# 2000 Boston Red Sox season

The 2000 Boston Red Sox season was the 100th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, 2+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2000 World Series. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Seattle Mariners, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 91–71.

## Regular season

* Pedro Martínez became the first pitcher in Major League history to amass more than twice as many strikeouts (284) than hits allowed (128) in a season.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 74 | .540 | — | 44‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 2½ | 42‍–‍39 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 4½ | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 13½ | 44‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 92 | .429 | 18 | 36‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 American League recordvte Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 12–6 |
| Baltimore | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–11 |
| Boston | 4–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 6–4 | 6–4 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–9 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 8–10 |
| Minnesota | 3–7 | 3–6 | 2–8 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–11 |
| New York | 5–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | — | 6–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 11–6 |
| Oakland | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 11–7 |
| Seattle | 8–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–9 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 11–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 3–9 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–11 |
| Toronto | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | — | 9–9 |
Red Sox vs. National League East :
| Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
| Boston | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |

### Transactions

* April 26, 2000: Curtis Pride was sent to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.
* June 5, 2000: Freddy Sanchez was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.
* July 2, 2000: Hanley Ramirez was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
* July 8, 2000: Curtis Pride was released by the Boston Red Sox.
* August 3, 2000: Rico Brogna was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.
* August 31, 2000: Dante Bichette was obtained by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Reitsma and minor leaguer John Curtice.
* August 31, 2000: Midre Cummings was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox for Hector De Los Santos (minors).
* September 9, 2000: Lew Ford was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Hector Carrasco.

### Opening Day line up

| 30 | José Offerman | 2B |
| 13 | John Valentin | 3B |
| 2 | Carl Everett | CF |
| 5 | Nomar Garciaparra | SS |
| 24 | Mike Stanley | 1B |
| 25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
| 6 | Gary Gaetti | DH |
| 33 | Jason Varitek | C |
| 20 | Darren Lewis | RF |
| 45 | Pedro Martínez | P |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen Bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Jason Varitek | 139 | 448 | 111 | .248 | 10 | 65 | 1 |
| 1B | Brian Daubach | 142 | 495 | 123 | .248 | 21 | 76 | 1 |
| 2B | Jose Offerman | 116 | 451 | 115 | .255 | 9 | 41 | 0 |
| SS | Nomar Garciaparra | 140 | 529 | 197 | .372 | 21 | 96 | 5 |
| 3B | Wilton Veras | 49 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| LF | Troy O'Leary | 138 | 513 | 134 | .261 | 13 | 70 | 0 |
| CF | Carl Everett | 137 | 496 | 149 | .300 | 34 | 108 | 11 |
| RF | Trot Nixon | 123 | 427 | 118 | .276 | 12 | 60 | 8 |
| DH | Dante Bichette | 30 | 114 | 33 | .289 | 7 | 14 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Darren Lewis | 97 | 270 | 65 | .241 | 2 | 17 | 10 |
| Jeff Frye | 69 | 239 | 69 | .289 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 92 | 230 | 61 | .265 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| Manny Alexander | 101 | 194 | 41 | .211 | 4 | 19 | 2 |
| Mike Stanley | 58 | 185 | 41 | .222 | 10 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Lansing | 49 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lou Merloni | 40 | 128 | 41 | .320 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ed Sprague | 33 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Donnie Sadler | 49 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Bernard Gilkey | 36 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 25 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Rico Brogna | 43 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Izzy Alcántara | 21 | 45 | 13 | .289 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| John Valentin | 10 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Midre Cummings | 21 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Sheets | 12 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Pride | 9 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Gaetti | 5 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Berry | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Pedro Martinez | 29 | 29 | 217.0 | 18 | 6 | 1.74 | 284 |
| Jeff Fassero | 38 | 23 | 130.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.78 | 97 |
| Ramon Martinez | 27 | 27 | 127.2 | 10 | 8 | 6.13 | 89 |
| Pete Schourek | 21 | 21 | 107.1 | 3 | 10 | 5.11 | 63 |
| Rolando Arrojo | 13 | 13 | 71.1 | 5 | 2 | 5.05 | 44 |
| Tomo Ohka | 13 | 12 | 69.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.12 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Derek Lowe | 74 | 91.1 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 2.56 | 79 |
| Rich Garces | 64 | 74.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3.25 | 69 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 64 | 68.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.61 | 43 |
| Hipolito Pichardo | 38 | 65.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3.46 | 37 |
| Rod Beck | 34 | 40.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 35 |
| Bryce Florie | 29 | 49.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.56 | 34 |
| John Wasdin | 25 | 44.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.04 | 36 |
| Sang-hoon Lee | 9 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 6 |
| Rob Stanifer | 8 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 3 |
| Tim Young | 8 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 6 |
| Héctor Carrasco | 8 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.45 | 7 |
| Rich Croushore | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 |
| Dan Smith | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 1 |
| Jesús Peña | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tim Wakefield | 51 | 17 | 159.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5.48 | 102 |
| Brian Rose | 15 | 12 | 53.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6.11 | 24 |
| Paxton Crawford | 7 | 4 | 29.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 17 |
| Steve Ontiveros | 3 | 1 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |

## Game log

| Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed |
2000 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 42–39; Away: 43–38) :
April: 12–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 4@ Mariners2–0P. Martínez (1–0)Moyer (0–1)Lowe (1)Safeco Field45,5521–0W1
2April 5@ Mariners3–9García (1–0)R. Martínez (0–1)—Safeco Field29,2421–1L1
3April 6@ Mariners2–5Mesa (1–0)Florie (0–1)Sasaki (1)Safeco Field25,1211–2L2
4April 7@ Angels3–7Dickson (1–0)Schourek (0–1)—Edison Field30,4121–3L3
5April 8@ Angels5–7Hill (1–1)Rose (0–1)Percival (1)Edison Field27,3691–4L4
6April 9@ Angels5–2P. Martínez (2–0)Bottenfield (0–1)—Edison Field38,8472–4W1
7April 11Twins13–5R. Martínez (1–1)Mays (0–1)—Fenway Park33,1143–4W2
8April 12Twins7–3Fassero (1–0)Santana (0–1)—Fenway Park20,3134–4W2
9April 13Twins4–3Wakefield (1–0)Wells (0–1)Lowe (2)Fenway Park22,1945–4W4
10April 14Athletics3–2Appier (2–1)Rose (0–2)—Fenway Park29,4725–5L1
11April 15Athletics14–2P. Martínez (3–0)Hudson (1–1)—Fenway Park33,1226–4W1
12April 16Athletics5–4Lowe (1–0)Mathews (0–1)—Fenway Park32,3857–5W2
13April 17Athletics0–1Heredia (1–1)Fassero (1–1)Isringhausen (2)Fenway Park33,2407–6L1
14April 18@ Tigers7–0Schourek (1–1)Mlicki (0–3)Lowe (3)Comerica Park21,6328–6W1
15April 19@ Tigers10–0Rose (1–2)Nomo (1–1)—Comerica Park20,5269–6W2
—April 20@ TigersPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 16.
—April 21IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup date June 8.
—April 22IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 20.
—April 23IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 21.
16April 24@ Rangers4–5Rogers (2–3)Wakefield (1–1)Wetteland (2)The Ballpark at Arlington26,9409–7L1
17April 25@ Rangers6–3P. Martínez (4–0)Helling (2–1)Lowe (4)The Ballpark at Arlington31,69210–7W1
18April 26@ Rangers14–4Fassero (2–1)Clark (2–2)—The Ballpark at Arlington28,69811–7W2
19April 28@ Indians3–4Burba (3–1)Schourek (1–2)Karsay (3)Jacobs Field42,88511–8L1
20April 29@ Indians2–3Finley (3–0)R. Martínez (1–2)Karsay (4)Jacobs Field42,45311–9L2
21April 30@ Indians2–1P. Martínez (5–0)Nagy (1–4)Lowe (5)Jacobs Field42,06512–9W1 :
May: 17–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
22May 1Tigers10–6Fassero (3–1)Nitkowski (1–5)—Fenway Park24,08713–9W2
23May 2Tigers7–6 (12)Blair (0–1)Wakefield (1–2)Jones (5)Fenway Park22,85713–10L1
24May 3Tigers4–2Lowe (2–0)Weaver (0–4)—Fenway Park27,39714–10W1
25May 5Devil Rays5–3R. Martínez (2–2)Eiland (1–1)Lowe (6)Fenway Park32,47915–10W2
26May 6Devil Rays0–1Trachsel (2–2)P. Martínez (5–1)—Fenway Park32,49715–11L1
27May 7Devil Rays9–7Fassero (4–1)Rekar (0–1)Lowe (7)Fenway Park32,33616–11W1
28May 8White Sox3–2Rose (2–2)Sturtze (1–2)Lowe (8)Fenway Park23,46817–11W2
29May 9White Sox0–6Baldwin (6–0)Schourek (1–3)—Fenway Park25,37117–12L1
30May 10White Sox5–3 (6)R. Martínez (3–2)Eldred (2–2)Garcés (1)Fenway Park28,91118–12W1
31May 11@ Orioles11–4Cormier (1–0)Mercedes (2–2)—Camden Yards43,61919–12W2
32May 12@ Orioles9–0P. Martínez (6–1)Ponson (2–2)—Camden Yards48,35420–12W3
33May 13@ Orioles5–1Garcés (1–0)Trombley (2–2)—Camden Yards48,57921–12W4
34May 14@ Orioles10–1Rose (3–2)Mussina (1–5)—Camden Yards46,10722–12W5
35May 15@ Blue Jays8–1Schourek (2–3)Castillo (1–3)—SkyDome16,12423–12W6
36May 16@ Blue Jays6–7Munro (1–0)Lowe (2–1)—SkyDome17,66323–13L1
37May 17@ Blue Jays8–0P. Martínez (7–1)Carpenter (3–5)—SkyDome20,07824–13W1
38May 19Tigers3–0Fassero (5–1)Moehler (1–2)Lowe (9)Fenway Park31,97325–13W2
39May 20Tigers1–2Mlicki (2–5)Wakefield (1–3)Jones (11)Fenway Park31,90925–14L1
40May 21Tigers5–7Nomo (2–3)R. Martínez (3–3)Jones (12)Fenway Park31,89325–15L2
41May 23Blue Jays2–3Carpenter (4–5)P. Martínez (7–2)Koch (10)Fenway Park33,40225–16L3
42May 24Blue Jays6–3 (11)Cormier (2–0)Frascatore (0–1)—Fenway Park31,25026–16W1
43May 25Blue Jays6–11Wells (8–2)Schourek (2–4)—Fenway Park32,71626–17L1
44May 26@ Yankees4–1R. Martínez (4–3)Cone (1–4)Lowe (10)Yankee Stadium54,47027–17W1
45May 27@ Yankees3–8Stanton (1–0)Wasdin (0–1)—Yankee Stadium55,67127–18L1
46May 28@ Yankees2–0P. Martínez (8–2)Clemens (4–5)—Yankee Stadium55,33928–18W1
47May 30Royals8–2Fassero (6–1)Suppan (2–5)—Fenway Park31,86129–18W2
48May 31Royals7–9Suzuki (2–0)Schourek (2–5)Spradlin (5)Fenway Park32,50329–19L1 :
June: 9–18
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
49June 1Royals11–13Santiago (5–2)Lowe (2–2)Reichert (1)Fenway Park32,66129–20L2
50June 2@ Phillies1–2 (11)Brantley (1–0)Wasdin (0–2)—Veterans Stadium22,19429–21L3
51June 3@ Phillies3–9Wolf (5–4)Wakefield (1–4)—Veterans Stadium31,13129–22L4
52June 4@ Phillies5–6 (12)Schrenk (2–1)Cormier (2–1)—Veterans Stadium27,38229–23L5
53June 5@ Marlins3–2Wakefield (2–4)Bones (1–1)Lowe (11)Pro Player Stadium12,52330–23W1
54June 6@ Marlins4–3R. Martínez (5–3)Sánchez (4–5)Lowe (12)Pro Player Stadium14,22531–23W2
55June 7@ Marlins2–6Darensbourg (2–0)Rose (3–3)—Pro Player Stadium17,08831–24L1
56June 8Indians3–0P. Martínez (9–2)Colón (6–3)Lowe (13)Fenway Park31,43832–24W1
57June 9@ Braves4–6Maddux (8–1)Fassero (6–2)Seánez (2)Turner Field48,05332–25L1
58June 10@ Braves0–6Mulholland (6–5)Schourek (2–6)—Turner Field49,42032–26L2
59June 11@ Braves5–3Garcés (2–0)Seánez (2–4)Lowe (14)Turner Field47,43733–26W1
—June 12@ YankeesPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 11.
60June 13@ Yankees5–3Pichardo (1–0)Hernández (6–5)Lowe (15)Yankee Stadium52,14234–26W2
61June 14@ Yankees1–2Grimsley (3–1)Wakefield (2–5)Rivera (15)Yankee Stadium54,83434–27L1
62June 16Blue Jays7–4Pichardo (2–0)Escobar (5–8)Lowe (16)Fenway Park33,63835–27W1
63June 17Blue Jays10–11Wells (11–2)R. Martínez (5–4)Koch (14)Fenway Park32,95135–28L1
64June 18Blue Jays1–5Castillo (3–5)Fassero (6–3)Koch (15)Fenway Park32,92535–29L2
65June 19Yankees22–1Mendoza (6–3)Rose (3–4)—Fenway Park33,37035–30L3
66June 20Yankees3–0Pettitte (7–3)P. Martínez (9–3)Rivera (16)Fenway Park33,90935–31L4
67June 21Yankees9–7Garcés (3–0)Grimsley (3–2)—Fenway Park32,95836–31W1
68June 22Yankees4–2R. Martínez (6–4)Westbrook (0–2)Lowe (17)Fenway Park33,77437–31W2
69June 23@ Blue Jays4–5Castillo (4–5)Wasdin (0–3)Koch (16)SkyDome28,19837–32L1
70June 24@ Blue Jays4–6Halladay (3–4)Rose (3–5)Koch (17)SkyDome30,13037–33L2
71June 25@ Blue Jays5–6 (13)DeWitt (1–0)Florie (0–2)—SkyDome31,02237–34L3
72June 27Orioles3–6 (10)Trombley (3–2)Lowe (2–3)—Fenway Park32,81337–35L4
73June 28Orioles7–8 (11)Mercedes (3–3)Florie (0–3)Groom (4)Fenway Park33,83437–36L5
74June 29Orioles12–4Wakefield (3–5)Erickson (3–6)—Fenway Park33,61238–36W1
75June 30@ White Sox4–10Parque (8–2)Pichardo (2–1)—Comiskey Park32,15738–37L1 :
July: 16–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
76July 1@ White Sox2–7Sirotka (8–6)Crawford (0–1)—Comiskey Park28,00638–38L2
77July 2@ White Sox2–8Baldwin (11–3)Schourek (2–7)—Comiskey Park32,93438–39L3
78July 3@ Twins11–8Pichardo (3–1)Lincoln (0–2)Lowe (18)Metrodome13,12839–39W1
79July 4@ Twins14–4Wakefield (4–5)Milton (8–3)Florie (1)Metrodome9,20940–39W2
80July 5@ Twins11–8Wasdin (1–3)Redman (5–4)Lowe (19)Metrodome8,48841–39W3
81July 6@ Twins8–7Crawford (1–1)Radke (5–10)—Metrodome10,32642–39W4
82July 7Braves3–5Glavine (9–5)Schourek (2–8)Ligtenberg (7)Fenway Park33,68642–40L1
83July 8Braves1–5Mulholland (9–8)R. Martínez (6–5)—Fenway Park33,31142–41L2
84July 9Braves7–2Wakefield (5–5)Millwood (5–8)—Fenway Park33,01843–41W1
85July 13Mets4–3Garcés (4–0)Benítez (2–4)—Fenway Park33,89444–41W2
86July 14Mets4–6Mahomes (3–1)Lowe (2–4)Benítez (20)Fenway Park33,29344–42L1
87July 15Mets6–4R. Martínez (7–5)Hampton (9–6)Lowe (20)Fenway Park33,21345–42W1
88July 16Expos5–2Wakefield (6–5)Johnson (4–4)Wasdin (1)Fenway Park32,16446–42W2
89July 17Expos7–3Pichardo (4–1)Telford (5–4)—Fenway Park32,70347–42W3
90July 18Expos3–1P. Martínez (10–3)Vázquez (7–5)Lowe (21)Fenway Park32,32948–42W4
—July 19@ OriolesPostponed (rain). Makeup date July 20.
91July 20 (1)@ Orioles11–7R. Martínez (8–5)Ponson (5–6)—Camden Yards42,04849–42W5
92July 20 (2)@ Orioles4–9Erickson (5–7)Schourek (2–9)—Camden Yards46,16749–43L1
93July 21White Sox5–8Simas (2–2)Pichardo (4–2)Howry (5)Fenway Park33,86949–44L2
94July 22White Sox8–6Fassero (7–3)Garland (1–2)—Fenway Park33,38450–44W1
95July 23White Sox1–0P. Martínez (11–3)Sirotka (9–8)—Fenway Park33,22451–44W2
96July 24Twins2–4Milton (9–6)Ohka (0–1)—Fenway Park33,46951–45L1
97July 25Twins2–4Mays (6–11)R. Martínez (8–6)Guardado (6)Fenway Park33,66851–46L2
—July 26TwinsPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 7.
98July 27@ Athletics5–4 (10)Garcés (5–0)Tam (3–3)Lowe (22)Network Associates Coliseum19,34352–46W1
99July 28@ Athletics4–1P. Martínez (12–3)Mulder (6–7)Lowe (23)Network Associates Coliseum28,07253–46W2
100July 29@ Athletics1–12Appier (9–8)Fassero (7–4)—Network Associates Coliseum36,32553–47L1
101July 30@ Athletics2–5Heredia (13–7)Arrojo (5–10)Isringhausen (23)Network Associates Coliseum29,84753–48L2
102July 31@ Mariners8–5Garcés (6–0)Mesa (3–6)Pichardo (1)Safeco Field36,99354–48W1 :
August: 15–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
103August 1@ Mariners4–5 (19)Sasaki (2–5)Fassero (7–5)—Safeco Field37,39154–49L1
104August 2@ Mariners5–2P. Martínez (13–3)García (3–2)—Safeco Field45,12155–49W1
105August 4Royals5–4Garcés (7–0)Larkin (0–1)Lowe (24)Fenway Park33,70256–49W2
106August 5Royals5–7Meadows (8–8)Cormier (2–2)Bottalico (10)Fenway Park31,44156–50L1
107August 6Royals1–3Reichert (5–6)Wakefield (6–6)Bottalico (11)Fenway Park33,44256–51L2
108August 7@ Angels1–4Washburn (7–2)Ohka (0–2)Hasegawa (4)Edison Field23,07856–52L3
109August 8@ Angels1–2Ortiz (4–2)P. Martínez (13–4)—Edison Field27,29356–53L4
110August 9@ Angels4–2Fassero (8–5)Wise (0–1)Lowe (25)Edison Field25,33457–53W1
111August 11@ Rangers7–3Arrojo (6–10)Glynn (3–2)—The Ballpark at Arlington39,99158–53W2
112August 12@ Rangers3–6Helling (14–8)Wakefield (6–7)—The Ballpark at Arlington43,82258–54L1
113August 13@ Rangers4–2Ohka (1–2)Rogers (11–10)Lowe (26)The Ballpark at Arlington28,92759–54W1
114August 14Devil Rays7–3Lowe (3–4)Taylor (1–2)—Fenway Park32,17460–54W1
115August 15Devil Rays1–3Sturtze (4–2)Fassero (8–6)Hernández (22)Fenway Park33,01560–55L1
116August 16Devil Rays4–3Arrojo (7–10)Wilson (0–2)Lowe (27)Fenway Park31,46761–55W1
117August 17Rangers8–7Garcés (8–0)Wetteland (4–5)—Fenway Park33,51062–55W2
118August 18Rangers6–4Ohka (2–2)Rogers (11–11)Lowe (28)Fenway Park33,00963–55W3
119August 19Rangers9–0P. Martínez (14–4)Perisho (2–6)—Fenway Park33,22264–55W4
120August 20Rangers2–6Davis (5–4)Fassero (8–7)—Fenway Park32,46764–56L1
121August 21Angels7–6 (11)Lowe (4–4)Holtz (1–3)—Fenway Park32,79565–56W1
122August 22Angels4–11Mercker (1–2)Wakefield (6–8)—Fenway Park33,16365–57L1
123August 23Angels3–1Ohka (3–2)Ortiz (4–4)Lowe (29)Fenway Park32,95866–57W1
124August 24@ Royals9–7 (10)Pichardo (5–2)Larkin (0–2)Lowe (30)Kauffman Stadium18,92867–57W2
125August 25@ Royals2–6Suppan (7–7)Florie (0–4)—Kauffman Stadium20,02867–58L1
126August 26@ Royals5–3Arrojo (8–10)Meadows (9–10)Lowe (31)Kauffman Stadium30,19968–58W1
127August 27@ Royals7–11Reichert (8–6)Wakefield (6–9)—Kauffman Stadium17,03768–59L1
128August 28@ Devil Rays2–5Rekar (5–9)Pichardo (5–3)Hernández (26)Tropicana Field17,72168–60L2
129August 29@ Devil Rays8–0P. Martínez (15–4)Eiland (2–2)—Tropicana Field17,45069–60W1
130August 30@ Devil Rays1–3Lopez (11–9)Fassero (8–8)Hernández (27)Tropicana Field15,04369–61L1 :
September/October: 16–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
131September 1Mariners6–2Arrojo (9–10)Halama (11–7)—Fenway Park33,02170–61W1
132September 2Mariners1–4García (5–4)Garcés (8–1)Sasaki (31)Fenway Park31,83070–62L1
133September 3Mariners0–5Abbott (9–5)Ohka (3–3)Paniagua (4)Fenway Park32,66870–63L2
134September 4Mariners5–1P. Martínez (16–4)Moyer (11–9)—Fenway Park32,61971–63W1
135September 5Athletics10–3Schourek (3–9)Appier (12–11)—Fenway Park31,82572–63W2
136September 6Athletics4–6Mulder (8–10)Arrojo (9–11)Mecir (5)Fenway Park31,26272–64L1
137September 7Twins11–6R. Martínez (9–6)Milton (12–9)—Fenway Park32,28373–64W1
138September 8Yankees0–4Clemens (12–6)Ohka (3–4)—Fenway Park33,86173–65L1
139September 9Yankees3–5Pettitte (18–7)P. Martínez (16–5)—Fenway Park33,35573–66L2
140September 10Yankees2–6Keisler (1–0)Schourek (3–10)Gooden (2)Fenway Park33,06273–67L3
141September 11@ Yankees4–0Arrojo (10–11)Hernández (11–11)Lowe (32)Yankee Stadium40,32674–67W1
142September 12@ Indians8–6R. Martínez (10–6)Finley (12–11)Lowe (33)Jacobs Field42,71475–67W2
143September 13@ Indians3–10Colón (13–8)Ohka (3–5)—Jacobs Field42,66775–68L1
144September 14@ Indians7–4P. Martínez (17–5)Nagy (2–5)Lowe (34)Jacobs Field42,70976–68W1
145September 15@ Tigers7–6Beck (1–0)Cruz (5–2)Lowe (35)Comerica Park33,78577–68W2
146September 16 (1)@ Tigers8–5Pichardo (6–3)Anderson (3–2)Lowe (36)Comerica Park32,88278–68W3
147September 16 (2)@ Tigers2–12Nomo (7–11)Ontiveros (0–1)—Comerica Park24,21678–69L1
148September 17@ Tigers4–5Mlicki (6–11)R. Martínez (10–7)Jones (39)Comerica Park33,17478–70L2
149September 19Indians7–4Beck (2–0)Nagy (2–6)Lowe (37)Fenway Park32,51279–70W1
150September 20 (1)Indians1–2Woodard (3–10)P. Martínez (17–6)Wickman (27)Fenway Park33,00279–71L1
151September 20 (2)Indians4–5Karsay (5–8)Cormier (2–3)Wickman (28)Fenway Park32,75179–72L2
152September 21 (1)Indians9–8Ontiveros (1–1)Speier (4–2)Lowe (38)Fenway Park31,40480–72W1
153September 21 (2)Indians5–8Finley (14–11)Wakefield (6–10)—Fenway Park32,74380–73L1
154September 22Orioles1–3Ponson (9–12)R. Martínez (10–8)—Fenway Park32,70880–74L2
155September 23Orioles8–7 (10)Carrasco (5–3)Kohlmeier (0–1)—Fenway Park32,27381–74W1
156September 24Orioles0–1Mussina (10–15)Ohka (3–6)Kohlmeier (12)Fenway Park32,18381–75L1
157September 26@ White Sox4–3P. Martínez (18–6)Beirne (1–3)Lowe (39)Comiskey Park23,13982–75W1
158September 27@ White Sox2–1Crawford (2–1)Baldwin (14–6)Lowe (40)Comiskey Park16,36883–75W2
159September 28@ White Sox7–6Beck (3–0)Simas (2–3)Lowe (41)Comiskey Park18,32684–75W3
160September 29@ Devil Rays6–8Yan (7–8)Carrasco (5–4)Hernández (32)Tropicana Field18,29084–76L1
161September 30@ Devil Rays4–2Cormier (3–3)Hernández (4–7)Lowe (42)Tropicana Field23,44785–76W1
162October 1@ Devil Rays2–3 (10)Wheeler (1–1)Croushore (2–1)—Tropicana Field28,04385–77L1 :
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## Awards and honors
### Awards

* Pedro Martínez – AL Pitcher of the Month (April)

### Accomplishments

* Pedro Martínez – Lowest WHIP, (0.74)

### All-Star Game

* Carl Everett, reserve OF
* Nomar Garciaparra, reserve SS
* Derek Lowe, reserve P
* Pedro Martínez, reserve P (did not attend)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Gary Jones |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Billy Gardner Jr. |
| A-Advanced | Sarasota Red Sox | Florida State League | Ron Johnson |
| A | Augusta GreenJackets | South Atlantic League | Mike Boulanger |
| A-Short Season | Lowell Spinners | New York–Penn League | Arnie Beyeler |
| Rookie | GCL Red Sox | Gulf Coast League | John Sanders |
| Rookie | DSL Red Sox | Dominican Summer League | Nelson Norman |
| Rookie | DSL cooperative | Dominican Summer League | |
| Rookie | VSL Red Sox (cooperative) | Venezuelan Summer League | Rudy Hernandez |
In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a DSL team with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins.
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