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1928 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

57-96, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Carrigan (57-96)
Scored 589 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-95

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 396,920 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101


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1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Fred Hofmann 34 78 213 199 14 45 8 1 0 16 0 1 11 25 .226 .270 .276 .547 46 55 1 2
2 1B Phil Todt* 26 144 599 539 61 136 31 8 12 73 6 5 26 47 .252 .290 .406 .697 84 219 3 31
3 2B Bill Regan 29 138 555 511 53 135 30 6 7 75 9 6 21 40 .264 .296 .387 .683 81 198 2 21
4 SS Wally Gerber 36 104 344 300 21 64 6 1 0 28 6 1 32 31 .213 .289 .240 .529 43 72 0 12
5 3B Buddy Myer* 24 147 619 536 78 168 26 6 1 44 30 16 53 28 .313 .379 .390 .769 106 209 4 26
6 OF Ken Williams* 38 133 515 462 59 140 25 1 8 67 4 9 37 15 .303 .356 .413 .769 105 191 1 15
7 OF Doug Taitt* 25 143 537 482 51 144 28 14 3 61 13 6 36 32 .299 .350 .434 .784 108 209 2 17
8 OF Ira Flagstead 34 140 587 510 84 148 41 4 1 39 12 9 60 23 .290 .366 .392 .758 102 200 1 16
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 UT Jack Rothrock# 23 117 384 344 52 92 9 4 3 22 12 6 33 40 .267 .333 .343 .676 81 118 1 6
10 MI Billy Rogell# 23 102 339 296 33 69 10 4 0 29 2 6 22 47 .233 .295 .294 .589 58 87 4 17
11 C Charlie Berry 25 80 202 177 18 46 7 3 1 19 1 1 21 19 .260 .342 .350 .692 85 62 1 3
12 C Johnnie Heving 32 82 174 158 11 41 7 2 0 11 1 1 11 10 .259 .308 .329 .637 70 52 0 5
13 OF George Loepp 26 15 59 51 6 9 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 12 .176 .250 .275 .525 40 14 0 3
14 UT Red Rollings* 24 50 57 48 7 11 3 1 0 9 0 0 6 8 .229 .315 .333 .648 73 16 0 3
15 OF Carl Sumner* 19 16 34 29 6 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 6 .276 .382 .379 .762 104 11 0 0
16 OF Denny Williams* 31 16 19 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .222 .263 .222 .485 31 4 0 0
17 OF Arlie Tarbert 23 6 19 17 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 22 4 0 1
18 C Casper Asbjornson 19 6 17 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 4 0 0
19 SS Freddie Moncewicz 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 Paul Hinson 24 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Red Ruffing 23 60 131 121 12 38 13 1 2 19 0 0 3 12 .314 .331 .488 .818 116 59 0 7
22 P Ed Morris 28 47 96 91 8 14 1 2 0 9 0 0 3 30 .154 .181 .209 .390 4 19 0 2
23 P Danny MacFayden 23 35 71 63 5 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 7 32 .143 .229 .206 .435 17 13 0 1
24 P Jack Russell 22 35 70 62 5 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 14 .210 .222 .290 .513 36 18 0 7
25 P Slim Harriss 30 27 41 36 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .139 .139 .139 .278 -26 5 0 5
26 P Merle Settlemire* 25 33 20 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .176 .176 .235 .412 9 4 0 3
27 P Pat Simmons 19 31 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .133 .188 .133 .321 -13 2 0 0
28 P Herb Bradley 25 15 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 2 0 2
29 P Marty Griffin 26 12 13 13 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .462 .769 103 6 0 0
30 P Hal Wiltse* 24 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Cliff Garrison 21 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Steve Slayton 26 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P John Wilson 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P John Shea* 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Frank Bennett 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 154 5757 5135 589 1356 259 62 38 544 97 67 397 514 .264 .319 .361 .680 81 1853 20 205
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 8 7 7 6 4 3 7 2 8 8 7 8 8 8 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 Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Red Ruffing 23 10 25 .286 3.89 42 34 8 25 1 2 289.1 303 147 125 8 96 118 10 0 4 1246 104 1.379 9.4 0.2 3.0 3.7 1.23
2 SP Ed Morris 28 19 15 .559 3.53 47 29 15 20 0 5 257.2 255 118 101 7 80 104 5 0 1 1087 115 1.300 8.9 0.2 2.8 3.6 1.30
3 SP Jack Russell 22 11 14 .440 3.84 32 26 1 10 2 0 201.1 233 102 86 6 41 27 4 0 3 860 105 1.361 10.4 0.3 1.8 1.2 0.66
4 SP Danny MacFayden 23 9 15 .375 4.75 33 28 4 9 0 0 195.0 215 123 103 12 78 61 7 1 1 862 85 1.503 9.9 0.6 3.6 2.8 0.78
5 SP Slim Harriss 30 8 11 .421 4.63 27 15 8 4 1 1 128.1 141 74 66 5 33 37 2 0 0 548 87 1.356 9.9 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.12
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Merle Settlemire* 25 0 6 .000 5.47 30 9 11 0 0 0 82.1 116 62 50 2 34 12 6 1 1 396 74 1.822 12.7 0.2 3.7 1.3 0.35
7 RP Pat Simmons 19 0 2 .000 4.04 31 3 19 0 0 1 69.0 69 38 31 4 38 16 1 1 0 299 100 1.551 9.0 0.5 5.0 2.1 0.42
8 RP Herb Bradley 25 0 3 .000 7.23 15 5 3 1 1 0 47.1 64 41 38 2 16 14 2 0 0 215 56 1.690 12.2 0.4 3.0 2.7 0.88
9 RP Marty Griffin 26 0 3 .000 5.02 11 3 5 0 0 0 37.2 42 21 21 0 17 9 0 0 0 169 81 1.566 10.0 0.0 4.1 2.2 0.53
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Cliff Garrison 21 0 0 7.88 6 0 4 0 0 0 16.0 22 15 14 2 6 0 0 0 0 73 52 1.750 12.4 1.1 3.4 0.0 0.00
11 Hal Wiltse* 24 0 2 .000 9.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 16 12 12 1 1 5 3 0 0 55 46 1.417 12.0 0.8 0.8 3.8 5.00
12 Steve Slayton 26 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 29 110 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 2.6 0.67
13 John Wilson 23 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 5 5 0 6 1 0 0 1 25 48 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 1.8 0.17
14 Jack Rothrock 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 John Shea* 23 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 31 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
16 Frank Bennett 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Doug Taitt 25 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 21 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
Team Totals 24.5 57 96 .373 4.39 154 154 84 70 5 9 1352.0 1492 766 660 49 452 407 40 3 11 5883 92 1.438 9.9 0.3 3.0 2.7 0.90
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 7 7 6 8 8 6 6 7 2 2 8
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Casper Asbjornson 19 6 5 4 12 8 3 1 0 .917 1.83 0 2 2 50% C
Frank Bennett 23 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Charlie Berry 25 61 49 35 195 153 34 8 2 .959 2.97 0 24 26 52% C
Herb Bradley 25 15 5 1 19 2 17 0 0 1.000 1.27 P
Ira Flagstead 34 135 134 125 374 346 18 10 4 .973 2.70 OF
Cliff Garrison 21 6 0 0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Wally Gerber 36 103 101 71 554 201 328 25 50 .955 5.14 SS
Marty Griffin 26 11 3 0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.82 P
Slim Harriss 30 27 15 4 26 4 22 0 0 1.000 0.96 P
Johnnie Heving 32 62 36 30 184 153 25 6 2 .967 2.87 4 40 20 33% C
Fred Hofmann 34 71 63 39 272 223 44 5 7 .982 3.76 3 44 29 40% C
George Loepp 26 14 13 8 39 35 2 2 1 .949 2.64 OF
Danny MacFayden 23 34 29 9 50 8 40 2 1 .960 1.41 P-OF
Freddie Moncewicz 24 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Ed Morris 28 47 29 20 52 4 48 0 4 1.000 1.11 P
Buddy Myer 24 144 141 133 458 137 306 15 35 .967 3.08 3B
Bill Regan 29 138 136 128 791 293 469 29 87 .963 5.52 2B-OF
Billy Rogell 23 94 67 61 410 154 233 23 34 .944 3.95 SS-2B-OF-3B
Red Rollings 24 14 2 0 24 21 1 2 2 .917 1.57 1B-2B-OF-3B
Jack Rothrock 23 96 77 65 315 242 61 12 14 .962 2.94 0 0 0 P-OF-3B-1B-SS-2B-C
Red Ruffing 23 42 34 25 61 7 51 3 4 .951 1.38 P
Jack Russell 22 32 26 10 67 13 50 4 6 .940 1.97 P
Merle Settlemire 25 30 9 0 33 1 30 2 3 .939 1.03 P
John Shea 23 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Pat Simmons 19 31 3 0 19 3 15 1 0 .947 0.58 P
Steve Slayton 26 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Carl Sumner 19 10 6 4 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.20 OF
Doug Taitt 25 139 132 123 278 252 19 7 8 .975 1.94 P-OF
Arlie Tarbert 23 6 4 3 10 8 1 1 0 .900 1.50 OF
Phil Todt 26 142 142 133 1585 1486 94 5 96 .997 10.97 1B
Denny Williams 31 6 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.83 OF
Ken Williams 38 127 123 114 272 254 10 8 0 .971 2.08 OF
John Wilson 23 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Hal Wiltse 24 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Team Totals 28.0 154 1386 1146 6144 4028 1944 172 360 .972 3.58 7 110 77 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 6 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

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
Casper Asbjornson 19 17 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Charlie Berry 25 202 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 7 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 2
Herb Bradley 25 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ira Flagstead 34 587 3 0 0 0 3 -4 19 21 2.1 18 1.8 0.3 $ Purchased *8O
Cliff Garrison 21 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Wally Gerber 36 344 -24 0 0 0 3 7 11 -3 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $ Traded *6
Marty Griffin 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Slim Harriss 30 41 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Johnnie Heving 32 174 -7 -1 0 0 -1 2 6 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Fred Hofmann 34 213 -16 -1 0 0 1 2 7 -7 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $ 2
George Loepp 26 59 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ O8/97
Danny MacFayden 23 71 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1/7O
Freddie Moncewicz 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
Ed Morris 28 96 -14 1 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Buddy Myer* 24 619 6 0 0 0 5 5 20 36 3.6 31 3.1 0.5 $ Traded *5
Bill Regan 29 555 -16 -1 0 0 -1 4 18 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ *4/O9
Billy Rogell# 23 339 -19 -2 0 0 -1 5 11 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 64/O5987
Red Rollings* 24 57 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /34O795
Jack Rothrock# 23 384 -10 1 0 0 -3 -2 13 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ O795368/421
Red Ruffing 23 131 2 -1 0 0 0 9 4 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jack Russell 22 70 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Merle Settlemire* 25 20 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Pat Simmons 19 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Steve Slayton 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Carl Sumner* 19 34 0 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ O/789
Doug Taitt* 25 537 4 0 0 0 4 -6 17 19 2.0 15 1.5 0.5 $ *O9/781
Arlie Tarbert 23 19 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O9
Phil Todt* 26 599 -16 -1 0 0 8 -7 19 3 0.3 -5 -0.5 0.8 $ *3
Denny Williams* 31 19 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /O89
Ken Williams* 38 515 3 -4 0 0 -1 -6 17 9 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $ Purchased *7O
John Wilson 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Hal Wiltse* 24 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 28.3 5757 -153 -10 0 0 13 34 187 71 7.1 58 5.8 1.3 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Frank Bennett 23 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Herb Bradley 25 47.1 5 41 29 0 1.0 -12 -1.2 $
Cliff Garrison 21 16.0 0 15 10 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Marty Griffin 26 37.2 3 25 23 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Slim Harriss 30 128.1 15 74 78 1 1.0 4 0.4 $ Traded
Danny MacFayden 23 195.0 28 123 118 1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
Ed Morris 28 257.2 29 118 156 2 1.0 38 3.8 $
Jack Rothrock 23 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Red Ruffing 23 289.1 34 147 175 2 1.0 28 2.9 $ Traded
Jack Russell 22 201.1 26 102 122 1 1.0 20 2.0 $
Merle Settlemire* 25 82.1 9 62 50 1 1.0 -12 -1.1 $
John Shea* 23 1.0 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Pat Simmons 19 69.0 3 38 42 0 1.0 4 0.4 $
Steve Slayton 26 7.0 0 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Doug Taitt 25 1.0 0 3 1 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
John Wilson 23 5.0 0 5 3 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Hal Wiltse* 24 12.0 2 12 7 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Team Total 24.5 1352.0 154 770 821 8 1.0 51 5.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics