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1937 Boston Red Sox

1937 > Class Major League > 1937 American League
Overall: 80-72
Scored 821 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Joe Cronin
Represented: Boston, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1936 / 1938

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Moe Berg 35 47 148 141 13 36 3 1 0 20 0 0 5 4 .255 .281 .291 .572 41 0 2
2 Doc Cramer* 31 133 616 560 90 171 22 11 0 51 8 6 35 14 .305 .351 .384 .735 215 4 17
3 Joe Cronin 30 148 671 570 102 175 40 4 18 110 5 3 84 73 .307 .402 .486 .887 277 6 11
4 Dom Dallessandro* 23 68 175 147 18 34 7 1 0 11 2 1 27 16 .231 .351 .293 .643 43 0 1
5 Gene Desautels 30 96 349 305 33 74 10 3 0 27 1 2 36 26 .243 .325 .295 .620 90 1 7
6 Bobby Doerr 19 55 170 147 22 33 5 1 2 14 2 4 18 25 .224 .313 .313 .626 46 1 4
7 Jimmie Foxx 29 150 673 569 111 162 24 6 36 127 10 8 99 96 .285 .392 .538 .929 306 1 4
8 Fabian Gaffke 23 54 204 184 32 53 10 4 6 34 1 2 15 25 .288 .342 .484 .825 89 0 5
9 Joe Gonzales 22 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1
10 Lefty Grove* 37 32 109 91 6 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 12 39 .143 .243 .154 .397 14 0 6
11 Jim Henry 27 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0
12 Pinky Higgins 28 153 654 570 88 172 33 5 9 106 2 6 76 51 .302 .385 .425 .809 242 1 7
13 Johnny Marcum* 27 51 95 86 12 23 8 0 0 13 0 0 7 4 .267 .323 .360 .683 31 0 2
14 Archie McKain# 26 38 53 49 5 13 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .265 .308 .367 .675 18 2 1
15 Eric McNair 28 126 493 455 60 133 29 4 12 76 10 7 30 33 .292 .340 .453 .793 206 3 5
16 Ski Melillo 37 26 62 56 8 14 2 0 0 6 0 1 5 4 .250 .311 .286 .597 16 0 1
17 Buster Mills 28 123 566 505 85 149 25 8 7 58 11 8 46 41 .295 .361 .418 .779 211 6 9
18 Ted Olson 24 11 10 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .500 .800 5 0 0
19 Fritz Ostermueller* 29 25 37 33 5 11 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .333 .353 .424 .777 14 0 3
20 Johnny Peacock* 27 9 33 32 3 10 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 .313 .333 .438 .771 14 0 0
21 Rube Walberg* 40 32 39 34 7 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .147 .194 .176 .371 6 0 3
22 Jack Wilson 25 51 91 85 2 14 2 0 0 10 0 0 4 13 .165 .202 .188 .390 16 0 2
22 Players 28.7 154 6084 5354 821 1506 269 64 100 769 79 61 601 557 .281 .357 .411 .768 2203 26 103
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Joe Gonzales 22 1 2 .333 4.35 8 2 3 2 0 0 31.0 37 16 15 1 11 11 0 0 0 140 1.548 10.7 0.3 3.2 3.2 1.00
2 Lefty Grove* 37 17 9 .654 3.02 32 32 0 21 3 0 262.0 269 101 88 9 83 153 1 0 5 1127 1.344 9.2 0.3 2.9 5.3 1.84
3 Jim Henry 27 1 0 1.000 5.28 3 2 0 1 0 0 15.1 15 9 9 2 11 8 0 0 0 70 1.696 8.8 1.2 6.5 4.7 0.73
4 Johnny Marcum 27 13 11 .542 4.85 37 23 13 9 1 3 183.2 230 104 99 17 47 59 2 0 2 808 1.508 11.3 0.8 2.3 2.9 1.26
5 Archie McKain* 26 8 8 .500 4.66 36 18 6 3 0 2 137.0 152 84 71 7 64 66 0 0 1 630 1.577 10.0 0.5 4.2 4.3 1.03
6 Ted Olson 24 0 0 7.24 11 0 6 0 0 0 32.1 42 28 26 4 15 11 0 0 0 152 1.763 11.7 1.1 4.2 3.1 0.73
7 Fritz Ostermueller* 29 3 7 .300 4.98 25 7 9 2 0 1 86.2 101 64 48 2 44 29 1 0 1 402 1.673 10.5 0.2 4.6 3.0 0.66
8 Rube Walberg* 40 5 7 .417 5.59 32 11 13 3 0 1 104.2 143 72 65 7 46 46 3 0 4 488 1.806 12.3 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.00
9 Jack Wilson 25 16 10 .615 3.70 51 21 23 14 1 7 221.1 209 111 91 13 119 137 3 2 4 979 1.482 8.5 0.5 4.8 5.6 1.15
9 Players 29.7 80 72 .526 4.48 154 154 80 74 6 14 1366.0 1518 775 680 92 597 682 15 3 22 6132 1.548 10.0 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.14

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Gene Desautels 94 491 44 4 4 .993 5.69 3 37 22 37%
Moe Berg 47 208 24 5 2 .979 4.94 5 17 7 29%
Johnny Peacock 9 42 8 1 1 .980 5.56 1 2 1 33%
Jimmie Foxx 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmie Foxx 150 1287 106 8 122 .994 9.29
Eric McNair 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eric McNair 106 242 316 18 67 .969 5.26
Bobby Doerr 47 94 124 6 29 .973 4.64
Ski Melillo 19 33 29 4 7 .939 3.26

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pinky Higgins 152 161 258 29 29 .935 2.76
Eric McNair 4 1 9 3 1 .769 2.50
Ski Melillo 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Cronin 148 300 414 31 89 .958 4.82
Eric McNair 9 13 19 6 4 .842 3.56
Ski Melillo 2 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.50

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Buster Mills 107 0.00
Dom Dallessandro 30 0.00
Fabian Gaffke 16 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Doc Cramer 133 0.00
Buster Mills 10 0.00
Dom Dallessandro 1 0.00
Fabian Gaffke 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fabian Gaffke 33 0.00
Buster Mills 5 0.00
Dom Dallessandro 4 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Doc Cramer 133 365 12 12 4 .969 2.83
Buster Mills 120 239 8 14 0 .946 2.06
Fabian Gaffke 50 80 3 3 0 .965 1.66
Dom Dallessandro 35 54 1 2 0 .965 1.57

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Wilson 51 9 41 2 3 .962 0.98
Johnny Marcum 37 13 38 1 1 .981 1.38
Archie McKain 36 4 27 3 0 .912 0.86
Lefty Grove 32 6 43 1 1 .980 1.53
Rube Walberg 32 6 17 4 3 .852 0.72
Fritz Ostermueller 25 9 17 3 0 .897 1.04
Ted Olson 11 3 11 2 0 .875 1.27
Joe Gonzales 8 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.75
Jim Henry 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.67

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Mel Almada 24 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 7, 1913 Huatabampo, Sonora, MX
Moe Berg 35 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 2, 1902 New York, NY, US
Stew Bowers 22 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 26, 1915 New Freedom, PA, US
Ben Chapman 28 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Dec 25, 1908 Nashville, TN, US
Doc Cramer 31 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 22, 1905 Beach Haven, NJ, US
Joe Cronin 30 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Oct 12, 1906 San Francisco, CA, US
Dom Dallessandro 23 L L 5' 6.0" 168 Oct 3, 1913 Reading, PA, US
Bob Daughters 22 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Aug 5, 1914 Cincinnati, OH, US
Gene Desautels 30 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 13, 1907 Worcester, MA, US
Bobby Doerr 19 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Apr 7, 1918 Los Angeles, CA, US
Rick Ferrell 31 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Oct 12, 1905 Durham, NC, US
Wes Ferrell 29 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Feb 2, 1908 Greensboro, NC, US
Jimmie Foxx 29 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 Sudlersville, MD, US
Fabian Gaffke 23 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Aug 5, 1913 Milwaukee, WI, US
Joe Gonzales 22 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Mar 19, 1915 San Francisco, CA, US
Lefty Grove 37 L L 6' 3.0" 190 Mar 6, 1900 Lonaconing, MD, US
Jim Henry 27 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Jun 26, 1910 Danville, VA, US
Pinky Higgins 28 R R 6' 1.0" 185 May 27, 1909 Red Oak, TX, US
Johnny Marcum 27 L R 5' 11.0" 197 Sep 9, 1909 Campbellsburg, KY, US
Archie McKain 26 S L 5' 10.0" 175 May 12, 1911 Delphos, KS, US
Eric McNair 28 R R 5' 8.0" 160 Apr 12, 1909 Meridian, MS, US
Ski Melillo 37 R R 5' 8.0" 150 Aug 4, 1899 Chicago, IL, US
Buster Mills 28 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Sep 16, 1908 Ranger, TX, US
Bobo Newsom 29 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Aug 11, 1907 Hartsville, SC, US
Ted Olson 24 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Aug 27, 1912 Quincy, MA, US
Fritz Ostermueller 29 L L 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 15, 1907 Quincy, IL, US
Johnny Peacock 27 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jan 10, 1910 Fremont, NC, US
Tommy Thomas 37 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 23, 1899 Baltimore, MD, US
Rube Walberg 40 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Jul 27, 1896 Pine City, MN, US
Jack Wilson 25 R R 5' 11.0" 210 Apr 12, 1912 Portland, OR, US

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