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1938 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

88-61, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (88-61)
Scored 902 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-62

Ballparks: Fenway Park · 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 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
Jim Bagby 21 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 8, 1916 1st 45 25 45 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.0 $
Al Baker 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 28, 1906 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Moe Berg 36 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1902 14 10 3 10 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Ben Chapman 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 25, 1908 9 127 125 127 126 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 125 126 1 0 3.5 $
Doc Cramer 32 L R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1905 10 148 148 148 148 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 148 0 0 0.7 $ All-Star
Joe Cronin HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1906 13 143 142 143 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.2 $ All-Star
Gene Desautels 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 13, 1907 6 108 106 108 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Emerson Dickman 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 12, 1914 2 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 2 145 141 145 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 $
Jimmie Foxx HOF 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 14 149 149 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.5 $23,000 All-Star
Fabian Gaffke 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 5, 1913 3 15 0 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 1 -0.2 $
Lefty Grove HOF 38 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 6, 1900 14 24 21 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Bill Harris 38 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 23, 1900 7 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Joe Heving 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 2, 1900 6 16 11 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Pinky Higgins 29 R R 6' 1" 185 May 27, 1909 7 139 138 139 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 $
Byron Humphrey 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 17, 1911 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bill LeFebvre 22 L L 5' 11" 180 Nov 11, 1915 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Marcum 28 L R 5' 11" 197 Sep 9, 1909 6 19 11 19 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.5 $
Archie McKain 27 B L 5' 10" 175 May 12, 1911 2 37 5 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Eric McNair 29 R R 5' 8" 160 Apr 12, 1909 10 46 17 46 32 0 0 0 14 3 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 -1.3 $
Dick Midkiff 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 28, 1914 1st 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Red Nonnenkamp 26 L L 5' 11" 165 Jul 7, 1911 2 87 31 87 44 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 29 39 42 2 0.0 $
Ted Olson 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 27, 1912 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Fritz Ostermueller 30 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 5 33 18 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.8 $
Johnny Peacock 28 L R 5' 11" 165 Jan 10, 1910 2 73 42 73 59 0 58 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 1 0.5 $
Lee Rogers 24 R L 5' 11" 170 Oct 8, 1913 1st 14 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Tabor 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1916 1st 19 12 19 13 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Joe Vosmik 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 4, 1910 9 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 1 0 146 0 0 2.0 $
Charlie Wagner 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 3, 1912 1st 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jack Wilson 26 R R 5' 11" 210 Apr 12, 1912 5 37 27 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bobby Doerr
Gene Desautels
Jimmie Foxx
Joe Cronin
Pinky Higgins
Eric McNair
Joe Vosmik
Doc Cramer

Ben Chapman
Lefty Grove
Bill Harris
Charlie Wagner
Johnny Marcum
Ted Olson
Archie McKain
Fritz Ostermueller
Al Baker
Lee Rogers
Emerson Dickman
Jim Bagby

Jack Wilson
Joe Heving
Byron Humphrey
Bill LeFebvre
Bill Harris
Fritz Ostermueller
Moe Berg
Johnny Peacock
Red Nonnenkamp
Fabian Gaffke

Jim Tabor
Dick Midkiff

1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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