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1937 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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 0 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 2 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 Lefty Grove* 37 17 9 .654 3.02 32 32 0 21 3 0 262.0 269 101 88 9 83 153 1 0 5 1127 158 1.344 9.2 0.3 2.9 5.3 1.84
2 SP Bobo Newsom 29 13 10 .565 4.46 30 27 2 14 1 0 207.2 193 114 103 14 119 127 3 1 4 926 107 1.502 8.4 0.6 5.2 5.5 1.07
3 SP Johnny Marcum 27 13 11 .542 4.85 37 23 13 9 1 3 183.2 230 104 99 17 47 59 2 0 2 808 98 1.508 11.3 0.8 2.3 2.9 1.26
4 SP Wes Ferrell 29 3 6 .333 7.61 12 11 1 5 0 0 73.1 111 66 62 14 34 31 1 0 1 357 63 1.977 13.6 1.7 4.2 3.8 0.91
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
5 CL Jack Wilson 25 16 10 .615 3.70 51 21 23 14 1 7 221.1 209 111 91 13 119 137 3 2 4 979 129 1.482 8.5 0.5 4.8 5.6 1.15
6 RP Archie McKain* 26 8 8 .500 4.66 36 18 6 3 0 2 137.0 152 84 71 7 64 66 0 0 1 630 102 1.577 10.0 0.5 4.2 4.3 1.03
7 RP Rube Walberg* 40 5 7 .417 5.59 32 11 13 3 0 1 104.2 143 72 65 7 46 46 3 0 4 488 85 1.806 12.3 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.00
8 RP Fritz Ostermueller* 29 3 7 .300 4.98 25 7 9 2 0 1 86.2 101 64 48 2 44 29 1 0 1 402 96 1.673 10.5 0.2 4.6 3.0 0.66
9 RP Ted Olson 24 0 0 7.24 11 0 6 0 0 0 32.1 42 28 26 4 15 11 0 0 0 152 66 1.763 11.7 1.1 4.2 3.1 0.73
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 Joe Gonzales 22 1 2 .333 4.35 8 2 3 2 0 0 31.0 37 16 15 1 11 11 0 0 0 140 110 1.548 10.7 0.3 3.2 3.2 1.00
11 Jim Henry 27 1 0 1.000 5.28 3 2 0 1 0 0 15.1 15 9 9 2 11 8 0 0 0 70 92 1.696 8.8 1.2 6.5 4.7 0.73
12 Tommy Thomas 37 0 2 .000 4.09 9 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 16 6 5 2 4 4 1 0 0 53 120 1.818 13.1 1.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
Team Totals 29.9 80 72 .526 4.48 154 154 80 74 6 14 1366.0 1518 775 680 92 597 682 15 3 22 6132 106 1.548 10.0 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.14
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 2 4 1
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
Mel Almada 24 31 26 25 74 68 1 5 3 .932 2.23 OF-1B
Moe Berg 35 47 36 33 237 208 24 5 2 .979 4.94 5 17 7 29% C
Ben Chapman 28 113 113 108 279 264 10 5 1 .982 2.42 OF-SS
Doc Cramer 31 133 133 129 389 365 12 12 4 .969 2.83 OF
Joe Cronin 30 148 148 142 745 300 414 31 89 .958 4.82 SS
Dom Dallessandro 23 35 29 29 57 54 1 2 0 .965 1.57 OF
Gene Desautels 30 95 91 81 539 491 44 4 4 .993 5.69 3 37 22 37% C
Bobby Doerr 19 47 36 34 224 94 124 6 29 .973 4.64 2B
Rick Ferrell 31 18 18 17 104 93 10 1 1 .990 5.72 0 6 2 25% C
Wes Ferrell 29 12 11 5 28 6 21 1 4 .964 2.25 P
Jimmie Foxx 29 150 150 149 1401 1287 106 8 122 .994 9.23 0 0 0 1B-C
Fabian Gaffke 23 50 46 42 86 80 3 3 0 .965 1.66 OF
Joe Gonzales 22 8 2 2 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.75 P
Lefty Grove 37 32 32 21 50 6 43 1 1 .980 1.53 P
Jim Henry 27 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.67 P
Pinky Higgins 28 152 152 149 448 161 258 29 29 .935 2.76 3B
Johnny Marcum 27 37 23 9 52 13 38 1 1 .981 1.38 P
Archie McKain 26 36 18 3 34 4 27 3 0 .912 0.86 P
Eric McNair 28 117 113 101 627 256 344 27 72 .957 5.00 2B-SS-3B-1B
Ski Melillo 37 22 12 8 72 33 35 4 8 .944 2.96 2B-3B-SS
Buster Mills 28 120 120 116 261 239 8 14 0 .946 2.06 OF
Bobo Newsom 29 30 27 14 40 8 29 3 0 .925 1.23 P
Ted Olson 24 11 0 0 16 3 11 2 0 .875 1.27 P
Fritz Ostermueller 29 25 7 2 29 9 17 3 0 .897 1.04 P
Johnny Peacock 27 9 9 8 51 42 8 1 1 .980 5.56 1 2 1 33% C
Tommy Thomas 37 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.22 P
Rube Walberg 40 32 11 3 27 6 17 4 3 .852 0.72 P
Jack Wilson 25 51 21 14 52 9 41 2 3 .962 0.98 P
Team Totals 28.7 154 1386 1245 5932 4099 1656 177 379 .970 3.65 9 62 32 34%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 7
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
Mel Almada* 24 127 -5 0 0 0 -4 -1 4 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ O9/378
Moe Berg 35 148 -12 0 0 0 -1 2 5 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Ben Chapman 28 487 11 2 0 0 6 -5 15 29 2.8 23 2.2 0.6 $ Traded *O98/76
Doc Cramer* 31 616 -11 2 0 0 -2 -2 18 5 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ Traded *8O
Joe Cronin 30 671 22 -1 0 0 -12 10 20 39 3.8 51 4.9 -1.1 $ Traded *6
Dom Dallessandro* 23 175 -7 0 0 0 -2 -2 6 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ O7/9
Gene Desautels 30 349 -19 -1 0 0 1 3 11 -5 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $ Purchased 2
Bobby Doerr 19 170 -10 -1 0 0 -1 2 6 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 4
Rick Ferrell 31 80 2 -1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 2
Wes Ferrell 29 41 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jimmie Foxx 29 673 26 -1 0 0 2 -7 20 40 3.9 38 3.7 0.2 $25,000 Traded *3/2
Fabian Gaffke 23 204 0 0 0 0 -4 -2 7 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $ O97/8
Joe Gonzales 22 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Lefty Grove* 37 109 -15 0 0 0 0 8 3 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Traded 1
Jim Henry 27 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Pinky Higgins 28 654 6 -3 0 0 -11 3 21 16 1.5 27 2.6 -1.1 $ Traded *5
Johnny Marcum* 27 95 -4 0 0 0 0 6 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded 1
Archie McKain# 26 53 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Eric McNair 28 493 -3 -2 0 0 -6 4 16 9 1.0 15 1.5 -0.5 $ Traded *4/653
Ski Melillo 37 62 -4 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 4/56
Buster Mills 28 566 -3 1 0 0 -3 -5 17 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $ *O78/9
Bobo Newsom 29 81 -6 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ted Olson 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Fritz Ostermueller* 29 37 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Johnny Peacock* 27 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Tommy Thomas 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Rube Walberg* 40 39 -6 1 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jack Wilson 25 91 -14 -1 0 0 0 7 3 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ Traded 1
Team Total 28.6 6085 -56 -5 0 0 -39 43 188 131 13.4 170 16.5 -3.1 $25,000
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
Wes Ferrell 29 73.1 11 66 50 -1 1.0 -16 -1.1 $ Traded
Joe Gonzales 22 31.0 2 16 21 -1 1.0 5 0.6 $
Lefty Grove* 37 262.0 32 101 180 -5 1.0 79 8.0 $ Traded
Jim Henry 27 15.1 2 9 11 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Johnny Marcum 27 183.2 23 104 126 -4 1.0 22 2.7 $ Traded
Archie McKain* 26 137.0 18 84 94 -3 1.0 10 1.4 $ Purchased
Bobo Newsom 29 207.2 27 114 143 -4 1.0 29 3.3 $ Traded
Ted Olson 24 32.1 0 28 22 -1 1.0 -6 -0.4 $
Fritz Ostermueller* 29 86.2 7 64 60 -2 1.0 -4 -0.1 $
Tommy Thomas 37 11.0 0 6 8 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Free Agency
Rube Walberg* 40 104.2 11 72 72 -2 1.0 0 0.4 $ Traded
Jack Wilson 25 221.1 21 111 152 -4 1.0 41 4.5 $ Traded
Team Total 29.9 1366.0 154 775 939 -27 1.0 164 19.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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