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1917 Boston Red Sox

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

90-62, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Barry (90-62)
Scored 555 runs, Allowed 455 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-62

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 387,856 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106


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1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Sam Agnew 30 85 287 260 17 54 6 2 0 16 2 19 30 .208 .267 .246 .513 57 64 2 6
2 1B Dick Hoblitzell* 28 120 492 420 49 108 19 7 1 47 12 46 22 .257 .336 .343 .679 108 144 4 22
3 2B Jack Barry 30 116 493 388 45 83 9 0 2 30 12 47 27 .214 .305 .253 .558 71 98 4 54
4 SS Everett Scott 24 157 589 528 40 127 24 7 0 50 12 20 46 .241 .268 .313 .581 78 165 0 41
5 3B Larry Gardner* 31 146 598 501 53 133 23 7 1 61 16 54 37 .265 .341 .345 .686 110 173 3 40
6 OF Tillie Walker 29 106 385 337 41 83 18 7 2 37 6 25 38 .246 .300 .359 .659 102 121 1 22
7 OF Duffy Lewis 29 150 620 553 55 167 29 9 1 65 8 29 54 .302 .342 .392 .735 125 217 5 33
8 OF Harry Hooper* 29 151 667 559 89 143 21 11 3 45 21 80 40 .256 .355 .349 .704 116 195 6 22
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Pinch Thomas* 29 83 238 202 24 48 7 0 0 24 2 27 9 .238 .333 .272 .606 86 55 2 7
10 OF Jimmy Walsh 29 57 212 185 25 49 6 3 0 12 6 25 14 .265 .352 .330 .682 109 61 0 2
11 1B Del Gainer 30 52 197 172 28 53 10 2 2 19 1 15 21 .308 .374 .424 .798 144 73 3 7
12 OF Chick Shorten* 25 69 188 168 12 30 4 2 0 16 2 10 10 .179 .229 .226 .455 39 38 1 9
13 2B Hal Janvrin 24 55 149 127 21 25 3 0 0 8 2 11 13 .197 .266 .220 .487 49 28 1 10
14 IF Mike McNally 23 42 63 50 9 15 1 0 0 2 3 6 3 .300 .375 .320 .695 113 16 0 7
15 MI Jimmy Cooney 22 11 48 36 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 6 2 .222 .333 .250 .583 79 9 0 6
16 C Hick Cady 31 17 48 46 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 6 .152 .170 .217 .388 19 10 0 1
17 C Wally Mayer 26 4 17 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .167 .412 .167 .578 78 2 0 0
18 Olaf Henriksen* 29 15 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .083 .267 .083 .350 8 1 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Babe Ruth* 22 52 142 123 14 40 6 3 2 12 0 12 18 .325 .385 .472 .857 162 58 0 7
20 P Carl Mays* 25 35 115 107 9 27 3 3 0 14 0 6 11 .252 .292 .336 .628 92 36 0 2
21 P Dutch Leonard* 25 37 113 104 5 9 3 0 0 1 0 7 23 .087 .144 .115 .260 -20 12 0 2
22 P Ernie Shore 26 29 85 78 3 13 2 0 0 4 0 3 26 .167 .198 .192 .390 19 15 0 4
23 P Rube Foster 29 17 46 41 2 11 2 0 0 4 0 2 10 .268 .302 .317 .619 90 13 0 3
24 P Herb Pennock# 23 24 33 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 7 5 .167 .375 .167 .542 66 4 1 1
25 P King Bader* 29 15 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664 103 3 1 1
26 P Sad Sam Jones 24 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
27 P Weldon Wyckoff 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 157 5858 5048 556 1243 198 64 14 476 105 466 473 .246 .314 .319 .633 94 1611 34 310
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 4 5 3 4 6 8 1 6 8 4 5 5 5 4 6 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Sam Agnew 30 287 -13 -1 0 0 -1 6 10 1 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ Purchased 2
King Bader* 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Jack Barry 30 493 -10 0 0 0 9 0 15 14 1.2 5 0.5 0.7 $ Purchased *4
Hick Cady 31 48 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 2
Jimmy Cooney 22 48 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Purchased 4/6
Rube Foster 29 46 -1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1
Del Gainer 30 197 9 0 0 0 3 -2 7 17 1.9 14 1.5 0.4 $ Waivers 3
Larry Gardner* 31 598 8 -1 0 0 4 5 20 36 3.7 32 3.4 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Olaf Henriksen* 29 15 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
Dick Hoblitzell* 28 492 6 0 0 0 4 -4 17 23 2.4 19 2.0 0.4 $ Waivers *3
Harry Hooper* 29 667 14 2 0 0 2 -8 21 31 3.5 29 3.1 0.4 $ Free Agency *O
Hal Janvrin 24 149 -7 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 46/3
Sad Sam Jones 24 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Dutch Leonard* 25 113 -15 0 0 0 0 5 4 -6 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $ 1
Duffy Lewis 29 620 16 -2 0 0 7 -8 21 34 3.7 27 2.9 0.8 $ Rule 5 Draft *O
Wally Mayer 26 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
Carl Mays* 25 115 -1 0 0 0 0 5 4 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Mike McNally 23 63 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ Purchased 5/64
Herb Pennock# 23 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Babe Ruth* 22 142 9 -1 0 0 0 6 5 19 2.0 19 2.0 0.0 $3,500 Purchased 1
Everett Scott 24 589 -14 -1 0 0 10 10 19 24 2.1 14 1.5 0.6 $ *6
Ernie Shore 26 85 -8 0 0 0 0 3 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Chick Shorten* 25 188 -12 0 0 0 0 -2 6 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $ O
Pinch Thomas* 29 238 -1 -1 0 0 0 5 8 11 1.1 11 1.2 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Tillie Walker 29 385 0 0 0 0 2 -2 13 13 1.3 11 1.2 0.1 $ Purchased O
Jimmy Walsh 29 212 3 0 0 0 0 -1 7 9 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $ Traded O
Weldon Wyckoff 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 28.0 5858 -23 -4 0 0 43 24 195 235 22.9 192 20.5 2.4 $3,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Sam Agnew 30 287 212 17 2.2 79 .235 .208 .254 .267 .325 .246 .328 .513 .653 57 .306 -13.6 -1.6 .422 .119 .038 .0 2
King Bader* 29 12 8 1 3.4 79 .300 .300 .254 .364 .325 .300 .328 .664 .653 103 .500 0.1 0.0 .571 .000 .000 1
Jack Barry 30 493 359 29 2.2 79 .226 .214 .254 .305 .325 .253 .328 .558 .653 71 .310 -11.8 -1.4 .528 .191 .039 3.4 *4
Hick Cady 31 48 40 2 1.4 79 .175 .152 .254 .170 .325 .217 .328 .388 .653 19 .156 -4.8 -0.6 .282 .087 .065 2
Jimmy Cooney 22 48 34 3 2.4 79 .235 .222 .254 .333 .325 .250 .328 .583 .653 79 .345 -0.6 -0.1 .536 .194 .028 4/6
Rube Foster 29 46 33 4 3.3 79 .355 .268 .254 .302 .325 .317 .328 .619 .653 90 .485 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .098 .049 1
Del Gainer 30 197 126 27 5.8 79 .342 .308 .254 .374 .325 .424 .328 .798 .653 144 .728 9.1 1.0 .773 .209 .116 1.3 3
Larry Gardner* 31 598 408 58 3.8 79 .285 .265 .254 .341 .325 .345 .328 .686 .653 110 .558 6.8 0.8 .668 .220 .080 1.9 *5
Olaf Henriksen* 29 15 11 0 0.0 79 .125 .083 .254 .267 .325 .083 .328 .350 .653 8 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .364 .250 .000
Dick Hoblitzell* 28 492 334 48 3.9 79 .270 .257 .254 .336 .325 .343 .328 .679 .653 108 .563 4.6 0.5 .660 .224 .086 1.8 *3
Harry Hooper* 29 667 438 68 4.2 79 .271 .256 .254 .355 .325 .349 .328 .704 .653 116 .597 12.9 1.5 .726 .274 .093 5.3 *O
Hal Janvrin 24 149 112 7 1.7 79 .219 .197 .254 .266 .325 .220 .328 .487 .653 49 .219 -7.6 -0.9 .412 .126 .024 .0 46/3
Sad Sam Jones 24 5 5 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .254 .000 .324 .000 .328 .000 .653 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Dutch Leonard* 25 113 97 2 0.6 79 .111 .087 .254 .144 .325 .115 .328 .260 .653 -20 .036 -15.1 -1.8 .200 .096 .029 1
Duffy Lewis 29 620 419 73 4.7 79 .333 .302 .254 .342 .325 .392 .328 .735 .653 125 .647 14.2 1.6 .671 .157 .090 1.8 *O
Wally Mayer 26 17 10 1 2.7 79 .200 .167 .254 .412 .325 .167 .328 .578 .653 78 .399 0.2 0.0 .700 .417 .000 /2
Carl Mays* 25 115 82 11 3.6 79 .281 .252 .254 .292 .325 .336 .328 .628 .653 92 .531 -1.7 -0.2 .525 .140 .084 1
Mike McNally 23 63 42 6 3.9 79 .319 .300 .254 .375 .325 .320 .328 .695 .653 113 .560 1.0 0.1 .714 .200 .020 .0 5/64
Herb Pennock# 23 33 21 1 1.3 79 .211 .167 .254 .375 .325 .167 .328 .542 .653 66 .146 -0.3 -0.0 .600 .292 .000 1
Babe Ruth* 22 142 90 22 6.6 79 .369 .325 .254 .385 .325 .472 .328 .857 .653 162 .773 8.7 1.0 .843 .244 .146 .0 1
Everett Scott 24 589 442 44 2.7 79 .263 .241 .254 .268 .325 .313 .328 .581 .653 78 .397 -16.7 -2.0 .491 .133 .072 .0 *6
Ernie Shore 26 85 69 3 1.2 79 .250 .167 .254 .198 .325 .192 .328 .390 .653 19 .127 -7.7 -0.9 .277 .064 .026 1
Chick Shorten* 25 188 147 9 1.7 79 .190 .179 .254 .229 .325 .226 .328 .455 .653 39 .213 -12.7 -1.5 .370 .119 .048 .0 O
Pinch Thomas* 29 238 161 18 3.0 79 .249 .238 .254 .333 .325 .272 .328 .606 .653 86 .449 -2.1 -0.2 .558 .178 .035 .0 2
Tillie Walker 29 385 276 36 3.5 79 .273 .246 .254 .300 .325 .359 .328 .659 .653 102 .518 -0.6 -0.1 .602 .205 .113 3.0 O
Jimmy Walsh 29 212 138 21 4.1 79 .287 .265 .254 .352 .325 .330 .328 .682 .653 109 .588 2.7 0.3 .676 .232 .065 .0 O
Weldon Wyckoff 26 1 1 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .254 .000 .325 .000 .328 .000 .653 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
League Average 3.5 80 .273 .247 .255 .317 .326 .319 .330 .636 .656 94 .516 .600 .197 .072
Team Total 27.9 5858 4115 511 3.4 79 .269 .246 .254 .314 .325 .319 .328 .633 .653 94 .496 -38.0 -4.6 .582 .186 .073 24.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Sam Agnew 30 88 300 276 21 62 7 2 0 20 2 22 31 .225 .287 .264 .551 21 85 85
King Bader* 29 16 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664 1 15 15
Jack Barry 30 120 474 414 57 97 11 0 2 38 14 55 28 .234 .331 .275 .607 37 116 116
Hick Cady 31 18 49 48 5 8 1 1 0 2 0 1 6 .167 .184 .229 .413 2 17 17
Jimmy Cooney 22 11 47 39 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 8 2 .256 .383 .282 .665 4 11 11
Rube Foster 29 18 46 44 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 2 10 .295 .326 .341 .667 5 17 17
Del Gainer 30 54 208 186 35 62 12 2 2 24 1 18 22 .333 .404 .452 .855 33 52 52
Larry Gardner* 31 152 605 538 67 156 27 8 1 77 19 63 38 .290 .369 .375 .744 74 146 146
Olaf Henriksen* 29 16 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 15 15
Dick Hoblitzell* 28 125 509 450 62 126 22 8 1 59 14 54 23 .280 .363 .371 .735 60 120 120
Harry Hooper* 29 157 701 600 113 168 25 13 4 57 25 94 42 .280 .384 .385 .769 86 151 151
Hal Janvrin 24 57 149 135 27 29 3 0 0 10 2 13 14 .215 .289 .237 .526 9 55 55
Sad Sam Jones 24 9 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
Dutch Leonard* 25 38 117 109 6 10 3 0 0 1 0 8 24 .092 .154 .119 .273 2 37 37
Duffy Lewis 29 156 636 596 70 195 34 11 1 82 9 34 56 .327 .369 .426 .796 92 150 150
Wally Mayer 26 4 17 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .167 .412 .167 .578 1 4 4
Carl Mays* 25 36 122 115 12 32 4 4 0 18 0 7 11 .278 .320 .383 .702 14 35 35
Mike McNally 23 44 60 53 11 17 1 0 0 2 3 7 3 .321 .400 .340 .740 7 42 42
Herb Pennock# 23 25 36 26 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 9 5 .192 .417 .192 .609 2 24 24
Babe Ruth* 22 54 147 133 18 47 7 4 2 15 0 14 19 .353 .415 .511 .926 28 52 52
Everett Scott 24 163 587 564 51 148 28 8 0 63 14 23 48 .262 .291 .340 .632 56 157 157
Ernie Shore 26 30 88 84 4 16 2 0 0 6 0 4 27 .190 .227 .214 .442 4 29 29
Chick Shorten* 25 72 189 177 15 34 5 2 0 19 2 11 10 .192 .243 .243 .486 10 69 69
Pinch Thomas* 29 86 250 216 30 56 8 0 0 30 2 32 9 .259 .360 .296 .656 23 83 83
Tillie Walker 29 110 391 361 52 97 21 8 2 47 7 29 39 .269 .325 .388 .713 46 106 106
Jimmy Walsh 29 59 227 198 31 57 7 3 0 15 7 29 15 .288 .379 .354 .732 27 57 57
Weldon Wyckoff 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Sam Agnew 30 5 1374 449 1374 1240 88 258 26 14 2 82 28 10 81 182 .208 .268 .256 .525 59 318 21 32
King Bader* 29 2 15 17 15 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .516 54 3 1 1
Jack Barry 30 10 4777 1192 4777 4038 519 983 137 37 10 427 151 34 391 338 .243 .321 .303 .625 88 1224 73 275
Hick Cady 31 6 898 321 898 803 77 195 41 11 0 55 3 5 62 99 .243 .302 .321 .623 85 258 6 27
Jimmy Cooney 22 1 48 11 48 36 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 6 2 .222 .333 .250 .583 79 9 0 6
Rube Foster 29 5 305 150 305 270 19 58 13 0 1 19 1 0 16 59 .215 .259 .274 .533 60 74 0 19
Del Gainer 30 8 1591 458 1591 1393 190 384 62 30 12 149 50 16 122 199 .276 .343 .389 .732 114 542 21 55
Larry Gardner* 31 10 4511 1123 4511 3919 496 1106 151 87 16 481 134 58 388 317 .282 .350 .377 .728 115 1479 22 182
Olaf Henriksen* 29 7 598 321 598 487 84 131 12 7 1 48 15 10 97 73 .269 .392 .329 .721 112 160 2 12
Dick Hoblitzell* 28 10 5287 1293 5287 4637 587 1299 193 88 27 589 170 38 399 318 .280 .342 .377 .719 112 1749 36 215
Harry Hooper* 29 9 5543 1254 5543 4769 740 1272 165 94 19 351 237 65 584 381 .267 .352 .353 .705 109 1682 43 147
Hal Janvrin 24 6 1768 512 1768 1548 179 357 47 12 4 148 62 34 121 151 .231 .294 .284 .578 73 440 17 82
Sad Sam Jones 24 4 54 71 54 44 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 20 .182 .280 .182 .462 38 8 0 4
Dutch Leonard* 25 5 450 195 450 393 27 65 9 2 0 21 0 0 34 86 .165 .235 .198 .434 30 78 2 21
Duffy Lewis 29 8 4884 1184 4884 4325 500 1248 254 62 27 629 102 57 303 470 .289 .340 .395 .735 117 1707 37 219
Wally Mayer 26 5 197 76 197 163 13 28 6 2 0 10 1 3 27 39 .172 .293 .233 .526 58 38 1 6
Carl Mays* 25 3 255 121 255 222 20 54 5 5 0 22 0 0 25 37 .243 .323 .311 .633 92 69 1 7
Mike McNally 23 3 270 152 270 238 44 46 1 1 0 11 12 2 19 29 .193 .253 .206 .459 38 49 0 13
Herb Pennock# 23 6 151 110 151 136 12 26 3 2 0 14 0 0 11 32 .191 .257 .243 .499 51 33 1 3
Babe Ruth* 22 4 405 166 405 361 49 108 22 7 9 50 0 0 31 68 .299 .355 .474 .828 150 171 0 13
Everett Scott 24 4 2010 524 2010 1792 168 413 69 15 2 142 33 21 92 134 .230 .270 .289 .559 69 518 6 120
Ernie Shore 26 5 309 126 309 283 10 33 8 1 0 17 0 0 11 105 .117 .153 .152 .304 -8 43 1 14
Chick Shorten* 25 3 325 128 325 294 27 66 7 3 0 27 3 0 20 20 .224 .276 .269 .545 65 79 1 10
Pinch Thomas* 29 6 1006 385 1006 872 81 210 23 7 2 91 12 2 95 73 .241 .319 .290 .609 83 253 5 34
Tillie Walker 29 7 2643 686 2643 2382 302 652 103 47 18 269 97 35 160 321 .274 .324 .379 .703 110 903 16 85
Jimmy Walsh 29 6 2100 541 2100 1771 235 410 71 31 6 150 92 55 249 213 .232 .330 .317 .647 96 561 11 69
Weldon Wyckoff 26 5 220 113 220 207 13 31 4 2 1 12 4 1 9 49 .150 .185 .203 .388 18 42 0 4
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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