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1940 Boston Red Sox

1940 > Class Major League > 1940 American League
Overall: 82-72
Scored 872 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Joe Cronin
Represented: Boston, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939 / 1941

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 Jim Bagby 23 44 80 74 8 15 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 12 .203 .203 .270 .473 20 2 0 6
2 Bill Butland 22 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1
3 Tom Carey 33 43 66 62 4 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 .323 .344 .387 .731 24 2 0 2
4 Doc Cramer* 34 150 712 661 94 200 27 12 1 51 3 5 36 29 .303 .340 .384 .724 254 13 1 14
5 Joe Cronin 33 149 645 548 104 156 35 6 24 111 7 5 83 65 .285 .380 .502 .882 275 6 1 13
6 Gene Desautels 33 71 261 222 19 50 7 1 0 17 0 1 32 13 .225 .328 .266 .594 59 7 2 5
7 Emerson Dickman 25 35 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .107 .167 .107 .274 3 0 1 2
8 Dom DiMaggio 23 108 466 418 81 126 32 6 8 46 7 6 41 46 .301 .367 .464 .831 194 5 2 5
9 Bobby Doerr 22 151 658 595 87 173 37 10 22 105 10 5 57 53 .291 .353 .497 .850 296 16 0 6
10 Lou Finney* 29 130 574 534 73 171 31 15 5 73 5 2 33 13 .320 .360 .463 .822 247 16 0 7
11 Bill Fleming 26 10 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 0 0 2
12 Jimmie Foxx 32 144 618 515 106 153 30 4 36 119 4 7 101 87 .297 .412 .581 .993 299 18 0 2
13 Denny Galehouse 28 25 46 39 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .077 .077 .103 .179 4 2 0 7
14 Joe Glenn 31 22 53 47 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 7 .128 .212 .149 .360 7 4 0 1
15 Lefty Grove* 40 23 61 53 4 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 29 .151 .196 .208 .404 11 0 0 5
16 Mickey Harris* 23 13 29 22 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 .273 .429 .273 .701 6 0 0 1
17 Herb Hash 29 35 43 40 4 7 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .175 .175 .300 .475 12 2 0 3
18 Joe Heving 39 39 46 40 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 6 .200 .273 .200 .473 8 2 1 2
19 Earl Johnson* 21 18 27 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .074 .074 .074 .148 2 1 0 0
20 Tony Lupien* 23 10 20 19 5 9 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 .474 .500 .842 1.342 16 0 0 0
21 Alex Mustaikis 31 6 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 3 0 0 0
22 Red Nonnenkamp* 28 9 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 1 0
23 Fritz Ostermueller* 32 33 57 54 9 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .315 .351 .370 .721 20 1 0 0
24 Marv Owen 34 20 65 57 4 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 4 .211 .308 .211 .518 12 3 0 0
25 Johnny Peacock* 30 63 156 131 20 37 4 1 0 13 1 1 23 10 .282 .390 .328 .718 43 8 0 2
26 Woody Rich* 24 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
27 Stan Spence* 25 51 72 68 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 1 4 9 .279 .319 .426 .746 29 1 0 0
28 Jim Tabor 23 120 505 459 73 131 28 6 21 81 14 10 42 58 .285 .345 .510 .855 234 5 0 4
29 Yank Terry 29 4 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0
30 Charlie Wagner 27 13 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0
31 Ted Williams* 21 144 661 561 134 193 43 14 23 113 4 4 96 54 .344 .442 .594 1.036 333 13 3 1
32 Jack Wilson 28 41 67 66 9 18 2 1 2 8 0 0 1 11 .273 .284 .424 .708 28 1 0 0
32 Players 28.0 154 6174 5481 872 1566 301 80 145 810 55 49 590 597 .286 .356 .449 .806 2462 127 12 91
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 Jim Bagby 23 10 16 .385 4.73 36 21 12 6 1 2 182.2 217 104 96 15 83 57 1 0 5 829 1.642 10.7 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.69
2 Bill Butland* 22 1 2 .333 5.57 3 3 0 1 0 0 21.0 27 13 13 0 10 5 0 0 0 99 1.762 11.6 0.0 4.3 2.1 0.50
3 Emerson Dickman 25 8 6 .571 6.03 35 9 11 2 0 3 100.0 121 74 67 15 38 40 4 0 1 460 1.590 10.9 1.4 3.4 3.6 1.05
4 Bill Fleming 26 1 2 .333 4.86 10 6 2 1 0 0 46.1 53 27 25 4 20 24 2 0 2 206 1.576 10.3 0.8 3.9 4.7 1.20
5 Denny Galehouse 28 6 6 .500 5.18 25 20 3 5 0 0 120.0 155 77 69 10 41 53 0 1 4 543 1.633 11.6 0.8 3.1 4.0 1.29
6 Lefty Grove* 40 7 6 .538 3.99 22 21 1 9 1 0 153.1 159 73 68 20 50 62 1 0 1 652 1.363 9.3 1.2 2.9 3.6 1.24
7 Mickey Harris* 23 4 2 .667 5.00 13 9 2 3 0 0 68.1 83 40 38 8 26 36 2 0 3 313 1.595 10.9 1.1 3.4 4.7 1.38
8 Herb Hash 29 7 7 .500 4.95 34 12 15 3 1 3 120.0 123 68 66 11 84 36 5 0 3 558 1.725 9.2 0.8 6.3 2.7 0.43
9 Joe Heving 39 12 7 .632 4.01 39 7 21 4 0 3 119.0 129 63 53 7 42 55 3 0 1 525 1.437 9.8 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.31
10 Earl Johnson* 21 6 2 .750 4.09 17 10 2 2 0 0 70.1 69 33 32 0 39 26 2 0 3 309 1.536 8.8 0.0 5.0 3.3 0.67
11 Alex Mustaikis 31 0 1 .000 9.00 6 1 3 0 0 0 15.0 15 18 15 1 15 6 0 0 1 76 2.000 9.0 0.6 9.0 3.6 0.40
12 Fritz Ostermueller* 32 5 9 .357 4.95 31 16 7 5 0 0 143.2 166 86 79 7 70 80 0 0 4 662 1.643 10.4 0.4 4.4 5.0 1.14
13 Woody Rich 24 1 0 1.000 0.77 3 1 1 1 0 0 11.2 9 3 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 44 0.857 6.9 1.5 0.8 6.2 8.00
14 Yank Terry 29 1 0 1.000 8.84 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.1 24 19 19 2 11 9 0 0 1 94 1.810 11.2 0.9 5.1 4.2 0.82
15 Charlie Wagner 27 1 0 1.000 5.52 12 1 7 0 0 0 29.1 45 22 18 5 8 13 0 0 1 140 1.807 13.8 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.63
16 Ted Williams 21 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
17 Jack Wilson 28 12 6 .667 5.08 41 16 15 9 0 5 157.2 170 104 89 17 87 102 3 0 6 723 1.630 9.7 1.0 5.0 5.8 1.17
17 Players 29.0 82 72 .532 4.89 154 154 103 51 4 16 1379.2 1568 825 749 124 625 613 23 1 36 6242 1.590 10.2 0.8 4.1 4.0 0.98

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 70 325 27 3 8 .992 5.03 2 16 13 45%
Johnny Peacock 48 159 13 1 0 .994 3.58 2 10 7 41%
Jimmie Foxx 42 178 18 1 2 .995 4.67 7 25 8 24%
Joe Glenn 19 67 6 3 0 .961 3.84 1 13 2 13%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmie Foxx 95 844 79 9 87 .990 9.72
Lou Finney 51 504 23 3 41 .994 10.33
Tony Lupien 8 37 2 0 4 1.000 4.88
Marv Owen 8 53 8 1 9 .984 7.63

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobby Doerr 151 401 480 21 118 .977 5.83
Tom Carey 4 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.75

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Tabor 120 143 267 33 25 .926 3.42
Marv Owen 9 9 16 1 3 .962 2.78
Tom Carey 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25
Joe Cronin 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
Jimmie Foxx 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Cronin 146 252 443 38 89 .948 4.76
Tom Carey 20 21 40 3 12 .953 3.05

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Williams 128 0.00
Doc Cramer 16 0.00
Dom DiMaggio 11 0.00
Stan Spence 6 0.00
Jim Bagby 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Doc Cramer 96 0.00
Dom DiMaggio 59 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lou Finney 69 0.00
Doc Cramer 37 0.00
Dom DiMaggio 26 0.00
Ted Williams 16 0.00
Stan Spence 9 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Doc Cramer 149 333 11 11 2 .969 2.31
Ted Williams 143 302 13 13 2 .960 2.20
Dom DiMaggio 94 239 16 6 5 .977 2.71
Lou Finney 69 148 10 4 0 .975 2.29
Stan Spence 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Jim Bagby 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Wilson 41 14 12 0 1 1.000 0.63
Joe Heving 39 8 22 4 3 .882 0.77
Jim Bagby 36 17 28 1 6 .978 1.25
Emerson Dickman 35 5 29 3 5 .919 0.97
Herb Hash 34 12 26 2 0 .950 1.12
Fritz Ostermueller 31 2 21 1 0 .958 0.74
Denny Galehouse 25 11 22 0 2 1.000 1.32
Lefty Grove 22 1 34 3 0 .921 1.59
Earl Johnson 17 2 19 0 1 1.000 1.24
Mickey Harris 13 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.38
Charlie Wagner 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.50
Bill Fleming 10 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.60
Alex Mustaikis 6 2 7 1 1 .900 1.50
Yank Terry 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00
Bill Butland 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.67
Woody Rich 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Ted Williams 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jim Bagby 23 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Sep 8, 1916 Cleveland, OH, US
Bill Butland 22 R L 6' 5.0" 185 Mar 22, 1918 Terre Haute, IN, US
Tom Carey 33 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Oct 11, 1906 Hoboken, NJ, US
Doc Cramer 34 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 22, 1905 Beach Haven, NJ, US
Joe Cronin 33 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Oct 12, 1906 San Francisco, CA, US
Gene Desautels 33 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 13, 1907 Worcester, MA, US
Emerson Dickman 25 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 12, 1914 Buffalo, NY, US
Dom DiMaggio 23 R R 5' 9.0" 168 Feb 12, 1917 San Francisco, CA, US
Bobby Doerr 22 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Apr 7, 1918 Los Angeles, CA, US
Lou Finney 29 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 Buffalo, AL, US
Bill Fleming 26 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jul 31, 1913 Rowland, CA, US
Jimmie Foxx 32 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 Sudlersville, MD, US
Denny Galehouse 28 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 7, 1911 Marshallville, OH, US
Charlie Gelbert 34 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 26, 1906 Scranton, PA, US
Joe Glenn 31 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Nov 19, 1908 Dickson City, PA, US
Lefty Grove 40 L L 6' 3.0" 190 Mar 6, 1900 Lonaconing, MD, US
Mickey Harris 23 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Jan 30, 1917 New York, NY, US
Herb Hash 29 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 13, 1911 Woolwine, VA, US
Joe Heving 39 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 2, 1900 Covington, KY, US
Earl Johnson 21 L L 6' 3.0" 190 Apr 2, 1919 Redmond, WA, US
Tony Lupien 23 L L 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 23, 1917 Chelmsford, MA, US
Alex Mustaikis 31 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Mar 26, 1909 Chelsea, MA, US
Red Nonnenkamp 28 L L 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 7, 1911 St. Louis, MO, US
Fritz Ostermueller 32 L L 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 15, 1907 Quincy, IL, US
Marv Owen 34 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Mar 22, 1906 Agnew, CA, US
Johnny Peacock 30 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jan 10, 1910 Fremont, NC, US
Woody Rich 24 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Mar 9, 1916 Morganton, NC, US
Stan Spence 25 L L 5' 10.0" 180 Mar 20, 1915 South Portsmouth, KY, US
Jim Tabor 23 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 5, 1916 New Hope, AL, US
Yank Terry 29 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 11, 1911 Huron, IN, US
Charlie Wagner 27 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Dec 3, 1912 Reading, PA, US
Ted Williams 21 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Aug 30, 1918 San Diego, CA, US
Jack Wilson 28 R R 5' 11.0" 210 Apr 12, 1912 Portland, OR, US

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