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List of Boston Red Sox seasons

The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1912 to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park.[1] The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the "BoSox", a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the "Crimson Hose", and "the Olde Towne Team".[2] Most fans simply refer to them as the Sox.

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One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Boston in 1901. They were a dominant team in the early 20th century, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903. They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history. Many attributed the phenomenon to the "Curse of the Bambino" said to have been caused by the trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920. The drought was ended and the "curse" reversed in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series championship.[3] Championships in 2007 and 2013 followed. Every home game from May 15, 2003, through April 10, 2013, was sold out—a span of 820 games over nearly ten years.[4] The team most recently won the World Series in 2018, the ninth championship in franchise history.

Year by year

World Series champions
(1903–present) †		 American League champions
(1901–present)[a] *		 Division champions
(1969–present) ^		 Wild Card berth
(1994–present) ¤
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Season Level League Division Finish Wins Losses Pct. GB Postseason Awards Ref.
1901 MLB AL 2nd 79 57 .581 4 Cy Young (TC) [5]
1902 MLB AL 3rd 77 60 .562 6½ [6]
1903 MLB † AL * 1st 91 47 .659 — Won World Series (Pirates) 5–3 † [7]
1904 MLB AL * 1st 95 59 .617 — World Series canceled[b] * [8]
1905 MLB AL 4th 78 74 .513 16 [9]
1906 MLB AL 8th 49 105 .318 45½ [10]
1907 MLB AL 7th 59 90 .396 32½ [11]
1908 MLB AL 5th 75 79 .487 15½ [12]
1909 MLB AL 3rd 88 63 .583 9½ [13]
1910 MLB AL 4th 81 72 .529 22½ [14]
1911 MLB AL 4th 78 75 .510 24 [15]
1912 MLB † AL * 1st 105 47 .691 — Won World Series (Giants) 4–3 † Tris Speaker (MVP) [16]
1913 MLB AL 4th 79 71 .527 15½ [17]
1914 MLB AL 2nd 91 62 .595 8½ [18]
1915 MLB † AL * 1st 101 50 .669 — Won World Series (Phillies) 4–1 † [19]
1916 MLB † AL * 1st 91 63 .591 — Won World Series (Robins) 4–1 † [20]
1917 MLB AL 2nd 90 62 .592 9 [21]
1918 MLB † AL * 1st 75 51 .595 — Won World Series (Cubs) 4–2 † [22]
1919 MLB AL 6th 66 71 .482 20½ [23]
1920 MLB AL 5th 72 81 .471 25½ [24]
1921 MLB AL 5th 75 79 .487 23½ [25]
1922 MLB AL 8th 61 93 .396 33 [26]
1923 MLB AL 8th 61 91 .401 37 [27]
1924 MLB AL 7th 67 87 .435 25 [28]
1925 MLB AL 8th 47 105 .309 49½ [29]
1926 MLB AL 8th 46 107 .301 44½ [30]
1927 MLB AL 8th 51 103 .331 59 [31]
1928 MLB AL 8th 57 96 .373 43½ [32]
1929 MLB AL 8th 58 96 .377 48 [33]
1930 MLB AL 8th 52 102 .338 50 [34]
1931 MLB AL 6th 62 90 .408 45 [35]
1932 MLB AL 8th 43 111 .279 64 [36]
1933 MLB AL 7th 63 86 .423 34½ [37]
1934 MLB AL 4th 76 76 .500 24 [38]
1935 MLB AL 4th 78 75 .510 16 [39]
1936 MLB AL 6th 74 80 .481 28½ [40]
1937 MLB AL 5th 80 72 .526 21 [41]
1938 MLB AL 2nd 88 61 .591 9½ Jimmie Foxx (MVP) [42]
1939 MLB AL 2nd 89 62 .589 17 [43]
1940 MLB AL 4th 82 72 .532 8 [44]
1941 MLB AL 2nd 84 70 .545 17 [45]
1942 MLB AL 2nd 93 59 .612 9 Ted Williams (TC)[46]
1943 MLB AL 7th 68 84 .447 29 [47]
1944 MLB AL 4th 77 77 .500 12 [48]
1945 MLB AL 7th 71 83 .461 17½ [49]
1946 MLB AL * 1st 104 50 .675 — Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–3 * Ted Williams (MVP) [50]
1947 MLB AL 3rd 83 71 .539 14 Ted Williams (TC) [51]
1948 MLB AL 2nd 96 59 .619 1 [52]
1949 MLB AL 2nd 96 58 .623 1 Ted Williams (MVP) [53]
1950 MLB AL 3rd 94 60 .610 4 Walt Dropo (ROY) [54]
1951 MLB AL 3rd 87 67 .565 11 [55]
1952 MLB AL 6th 76 78 .494 19 [56]
1953 MLB AL 4th 84 69 .549 16 [57]
1954 MLB AL 4th 69 85 .448 42 [58]
1955 MLB AL 4th 84 70 .545 12 [59]
1956 MLB AL 4th 84 70 .545 13 [60]
1957 MLB AL 3rd 82 72 .532 16 [61]
1958 MLB AL 3rd 79 75 .513 13 Jackie Jensen (MVP) [62]
1959 MLB AL 5th 75 79 .487 19 [63]
1960 MLB AL 7th 65 89 .422 32 [64]
1961 MLB AL 6th 76 86 .469 33 Don Schwall (ROY) [65]
1962 MLB AL 8th 76 84 .475 19 [66]
1963 MLB AL 7th 76 85 .472 28 [67]
1964 MLB AL 8th 72 90 .444 27 [68]
1965 MLB AL 9th 62 100 .383 40 [69]
1966 MLB AL 9th 72 90 .444 26 [70]
1967 MLB AL * 1st 92 70 .568 — Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–3 * Carl Yastrzemski (MVP, TC)
Jim Lonborg (CYA)		 [71]
1968 MLB AL 4th 86 76 .531 17 [72]
1969 MLB AL East 3rd 87 75 .537 22 [73]
1970 MLB AL East 3rd 87 75 .537 21 [74]
1971 MLB AL East 3rd 85 77 .525 18 [75]
1972 MLB AL East 2nd 85 70 .548 ½ Carlton Fisk (ROY) [76]
1973 MLB AL East 2nd 89 73 .549 8 [77]
1974 MLB AL East 3rd 84 78 .519 7 [78]
1975 MLB AL * East ^ 1st 95 65 .594 — Won ALCS (Athletics) 3–0
Lost World Series (Reds) 4–3 *		 Fred Lynn (MVP, ROY)[79]
1976 MLB AL East 3rd 83 79 .512 15½ [80]
1977 MLB AL East 2nd 97 64 .602 2½ [81]
1978 MLB AL East 2nd 99 64 .607 1 Jim Rice (MVP) [82]
1979 MLB AL East 3rd 91 69 .569 11½ [83]
1980 MLB AL East 4th 83 77 .519 19 [84]
1981[c] MLB AL East 5th 59 49 .546 2½ [85]
1982 MLB AL East 3rd 89 73 .549 6 [86]
1983 MLB AL East 6th 78 84 .481 20 [87]
1984 MLB AL East 4th 86 76 .531 18 [88]
1985 MLB AL East 6th 81 81 .500 18½ [89]
1986 MLB AL * East ^ 1st 95 66 .590 — Won ALCS (Angels) 4–3
Lost World Series (Mets) 4–3 *		 Roger Clemens (MVP, CYA)
John McNamara (MOY)		 [90]
1987 MLB AL East 5th 78 84 .481 20 Roger Clemens (CYA) [91]
1988 MLB AL East ^ 1st 89 73 .549 — Lost ALCS (Athletics) 4–0 [92]
1989 MLB AL East 3rd 83 79 .512 6 [93]
1990 MLB AL East ^ 1st 88 74 .543 — Lost ALCS (Athletics) 4–0 [94]
1991 MLB AL East 2nd 84 78 .519 7 Roger Clemens (CYA) [95]
1992 MLB AL East 7th 73 89 .451 23 [96]
1993 MLB AL East 5th 80 82 .494 15 [97]
1994[d] MLB AL East 5th 54 61 .470 17 Playoffs cancelled [98]
1995 MLB AL East ^ 1st 86 58 .597 — Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–0 Mo Vaughn (MVP) [99]
1996 MLB AL East 3rd 85 77 .525 7 [100]
1997 MLB AL East 4th 78 84 .481 20 Nomar Garciaparra (ROY) [101]
1998 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 92 70 .568 22 Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–1 [102]
1999 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 94 68 .580 4 Won ALDS (Indians) 3–2
Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–1		 Pedro Martínez (CYA, TC)
Jimy Williams (MOY)		 [103]
2000 MLB AL East 2nd 85 77 .525 2½ Pedro Martínez (CYA) [104]
2001 MLB AL East 2nd 82 79 .509 13½ [105]
2002 MLB AL East 2nd 93 69 .574 10½ [106]
2003 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 95 67 .586 6 Won ALDS (Athletics) 3–2
Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–3		 [107]
2004 MLB † AL * East 2nd ¤ 98 64 .605 3 Won ALDS (Angels) 3–0
Won ALCS (Yankees) 4–3
Won World Series (Cardinals) 4–0 †		 Manny Ramirez (WS MVP) [108]
2005 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 95 67 .586 —[e] Lost ALDS (White Sox) 3–0 [109]
2006 MLB AL East 3rd 86 76 .531 11 [110]
2007 MLB † AL * East ^ 1st 96 66 .593 — Won ALDS (Angels) 3–0
Won ALCS (Indians) 4–3
Won World Series (Rockies) 4–0 †		 Dustin Pedroia (ROY)
Mike Lowell (WS MVP)		 [111]
2008 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 95 67 .586 2 Won ALDS (Angels) 3–1
Lost ALCS (Rays) 4–3		 Dustin Pedroia (MVP) [112]
2009 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 95 67 .586 8 Lost ALDS (Angels) 3–0 [113]
2010 MLB AL East 3rd 89 73 .549 7 [114]
2011 MLB AL East 3rd 90 72 .556 7 Jacoby Ellsbury (CPOY) [115]
2012 MLB AL East 5th 69 93 .426 26 [116]
2013 MLB † AL * East ^ 1st 97 65 .599 — Won ALDS (Rays) 3–1
Won ALCS (Tigers) 4–2
Won World Series (Cardinals) 4–2 †		 David Ortiz (WS MVP) [117]
2014 MLB AL East 5th 71 91 .438 25 [118]
2015 MLB AL East 5th 78 84 .481 15 [119]
2016 MLB AL East ^ 1st 93 69 .574 — Lost ALDS (Indians) 3–0 Rick Porcello (CYA, CPOY) [120]
2017 MLB AL East ^ 1st 93 69 .574 — Lost ALDS (Astros) 3–1 Craig Kimbrel (RPOY) [121]
2018 MLB † AL * East ^ 1st 108 54 .667 — Won ALDS (Yankees) 3–1
Won ALCS (Astros) 4–1
Won World Series (Dodgers) 4–1 †		 Steve Pearce (WS MVP)
Mookie Betts (MVP)
David Price (CPOY)		 [122]
2019 MLB AL East 3rd 84 78 .519 19 [123]
2020 MLB AL East 5th 24 36 .400 16 [124]
2021 MLB AL East 2nd ¤ 92 70 .568 8 Won ALWC (Yankees)
Won ALDS (Rays) 3–1
Lost ALCS (Astros) 4–2		 [125]
2022 MLB AL East 5th 78 84 .481 21 [126]
2023 MLB AL East 5th 78 84 .481 23 [127]
2024 MLB AL East 3rd 81 81 .500 13 [128]
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Regular season record by decade

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The number of games scheduled for a full regular season has varied over time, from as low as 140 to the current 162, which has been in place since 1961. An exception was 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when teams played a reduced schedule of 60 games and only faced opponents within their own division.

Further information: Major League Baseball schedule § American League

Not all scheduled games are played each season, for reasons such as work stoppages or, infrequently, rained-out games that are not rescheduled. Excluding 2020, the most recent season during which the Red Sox did not play a full 162-game schedule was 2001, when they played 161 games.

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Ted Williams played for the Red Sox in parts of four decades, 1939–1960
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Decade Total games Wins Losses Pct.
1900s1325691634.522
1910s1481857624.579
1920s1533595938.388
1930s1520705815.464
1940s1537854683.556
1950s1539814725.529
1960s1609764845.475
1970s1609895714.556
1980s1563821742.525
1990s1555814741.523
2000s1619920699.568
2010s1620872748.538
2020s708353355.499
All-time 19,218 9,955 9,263 .518
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Updated through completion of the 2024 season.
Source:[129]

All-time records

More information Total games[f], Wins ...
Total games[f] Wins Losses Win %
Boston Americans regular season record (1901–1907) 1,020 528 492 .518
Boston Red Sox regular season record (1908–present) 18,198 9,427 8,771 .518
All-time regular season record 19,218 9,955 9,263 .518
All-time postseason record[130] 199 108 91 .543
All-time regular and postseason record 19,417 10,063 9,354 .518
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Updated through completion of the 2024 season.

Notes

  • a For all American League pennant winners see List of American League pennant winners
  • b The World Series was canceled after the New York Giants refused to play.
  • c The season was partially canceled due to a players' strike that lasted 50 days. See 1981 Major League Baseball strike.
  • d The season was partially canceled due to a players' strike that lasted 223 days. See 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.
  • e The Red Sox finished 95–67 and with the same record as the New York Yankees, but since the Yankees had won the season series between the two teams, the Yankees were declared division winners and the Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the American League Wild Card.
  • f Total games count is the sum of wins and losses—consistent with major-league record keeping, tie games are excluded from team records and season standings although individual player statistics are counted.

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