1938 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics

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1938 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
88-61, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 902 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-62
Manager: Joe Cronin (88-61)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 646,459 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100

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1937 / 1939 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	31	108	402	333	47	97	16	2	2	48	1	1	57	31	.291	.396	.369	.766	89	123		1	11
2	1B	Jimmie Foxx	30	149	685	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	5	4	119	76	.349	.462	.704	1.166	182	398		0	1
3	2B	Bobby Doerr	20	145	590	509	70	147	26	7	5	80	5	10	59	39	.289	.363	.397	.760	86	202		0	22
4	SS	Joe Cronin	31	143	637	530	98	172	51	5	17	94	7	5	91	60	.325	.428	.536	.964	135	284		5	11
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	29	139	603	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	10	9	71	55	.303	.388	.406	.794	95	213		1	7
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	32	148	717	658	116	198	36	8	0	71	4	9	51	19	.301	.354	.380	.734	80	250		3	5
7	OF	Joe Vosmik	28	146	689	621	121	201	37	6	9	86	0	3	59	26	.324	.384	.446	.830	103	277		2	7
8	OF	Ben Chapman	29	127	553	480	92	163	40	8	6	80	13	6	65	33	.340	.418	.494	.912	123	237		0	8
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	Johnny Peacock*	28	72	214	195	29	59	7	1	1	39	4	1	17	4	.303	.358	.364	.723	78	71		0	2
10	OF	Red Nonnenkamp*	27	87	204	180	37	51	4	1	0	18	6	1	21	13	.283	.358	.317	.675	67	57		0	3
11	MI	Eric McNair	29	46	100	96	9	15	1	1	0	7	0	1	3	6	.156	.182	.188	.369	-9	18		0	1
12	IF	Jim Tabor	21	19	59	57	8	18	3	2	1	8	0	1	1	6	.316	.328	.491	.819	98	28		0	1
13	UT	Fabian Gaffke	24	15	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.100	.308	.100	.408	4	1		0	0
14	UT	Moe Berg	36	10	12	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	64	4		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
15	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	30	33	81	74	7	16	4	1	0	9	0	0	4	8	.216	.256	.297	.554	36	22		0	3
16	P	Jim Bagby	21	45	78	68	10	13	4	0	0	7	0	0	1	8	.191	.214	.250	.464	14	17		1	8
17	P	Jack Wilson	26	37	76	68	7	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	8	.221	.243	.250	.493	21	17		0	6
18	P	Lefty Grove*	38	24	68	54	8	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	7	25	.148	.246	.148	.394	-1	8		0	7
19	P	Johnny Marcum*	28	19	43	37	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	9	.135	.256	.135	.391	-1	5		0	0
20	P	Emerson Dickman	23	32	42	35	8	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	9	.286	.375	.429	.804	97	15		0	2
21	P	Archie McKain#	27	37	36	31	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.065	.147	.097	.244	-39	3		0	2
22	P	Joe Heving	37	16	34	30	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.133	.161	.167	.328	-19	5		0	3
23	P	Bill Harris	38	13	31	28	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	3	.214	.241	.214	.456	13	6		0	2
24	P	Charlie Wagner	25	13	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-18	2		0	0
25	P	Dick Midkiff	23	13	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	21	3		0	0
26	P	Lee Rogers	24	14	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-34	0		0	0
27	P	Al Baker	32	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
28	P	Bill Lefebvre*	22	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1071	4		0	0
29	P	Ted Olson	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
30	P	Bill Humphrey	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	150	6003	5229	902	1566	298	56	98	860	55	51	649	462	.299	.378	.434	.812	99	2270	0	13	112	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	2	2	2	5	4		7	2	3	7	1	1	2	1		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
Jim Bagby	21	78	63	3	1.2	123	.217	.191	.296	.214	.376	.250	.442	.464	.818	14	.067	-9.6	-0.9	.345	.074	.059		1
Al Baker	32	4	4	0	0.0	123	.000	.000	.296	.000	.376	.000	.442	.000	.818	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Moe Berg	36	12	8	1	3.3	123	.364	.333	.296	.333	.376	.333	.442	.667	.818	64	.297	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.000	.000		/23
Ben Chapman	29	553	331	99	7.9	123	.356	.340	.296	.418	.376	.494	.442	.912	.818	123	.675	19.4	1.8	.957	.304	.154	8.2	*O/5
*Doc Cramer	32	717	474	85	4.7	123	.310	.301	.296	.354	.376	.380	.442	.734	.818	80	.449	-21.2	-2.0	.638	.149	.079	.0	*O/1
Joe Cronin	31	637	374	120	8.4	123	.342	.325	.296	.428	.376	.536	.442	.964	.818	135	.703	33.1	3.0	1.052	.387	.211	9.9	*6
Gene Desautels	31	402	248	48	5.1	123	.317	.291	.296	.396	.376	.369	.442	.766	.818	89	.484	-3.5	-0.3	.764	.249	.078	1.3	*2
Emerson Dickman	23	42	27	6	5.8	123	.360	.286	.296	.375	.376	.429	.442	.804	.818	97	.547	-0.1	-0.0	.800	.286	.143	.0	1
Bobby Doerr	20	590	394	71	4.7	123	.305	.289	.296	.363	.376	.397	.442	.760	.818	86	.452	-11.4	-1.0	.688	.214	.108	5.0	*4
Jimmie Foxx	30	685	373	183	12.9	123	.335	.349	.296	.462	.376	.704	.442	1.166	.818	182	.837	75.0	6.7	1.392	.568	.356	9.1	*3
Fabian Gaffke	24	13	9	0	0.0	123	.125	.100	.296	.308	.376	.100	.442	.408	.818	4	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.444	.300	.000		/O2
*Lefty Grove	38	68	53	2	1.0	123	.276	.148	.296	.246	.376	.148	.442	.394	.818	-1	.045	-8.9	-0.8	.326	.130	.000		1
Bill Harris	38	31	24	1	1.1	123	.240	.214	.296	.241	.376	.214	.442	.456	.818	13	.054	-4.0	-0.4	.318	.036	.000		1
Joe Heving	37	34	29	1	0.9	123	.174	.133	.296	.161	.376	.167	.442	.328	.818	-19	.039	-5.8	-0.5	.231	.067	.033		1
Pinky Higgins	29	603	381	81	5.6	123	.332	.303	.296	.388	.376	.406	.442	.794	.818	95	.527	-2.4	-0.2	.765	.240	.103	6.7	*5
Bill Humphrey	27	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
*Bill Lefebvre	22	1	0	4		123		1.000	.296	1.000	.376	4.000	.442	5.000	.818	1071		1.4	0.1		3.000	3.000	.0	/1
*Johnny Marcum	28	43	32	1	0.8	123	.179	.135	.296	.256	.376	.135	.442	.391	.818	-1	.032	-6.1	-0.6	.344	.162	.000		1
#Archie McKain	27	36	31	0	0.0	123	.091	.065	.296	.147	.376	.097	.442	.244	.818	-39	.000	-7.1	-0.6	.207	.129	.032		1
Eric McNair	29	100	83	3	1.0	123	.167	.156	.296	.182	.376	.188	.442	.369	.818	-9	.042	-17.3	-1.6	.244	.052	.031		64/5
Dick Midkiff	23	10	8	1	3.3	123	.250	.200	.296	.200	.376	.300	.442	.500	.818	21	.297	-1.3	-0.1	.375	.100	.100		1
*Red Nonnenkamp	27	204	133	21	4.2	123	.305	.283	.296	.358	.376	.317	.442	.675	.818	67	.392	-9.2	-0.8	.638	.178	.033	.0	O/3
Ted Olson	25	1	1	0	0.0	123	.000	.000	.296	.000	.376	.000	.442	.000	.818	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000		/1
*Fritz Ostermueller	30	81	61	6	2.6	123	.242	.216	.296	.256	.376	.297	.442	.554	.818	36	.214	-8.0	-0.7	.448	.135	.081		1
*Johnny Peacock	28	214	139	26	4.9	123	.305	.303	.296	.358	.376	.364	.442	.723	.818	78	.469	-6.9	-0.6	.664	.164	.062	1.6	2/3O
Lee Rogers	24	8	6	0	0.0	123	.000	.000	.296	.250	.376	.000	.442	.250	.818	-34	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.333	.000		1
Jim Tabor	21	59	41	9	5.8	123	.340	.316	.296	.328	.376	.491	.442	.819	.818	98	.541	-0.8	-0.1	.700	.175	.175	.0	5/6
Joe Vosmik	28	689	430	105	6.4	123	.328	.324	.296	.384	.376	.446	.442	.830	.818	103	.589	3.0	0.3	.792	.213	.122	.0	*O
Charlie Wagner	25	12	10	0	0.0	123	.200	.167	.296	.167	.376	.167	.442	.333	.818	-18	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.200	.000	.000		1
Jack Wilson	26	76	59	4	1.8	123	.250	.221	.296	.243	.376	.250	.442	.493	.818	21	.121	-8.8	-0.8	.358	.059	.029		1
League Average					5.4	118	.296	.281	.290	.357	.369	.414	.432	.771	.802	92	.507			.740	.253	.133
Team Total		6003	3826	881	6.1	123	.314	.299	.296	.378	.376	.434	.442	.812	.818	99	.563	-7.9	-1.0	.791	.260	.135	70.5
	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
Jim Bagby	21	48	73	71	9	13	4	0	0	6	0		1	8	.183	.205	.239	.445	3	45	45
Al Baker	32	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Moe Berg	36	11	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	10	10
Ben Chapman	29	134	544	485	76	149	37	7	5	66	12		59	35	.307	.382	.443	.826	83	127	127
*Doc Cramer	32	157	714	665	96	178	32	7	0	59	4		46	20	.268	.318	.337	.655	71	148	148
Joe Cronin	31	151	623	535	82	156	46	5	15	78	6		83	64	.292	.392	.480	.872	100	143	143
Gene Desautels	31	114	391	338	39	88	15	2	2	40	1		52	33	.260	.361	.334	.695	40	108	108
Emerson Dickman	23	34	39	35	6	9	2	0	1	2	0		4	10	.257	.333	.400	.733	4	32	32
Bobby Doerr	20	154	567	514	58	131	23	6	4	66	4		53	41	.255	.325	.346	.671	58	145	145
Jimmie Foxx	30	158	676	568	115	178	30	8	45	145	5		108	80	.313	.423	.632	1.055	151	149	149
Fabian Gaffke	24	16	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	.000	.214	.000	.214	0	15	15
*Lefty Grove	38	25	66	58	9	9	0	0	0	9	0		8	26	.155	.258	.155	.413	2	24	24
Bill Harris	38	14	29	28	3	5	0	0	0	4	0		1	3	.179	.207	.179	.385	1	13	13
Joe Heving	37	20	35	34	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	8	.147	.171	.176	.348	1	19	19
Pinky Higgins	29	147	595	530	64	144	26	5	5	89	9		64	58	.272	.351	.368	.719	68	139	139
*Bill Lefebvre	22	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1	1
*Johnny Marcum	28	20	45	39	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		6	10	.128	.244	.128	.373	1	19	19
#Archie McKain	27	39	36	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	10	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	37	37
Eric McNair	29	49	100	98	6	12	1	1	0	5	0		2	6	.122	.140	.153	.293	2	46	46
Dick Midkiff	23	14	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13	13
*Red Nonnenkamp	27	92	205	185	31	48	4	1	0	15	6		20	14	.259	.332	.292	.624	18	87	87
Ted Olson	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
*Fritz Ostermueller	30	35	79	75	5	14	4	1	0	7	0		4	8	.187	.228	.267	.495	4	33	33
*Johnny Peacock	28	76	214	198	24	54	6	1	1	32	4		16	4	.273	.327	.328	.655	21	72	72
Lee Rogers	24	30	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	.000	.364	.000	.364	0	28	28
Jim Tabor	21	20	58	57	7	16	3	2	1	7	0		1	6	.281	.293	.456	.749	7	19	19
Joe Vosmik	28	155	682	627	100	182	34	5	8	71	0		53	28	.290	.348	.399	.746	87	146	146
Charlie Wagner	25	14	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13	13
Jack Wilson	26	39	71	69	5	13	2	0	0	5	0		2	8	.188	.211	.217	.429	3	37	37
	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
Jim Bagby	21	1	78	45	78	68	10	13	4	0	0	7	0	0	1	8	.191	.214	.250	.464	14	17		1	8
Al Baker	32	1	4	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Moe Berg	36	14	1926	649	1926	1780	147	432	70	6	5	201	11	5	76	114	.243	.277	.297	.574	48	529		9	61
Ben Chapman	29	9	5682	1282	5682	4973	908	1539	315	91	77	798	251	118	621	455	.309	.389	.456	.844	119	2267		22	66
*Doc Cramer	32	10	4908	1078	4908	4510	731	1374	218	56	22	426	33	39	278	198	.305	.348	.392	.741	87	1770		23	97
Joe Cronin	31	13	6526	1506	6526	5638	894	1711	395	101	97	1029	72	51	744	486	.303	.388	.461	.849	116	2599		31	113
Gene Desautels	31	6	1034	307	1034	889	107	219	33	7	2	91	4	3	117	84	.246	.337	.306	.643	61	272		5	23
Emerson Dickman	23	2	42	33	42	35	8	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	9	.286	.375	.429	.804	97	15	0	0	2	0	0
Bobby Doerr	20	2	760	200	760	656	92	180	31	8	7	94	7	14	77	64	.274	.351	.378	.730	79	248		1	26
Jimmie Foxx	30	14	7290	1710	7290	6116	1355	2049	346	102	429	1520	76	57	1104	935	.335	.437	.635	1.073	169	3886		9	61
Fabian Gaffke	24	3	278	84	278	249	39	61	12	4	7	38	1	2	22	32	.245	.309	.410	.718	75	102		1	6
*Lefty Grove	38	14	1378	550	1378	1204	106	180	25	5	13	114	1	0	89	520	.150	.209	.211	.420	6	254		2	83
Bill Harris	38	7	129	121	129	123	8	25	2	0	0	13	0	0	3	16	.203	.222	.220	.442	17	27	0	0	3
Joe Heving	37	6	160	195	160	145	13	28	8	0	0	6	0	0	5	23	.193	.220	.248	.468	19	36		0	10
Pinky Higgins	29	7	3719	881	3719	3302	498	1008	199	34	78	575	36	30	377	357	.305	.377	.457	.834	111	1509		6	34
Bill Humphrey	27	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
*Bill Lefebvre	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1071	4		0	0
*Johnny Marcum	28	6	495	245	495	454	46	115	17	1	5	53	0	1	30	29	.253	.300	.328	.628	59	149		0	11
#Archie McKain	27	2	89	75	89	80	8	15	6	0	0	4	0	0	4	25	.188	.244	.263	.507	25	21		2	3
Eric McNair	29	10	3823	973	3823	3559	486	981	193	23	67	509	40	37	193	247	.276	.317	.399	.716	81	1421		22	49
Dick Midkiff	23	1	10	13	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	21	3		0	0
*Red Nonnenkamp	27	2	205	88	205	181	37	51	4	1	0	18	6	1	21	14	.282	.356	.315	.671	66	57	0	0	3
Ted Olson	25	3	18	18	18	18	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.389	.611	47	7		0	0
*Fritz Ostermueller	30	5	322	156	322	298	22	69	12	3	0	33	0	0	11	31	.232	.261	.292	.553	37	87		1	12
*Johnny Peacock	28	2	247	81	247	227	32	69	9	2	1	45	4	1	18	4	.304	.355	.374	.730	79	85		0	2
Lee Rogers	24	1	11	28	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.000	.364	.000	.364	-1	0	0	0	0
Jim Tabor	21	1	59	19	59	57	8	18	3	2	1	8	0	1	1	6	.316	.328	.491	.819	98	28		0	1
Joe Vosmik	28	9	4914	1114	4914	4422	682	1397	290	80	57	735	19	21	420	211	.316	.377	.456	.834	109	2018		17	55
Charlie Wagner	25	1	12	13	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-18	2		0	0
Jack Wilson	26	5	241	157	241	222	15	45	8	0	1	26	0	0	8	29	.203	.230	.252	.483	19	56		0	11
	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

1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics

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