Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics All-Time Record

American League
Boston Red Sox
Oakland Athletics
Red Sox lead Athletics1,111to912·10 tiessince 1901

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

2026 season series: Red Sox lead 4-3

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At a glance

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

Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics insights

Current-feed record
+22wins for Red Sox
56% Red Sox · 44% Athletics

Red Sox have pulled further ahead since 2023: 16-9.

Recent form
12-8last 20
Athletics on a 2-game streak

Athletics won 4-3 on Aug 9, 2026

Where it matters
5Postseason games

5 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Red Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 88 of 161 decided meetings (55%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 16-9, or 64% to Red Sox.

Red Sox vs Athletics postseason head-to-head record

Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics have met 2,033 times since 1901, 16 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Athletics 10-6
16 postseason games since 1901
Playoff share
0.8%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,017
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
104W
82W
BOS
OAK
56%44%
Boston Red SoxOakland Athletics

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Aug 9
BOS 3-4 OAK
OAK
Aug 8
BOS 3-7 OAK
OAK
Aug 7
BOS 13-1 OAK
BOS
Jul 30
OAK 4-5 BOS
BOS
Jul 29
OAK 2-4 BOS
BOS
Jul 28
OAK 4-3 BOS
OAK
Jul 27
OAK 2-4 BOS
BOS
Sep 18
BOS 3-5 OAK
OAK
Sep 17
BOS 5-4 OAK
BOS
Sep 16
BOS 1-2 OAK
OAK
Last Meeting
Aug 9, 2026Final
BOS
3
HOME
OAK
4
AWAY
Athleticswon by1run
Athletics' 2nd straight in this series·Game 186 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Oakland Athletics: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.9 runs on average
3.9runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
BOS-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200255.9%
OAK-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200244.1%
Last 10 Results
BOS / OAK

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season181 games
101
80
Postseason5 games
3
2
Boston Red Sox Biggest Win
16–2+14 runs
Sep 2, 2016
Oakland Athletics Biggest Win
20–2+18 runs
Aug 31, 2012
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓BOS ↕OAK ↕Games ↕
2026437
2025336
2024516
2023426
2022516
2021336
2019437
2018246
2017347
2016516
2015516
2014347
2013336
2012189
2011628
2010459
20095510
20086410
2007448
20063710
20056410
2004819
20036612
2002639

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
61-32BOS HOME50-43OAK HOME
AWAY
43-50
BOS
AWAY
32-61
OAK
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics 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
2,026
Peak inning
1
Record game
36 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 186 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,026 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
29.6%

Share of the 186 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
70.4%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.9.

Average total
9.2runs

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

Home side wins
59.7%

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
7.511373
60.8%
8.5Closest to even9987
53.2%
9.577109
41.4%

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 · 55.9%1.79
Oakland Athletics
82 W · 44.1%2.27

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
45%vs 29.6% full archive
+15.4% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
55%vs 70.4% full archive
-15.4% in the last 20
Average total
8.3 runsvs 9.2 runs full archive
-0.9 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 Athletics in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics

How is the Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,033 recorded meetings. 2,023 meetings have a winner; 10 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 Oakland Athletics postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 16 games: Boston Red Sox have 6 wins and Oakland Athletics have 10 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1901 through 2026.

How do recent Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Boston Red Sox lead the decided record 1111-912. 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 Oakland Athletics have met 186 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.