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1938 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, 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 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
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
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* - 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 Jim Bagby 21 15 11 .577 4.21 43 25 12 10 1 2 198.2 218 110 93 9 90 73 3 0 5 873 117 1.550 9.9 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.81
2 SP Jack Wilson 26 15 15 .500 4.30 37 27 7 11 3 1 194.2 200 108 93 16 91 96 2 0 2 869 115 1.495 9.2 0.7 4.2 4.4 1.05
3 SP Fritz Ostermueller* 30 13 5 .722 4.58 31 18 8 10 1 2 176.2 199 98 90 15 58 46 3 0 5 795 108 1.455 10.1 0.8 3.0 2.3 0.79
4 SP Lefty Grove* 38 14 4 .778 3.08 24 21 3 12 1 1 163.2 169 65 56 8 52 99 1 0 3 706 160 1.350 9.3 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.90
5 SP Johnny Marcum 28 5 6 .455 4.09 15 11 3 7 0 0 92.1 113 49 42 11 25 25 0 0 1 408 120 1.495 11.0 1.1 2.4 2.4 1.00
6 SP Joe Heving 37 8 1 .889 3.73 16 11 2 7 1 2 82.0 94 35 34 5 22 34 1 1 0 356 132 1.415 10.3 0.5 2.4 3.7 1.55
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
7 CL Archie McKain* 27 5 4 .556 4.52 37 5 16 1 0 6 99.2 119 60 50 6 44 27 2 0 0 453 109 1.635 10.7 0.5 4.0 2.4 0.61
8 RP Emerson Dickman 23 5 5 .500 5.28 32 11 7 3 1 0 104.0 117 74 61 9 54 22 4 2 2 470 93 1.644 10.1 0.8 4.7 1.9 0.41
9 RP Charlie Wagner 25 1 3 .250 8.35 13 6 4 1 0 0 36.2 47 36 34 5 24 14 1 0 0 179 59 1.936 11.5 1.2 5.9 3.4 0.58
10 RP Dick Midkiff 23 1 1 .500 5.09 13 2 5 0 0 0 35.1 43 30 20 5 21 10 0 0 1 169 97 1.811 11.0 1.3 5.3 2.5 0.48
11 RP Lee Rogers* 24 1 1 .500 6.51 14 2 7 0 0 0 27.2 32 24 20 4 18 7 0 1 0 130 76 1.807 10.4 1.3 5.9 2.3 0.39
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
12 Bill Harris 38 5 5 .500 4.03 13 11 2 5 1 1 80.1 83 39 36 5 21 26 1 0 0 339 122 1.295 9.3 0.6 2.4 2.9 1.24
13 Al Baker 32 0 0 9.39 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.2 13 8 8 2 2 2 1 0 0 38 53 1.957 15.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
14 Ted Olson 25 0 0 6.43 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 31 77 1.571 11.6 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.00
15 Doc Cramer 32 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 17 110 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
16 Bill Lefebvre* 22 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 37 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
17 Bill Humphrey 27 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 55 3.000 22.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.6 88 61 .591 4.46 150 150 83 67 9 15 1316.1 1472 751 652 102 528 484 20 4 20 5866 111 1.519 10.1 0.7 3.6 3.3 0.92
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 6 2 2 7 4 2 3 5 1 5
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Jim Bagby 21 43 62 16 43 3 3 .952 1.37 P
Al Baker 32 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Moe Berg 36 8 15 14 1 0 2 1.000 1.88 0 C-1B
Ben Chapman 29 127 1 0 125 293 267 16 10 5 .966 2.23 OF-3B
Doc Cramer 32 149 0 148 0 439 417 16 6 3 .986 2.91 OF-P
Joe Cronin 31 142 789 304 449 36 110 .954 5.30 SS
Gene Desautels 31 108 482 423 52 7 7 .985 4.40 4 C
Emerson Dickman 23 32 22 4 18 0 2 1.000 0.69 P
Bobby Doerr 20 145 818 372 420 26 118 .968 5.46 2B
Jimmie Foxx 30 149 1417 1282 116 19 153 .987 9.38 1B
Fabian Gaffke 24 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 OF-C
Lefty Grove 38 24 29 0 29 0 0 1.000 1.21 P
Bill Harris 38 13 16 2 14 0 2 1.000 1.23 P
Joe Heving 37 16 31 8 22 1 4 .968 1.88 P
Pinky Higgins 29 138 451 140 272 39 28 .914 2.99 3B
Bill Humphrey 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bill Lefebvre 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Johnny Marcum 28 15 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.20 P
Archie McKain 27 37 38 10 26 2 1 .947 0.97 P
Eric McNair 29 32 122 43 69 10 15 .918 3.50 SS-2B-3B
Dick Midkiff 23 13 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.69 P
Red Nonnenkamp 27 44 5 5 29 109 101 5 3 2 .972 2.41 OF-1B
Ted Olson 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Fritz Ostermueller 30 31 49 15 30 4 3 .918 1.45 P
Johnny Peacock 28 59 1 0 0 203 187 12 4 4 .980 3.37 3 C-OF-1B
Lee Rogers 24 14 16 3 11 2 1 .875 1.00 P
Jim Tabor 21 13 56 18 30 8 5 .857 3.69 3B-SS
Joe Vosmik 28 146 146 1 0 323 302 14 7 4 .978 2.16 OF
Charlie Wagner 25 13 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.46 P
Jack Wilson 26 37 45 15 27 3 2 .933 1.14 P
Team Totals 28.3 150 5863 3952 1721 190 474 .968 3.64 7
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics