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1937 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938

80-72, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (80-72)
Scored 821 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72

Ballparks: Fenway Park · 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 - 104, Pitching - 103


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1936 / 1938 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Mel Almada 24 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 7, 1913 5 32 26 32 31 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 21 27 1 0 -0.6 $
Moe Berg 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1902 13 47 36 47 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Stew Bowers 22 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 26, 1915 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Ben Chapman 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 25, 1908 8 113 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 100 112 0 0 2.8 $
Doc Cramer 31 L R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1905 9 133 133 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 133 0 0 0.6 $ All-Star
Joe Cronin HOF 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1906 12 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Dom Dallessandro 23 L L 5' 6" 168 Oct 3, 1913 1st 69 29 69 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 5 35 34 0 -0.5 $
Bob Daughters 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 5, 1914 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Gene Desautels 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 13, 1907 5 96 91 96 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 19 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 1st 55 36 55 47 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 -0.4 $
Rick Ferrell HOF 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 12, 1905 9 18 18 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Wes Ferrell 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 2, 1908 11 18 11 18 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.5 $
Jimmie Foxx HOF 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 13 150 150 150 150 0 1 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $25,000 All-Star
Fabian Gaffke 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 5, 1913 2 54 46 54 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 33 50 4 0 0.1 $
Joe Gonzales 22 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 19, 1915 1st 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Lefty Grove HOF 37 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 6, 1900 13 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 $ All-Star
Jim Henry 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Jun 26, 1910 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Pinky Higgins 28 R R 6' 1" 185 May 27, 1909 6 153 152 153 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 $
Johnny Marcum 27 L R 5' 11" 197 Sep 9, 1909 5 51 23 51 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 3.2 $
Archie McKain 26 B L 5' 10" 175 May 12, 1911 1st 38 18 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 $
Eric McNair 28 R R 5' 8" 160 Apr 12, 1909 9 126 113 126 117 0 0 1 106 4 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.0 $
Ski Melillo 37 R R 5' 8" 150 Aug 4, 1899 12 26 12 26 22 0 0 0 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.3 $
Buster Mills 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Sep 16, 1908 3 123 120 123 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 10 5 120 3 0 0.7 $
Bobo Newsom 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 7 31 27 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.6 $
Ted Olson 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 27, 1912 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Fritz Ostermueller 29 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 4 25 7 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Johnny Peacock 27 L R 5' 11" 165 Jan 10, 1910 1st 9 9 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tommy Thomas 37 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 23, 1899 12 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rube Walberg 40 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 27, 1896 15 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jack Wilson 25 R R 5' 11" 210 Apr 12, 1912 4 51 21 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Johnny Peacock

Mel Almada
Ben Chapman

Rick Ferrell

Jimmie Foxx

Joe Cronin

Pinky Higgins

Eric McNair

Buster Mills

Doc Cramer

Bobby Doerr

Lefty Grove

Johnny Marcum

Wes Ferrell
Bobo Newsom

Fritz Ostermueller

Rube Walberg

Dom Dallessandro

Jack Wilson

Fabian Gaffke
Joe Gonzales

Archie McKain

Bob Daughters
Jim Henry

Moe Berg

Gene Desautels

Ski Melillo

Bob Daughters

Ted Olson

Archie McKain

Stew Bowers
Tommy Thomas

1936 / 1938 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers