# 2001 Boston Red Sox season

The 2001 Boston Red Sox season was the 101st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 82 wins and 79 losses, 13+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the AL championship. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Oakland Athletics, who finished second in the American League West with a record of 102–60.
In mid-August, manager Jimy Williams was dismissed by general manager Dan Duquette; Joe Kerrigan, who had been the team's pitching coach, served as manager for the remainder of the season.
The end of the regular season was pushed back from September 30 to October 7 due to the September 11 attacks. The Red Sox only played 161 games, as their rained out game of September 10 against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled, as it had no bearing on the postseason.

## Offseason

* November 16, 2000: Chris Stynes was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler.
* December 2000: Free agent Manny Ramirez signed an eight-year $160 million contract with the Red Sox.
* January 11, 2001: David Cone signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.
* January 19, 2001: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 65 | .594 | — | 51‍–‍28 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 79 | .509 | 13½ | 41‍–‍40 | 41‍–‍39 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 16 | 40‍–‍42 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 98 | .391 | 32½ | 30‍–‍50 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 37‍–‍44 | 25‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

2001 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 4–5 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 6–14 | 4–15 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
| Baltimore | 5–4 | — | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–12 | 6–12 |
| Boston | 3–4 | 10–9 | — | 3–3 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 10–9 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 4–5 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 9–10 | — | 13–6 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Detroit | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 6–13 | 6–13 | — | 8–11 | 4–15 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 0–6 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 15–4 | 13–6 | — | 4–2 | 5–4 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 3–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–6 | 3–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 14–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–3 | — | 9–10 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 15–4 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 7–2 | 15–5 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
| Tampa Bay | 2–7 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 2–7 | 2–7 | — | 4–5 | 9–10 | 10–8 |
| Texas | 12–7 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–15 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 8–10 |
| Toronto | 4–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 10–9 | 6–3 | — | 8–10 |
Red Sox vs. National League East :
| Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
| Boston | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |

### Transactions

* April 18, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.
* June 5, 2001: Kevin Youkilis was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2001.
* June 12, 2001: Justin Duchscherer was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Doug Mirabelli.
* July 2, 2001: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.
* July 31, 2001: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Tomokazu Ohka and Rich Rundles (minors).
* August 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.

### Famous firsts involving the Red Sox

* Monday, August 6, 2001 – Scott Hatteberg became the first player to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam during the same game.
* Sunday, September 2, 2001 – This was the first day in Major League history where the final score in four games was 1-0: Yankees 1 vs. Red Sox 0, Padres 1 vs. Diamondbacks 0, Astros 1 vs. Brewers 0, and Blue Jays 1 vs. Tigers 0.

### Opening Day line up

| 12 | Chris Stynes | 2B |
| 7 | Trot Nixon | RF |
| 33 | Jason Varitek | C |
| 24 | Manny Ramírez | DH |
| 2 | Carl Everett | CF |
| 25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
| 29 | Shea Hillenbrand | 3B |
| 23 | Brian Daubach | 1B |
| 15 | Craig Grebeck | SS |
| 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 | Scott Hatteberg | 94 | 278 | 68 | .245 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
| 1B | Brian Daubach | 122 | 407 | 107 | .263 | 22 | 71 | 1 |
| 2B | José Offerman | 128 | 524 | 140 | .267 | 9 | 49 | 5 |
| SS | Mike Lansing | 106 | 352 | 88 | .250 | 8 | 34 | 3 |
| 3B | Shea Hillenbrand | 139 | 468 | 123 | .263 | 12 | 49 | 3 |
| LF | Troy O'Leary | 104 | 341 | 82 | .240 | 13 | 50 | 1 |
| CF | Carl Everett | 102 | 409 | 105 | .257 | 14 | 58 | 9 |
| RF | Trot Nixon | 148 | 535 | 150 | .280 | 27 | 88 | 7 |
| DH | Manny Ramirez | 142 | 529 | 162 | .306 | 41 | 125 | 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 |
| Dante Bichette | 107 | 391 | 112 | .286 | 12 | 49 | 2 |
| Chris Stynes | 96 | 361 | 101 | .280 | 8 | 33 | 4 |
| Jason Varitek | 51 | 174 | 51 | .293 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| Darren Lewis | 82 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| Lou Merloni | 52 | 146 | 39 | .267 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Doug Mirabelli | 54 | 141 | 38 | .270 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 27 | 83 | 24 | .289 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| John Valentin | 20 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Calvin Pickering | 24 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Craig Grebeck | 23 | 41 | 2 | .049 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Izzy Alcántara | 14 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| James Lofton | 8 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ángel Santos | 9 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Oliver | 5 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Jensen | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Hideo Nomo | 33 | 33 | 198.0 | 13 | 10 | 4.50 | 220 |
| Frank Castillo | 26 | 26 | 136.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.21 | 89 |
| David Cone | 25 | 25 | 135.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.31 | 115 |
| Pedro Martínez | 18 | 18 | 116.2 | 7 | 3 | 2.39 | 163 |
| Tomo Ohka | 12 | 11 | 52.1 | 2 | 5 | 6.19 | 37 |
| Paxton Crawford | 8 | 7 | 36.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.75 | 29 |
| Bret Saberhagen | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 10 |

#### Other 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 |
| Tim Wakefield | 45 | 168.2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3.90 | 148 |
| Rolando Arrojo | 41 | 103.1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3.48 | 78 |
| Casey Fossum | 13 | 44.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.87 | 26 |

#### Relief 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 | SV | ERA | SO |
| Derek Lowe | 67 | 3 | 91.2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 3.53 | 82 |
| Rod Beck | 68 | 0 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3.90 | 63 |
| Rich Garcés | 62 | 0 | 67.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.90 | 51 |
| Sun-woo Kim | 20 | 2 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.83 | 27 |
| Hipólito Pichardo | 30 | 0 | 34.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 17 |
| Pete Schourek | 33 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.45 | 20 |
| Bill Pulsipher | 23 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.32 | 16 |
| Ugueth Urbina | 19 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.25 | 32 |
| Todd Erdos | 10 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.96 | 7 |
| Allen McDill | 15 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 16 |
| Willie Banks | 5 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.84 | 10 |
| Bryce Florie | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.42 | 7 |
| Carlos Castillo | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |

## Game log

| Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed |
2001 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 82–79 (Home: 41–40; Away: 41–39) :
April: 16–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 2@ Orioles1–2 (11)Kohlmeier (1–0)Lowe (0–1)—Camden Yards46,5470–1L1
2April 4@ Orioles3–0Nomo (1–0)Ponson (0–1)—Camden Yards35,6021–1W1
3April 5@ Orioles1–2Groom (1–0)Lowe (0–2)—Camden Yards33,4691–2L1
4April 6Devil Rays11–4Wakefield (1–0)Rupe (0–1)—Fenway Park33,5252–2W1
5April 7Devil Rays6–2Crawford (1–0)Harper (0–1)—Fenway Park31,6603–2W2
6April 8Devil Rays3–0Martínez (1–0)Lopez (1–1)Lowe (1)Fenway Park31,3834–2W3
7April 10Orioles10–1Nomo (2–0)Ponson (0–2)Wakefield (1)Fenway Park27,6645–2W4
8April 11Orioles4–5Roberts (1–0)Castillo (0–1)Groom (1)Fenway Park26,3025–3L1
9April 12Orioles8–2Ohka (1–0)Mercedes (0–2)Arrojo (1)Fenway Park30,0836–3W1
10April 13Yankees3–2 (10)Lowe (1–2)Rivera (0–1)—Fenway Park33,1247–3W2
11April 14Yankees2–3Stanton (1–0)Schourek (0–1)Rivera (3)Fenway Park33,3967–4L1
12April 15Yankees5–4Garcés (1–0)Pettitte (2–1)Arrojo (2)Fenway Park32,1278–4W1
13April 16Yankees4–1Castillo (1–1)Mussina (1–1)Beck (1)Fenway Park33,3739–4W2
14April 17@ Devil Rays10–0Ohka (2–0)Harper (0–2)—Tropicana Field19,43310–4W3
15April 18@ Devil Rays9–1Arrojo (1–0)Sturtze (0–2)—Tropicana Field16,62211–4W4
16April 19@ Devil Rays8–3Martínez (2–0)Wilson (0–2)Lowe (2)Tropicana Field22,02612–4W5
17April 20@ Yankees1–6Pettitte (3–1)Nomo (2–1)—Yankee Stadium54,36612–5L1
18April 21@ Yankees8–3Castillo (2–1)Mussina (1–2)—Yankee Stadium55,48313–5W1
19April 22@ Yankees3–4 (10)Rivera (1–1)Lowe (1–3)—Yankee Stadium55,27813–6L1
20April 24Twins9–4Crawford (2–0)Redman (1–2)Wakefield (2)Fenway Park32,55714–6W1
21April 25Twins6–4 (10)Wells (2–0)Beck (0–1)Hawkins (6)Fenway Park33,17714–7L1
22April 26Twins2–0Nomo (3–1)Milton (3–1)Lowe (3)Fenway Park32,22215–7W1
23April 27Royals9–2Castillo (3–1)Stein (1–3)Arrojo (3)Fenway Park31,85016–7W2
24April 28Royals2–8Reichert (3–1)Ohka (2–1)—Fenway Park32,44216–8L1
25April 29Royals8–11 (11)Santiago (1–0)Lowe (1–4)Hernández (5)Fenway Park32,79116–9L2 :
May: 13–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
26May 1@ Mariners2–0Martínez (3–0)Halama (2–2)Arrojo (4)Safeco Field36,64217–9W1
27May 2@ Mariners1–5Sele (5–0)Nomo (3–2)—Safeco Field40,17017–10L1
28May 3@ Mariners3–10Moyer (5–0)Castillo (3–2)—Safeco Field32,51317–11L2
29May 4@ Athletics3–7Heredia (2–4)Lowe (1–5)Tam (1)Network Associates Coliseum20,63117–12L3
30May 5@ Athletics7–1Crawford (3–0)Zito (3–3)—Network Associates Coliseum29,24818–12W1
31May 6@ Athletics5–4Martínez (4–0)Lidle (0–2)Beck (2)Network Associates Coliseum40,18619–12W2
32May 8Mariners12–4Nomo (4–2)Moyer (5–1)—Fenway Park32,94120–12W3
33May 9Mariners5–10Nelson (1–0)Arrojo (1–1)Sasaki (15)Fenway Park31,61620–13L1
34May 10Mariners2–5Halama (3–3)Ohka (2–2)Sasaki (16)Fenway Park31,42820–14L2
35May 11Athletics6–7Isringhausen (1–1)Beck (0–2)Tam (2)Fenway Park32,71820–15L3
36May 12Athletics9–3Martínez (5–0)Heredia (2–5)—Fenway Park32,68621–15W1
37May 13Athletics5–4 (11)Lowe (2–5)Tam (0–1)—Fenway Park31,92622–15W2
38May 15@ Twins5–2Castillo (4–2)Redman (2–4)—Metrodome15,33223–15W3
39May 16@ Twins3–4Wells (3–0)Schourek (0–2)Hawkins (13)Metrodome22,00623–16L1
40May 17@ Twins3–5Radke (7–1)Arrojo (1–2)—Metrodome18,46623–17L2
41May 18@ Royals6–3Martínez (6–0)Stein (1–4)—Kaufmann Stadium34,15424–17W1
42May 19@ Royals2–6Reichert (4–4)Nomo (4–3)—Kaufmann Stadium26,85324–18L1
43May 20@ Royals10–3Castillo (5–2)Meadows (1–5)—Kaufmann Stadium18,59625–18W1
—May 22@ YankeesPostponed (rain). Makeup date June 4.
44May 23@ Yankees3–7Pettitte (5–3)Cone (0–1)—Yankee Stadium44,10825–19L1
45May 24@ Yankees1–2Mussina (5–4)Martínez (6–1)Rivera (13)Yankee Stadium55,59225–20L2
46May 25Blue Jays4–0Nomo (5–3)Loaiza (4–5)—Fenway Park32,91226–20W1
47May 26Blue Jays0–5Michalak (5–3)Castillo (5–3)—Fenway Park31,03526–21L1
48May 27Blue Jays4–2Wakefield (2–0)Parris (3–4)Lowe (4)Fenway Park31,42027–21W1
49May 28Yankees3–4Pettitte (6–3)Schourek (0–3)Rivera (15)Fenway Park33,12527–22L1
50May 29Yankees3–0Martínez (7–1)Mussina (5–5)Lowe (5)Fenway Park33,71128–22W1
51May 31@ Blue Jays11–5Beck (1–2)Escobar (0–4)—SkyDome21,74729–22W2 :
June: 17–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1@ Blue Jays6–4 (11)Lowe (3–5)Koch (0–2)—SkyDome21,56430–22W3
53June 2@ Blue Jays2–1Schourek (1–3)Plesac (0–2)Beck (3)SkyDome24,60331–22W4
54June 3@ Blue Jays5–4Pichardo (1–0)Carpenter (5–3)Lowe (6)SkyDome24,64332–22W5
55June 4@ Yankees6–7Rivera (2–3)Beck (1–3)—Yankee Stadium41,77132–23L1
56June 5Tigers4–3 (18)Wakefield (3–0)Borkowski (0–2)—Fenway Park32,81433–23W1
57June 6Tigers3–7Mlicki (4–6)Castillo (5–4)Anderson (2)Fenway Park32,79433–24L1
58June 7Tigers8–1Wakefield (4–0)Santos (1–2)Arrojo (5)Fenway Park32,13234–24W1
59June 8Phillies3–2Cone (1–1)Wolf (4–6)Lowe (7)Fenway Park33,43535–24W2
60June 9Phillies2–5Daal (7–1)Martínez (7–2)Mesa (17)Fenway Park32,94435–25L1
61June 10Phillies5–4Nomo (6–3)Cormier (3–1)Lowe (8)Fenway Park32,76736–25W1
62June 12Marlins4–2Castillo (6–4)Dempster (6–7)Lowe (9)Fenway Park32,81637–25W2
63June 13Marlins2–4Clement (3–5)Wakefield (4–1)Alfonseca (13)Fenway Park31,63737–26L1
64June 14Marlins6–4Cone (2–1)Smith (3–2)Beck (4)Fenway Park33,22538–26W1
65June 15@ Braves9–5 (10)Beck (2–3)Cabrera (4–2)—Turner Field48,46939–26W2
66June 16@ Braves0–8Burkett (6–5)Nomo (6–4)—Turner Field50,52439–27L1
67June 17@ Braves4–3Castillo (7–4)Pérez (4–5)Lowe (10)Turner Field45,36240–27W1
68June 19@ Devil Rays5–4Wakefield (5–1)Rekar (1–8)Lowe (11)Tropicana Field12,55041–27W2
69June 20@ Devil Rays8–2Garcés (2–0)Rupe (4–6)—Tropicana Field12,52042–27W3
70June 21@ Devil Rays7–4Beck (3–3)Yan (2–3)Lowe (12)Tropicana Field15,60343–27W4
71June 22Blue Jays3–4Borbón (2–3)Schourek (1–4)Koch (12)Fenway Park33,84443–28L1
72June 23Blue Jays6–9File (3–1)Castillo (7–5)Koch (13)Fenway Park33,26643–29L2
73June 24Blue Jays2–5Plesac (1–2)Wakefield (5–2)Koch (14)Fenway Park32,80443–30L3
74June 25Devil Rays12–8Cone (3–1)Rupe (4–7)Lowe (13)Fenway Park32,85444–30W1
75June 26Devil Rays7–6Beck (4–3)Zambrano (0–1)Lowe (14)Fenway Park32,18545–30W2
76June 27Devil Rays7–9Creek (2–1)Schourek (1–5)—Fenway Park33,21645–31L1
77June 28Devil Rays3–4Colomé (1–0)Lowe (3–6)—Fenway Park33,43345–32L2
78June 29@ Blue Jays4–8Quantrill (7–1)Florie (0–1)—SkyDome23,05545–33L3
79June 30@ Blue Jays7–5Cone (4–1)Hamilton (3–6)—SkyDome28,54346–33W1 :
July: 14–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Blue Jays4–0Arrojo (2–2)Carpenter (7–5)—SkyDome34,34847–33W2
81July 2@ Blue Jays16–4Nomo (7–4)Loaiza (5–9)—SkyDome38,23748–33W3
82July 3@ Indians1–9Westbrook (2–0)Ohka (2–3)—Jacobs Field42,52048–34L1
83July 4@ Indians13–4Wakefield (6–2)Burba (8–6)—Jacobs Field42,38249–34W1
84July 5@ Indians5–4Lowe (4–6)Rocker (3–3)—Jacobs Field42,64750–34W2
85July 6Braves5–6 (10)Karsay (1–1)Kim (0–1)Cabrera (2)Fenway Park33,72350–35L1
86July 7Braves3–1Nomo (8–4)Marquis (2–3)Lowe (15)Fenway Park33,35551–35W1
87July 8Braves0–8Glavine (7–5)Ohka (2–4)—Fenway Park32,67751–36L1
72nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game
88July 12@ Mets2–4Leiter (5–8)Wakefield (6–3)Benítez (19)Shea Stadium37,69851–37L2
89July 13@ Mets3–1Cone (5–1)Appier (5–9)Lowe (16)Shea Stadium42,21952–37W1
90July 14@ Mets0–2Rusch (5–5)Arrojo (2–3)Benítez (20)Shea Stadium52,00652–38L1
91July 15@ Expos8–5Nomo (9–4)Thurman (4–6)Lowe (17)Olympic Stadium32,96553–38W1
92July 16@ Expos6–5Pichardo (2–0)Lloyd (7–2)Lowe (18)Olympic Stadium16,00554–38W2
93July 17@ Expos7–11Mattes (3–1)Wakefield (6–4)—Olympic Stadium13,34854–39L1
94July 18@ Blue Jays5–4Garcés (3–0)Koch (1–3)Lowe (19)SkyDome30,44955–39W1
95July 19@ Blue Jays3–4Escobar (2–4)Lowe (4–7)—SkyDome30,48855–40L1
96July 20@ White Sox7–2Nomo (10–4)Biddle (2–6)—Comiskey Park28,74056–40W1
97July 21@ White Sox3–10Baldwin (7–5)Ohka (2–5)—Comiskey Park29,30356–41L1
98July 22@ White Sox8–13Garland (4–4)Wakefield (6–5)Howry (4)Comiskey Park26,22156–42L2
99July 24Blue Jays6–4Cone (6–1)Hamilton (5–7)Lowe (20)Fenway Park33,15457–42W1
100July 25Blue Jays3–4 (10)Quantrill (9–2)Lowe (4–8)Koch (20)Fenway Park33,03057–43L1
101July 26Blue Jays6–3Nomo (11–4)File (3–2)Beck (5)Fenway Park32,09458–43W1
102July 27White Sox9–5Saberhagen (1–0)Wells (6–6)—Fenway Park33,81359–43W2
103July 28White Sox1–3Buehrle (8–6)Wakefield (6–6)Foulke (24)Fenway Park33,31659–44L1
104July 29White Sox4–3Beck (5–3)Embree (0–3)Lowe (21)Fenway Park33,37560–44W1
105July 31Angels3–4Ortiz (9–7)Garcés (3–1)Percival (28)Fenway Park33,90960–45L1 :
August: 11–17
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 1Angels2–4Schoenweis (8–8)Nomo (11–5)Levine (2)Fenway Park33,55160–46L2
107August 2Angels4–13Rapp (4–9)Saberhagen (1–1)—Fenway Park33,66160–47L3
—August 3RangersPostponed (rain). Makeup date August 4.
108August 4 (1)Rangers10–4Cone (7–1)Helling (8–9)—Fenway Park32,24961–47W1
109August 4 (2)Rangers6–2Wakefield (7–2)Davis (5–8)—Fenway Park32,33862–47W2
110August 5Rangers6–3Arrojo (3–3)Oliver (9–7)Lowe (22)Fenway Park32,92363–47W3
111August 6Rangers10–7Fossum (1–0)Moreno (2–2)Lowe (23)Fenway Park33,97764–47W4
112August 7@ Athletics2–5Mulder (14–6)Saberhagen (1–2)Isringhausen (22)Network Associates Coliseum26,65064–48L1
113August 8@ Athletics1–6Hudson (14–6)Castillo (7–6)—Network Associates Coliseum50,86364–49L2
114August 9@ Athletics0–6Zito (8–7)Wakefield (7–7)—Network Associates Coliseum28,78164–50L3
—August 10@ OriolesPostponed (rain). Makeup date October 5.
115August 11@ Orioles2–4Towers (7–7)Cone (7–2)Roberts (2)Camden Yards48,74864–51L4
116August 12@ Orioles12–10Wakefield (8–7)Johnson (10–7)Lowe (24)Camden Yards48,03765–51W1
117August 14Mariners3–6 (11)Paniagua (4–3)Beck (5–4)Sasaki (37)Fenway Park33,79065–52L1
118August 15Mariners2–6García (14–4)Castillo (7–7)—Fenway Park33,18665–53L2
119August 16Mariners6–4Garcés (4–1)Sele (12–4)Urbina (16)Fenway Park33,54866–53W1
120August 17Orioles5-11Towers (8–7)Wakefield (8–8)—Fenway Park33,68066–54L1
121August 18Orioles5–1Garcés (5–1)Johnson (10–8)—Fenway Park31,19967–54W1
122August 19Orioles7–13Wasdin (3–1)Pichardo (2–1)—Fenway Park33,14567–55L1
123August 20Angels6–1Castillo (8–7)Valdéz (8–7)—Edison Field22,89168–55W1
124August 21@ Angels8–5Cone (8–2)Schoenweis (10–9)Urbina (17)Edison Field24,40269–55W2
125August 22@ Angels2–4Levine (7–7)Wakefield (8–9)Percival (36)Edison Field23,01769–56L1
126August 23@ Angels7–6Garcés (6–1)Weber (6–2)Urbina (18)Edison Field27,37770–56W1
127August 24@ Rangers7–4Beck (6–4)Michalak (6–8)Urbina (19)The Ballpark at Arlington45,37871–56W2
128August 25@ Rangers7–8 (18)Michalak (7–8)Lowe (4–9)—The Ballpark at Arlington43,77571–57L1
129August 26@ Rangers4–5Davis (8–8)Wakefield (8–10)Zimmerman (23)The Ballpark at Arlington26,20871–58L2
130August 28@ Indians3–8Burba (10–8)Cone (8–3)—Jacobs Field41,40871–59L3
131August 29@ Indians1–2Sabathia (14–4)Fossum (1–1)Wickman (25)Jacobs Field41,32071–60L4
132August 30@ Indians1–3Colón (11–10)Nomo (11–6)Wickman (26)Jacobs Field40,61671–61L5
133August 31Yankees1–3Clemens (18–1)Lowe (4–10)Rivera (42)Fenway Park33,50171–62L6 :
September: 6–15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1Yankees1–2Hernández (1–6)Urbina (2–2)Rivera (43)Fenway Park33,08471–63L7
135September 2Yankees0-1Mussina (14–11)Cone (8–4)—Fenway Park33,73471–64L8
136September 4Indians5–8Colón (12–10)Nomo (11–7)Wickman (29)Fenway Park32,14571–65L9
137September 5Indians10–7Arrojo (4–3)Woodard (3–3)Urbina (20)Fenway Park32,02972–65W1
138September 6Indians4-6Finley (6–6)Castillo (8–8)Rocker (22)Fenway Park32,50072–66L1
139September 7@ Yankees2–3Hernández (2–6)Martínez (7–3)Rivera (45)Yankee Stadium55,52472–67L2
140September 8@ Yankees2–9Mussina (15–11)Cone (8–5)—Yankee Stadium55,31672–68L3
141September 9@ Yankees2–7Pettitte (15–9)Nomo (11–8)—Yankee Stadium55,31872–69L4
—September 10@ YankeesCancelled (rain). Not rescheduled.
—September 11@ Devil RaysPostponed (9/11 attacks). Makeup date October 1.
—September 12@ Devil RaysPostponed (9/11 attacks). Makeup date October 2.
—September 13@ Devil RaysPostponed (9/11 attacks). Makeup date October 3.
—September 14@ OriolesPostponed (9/11 attacks). Makeup date October 4.
—September 15@ OriolesPostponed (9/11 attacks). Makeup date October 5.
—September 16@ OriolesPostponed (9/11 attacks). Makeup date October 6.
142September 18Devil Rays7–2Nomo (12–8)Sturtze (8–12)—Fenway Park30,90973–69W1
143September 19Devil Rays2–12Wilson (7–8)Cone (8–6)—Fenway Park29,62773–70L1
144September 20Devil Rays2–1Arrojo (5–3)Creek (2–4)Beck (6)Fenway Park29,53074–70W1
145September 21Tigers5–2Fossum (2–1)Murray (1–5)Urbina (21)Fenway Park30,90575–70W2
146September 22Tigers3–4Pettyjohn (1–6)Arrojo (5–4)Anderson (19)Fenway Park30,87175–71L1
147September 23Tigers6–12Weaver (12–15)Nomo (12–9)—Fenway Park31,33375–72L2
148September 24Orioles1–5Maduro (4–6)Wakefield (8–11)—Fenway Park30,11475–73L3
149September 25Orioles7–12Mercedes (8–17)Castillo (8–9)—Fenway Park29,72675–74L4
150September 26Orioles9–6Fossum (3–1)Bauer (0–3)Urbina (22)Fenway Park31,60376–74W1
151September 27Orioles2–4Douglass (2–1)Wakefield (8–12)Roberts (6)Fenway Park32,71976–75L1
152September 28@ Tigers1–4Weaver (13–15)Nomo (12–10)Anderson (22)Comerica Park32,45376–76L2
153September 29@ Tigers2–7Sparks (13–9)Kim (0–2)—Comerica Park30,08976–77L3
154September 30@ Tigers8–5Castillo (9–9)Lima (6–11)Urbina (23)Comerica Park29,22977–77W1 :
October: 5–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
155October 1@ Devil Rays3–10Sturtze (10–12)Cone (8–7)—Tropicana Field10,77577–78L1
156October 2@ Devil Rays3–10Wilson (8–9)Fossum (3–2)—Tropicana Field11,26677–79L2
157October 3@ Devil Rays10–3Lowe (5–10)Rupe (5–12)Wakefield (3)Tropicana Field10,98578–79W1
158October 4@ Orioles5–4Nomo (13–10)Wasdin (3–2)Urbina (24)Camden Yards43,30279–79W2
159October 5 (1)@ Orioles5–0Castillo (10–9)Kohlmeier (1–2)—Camden Yards46,74680–79W3
160October 5 (2)@ Orioles7–5Wakefield (9–12)Roberts (9–10)Garcés (1)Camden Yards47,92781–79W4
161October 6@ Orioles5–1Cone (9–7)Bauer (0–5)—Camden Yards48,80782–79W5 :
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Note: the Red Sox only played 161 games, as a September 10 rainout against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled.

## Awards and honors

* Pedro Martínez – AL Pitcher of the Month (May)
* Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF), AL Player of the Month (April)

### All-Star Game

* Manny Ramirez, starting LF

## 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 | Guadalupe Jabalera |
| Rookie | DSL cooperative | Dominican Summer League | |
| Rookie | VSL Red Sox (cooperative) | Venezuelan Summer League | |
In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a DSL team with the Cleveland Indians.
VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins.
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