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.ib-baseball-team-season-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-team-season-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-baseball-team-season vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2009 Major League Baseball season">2009</a> Boston Red Sox</th></tr><tr class="infobox-subheader"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">American League Wild Card Winners</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg/125px-Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg/188px-Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg/250px-Boston_Red_Sox_cap_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="147" data-file-height="198" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">East</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ballpark</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">95–67 (.586)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Divisional place</th><td class="infobox-data">2nd</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_W._Henry" title="John W. Henry">John W. Henry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fenway_Sports_Group" title="Fenway Sports Group">New England Sports Ventures</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Lucchino" title="Larry Lucchino">Larry Lucchino</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">General manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theo_Epstein" title="Theo Epstein">Theo Epstein</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Francona" title="Terry Francona">Terry Francona</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_England_Sports_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="New England Sports Network">New England Sports Network</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Don_Orsillo" title="Don Orsillo">Don Orsillo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Remy" title="Jerry Remy">Jerry Remy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Dennis Eckersley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Roberts_(outfielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Roberts (outfielder)">Dave Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buck_Martinez" title="Buck Martinez">Buck Martinez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Massarotti" title="Tony Massarotti">Tony Massarotti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rance_Mulliniks" title="Rance Mulliniks">Rance Mulliniks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rex_Hudler" title="Rex Hudler">Rex Hudler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Coomer" title="Ron Coomer">Ron Coomer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal" title="Ken Rosenthal">Ken Rosenthal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Kevin Kennedy (baseball)">Kevin Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(Baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Evans (Baseball)">Dwight Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Casey_(baseball)" title="Sean Casey (baseball)">Sean Casey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Edes" title="Gordon Edes">Gordon Edes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Bob Montgomery (baseball)">Bob Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Viola" title="Frank Viola">Frank Viola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_McAdam_(journalist)" title="Sean McAdam (journalist)">Sean McAdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Daubach" title="Brian Daubach">Brian Daubach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Dempsey" title="Rick Dempsey">Rick Dempsey</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WRKO" title="WRKO">WRKO</a>/<a href="/wiki/WEEI_(AM)" title="WEEI (AM)">WEEI</a> (English) (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Castiglione" title="Joe Castiglione">Joe Castiglione</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_O%27Brien_(sportscaster)" title="Dave O'Brien (sportscaster)">Dave O'Brien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Rish" title="Jon Rish">Jon Rish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dale_Arnold" title="Dale Arnold">Dale Arnold</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stats</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/_/name/bos/season/2009/seasontype/2">ESPN.com</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2009.shtml">Baseball Reference</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2008 Boston Red Sox season">2008</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_seasons" title="List of Boston Red Sox seasons">Seasons</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2010 Boston Red Sox season">2010</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2009 Boston Red Sox season</b> was the 109th season in the franchise's <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> history. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Red Sox</a> finished second in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a> with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, eight <a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">games behind</a> the <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a>, who went on to win the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009 World Series</a>. The Red Sox qualified for the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">postseason</a> as the AL <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_wild_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball wild card">wild card</a>, but were swept by the <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Division_Series" title="2009 American League Division Series">ALDS</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster">Roster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background-color: #ba313c; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">2009 Boston Red Sox </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background-color:#0d2b56; color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Roster</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Pitchers</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">60</span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Daniel Bard</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">64</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bowden_(baseball)" title="Michael Bowden (baseball)">Michael Bowden</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">61</span> <a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Clay Buchholz</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Paul Byrd</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Cabrera_(baseball)" title="Fernando Cabrera (baseball)">Fernando Cabrera</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">17</span> <a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Manny Delcarmen</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">51</span> <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Enrique González (baseball)">Enrique González</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">62</span> <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Jones" title="Hunter Jones">Hunter Jones</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">31</span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Jon Lester</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">48</span> <a href="/wiki/Javier_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Javier López (baseball)">Javier López</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">63</span> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Justin Masterson</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">37</span> <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Hideki Okajima</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">58</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36</span> <a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Brad Penny</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">56</span> <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramón Ramírez</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">54</span> <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Richardson" title="Dustin Richardson">Dustin Richardson</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">24</span> <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Takashi Saito</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">63</span> <a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Junichi Tazawa</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">40</span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Traber" title="Billy Traber">Billy Traber</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wagner" title="Billy Wagner">Billy Wagner</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">49</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Tim Wakefield</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Catchers</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">50</span> <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Brown" title="Dusty Brown">Dusty Brown</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">16</span> <a href="/wiki/George_Kottaras" title="George Kottaras">George Kottaras</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">41</span> <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Víctor Martínez</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">33</span> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Varitek" title="Jason Varitek">Jason Varitek</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">55</span> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bailey" title="Jeff Bailey">Jeff Bailey</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">50</span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bates" title="Aaron Bates">Aaron Bates</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">13,3</span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lex_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(shortstop,_born_1977)" title="Álex González (shortstop, born 1977)">Álex González</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Green_(baseball)" title="Nick Green (baseball)">Nick Green</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Casey_Kotchman" title="Casey Kotchman">Casey Kotchman</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kotsay" title="Mark Kotsay">Mark Kotsay</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_LaRoche" title="Adam LaRoche">Adam LaRoche</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Jed_Lowrie" title="Jed Lowrie">Jed Lowrie</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Julio_Lugo" title="Julio Lugo">Julio Lugo</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">15</span> <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">51</span> <a href="/wiki/Gil_Velazquez" title="Gil Velazquez">Gil Velazquez</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Woodward" title="Chris Woodward">Chris Woodward</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">20</span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Outfielders</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">32</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(outfielder)" title="Brian Anderson (outfielder)">Brian Anderson</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 5</span> <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">44</span> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bay" title="Jason Bay">Jason Bay</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">54</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Carter_(left-handed_hitter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Carter (left-handed hitter)">Chris Carter</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 7</span> <a href="/wiki/J._D._Drew" title="J. D. Drew">J. D. Drew</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">46</span> <a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Ellsbury" title="Jacoby Ellsbury">Jacoby Ellsbury</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Gathright" title="Joey Gathright">Joey Gathright</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">68</span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Reddick" title="Josh Reddick">Josh Reddick</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van_Every" title="Jonathan Van Every">Jonathan Van Every</a></li></ul> <p><b>Other batters</b> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">34</span> <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Manager</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">47</span> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Francona" title="Terry Francona">Terry Francona</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Bogar" title="Tim Bogar">Tim Bogar</a> (first base)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">52</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Farrell_(pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Farrell (pitcher)">John Farrell</a> (pitching)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">35</span> <a href="/wiki/DeMarlo_Hale" title="DeMarlo Hale">DeMarlo Hale</a> (third base)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Magadan" title="Dave Magadan">Dave Magadan</a> (hitting)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 2</span> <a href="/wiki/Brad_Mills_(infielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brad Mills (infielder)">Brad Mills</a> (bench)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">57</span> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Tuck" title="Gary Tuck">Gary Tuck</a> (bullpen)</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RedSox_14.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/RedSox_14.png/110px-RedSox_14.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/RedSox_14.png/165px-RedSox_14.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/RedSox_14.png/220px-RedSox_14.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Jim Rice's number 14 was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers" title="List of Major League Baseball retired numbers">retired</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox#Retired_numbers" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>The team introduced blue alternate jerseys, worn on some road games in place of their traditional gray tops.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Red Sox opened the season with a postponement due to rain. However, on April 7, the season began at Fenway with the first pitch being thrown by <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Teddy Kennedy">Edward Kennedy</a>, who later died in August.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Sox got off to a slow start, going 2–6 in the first eight games. However, the Sox won 11 straight games beginning on April 15. The win streak was Boston's longest since 2006 when they had a 12-game win streak.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A highlight of the streak was <a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Ellsbury" title="Jacoby Ellsbury">Jacoby Ellsbury</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">steal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baseball_field#Home_base" title="Baseball field">home</a> on April 26 to cap off a three-game sweep of the <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They finished April with a record of 14–8 and tied with the <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a> for the division lead. Also, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Remy" title="Jerry Remy">Jerry Remy</a>, <a href="/wiki/NESN" title="NESN">NESN</a> color commentator, had surgery to remove a small area of cancer on his lung. While recovering he also got <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>. He also was suffering from fatigue and depression. These are the people who filled in for him: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Dennis Eckersley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Roberts_(outfielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Roberts (outfielder)">Dave Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buck_Martinez" title="Buck Martinez">Buck Martinez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Massarotti" title="Tony Massarotti">Tony Massarotti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rance_Mulliniks" title="Rance Mulliniks">Rance Mulliniks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rex_Hudler" title="Rex Hudler">Rex Hudler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Coomer" title="Ron Coomer">Ron Coomer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal" title="Ken Rosenthal">Ken Rosenthal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Kevin Kennedy (baseball)">Kevin Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(Baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Evans (Baseball)">Dwight Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Casey_(baseball)" title="Sean Casey (baseball)">Sean Casey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Edes" title="Gordon Edes">Gordon Edes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Bob Montgomery (baseball)">Bob Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Viola" title="Frank Viola">Frank Viola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_McAdam_(journalist)" title="Sean McAdam (journalist)">Sean McAdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Daubach" title="Brian Daubach">Brian Daubach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Dempsey" title="Rick Dempsey">Rick Dempsey</a>. </p><p>The team flattened out in May, going 15–14 in the month and falling to third in the division behind the Yankees and the Blue Jays. Through the first two months of the season, slugger <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> struggled, batting .185 with one home run. Additionally, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a> was placed on the <a href="/wiki/Disabled_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled list">disabled list</a> after just two starts with an injury that manager <a href="/wiki/Terry_Francona" title="Terry Francona">Terry Francona</a> attributed to his participation in the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2009 World Baseball Classic">2009 World Baseball Classic</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Off the field, announcer Jerry Remy, of NESN television, was replaced by Dennis Eckersley beginning on May 6 as Remy began undergoing cancer treatment.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Despite these struggles, the Red Sox set an American League record, tying the Major League record, on May 7 by scoring 12 runs without recording an out during the 6th inning of a game against the <a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Red Sox took the division lead, and improved to the second-best record in MLB, during June. Through the first half of the month, the Sox played four division leaders, the <a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Texas Rangers</a>, New York Yankees, and <a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, winning three of the four series and sweeping both the Tigers and Yankees. By sweeping the Yankees, the Sox improved to 8–0 against the team, the best record against them since sweeping the 14-game season series against them in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the All-Star break, the Red Sox had the second best record in Major League Baseball and held a three-game lead in the division. </p><p>The Red Sox faltered after the All-Star break, losing five of six on the road to the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers and batting .192 and scoring 13 runs. In response to the poor offensive performance and to make room for Jed Lowrie's return from injury, Julio Lugo was traded to the <a href="/wiki/2009_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="2009 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for cash and two minor-league players were traded to the <a href="/wiki/2009_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for Adam LaRoche on July 22, and on July 25 Mark Kotsay was <a href="/wiki/Designated_for_assignment" title="Designated for assignment">designated for assignment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Sox made a move at the trade deadline, July 31, to acquire catcher Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians for pitchers Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone, and Bryan Price.<sup id="cite_ref-sports.espn.go.com_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports.espn.go.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also traded Adam LaRoche to the <a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Atlanta Braves</a> for Casey Kotchman.<sup id="cite_ref-sports.espn.go.com_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports.espn.go.com-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After winning the first eight games of the season against their rival Yankees in the first half of the season, the Red Sox lost nine of the next ten to finish the season 9–9 against them. </p><p>One of the stranger victories for the Sox came on August 14 against the Texas Rangers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Going into the top of the 9th inning, the home Rangers were leading 4–2. Jacoby Ellsbury drove in David Ortiz to pull within one run and Jason Varitek was left on second base with no outs. Pitcher, Clay Buchholz came in to pinch run for Varitek with no outs. Dustin Pedroia doubled, but the inexperienced, and potentially tying run, Buchholz, was thrown out at the plate as he hesitated between second and third before attempting to score. All was shortly forgotten when the team scored five more runs to win 8–4. On August 21, Jacoby Ellsbury tied the record for the Red Sox single season record for stolen bases (54), in a game against the New York Yankees, a record previously held by <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Harper" title="Tommy Harper">Tommy Harper</a>. Ellsbury then broke the record with his 55th steal on August 25, against the Chicago White Sox. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening_Day_lineup">Opening Day lineup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opening Day lineup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg/220px-Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg/330px-Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg/440px-Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1087" data-file-height="1199" /></a><figcaption>Gold Glove first baseman <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Ellsbury" title="Jacoby Ellsbury">Jacoby Ellsbury</a></td> <td>CF </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a></td> <td>2B </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a></td> <td>DH </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a></td> <td>1B </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._D._Drew" title="J. 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color: #FFFFFF !important;">NL </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>2–16</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>2–5</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>2–8</td> <td>3–2</td> <td>5–13</td> <td>1–5</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>11–7 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Boston</a></td> <td>16–2</td> <td>–</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>7–2</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>2–7</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>11–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago</a></td> <td>4–5</td> <td>4−4</td> <td>–</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>6−12</td> <td>3–4</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>6–2</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>1–6</td> <td>12–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland</a></td> <td>5–2</td> <td>2–7</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>–</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>2–5</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>1–8</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>5–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td>1–6</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>–</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>7–12</td> <td>1–5</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>5–2</td> <td>7–2</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>10–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City</a></td> <td>4–4</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>–</td> <td>1–9</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>2–6</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>1–9</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>4–3</td> <td>8–10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Los Angeles</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>9–1</td> <td>–</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>12–7</td> <td>10–9</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>8–11</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>14–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota</a></td> <td>2–3</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>12–7</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>–</td> <td>0–7</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>12–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">New York</a></td> <td>13–5</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>4–3</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>5–1</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>7–0</td> <td>–</td> <td>7–2</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>10–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>5–2</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>6–2</td> <td>7–12</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>2–7</td> <td>–</td> <td>5–14</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>11–8</td> <td>3–6</td> <td>5–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle</a></td> <td>5–4</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>9–10</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>14–5</td> <td>–</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>8–11</td> <td>3–4</td> <td>11–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay</a></td> <td>10–8</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>2–6</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>2–5</td> <td>9–1</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>7–11</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>–</td> <td>3–6</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>13–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Texas</a></td> <td>5–5</td> <td>7–2</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>8–1</td> <td>2–7</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>11–8</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>8–11</td> <td>11–8</td> <td>6–3</td> <td>–</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>9–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto</a></td> <td>9–9</td> <td>7–11</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>3–4</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>6–3</td> <td>4–3</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>–</td> <td>7–11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<th>Team </th> <th style="background-color: #13274F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; width:30px;">ATL </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; width:30px;">FLA </th> <th style="background-color: #002D72 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; width:30px;">NYM </th> <th style="background-color: #E81828 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; width:30px;">PHI </th> <th style="background-color: #AB0003 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; width:30px;">WSH </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Boston</b> </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td>2–1 </td> <td>1–2 </td> <td>2–1 </td> <td>2–1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_transactions">Notable transactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable transactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 19, 2008: <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramón Ramírez</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Royals</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Coco_Crisp" title="Coco Crisp">Coco Crisp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 28, 2008: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Brad Penny</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 5, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Green_(baseball)" title="Nick Green (baseball)">Nick Green</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 8, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 9, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kotsay" title="Mark Kotsay">Mark Kotsay</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 10, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito" title="Takashi Saito">Takashi Saito</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 12, 2009: <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 8, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van_Every" title="Jonathan Van Every">Jonathan Van Every</a> was released by the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 22, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Adam_LaRoche" title="Adam LaRoche">Adam LaRoche</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pirates</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Argenis_D%C3%ADaz" title="Argenis Díaz">Argenis Díaz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Strickland" title="Hunter Strickland">Hunter Strickland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a separate trade, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Duncan" title="Chris Duncan">Chris Duncan</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Julio_Lugo" title="Julio Lugo">Julio Lugo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 28, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(outfielder)" title="Brian Anderson (outfielder)">Brian Anderson</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kotsay" title="Mark Kotsay">Mark Kotsay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 31, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Casey_Kotchman" title="Casey Kotchman">Casey Kotchman</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a> in exchange for Adam LaRoche.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a separate trade, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Víctor Martínez</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Indians</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Nick_Hagadone" title="Nick Hagadone">Nick Hagadone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Justin Masterson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Price_(pitcher)" title="Bryan Price (pitcher)">Bryan Price</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 5, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Paul Byrd</a> signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 7, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Woodward" title="Chris Woodward">Chris Woodward</a> was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Mariners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 14, 2009: <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lex_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(shortstop,_born_1977)" title="Álex González (shortstop, born 1977)">Álex González</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Reds</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Kristopher_Negr%C3%B3n" title="Kristopher Negrón">Kristopher Negrón</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 17, 2009: John Smoltz was released by the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 21, 2009: Chris Duncan was released by the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 25, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wagner" title="Billy Wagner">Billy Wagner</a> was acquired by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">Mets</a> in exchange players to be named later.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 27, 2009: Brad Penny was released by the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 29, 2009: <a href="/wiki/Joey_Gathright" title="Joey Gathright">Joey Gathright</a> was purchased by the Red Sox from the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Orioles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detailed_record">Detailed record</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Detailed record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team</th> <th>Home</th> <th>Away</th> <th>Total</th> <th>Pct.</th> <th>Gms Left </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="6"><b>AL East</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></td> <td>8–1</td> <td>8–1</td> <td>16–2</td> <td>0.889</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></td> <td>7–2</td> <td>2–7</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>0.500</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td>3–6</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>0.500</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>0.611</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td></td> <td>26–9</td> <td>18–18</td> <td>44–27</td> <td>0.620</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="6"><b>AL Central</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td>1–3</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>0.500</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>7–2</td> <td>0.750</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>0.857</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>0.625</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></td> <td>2–0</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td></td> <td>16–4</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>26–12</td> <td>0.684</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="6"><b>AL West</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>4–5</td> <td>0.444</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>0.500</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>1–2</td> <td>1–2</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>0.333</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></td> <td>1–2</td> <td>1–5</td> <td>2–7</td> <td>0.222</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td></td> <td>8–8</td> <td>5–13</td> <td>13–21</td> <td>0.382</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="6"><b>National League</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>4–2</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Marlins">Florida Marlins</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td><i><small>N/A</small></i></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a></td> <td>1–2</td> <td><i><small>N/A</small></i></td> <td>1–2</td> <td>0.333</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></td> <td><i><small>N/A</small></i></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a></td> <td><i><small>N/A</small></i></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td></td> <td>5–4</td> <td>6–3</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>0.611</td> <td>– </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100">Month </th> <th width="45">Games </th> <th width="45">Won </th> <th width="45">Lost </th> <th width="45">Pct. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">April</td> <td>22</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>0.636 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">May</td> <td>29</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>0.517 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">June</td> <td>26</td> <td>18</td> <td>8</td> <td>0.692 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">July</td> <td>25</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>0.520 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">August</td> <td>28</td> <td>16</td> <td>12</td> <td>0.571 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">September</td> <td>28</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>0.536 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">October</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.000 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td></td> <td>162</td> <td>95</td> <td>67</td> <td>0.586 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_log">Game log</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game log"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #aaa"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Legend </th></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="bbffbb">Red Sox win </th> <th bgcolor="ffbbbb">Red Sox loss </th> <th bgcolor="bbbbbb">Game postponed </th></tr></tbody></table> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#C60C30;color:#fff;">2009 game log </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">April (14–8)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"> <td></td> <td>April 6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td colspan="6"><i>Postponed</i> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>1</td> <td>April 7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">Shields</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (1)</td> <td>37,057</td> <td>1–0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>2</td> <td>April 8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>7–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Kazmir</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grant_Balfour" title="Grant Balfour">Balfour</a> (1)</td> <td>37,552</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>3</td> <td>April 9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Garza" title="Matt Garza">Garza</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy_Percival" title="Troy Percival">Percival</a> (1)</td> <td>37,784</td> <td>1–2 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>4</td> <td>April 10</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jered_Weaver" title="Jered Weaver">Weaver</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scot_Shields" title="Scot Shields">Shields</a> (1)</td> <td>41,385</td> <td>1–3 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>5</td> <td>April 11</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>5–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Saunders" title="Joe Saunders">Saunders</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (2)</td> <td>40,163</td> <td>2–3 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>6</td> <td>April 12</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>5–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Moseley" title="Dustin Moseley">Moseley</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fuentes" title="Brian Fuentes">Fuentes</a> (2)</td> <td>38,076</td> <td>2–4 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>7</td> <td>April 13</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Braden" title="Dallas Braden">Braden</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td></td> <td>21,331</td> <td>2–5 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>8</td> <td>April 14</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>6–5 <small>(12)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Gallagher_(baseball)" title="Sean Gallagher (baseball)">Gallagher</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Javier_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Javier López (baseball)">López</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>22,132</td> <td>2–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>9</td> <td>April 15</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brett_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Brett Anderson (baseball)">Anderson</a> (0–2)</td> <td></td> <td>35,067</td> <td>3–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>10</td> <td>April 17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>10–8</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danys_B%C3%A1ez" title="Danys Báez">Báez</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (3)</td> <td>38,266</td> <td>4–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>11</td> <td>April 18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>6–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Eaton_(pitcher)" title="Adam Eaton (pitcher)">Eaton</a> (0–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (4)</td> <td>37,559</td> <td>5–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>12</td> <td>April 19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (1–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Uehara</a> (2–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (1)</td> <td>37,869</td> <td>6–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>13</td> <td>April 20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>12–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Masterson</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hendrickson" title="Mark Hendrickson">Hendrickson</a> (1–2)</td> <td></td> <td>37,865</td> <td>7–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"> <td></td> <td>April 21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td colspan="6"><i>Postponed</i> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>14</td> <td>April 22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td>10–1 <small>(8)</small></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Baker_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Scott Baker (right-handed pitcher)">Baker</a> (0–2)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>15</td> <td>April 22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td>7–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (2–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Liriano" title="Francisco Liriano">Liriano</a> (0–4)</td> <td></td> <td>37,494</td> <td>9–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>16</td> <td>April 24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>5–4 <small>(11)</small></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (2–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1maso_Marte" title="Dámaso Marte">Marte</a> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>38,163</td> <td>10–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>17</td> <td>April 25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>16–11</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Okajima</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Albaladejo" title="Jonathan Albaladejo">Albaladejo</a> (1–1)</td> <td></td> <td>37,699</td> <td>11–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>18</td> <td>April 26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Masterson</a></b> (2–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Pettitte</a> (2–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (2)</td> <td>38,154</td> <td>12–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>19</td> <td>April 27</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Wood" title="Kerry Wood">Wood</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (5)</td> <td>18,652</td> <td>13–6 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>20</td> <td>April 28</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>9–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Wood" title="Kerry Wood">Wood</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Javier_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Javier López (baseball)">López</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td></td> <td>19,613</td> <td>13–7 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>21</td> <td>April 29</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>6–5 <small>(10)</small></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Okajima</a></b> (2–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jensen_Lewis" title="Jensen Lewis">Lewis</a> (2–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (6)</td> <td>19,137</td> <td>14–7 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>22</td> <td>April 30</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>13–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Garza" title="Matt Garza">Garza</a> (2–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td></td> <td>20,341</td> <td>14–8 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">May (15–14)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>23</td> <td>May 1</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>6–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Sonnanstine" title="Andy Sonnanstine">Sonnanstine</a> (1–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Masterson</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td></td> <td>27,045</td> <td>14–9 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>24</td> <td>May 2</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>10–6</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (3–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Niemann" title="Jeff Niemann">Niemann</a> (2–3)</td> <td></td> <td>34,910</td> <td>15–9 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>25</td> <td>May 3</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">Shields</a> (3–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy_Percival" title="Troy Percival">Percival</a> (3)</td> <td>32,332</td> <td>15–10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>26</td> <td>May 4</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>6–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hughes_(baseball)" title="Phil Hughes (baseball)">Hughes</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (7)</td> <td>46,426</td> <td>16–10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>27</td> <td>May 5</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>7–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (3–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joba_Chamberlain" title="Joba Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a> (1–1)</td> <td></td> <td>46,810</td> <td>17–10 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>28</td> <td>May 6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>9–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Pavano" title="Carl Pavano">Pavano</a> (2–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Masterson</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Laffey" title="Aaron Laffey">Laffey</a> (1)</td> <td>37,888</td> <td>17–11 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>29</td> <td>May 7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>13–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (4–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Sowers" title="Jeremy Sowers">Sowers</a> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>37,541</td> <td>18–11 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>30</td> <td>May 8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>7–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (3–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">Shields</a> (3–3)</td> <td></td> <td>37,745</td> <td>19–11 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>31</td> <td>May 9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>14–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Kazmir</a> (4–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (2–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Cormier" title="Lance Cormier">Cormier</a> (1)</td> <td>37,773</td> <td>19–12 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>32</td> <td>May 10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (3–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Shouse" title="Brian Shouse">Shouse</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (8)</td> <td>37,759</td> <td>20–12 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>33</td> <td>May 12</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (4–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scot_Shields" title="Scot Shields">Shields</a> (1–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (9)</td> <td>33,411</td> <td>21–12 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>34</td> <td>May 13</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>8–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Palmer_(baseball)" title="Matt Palmer (baseball)">Palmer</a> (4–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (4–2)</td> <td></td> <td>35,666</td> <td>21–13 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>35</td> <td>May 14</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>5–4 <small>(12)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Bulger" title="Jason Bulger">Bulger</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td></td> <td>35,124</td> <td>21–14 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>36</td> <td>May 15</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a></td> <td>5–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jakubauskas" title="Chris Jakubauskas">Jakubauskas</a> (2–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (2–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Aardsma" title="David Aardsma">Aardsma</a> (4)</td> <td>34,952</td> <td>21–15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>37</td> <td>May 16</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (4–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Olson" title="Garrett Olson">Olson</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (10)</td> <td>42,589</td> <td>22–15 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>38</td> <td>May 17</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a></td> <td>3–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Aardsma" title="David Aardsma">Aardsma</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (4–1)</td> <td></td> <td>40,833</td> <td>22–16 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>39</td> <td>May 19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Tallet" title="Brian Tallet">Tallet</a> (2–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (11)</td> <td>37,830</td> <td>23–16 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>40</td> <td>May 20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>8–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (4–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brett_Cecil" title="Brett Cecil">Cecil</a> (2–1)</td> <td></td> <td>38,099</td> <td>24–16 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>41</td> <td>May 21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (3–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ray_(baseball)" title="Robert Ray (baseball)">Ray</a> (1–2)</td> <td></td> <td>38,347</td> <td>25–16 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>42</td> <td>May 22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Mets_season" title="2009 New York Mets season">Mets</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johan_Santana" title="Johan Santana">Santana</a> (6–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(Venezuelan_pitcher)" title="Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)">Rodríguez</a> (12)</td> <td>38,092</td> <td>25–17 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>43</td> <td>May 23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Mets_season" title="2009 New York Mets season">Mets</a></td> <td>3–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Feliciano" title="Pedro Feliciano">Feliciano</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._J._Putz" title="J. J. Putz">Putz</a> (2)</td> <td>37,871</td> <td>25–18 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>44</td> <td>May 24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Mets_season" title="2009 New York Mets season">Mets</a></td> <td>12–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (6–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Redding" title="Tim Redding">Redding</a> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>37,446</td> <td>26–18 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>45</td> <td>May 25</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (5–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Liriano" title="Francisco Liriano">Liriano</a> (2–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (12)</td> <td>27,636</td> <td>27–18 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>46</td> <td>May 26</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td>5–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Blackburn" title="Nick Blackburn">Blackburn</a> (4–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (3–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Nathan" title="Joe Nathan">Nathan</a> (7)</td> <td>20,019</td> <td>27–19 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>47</td> <td>May 27</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td>4–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Slowey" title="Kevin Slowey">Slowey</a> (7–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (0–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Nathan" title="Joe Nathan">Nathan</a> (8)</td> <td>28,221</td> <td>27–20 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>48</td> <td>May 28</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="2009 Minnesota Twins season">Twins</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Swarzak" title="Anthony Swarzak">Swarzak</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (13)</td> <td>23,958</td> <td>28–20 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>49</td> <td>May 29</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Janssen" title="Casey Janssen">Janssen</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (6–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Downs" title="Scott Downs">Downs</a> (6)</td> <td>32,026</td> <td>28–21 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>50</td> <td>May 30</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Tallet" title="Brian Tallet">Tallet</a> (3–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (4–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Downs" title="Scott Downs">Downs</a> (7)</td> <td>35,484</td> <td>28–22 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>51</td> <td>May 31</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (4–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Romero_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricky Romero (baseball)">Romero</a> (2–2)</td> <td></td> <td>30,496</td> <td>29–22 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">June (18–8)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>52</td> <td>June 2</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (1–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Porcello" title="Rick Porcello">Porcello</a> (6–4)</td> <td></td> <td>25,914</td> <td>30–22 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>53</td> <td>June 3</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>10–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (6–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armando_Galarraga" title="Armando Galarraga">Galarraga</a> (3–6)</td> <td></td> <td>29,240</td> <td>31–22 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>54</td> <td>June 4</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (7–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Willis</a> (1–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (14)</td> <td>31,353</td> <td>32–22 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>55</td> <td>June 5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Millwood" title="Kevin Millwood">Millwood</a> (5–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td></td> <td>37,519</td> <td>32–23 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>56</td> <td>June 6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>8–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (5–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Holland" title="Derek Holland">Holland</a> (1–3)</td> <td></td> <td>37,828</td> <td>33–23 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>57</td> <td>June 7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Padilla" title="Vicente Padilla">Padilla</a> (4–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (1–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._J._Wilson" title="C. J. Wilson">Wilson</a> (5)</td> <td>37,537</td> <td>33–24 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>58</td> <td>June 9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>7–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (7–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Burnett" title="A. J. Burnett">Burnett</a> (4–3)</td> <td></td> <td>37,883</td> <td>34–24 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>59</td> <td>June 10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (8–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chien-Ming_Wang" title="Chien-Ming Wang">Wang</a> (0–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (15)</td> <td>38,121</td> <td>35–24 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>60</td> <td>June 11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">Sabathia</a> (5–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (16)</td> <td>38,153</td> <td>36–24 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>61</td> <td>June 12</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">Phillies</a></td> <td>5–2 <small>(13)</small></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (2–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Kendrick" title="Kyle Kendrick">Kendrick</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Bard</a></b> (1)</td> <td>45,321</td> <td>37–24 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>62</td> <td>June 13</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">Phillies</a></td> <td>11–6</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Okajima</a></b> (3–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Bastardo" title="Antonio Bastardo">Bastardo</a> (2–1)</td> <td></td> <td>45,202</td> <td>38–24 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>63</td> <td>June 14</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">Phillies</a></td> <td>11–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chan_Ho_Park" title="Chan Ho Park">Park</a> (3–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (7–3)</td> <td></td> <td>45,141</td> <td>38–25 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>64</td> <td>June 16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Florida_Marlins_season" title="2009 Florida Marlins season">Marlins</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (9–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Volstad" title="Chris Volstad">Volstad</a> (4–7)</td> <td></td> <td>38,149</td> <td>39–25 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>65</td> <td>June 17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Florida_Marlins_season" title="2009 Florida Marlins season">Marlins</a></td> <td>6–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (6–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(baseball)" title="Andrew Miller (baseball)">Miller</a> (2–3)</td> <td></td> <td>38,196</td> <td>40–25 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>66</td> <td>June 18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Florida_Marlins_season" title="2009 Florida Marlins season">Marlins</a></td> <td>2–1 <small>(6)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nolasco" title="Ricky Nolasco">Nolasco</a> (3–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Lester" title="John Lester">Lester</a></b> (5–6)</td> <td></td> <td>37,577</td> <td>40–26 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>67</td> <td>June 19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Braves</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenshin_Kawakami" title="Kenshin Kawakami">Kawakami</a> (4–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (1–5)</td> <td></td> <td>37,703</td> <td>40–27 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>68</td> <td>June 20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Braves</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (8–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Lowe" title="Derek Lowe">Lowe</a> (7–5)</td> <td></td> <td>38,029</td> <td>41–27 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>69</td> <td>June 21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Braves</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bennett_(baseball)" title="Jeff Bennett (baseball)">Bennett</a> (2–4)</td> <td></td> <td>37,243</td> <td>42–27 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>70</td> <td>June 23</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Washington_Nationals_season" title="2009 Washington Nationals season">Nationals</a></td> <td>11–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Tav%C3%A1rez" title="Julián Tavárez">Tavárez</a> (3–5)</td> <td></td> <td>41,517</td> <td>43–27 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>71</td> <td>June 24</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Washington_Nationals_season" title="2009 Washington Nationals season">Nationals</a></td> <td>6–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Lester" title="John Lester">Lester</a></b> (6–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Stammen" title="Craig Stammen">Stammen</a> (1–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (17)</td> <td>41,530</td> <td>44–27 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>72</td> <td>June 25</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Washington_Nationals_season" title="2009 Washington Nationals season">Nationals</a></td> <td>9–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Zimmermann" title="Jordan Zimmermann">Zimmermann</a> (3–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>41,985</td> <td>44–28 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>73</td> <td>June 26</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Braves</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (9–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jair_Jurrjens" title="Jair Jurrjens">Jurrjens</a> (5–6)</td> <td></td> <td>48,418</td> <td>45–28 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>74</td> <td>June 27</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Braves</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (10–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Javier_V%C3%A1zquez_(baseball)" title="Javier Vázquez (baseball)">Vázquez</a> (5–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (18)</td> <td>48,151</td> <td>46–28 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>75</td> <td>June 28</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">Braves</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hanson" title="Tommy Hanson">Hanson</a> (4–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (6–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike González (pitcher)">González</a> (9)</td> <td>41,463</td> <td>46–29 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>76</td> <td>June 29</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Lester" title="John Lester">Lester</a></b> (7–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Berken" title="Jason Berken">Berken</a> (1–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (19)</td> <td>36,548</td> <td>47–29 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>77</td> <td>June 30</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>11–10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hendrickson" title="Mark Hendrickson">Hendrickson</a> (3–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Sherrill" title="George Sherrill">Sherrill</a> (17)</td> <td>31,969</td> <td>47–30 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">July (13–12)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>78</td> <td>July 1</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>6–5 <small>(11)</small></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danys_B%C3%A1ez" title="Danys Báez">Báez</a> (4–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (20)</td> <td>29,391</td> <td>48–30 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>79</td> <td>July 3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a></td> <td>7–6 <small>(11)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jakubauskas" title="Chris Jakubauskas">Jakubauskas</a> (5–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (5–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lowe" title="Mark Lowe">Lowe</a> (1)</td> <td>38,078</td> <td>48–31 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>80</td> <td>July 4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a></td> <td>3–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Corcoran" title="Roy Corcoran">Corcoran</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Aardsma" title="David Aardsma">Aardsma</a> (17)</td> <td>37,656</td> <td>48–32 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>81</td> <td>July 5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2009 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a></td> <td>8–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Masterson</a></b> (3–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Batista" title="Miguel Batista">Batista</a> (5–3)</td> <td></td> <td>37,691</td> <td>49–32 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>82</td> <td>July 6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>6–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brett_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Brett Anderson (baseball)">Anderson</a> (5–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td></td> <td>38,294</td> <td>49–33 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>83</td> <td>July 7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>5–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (10–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dana_Eveland" title="Dana Eveland">Eveland</a> (1–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (21)</td> <td>37,676</td> <td>50–33 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>84</td> <td>July 8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>5–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (11–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Cahill" title="Trevor Cahill">Cahill</a> (5–8)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (22)</td> <td>37,981</td> <td>51–33 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>85</td> <td>July 9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>8–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hochevar" title="Luke Hochevar">Hochevar</a> (5–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Masterson</a></b> (3–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joakim_Soria" title="Joakim Soria">Soria</a> (14)</td> <td>38,189</td> <td>51–34 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>86</td> <td>July 10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (8–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bannister" title="Brian Bannister">Bannister</a> (6–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (23)</td> <td>38,116</td> <td>52–34 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>87</td> <td>July 11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>15–9</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (1–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gil_Meche" title="Gil Meche">Meche</a> (4–9)</td> <td></td> <td>37,825</td> <td>53–34 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>88</td> <td>July 12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>6–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (11–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Chen" title="Bruce Chen">Chen</a> (0–4)</td> <td></td> <td>37,612</td> <td>54–34 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="bbbbff"> <td align="center" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Break</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">AL</a> def. <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">NL</a> at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">Busch Stadium</a>, 4–3 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>89</td> <td>July 17</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Romero_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricky Romero (baseball)">Romero</a> (7–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (24)</td> <td>32,928</td> <td>55–34 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>90</td> <td>July 18</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>6–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marc_Rzepczynski" title="Marc Rzepczynski">Rzepczynski</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (6–4)</td> <td></td> <td>36,926</td> <td>55–35 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>91</td> <td>July 19</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a> (11–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (8–7)</td> <td></td> <td>36,534</td> <td>55–36 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>92</td> <td>July 20</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Millwood" title="Kevin Millwood">Millwood</a> (9–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (1–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._J._Wilson" title="C. J. Wilson">Wilson</a> (8)</td> <td>28,916</td> <td>55–37 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>93</td> <td>July 21</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>4–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hunter_(baseball)" title="Tommy Hunter (baseball)">Hunter</a> (9–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (11–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._J._Wilson" title="C. J. Wilson">Wilson</a> (9)</td> <td>28,555</td> <td>55–38 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>94</td> <td>July 22</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Nippert" title="Dustin Nippert">Nippert</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Mathis" title="Doug Mathis">Mathis</a> (1)</td> <td>39,778</td> <td>55–39 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>95</td> <td>July 24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (7–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Bergesen" title="Brad Bergesen">Bergesen</a> (6–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (25)</td> <td>38,058</td> <td>56–39 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>96</td> <td>July 25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>7–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (9–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Guthrie</a> (7–9)</td> <td></td> <td>38,063</td> <td>57–39 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>97</td> <td>July 26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>6–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="David Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a> (3–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (1–4)</td> <td></td> <td>37,606</td> <td>57–40 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>98</td> <td>July 27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (12–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Cahill" title="Trevor Cahill">Cahill</a> (6–9)</td> <td></td> <td>37,955</td> <td>58–40 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>99</td> <td>July 28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>9–8 <small>(11)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Breslow" title="Craig Breslow">Berslow</a> (4–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(baseball)" title="Andrew Bailey (baseball)">Bailey</a> (12)</td> <td>38,084</td> <td>58–41 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>100</td> <td>July 29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>8–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brett_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Brett Anderson (baseball)">Anderson</a> (6–8)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (7–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(baseball)" title="Andrew Bailey (baseball)">Bailey</a> (13)</td> <td>38,193</td> <td>58–42 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>101</td> <td>July 30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2009 Oakland Athletics season">Athletics</a></td> <td>8–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (3–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Breslow" title="Craig Breslow">Breslow</a> (4–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (26)</td> <td>37,919</td> <td>59–42 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>102</td> <td>July 31</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (2–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Guthrie</a> (7–10)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (27)</td> <td>44,091</td> <td>60–42 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">August (16–12)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>103</td> <td>August 1</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (13–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="David Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a> (3–3)</td> <td></td> <td>49,384</td> <td>61–42 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>104</td> <td>August 2</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>18–10</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (4–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Berken" title="Jason Berken">Berken</a> (1–9)</td> <td></td> <td>43,115</td> <td>62–42 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>105</td> <td>August 4</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>4–2 <small>(13)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Cormier" title="Lance Cormier">Cormier</a> (2–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (2–3)</td> <td></td> <td>29,873</td> <td>62–43 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>106</td> <td>August 5</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>6–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">Price</a> (5–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (7–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J.P._Howell" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P. Howell">Howell</a> (12)</td> <td>31,517</td> <td>62–44 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>107</td> <td>August 6</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>13–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joba_Chamberlain" title="Joba Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a> (8–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></b> (2–5)</td> <td></td> <td>49,005</td> <td>62–45 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>108</td> <td>August 7</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>2–0 <small>(15)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Coke" title="Phil Coke">Coke</a> (3–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Tazawa</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>48,262</td> <td>62–46 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>109</td> <td>August 8</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>5–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">Sabathia</a> (12–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (1–2)</td> <td></td> <td>48,796</td> <td>62–47 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>110</td> <td>August 9</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>5–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Coke" title="Phil Coke">Coke</a> (4–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Bard</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (32)</td> <td>48,190</td> <td>62–48 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>111</td> <td>August 10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (6–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zach_Miner" title="Zach Miner">Miner</a> (5–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (28)</td> <td>37,960</td> <td>63–48 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>112</td> <td>August 11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>7–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Tazawa</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lambert_(baseball)" title="Chris Lambert (baseball)">Lambert</a> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>38,013</td> <td>64–48 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>113</td> <td>August 12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (14–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zach_Miner" title="Zach Miner">Miner</a> (5–3)</td> <td></td> <td>38,124</td> <td>65–48 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>114</td> <td>August 13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">Tigers</a></td> <td>2–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Verlander</a> (13–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (1–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Rodney" title="Fernando Rodney">Rodney</a> (24)</td> <td>37,556</td> <td>65–49 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>115</td> <td>August 14</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>8–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></b> (3–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Francisco" title="Frank Francisco">Francisco</a> (2–2)</td> <td></td> <td>40,311</td> <td>66–49 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>116</td> <td>August 15</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>7–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Holland" title="Derek Holland">Holland</a> (6–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (7–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neftal%C3%AD_Feliz" title="Neftalí Feliz">Feliz</a> (1)</td> <td>48,201</td> <td>66–50 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>117</td> <td>August 16</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Nippert" title="Dustin Nippert">Nippert</a> (4–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Tazawa</a></b> (1–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Francisco" title="Frank Francisco">Francisco</a> (17)</td> <td>27,155</td> <td>66–51 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>118</td> <td>August 18</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>10–9</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Okajima</a></b> (4–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Janssen" title="Casey Janssen">Janssen</a> (2–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (29)</td> <td>25,472</td> <td>67–51 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>119</td> <td>August 19</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>6–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (2–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a> (13–6)</td> <td></td> <td>25,925</td> <td>68–51 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>120</td> <td>August 20</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>8–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (10–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brett_Cecil" title="Brett Cecil">Cecil</a> (5–2)</td> <td></td> <td>22,817</td> <td>69–51 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>121</td> <td>August 21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>20–11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Pettitte</a> (10–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a></b> (7–8)</td> <td></td> <td>37,869</td> <td>69–52 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>122</td> <td>August 22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>14–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Tazawa</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Burnett" title="A. J. Burnett">Burnett</a> (10–7)</td> <td></td> <td>37,277</td> <td>70–52 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>123</td> <td>August 23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>8–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">Sabathia</a> (15–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (14–5)</td> <td></td> <td>38,008</td> <td>70–53 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>124</td> <td>August 24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>12–8</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (6–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Contreras" title="José Contreras">Contreras</a> (5–7)</td> <td></td> <td>37,812</td> <td>71–53 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>125</td> <td>August 25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Delcarmen</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Linebrink" title="Scott Linebrink">Linebrink</a> (3–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (30)</td> <td>38,059</td> <td>72–53 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>126</td> <td>August 26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>3–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Bard</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Pe%C3%B1a_(pitcher)" title="Tony Peña (pitcher)">Peña</a> (6–5)</td> <td></td> <td>37,839</td> <td>73–53 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>127</td> <td>August 27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>9–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Danks" title="John Danks">Danks</a> (12–8)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Tazawa</a></b> (2–3)</td> <td></td> <td>38,003</td> <td>73–54 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>128</td> <td>August 28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Okajima</a></b> (5–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Tallet" title="Brian Tallet">Tallet</a> (5–8)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (31)</td> <td>37,844</td> <td>74–54 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>129</td> <td>August 29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>3–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (3–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Romero_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricky Romero (baseball)">Romero</a> (11–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (32)</td> <td>37,452</td> <td>75–54 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>130</td> <td>August 30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>7–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Byrd</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a> (13–8)</td> <td></td> <td>37,560</td> <td>76–54 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">September (15–13)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>131</td> <td>September 1</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>8–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (11–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Sonnanstine" title="Andy Sonnanstine">Sonnanstine</a> (6–8)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (33)</td> <td>17,692</td> <td>77–54 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>132</td> <td>September 2</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>8–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J.P._Howell" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P. Howell">Howell</a> (7–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramírez</a></b> (7–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Wheeler" title="Dan Wheeler">Wheeler</a> (2)</td> <td>19,148</td> <td>77–55 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>133</td> <td>September 3</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>6–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (4–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">Price</a> (7–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (34)</td> <td>20,823</td> <td>78–55 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>134</td> <td>September 4</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>12–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddy_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Freddy García">García</a> (1–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Byrd</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td></td> <td>28,839</td> <td>78–56 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>135</td> <td>September 5</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Floyd" title="Gavin Floyd">Floyd</a> (11–9)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (11–4)</td> <td></td> <td>33,239</td> <td>76–57 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>136</td> <td>September 6</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>6–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (12–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Danks" title="John Danks">Danks</a> (12–9)</td> <td></td> <td>32,134</td> <td>79–57 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>137</td> <td>September 7</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2009 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Buehrle" title="Mark Buehrle">Buehrle</a> (12–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (14–6)</td> <td></td> <td>22,511</td> <td>79–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>138</td> <td>September 8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>10–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (5–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="David Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a> (4–7)</td> <td></td> <td>37,647</td> <td>80–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>139</td> <td>September 9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>7–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wagner" title="Billy Wagner">Wagner</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Albers" title="Matt Albers">Albers</a> (2–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (35)</td> <td>37,712</td> <td>81–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"> <td></td> <td>September 11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td colspan="6"><i>Postponed</i> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>140</td> <td>September 12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>9–1 <small>(6)</small></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (15–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Davis</a> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>37,755</td> <td>82–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>141</td> <td>September 13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Okajima</a></b> (6–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Garza" title="Matt Garza">Garza</a> (7–10)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (36)</td> <td>38,228</td> <td>83–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>142</td> <td>September 13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">Rays</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (13–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">Shields</a> (9–11)</td> <td></td> <td>37,271</td> <td>84–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>143</td> <td>September 15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (2–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Lackey" title="John Lackey">Lackey</a> (10–8)</td> <td></td> <td>37,942</td> <td>85–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>144</td> <td>September 16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>9–8</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Bard</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fuentes" title="Brian Fuentes">Fuentes</a> (1–5)</td> <td></td> <td>37,706</td> <td>86–58 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>145</td> <td>September 17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>4–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Jepsen" title="Kevin Jepsen">Jepsen</a> (6–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wagner" title="Billy Wagner">Wagner</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fuentes" title="Brian Fuentes">Fuentes</a> (42)</td> <td>38,157</td> <td>86–59 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>146</td> <td>September 18</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (6–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Guthrie</a> (10–15)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (37)</td> <td>26,812</td> <td>87–59 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>147</td> <td>September 19</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>11–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (14–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Albers" title="Matt Albers">Albers</a> (2–6)</td> <td></td> <td>39,285</td> <td>88–59 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>148</td> <td>September 20</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2009 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>9–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (3–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Berken" title="Jason Berken">Berken</a> (5–12)</td> <td></td> <td>27,546</td> <td>89–59 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>149</td> <td>September 21</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>12–9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yasuhiko_Yabuta" title="Yasuhiko Yabuta">Yabuta</a> (2–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Bard</a></b> (2–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joakim_Soria" title="Joakim Soria">Soria</a> (27)</td> <td>16,770</td> <td>89–60 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>150</td> <td>September 22</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Greinke</a> (15–8)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Byrd</a></b> (1–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joakim_Soria" title="Joakim Soria">Soria</a> (28)</td> <td>21,228</td> <td>89–61 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>151</td> <td>September 23</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>9–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (16–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hochevar" title="Luke Hochevar">Hochevar</a> (7–11)</td> <td></td> <td>18,989</td> <td>90–61 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>152</td> <td>September 24</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2009 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a></td> <td>10–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (7–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lerew" title="Anthony Lerew">Lerew</a> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>20,807</td> <td>91–61 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>153</td> <td>September 25</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>9–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joba_Chamberlain" title="Joba Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a> (9–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (14–8)</td> <td></td> <td>48,449</td> <td>91–62 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>154</td> <td>September 26</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">Sabathia</a> (19–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (3–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (43)</td> <td>48,809</td> <td>91–63 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>155</td> <td>September 27</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>4–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Pettitte</a> (14–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Byrd</a></b> (1–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (44)</td> <td>47,576</td> <td>91–64 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>156</td> <td>September 28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>11–5 <small>(7)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Richmond" title="Scott Richmond">Richmond</a> (8–10)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mickael_Bowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Mickael Bowden">Bowden</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td>37,591</td> <td>91–65 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>157</td> <td>September 29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>8–7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Romero_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricky Romero (baseball)">Romero</a> (13–9)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Buchholz</a></b> (7–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Frasor" title="Jason Frasor">Frasor</a> (11)</td> <td>37,618</td> <td>91–66 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>158</td> <td>September 30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2009 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>12–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a> (17–10)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></b> (11–5)</td> <td></td> <td>37,246</td> <td>91–67 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#024;color:#fff;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#024;color:#fff;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">October (4–0)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>159</td> <td>October 1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (15–8)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Carrasco_(baseball)" title="Carlos Carrasco (baseball)">Carrasco</a> (0–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (38)</td> <td>37,459</td> <td>92–67 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>160</td> <td>October 2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>6–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Matsuzaka</a></b> (4–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Sowers" title="Jeremy Sowers">Sowers</a> (6–11)</td> <td></td> <td>37,787</td> <td>93–67 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>161</td> <td>October 3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>11–6</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (17–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Laffey" title="Aaron Laffey">Laffey</a> (7–9)</td> <td></td> <td>37,562</td> <td>94–67 </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"> <td>162</td> <td>October 4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2009 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>12–7</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mickael_Bowden" class="mw-redirect" title="Mickael Bowden">Bowden</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tomo_Ohka" title="Tomo Ohka">Ohka</a> (1–5)</td> <td></td> <td>37,247</td> <td>95–67 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#CC0000;color:white;">2009 postseason game log </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#CC6666;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#CC6666;"><div style="margin: 0 4em"><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Division_Series" title="2009 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> (0–3)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Stadium</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>1</td> <td>October 8</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>5–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Lackey" title="John Lackey">Lackey</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angel_Stadium_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel Stadium of Anaheim">Angel Stadium of Anaheim</a></td> <td>45,070</td> <td>0–1</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_10_08_bosmlb_anamlb_1">[1]</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>2</td> <td>October 9</td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jered_Weaver" title="Jered Weaver">Weaver</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Beckett</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fuentes" title="Brian Fuentes">Fuentes</a> (1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angel_Stadium_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel Stadium of Anaheim">Angel Stadium of Anaheim</a></td> <td>45,223</td> <td>0–2</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_10_09_bosmlb_anamlb_1">[2]</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"> <td>3</td> <td>October 11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Angels</a></td> <td>7–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Papelbon</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fuentes" title="Brian Fuentes">Fuentes</a> (2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a></td> <td>38,704</td> <td>0–3</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_10_11_anamlb_bosmlb_1">[3]</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_stats">Player stats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Player stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting">Batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">AB </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">R </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">H </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">2B </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">3B </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">HR </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">RBI </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">AVG </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">SB </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(outfielder)" title="Brian Anderson (outfielder)">Brian Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.294 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bailey" title="Jeff Bailey">Jeff Bailey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.208 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.253 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Daniel Bard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bates" title="Aaron Bates">Aaron Bates</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.364 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Bay" title="Jason Bay">Jason Bay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">151 </td> <td style="text-align:center">531 </td> <td style="text-align:center">103 </td> <td style="text-align:center">142 </td> <td style="text-align:center">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center">119 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.267 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.200 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Brown" title="Dusty Brown">Dusty Brown</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.333 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Clay Buchholz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Carter_(left-handed_hitter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Carter (left-handed hitter)">Chris Carter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Manny Delcarmen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._D._Drew" title="J. D. Drew">J. D. Drew</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">137 </td> <td style="text-align:center">452 </td> <td style="text-align:center">84 </td> <td style="text-align:center">126 </td> <td style="text-align:center">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.279 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Ellsbury" title="Jacoby Ellsbury">Jacoby Ellsbury</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">153 </td> <td style="text-align:center">624 </td> <td style="text-align:center">94 </td> <td style="text-align:center">188 </td> <td style="text-align:center">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.301 </td> <td style="text-align:center">70 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joey_Gathright" title="Joey Gathright">Joey Gathright</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.313 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lex_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(shortstop,_born_1977)" title="Álex González (shortstop, born 1977)">Álex González</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">44 </td> <td style="text-align:center">148 </td> <td style="text-align:center">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.284 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Green_(infielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Green (infielder)">Nick Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">103 </td> <td style="text-align:center">276 </td> <td style="text-align:center">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center">65 </td> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.236 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Kotchman" title="Casey Kotchman">Casey Kotchman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">39 </td> <td style="text-align:center">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.218 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kotsay" title="Mark Kotsay">Mark Kotsay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center">74 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.257 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Kottaras" title="George Kottaras">George Kottaras</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center">93 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.237 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_LaRoche" title="Adam LaRoche">Adam LaRoche</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.263 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Jon Lester</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Javier_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Javier López (baseball)">Javier López</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">119 </td> <td style="text-align:center">445 </td> <td style="text-align:center">54 </td> <td style="text-align:center">129 </td> <td style="text-align:center">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">75 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.290 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jed_Lowrie" title="Jed Lowrie">Jed Lowrie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.147 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Julio_Lugo" title="Julio Lugo">Julio Lugo</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center">109 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.284 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Víctor Martínez</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">56 </td> <td style="text-align:center">211 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">71 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">41 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.336 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Justin Masterson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Hideki Okajima</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center">541 </td> <td style="text-align:center">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center">129 </td> <td style="text-align:center">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center">99 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.238 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">154 </td> <td style="text-align:center">626 </td> <td style="text-align:center">115 </td> <td style="text-align:center">185 </td> <td style="text-align:center">48 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.298 </td> <td style="text-align:center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Brad Penny</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramón Ramírez</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Reddick" title="Josh Reddick">Josh Reddick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center">59 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.169 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Takashi Saito</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.--- </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van_Every" title="Jonathan Van Every">Jonathan Van Every</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.364 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Varitek" title="Jason Varitek">Jason Varitek</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">109 </td> <td style="text-align:center">364 </td> <td style="text-align:center">41 </td> <td style="text-align:center">76 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center">51 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.209 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gil_Velazquez" title="Gil Velazquez">Gil Velazquez</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.000 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Tim Wakefield</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.500 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Woodward" title="Chris Woodward">Chris Woodward</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.083 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">136 </td> <td style="text-align:center">491 </td> <td style="text-align:center">99 </td> <td style="text-align:center">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center">94 </td> <td style="text-align:center">.305 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Team Totals</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>162</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>5543</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>872</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>1495</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>335</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>25</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>212</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>822</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>.270</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>126</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><small>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030224070935/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=bos">Boston Red Sox batting stats</a></small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching">Pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home Run Allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">W </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">L </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">ERA </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">GS </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">SV </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">IP </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">R </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">ER </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">HR </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">BB </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%">K </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bard" title="Daniel Bard">Daniel Bard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.65 </td> <td style="text-align:center">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">49.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.86 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">212.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">99 </td> <td style="text-align:center">91 </td> <td style="text-align:center">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center">55 </td> <td style="text-align:center">199 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bowden_(baseball)" title="Michael Bowden (baseball)">Michael Bowden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9.56 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Brown" title="Dusty Brown">Dusty Brown</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9.00 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Clay Buchholz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4.21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">92.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">44 </td> <td style="text-align:center">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center">68 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Byrd" title="Paul Byrd">Paul Byrd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5.82 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">34.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Cabrera_(baseball)" title="Fernando Cabrera (baseball)">Fernando Cabrera</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8.44 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Manny Delcarmen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4.53 </td> <td style="text-align:center">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">59.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Enrique González (baseball)">Enrique González</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4.91 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Green_(infielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Green (infielder)">Nick Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0.00 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Jones" title="Hunter Jones">Hunter Jones</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9.24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Jon Lester</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.41 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">203.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">80 </td> <td style="text-align:center">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center">225 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Javier_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Javier López (baseball)">Javier López</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9.26 </td> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Justin Masterson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4.50 </td> <td style="text-align:center">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">72.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center">67 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5.76 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">59.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Hideki Okajima</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.39 </td> <td style="text-align:center">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">61.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1.85 </td> <td style="text-align:center">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">68.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Brad Penny</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5.61 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">131.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">89 </td> <td style="text-align:center">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center">89 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Dominican_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)">Ramón Ramírez</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2.84 </td> <td style="text-align:center">70 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">69.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Richardson" title="Dustin Richardson">Dustin Richardson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0.00 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Saito_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takashi Saito (baseball)">Takashi Saito</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2.43 </td> <td style="text-align:center">56 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">55.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8.33 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">40.0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Junichi_Tazawa" title="Junichi Tazawa">Junichi Tazawa</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7.46 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">25.1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Traber" title="Billy Traber">Billy Traber</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12.27 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Van_Every" title="Jonathan Van Every">Jonathan Van Every</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0.00 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wagner" title="Billy Wagner">Billy Wagner</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1.98 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Tim Wakefield</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4.58 </td> <td style="text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">129.2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">67 </td> <td style="text-align:center">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center">72 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Team Totals</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>95</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>67</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>4.35</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>162</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>162</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>41</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>1436.2</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>736</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>695</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>167</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>530</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>1230</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><small>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030224070635/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=bos">Boston Red Sox pitching stats</a></small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Awards</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Bay" title="Jason Bay">Jason Bay</a> – <a href="/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award" title="Silver Slugger Award">Silver Slugger Award</a> (OF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Player_of_the_Week_Award" title="Major League Baseball Player of the Week Award">AL Player of the Week</a> (July 6–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Player_of_the_Week_Award" title="Major League Baseball Player of the Week Award">AL Player of the Week</a> (April 20–26)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <table border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#eeeeee" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"><b>Starters</b> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a> 2B <small>(did not attend)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Bay" title="Jason Bay">Jason Bay</a> OF</li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Reserves</b> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> SP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a> RP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Tim Wakefield</a> SP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a> 1B</li></ul> <p><b>Other</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Victor Martinez</a> C/1B <small>(acquired after all-star break)</small></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Recognition</dt></dl> <ul><li>On December 22, 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> named general manager <a href="/wiki/Theo_Epstein" title="Theo Epstein">Theo Epstein</a> as No. 3 on its list of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_2009_all-decade_Sports_Illustrated_awards_and_honors#Top_10_GMs/Executives_of_the_Decade" title="List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors">Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade</a>. The list's only other MLB general managers were Seattle and Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Pat Gillick</a> (at No. 7) and Oakland's <a href="/wiki/Billy_Beane" title="Billy Beane">Billy Beane</a> (at No. 10).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Farm_system">Farm system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Boston_Red_Sox_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Farm system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output 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(baseball)">A</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville_Drive" title="Greenville Drive">Greenville Drive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Boles" title="Kevin Boles">Kevin Boles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Class_A-Short_Season" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A-Short Season">A-Short Season</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Spinners" title="Lowell Spinners">Lowell Spinners</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York%E2%80%93Penn_League" title="New York–Penn League">New York–Penn League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_DiSarcina" title="Gary DiSarcina">Gary DiSarcina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rookie_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie League">Rookie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League_Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League Red Sox">GCL Red Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast 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season">New York Yankees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/2018_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2018 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> & <a href="/wiki/2018_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2018 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/2019_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2019 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> & <a href="/wiki/2019_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2019 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/2020_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2020 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> & <a href="/wiki/2020_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2020 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/2021_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2021 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> & <a href="/wiki/2021_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2021 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/2022_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2022 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2022 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a> & <a href="/wiki/2022_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2022 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/2023_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2023 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2023 Texas Rangers season">Texas Rangers</a> & <a href="/wiki/2023_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2023 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a 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owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_managers" title="List of Boston Red Sox managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_coaches" title="List of Boston Red Sox coaches">Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_captains" title="List of Boston Red Sox captains">Captains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_broadcasters" title="List of Boston Red Sox broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_in_the_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of Boston Red Sox in the Baseball Hall of Fame">Members of the Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Boston Red Sox first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a 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Sox spring training venues">Venues</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kavanaugh_Field" title="Kavanaugh Field">West End Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Majestic_Park" title="Majestic Park">Majestic Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Plant_Field" title="Plant Field">Plant Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson_Park" title="Ban Johnson Park">Whittington Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/League_Park_(San_Antonio)" title="League Park (San Antonio)">League Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pelican_Stadium" title="Pelican Stadium">Heinemann Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LECOM_Park" title="LECOM Park">Ninth Street Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Legion Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grayson_Stadium" title="Grayson Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Payne_Park" title="Payne Park">Payne Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Oriole_Park" title="Oriole Park">Oriole Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pleasantville,_New_Jersey" title="Pleasantville, New Jersey">Ansley Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scottsdale_Stadium" title="Scottsdale Stadium">Scottsdale Stadium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chain_of_Lakes_Park" title="Chain of Lakes Park">Chain of Lakes Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/City_of_Palms_Park" title="City of Palms Park">City of Palms Park</a></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/JetBlue_Park" title="JetBlue Park">JetBlue Park</a> at Fenway South</b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Jimmy_Fund" title="The Jimmy Fund">The Jimmy Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sox_Nation" title="Red Sox Nation">Red Sox Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Rooters" title="Royal Rooters">Royal Rooters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surviving_Grady" title="Surviving Grady">Surviving Grady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Soxaholix" title="The Soxaholix">The Soxaholix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BLOHARDS" title="BLOHARDS">BLOHARDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SoxProspects" title="SoxProspects">SoxProspects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Beane" title="Carl Beane">Carl Beane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherm_Feller" title="Sherm Feller">Sherm Feller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._McGreevy" title="Michael T. McGreevy">"Nuf Ced" McGreevy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Remy" title="Jerry Remy">Jerry Remy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove" title="Killing of Victoria Snelgrove">Victoria Snelgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Outfield" title="Golden Outfield">Golden Outfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_the_Green_Monster" title="Wally the Green Monster">Wally the Green Monster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Malone" title="Sam Malone">Sam Malone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tessie" title="Tessie">Tessie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dirty_Water" title="Dirty Water">Dirty Water</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Caroline" title="Sweet Caroline">Sweet Caroline</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_On_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Dream On (Aerosmith song)">Dream On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Shipping_Up_to_Boston" title="I'm Shipping Up to Boston">I'm Shipping Up to Boston</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;">Entertainment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Films: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Babe" title="The Babe">The Babe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fear_Strikes_Out" title="Fear Strikes Out">Fear Strikes Out</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fever_Pitch_(2005_film)" title="Fever Pitch (2005 film)">Fever Pitch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Field_of_Dreams" title="Field of Dreams">Field of Dreams</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Game_6" title="Game 6">Game 6</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Will_Hunting" title="Good Will Hunting">Good Will Hunting</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">Moneyball</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Patriots_Day_(film)" title="Patriots Day (film)">Patriots Day</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still,_We_Believe:_The_Boston_Red_Sox_Movie" title="Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie">Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Town_(2010_film)" title="The Town (2010 film)">The Town</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wait_%27til_This_Year" title="Wait 'til This Year">Wait 'til This Year</a></i></li> <li>TV series: <i><a href="/wiki/Cheers" title="Cheers">Cheers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Days_in_October" title="Four Days in October">Four Days in October</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sox_Appeal" title="Sox Appeal">Sox Appeal</a></i></li> <li>Books: <i><a href="/wiki/Faithful_(book)" title="Faithful (book)">Faithful</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Now_I_Can_Die_in_Peace" title="Now I Can Die in Peace">Now I Can Die in Peace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Sox_Rule" title="Red Sox Rule">Red Sox Rule</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theo-logy" title="Theo-logy">Theo-logy</a></i></li> <li>Art: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rookie_(painting)" title="The Rookie (painting)">The Rookie</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino" title="Curse of the Bambino">Curse of the Bambino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young%27s_perfect_game" title="Cy Young's perfect game">Cy Young's perfect game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slaughter%27s_Mad_Dash" title="Slaughter's Mad Dash">Slaughter's Mad Dash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_American_League_tie-breaker_game" title="1948 American League tie-breaker game">1948 AL tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1967 Boston Red Sox season">The Impossible Dream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk%27s_1975_World_Series_home_run" title="Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run">Carlton Fisk waves it fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_East_tie-breaker_game" title="1978 American League East tie-breaker game">1978 AL East tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Buckner%27s_1986_World_Series_error" title="Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error">Bill Buckner's error</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_World_Series" title="2004 World Series">"Idiots" break the curse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Japan_Opening_Series_2008" title="MLB Japan Opening Series 2008">MLB Japan Opening Series 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_wild_card_chase" title="2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase">2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Strong" title="Boston Strong">Boston Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_MLB_London_Series" title="2019 MLB London Series">2019 MLB London Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yankees%E2%80%93Red_Sox_rivalry" title="Yankees–Red Sox rivalry">New York Yankees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rays%E2%80%93Red_Sox_rivalry" title="Rays–Red Sox rivalry">Tampa Bay Rays</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owners: <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Sports_Group" title="Fenway Sports Group">Fenway Sports Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Henry" title="John W. Henry">John W. Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Werner" title="Tom Werner">Tom Werner</a></li></ul></li> <li>President and CEO: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Kennedy_(baseball_executive)" title="Sam Kennedy (baseball executive)">Sam Kennedy</a></li> <li>Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Halloran_(baseball)" title="Brian O'Halloran (baseball)">Brian O'Halloran</a></li> <li>Chief Baseball Officer: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Breslow" title="Craig Breslow">Craig Breslow</a></li> <li>General Manager: TBA</li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cora" title="Alex Cora">Alex Cora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">World Series championships (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1903_World_Series" title="1903 World Series">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_World_Series" title="1912 World Series">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_World_Series" title="1915 World Series">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_World_Series" title="1916 World Series">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_World_Series" title="1918 World Series">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_World_Series" title="2004 World Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">American League pennants (14)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1903_Boston_Americans_season" title="1903 Boston Americans season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Boston_Americans_season" title="1904 Boston Americans season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1912 Boston Red Sox season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1915 Boston Red Sox season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1916 Boston Red Sox season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1918 Boston Red Sox season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1946 Boston Red Sox season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1967 Boston Red Sox season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1975 American League Championship Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 American League Championship Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 American League Championship Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2007 American League Championship Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2013 American League Championship Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2018 American League Championship Series">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Division championships (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1975 American League Championship Series">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 American League Championship Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1988 American League Championship Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1990 American League Championship Series">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_American_League_Division_Series" title="1995 American League Division Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Division_Series" title="2007 American League Division Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Division_Series" title="2013 American League Division Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_American_League_Division_Series" title="2016 American League Division Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Division_Series" title="2017 American League Division Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Division_Series" title="2018 American League Division Series">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Wild card berths (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1999 Boston Red Sox season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2003 Boston Red Sox season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2004 Boston Red Sox season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2005 Boston Red Sox season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2008 Boston Red Sox season">2008</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2021 American League Wild Card Game">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Boston Red Sox minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Red_Sox" title="Worcester Red Sox">Worcester Red Sox</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Sea_Dogs" title="Portland Sea Dogs">Portland Sea Dogs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-A" title="High-A">High-A</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greenville_Drive" title="Greenville Drive">Greenville Drive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A (baseball)">Single-A</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salem_Red_Sox" title="Salem Red Sox">Salem Red Sox</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rookie-level" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie-level">Rookie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Red_Sox" title="Florida Complex League Red Sox">FCL Red Sox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Red_Sox" title="Dominican Summer League Red Sox">DSL Red Sox</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">Broadcasting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Sports_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="New England Sports Network">New England Sports Network (NESN)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WEEI-FM" title="WEEI-FM">WEEI-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox_Radio_Network" title="Boston Red Sox Radio Network">Radio network affiliates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;background-color: #BD3039 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0D2B56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0D2B56; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(125)78" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (125)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1900 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1901_Boston_Americans_season" title="1901 Boston Americans season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Boston_Americans_season" title="1902 Boston Americans season">1902</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1903_Boston_Americans_season" title="1903 Boston Americans season">1903</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1904_Boston_Americans_season" title="1904 Boston Americans season">1904</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Boston_Americans_season" title="1905 Boston Americans season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Boston_Americans_season" title="1906 Boston Americans season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Boston_Americans_season" title="1907 Boston Americans season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1908 Boston Red Sox season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1909 Boston Red Sox season">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1910 Boston Red Sox season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1911 Boston Red Sox season">1911</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1912_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1912 Boston Red Sox season">1912</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1913 Boston Red Sox season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1914 Boston Red Sox season">1914</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1915_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1915 Boston Red Sox season">1915</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1916_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1916 Boston Red Sox season">1916</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1917 Boston Red Sox season">1917</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1918_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1918 Boston Red Sox season">1918</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1919 Boston Red Sox season">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1920 Boston Red Sox season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1921 Boston Red Sox season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1922 Boston Red Sox season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1923 Boston Red Sox season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1924 Boston Red Sox season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1925 Boston Red Sox season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1926 Boston Red Sox season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1927 Boston Red Sox season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1928 Boston Red Sox season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1929 Boston Red Sox season">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1930 Boston Red Sox season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1931 Boston Red Sox season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1932 Boston Red Sox season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1933 Boston Red Sox season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1934 Boston Red Sox season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1935 Boston Red Sox season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1936 Boston Red Sox season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1937 Boston Red Sox season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1938 Boston Red Sox season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1939 Boston Red Sox season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1940 Boston Red Sox season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1941 Boston Red Sox season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1942 Boston Red Sox season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1943 Boston Red Sox season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1944 Boston Red Sox season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1945 Boston Red Sox season">1945</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1946_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1946 Boston Red Sox season">1946</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1947 Boston Red Sox season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1948 Boston Red Sox season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1949 Boston Red Sox season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1950 Boston Red Sox season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1951 Boston Red Sox season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1952 Boston Red Sox season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1953 Boston Red Sox season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1954 Boston Red Sox season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1955 Boston Red Sox season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1956 Boston Red Sox season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1957 Boston Red Sox season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1958 Boston Red Sox season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1959 Boston Red Sox season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1960 Boston Red Sox season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1961 Boston Red Sox season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1962 Boston Red Sox season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1963 Boston Red Sox season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1964 Boston Red Sox season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1965 Boston Red Sox season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1966 Boston Red Sox season">1966</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1967_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1967 Boston Red Sox season">1967</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1968 Boston Red Sox season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1969 Boston Red Sox season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1970 Boston Red Sox season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1971 Boston Red Sox season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1972 Boston Red Sox season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1973 Boston Red Sox season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1974 Boston Red Sox season">1974</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1975_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1975 Boston Red Sox season">1975</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1976 Boston Red Sox season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1977 Boston Red Sox season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1978 Boston Red Sox season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1979 Boston Red Sox season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1980 Boston Red Sox season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1981 Boston Red Sox season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1982 Boston Red Sox season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1983 Boston Red Sox season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1984 Boston Red Sox season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1985 Boston Red Sox season">1985</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1986 Boston Red Sox season">1986</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1987 Boston Red Sox season">1987</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1988_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1988 Boston Red Sox season">1988</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1989 Boston Red Sox season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BD3039, inset -2px -2px 0 #BD3039; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1990_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1990 Boston Red Sox season">1990</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1991 Boston Red Sox season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1992 Boston Red Sox season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1993 Boston Red Sox season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1994 Boston Red Sox season">1994</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1995_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1995 Boston Red Sox season">1995</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1996 Boston Red Sox season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1997 Boston Red Sox season">1997</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">1998</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1999_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1999 Boston Red Sox season">1999</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #0D2B56 !important; 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