List of Boston Red Sox team records

The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They have competed in the American League (AL) since it was founded in 1901, and in the AL East division since it was formed in 1969. Note that before 1908, the team was known as the Boston Americans. The list below documents players (by careers and seasons) and teams (by seasons) that hold particular club records.

This article is about the statistical records of the Boston Red Sox. For their season-by-season win–loss records, see List of Boston Red Sox seasons.
Carl Yastrzemski, who played in Major League Baseball for 23 seasons, all with the Boston Red Sox, holds multiple team records.

Individual player records

Note that these records reflect statistics only for a player's tenure with the Red Sox. For example, David Ortiz hit a total of 541 home runs during his MLB career; 483 with the Red Sox and 58 with the Minnesota Twins[1]—thus, Ted Williams' 521 home runs, all hit with the Red Sox, is the team record. Similarly, the team record for wins with the Red Sox is 192, accomplished both by Roger Clemens and Cy Young, who had major league career win totals of 354 and 511, respectively.

Note that "rate" categories (such as batting average or earned run average) have thresholds (such as a minimum number of at bats or innings pitched) for eligibility.

Key
ItalicsStatistic is ranked from low to high
BoldMLB record

The below tables have been updated with records through the 2020 season.

Batting
Statistic Career Single season
Stat value Player Stat value Player Season
Batting average .344Ted Williams .406Ted Williams1941
On-base percentage .482[2]Ted Williams .553Ted Williams1941
Slugging percentage .634Ted Williams .735Ted Williams1941
On-base plus slugging 1.116Ted Williams 1.287Ted Williams1941
Games played 3,308Carl Yastrzemski 163Jim Rice1978
At bats 11,988Carl Yastrzemski 684Nomar Garciaparra1997
Plate appearances 13,992Carl Yastrzemski 758Wade Boggs1985
Runs scored 1,816Carl Yastrzemski 150Ted Williams1949
Hits 3,419Carl Yastrzemski 240Wade Boggs1985
Total bases 5,539Carl Yastrzemski 406Jim Rice1978
Singles 2,262Carl Yastrzemski 187Wade Boggs1985
Doubles 646Carl Yastrzemski 67[3]Earl Webb1931
Triples 130Harry Hooper 22Tris Speaker1913
Home runs 521Ted Williams 54David Ortiz2006
RBIs 1,844Carl Yastrzemski 175Jimmie Foxx1938
Walks 2,021Ted Williams 162Ted Williams1947
1949
Strikeouts 1,643Dwight Evans 187Mike Napoli2013
Stolen bases 300Harry Hooper 70Jacoby Ellsbury2009
Runs created 2,393Ted Williams 183Jimmie Foxx
Ted Williams		1938
1941
Extra-base hits 1,157Carl Yastrzemski 92Jimmie Foxx1938
Times on base 5,304Carl Yastrzemski 358Ted Williams1949
Hit by pitch 86Kevin Youkilis 35Don Baylor1986
Sacrifice hits 219Duffy Lewis 54Jack Barry1917
Sacrifice flies 105Carl Yastrzemski 12Jackie Jensen
Jackie Jensen
Jimmy Piersall		1955
1959
1956
Intentional walks 243Ted Williams 33Ted Williams1957
Grounded into double plays 323Carl Yastrzemski 36[4]Jim Rice1984
Caught stealing 116Carl Yastrzemski 31Duffy Lewis1914
Outs made 9,126Carl Yastrzemski 515Jim Rice1984
At bats per strikeout 40.9Stuffy McInnis 64.9Stuffy McInnis1921
At bats per home run 14.4Manny Ramirez 10.3David Ortiz2006

Source:[5][6]

Pitching
Statistic Career Single season
Stat value Player Stat value Player Season
Wins 192Roger Clemens
Cy Young		 34Smoky Joe Wood1912
Losses 168Tim Wakefield 25Red Ruffing1928
Win-Loss % .760
(117–37)		Pedro Martínez .923
(12–1)		Clay Buchholz2013
Saves 219Jonathan Papelbon 46Tom Gordon1998
Earned run average (ERA) 1.99Smoky Joe Wood 0.96Dutch Leonard1914
Walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) .970Chris Sale
Cy Young		 .737[7]Pedro Martínez2000
Strikeouts per nine innings pitched 13.214Chris Sale 13.500Chris Sale2018
Strikeout to walk ratio 6.693Chris Sale 8.875Pedro Martínez2000
Games pitched 637Bob Stanley 81Mike Timlin2005
Innings pitched 3,006Tim Wakefield ​384 2⁄3Cy Young1902
Strikeouts 2,590Roger Clemens 313Pedro Martínez1999
Games started 430Tim Wakefield 43Cy Young1902
Games finished 377Bob Stanley 69Tom Gordon1998
Complete games 275Cy Young 41Cy Young1902
Shutouts 38Roger Clemens
Cy Young		 10Smoky Joe Wood
Cy Young		1912
1904
Home runs allowed 401Tim Wakefield 38Rick Porcello
Tim Wakefield		2017
1996
Walks allowed 1,095Tim Wakefield 134Mel Parnell1949
Hits allowed 2,931Tim Wakefield 350Cy Young1902
Earned runs allowed 1,480Tim Wakefield 140Wes Ferrell1936
Wild pitches 125Tim Wakefield 21Earl Wilson1963
Hit batsmen 176Tim Wakefield 20Bronson Arroyo
Howard Ehmke		2004
1923
Batters faced 12,971Tim Wakefield 1,508Bill Dinneen1902
Hits per nine innings pitched 6.754Chris Sale 5.309Pedro Martínez2000
Walks per nine innings pitched .986Cy Young .687Cy Young1904
Home runs per nine innings pitched .064Rube Foster
Ernie Shore
Smoky Joe Wood		 .030Sad Sam Jones
Cy Young		1921
1908

Source:[8][9]

Fielding

This is a partial list of the team's single-season fielding records.

Statistic Qty. Player Season Ref.
Putouts1586Stuffy McInnis1920[10]
Assists528Rick Burleson1980[11]
Double plays turned as SS147Rick Burleson1980[12]
Pos. Games Putouts Assists Ref.
Qty. Player Season Qty. Player Season Qty. Player Season
C 154Carlton Fisk1978 972Jason Varitek1999 156Lou Criger1903 [13][14][15]
1B 162Bill Buckner1985 1586Stuffy McInnis1920 184Bill Buckner1985 [16][17][18]
2B 160Dustin Pedroia2013 443Bobby Doerr1950 490Bobby Doerr1943 [19][20][21]
3B 161Wade Boggs1985 203Jimmy Collins1901 368Wade Boggs1983 [22][23][24]
SS 157Xander Bogaerts2016 320Johnny Pesky1942 528Rick Burleson1980 [25][26][27]
LF 161Carl Yastrzemski1967 339Jim Rice1983 30Duffy Lewis1910 [28][29][30]
CF 157Tris Speaker1914 481Dom DiMaggio1948 35Tris Speaker1909
1912		 [31][32][33]
RF 161Dwight Evans1982
1984		 366Mookie Betts2017 27Harry Hooper1911 [34][35][36]
P 81Mike Timlin2005 42Oil Can Boyd1985 110Smoky Joe Wood1912 [37][38][39]

Team records

Note: games behind (GB) applies to non-first-place seasons, while games ahead (GA) applies to first-place seasons. The 2005 Red Sox, who finished in a tie for first in the American League East and were declared the Wild Card team based on head-to-head records, are not included in either category.

Statistic High Low
Stat value Season Stat value Season
Games played 1631961 Red Sox
1978 Red Sox
1985 Red Sox		 602020 Red Sox
Wins 1082018 Red Sox 431932 Red Sox
Losses 1111932 Red Sox 471903 Americans
1912 Red Sox
Ties 61907 Americans
1914 Red Sox		 0many times
Win pct. .691
(105–47)		1912 Red Sox .279
(43–111)		1932 Red Sox
Games behind (GB) 641932 Red Sox ​1⁄21972 Red Sox
Games ahead (GA) +​14 1⁄21903 Americans +11988 Red Sox
Runs scored 1,0271950 Red Sox 4631906 Americans
Runs allowed 9221925 Red Sox 3801918 Red Sox
Batters' average age 31.61905 Americans 24.91911 Red Sox
Pitchers' average age 33.62005 Red Sox 24.41916 Red Sox
Home attendance 3,062,6992009 Red Sox 182,1501932 Red Sox

These categories exclude the 2020 team that played a 60-game season; the team won 24 games and lost 36 games (a .400 winning percentage); scored 292 runs and allowed 351 runs; and played without fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 1961 and 1985 teams each had a tie game during their 162-game schedule that was subsequently replayed; the 1978 team played a tie-breaker game at the end of their 162-game schedule.

Source:[40]

See also

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