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1939 Boston Red Sox

1939 > Class Major League > 1939 American League
Overall: 89-62
Scored 890 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-68

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Joe Cronin
Represented: Boston, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1938 / 1940

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 Elden Auker 28 31 57 53 6 12 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 14 .226 .241 .358 .599 19 0 0 3
2 Jim Bagby 22 21 37 34 10 10 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .294 .314 .441 .755 15 1 1 2
3 Moe Berg 37 14 35 33 3 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 .273 .314 .394 .708 13 1 0 0
4 Boze Berger 29 20 33 30 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .300 .323 .367 .689 11 0 0 2
5 Tom Carey 32 54 170 161 17 39 6 2 0 20 0 0 3 9 .242 .265 .304 .569 49 4 2 4
6 Doc Cramer* 33 137 642 589 110 183 30 6 0 56 3 3 36 17 .311 .352 .382 .734 225 16 2 15
7 Joe Cronin 32 143 627 520 97 160 33 3 19 107 6 6 87 48 .308 .407 .492 .899 256 18 0 20
8 Gene Desautels 32 76 269 226 26 55 14 0 0 21 3 1 33 13 .243 .340 .305 .645 69 2 0 10
9 Emerson Dickman 24 48 38 36 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .056 .105 .056 .161 2 1 0 0
10 Bobby Doerr 21 127 574 525 75 167 28 2 12 73 1 10 38 32 .318 .365 .448 .813 235 17 1 10
11 Jimmie Foxx 31 124 563 467 130 168 31 10 35 105 4 3 89 72 .360 .464 .694 1.158 324 17 2 5
12 Fabian Gaffke 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
13 Denny Galehouse 27 30 58 47 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 20 .064 .185 .085 .270 4 2 1 4
14 Lefty Grove* 39 25 85 67 3 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 26 .134 .237 .179 .416 12 0 0 9
15 Joe Heving 38 46 35 32 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .219 .406 7 0 0 3
16 Bill LeFebvre* 23 7 12 10 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .300 .417 .300 .717 3 0 0 0
17 Red Nonnenkamp* 27 58 87 75 12 18 2 1 0 5 0 1 12 6 .240 .345 .293 .638 22 2 0 0
18 Fritz Ostermueller* 31 34 64 56 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 5 .161 .203 .196 .400 11 4 0 5
19 Johnny Peacock* 29 92 312 274 33 76 11 4 0 36 1 1 29 11 .277 .347 .347 .693 95 4 0 9
20 Woody Rich* 23 21 29 27 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .259 .286 .259 .545 7 1 0 1
21 Bill Sayles 21 5 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0
22 Jim Tabor 22 149 626 577 76 167 33 8 14 95 16 10 40 54 .289 .337 .447 .784 258 15 1 8
23 Joe Vosmik 29 145 640 554 89 153 29 6 7 84 4 3 66 33 .276 .356 .388 .744 215 27 3 17
24 Charlie Wagner 26 11 14 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 0 0 0
25 Monte Weaver* 33 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
26 Ted Williams* 20 149 677 565 131 185 44 11 31 145 2 1 107 64 .327 .436 .609 1.045 344 10 2 3
27 Jack Wilson 27 37 68 63 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 .159 .159 .159 .317 10 0 0 5
27 Players 27.7 152 6054 5308 890 1543 287 57 124 833 42 44 591 505 .291 .363 .436 .800 2316 146 15 140
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 Elden Auker 28 9 10 .474 5.36 31 25 4 6 1 0 151.0 183 108 90 13 61 43 1 0 0 697 1.616 10.9 0.8 3.6 2.6 0.70
2 Jim Bagby 22 5 5 .500 7.09 21 11 5 3 0 0 80.0 119 66 63 7 36 35 2 0 2 388 1.938 13.4 0.8 4.0 3.9 0.97
3 Emerson Dickman 24 8 3 .727 4.43 48 1 23 0 0 5 113.2 126 70 56 10 43 46 3 0 3 507 1.487 10.0 0.8 3.4 3.6 1.07
4 Jimmie Foxx 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
5 Denny Galehouse 27 9 10 .474 4.54 30 18 6 6 1 0 146.2 160 84 74 6 52 68 1 0 2 639 1.445 9.8 0.4 3.2 4.2 1.31
6 Lefty Grove* 39 15 4 .789 2.54 23 23 0 17 2 0 191.0 180 63 54 8 58 81 1 0 0 798 1.246 8.5 0.4 2.7 3.8 1.40
7 Joe Heving 38 11 3 .786 3.70 46 5 26 1 0 7 107.0 124 65 44 8 34 43 2 1 3 471 1.477 10.4 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.26
8 Bill LeFebvre* 23 1 1 .500 5.81 5 3 2 0 0 0 26.1 35 17 17 2 14 8 0 0 0 122 1.861 12.0 0.7 4.8 2.7 0.57
9 Fritz Ostermueller* 31 11 7 .611 4.24 34 20 9 8 0 4 159.1 173 86 75 6 58 61 2 0 5 701 1.450 9.8 0.3 3.3 3.4 1.05
10 Woody Rich 23 4 3 .571 4.91 21 12 4 3 0 1 77.0 78 46 42 2 35 24 5 0 0 344 1.468 9.1 0.2 4.1 2.8 0.69
11 Bill Sayles 21 0 0 7.07 5 0 3 0 0 0 14.0 14 13 11 1 13 9 0 0 2 67 1.929 9.0 0.6 8.4 5.8 0.69
12 Charlie Wagner 26 3 1 .750 4.23 9 5 2 0 0 0 38.1 49 19 18 3 14 13 0 1 0 170 1.643 11.5 0.7 3.3 3.1 0.93
13 Monte Weaver 33 1 0 1.000 6.64 9 1 2 1 0 1 20.1 26 15 15 0 13 6 1 0 2 99 1.918 11.5 0.0 5.8 2.7 0.46
14 Jack Wilson 27 11 11 .500 4.67 36 22 5 6 0 2 177.1 198 109 92 10 75 80 1 0 4 797 1.539 10.0 0.5 3.8 4.1 1.07
14 Players 29.1 89 62 .589 4.56 152 152 100 52 4 20 1350.2 1533 795 684 77 543 539 19 2 25 6037 1.537 10.2 0.5 3.6 3.6 0.99

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
Johnny Peacock 84 314 33 10 6 .972 4.13 4 40 17 30%
Gene Desautels 73 310 48 2 5 .994 4.90 1 36 24 40%
Moe Berg 13 45 10 2 1 .965 4.23 1 8 2 20%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmie Foxx 123 1101 91 10 104 .992 9.69

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobby Doerr 126 336 431 19 95 .976 6.09
Tom Carey 35 75 87 0 19 1.000 4.63
Boze Berger 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Tabor 148 144 338 40 32 .923 3.26
Boze Berger 5 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.80

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Cronin 142 306 437 32 93 .959 5.23
Boze Berger 10 8 10 1 1 .947 1.80
Tom Carey 10 18 29 2 3 .959 4.70

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Vosmik 144 0.00
Red Nonnenkamp 7 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Doc Cramer 135 0.00
Red Nonnenkamp 4 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Williams 149 0.00
Red Nonnenkamp 4 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Williams 149 318 11 19 3 .945 2.21
Joe Vosmik 144 296 9 8 0 .974 2.12
Doc Cramer 135 356 12 6 0 .984 2.73
Red Nonnenkamp 15 25 0 1 0 .962 1.67

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Emerson Dickman 48 4 33 2 3 .949 0.77
Joe Heving 46 8 17 3 2 .893 0.54
Jack Wilson 36 14 25 1 1 .975 1.08
Fritz Ostermueller 34 12 22 2 2 .944 1.00
Elden Auker 31 9 35 4 2 .917 1.42
Denny Galehouse 30 11 24 3 2 .921 1.17
Lefty Grove 23 0 21 3 2 .875 0.91
Jim Bagby 21 3 11 1 2 .933 0.67
Woody Rich 21 3 22 3 0 .893 1.19
Charlie Wagner 9 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.89
Monte Weaver 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.11
Bill LeFebvre 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.60
Bill Sayles 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60
Jimmie Foxx 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Elden Auker 28 R R 6' 2.0" 194 Sep 21, 1910 Norcatur, KS, US
Jim Bagby 22 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Sep 8, 1916 Cleveland, OH, US
Moe Berg 37 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 2, 1902 New York, NY, US
Boze Berger 29 R R 6' 2.0" 180 May 13, 1910 Baltimore, MD, US
Tom Carey 32 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Oct 11, 1906 Hoboken, NJ, US
Doc Cramer 33 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 22, 1905 Beach Haven, NJ, US
Joe Cronin 32 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Oct 12, 1906 San Francisco, CA, US
Gene Desautels 32 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 13, 1907 Worcester, MA, US
Emerson Dickman 24 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 12, 1914 Buffalo, NY, US
Bobby Doerr 21 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Apr 7, 1918 Los Angeles, CA, US
Lou Finney 28 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 Buffalo, AL, US
Jimmie Foxx 31 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 Sudlersville, MD, US
Fabian Gaffke 25 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Aug 5, 1913 Milwaukee, WI, US
Denny Galehouse 27 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 7, 1911 Marshallville, OH, US
Lefty Grove 39 L L 6' 3.0" 190 Mar 6, 1900 Lonaconing, MD, US
Joe Heving 38 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 2, 1900 Covington, KY, US
Bill LeFebvre 23 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 11, 1915 Natick, RI, US
Red Nonnenkamp 27 L L 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 7, 1911 St. Louis, MO, US
Fritz Ostermueller 31 L L 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 15, 1907 Quincy, IL, US
Johnny Peacock 29 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jan 10, 1910 Fremont, NC, US
Woody Rich 23 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Mar 9, 1916 Morganton, NC, US
Bill Sayles 21 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Jul 27, 1917 Portland, OR, US
Jim Tabor 22 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 5, 1916 New Hope, AL, US
Joe Vosmik 29 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Apr 4, 1910 Cleveland, OH, US
Jake Wade 27 L L 6' 2.0" 175 Apr 1, 1912 Morehead City, NC, US
Charlie Wagner 26 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Dec 3, 1912 Reading, PA, US
Monte Weaver 33 L R 6' 0.0" 170 Jun 15, 1906 Helton, NC, US
Ted Williams 20 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Aug 30, 1918 San Diego, CA, US
Jack Wilson 27 R R 5' 11.0" 210 Apr 12, 1912 Portland, OR, US

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