1937 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics

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1937 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938)
80-72, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 821 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72
Manager: Joe Cronin (80-72)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 559,659 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1936 / 1938 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	Gene Desautels	30	96	349	305	33	74	10	3	0	27	1	2	36	26	.243	.325	.295	.620	55	90		1	7
2	1B	Jimmie Foxx	29	150	673	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	10	8	99	96	.285	.392	.538	.929	128	306		1	4
3	2B	Eric McNair	28	126	493	455	60	133	29	4	12	76	10	7	30	33	.292	.340	.453	.793	95	206		3	5
4	SS	Joe Cronin	30	148	671	570	102	175	40	4	18	110	5	3	84	73	.307	.402	.486	.887	119	277		6	11
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	28	153	654	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.809	100	242		1	7
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	31	133	616	560	90	171	22	11	0	51	8	6	35	14	.305	.351	.384	.735	82	215		4	17
7	OF	Buster Mills	28	123	566	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	.295	.361	.418	.779	92	211		6	9
8	OF	Ben Chapman	28	113	487	423	76	130	23	11	7	57	27	12	57	35	.307	.391	.463	.854	111	196		1	6
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	OF	Fabian Gaffke	23	54	204	184	32	53	10	4	6	34	1	2	15	25	.288	.342	.484	.825	102	89		0	5
10	OF	Dom Dallessandro*	23	68	175	147	18	34	7	1	0	11	2	1	27	16	.231	.351	.293	.643	61	43		0	1
11	2B	Bobby Doerr	19	55	170	147	22	33	5	1	2	14	2	4	18	25	.224	.313	.313	.626	56	46		1	4
12	C	Moe Berg	35	47	148	141	13	36	3	1	0	20	0	0	5	4	.255	.281	.291	.572	42	41		0	2
13	OF	Mel Almada*	24	32	127	110	17	26	6	2	1	9	0	1	15	6	.236	.328	.355	.683	69	39		0	2
14	C	Rick Ferrell	31	18	80	65	8	20	2	0	1	4	0	0	15	4	.308	.438	.385	.822	106	25		0	0
15	2B	Ski Melillo	37	26	62	56	8	14	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	4	.250	.311	.286	.597	49	16		0	1
16	C	Johnny Peacock*	27	9	33	32	3	10	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	.313	.333	.438	.771	90	14		0	0
17		Stew Bowers#	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0
18		Bob Daughters	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0
19	P	Lefty Grove*	37	32	109	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	39	.143	.243	.154	.397	1	14		0	6
20	P	Johnny Marcum*	27	51	95	86	12	23	8	0	0	13	0	0	7	4	.267	.323	.360	.683	69	31		0	2
21	P	Jack Wilson	25	51	91	85	2	14	2	0	0	10	0	0	4	13	.165	.202	.188	.390	-3	16		0	2
22	P	Bobo Newsom	29	31	81	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.253	.273	.333	.606	49	25		0	4
23	P	Archie McKain#	26	38	53	49	5	13	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.265	.308	.367	.675	67	18		2	1
24	P	Wes Ferrell	29	18	41	33	7	12	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	3	.364	.475	.515	.990	145	17		0	1
25	P	Rube Walberg*	40	32	39	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.147	.194	.176	.371	-7	6		0	3
26	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	29	25	37	33	5	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	.333	.353	.424	.777	92	14		0	3
27	P	Joe Gonzales	22	8	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
28	P	Ted Olson	24	11	10	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	95	5		0	0
29	P	Jim Henry	27	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-55	0		0	0
30	P	Tommy Thomas	37	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	24	1		0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	154	6085	5354	821	1506	269	64	100	769	79	61	601	557	.281	.357	.411	.768	90	2203		26	104
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	3	5	7	5	4		3	1	3	3	4	3	4	4		4
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 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
*Mel Almada	24	127	87	12	3.6	120	.243	.236	.295	.328	.371	.355	.439	.683	.810	69	.338	-5.5	-0.5	.624	.245	.118	.0	O/3
Moe Berg	35	148	107	12	3.0	120	.263	.255	.295	.281	.371	.291	.439	.572	.810	42	.259	-13.4	-1.2	.438	.071	.035		2
#Stew Bowers	22	0	0															0.0	0.0
Ben Chapman	28	487	311	77	6.5	120	.323	.307	.295	.391	.371	.463	.439	.854	.810	111	.599	7.3	0.7	.882	.326	.156	11.1	*O/6
*Doc Cramer	31	616	412	74	4.7	120	.313	.305	.295	.351	.371	.384	.439	.735	.810	82	.453	-17.4	-1.6	.648	.145	.079	.0	*O
Joe Cronin	30	671	409	110	7.1	120	.328	.307	.295	.402	.371	.486	.439	.887	.810	119	.635	18.9	1.7	.927	.330	.179	7.8	*6
*Dom Dallessandro	23	175	115	15	3.4	120	.260	.231	.295	.351	.371	.293	.439	.643	.810	61	.316	-8.2	-0.8	.623	.252	.061	.0	O
Bob Daughters	22	0	0															0.0	0.0
Gene Desautels	30	349	240	29	3.2	120	.265	.243	.295	.325	.371	.295	.439	.620	.810	55	.287	-21.7	-2.0	.541	.167	.052	.0	2
Bobby Doerr	19	170	122	13	2.8	120	.258	.224	.295	.313	.371	.313	.439	.626	.810	56	.242	-10.5	-1.0	.534	.197	.088	2.0	4
Rick Ferrell	31	80	45	11	6.5	120	.317	.308	.295	.438	.371	.385	.439	.822	.810	106	.594	1.5	0.1	.889	.308	.077	.0	2
Wes Ferrell	29	41	22	8	9.6	120	.379	.364	.295	.475	.371	.515	.439	.990	.810	145	.751	2.8	0.3	1.143	.364	.152	.0	1
Jimmie Foxx	29	673	419	118	7.4	120	.288	.285	.295	.392	.371	.538	.439	.929	.810	128	.654	24.1	2.2	.983	.431	.253	15.7	*3/2
Fabian Gaffke	23	204	138	30	5.7	120	.307	.288	.295	.342	.371	.484	.439	.825	.810	102	.541	-0.6	-0.1	.774	.272	.196	1.7	O
Joe Gonzales	22	11	11	0	0.0	120	.000	.000	.295	.000	.371	.000	.439	.000	.810	-100	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.000	.000	.000		/1
*Lefty Grove	37	109	84	3	0.9	120	.250	.143	.295	.243	.371	.154	.439	.397	.810	1	.041	-14.5	-1.4	.333	.143	.011		1
Jim Henry	27	6	5	0	0.0	120	.000	.000	.295	.167	.371	.000	.439	.167	.810	-55	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.200	.200	.000		/1
Pinky Higgins	28	654	411	91	5.8	120	.320	.302	.295	.385	.371	.425	.439	.809	.810	100	.549	1.9	0.2	.780	.249	.123	3.3	*5
*Johnny Marcum	27	95	65	10	4.1	120	.280	.267	.295	.323	.371	.360	.439	.683	.810	69	.385	-4.1	-0.4	.603	.174	.093		1
#Archie McKain	26	53	37	5	3.6	120	.394	.265	.295	.308	.371	.367	.439	.675	.810	67	.331	-2.6	-0.2	.583	.122	.102		1
Eric McNair	28	493	334	68	5.4	120	.295	.292	.295	.340	.371	.453	.439	.793	.810	95	.511	-5.6	-0.5	.736	.233	.160	10.9	*4/653
Ski Melillo	37	62	44	5	3.0	120	.269	.250	.295	.311	.371	.286	.439	.597	.810	49	.264	-4.5	-0.4	.465	.107	.036		4/56
Buster Mills	28	566	373	74	5.2	120	.311	.295	.295	.361	.371	.418	.439	.779	.810	92	.499	-6.8	-0.6	.731	.220	.123	8.6	*O
Bobo Newsom	29	81	60	7	3.1	120	.311	.253	.295	.273	.371	.333	.439	.606	.810	49	.274	-6.3	-0.6	.482	.107	.080		1
Ted Olson	24	10	7	2	7.6	120	.375	.300	.295	.300	.371	.500	.439	.800	.810	95	.660	-0.3	0.0	.714	.200	.200		1
*Fritz Ostermueller	29	37	25	5	5.3	120	.333	.333	.295	.353	.371	.424	.439	.777	.810	92	.503	-0.4	0.0	.682	.121	.091		1
*Johnny Peacock	27	33	22	5	6.0	120	.313	.313	.295	.333	.371	.438	.439	.771	.810	90	.561	-0.7	-0.1	.682	.156	.125		/2
Tommy Thomas	37	4	3	0	0.0	120	.333	.250	.294	.250	.371	.250	.439	.500	.810	24	.000	-0.5	0.0	.333	.000	.000		/1
*Rube Walberg	40	39	32	1	0.8	120	.192	.147	.295	.194	.371	.176	.439	.371	.810	-7	.033	-5.9	-0.5	.276	.088	.029		1
Jack Wilson	25	91	73	3	1.1	120	.194	.165	.295	.202	.371	.188	.439	.390	.810	-3	.053	-14.0	-1.3	.282	.071	.024		1
League Average					5.3	117	.299	.281	.289	.355	.365	.413	.431	.768	.796	93	.508			.734	.249	.132
Team Total		6085	4013	788	5.2	120	.299	.281	.295	.357	.371	.411	.439	.768	.810	90	.494	-91.4	-8.4	.729	.246	.130	88.3
	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
*Mel Almada	24	137	602	551	82	153	26	6	5	38	11		51	28	.278	.339	.374	.713	70	132	132
Moe Berg	35	49	145	141	11	32	3	1	0	16	0		4	4	.227	.248	.262	.511	9	47	47
Ben Chapman	28	154	637	558	85	154	28	11	7	60	33		78	44	.276	.366	.403	.769	82	148	148
*Doc Cramer	31	138	596	560	76	156	20	10	0	43	7		32	15	.279	.322	.350	.672	62	133	133
Joe Cronin	30	154	652	570	86	160	37	4	16	93	5		77	76	.281	.371	.444	.815	92	148	148
*Dom Dallessandro	23	71	173	148	15	31	6	1	0	9	2		25	17	.209	.324	.264	.587	12	68	68
Gene Desautels	30	100	341	307	27	67	9	3	0	22	1		33	27	.218	.296	.267	.563	24	96	96
Bobby Doerr	19	57	164	147	19	29	4	1	2	12	2		16	26	.197	.280	.279	.559	11	55	55
Rick Ferrell	31	108	413	350	35	80	8	0	2	32	1		62	23	.229	.346	.269	.615	32	104	104
Wes Ferrell	29	74	159	143	13	39	7	0	1	23	0		16	22	.273	.346	.343	.689	17	71	71
Jimmie Foxx	29	156	661	570	94	147	22	5	33	107	9		90	100	.258	.360	.488	.848	100	150	150
Fabian Gaffke	23	56	198	184	27	48	9	4	5	29	1		14	26	.261	.313	.435	.748	25	54	54
Joe Gonzales	22	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8	8
*Lefty Grove	37	33	106	94	6	13	1	0	0	6	0		12	40	.138	.236	.149	.385	3	32	32
Jim Henry	27	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	3	3
Pinky Higgins	28	159	637	568	74	155	30	5	8	89	2		68	53	.273	.352	.386	.737	77	153	153
*Johnny Marcum	27	53	92	86	10	21	7	0	0	11	0		6	4	.244	.293	.326	.619	8	51	51
#Archie McKain	26	39	52	49	4	12	5	0	0	2	0		1	17	.245	.288	.347	.635	4	38	38
Eric McNair	28	131	484	454	50	120	26	4	11	64	9		27	34	.264	.310	.412	.722	57	126	126
Ski Melillo	37	27	62	57	7	13	2	0	0	5	0		5	4	.228	.290	.263	.553	4	26	26
Buster Mills	28	128	553	506	72	136	23	7	6	49	10		42	43	.269	.331	.377	.708	62	123	123
Bobo Newsom	29	46	104	101	9	20	4	1	1	4	0		3	19	.198	.221	.287	.508	6	44	44
Ted Olson	24	11	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	11	11
*Fritz Ostermueller	29	26	34	33	4	10	3	0	0	5	0		1	0	.303	.324	.394	.717	4	25	25
*Johnny Peacock	27	9	33	32	3	9	2	1	0	5	0		1	0	.281	.303	.406	.709	4	9	9
Tommy Thomas	37	27	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26	26
*Rube Walberg	40	33	37	35	6	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	8	.143	.189	.171	.361	1	32	32
Jack Wilson	25	53	92	88	2	14	2	0	0	10	0		4	14	.159	.196	.182	.377	3	51	51
	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
*Mel Almada	24	5	1781	416	1781	1604	234	453	72	20	10	135	40	21	149	87	.282	.344	.371	.715	79	595		1	27
Moe Berg	35	13	1914	639	1914	1768	147	428	70	6	5	201	11	5	76	113	.242	.277	.297	.574	48	525		9	61
#Stew Bowers	22	3	6	18	6	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	37	1		0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	28	8	5129	1155	5129	4493	816	1376	275	83	71	718	238	112	556	422	.306	.385	.452	.837	118	2030		22	58
*Doc Cramer	31	9	4191	930	4191	3852	615	1176	182	48	22	355	29	30	227	179	.305	.347	.395	.742	89	1520		20	92
Joe Cronin	30	12	5889	1363	5889	5108	796	1539	344	96	80	935	65	46	653	426	.301	.383	.453	.836	114	2315		26	102
*Dom Dallessandro	23	1	175	68	175	147	18	34	7	1	0	11	2	1	27	16	.231	.351	.293	.643	61	43		0	1
Bob Daughters	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0
Gene Desautels	30	5	632	199	632	556	60	122	17	5	0	43	3	2	60	53	.219	.300	.268	.568	44	149		4	12
Bobby Doerr	19	1	170	55	170	147	22	33	5	1	2	14	2	4	18	25	.224	.313	.313	.626	56	46		1	4
Rick Ferrell	31	9	4027	1038	4027	3424	438	996	203	31	24	460	19	26	531	147	.291	.387	.389	.776	97	1333		6	66
Wes Ferrell	29	11	1247	508	1247	1101	166	313	53	12	36	198	2	0	112	169	.284	.350	.452	.803	101	498	0	0	34	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	29	13	6605	1561	6605	5551	1216	1852	313	93	379	1345	71	53	985	859	.334	.435	.628	1.063	167	3488		9	60
Fabian Gaffke	23	2	265	69	265	239	37	60	12	4	7	37	1	2	19	30	.251	.309	.423	.731	78	101		1	6
Joe Gonzales	22	1	11	8	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
*Lefty Grove	37	13	1310	526	1310	1150	98	172	25	5	13	106	1	0	82	495	.150	.207	.214	.421	7	246		2	76
Jim Henry	27	2	34	25	34	31	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	11	.097	.176	.161	.338	-18	5		0	0
Pinky Higgins	28	6	3116	742	3116	2778	421	849	170	29	73	469	26	21	306	302	.306	.376	.467	.842	115	1296		5	27
*Johnny Marcum	27	5	452	226	452	417	43	110	17	1	5	50	0	1	24	20	.264	.304	.345	.649	64	144		0	11
#Archie McKain	26	1	53	38	53	49	5	13	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.265	.308	.367	.675	67	18		2	1
Eric McNair	28	9	3723	927	3723	3463	477	966	192	22	67	502	40	36	190	241	.279	.321	.405	.726	83	1403		22	48
Ski Melillo	37	12	5536	1377	5536	5063	590	1316	210	64	22	548	69	65	327	306	.260	.306	.340	.646	63	1720		12	134
Buster Mills	28	3	711	169	711	633	104	178	31	10	9	73	11	8	55	63	.281	.350	.404	.754	89	256	6	12	11
Bobo Newsom	29	7	415	179	415	387	34	85	10	2	1	34	1	1	11	61	.220	.241	.264	.505	28	102	0	0	17	0	0
Ted Olson	24	2	17	16	17	17	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.235	.235	.412	.647	55	7		0	0
*Fritz Ostermueller	29	4	241	123	241	224	15	53	8	2	0	24	0	0	7	23	.237	.263	.290	.553	37	65		1	9
*Johnny Peacock	27	1	33	9	33	32	3	10	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	.313	.333	.438	.771	90	14		0	0
Tommy Thomas	37	12	823	399	823	722	57	141	18	1	3	71	0	1	40	152	.195	.238	.235	.473	24	170	0	0	61	0	0
*Rube Walberg	40	15	1005	547	1005	905	78	162	26	5	4	84	2	1	48	179	.179	.220	.232	.452	15	210		0	52
Jack Wilson	25	4	165	120	165	154	8	30	6	0	1	19	0	0	6	21	.195	.225	.253	.478	18	39		0	5
	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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