Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers All-Time Record

American League
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox lead Tigers1,072to994·13 tiessince 1901

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 7 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Red Sox lead 5-2

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At a glance

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

Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers insights

Current-feed record
+34wins for Red Sox
60% Red Sox · 40% Tigers

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 15-11 since 2023.

Recent form
10-10last 20
Red Sox on a 4-game streak

Red Sox won 4-0 on May 6, 2026

Where it matters
6Postseason games

6 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Red Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 89 of 148 decided meetings (60%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 15-11, or 58% to Red Sox.

Red Sox vs Tigers postseason head-to-head record

Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers have met 2,079 times since 1901, 6 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Red Sox 4-2
6 postseason games since 1901
Playoff share
0.3%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,073
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
104W
70W
BOS
DET
60%40%
Boston Red SoxDetroit Tigers

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
May 6
DET 0-4 BOS
BOS
May 5
DET 3-10 BOS
BOS
May 4
DET 4-5 BOS
BOS
Apr 20
BOS 8-6 DET
BOS
Apr 19
BOS 2-6 DET
DET
Apr 18
BOS 1-4 DET
DET
Apr 17
BOS 1-0 DET
BOS
Sep 28
BOS 4-3 DET
BOS
Sep 27
BOS 1-2 DET
DET
Sep 26
BOS 4-3 DET
BOS
Last Meeting
May 6, 2026Final
DET
0
HOME
BOS
4
AWAY
Red Soxwon by4runs
Red Sox' 4th straight in this series·Game 174 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Boston Red Sox: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
BOS↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
Archive since 200259.8%
DET↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
Archive since 200240.2%
Last 10 Results
BOS / DET

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season168 games
100
68
Postseason6 games
4
2
Boston Red Sox Biggest Win
20–4+16 runs
Sep 4, 2013
Detroit Tigers Biggest Win
14–2+12 runs
May 12, 2025
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓BOS ↕DET ↕Games ↕
2026527
2025246
2024347
2023516
2022516
2021336
2019527
2018426
2017347
2016257
2015426
2014156
20137613
20125510
2011516
2010336
2009617
2008527
2007347
2006336
20056410
2004617
2003819
2002549

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
56-31BOS HOME39-48DET HOME
AWAY
48-39
BOS
AWAY
31-56
DET
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers 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
2,072
Peak inning
1
Record game
28 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 174 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,072 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
29.9%

Share of the 174 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
70.1%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
9.4runs

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

Home side wins
54.6%

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
7.510965
62.6%
8.5Closest to even9480
54%
9.57698
43.7%

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
104 W · 59.8%1.67
Detroit Tigers
70 W · 40.2%2.49

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
40%vs 29.9% full archive
+10.1% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
60%vs 70.1% full archive
-10.1% in the last 20
Average total
8.7 runsvs 9.4 runs full archive
-0.7 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2024 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 Tigers in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers

How is the Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,079 recorded meetings. 2,066 meetings have a winner; 13 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 Detroit Tigers postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 6 games: Boston Red Sox have 4 wins and Detroit Tigers have 2 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1901 through 2026.

How do recent Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers results compare with the complete record?

Boston Red Sox have won 7 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Boston Red Sox lead the decided record 1072-994. 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 Detroit Tigers have met 174 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.