Who won the most games against the Boston Red Sox?
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Most wins, career
44 Mel Harder (5/3/1930-7/13/1947[g1])
39 Ted Lyons (7/30/1924-6/21/1942[g1])
39 Early Wynn (5/28/1942-4/29/1962[g2])
38 Eddie Rommel (9/24/1920-9/6/1931)
35 Lefty Grove (4/19/1926[g1]-8/8/1933)
34 Jim Perry (6/28/1959[g1]-9/30/1974)
33 Bob Feller (8/25/1937[g1]-5/1/1955[g1])
31 Bob Lemon (7/31/1947-7/14/1957[g1])
30 Herb Pennock (4/23/1924-9/23/1933)
30 Earl Whitehill (6/15/1924-8/3/1938[g2])
29 Firpo Marberry (9/3/1923[g2]-5/28/1934)
29 Red Ruffing (5/30/1930[g2]-8/2/1945)
28 Tommy Bridges (9/10/1931-7/2/1943)
28 George Uhle (5/25/1921-8/6/1933)
27 Willis Hudlin (6/17/1927[g1]-9/15/1939)
27 Tommy Thomas (5/20/1926-9/12/1936[g1])
26 Stan Coveleski (7/29/1920-6/30/1928[g2])
26 Elam Vangilder (6/9/1921-8/21/1928)
25 Rip Collins (6/26/1920-7/17/1931)
25 General Crowder (9/6/1926-6/22/1936)
25 Pedro Ramos (5/21/1955-5/18/1965)
25 Allie Reynolds (8/24/1943[g1]-9/6/1954[g1])
Most wins, relief
14 Johnny Murphy (4/24/1937-8/10/1946)
13 Rollie Fingers (8/1/1969-7/2/1985)
10 Mariano Rivera (9/22/1996-8/20/2006)
10 Eddie Rommel (9/24/1920-9/7/1928[g2])
8 Clint Brown (7/19/1933-7/27/1939)
8 Ron Davis (7/1/1979-8/28/1984)
8 Jim Kern (7/28/1976-8/14/1981)
8 Firpo Marberry (5/30/1924[g2]-5/28/1934)
Fewest days to win 8 games
307 Lefty Grove (9/1/1928-7/4/1929[g1])
330 Eddie Rommel (8/30/1924[g1]-7/25/1925)
337 Lefty Grove (8/2/1930[g2]-7/4/1931[g1])
359 Lefty Grove (9/7/1928[g1]-8/31/1929)
359 Lefty Grove (7/2/1928[g1]-6/25/1929[g1])
Fewest days to win 7 games
103 Eddie Rommel (4/14/1925, 4/16/1925, 4/24/1925, 6/2/1925, 6/23/1925, 7/23/1925, 7/25/1925)
104 Lefty Grove (5/26/1930, 8/2/1930[g2], 8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930, 9/6/1930)
123 Lefty Grove (5/1/1929, 5/2/1929, 5/22/1929, 5/30/1929[g1], 6/25/1929[g1], 7/4/1929[g1], 8/31/1929)
298 Lefty Grove (9/1/1928-6/25/1929[g1])
301 Lefty Grove (9/7/1928[g1]-7/4/1929[g1])
Fewest days to win 6 games
36 Lefty Grove (8/2/1930[g2], 8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930, 9/6/1930)
65 Lefty Grove (5/1/1929, 5/2/1929, 5/22/1929, 5/30/1929[g1], 6/25/1929[g1], 7/4/1929[g1])
92 Tommy Thomas (5/17/1931, 6/14/1931, 7/2/1931, 7/22/1931[g2], 7/25/1931, 8/16/1931[g1])
101 Eddie Rommel (4/14/1925, 4/16/1925, 4/24/1925, 6/2/1925, 6/23/1925, 7/23/1925)
101 Eddie Rommel (4/16/1925, 4/24/1925, 6/2/1925, 6/23/1925, 7/23/1925, 7/25/1925)
102 Lefty Grove (5/26/1930, 8/2/1930[g2], 8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930)
117 Pedro Ramos (4/25/1956, 5/25/1956, 5/27/1956[g2], 8/11/1956, 8/17/1956, 8/19/1956[g2])
122 Lefty Grove (5/2/1929, 5/22/1929, 5/30/1929[g1], 6/25/1929[g1], 7/4/1929[g1], 8/31/1929)
135 Johnny Murphy (4/29/1943, 5/5/1943, 5/6/1943[g2], 6/19/1943, 8/29/1943[g1], 9/10/1943)
136 Bob Keegan (4/30/1954, 5/11/1954, 6/4/1954, 6/25/1954, 8/5/1954, 9/12/1954[g1])
137 Elam Vangilder (5/12/1923, 6/18/1923[g2], 7/15/1923[g1], 8/22/1923[g1], 8/24/1923, 9/25/1923)
139 Johnny Niggeling (5/1/1942, 5/14/1942, 7/14/1942, 7/24/1942[g2], 8/30/1942[g1], 9/16/1942)
147 Eddie Rommel (4/14/1922, 6/27/1922[g1], 6/27/1922[g2], 8/29/1922, 9/1/1922, 9/7/1922[g2])
155 Lefty Gomez (4/22/1934, 4/29/1934, 7/2/1934, 7/31/1934[g1], 8/10/1934, 9/23/1934[g1])
157 Monk Dubiel (4/19/1945, 5/5/1945, 6/21/1945, 7/31/1945, 8/28/1945, 9/22/1945)
Fewest days to win 5 games
34 Lefty Grove (8/2/1930[g2], 8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930)
34 Lefty Grove (8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930, 9/6/1930)
56 Lefty Grove (5/1/1929, 5/2/1929, 5/22/1929, 5/30/1929[g1], 6/25/1929[g1])
64 Lefty Grove (5/2/1929, 5/22/1929, 5/30/1929[g1], 6/25/1929[g1], 7/4/1929[g1])
64 Tommy Thomas (6/14/1931, 7/2/1931, 7/22/1931[g2], 7/25/1931, 8/16/1931[g1])
Fewest days to win 4 games
8 Lefty Grove (8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930, 9/6/1930)
30 Lefty Grove (5/1/1929, 5/2/1929, 5/22/1929, 5/30/1929[g1])
32 Lefty Grove (8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930)
33 Lefty Grove (8/2/1930[g2], 8/4/1930, 8/30/1930, 9/3/1930)
34 Ted Blankenship (7/18/1925, 7/21/1925[g2], 8/6/1925, 8/20/1925)
Fewest days to win 3 games
4 Lefty Grove (9/3/1930, 9/4/1930, 9/6/1930)
6 Lefty Grove (8/30/1930, 9/3/1930, 9/4/1930)
6 Jack Russell (6/3/1933, 6/4/1933, 6/8/1933[g2])
8 Johnny Murphy (4/29/1943, 5/5/1943, 5/6/1943[g2])
9 Pedro Ramos (8/11/1956, 8/17/1956, 8/19/1956[g2])
10 Jim Bagby (7/19/1920[g1], 7/20/1920, 7/28/1920)
10 General Crowder (8/2/1933, 8/10/1933, 8/11/1933)
10 Eddie Rommel (8/29/1922, 9/1/1922, 9/7/1922[g2])
11 Eddie Rommel (4/14/1925, 4/16/1925, 4/24/1925)
12 Willis Hudlin (5/9/1937, 5/18/1937, 5/20/1937)
Fewest days to win 2 games
1 Dutch Levsen (8/28/1926[g1], 8/28/1926[g2])
1 Eddie Rommel (6/27/1922[g1], 6/27/1922[g2])
2 Jack Aker (6/21/1969[g2], 6/22/1969)
2 Luis Arroyo (7/21/1961, 7/22/1961)
2 Jim Bagby (7/19/1920[g1], 7/20/1920)
2 Hank Borowy (8/4/1951, 8/5/1951[g2])
2 Allen Conkwright (9/16/1920, 9/17/1920)
2 General Crowder (8/10/1933, 8/11/1933)
2 Hooks Dauss (8/9/1924, 8/10/1924)
2 Rollie Fingers (8/30/1975, 8/31/1975)
2 Fred Gladding (6/15/1965, 6/16/1965)
2 Lefty Grove (5/1/1929, 5/2/1929)
2 Lefty Grove (9/3/1930, 9/4/1930)
2 Mel Harder (5/3/1930, 5/4/1930)
2 John Hiller (7/26/1973, 7/27/1973)
2 Ed Klieman (5/9/1948[g2], 5/10/1948)
2 Mickey Lolich (8/10/1968, 8/11/1968[g1])
2 Aurelio Lopez (8/6/1984[g1], 8/7/1984[g2])
2 Guy Morton (9/21/1921, 9/22/1921)
2 Johnny Murphy (5/5/1943, 5/6/1943[g2])
2 Jeff Musselman (7/27/1987, 7/28/1987)
2 Jesse Orosco (7/9/1998, 7/10/1998)
2 Daryl Patterson (9/1/1970, 9/2/1970[g1])
2 Jack Russell (6/3/1933, 6/4/1933)
2 Bob Shaw (6/24/1960, 6/25/1960)
Longest drought between wins
5006 Terry Forster (8/20/1972[g1]-5/6/1986)
4325 Mark Portugal (8/19/1986-6/23/1998)
4289 Danny Darwin (10/6/1985-7/5/1997)
3950 Joe Dobson (7/21/1940[g2]-5/16/1951)
3883 Doug Drabek (10/2/1986-5/21/1997)
3723 Luis Tiant (6/24/1969[g1]-9/4/1979)
3694 Rick Reed (7/6/1992-8/18/2002)
3682 Tom Gordon (5/31/1994-6/30/2004)
3636 Tommy John (6/4/1969-5/20/1979)
3619 Jose Lima (9/27/1995-8/25/2005)
Includes all games played between 1920 and 2007.
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