# 2006 Boston Red Sox season

The 2006 Boston Red Sox season was the 106th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 11 games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2002. It was also the first time that the Red Sox finished lower than second in the American League East since 1997.

## Offseason

* November 24, 2005: Shortstop Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox along with pitchers Jesús Delgado (minors), Harvey García and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins, in exchange for P Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and P Guillermo Mota.
* December 8, 2005: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.
* February 1, 2006: Free agent catcher Ken Huckaby was signed by Boston.

## Regular season
### Transactions

* January 27, 2006: The Red Sox sent Guillermo Mota, Andy Marte, Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Randy Newson, July 21) and cash to the Indians, in exchange for Coco Crisp, David Riske, and Josh Bard.
* March 30, 2006: Charles Johnson and Chris Narveson were obtained by Boston from the Rockies for Byung-hyun Kim and cash consideration. Johnson was released the same day.
* May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was acquired by the Red Sox from the Padres in exchange for Josh Bard, Cla Meredith and cash.
* June 21, 2006: Jason Johnson was purchased by the Red Sox from the Indians.
* August 4: Javy López was purchased by Boston from the Orioles.
* August 16, 2006: Carlos Peña signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.
* August 17, 2006: Eric Hinske was purchased by the Red Sox from the Blue Jays.
* August 28, 2006: Jason Johnson was released by the Red Sox.
* September 8, 2006: Javy López was released by the Red Sox.

### Season summary

The Boston Red Sox finished eleven games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox's demise could be the five-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13-14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 50‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 48‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27 | 40‍–‍41 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 41‍–‍40 | 20‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

2006 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–15 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 8–11 | 9–9 |
| Boston | 15–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 16–2 |
| Chicago | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 14–4 |
| Cleveland | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 13–6 | — | 14–4 | 3–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 15–3 |
| Kansas City | 1–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 4–14 | — | 3–7 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 7–3 | — | 4–2 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 7–11 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 16–2 |
| New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 8–2 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 4–6 | 6–3 | — | 17–2 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 8–10 |
| Seattle | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 9–10 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–17 | — | 6–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 14–4 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 5–13 | 3–6 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
| Texas | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 2–8 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Toronto | 11–8 | 12–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 2–4 | — | 9–9 |
Red Sox vs. National League East :
| Team | ATL | FLA | NYM | PHI | WSH |
| Boston | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |

### Opening Day lineup

| 10 | Coco Crisp | CF |
| 3 | Mark Loretta | 2B |
| 34 | David Ortiz | DH |
| 24 | Manny Ramirez | LF |
| 7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
| 33 | Jason Varitek | C |
| 25 | Mike Lowell | 3B |
| 20 | Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
| 11 | Álex González | SS |
| 38 | Curt Schilling | P |

### Game log

2006 Game Log :
April (14–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Rangers7–3Schilling (1–0)Millwood (0–1)51,5411–0
2April 4@ Rangers10–4Padilla (1–0)Wakefield (0–1)29,4421–1
3April 5@ Rangers2–1Beckett (1–0)Loe (0–1)Papelbon (1)32,4162–1
4April 7@ Orioles14–8Clement (1–0)Cabrera (0–1)37,0633–1
5April 8@ Orioles2–1Schilling (2–0)Chen (0–1)Papelbon (2)41,1664–1
6April 9@ Orioles4–1Wakefield (1–1)López (1–1)Papelbon (3)37,9985–1
7April 11Blue Jays6–1Beckett (2–0)Towers (0–2)Papelbon (4)35,4916–1
8April 12Blue Jays8–4Chacín (2–0)Wells (0–1)36,3786–2
9April 13Blue Jays8–6Lilly (1–0)Clement (1–1)Ryan (3)36,5246–3
10April 14Mariners2–1Schilling (3–0)Moyer (0–2)Papelbon (5)36,4317–3
11April 15Mariners3–0Piñeiro (2–1)Wakefield (1–2)Guardado (2)36,0477–4
12April 16Mariners3–2Beckett (3–0)Washburn (1–2)Papelbon (6)36,1818–4
13April 17Mariners7–6Timlin (1–0)Guardado (0–1)36,1889–4
14April 18Devil Rays7–4Timlin (2–0)Lugo (0–1)Papelbon (7)36,42310–4
15April 19Devil Rays9–1Schilling (4–0)Waechter (0–1)36,45411–4
16April 20Devil Rays5–1Kazmir (2–1)Wakefield (1–3)Miceli (4)36,60711–5
17April 21@ Blue Jays7–6Speier (1–0)Foulke (0–1)28,33311–6
18April 22@ Blue Jays8–1Halladay (2–1)DiNardo (0–1)Walker (1)34,38711–7
19April 23@ Blue Jays6–3Clement (2–1)Towers (0–4)Papelbon (8)28,73712–7
20April 25@ Indians8–6Foulke (1–1)Mota (0–1)Papelbon (9)18,43813–7
21April 26@ Indians7–1Lee (2–1)Wakefield (1–4)21,57513–8
22April 27@ Indians15–3Byrd (3–2)Beckett (3–1)26,95213–9
23April 28@ Devil Rays5–2Fossum (1–1)Clement (2–2)Walker (1)22,56513–10
24April 29@ Devil Rays9–6Foulke (2–1)Walker (0–1)Papelbon (10)27,41514–10
25April 30@ Devil Rays5–4Kazmir (3–2)Schilling (4–1)Camp (3)26,69014–11 :
May (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Yankees7–3Timlin (3–0)Small (0–1)36,33915–11
–May 2YankeesPostponed (rain)15–11
27May 3Blue Jays7–6McGowan (1–0)Papelbon (0–1)Ryan (6)35,88115–12
28May 4Blue Jays7–4Clement (3–2)Towers (0–6)Papelbon (11)36,39616–12
29May 5Orioles6–3Schilling (5–1)López (1–4)Papelbon (12)36,51517–12
30May 6Orioles9–3Wakefield (2–4)Bédard (4–2)36,50718–12
31May 7Orioles10–3DiNardo (1–1)Benson (4–3)36,02219–12
32May 9@Yankees14–3Beckett (4–1)Johnson (5–3)54,68820–12
33May 10@ Yankees7–3Mussina (6–1)Schilling (5–2)54,76920–13
34May 11@ Yankees5–3Wakefield (3–4)Villone (0–1)Papelbon (13)54,95621–13
35May 12Rangers6–0Loe (2–3)Clement (3–3)36,10221–14
–May 13RangersPostponed (rain)21–14
–May 14RangersPostponed (rain)21–14
36May 15@ Orioles11–1Beckett (5–1)López (1–6)25,60722–14
37May 16@ Orioles6–5Schilling (6–2)Williams (1–1)Papelbon (14)27,56523–14
38May 17@ Orioles4–3Bédard (5–2)Wakefield (3–5)Ray (10)32,08923–15
39May 19@ Phillies5–3Clement (4–3)Lieber (3–5)Papelbon (15)44,29624–15
40May 20@ Phillies8–4Beckett (6–1)Myers (2–2)44,80925–15
41May 21@ Phillies10–5Lidle (4–4)DiNardo (1–2)44,73825–16
42May 22Yankees9–5Schilling (7–2)Wang (4–2)36,34226–16
43May 23Yankees7–5Wright (2–3)Wakefield (3–6)Rivera (9)36,29026–17
44May 24Yankees8–6Johnson (6–4)Clement (4–4)Rivera (10)36,37526–18
45May 25Devil Rays4–1Beckett (7–1)Waechter (0–3)Papelbon (16)3620927–18
46May 26Devil Rays8–4Tavárez (1–0)Kazmir (7–3)Papelbon (17)36,12928–18
47May 27Devil Rays6–4Schilling (8–2)McClung (2–6)Papelbon (18)36,40929–18
48May 28Devil Rays5–4Wakefield (4–6)Hendrickson (3–5)Tavárez (1)36,01530–18
49May 29@ Blue Jays7–6Ryan (1–0)Riske (0–1)24,03830–19
50May 30@ Blue Jays8–5Chacín (6–1)Beckett (7–2)Ryan (12)27,32430–20
51May 31@ Blue Jays8–6Van Buren (1–0)Lilly (5–5)Papelbon (19)24,52631–20 :
June (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 2@ Tigers3–2Seánez (1–0)Jones (0–3)Papelbon (20)35,53132–20
53June 3@ Tigers6–2Bonderman (6–4)Wakefield (4–7)Rodney (7)40,87232–21
54June 4@ Tigers8–3Clement (5–4)Miner (0–1)35,76433–21
55June 5@ Yankees13–5Mussina (8–1)Beckett (7–3)55,24633–22
56June 6@ Yankees2–1Wang (6–2)Pauley (0–1)Rivera (12)55,14133–23
–June 7@ YankeesPostponed (rain)33–23
57June 8@ Yankees9–3Schilling (9–2)Wright (3–4)55,22534–23
58June 9Rangers4–3Papelbon (1–1)Cordero (5–4)36,13335–23
59June 10Rangers7–4Corey (1–0)Tavárez (1–1)Otsuka (11)36,92035–24
–June 10RangersPostponed (rain)35–24
60June 11Rangers5–4Delcarmen (1–0)Otsuka (2–2)36,23236–24
61June 11Rangers13–6Wasdin (1–0)Pauley (0–2)35,60236–25
62June 13@ Twins5–2Reyes (1–0)Tavárez (1–2)23,53136–26
63June 14@ Twins8–1Radke (5–7)Clement (5–5)26,49236–27
64June 15@ Twins5–3Silva (3–8)Wakefield (4–8)Nathan (8)21,19136–28
65June 16@ Braves4–1Lester (1–0)Hudson (6–5)Papelbon (21)51,03837–28
66June 17@ Braves5–3Beckett (8–3)Cormier (2–2)Papelbon (22)49,36438–28
67June 18@ Braves10–7Seánez (2–0)McBride (1–1)Papelbon (23)48,82639–28
68June 19Nationals6–3Snyder (1–0)Armas (6–4)Timlin (1)36,25240–28
69June 20Nationals11–3Wakefield (5–8)Hernández (5–8)36,42141–28
70June 21Nationals9–3Lester (2–0)Hill (1–2)36,46442–28
71June 23Phillies10–2Beckett (9–3)Madson (7–5)35,94843–28
72June 24Phillies5–3Papelbon (2–1)Gordon (2–3)35,56444–28
–June 25PhilliesPostponed (rain)44–28
73June 26Phillies8–7Hansen (1–0)Condrey (1–2)36,45945–28
74June 27Mets9–4Lester (3–0)Soler (2–2)36,25046–28
75June 28Mets10–2Beckett (10–3)Martínez (7–4)36,03547–28
76June 29Mets4–2Schilling (10–2)Heilman (0–3)Papelbon (24)36,02848–28
77June 30@ Marlins5–2Willis (5–7)Johnson (3–9)Borowski (15)32,19448–29 :
July (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Marlins11–5Wakefield (6–8)Moehler (5–7)38,01449–29
79July 2@ Marlins4–3Timlin (4–0)Messenger (1–4)Papelbon (25)22,84050–29
80July 3@ Devil Rays3–0Kazmir (10–5)Beckett (10–4)26,14950–30
81July 4@ Devil Rays9–6Switzer (1–0)Schilling (10–3)Camp (4)21,18650–31
82July 5@ Devil Rays5–2Corcoran (3–0)Johnson (3–10)Meadows (4)15,00150–32
83July 6@ Devil Rays12–5Wakefield (7–8)Shields (4–2)19,33051–32
84July 7@ White Sox7–2Lester (4–0)Buehrle (9–6)39,35552–32
85July 8@ White Sox9–6Beckett (11–4)Riske (0–2)Papelbon (26)39,49753–32
86July 9@ White Sox6–5Politte (2–2)Seánez (2–1)39,33553–33
87July 13Athletics5–4Street (3–3)Tavárez (1–3)Saarloos (2)36,14153–34
88July 14Athletics15–3Zito (9–6)Beckett (11–5)36,31953–35
89July 15Athletics7–0Schilling (11–3)Haren (6–8)36,23254–35
90July 16Athletics8–1Blanton (9–8)Snyder (1–1)35,64354–36
91July 17Royals5–4Timlin (5–0)Peralta (1–2)Papelbon (27)36,43655–36
92July 18Royals1–0Lester (5–0)Duckworth (1–3)Papelbon (28)36,22456–36
93July 19Royals1–0Beckett (12–5)Redman (6–5)Papelbon (29)36,09857–36
94July 20Rangers6–4Schilling (12–3)Corey (1–1)Timlin (2)36,48958–36
95July 21@ Mariners9–4Snyder (2–1)Moyer (5–9)46,32559–36
96July 22@ Mariners5–2Hernández (9–8)Gabbard (0–1)Putz (19)46,11859–37
97July 23@ Mariners9–8Putz (2–0)Timlin (5–1)45,97559–38
98July 24@ Athletics7–3Beckett (13–5)Zito (10–7)33,37060–38
99July 25@ Athletics13–5Schilling (13–3)Windsor (0–1)34,07761–38
100July 26@ Athletics5–1Haren (7–9)Snyder (2–2)35,07761–39
101July 28Angels8–3Escobar (7–9)Lester (5–1)36,10961–40
102July 29Angels7–6Tavárez (2–3)Carrasco (2–3)35,62162–40
103July 30Angels10–4Lackey (10–6)Schilling (13–4)36,04862–41
104July 31Indians9–8Snyder (3–2)Carmona (1–5)36,38763–41 :
August (9–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1Indians6–3Sabathia (8–7)Johnson (3–11)36,32863–42
106August 2Indians6–5Papelbon (3–1)Carmona (1–6)36,02264–42
107August 3Indians7–6Westbrook (8–7)Beckett (13–6)Davis (1)36,55764–43
108August 4@ Devil Rays3–2Schilling (14–4)McClung (3–11)Papelbon (30)27,87165–43
109August 5@ Devil Rays8–5Fossum (6–4)Wells (0–2)Meadows (8)30,60365–44
110August 6@ Devil Rays7–6Camp (4–0)Tavárez (2–4)30,09365–45
111August 8@ Royals6–4Hudson (5–3)Lester (5–2)Burgos (17)26,68765–46
112August 9@ Royals5–4Dohmann (1–1)Papelbon (3–2)21,92865–47
113August 10@ Royals5–4Sisco (1–2)Schilling (14–5)Burgos (18)21,21465–48
114August 11Orioles9–2Wells (1–2)Loewen (2–4)36,19166–48
115August 12Orioles8–7Papelbon (4–2)Chen (0–7)35,76867–48
116August 13Orioles11–9Lester (6–2)Cabrera (5–8)Papelbon (31)35,74468–48
117August 14Tigers7–4Robertson (11–8)Beckett (13–7)Jones (32)36,39268–49
118August 15Tigers3–2Rodney (6–3)Timlin (5–2)Jones (33)36,17968–50
119August 16Tigers6–4Wells (2–2)Verlander (14–6)Papelbon (32)36,30469–50
120August 18Yankees12–4Wang (14–5)Johnson (3–12)36,32569–51
121August 18Yankees14–11Myers (1–0)Timlin (5–3)36,07169–52
122August 19Yankees13–5Johnson (14–9)Beckett (13–8)35,73869–53
123August 20Yankees8–5 (10)Rivera (5–5)Hansen (1–1)36,15569–54
124August 21Yankees2–1Lidle (2–2)Wells (2–3)Farnsworth (2)35,82969–55
125August 22@ Angels4–3Shields (7–7)Gabbard (0–2)Rodríguez (35)44,04169–56
126August 23@ Angels5–4Lester (7–2)Escobar (9–11)Papelbon (33)44,09370–56
127August 24@ Angels2–1Beckett (14–8)Weaver (9–1)Papelbon (34)44,10971–56
128August 25@ Mariners6–0Woods (4–1)Schilling (14–6)40,81771–57
129August 26@ Mariners4–3Putz (3–1)Timlin (5–4)44,77971–58
130August 27@ Mariners6–3Baek (1–0)Snyder (3–3)Putz (27)44,28871–59
131August 28@ Athletics9–0Loaiza (8–7)Gabbard (0–3)30,15971–60
132August 29@ Athletics2–1Saarloos (7–6)Beckett (14–9)Duchscherer (6)30,51771–61
133August 30@ Athletics7–2Zito (15–8)Schilling (14–7)31,07371–62
134August 31Blue Jays6–4Delcarmen (2–0)Halladay (16–5)Papelbon (35)36,23872–62 :
September (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Blue Jays2–1Snyder (4–3)Lilly (11–12)Timlin (3)36,23573–62
136September 2Blue Jays5–1Burnett (7–6)Jarvis (0–1)35,97373–63
137September 3Blue Jays6–1Chacín (7–3)Beckett (14–10)35,71973–64
138September 4White Sox3–2Timlin (6–4)McCarthy (3–6)36,20674–64
139September 5White Sox1–0Gabbard (1–3)Vázquez (11–9)Timlin (4)35,91275–64
140September 6White Sox8–1Contreras (12–7)Snyder (4–4)35,92375–65
141September 8Royals10–9Burgos (4–5)Timlin (6–5)Nelson (6)36,53175–66
142September 9Royals10–4Nelson (1–1)Breslow (0–1)36,40275–67
143September 10Royals9–3Tavárez (3–4)Redman (9–9)35,70376–67
144September 12@ Orioles6–5Hansen (2–1)Cabrera (7–10)López (1)24,55177–67
145September 13@ Orioles4–0Bédard (14–9)Wakefield (7–9)22,24077–68
146September 14@ Orioles6–5Foulke (3–1)López (9–16)Timlin (5)27,74178–68
–September 15@ YankeesPostponed (rain)78–68
147September 16@ Yankees5–2Beckett (15–10)Wang (17–6)Timlin (6)55,09179–68
148September 16@ Yankees7–5Proctor (6–4)Breslow (0–2)Farnsworth (5)55,16779–69
149September 17@ Yankees6–3Corey (2–1)Villone (3–3)Timlin (7)55,00280–69
150September 17@ Yankees5–4López (1–0)Farnsworth (3–5)Timlin (8)55,22181–69
151September 19Twins7–3Garza (2–5)Wakefield (7–10)36,24281–70
152September 20Twins8–2Bonser (6–5)Hansen (2–2)36,48481–71
153September 21Twins6–0Beckett (16–10)Santana (18–6)36,43482–71
154September 22@ Blue Jays7–1Tavárez (4–4)Lilly (14–13)33,87483–71
155September 23@ Blue Jays5–3Burnett (9–8)Hansack (0–1)Ryan (35)42,26783–72
156September 24@ Blue Jays13–4Chacín (9–3)Snyder (4–5)44,21283–73
157September 25@ Blue Jays5–0Marcum (3–4)Wakefield (7–11)40,12383–74
158September 26Devil Rays5–1Schilling (15–7)Hammel (0–5)36,13484–74
159September 27Devil Rays11–0Corcoran (5–9)Beckett (16–11)36,02884–75
160September 29Orioles4–3Tavárez (5–4)Bédard (15–11)Timlin (9)36,26985–75
161September 30Orioles5–4Ray (4–4)Timlin (6–6)36,59685–76 :
October (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Orioles9–0Hansack (4–4)Penn (6–6)35,82686–76 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Bold indicates leader in category.
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg. | SB |
| Mark Loretta | 155 | 635 | 75 | 181 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 49 | 63 | .285 | 4 |
| Mike Lowell | 153 | 573 | 79 | 163 | 47 | 1 | 20 | 80 | 47 | 61 | .284 | 2 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 147 | 569 | 100 | 159 | 42 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 91 | 120 | .279 | 5 |
| David Ortiz | 151 | 558 | 115 | 160 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 137 | 119 | 117 | .287 | 1 |
| Manny Ramirez | 130 | 449 | 79 | 144 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 102 | 100 | 102 | .321 | 0 |
| Coco Crisp | 105 | 413 | 58 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 67 | .264 | 22 |
| Álex González | 111 | 388 | 48 | 99 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 22 | 67 | .255 | 1 |
| Trot Nixon | 114 | 381 | 59 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 60 | 56 | .268 | 0 |
| Jason Varitek | 103 | 365 | 46 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 46 | 87 | .238 | 1 |
| Wily Mo Peña | 84 | 276 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 20 | 90 | .301 | 0 |
| Alex Cora | 96 | 235 | 31 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 29 | .238 | 6 |
| Doug Mirabelli | 59 | 161 | 12 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 54 | .193 | 0 |
| Gabe Kapler | 72 | 130 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | .254 | 1 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 31 | 89 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .191 | 0 |
| Eric Hinske | 31 | 80 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 30 | .288 | 1 |
| Javy López | 18 | 63 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .190 | 0 |
| Willie Harris | 47 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .156 | 6 |
| J. T. Snow | 38 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .205 | 0 |
| Dustan Mohr | 21 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .175 | 0 |
| Carlos Peña | 18 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .273 | 0 |
| David Murphy | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .227 | 0 |
| Adam Stern | 10 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .150 | 1 |
| Josh Bard | 7 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .278 | 0 |
| Josh Beckett | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .429 | 0 |
| Ken Huckaby | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Corky Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jon Lester | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Tim Wakefield | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Matt Clement | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
| Curt Schilling | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Abe Alvarez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Lenny DiNardo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jason Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5619 | 820 | 1510 | 327 | 16 | 192 | 777 | 672 | 1056 | .269 | 51 |

### Pitching

Bold indicates leader in category.

#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Josh Beckett | 33 | 204.2 | 16 | 11 | 5.01 | 158 |
| Curt Schilling | 31 | 204.0 | 15 | 7 | 3.97 | 183 |
| Tim Wakefield | 23 | 140.0 | 7 | 11 | 4.63 | 90 |
| Jon Lester | 15 | 81.1 | 7 | 2 | 4.76 | 60 |
| Matt Clement | 12 | 65.1 | 5 | 5 | 6.61 | 43 |
| David Wells | 8 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.98 | 24 |
| Jason Johnson | 6 | 29.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 18 |
| David Pauley | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.88 | 10 |
| Devern Hansack | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 | 8 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Kyle Snyder | 16 | 58.1 | 4 | 5 | 6.02 | 55 |
| Lenny DiNardo | 13 | 39.0 | 1 | 2 | 7.85 | 17 |
| Kason Gabbard | 7 | 25.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.51 | 15 |
| Kevin Jarvis | 4 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.86 | 7 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jonathan Papelbon | 59 | 68.1 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 0.92 | 75 |
| Mike Timlin | 68 | 64.0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4.36 | 30 |
| Julián Tavárez | 58 | 98.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4.47 | 56 |
| Manny Delcarmen | 50 | 53.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 45 |
| Keith Foulke | 44 | 49.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 36 |
| Rudy Seánez | 41 | 46.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 48 |
| Craig Hansen | 38 | 38.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.63 | 30 |
| Javier López | 27 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 11 |
| Bryan Corey | 16 | 21.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.57 | 15 |
| Craig Breslow | 13 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 | 12 |
| Jermaine Van Buren | 10 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.77 | 8 |
| David Riske | 8 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 5 |
| Mike Burns | 7 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 7 |
| Mike Holtz | 3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 2 |
| Abe Alvarez | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1441.1 | 86 | 76 | 46 | 4.83 | 1070 |

## Awards and honors

* Mark Loretta – Hutch Award
* David Ortiz – Silver Slugger Award (DH), AL Player of the Month (July)
* Jonathan Papelbon – AL Rookie of the Month (April)
* Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF)
All-Star Game
* Mark Loretta, starting 2B
* David Ortiz, starting 1B
* Jonathan Papelbon, reserve P
* Manny Ramírez, starting OF (did not attend)

## Farm system

The Class A Greenville Drive had previously been nicknamed the Bombers.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Ron Johnson |
| AA | Portland Sea Dogs | Eastern League | Todd Claus |
| A-Advanced | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Carolina League | Chad Epperson |
| A | Greenville Drive | South Atlantic League | Luis Alicea |
| A-Short Season | Lowell Spinners | New York–Penn League | Bruce Crabbe |
| Rookie | GCL Red Sox | Gulf Coast League | Dave Tomlin |
| Rookie | DSL Red Sox | Dominican Summer League | Nelson Paulino |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland, GCL Red Sox
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