Phillies have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 6-6.
Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies All-Time Record
Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.
2026 season series: Phillies lead 2-1
Data updated 6 min read
At a glance
All-time since 1915 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026
Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies insights
Phillies won 3-1 on May 14, 2026
No postseason meetings since 2002.
- Red Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 41 of 65 decided meetings (63%).
- Since the schedule balanced out they are 6-6, or 50% to Red Sox.
Red Sox vs Phillies postseason head-to-head record
Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies have met 98 times since 1915, 5 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.
- Postseason record
- Red Sox 4-1
- 5 postseason games since 1915
- Playoff share
- 5.1%
- Share of all meetings
- Regular season
- 93
- Recorded non-postseason meetings
Recent Games
| Date | Home | Away | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | BOS | PHI | 1–3 | PHI |
| May 13, 2026 | BOS | PHI | 3–1 | BOS |
| May 12, 2026 | BOS | PHI | 1–2 | PHI |
| Jul 23, 2025 | PHI | BOS | 8–9 | BOS |
| Jul 22, 2025 | PHI | BOS | 4–1 | PHI |
| Jul 21, 2025 | PHI | BOS | 3–2 | PHI |
| Jun 13, 2024 | BOS | PHI | 9–3 | BOS |
| Jun 12, 2024 | BOS | PHI | 8–6 | BOS |
| Jun 11, 2024 | BOS | PHI | 1–4 | PHI |
| May 7, 2023 | PHI | BOS | 6–1 | PHI |
Record since 2002
| Season ↓ | BOS ↕ | PHI ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
All 20 seasons are shown in the table above.
Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies all-time record, 1915 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
- 95
- Peak inning
- 3
- Record game
- 22 runs
Decade balance
Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.
Scoring by inning
Runs per 100 batting innings, adjusted for unequal ninth and extra innings.
- BOS after scoring first
- 75.0%
- PHI after scoring first
- 55.3%
- Lead-change games
- 42.1%
- Beyond nine innings
- 13
The games at the edges
Verified single-game records from the historical matchup log.
22 runs
PHI 9, BOS 13
Sep 1, 2003
11 runs
BOS 12, PHI 1
Jun 25, 2004
13 innings
PHI 6, BOS 5
Jun 21, 2003
61,068
PHI 9, BOS 13
Sep 1, 2003
Boston Red Sox largest comeback
5-run deficit
PHI 8, BOS 9
Jul 23, 2025
Philadelphia Phillies largest comeback
5-run deficit
BOS 8, PHI 9
Jun 22, 1998
Full archive stat line
Counting stats across games with complete team totals.
Where the rivalry lived
- 0143games
Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia, PA
- 0239games
Fenway Park
Boston, MA
- 038games
Veterans Stadium
Philadelphia, PA
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.
Share of the 77 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.
A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.8.
Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.
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.
| Line | Over | Under | Over rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 48 | 29 | 62.3% |
| 8.5Closest to even | 38 | 39 | 49.4% |
| 9.5 | 35 | 42 | 45.5% |
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.
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
Seasons 2020 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 Phillies in the oddsmatcher.
Questions about this record: Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies
What is the Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies postseason record?
The postseason subset contains 5 games: Boston Red Sox have 4 wins and Philadelphia Phillies has 1 win. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1915 through 2026.
How do recent Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies results compare with the complete record?
Philadelphia Phillies have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Boston Red Sox lead the decided record 58-40. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1915 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.
When did the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies first play each other?
The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Oct 8, 1915, when Philadelphia Phillies beat Boston Red Sox 3-1 at home. The archive covers 95 meetings from 1915 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.
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.
Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies have met 77 times in this archive, which covers the 2003 season onward.