Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays All-Time Record

AL East rivalry
Boston Red Sox
Tampa Bay Rays
Red Sox lead Rays272to235since 1998

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Rays lead 7-6

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At a glance

All-time since 1998 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays insights

Current-feed record
+27wins for Red Sox
53% Red Sox · 47% Rays

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 24-28 since 2023.

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

Rays won 5-1 on Sep 20, 2026

Where it matters
15Postseason games

15 postseason games across 3 postseasons since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Red Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 215 of 399 decided meetings (54%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 24-28, or 46% to Red Sox.

Red Sox vs Rays postseason head-to-head record

Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays have met 507 times since 1998, 15 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Red Sox 9-6
15 postseason games since 1998
Playoff share
3.0%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
492
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
239W
212W
BOS
TB
53%47%
Boston Red SoxTampa Bay Rays

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 20
TB 5-1 BOS
TB
Sep 19
TB 2-1 BOS
TB
Sep 18
TB 2-4 BOS
BOS
Jul 19
BOS 6-1 TB
BOS
Jul 18
BOS 7-6 TB
BOS
Jul 17
BOS 10-0 TB
BOS
Jul 17
BOS 5-3 TB
BOS
Jun 10
TB 7-5 BOS
TB
Jun 9
TB 4-3 BOS
TB
Jun 8
TB 3-1 BOS
TB
Last Meeting
Sep 20, 2026Final
TB
5
HOME
BOS
1
AWAY
Rayswon by4runs
Rays' 2nd straight in this series·Game 451 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Tampa Bay Rays: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
BOS-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200253%
TB-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200247%
Last 10 Results
BOS / TB

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season436 games
230
206
Postseason15 games
9
6
Boston Red Sox Biggest Win
22–4+18 runs
Jul 23, 2002
Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Win
16–1+15 runs
Apr 14, 2025
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓BOS ↕TB ↕Games ↕
20266713
202510313
20246713
202321113
202271219
2021111223
20203710
201971219
201811819
201711819
201612719
201591019
201491019
201315823
20129918
201161218
201071118
20099918
2008111425
200713518
200610919
200513619
200414519
200312719
200216319

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
131-92BOS HOME120-108TB HOME
AWAY
108-120
BOS
AWAY
92-131
TB
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays all-time record, 1998 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
494
Peak inning
3
Record game
28 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 451 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 494 Retrosheet games from 1998 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
28.6%

Share of the 451 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
71.4%

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

Average total
9.1runs

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

Home side wins
55.7%

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
7.5260191
57.6%
8.5Closest to even234217
51.9%
9.5195256
43.2%

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
239 W · 53%1.89
Tampa Bay Rays
212 W · 47%2.13

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 28.6% full archive
+1.4% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 71.4% full archive
-1.4% in the last 20
Average total
7.7 runsvs 9.1 runs full archive
-1.4 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 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 Rays in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays

What is the Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 15 games: Boston Red Sox have 9 wins and Tampa Bay Rays have 6 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1998 through 2026.

How do recent Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Boston Red Sox lead the decided record 272-235. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1998 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Jun 12, 1998, when Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 at home. The archive covers 494 meetings from 1998 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported 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.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays have met 451 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.