You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1981 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

1981 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 30-26, Finished 5th
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd
Overall: 59-49, Finished 5th in AL East
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 519 runs, Allowed 481 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-50
Manager: Ralph Houk (59-49)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,060,379 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 106;   one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107
BaseballAmerica.com: Franchise Executives
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms

1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 59-49, Final Rank:5, GB: 2.5
Days in First1last on Tuesday, Apr 21, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 2last on Apr 21, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind5.5last on Monday, Sep 14, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50012last on Friday, Sep 25
Most Games under .5005last on Tuesday, May 5
Longest Winning Streak6Monday, May 18 to Saturday, May 23
Longest Losing Streak7Monday, Apr 27 to Sunday, May 3
Most Runs Allowed16Wednesday, Apr 22
Most Runs Scored12Friday, Aug 28 and Saturday, Sep 5
Longest Game (innings)20Thursday, Sep 3
Times Shutout by Opponent6 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 59 49 519 481 .546
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 30 23 278 247 .566
Road 29 26 241 234 .527
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 9 69 93 .438
May 18 12 153 131 .600
June 5 5 36 32 .500
August 11 9 101 88 .550
September 16 13 146 124 .552
October 2 1 14 13 .667
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 30 26 258 256 .536
Second Half 29 23 261 225 .558
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 52 42 443 410 .553
ExtraInning 7 7 76 71 .500
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 14 15 128 129 .483
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 15 11 160 142 .577
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 2 2 17 19 .500
CAL 2 4 24 28 .333
CHW 5 4 46 38 .556
CLE 7 6 64 63 .538
DET 6 1 30 19 .857
KCR 3 3 26 25 .500
MIL 6 7 76 63 .462
MIN 2 5 25 41 .286
NYY 3 3 25 27 .500
OAK 7 5 55 46 .583
SEA 9 3 72 41 .750
TEX 3 6 29 55 .333
TOR 4 0 30 161.000

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Friday, Apr 10 boxscore BOS CHW L 3 5 0-1 6 1.0 Hoyt Stanley Farmer 3:05 35,154 -
2 2 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore BOS CHW W 5 4 1-1 4 1.0 Clear Farmer 2:24 21,439 +
3 3 Monday, Apr 13 boxscore BOS BAL L 1 5 1-2 6 1.5 Stoddard Crawford 2:34 8,551 -
4 4 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore BOS BAL W 7 2 2-2 3 1.5 Stanley Martinez 2:31 8,925 +
5 5 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore BOS @ CHW W 8 5 3-2 3 2.0 Eckersley Dotson Burgmeier 3:04 30,458 ++
6 6 Saturday, Apr 18 boxscore BOS @ CHW L 1 2 3-3 4 3.0 Trout Tanana Hoyt 2:27 36,782 -
7 7 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore BOS @ CHW W 9 4 4-3 2 2.0 Stanley Baumgarten Burgmeier 3:08 9,528 +
8 8 Monday, Apr 20 boxscore BOS TEX W 4 2 5-3 2 1.0 Torrez Medich 2:18 26,844 ++
9 9 Tuesday, Apr 21 boxscore BOS TEX W 10 4 6-3 1 Tied Tudor Jenkins 2:32 13,233 +++
10 10 Wednesday, Apr 22 boxscore BOS TEX L 8 16 6-4 3 0.5 Darwin Eckersley 2:50 15,699 -
11 11 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore BOS @ BAL L 2 7 6-5 3 1.0 Flanagan Tanana 2:29 19,634 --
12 12 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore BOS @ BAL W 7 5 7-5 2 0.5 Eckersley Stoddard 2:39 24,922 +
13 13 Monday, Apr 27 boxscore BOS @ TEX L 0 10 7-6 4 1.0 Medich Torrez 2:00 11,862 -
14 14 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore BOS @ TEX L 0 9 7-7 4 2.0 Comer Crawford 2:12 11,898 --
15 15 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore BOS @ TEX L 0 5 7-8 4 3.0 Darwin Tudor 2:05 11,632 ---
16 16 Thursday, Apr 30 boxscore BOS MIN L 4 8 7-9 5 3.5 Erickson Tanana 2:25 15,506 ----
17 17 Friday, May 1 boxscore BOS MIN L 1 6 7-10 6 4.0 Arroyo Eckersley 2:17 15,715 -----
18 18 Saturday, May 2 boxscore BOS MIN L 2 11 7-11 6 5.0 Williams Torrez 2:30 16,940 ------
19 19 Sunday, May 3 boxscore BOS MIN L 1 3 7-12 6 5.0 Redfern Crawford Corbett 2:26 15,608 -------
20 20 Monday, May 4 boxscore BOS @ KCR W 8 7 12 8-12 6 5.0 Burgmeier Quisenberry Clear 4:04 25,688 +
21 21 Tuesday, May 5 boxscore BOS @ KCR L 1 2 8-13 6 5.0 Gura Tanana 2:07 21,708 -
22 22 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore BOS @ KCR W 3 1 9-13 6 5.0 Eckersley Leonard 2:30 21,400 +
23 23 Friday, May 8 boxscore BOS @ TOR W 4 2 10-13 6 3.5 Torrez Bomback Burgmeier 2:29 15,106 ++
24 24 Saturday, May 9 boxscore BOS @ TOR W 10 3 11-13 5 3.5 Stanley Clancy 2:32 16,040 +++
25 25 Sunday, May 10 boxscore BOS @ TOR W 9 5 10 12-13 5 3.5 Burgmeier Jackson 2:44 17,411 ++++
26 26 Monday, May 11 boxscore BOS @ TOR W 7 6 13-13 5 3.5 Clear Willis 3:09 11,315 +++++
27 27 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore BOS @ MIN L 3 4 10 13-14 5 3.5 Corbett Burgmeier 2:27 3,572 -
28 28 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore BOS @ MIN W 5 2 14-14 4 3.5 Torrez Arroyo Clear 2:22 4,077 +
29 29 Thursday, May 14 boxscore BOS @ MIN W 9 7 11 15-14 4 3.0 Campbell Cooper 3:13 4,884 ++
30 30 Friday, May 15 boxscore BOS KCR W 4 3 16-14 4 3.0 Clear Martin 2:55 22,943 +++
31 31 Saturday, May 16 boxscore BOS KCR L 6 7 16-15 4 3.0 Gura Eckersley Quisenberry 2:26 26,107 -
32 32 Sunday, May 17 boxscore BOS KCR L 4 5 16-16 5 4.5 Leonard Burgmeier Quisenberry 2:45 26,723 --
33 33 Monday, May 18 boxscore BOS SEA W 8 5 17-16 5 4.0 Clear Drago Campbell 3:06 12,044 +
34 34 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore BOS SEA W 4 0 18-16 5 4.0 Tanana Parrott 2:21 12,768 ++
35 35 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore BOS OAK W 5 3 19-16 5 4.0 Stanley McCatty Burgmeier 2:36 23,007 +++
36 36 Thursday, May 21 boxscore BOS OAK W 3 0 20-16 5 3.0 Eckersley Kingman 2:35 23,145 ++++
37 37 Friday, May 22 boxscore BOS @ MIL W 7 3 21-16 4 3.0 Tudor Haas 2:37 23,007 +++++
38 38 Saturday, May 23 boxscore BOS @ MIL W 8 1 22-16 4 3.0 Torrez Lerch Clear 2:34 35,254 ++++++
39 39 Sunday, May 24 boxscore BOS @ MIL L 1 2 14 22-17 5 3.0 Easterly Stanley 3:56 0 -
40 40 Sunday, May 24 boxscore BOS @ MIL L 7 10 22-18 5 3.0 Haas Stanley 2:38 34,992 --
41 41 Monday, May 25 boxscore BOS CLE W 8 7 23-18 4 3.0 Clear Monge 3:02 20,860 +
42 42 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore BOS CLE L 2 5 23-19 5 4.0 Garland Eckersley Spillner 2:22 16,986 -
43 43 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore BOS CLE W 10 5 24-19 4 4.0 Clear Blyleven 2:49 17,294 +
44 44 Friday, May 29 boxscore BOS MIL L 4 5 24-20 5 5.0 Fingers Burgmeier 2:37 22,794 -
45 45 Saturday, May 30 boxscore BOS MIL W 7 6 10 25-20 4 4.0 Clear Fingers 2:57 23,718 +
46 46 Sunday, May 31 boxscore BOS MIL L 2 5 25-21 5 4.0 Vuckovich Crawford 2:21 23,781 -
47 47 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore BOS @ CLE W 4 0 26-21 4 3.0 Eckersley Blyleven 2:04 6,315 +
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore BOS @ CLE L 1 4 26-22 5 3.0 Waits Tudor Monge 2:20 9,710 -
49 49 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore BOS @ CLE W 6 5 27-22 4 2.0 Torrez Spillner Burgmeier 2:35 11,797 +
50 50 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore BOS @ OAK W 4 1 28-22 4 2.0 Tanana Keough Campbell 2:26 30,251 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore BOS @ OAK L 2 6 28-23 5 3.0 Norris Crawford 2:43 40,122 -
52 52 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore BOS @ OAK L 3 4 11 28-24 5 4.0 Heaverlo Clear 3:13 27,384 --
53 53 Monday, Jun 8 boxscore BOS @ SEA L 0 2 28-25 5 5.0 Bannister Tudor 2:05 9,771 ---
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore BOS @ SEA W 10 1 29-25 4 5.0 Torrez Clark 2:08 9,968 +
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore BOS @ SEA W 4 2 30-25 3 4.0 Tanana Allard Campbell 2:23 8,574 ++
56 56 Thursday, Jun 11 boxscore BOS @ CAL L 2 7 30-26 5 4.0 Forsch Rainey 2:06 28,191 -
57 57 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore BOS CHW L 1 7 30-27 5 5.0 Lamp Eckersley 2:52 20,227 --
58 58 Tuesday, Aug 11 boxscore BOS CHW L 2 4 30-28 5 5.0 Trout Stanley Farmer 2:37 17,889 ---
59 59 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore BOS CHW W 8 1 31-28 5 5.0 Ojeda Hoyt 2:47 20,257 +
60 60 Thursday, Aug 13 boxscore BOS CHW W 9 6 32-28 4 5.0 Clear Patterson Campbell 3:03 18,683 ++
61 61 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore BOS @ TEX L 2 3 32-29 5 5.0 Kern Burgmeier 2:20 32,400 -
62 62 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore BOS @ TEX W 5 3 10 33-29 5 4.0 Stanley Kern 2:41 29,353 +
63 63 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore BOS @ TEX L 0 3 33-30 5 4.0 Honeycutt Ojeda 2:07 20,348 -
64 64 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore BOS @ OAK L 2 3 15 33-31 5 4.5 Owchinko Campbell 3:55 16,631 --
65 65 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore BOS @ OAK L 2 4 33-32 5 4.5 Keough Tanana 2:13 15,134 ---
66 66 Thursday, Aug 20 boxscore BOS @ OAK W 6 4 34-32 5 4.0 Eckersley McCatty Clear 2:58 17,503 +
67 67 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore BOS @ SEA W 7 4 35-32 5 3.5 Stanley Stein 2:47 10,999 ++
68 68 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore BOS @ SEA W 5 3 36-32 5 3.5 Ojeda Beattie Clear 2:44 20,999 +++
69 69 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore BOS @ SEA W 7 5 37-32 5 3.5 Burgmeier Clark Campbell 2:36 8,294 ++++
70 70 Monday, Aug 24 boxscore BOS @ CAL L 6 8 37-33 5 3.5 Jefferson Tanana Aase 2:21 25,808 -
71 71 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore BOS @ CAL L 7 8 10 37-34 5 4.5 Aase Burgmeier 3:20 26,325 --
72 72 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore BOS OAK W 6 5 38-34 5 4.0 Stanley Underwood 2:53 23,432 +
73 73 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore BOS OAK W 12 5 39-34 5 3.0 Ojeda Norris 2:47 25,356 ++
74 74 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore BOS OAK W 7 6 40-34 5 3.0 Torrez Keough 2:55 26,318 +++
75 75 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore BOS OAK L 3 5 40-35 5 3.5 McCatty Tanana 2:34 25,160 -
76 76 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore BOS CAL W 4 1 41-35 5 3.5 Eckersley Frost 2:23 20,377 +
77 77 Tuesday, Sep 1 boxscore BOS CAL L 2 3 41-36 5 4.5 Forsch Stanley Aase 2:24 19,712 -
78 78 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore BOS CAL W 3 1 42-36 5 3.5 Ojeda Witt Clear 2:37 19,433 +
79 79 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore BOS SEA L 7 8 20 42-37 5 4.0 Galasso Stanley Beattie 6:01 13,355 -
80 80 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore BOS SEA L 2 5 42-38 5 4.5 Stoddard Tanana Parrott 2:45 20,949 --
81 81 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore BOS SEA W 12 5 43-38 5 4.5 Tudor Clay 2:48 15,434 +
82 82 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore BOS SEA W 6 1 44-38 5 4.5 Hurst Abbott Clear 2:28 17,913 ++
83 83 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore BOS @ DET L 1 3 44-39 5 5.5 Morris Ojeda 2:13 42,098 -
84 84 Tuesday, Sep 8 boxscore BOS @ DET W 5 3 45-39 5 5.0 Torrez Wilcox Burgmeier 2:52 20,586 +
85 85 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore BOS @ DET W 6 5 11 46-39 5 4.5 Stanley Tobik Tudor 3:17 22,564 ++
86 86 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore BOS @ NYY L 1 4 46-40 5 5.5 Righetti Eckersley Gossage 2:02 43,018 -
87 87 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore BOS @ NYY W 2 1 47-40 5 4.5 Ojeda Reuschel Clear 2:07 38,307 +
88 88 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore BOS @ NYY L 6 10 47-41 5 5.5 Guidry Tanana 2:50 44,686 -
89 89 Monday, Sep 14 boxscore BOS DET W 5 2 48-41 5 5.5 Stanley Petry 2:19 13,060 +
90 90 Wednesday, Sep 16 boxscore BOS DET W 2 1 10 49-41 5 3.5 Eckersley Morris 2:38 0 ++
91 91 Wednesday, Sep 16 boxscore BOS DET W 5 4 50-41 5 3.5 Burgmeier Tobik 2:37 13,312 +++
92 92 Thursday, Sep 17 boxscore BOS DET W 6 1 51-41 5 3.0 Ojeda Wilcox Campbell 3:06 16,832 ++++
93 93 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore BOS NYY L 4 6 51-42 5 4.0 Davis Stanley 2:20 34,283 -
94 94 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore BOS NYY W 8 5 52-42 5 3.0 Tudor Davis Clear 2:44 32,620 +
95 95 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore BOS NYY W 4 1 53-42 5 2.0 Hurst John Campbell 2:19 35,091 ++
96 96 Monday, Sep 21 boxscore BOS MIL W 9 3 54-42 3 1.0 Eckersley Haas 2:30 14,575 +++
97 97 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore BOS MIL L 8 10 54-43 4 2.0 Fingers Clear 2:37 18,363 -
98 98 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore BOS MIL W 11 5 55-43 3 1.0 Aponte Easterly 3:19 15,627 +
99 99 Thursday, Sep 24 boxscore BOS CLE L 2 5 55-44 5 1.5 Spillner Torrez 2:54 14,720 -
100 100 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore BOS CLE W 5 4 56-44 4 0.5 Stanley Garland 2:21 26,136 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore BOS CLE L 5 7 56-45 5 1.5 Waits Eckersley Spillner 2:37 24,034 -
102 102 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore BOS CLE L 7 8 11 56-46 5 2.0 Monge Clear 3:22 31,727 --
103 103 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore BOS @ MIL L 0 1 56-47 5 2.5 Vuckovich Tanana 2:17 11,334 ---
104 104 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore BOS @ MIL W 7 2 57-47 5 1.5 Torrez Slaton 2:31 12,654 +
105 105 Wednesday, Sep 30 boxscore BOS @ MIL L 5 10 57-48 5 2.5 Lerch Stanley 2:39 11,472 -
106 106 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore BOS @ CLE L 4 11 57-49 5 3.5 Spillner Eckersley 2:53 4,047 --
107 107 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore BOS @ CLE W 4 0 58-49 5 3.5 Tanana Brennan 2:20 7,114 +
108 108 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore BOS @ CLE W 6 2 59-49 5 2.5 Torrez Denny Aponte 2:13 6,674 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
CSV

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

1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits