | 33,034 | - | |
| 76 | 76 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 52-24 | 1 | up 7.0 | Briles | Torrez | 3:24 | N | 38,542 | -- | |
| 77 | 77 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | W | 9 | 5 | 53-24 | 1 | up 8.5 | Eckersley | Figueroa | 2:54 | N | 34,722 | + | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 54-24 | 1 | up10.0 | Lee | Stone | Stanley | 2:36 | N | 26,434 | ++ | |
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 6 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 55-24 | 1 | up10.0 | Campbell | Willoughby | 3:15 | N | 29,330 | +++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | L | 9 | 10 | 55-25 | 1 | up 9.5 | Spillner | Campbell | 3:28 | N | 19,543 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 8 (1) | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | W | 12 | 5 | 56-25 | 1 | up10.0 | Eckersley | Paxton | 2:41 | N | 0 | + | ||
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 8 (2) | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 57-25 | 1 | up10.0 | Wright | Clyde | Stanley | 2:20 | N | 41,859 | ++ | |
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 57-26 | 1 | up 9.0 | Wise | Ripley | 2:35 | D | 41,394 | - | ||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | BOS | TEX | L | 7 | 12 | 57-27 | 1 | up 8.0 | Ellis | Tiant | 2:49 | N | 33,995 | -- | |||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | BOS | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 57-28 | 1 | up 8.0 | Jenkins | Torrez | Cleveland | 2:45 | N | 32,899 | --- | ||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | BOS | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 58-28 | 1 | up 8.0 | Lee | Jackson | Stanley | 2:49 | D | 32,861 | + | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 16 (1) | boxscore | BOS | MIN | W | 5 | 3 | 59-28 | 1 | up 8.5 | Eckersley | Harrison | Campbell | 2:59 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 16 (2) | boxscore | BOS | MIN | W | 3 | 2 | 60-28 | 1 | up 8.5 | Wright | Erickson | Stanley | 2:22 | N | 35,589 | +++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | BOS | MIN | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 61-28 | 1 | up 8.5 | Campbell | Marshall | 3:17 | N | 33,233 | ++++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 2 | 62-28 | 1 | up 9.0 | Torrez | Sorensen | 2:25 | N | 45,332 | +++++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | L | 6 | 8 | 62-29 | 1 | up 8.0 | Rodriguez | Lee | McClure | 2:45 | N | 35,044 | - | |
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | BOS | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 9 | 62-30 | 1 | up 7.0 | Splittorff | Eckersley | 2:18 | N | 39,841 | -- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | BOS | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 62-31 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hrabosky | Drago | 3:08 | D | 37,538 | --- | |
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | BOS | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 62-32 | 1 | up 5.0 | Pattin | Wright | 2:30 | D | 39,425 | ---- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Monday, Jul 24 (1) | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 62-33 | 1 | up 5.5 | Jackson | Drago | Marshall | 2:36 | D | 0 | ----- | |
| 96 | 96 | Monday, Jul 24 (2) | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 63-33 | 1 | up 5.5 | Hassler | Zahn | Stanley | 3:01 | N | 21,580 | + | |
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 5 | 63-34 | 1 | up 5.5 | Erickson | Lee | Marshall | 2:52 | N | 18,608 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 2 | 63-35 | 1 | up 5.5 | Medich | Eckersley | 2:27 | N | 21,671 | -- | ||
| 99 | 99 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 3 | 63-36 | 1 | up 4.5 | Matlack | Tiant | 2:06 | N | 29,684 | --- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | BOS | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 63-37 | 1 | up 4.5 | Gale | Torrez | 2:29 | N | 35,348 | ---- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | BOS | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 64-37 | 1 | up 5.5 | Wright | Leonard | 2:21 | D | 35,098 | + | |||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | BOS | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 64-38 | 1 | up 4.5 | Splittorff | Lee | Hrabosky | 2:31 | D | 34,626 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | BOS | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 65-38 | 1 | up 5.5 | Eckersley | Kravec | 2:56 | N | 28,858 | + | |||
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | BOS | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 65-39 | 1 | up 5.0 | Proly | Tiant | 2:22 | N | 30,020 | - | |||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 5 | 17 | 66-39 | 1 | up 5.0 | Stanley | Clay | 5:00 | N | 52,701 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 1 | 7 | 67-39 | 1 | up 6.0 | Torrez | Beattie | 2:15 | N | 53,379 | ++ | |
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 67-40 | 1 | up 5.0 | Sorensen | Lee | 2:10 | N | 52,562 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 1 | 68-40 | 1 | up 6.0 | Eckersley | Rodriguez | 2:31 | D | 52,968 | + | ||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | BOS | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 0 | 69-40 | 1 | up 7.0 | Tiant | Travers | 2:30 | D | 48,444 | ++ | ||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | BOS | CLE | W | 9 | 7 | 70-40 | 1 | up 8.0 | Stanley | Freisleben | 2:46 | N | 34,485 | +++ | |||
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | BOS | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 70-41 | 1 | up 7.5 | Wise | Lee | Kern | 2:38 | N | 33,285 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | BOS | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 13 | 71-41 | 1 | up 7.5 | Stanley | Spillner | 4:38 | D | 33,541 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | BOS | MIL | L | 5 | 10 | 71-42 | 1 | up 6.5 | Rodriguez | Tiant | 3:29 | N | 35,142 | - | |||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 12 (1) | boxscore | BOS | MIL | W | 3 | 1 | 72-42 | 1 | up 8.0 | Wright | Travers | 2:14 | D | 33,092 | + | |||
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 12 (2) | boxscore | BOS | MIL | W | 11 | 4 | 73-42 | 1 | up 8.0 | Stanley | Caldwell | 2:25 | N | 27,030 | ++ | |||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | BOS | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 74-42 | 1 | up 9.0 | Torrez | Castro | 3:18 | D | 34,460 | +++ | ||
| 117 | 117 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | BOS | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 74-43 | 1 | up 8.0 | Sorensen | Lee | McClure | 2:41 | N | 33,766 | - | ||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 74-44 | 1 | up 7.0 | Tanana | Eckersley | 2:23 | N | 41,144 | -- | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 2 | 75-44 | 1 | up 7.0 | Tiant | Ryan | 3:06 | N | 37,535 | + | ||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CAL | W | 8 | 6 | 76-44 | 1 | up 7.5 | Stanley | Griffin | 3:28 | N | 30,486 | ++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | BOS | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 77-44 | 1 | up 7.5 | Torrez | Renko | Drago | 2:44 | N | 12,730 | +++ | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | BOS | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 8 | 77-45 | 1 | up 7.5 | Johnson | Lee | Lacey | 2:41 | D | 11,806 | - | |
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | BOS | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 2 | 78-45 | 1 | up 8.5 | Eckersley | Keough | 2:32 | D | 13,411 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | BOS | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 78-46 | 1 | up 7.0 | Abbott | Tiant | 2:06 | N | 21,486 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | BOS | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 78-47 | 1 | up 6.0 | McLaughlin | Torrez | Romo | 2:22 | N | 22,718 | -- | |
| 126 | 126 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | BOS | CAL | W | 6 | 0 | 79-47 | 1 | up 7.5 | Eckersley | Aase | 2:28 | N | 33,583 | + | |||
| 127 | 127 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | BOS | CAL | W | 7 | 1 | 80-47 | 1 | up 7.5 | Wright | Hartzell | 2:18 | D | 33,531 | ++ | |||
| 128 | 128 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | BOS | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 81-47 | 1 | up 7.5 | Stanley | Miller | 4:14 | D | 34,216 | +++ | ||
| 129 | 129 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | BOS | SEA | W | 10 | 9 | 82-47 | 1 | up 7.5 | Stanley | Romo | 3:01 | N | 24,301 | ++++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | BOS | SEA | W | 10 | 5 | 83-47 | 1 | up 7.5 | Drago | McLaughlin | Burgmeier | 2:36 | N | 32,393 | +++++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Aug 30 (1) | boxscore | BOS | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 84-47 | 1 | up 7.0 | Eckersley | Kirkwood | 2:15 | N | 0 | ++++++ | |||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Aug 30 (2) | boxscore | BOS | TOR | L | 6 | 7 | 84-48 | 1 | up 7.0 | Cruz | Stanley | 3:07 | N | 32,825 | - | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | BOS | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 84-49 | 1 | up 6.5 | Keough | Tiant | 2:59 | N | 30,156 | -- | |||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | BOS | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 84-50 | 1 | up 5.5 | Langford | Torrez | Heaverlo | 2:36 | N | 33,051 | --- | ||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | BOS | OAK | W | 11 | 6 | 85-50 | 1 | up 5.5 | Stanley | Broberg | 3:01 | D | 29,029 | + | |||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 85-51 | 1 | up 5.0 | McGregor | Eckersley | Stanhouse | 2:37 | N | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 85-52 | 1 | up 4.0 | Palmer | Sprowl | Stanhouse | 2:58 | N | 15,644 | -- | |
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | BOS | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 0 | 86-52 | 1 | up 4.0 | Tiant | Martinez | 2:20 | N | 11,251 | + | ||
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | L | 3 | 15 | 86-53 | 1 | up 3.0 | Clay | Torrez | 3:09 | N | 34,119 | - | |||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | L | 2 | 13 | 86-54 | 1 | up 2.0 | Beattie | Wright | 2:55 | N | 33,134 | -- | |||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | L | 0 | 7 | 86-55 | 1 | up 1.0 | Guidry | Eckersley | 2:26 | D | 33,611 | --- | |||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | L | 4 | 7 | 86-56 | 1 | Tied | Figueroa | Sprowl | Gossage | 2:57 | D | 32,786 | ---- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 87-56 | 1 | up 0.5 | Stanley | Kerrigan | 2:44 | N | 28,575 | + | |||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | BOS | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 87-57 | 1 | up 0.5 | Martinez | Torrez | 2:36 | N | 28,924 | - | |||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 87-58 | 2 | 0.5 | Clyde | Eckersley | Kern | 2:15 | N | 5,568 | -- | |
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | BOS | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 87-59 | 2 | 1.5 | Paxton | Wright | Kern | 2:28 | N | 4,479 | --- | |
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 4 | 87-60 | 2 | 2.5 | Guidry | Tiant | 2:24 | N | 54,901 | ---- | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 87-61 | 2 | 3.5 | Hunter | Torrez | 2:38 | D | 55,091 | ----- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | BOS | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 88-61 | 2 | 2.5 | Eckersley | Beattie | Stanley | 2:40 | D | 55,088 | + | |
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 89-61 | 2 | 2.5 | Hassler | Baker | 3:22 | N | 13,849 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | W | 8 | 6 | 90-61 | 2 | 1.5 | Campbell | Morris | Hassler | 3:03 | N | 15,901 | +++ | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | L | 2 | 12 | 90-62 | 2 | 2.0 | Rozema | Torrez | 2:53 | N | 16,689 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 21 | boxscore | BOS | @ | DET | W | 5 | 1 | 91-62 | 2 | 2.0 | Eckersley | Wilcox | 2:24 | N | 15,213 | + | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 91-63 | 2 | 2.0 | Murphy | Hassler | 2:40 | N | 22,172 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 1 | 92-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Tiant | Jefferson | 2:53 | D | 30,059 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | BOS | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 6 | 14 | 93-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Drago | Buskey | 4:56 | D | 33,618 | ++ | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 6 | 0 | 94-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Eckersley | Rozema | 2:38 | N | 27,078 | +++ | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 95-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Tiant | Wilcox | Stanley | 2:18 | N | 26,035 | ++++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | BOS | DET | W | 1 | 0 | 96-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Torrez | Young | 2:21 | N | 26,774 | +++++ | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | BOS | TOR | W | 11 | 0 | 97-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Stanley | Clancy | 2:23 | N | 29,626 | ++++++ | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | BOS | TOR | W | 5 | 1 | 98-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Eckersley | Jefferson | 2:09 | D | 32,659 | +++++++ | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | BOS | TOR | W | 5 | 0 | 99-63 | 1 | Tied | Tiant | Kirkwood | 2:11 | D | 29,201 | ++++++++ | |||
| 163 | 163 | Monday, Oct 2 | boxscore | BOS | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 99-64 | 2 | 1.0 | Guidry | Torrez | Gossage | 2:52 | D | 32,925 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |