Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians All-Time Record

American League
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Guardians
Guardians lead Red Sox1,077to1,016·8 tiessince 1901

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 6 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series tied 3-3

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At a glance

All-time since 1901 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians insights

Current-feed record
+19wins for Red Sox
55% Red Sox · 45% Guardians

Guardians have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 13-12.

Recent form
9-11last 20

Guardians won 1-0 on Sep 24, 2026

Where it matters
10Postseason games

10 postseason games across 2 postseasons since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Red Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 86 of 152 decided meetings (57%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 12-13, or 48% to Red Sox.

Red Sox vs Guardians postseason head-to-head record

Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians have met 2,101 times since 1901, 22 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Guardians 14-8
22 postseason games since 1901
Playoff share
1.0%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,079
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
98W
79W
BOS
CLE
55%45%
Boston Red SoxCleveland Guardians

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 24
BOS 0-1 CLE
CLE
Sep 23
BOS 1-0 CLE
BOS
Sep 22
BOS 2-3 CLE
CLE
May 31
CLE 4-9 BOS
BOS
May 30
CLE 1-9 BOS
BOS
May 29
CLE 4-3 BOS
CLE
Sep 3
BOS 1-8 CLE
CLE
Sep 2
BOS 11-7 CLE
BOS
Sep 1
BOS 6-4 CLE
BOS
Apr 27
CLE 3-13 BOS
BOS
Last Meeting
Sep 24, 2026Final
BOS
0
HOME
CLE
1
AWAY
Guardianswon by1run
Snapped Red Sox' streak·Game 177 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Guardians won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.7 runs on average
3.7runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
BOS-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200255.4%
CLE-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200244.6%
Last 10 Results
BOS / CLE

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season167 games
94
73
Postseason10 games
4
6
Boston Red Sox Biggest Win
14–1+13 runs
Aug 12, 2012
Cleveland Guardians Biggest Win
15–3+12 runs
Apr 27, 2006
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓BOS ↕CLE ↕Games ↕
2026336
2025426
2024257
2023336
2022527
2021426
2019336
2018347
2017437
2016459
2015246
2014257
2013617
2012538
20114610
2010448
2009729
2008516
20079514
2006347
2005426
2004347
2003426
2002549

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
53-40BOS HOME39-45CLE HOME
AWAY
45-39
BOS
AWAY
40-53
CLE
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians all-time record, 1901 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
2,095
Peak inning
1
Record game
30 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 177 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,095 Retrosheet games from 1901 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
27.1%

Share of the 177 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
72.9%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.7.

Average total
9.8runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
52%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.511958
67.2%
8.510275
57.6%
9.5Closest to even8493
47.5%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Boston Red Sox
98 W · 55.4%1.81
Cleveland Guardians
79 W · 44.6%2.24

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
30%vs 27.1% full archive
+2.9% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 72.9% full archive
-2.9% in the last 20
Average total
9 runsvs 9.8 runs full archive
-0.8 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2023 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Red Sox and Guardians in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

How is the Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,101 recorded meetings. 2,093 meetings have a winner; 8 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 22 games: Boston Red Sox have 8 wins and Cleveland Guardians have 14 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1901 through 2026.

How do recent Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians results compare with the complete record?

Boston Red Sox have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Cleveland Guardians lead the decided record 1077-1016. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1901 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians have met 177 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.