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1938 Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox

1938 > Class D > 1938 Appalachian League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Hobe Brummette
Represented: Elizabethton, TN
Ballpark: Cherokee Park (Elizabethton, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1937 / 1939

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 Newell Benton* 23 92 313 94 16 3 4 .300 .409 128
2 Hobe Brummette 41 45 114 36 6 1 1 .316 .412 47
3 Howard Cantrell 19 85 326 102 19 10 5 .313 .479 156 Stats for 2 teams
4 Virgil Caton 23 62 200 43 5 1 2 .215 .280 56 Stats for 3 teams
5 Thomas Esterbrook 23 95 321 86 10 3 2 .268 .336 108
6 Lew Flick* 23 101 412 128 17 9 4 .311 .425 175
7 Erastus Grigg* 22 83 322 113 14 3 6 .351 .469 151
8 Lawrence Hale 23 81 291 76 11 4 4 .261 .368 107 Stats for 2 teams
9 Ralph Hart* 25 22 53 13 2 1 0 .245 .321 17
10 Charles Herndon 24 73 287 71 5 5 1 .247 .310 89 Stats for 3 teams
11 Bert Hodges* 21 84 302 89 7 7 2 .295 .384 116
12 Carl King 24 25 63 16 0 0 0 .254 .254 16
13 Glenn McKeithan? -- 11 44 9 1 0 0 .205 .227 10 Stats for 2 teams
14 Claude Miller? -- 66 255 72 8 6 0 .282 .361 92 Stats for 2 teams
15 Rudy Parsons 29 28 72 12 1 2 1 .167 .278 20
16 John Payne? -- 65 238 73 11 2 0 .307 .370 88 Stats for 2 teams
17 Virgil Payne 25 29 109 21 3 2 0 .193 .257 28 Stats for 2 teams
18 Ed Rosenbaum 24 33 45 8 0 0 0 .178 .178 8
19 Norman Shope 23 24 55 10 0 1 1 .182 .273 15
20 Burton Webb* 21 74 283 75 6 1 0 .265 .293 83 Stats for 2 teams
21 Clovis White 25 103 383 109 24 6 6 .285 .426 163
22 John Williams 21 47 169 44 9 4 2 .260 .396 67
22 Players 23.3
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 George Bortz* 24 0 3 .000 7 33.0 34 30 24 1.758 9.3 6.5
2 Ralph Hart 25 9 5 .643 19 123.0 107 52 33 1.138 7.8 2.4
3 Carl King 24 12 6 .667 24 175.0 160 81 61 1.263 8.2 3.1
4 Rudy Parsons 29 16 3 .842 22 168.0 133 60 63 1.167 7.1 3.4
5 Ed Rosenbaum 24 10 5 .667 32 121.0 108 54 24 1.091 8.0 1.8
6 Norman Shope 23 11 6 .647 23 158.0 120 52 63 1.158 6.8 3.6
6 Players 24.8

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
Thomas Esterbrook 95 520 64 18 .970 6.15

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Newell Benton 92 851 31 20 .978 9.59

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bert Hodges 83 221 235 21 .956 5.49
Virgil Payne 25 59 74 10 .930 5.32 Stats for 2 teams
Glenn McKeithan 11 33 39 1 .986 6.55 Stats for 2 teams

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Charles Herndon 48 62 110 5 .972 3.58 Stats for 3 teams
John Williams 46 52 83 16 .894 2.93

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Clovis White 101 184 310 39 .927 4.89
Claude Miller 47 69 139 26 .889 4.43 Stats for 2 teams

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lew Flick 101 193 7 6 .971 1.98
Erastus Grigg 83 128 8 5 .965 1.64
Howard Cantrell 82 144 9 12 .927 1.87 Stats for 2 teams
Burton Webb 73 161 10 5 .972 2.34 Stats for 2 teams
Lawrence Hale 71 89 4 5 .949 1.31 Stats for 2 teams
John Payne 65 127 1 6 .955 1.97 Stats for 2 teams
Virgil Caton 60 121 7 3 .977 2.13 Stats for 3 teams
Hobe Brummette 20 13 0 1 .929 0.65

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ed Rosenbaum 32 0.00
Carl King 24 0.00
Norman Shope 23 0.00
Rudy Parsons 22 0.00
Ralph Hart 19 0.00
George Bortz 7 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Newell Benton 23 L 5' 11.0" 172 1915
John Boise -- Unknown
George Bortz 24 S L 6' 0.0" 175 1914
Victor Brecetti -- Unknown
Russell Brown -- Unknown
Hobe Brummette 41 R 5' 10.0" 180 Dec 26, 1896
Howard Cantrell 19 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Aug 20, 1918 Knoxville, TN, US
Virgil Caton 23 R 5' 9.0" 165 1915
Stewart Chester 25 R L 6' 0.0" 185 1913
Buddy Coker -- Unknown
Thomas Esterbrook 23 R 6' 1.0" 170 1915
Lew Flick 23 L L 5' 9.0" 155 Feb 18, 1915 Bristol, TN, US
David Gentry -- Unknown
Erastus Grigg 22 L 6' 0.0" 185 1916
Lawrence Hale 23 R 5' 11.0" 170 1915
Ralph Hart 25 L R 6' 3.0" 203 1913
Charles Herndon 24 R 5' 8.0" 140 1914
Bert Hodges 21 L R 5' 11.0" 170 May 25, 1917 Knoxville, TN, US
Carl King 24 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1914
Glenn McKeithan -- Unknown
Claude Miller -- Unknown
Fred Ogle 19 R R 5' 9.0" 160 Mar 13, 1919 Cheatham County, TN, US
Rudy Parsons 29 R R 6' 1.0" 178 Apr 21, 1909 Pennington Gap, VA, US
Woodrow Patton -- Unknown
John Payne -- Unknown
Virgil Payne 25 R 5' 11.0" 155 1913
Jesse Pearson 22 L 6' 0.0" 150 1916
Ed Rosenbaum 24 R R 6' 4.0" 1914
Frank Severa -- Unknown
Norman Shope 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jun 14, 1915
Robert Stanton 20 L R 6' 0.0" 175 1918
Burton Webb 21 L 5' 10.0" 170 1917
Clovis White 25 R 5' 11.0" 160 1913
John Williams 21 R 5' 9.0" 152 1917

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