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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
2007.Mon, Apr 2 at KCR L (1-7) Varitek Youkilis Pedroia Lowell Lugo Ramirez Crisp Drew Schilling Ortiz
2006.Mon, Apr 3 at TEX W (7-3) Varitek Youkilis Loretta Lowell Gonzalez Ramirez Crisp Nixon Schilling Ortiz
2005.Sun, Apr 3 at NYY L (2-9)# Varitek Millar Bellhorn Mueller Renteria Ramirez Damon Payton Wells Ortiz
2004.Sun, Apr 4 at BAL L (2-7) Varitek Millar Bellhorn Mueller Reese Ramirez Damon Kapler Martinez Ortiz
2003.Mon, Mar 31 at TBD L (4-6)# Varitek Millar Walker Hillenbrand Garciaparra Ramirez Damon Nixon Martinez Giambi
2002.Mon, Apr 1 vs TOR L (11-12) Varitek Clark Sanchez Hillenbrand Garciaparra Ramirez Damon Nixon Martinez Offerman
2001.Mon, Apr 2 at BAL L (1-2) Varitek Daubach Stynes Hillenbrand Grebeck O'Leary Everett Nixon Martinez Ramirez
2000.Tue, Apr 4 at SEA W (2-0)# Varitek Stanley Offerman Valentin Garciaparra O'Leary Everett Lewis Martinez Gaetti
1999.Mon, Apr 5 at KCR W (5-3) Hatteberg Stanley Frye Valentin Garciaparra O'Leary Lewis Nixon Martinez Offerman
1998.Wed, Apr 1 at OAK W (2-0) Hatteberg Vaughn Sadler Valentin Garciaparra O'Leary Lewis Bragg Martinez Jefferson
1997.Wed, Apr 2 at ANA W (6-5)# Haselman Vaughn Valentin Naehring Garciaparra Cordero Mack Pemberton Gordon Stanley
1996.Mon, Apr 1 at TEX L (3-5) Stanley Vaughn Cordero Naehring Valentin Greenwell Hosey O'Leary Clemens Canseco
1995.Wed, Apr 26 vs MIN W (9-0) Macfarlane Vaughn Alicea Naehring Valentin Greenwell Tinsley Whiten Sele Canseco
1994.Mon, Apr 4 vs DET W (9-8) Valle Vaughn Fletcher Cooper Valentin Greenwell Nixon Hatcher Clemens Dawson
1993.Mon, Apr 5 at KCR W (3-1) Pena Vaughn Fletcher Cooper Rivera Greenwell Hatcher Dawson Clemens Calderon
1992.Tue, Apr 7 at NYY L (3-4) Pena Vaughn Reed Boggs Rivera Greenwell Burks Plantier Clemens Clark
1991.Mon, Apr 8 at TOR W (6-2) Pena Quintana Reed Boggs Naehring Greenwell Burks Brunansky Clemens Clark
1990.Mon, Apr 9 vs DET W (5-2) Pena Robidoux Barrett Boggs Reed Greenwell Burks Romine Clemens Evans
1989.Mon, Apr 3 at BAL L (4-5) Gedman Esasky Barrett Boggs Reed Greenwell Burks Evans Clemens Rice
1988.Mon, Apr 4 vs DET L (3-5) Gedman Evans Barrett Boggs Owen Rice Anderson Greenwell Clemens Horn
1987.Mon, Apr 6 at MIL L (1-5)# Sullivan Buckner Barrett Boggs Owen Rice Henderson Evans Stanley Baylor
1986.Mon, Apr 7 at DET L (5-6) Gedman Buckner Barrett Boggs Hoffman Rice Armas Evans Hurst Baylor
1985.Mon, Apr 8 vs NYY W (9-2) Gedman Buckner Barrett Boggs Gutierrez Rice Armas Evans Boyd Easler
1984.Mon, Apr 2 at CAL L (1-2) Gedman Stapleton Remy Boggs Hoffman Rice Armas Evans Hurst Easler
1983.Tue, Apr 5 vs TOR L (1-7) Gedman Stapleton Valdez Boggs Hoffman Rice Armas Evans Eckersley Yastrzemski
1982.Sat, Apr 10 at BAL W (2-0)# Allenson Yastrzemski Stapleton Lansford Hoffman Rice Nichols Evans Eckersley Perez
1981.Fri, Apr 10 vs CHW L (3-5)# Allenson Perez Stapleton Lansford Hoffman Rice Miller Evans Eckersley Rudi
1980.Thu, Apr 10 at MIL L (5-9) Rader Perez Remy Hobson Burleson Rice Lynn Evans Eckersley Yastrzemski
1979.Thu, Apr 5 vs CLE W (7-1) Montgomery Scott Remy Brohamer Burleson Yastrzemski Lynn Evans Eckersley Rice
1978.Fri, Apr 7 at CHW L (5-6) Fisk Scott Remy Hobson Burleson Yastrzemski Lynn Evans Torrez Rice
1977.Thu, Apr 7 vs CLE L (4-5) Fisk Scott Doyle Hobson Burleson Rice Evans Yastrzemski Jenkins Carbo
1976.Fri, Apr 9 at BAL L (0-1) Fisk Yastrzemski Doyle Petrocelli Burleson Rice Lynn Evans Jenkins Cooper
1975.Tue, Apr 8 vs MIL W (5-2) Montgomery Yastrzemski Griffin Petrocelli Burleson Beniquez Lynn Evans Tiant Conigliaro
1974.Fri, Apr 5 at MIL W (9-8) Montgomery Cooper Griffin Petrocelli Guerrero Yastrzemski Beniquez Carbo Tiant Harper
1973.Fri, Apr 6 vs NYY W (15-5) Fisk Yastrzemski Griffin Petrocelli Aparicio Harper Smith Evans Tiant Cepeda
1972.Sat, Apr 15 at DET L (2-3)# Josephson Cater Griffin Petrocelli Aparicio Yastrzemski Harper Smith Pattin  
1971.Tue, Apr 6 vs NYY W (3-1) Josephson Scott Griffin Petrocelli Aparicio Yastrzemski Conigliaro Smith Culp  
1970.Tue, Apr 7 at NYY W (4-3) Moses Scott Andrews Alvarado Petrocelli Yastrzemski Smith Conigliaro Peters  
1969.Tue, Apr 8 at BAL W (5-4)# Gibson Harrelson Andrews Scott Petrocelli Yastrzemski Smith Conigliaro Lonborg  
1968.Wed, Apr 10 at DET W (7-3) Howard Scott Andrews Jones Petrocelli Yastrzemski Smith Lahoud Ellsworth  
1967.Wed, Apr 12 vs CHW W (5-4) Ryan Scott Smith Foy Petrocelli Yastrzemski Tartabull Conigliaro Lonborg  
1966.Tue, Apr 12 vs BAL L (4-5)# Ryan Horton Smith Scott Petrocelli Yastrzemski Thomas Conigliaro Wilson  
1965.Mon, Apr 12 at WSA W (7-2) Tillman Thomas Mantilla Malzone Petrocelli Yastrzemski Green Conigliaro Monbouquette  
1964.Thu, Apr 16 at NYY W (4-3)# Tillman Stuart Schilling Malzone Bressoud Yastrzemski Conigliaro Clinton Monbouquette  
1963.Tue, Apr 9 at LAA L (1-4) Tillman Stuart Schilling Malzone Bressoud Yastrzemski Mejias Clinton Monbouquette  
1962.Tue, Apr 10 vs CLE L (0-4) Nixon Runnels Schilling Malzone Bressoud Yastrzemski Geiger Hardy Schwall  
1961.Tue, Apr 11 vs KCA L (2-5) Nixon Wertz Schilling Runnels Green Yastrzemski Geiger Jensen Monbouquette  
1960.Mon, Apr 18 at WSH L (1-10) Sullivan Runnels Green Malzone Buddin Williams Geiger Stephens Sturdivant  
1959.Sun, Apr 12 at NYY L (2-3) White Wertz Runnels Malzone Buddin Geiger Stephens Jensen Brewer  
1958.Mon, Apr 14 at WSH L (2-5) Daley Runnels Aspromonte Malzone Buddin Stephens Piersall Jensen Sullivan  
1957.Tue, Apr 16 at BAL W (4-2)# White Gernert Mauch Malzone Klaus Williams Piersall Stephens Brewer  
1956.Tue, Apr 17 vs BAL W (8-1)# White Vernon Goodman Malzone Buddin Williams Piersall Jensen Sullivan  
1955.Tue, Apr 12 at BAL W (7-1)                    
1954.Tue, Apr 13 at PHA L (4-6)#                    
1953.Thu, Apr 16 at PHA W (11-6)                    
1952.Tue, Apr 15 at WSH W (3-0)                    
1951.Tue, Apr 17 at NYY L (0-5)                    
1950.Tue, Apr 18 vs NYY L (10-15)                    
1949.Tue, Apr 19 at PHA L (2-3)#                    
1948.Mon, Apr 19 vs PHA L (4-5)                    
1947.Tue, Apr 15 vs WSH W (7-6)                    
1946.Tue, Apr 16 at WSH W (6-3)                    
1945.Tue, Apr 17 at NYY L (4-8)                    
1944.Tue, Apr 18 vs NYY L (0-3)                    
1943.Thu, Apr 22 at PHA W (1-0)                    
1942.Tue, Apr 14 vs PHA W (8-3)                    
1941.Tue, Apr 15 vs WSH W (7-6)                    
1940.Tue, Apr 16 at WSH W (1-0)                    
1939.Thu, Apr 20 at NYY L (0-2)                    
1938.Mon, Apr 18 vs NYY W (8-4)                    
1937.Tue, Apr 20 at PHA W (11-5)                    
1936.Tue, Apr 14 vs PHA W (9-4)                    
1935.Tue, Apr 16 at NYY W (1-0)#                    
1934.Tue, Apr 17 vs WSH L (5-6)#                    
1933.Thu, Apr 13 at NYY L (3-4)#                    
1932.Mon, Apr 11 at WSH L (0-1)                    
1931.Tue, Apr 14 at NYY L (3-6)                    
1930.Mon, Apr 14 at WSH W (4-3)                    
1929.Thu, Apr 18 at NYY L (3-7)                    
1928.Tue, Apr 10 at WSH W (7-5)                    
1927.Tue, Apr 12 at WSH L (2-6)                    
1926.Tue, Apr 13 vs NYY L (11-12)                    
1925.Tue, Apr 14 at PHA L (8-9)#                    
1924.Tue, Apr 15 vs NYY L (1-2)                    
1923.Wed, Apr 18 at NYY L (1-4)                    
1922.Wed, Apr 12 vs PHA L (2-3)                    
1921.Wed, Apr 13 at WSH W (6-3)                    
1920.Thu, Apr 15 vs WSH W (7-6)                    
1919.Wed, Apr 23 at NYY W (10-0)#                    
1918.Mon, Apr 15 vs PHA W (7-1)                    
1917.Wed, Apr 11 at NYY W (10-3)                    
1916.Wed, Apr 12 vs PHA W (2-1)                    
1915.Wed, Apr 14 at PHA L (0-2)#                    
1914.Tue, Apr 14 vs WSH L (0-3)                    
1913.Thu, Apr 10 vs PHA L (9-10)                    
1912.Thu, Apr 11 at NYY W (5-3)                    
1911.Wed, Apr 12 at WSH L (5-8)#                    
1910.Thu, Apr 14 at NYY - (4-4)#                    
1909.Mon, Apr 12 at PHA L (1-8)#                    
1908.Tue, Apr 14 vs WSH W (3-1)                    
1907.Thu, Apr 11 at PHA W (8-4)                    
1906.Sat, Apr 14 at NYY L (1-2)                    
1905.Fri, Apr 14 at PHA L (2-3)                    
1904.Thu, Apr 14 at NYY L (2-8)                    
1903.Mon, Apr 20 vs PHA W (9-4)#                    
1902.Sat, Apr 19 vs BLA W (7-6)                    
1901.Fri, Apr 26 at BLA L (6-10)                    
107 games 23 players 25 players 30 players 17 players 21 players 11 players 29 players 25 players 24 players 24 players
Most Common-games Varitek-8
Gedman-6
Pena-4		 Scott-7
Vaughn-7
Yastrzemski-4		 Barrett-6
Griffin-5
Schilling-4		 Boggs-10
Malzone-9
Petrocelli-6		 Garciaparra-6
Burleson-6
Petrocelli-6		 Yastrzemski-15
Rice-11
Greenwell-8		 Lynn-5
Burks-4
Smith-4		 Evans-14
Nixon-5
Conigliaro-5		 Clemens-8
Martinez-7
Eckersley-5		 Ortiz-4
Rice-3
Easler-2

Most Common Lineups

55 Games
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher
Pitcher

1 Games
C. Pena
1B. Vaughn
2B. Fletcher
3B. Cooper
SS. Rivera
LF. Greenwell
CF. Hatcher
RF. Dawson
Pitcher
DH. Calderon

1 Games
C. Gedman
1B. Stapleton
2B. Valdez
3B. Boggs
SS. Hoffman
LF. Rice
CF. Armas
RF. Evans
Pitcher
DH. Yastrzemski

1 Games
C. Sullivan
1B. Buckner
2B. Barrett
3B. Boggs
SS. Owen
LF. Rice
CF. Henderson
RF. Evans
Pitcher
DH. Baylor

1 Games
C. Gedman
1B. Evans
2B. Barrett
3B. Boggs
SS. Owen
LF. Rice
CF. Anderson
RF. Greenwell
Pitcher
DH. Horn

1 Games
C. Varitek
1B. Youkilis
2B. Loretta
3B. Lowell
SS. Gonzalez
LF. Ramirez
CF. Crisp
RF. Nixon
Pitcher
DH. Ortiz

53 total lineups (53 when including pitchers)

The game result information and lineup data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

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