Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 18, 2002
Road Warriors:

The Red Sox are scoring 6.03 runs per game on the road this year. The most any Sox team has ever scored on the road was 5.61, done 3 times (1995, 1939 and 1938). Not only are they hitting well on the road, but they are also pitching well on the road. They have allowed 3.44 runs per game on the road, a difference of 2.59. If that were to hold up, it would be the 2nd highest road difference of all time. The top five teams in run difference on the road each won their league championships:


Team On Road Runs/Game Opps. R/Game Difference
Yankees 1939 7.80 3.93 3.87
Cubs 1906 4.74 2.20 2.54
Yankees 1953 6.14 3.95 2.19
Senators 1933 6.39 4.25 2.14
Giants 1912 5.59 3.45 2.14


Posted by David Pinto at 09:05 PM | Baseball