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RECORDS BROKEN IN 2003
A collection of feats by the "Cowboy Up" Sox

Major League Records
Most extra-base hits by a team in one season - 649, Boston Red Sox, 2003
Most total bases by a team in one season - 2832, Boston Red Sox, 2003
Highest slugging percentage for a team in one season - .491, Boston Red Sox, 2003
Most players with 30 or more doubles - 8, Boston Red Sox, 2003
Most players with 80 or more RBI (tie) - 8, Boston Red Sox, 2003
Most players with 100 or more hits (tie) - 9, Boston Red Sox, 2003
Most runs scored before the first out of a game - 10, Boston Red Sox, 6/27/2003
Most runs scored in the first inning of a game (tie) - 14, Boston Red Sox, 6/27/2003
Most grand slams in a game (tie) - 2, Bill Mueller*, 7/29/2003
Most hits in an inning (tie) - 3, Johnny Damon**, 6/27/2003
Cowboy Up! American League Records
Most hits in a game (tie) - 6, Nomar Garciaparra, 6/21/2003
Red Sox Records
Most hits in a game - 28, 6/27/2003
Most doubles in an inning - 5, 6/1/2003
Most singles in a game - 6, Nomar Garciaparra, 6/21/2003
Most home runs in a game (tie) - 3, Bill Mueller, 7/29/2003
Most intentional walks to a right-handed batter in a season - 28, Manny Ramirez
Most men left on base by one player in one game - 12, Trot Nixon, 6/12/2003 (13 inn.)
Most pitchers used in one season - 26
Most home runs in a season - 238
Most home runs hit on the road in a season - 127
Most home runs in one month - 55, July 2003
Most players with 20 or more home runs - 6
Most players with 10 or more home runs - 9
Most sacrifice flies in a season - 64
* Mueller became the first player in Major League history to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in one game, 7/29/2003.
** Damon became the first player in Major League history to hit a single, a double, and a triple in the same inning, 6/27/2003.

RECORDS BROKEN OCTOBER 10, 1999
Division Series Game 4 vs. Cleveland; Red Sox win 23-7.

Postseason Team Records
Most runs - 23, Boston
Most hits - 24, Boston
Most at-bats - 48, Boston
Most total bases - 44, Boston
Most lopsided victory - 16 runs; Boston 23, Cleveland 7
Most combined runs - 30; Boston 23, Cleveland 7
Most extra-base hits - 12, Boston
Most combined hits (tie) - 32; Boston 24, Cleveland 8
Postseason Individual Records
Most runs scored - 5; Jason Varitek, Boston
Most earned runs allowed - 8; Steve Reed, Cleveland
Most RBI (tie) - 7; John Valentin, Boston
Most hits (tie) - 5; Mike Stanley, Boston
Division Series Records
Most total bases - 11; John Valentin, Boston
Consecutive innings scoring - 7, Boston
Most team home runs (tie) - 4, Boston
Most team doubles (tie) - 6, Boston
Boston 23, Cleveland 7!

LEAGUE RECORDS SET BY RED SOX
Records So Obscure They'll Never Be Broken

SINGLE-SEASON BATTING RECORDS
A.L. Record (tie) - Most intentional walks in one season: 33. Ted Williams, 1957.
M.L. Record - Most doubles in one season: 67. Earl Webb, 1931.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most games hit safely in in one season: 135. Wade Boggs, 1985.
M.L. Record - Most GIDP by a left-hander in one season: 30. Carl Yastrzemski, 1964.
M.L. Record - Most GIDP by a right-hander in one season: 36. Jim Rice, 1984.
A.L. Record - Most times being HBP in one season: 35. Don Baylor, 1986.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most HR in 1st 2 ML games: 2. Dave Stapleton, 1980; Sam Horn, 1987.
A.L. Record - Most pinch-hit HR in one season: 5. Joe Cronin, 1943.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most HR in 2 consecutive games: 5. Carl Yastrzemski, 5/19-20/1976; Nomar Garciaparra, 7/21-23/2002.
A.L. Record - Most plate appearances in one season: 758. Wade Boggs, 1985.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive plate appearances reaching base: 16. Ted Williams, 1957.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive games reaching base: 84. Ted Williams, 1949.
A.L. Record - Most game-winning RBI in one season: 23. Mike Greenwell, 1988.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most pinch-hit RBI in one season: 25. Joe Cronin, 1943.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most bases-loaded triples in one season: 3. Jackie Jensen, 1956.
A.L. Record - Highest OBP in a season: .552. Ted Williams, 1941.
M.L. Record - Most strikeouts by a switch-hitter in one season: 177. Mark Bellhorn, 2004.

SINGLE-SEASON PITCHING RECORDS
M.L. Record - Lowest ERA in one season: 0.96. Dutch Leonard, 1914.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most consecutive games won in one season: 16. Joe Wood, 1912.
M.L. Record - Most strikeouts per 9 IP in one season: 13.2. Pedro Martinez, 1999.
M.L. Record - Lowest batting average against in a season: .167. Pedro Martinez, 2000.
A.L. Record - Most innings pitched in relief in one season: 168.1. Bob Stanley, 1982.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive hitless innings: 25.1. Cy Young, 1904.
M.L. Record - Most batters retired without a hit: 76. Cy Young, 1904.
M.L. Record - Lowest OBP against in one season: .213. Pedro Martinez, 2000.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most shutouts won by a left-hander in one season: 9. Babe Ruth, 1916.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most complete games won 1-0 in one season: 5. Bullet Joe Bush, 1918.

ROOKIE SINGLE-SEASON BATTING RECORDS
M.L. Record - Most home runs by a rookie shortstop in one season: 30. Nomar Garciaparra, 1997.
M.L. Record - Most walks by a rookie in one season: 107. Ted Williams, 1939.
A.L. Record - Most doubles by a rookie in one season: 47. Fred Lynn, 1975.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most games played by a rookie in one season: 162. George Scott, 1966.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most grand slams by a rookie in one season: 2. Ellis Burks, 1987; Bob Zupcic, 1992.
M.L. Record - Most RBI by a rookie in one season: 145. Ted Williams, 1939.
A.L. Record - Highest slugging percentage by a rookie: .609. Ted Williams, 1939.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive hits at start of career: 6. Ted Cox, 9/18-19/77.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most hits in 1st M.L. game, 9 inn.: 4. Ted Cox, 9/18/77.
A.L. Record - Longest hitting streak by a rookie: 30 games. Nomar Garciaparra, 7/26/97 - 8/29/97.

SINGLE-GAME PITCHING RECORDS
M.L. Record (tie) - Fewest hits allowed in 1st M.L. game: 1. Billy Rohr, 4/14/67.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most balks in one game: 4. John Dopson, 6/13/89.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most home runs allowed in one game: 6. Tim Wakefield, 8/8/2004.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most strikeouts in a 9-inning game: 20. Roger Clemens, 4/29/86, 9/18/96.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most consecutive strikeouts in one game: 8. Roger Clemens, 4/29/86.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most innings pitched in one game: 24. Joe Harris, 9/1/1906.
A.L. Record - Most consecutive scoreless innings in one game: 20. Joe Harris, 9/1/1906.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive batters struck out to open an All-Star Game: 4. Pedro Martinez, 7/13/99.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most strikeouts recorded in an All-Star Game: 5. Pedro Martinez, 7/13/99.

SINGLE-INNING BATTING RECORDS
M.L. Record (tie) - Most runs scored in one inning: 3. Sammy White, 6/18/53.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most hits in one inning: 3. Gene Stephens, 6/18/53; Johnny Damon, 6/27/2003.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most pinch hits in one inning: 2. Russ Nixon, 5/4/62.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most doubles in one inning: 2. Joe Wood, 7/4/13; Hal Janvrin, 6/9/14; Grove Hartley, 5/28/27; Joe Cronin, 8/3/39; Jody Reed, 9/8/91; Mo Vaughn, 6/21/94.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most home runs in one inning: 2. Bill Regan, 6/16/28; Ellis Burks, 8/27/90; Nomar Garciaparra, 7/23/2002.
M.L. Record - Most home runs in two consecutive innings: 3. Nomar Garciaparra, 7/23/2002.
M.L. Record - Most grand slams in two consecutive innings: 2. Bill Mueller, 7/29/2003.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most RBI in an inning: 6. Tom McBride, 8/4/45; Carlos Quintana, 7/30/91.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most RBI in two consecutive innings: 8. Nomar Garciaparra, 7/23/2002.

SINGLE-INNING PITCHING RECORDS
M.L. Record (tie) - Most batters faced in one inning: 16. Merle Adkins, 7/8/1902; Lefty O'Doul, 7/7/23; Howard Ehmke, 9/29/23.
M.L. Record - Most hits allowed in one inning: 12. Merle Adkins, 7/8/1902.
M.L. Record - Most runs allowed in one inning: 13. Lefty O'Doul, 7/7/23.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most strikeouts in one inning: 4. Tim Wakefield, 8/10/99.
M.L. Record (tie) - Fewest pitches used to record 3 strikeouts in an inning: 9. Pedro Martinez, 5/18/2002.

CLUB SEASON RECORDS
M.L. Record - Fewest players used in one season: 18. Boston Americans, 1904.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive games played without a tie: 3868. Boston Red Sox, 6/8/61 - 7/30/85.
M.L. Record - Most extra-inning games in one season: 31. Boston Red Sox, 1943.
M.L. Record (tie) - Fewest games lost by one run in a season: 10. Boston Red Sox, 1986.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most games scoring 20 or more runs in a season: 3. Boston Red Sox, 1950.
A.L. Record - Most consecutive home games won: 24. Boston Red Sox, 1988.
M.L. Record - Most at-bats by a team in one season: 5781. Boston Red Sox, 1997.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most doubles by a team in one season: 373. Boston Red Sox, 1997, 2004.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most triples by a team in one season: 112. Boston Americans, 1903.
M.L. Record - Most extra-base hits by a team in one season: 649. Boston Red Sox, 2003.
M.L. Record - Most total bases by a team in one season: 2832. Boston Red Sox, 2003.
M.L. Record - Highest slugging percentage for a team in one season: .491. Boston Red Sox, 2003.
A.L. Record - Fewest home runs allowed by a team in one season: 6. Boston Red Sox, 1913.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive games without making an error: 17. Boston Red Sox, 2006.
M.L. Record - Highest team fielding percentage: .98910. Boston Red Sox, 2006.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most consecutive games turning at least one double play: 25. Boston Red Sox, 1951.
M.L. Record - Most times grounding into double play in one season: 174. Boston Red Sox, 1990.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most triple plays turned by a team in one season: 3. Boston Red Sox, 1924, 1979.
M.L. Record - Most players with 30 or more doubles: 8. Boston Red Sox, 2003.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most players with 30 or more home runs: 3. Boston Red Sox, 1977.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most players with 80 or more RBI: 8. Boston Red Sox, 2003.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most players with 100 or more hits: 9. Boston Red Sox, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2003.

CLUB SINGLE-GAME BATTING RECORDS
A.L. Record (tie) - Most doubles by a team in one game: 12. Boston Red Sox, 7/29/90.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most home runs by a team in a season opener: 5. Boston Red Sox, 4/12/65.
M.L. Record - Most solo home runs by a team in one game: 7. Boston Red Sox, 7/4/77.
M.L. Record - Most total bases by a team in one game: 60. Boston Red Sox, 6/8/50.
M.L. Record - Most extra-base hits by a team in one game: 17. Boston Red Sox, 6/8/50.
M.L. Record - Most runs scored before the first out of a game: 10. Boston Red Sox, 6/27/2003.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most pinch hits by a team in one game: 4. Boston Red Sox, 9/8/95.
A.L. Record (tie) - Most GIDP by a team in one game: 6. Boston Red Sox, 7/18/90.
M.L. Record - Most times hitting into a triple play by a team in one game: 2. Boston Red Sox, 7/17/90.
M.L. Record - Most runs scored in two consecutive games: 49. Boston Red Sox, 6/7-8/50.
M.L. Record - Most runs scored in three consecutive game: 56. Boston Red Sox, 6/7-9/50.

CLUB SINGLE-GAME PITCHING RECORDS
M.L. Record (tie) - Most strikeouts by a team in one game: 20. Boston Red Sox, 4/29/86, 9/18/96.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most walks allowed by a team in one game: 18. Boston Red Sox, 5/20/48.

CLUB SINGLE-INNING RECORDS
A.L. Record (tie) - Most consecutive hits by a team: 10. Boston Americans, 6/2/1901.
M.L. Record - Most batters facing a pitcher in one inning: 23. Boston Red Sox, 6/18/53.
A.L. Record - Most runs scored by a team in one inning: 17. Boston Red Sox, 6/18/53.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most runs scored in the first inning of a game: 14. Boston Red Sox, 6/27/2003.
A.L. Record - Most hits by a team in one inning: 14. Boston Red Sox, 6/18/53.
A.L. Record - Most singles by a team in one inning: 11. Boston Red Sox, 6/18/53.
M.L. Record - Most batters on a team reaching first base in one inning: 20. Boston Red Sox, 6/18/53.
M.L. Record - Most consecutive triples by a team: 4. Boston Red Sox, 5/6/34.
A.L. Record - Most home runs in one inning with 2 outs: 4. Boston Red Sox, 7/18/98.
A.L. Record - Most total bases by a team in one inning: 25. Boston Red Sox, 9/24/40.
M.L. Record - Most extra-base hits by a team in one inning: 7. Boston Red Sox, 9/24/40.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most pinch hits by a team in one inning: 4. Boston Red Sox, 9/8/95.

CAREER RECORDS
A.L. Record - Most career games played: 3308. Carl Yastrzemski, 1961-83.
A.L. Record - Most career at-bats: 11,988. Carl Yastrzemski, 1961-83.
M.L. Record (tie) - Most consecutive seasons leading the league in walks: 4. Ted Williams, 1946-49.
A.L. Record - Most seasons leading the league in intentional walks: 6. Wade Boggs, 1987-92.
M.L. Record - Highest career on-base percentage: .481. Ted Williams, 1939-60.
M.L. Record - Most seasons leading the league in OBP: 12. Ted Williams, 1940-58.
A.L. Record - Most consecutive seasons leading the league in OBP: 5. Wade Boggs, 1985-89.
A.L. Record - Most consecutive seasons with at least one grand slam: 8. Manny Ramirez, 1995-2002.
A.L. Record - Most career consecutive errorless chances by an OF: 592. Johnny Damon, 2001-02.
A.L. Record - Most RBI in a Division Series: 11. Nomar Garciaparra, 9/29/98 - 10/3/98.

Note about league records: Record information was gathered from Red Sox Media Guides from 2000-2006, the SABR Records Committee December 2002 newsletter, and baseball-almanac.com. Career records listed were set or extended while the player was with the Red Sox, even though his entire career may not have been.

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