1939 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics

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1939 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
89-62, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 890 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-68
Manager: Joe Cronin (89-62)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 573,070 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1938 / 1940 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	Johnny Peacock*	29	92	312	274	33	76	11	4	0	36	1	1	29	11	.277	.347	.347	.693	75	95	4	0	9
2	1B	Jimmie Foxx	31	124	563	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	3	89	72	.360	.464	.694	1.158	188	324	17	2	5
3	2B	Bobby Doerr	21	127	574	525	75	167	28	2	12	73	1	10	38	32	.318	.365	.448	.813	103	235	17	1	10
4	SS	Joe Cronin	32	143	627	520	97	160	33	3	19	107	6	6	87	48	.308	.407	.492	.899	125	256	18	0	20
5	3B	Jim Tabor	22	149	626	577	76	167	33	8	14	95	16	10	40	54	.289	.337	.447	.784	96	258	15	1	8
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	33	137	642	589	110	183	30	6	0	56	3	3	36	17	.311	.352	.382	.734	85	225	16	2	15
7	OF	Ted Williams*	20	149	677	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	1	107	64	.327	.436	.609	1.045	160	344	10	2	3
8	OF	Joe Vosmik	29	145	640	554	89	153	29	6	7	84	4	3	66	33	.276	.356	.388	.744	87	215	27	3	17
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	UT	Lou Finney*	28	95	278	249	43	81	18	3	1	46	2	5	24	11	.325	.385	.434	.818	105	108	4	0	5
10	C	Gene Desautels	32	76	269	226	26	55	14	0	0	21	3	1	33	13	.243	.340	.305	.645	63	69	2	0	10
11	2B	Tom Carey	32	54	170	161	17	39	6	2	0	20	0	0	3	9	.242	.265	.304	.569	43	49	4	2	4
12	OF	Red Nonnenkamp*	28	58	87	75	12	18	2	1	0	5	0	1	12	6	.240	.345	.293	.638	62	22	2	0	0
13	C	Moe Berg	37	14	35	33	3	9	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.273	.314	.394	.708	77	13	1	0	0
14	IF	Boze Berger	29	20	33	30	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.300	.323	.367	.689	73	11	0	0	2
15		Fabian Gaffke	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
16	P	Lefty Grove*	39	25	85	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.134	.237	.179	.416	6	12	0	0	9
17	P	Jack Wilson	27	37	68	63	6	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	17	.159	.159	.159	.317	-20	10	0	0	5
18	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	31	34	64	56	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	5	.161	.203	.196	.400	1	11	4	0	5
19	P	Denny Galehouse	27	30	58	47	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.064	.185	.085	.270	-30	4	2	1	4
20	P	Elden Auker	28	31	57	53	6	12	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	14	.226	.241	.358	.599	49	19	0	0	3
21	P	Emerson Dickman	24	48	38	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.056	.105	.056	.161	-58	2	1	0	0
22	P	Jim Bagby	22	21	37	34	10	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.294	.314	.441	.755	88	15	1	1	2
23	P	Joe Heving	38	46	35	32	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.219	.406	2	7	0	0	3
24	P	Woody Rich*	23	21	29	27	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.259	.286	.259	.545	38	7	1	0	1
25	P	Charlie Wagner	26	11	14	14	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.071	.071	.071	.143	-64	1	0	0	0
26	P	Bill Lefebvre*	23	7	12	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	83	3	0	0	0
27	P	Jake Wade*	27	20	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bill Sayles	21	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	-28	1	0	0	0
29	P	Monte Weaver*	33	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	152	6054	5308	890	1543	287	57	124	832	42	44	591	502	.291	.363	.436	.800	100	2316	146	15	140
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	2	1	2	4	2		8	4	3	6	1	2	2	2		2
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
Elden Auker	28	57	44	5	3.0	117	.270	.226	.291	.241	.367	.358	.431	.599	.798	49	.278	-4.6	-0.4	.488	.151	.132	.0	1
Jim Bagby	22	37	27	4	3.9	117	.281	.294	.291	.314	.367	.441	.431	.755	.798	88	.386	-0.8	-0.1	.640	.147	.147	.0	1
Moe Berg	37	35	25	4	4.2	117	.276	.273	.291	.314	.367	.394	.431	.708	.798	77	.419	-1.3	-0.1	.600	.182	.121	.0	2
Boze Berger	29	33	23	4	4.6	117	.450	.300	.291	.323	.367	.367	.431	.689	.798	73	.457	-1.3	-0.1	.571	.100	.067		6/54
Tom Carey	32	170	130	13	2.6	117	.257	.242	.291	.265	.367	.304	.431	.569	.798	43	.234	-14.9	-1.4	.429	.081	.062		46
*Doc Cramer	33	642	440	78	4.7	117	.320	.311	.291	.352	.367	.382	.431	.734	.798	85	.465	-14.4	-1.4	.619	.132	.071	.0	*O
Joe Cronin	32	627	404	103	6.8	117	.311	.308	.291	.407	.367	.492	.431	.899	.798	125	.629	22.3	2.1	.893	.352	.185	9.1	*6
Gene Desautels	32	269	184	24	3.5	117	.258	.243	.291	.340	.367	.305	.431	.645	.798	63	.332	-11.7	-1.1	.598	.217	.062	.0	2
Emerson Dickman	24	38	35	0	0.0	117	.087	.056	.291	.105	.367	.056	.431	.161	.798	-58	.000	-9.0	-0.8	.114	.056	.000		1
Bobby Doerr	21	574	395	82	5.5	117	.322	.318	.291	.365	.367	.448	.431	.813	.798	103	.538	1.6	0.2	.688	.185	.130	1.8	*4
*Lou Finney	28	278	182	40	5.8	117	.338	.325	.291	.385	.367	.434	.431	.818	.798	105	.564	2.5	0.2	.729	.193	.108	1.3	3O
Jimmie Foxx	31	563	324	149	12.2	117	.369	.360	.291	.464	.367	.694	.431	1.158	.798	188	.833	64.4	5.9	1.304	.527	.334	7.2	*3/1
Fabian Gaffke	25	1	1	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.291	.000	.367	.000	.431	.000	.798	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
Denny Galehouse	27	58	50	1	0.5	117	.111	.064	.291	.185	.367	.085	.431	.270	.798	-30	.016	-9.7	-0.9	.239	.149	.021		1
*Lefty Grove	39	85	67	3	1.2	117	.200	.134	.291	.237	.367	.179	.431	.416	.798	6	.066	-10.1	-1.0	.362	.179	.045	.0	1
Joe Heving	38	35	29	1	0.9	117	.214	.188	.291	.188	.367	.219	.431	.406	.798	2	.041	-5.0	-0.5	.269	.031	.031		1
*Bill Lefebvre	23	12	7	1	3.8	117	.375	.300	.291	.417	.367	.300	.431	.717	.798	83	.370	-0.1	0.0	.714	.200	.000		/1
*Red Nonnenkamp	28	87	60	7	3.1	117	.261	.240	.291	.345	.367	.293	.431	.638	.798	62	.288	-4.2	-0.4	.550	.200	.053		O
*Fritz Ostermueller	31	64	56	2	1.0	117	.176	.161	.291	.203	.367	.196	.431	.400	.798	1	.045	-9.0	-0.8	.275	.089	.036		1
*Johnny Peacock	29	312	212	33	4.1	117	.289	.277	.291	.347	.367	.347	.431	.693	.798	75	.407	-10.6	-1.0	.611	.175	.069	.0	2
*Woody Rich	23	29	22	2	2.4	117	.304	.259	.291	.286	.367	.259	.431	.545	.798	38	.204	-2.7	-0.2	.381	.037	.000		1
Bill Sayles	21	7	6	0	0.0	117	.500	.143	.291	.143	.367	.143	.431	.286	.798	-28	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.000	.000		/1
Jim Tabor	22	626	443	85	5.1	117	.301	.289	.291	.337	.367	.447	.431	.784	.798	96	.502	-6.8	-0.6	.701	.237	.158	14.9	*5
Joe Vosmik	29	640	448	76	4.5	117	.284	.276	.291	.356	.367	.388	.431	.744	.798	87	.446	-10.6	-1.0	.661	.233	.112	5.1	*O
*Jake Wade	27	12	12	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.291	.000	.367	.000	.431	.000	.798	-100	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.000	.000	.000		1
Charlie Wagner	26	14	13	0	0.0	117	.083	.071	.291	.071	.367	.071	.431	.143	.798	-64	.000	-3.6	-0.3	.077	.000	.000		/1
*Monte Weaver	33	4	4	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.291	.000	.367	.000	.431	.000	.798	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
*Ted Williams	20	677	394	149	10.0	117	.328	.327	.291	.436	.367	.609	.431	1.045	.798	160	.777	54.6	5.0	1.161	.473	.281	3.8	*O
Jack Wilson	27	68	58	2	0.9	117	.217	.159	.291	.159	.367	.159	.431	.317	.798	-20	.041	-11.9	-1.1	.189	.000	.000		1
League Average					4.9	114	.294	.277	.287	.350	.362	.404	.424	.754	.787	92	.488			.693	.242	.128
Team Total		6054	4095	868	5.6	117	.303	.291	.291	.363	.367	.436	.431	.800	.798	100	.547	-3.4	-0.4	.738	.257	.146	62.7
	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
Elden Auker	28	33	56	55	6	12	1	0	2	3	0		1	15	.218	.232	.345	.578	4	31	31
Jim Bagby	22	22	37	36	10	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	1	.000	.027	.000	.027	4	21	21
Moe Berg	37	15	35	33	2	8	1	0	1	4	0		2	3	.242	.286	.364	.649	3	14	14
Boze Berger	29	21	32	31	4	9	2	0	0	2	0		1	11	.290	.313	.355	.667	3	20	20
Tom Carey	32	57	169	164	14	36	6	2	0	17	0		3	9	.220	.243	.280	.523	11	54	54
*Doc Cramer	33	144	632	597	95	170	28	6	0	48	3		33	18	.285	.324	.352	.676	67	137	137
Joe Cronin	32	150	606	526	83	147	30	3	17	92	6		80	50	.279	.375	.445	.819	88	143	143
Gene Desautels	32	80	262	231	22	51	13	0	0	18	3		31	14	.221	.313	.277	.590	20	76	76
Emerson Dickman	24	50	40	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	14	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	48	48
Bobby Doerr	21	134	565	529	65	152	25	2	11	63	1		35	34	.287	.333	.405	.737	70	127	127
*Lou Finney	28	109	298	274	38	77	16	3	1	40	2		24	12	.281	.339	.372	.711	35	104	104
Jimmie Foxx	31	130	554	470	112	155	29	9	32	90	4		82	76	.330	.431	.634	1.065	128	124	124
Fabian Gaffke	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Denny Galehouse	27	32	59	50	0	4	1	0	0	2	0		8	21	.080	.220	.100	.320	1	30	30
*Lefty Grove	39	26	77	69	2	8	0	0	1	4	0		8	27	.116	.208	.159	.367	2	25	25
Joe Heving	38	48	34	34	4	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	46	46
*Bill Lefebvre	23	7	12	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	1	7	7
*Red Nonnenkamp	28	61	87	76	10	16	2	1	0	4	0		11	6	.211	.310	.263	.574	6	58	58
*Fritz Ostermueller	31	36	61	58	4	9	0	1	0	4	0		3	5	.155	.197	.190	.386	2	34	34
*Johnny Peacock	29	97	306	279	29	71	10	4	0	31	1		27	12	.254	.320	.319	.639	28	92	92
*Woody Rich	23	22	29	28	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.250	.276	.250	.526	2	21	21
Bill Sayles	21	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
Jim Tabor	22	157	624	586	66	155	31	7	13	82	15		37	57	.265	.309	.408	.717	74	149	149
Joe Vosmik	29	153	628	564	77	142	27	6	6	72	4		61	35	.252	.328	.353	.681	65	145	145
*Jake Wade	27	25	18	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24	24
Charlie Wagner	26	12	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11	11
*Monte Weaver	33	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9	9
*Ted Williams	20	157	672	571	113	171	41	10	29	125	2		99	67	.299	.405	.559	.963	128	149	149
Jack Wilson	27	39	66	66	4	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	18	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	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
Elden Auker	28	7	503	230	503	444	45	88	11	6	5	53	1	0	26	148	.198	.246	.284	.530	33	126	0	2	31
Jim Bagby	22	2	115	66	115	102	20	23	6	0	1	11	0	0	1	9	.225	.248	.314	.561	38	32	1	2	10
Moe Berg	37	15	1961	663	1961	1813	150	441	71	6	6	206	11	5	78	117	.243	.278	.299	.577	49	542	1	9	61
Boze Berger	29	6	1266	343	1266	1144	146	270	51	8	13	97	12	7	94	226	.236	.296	.329	.624	57	376	0	3	25
Tom Carey	32	4	1515	394	1515	1432	158	392	75	13	2	159	3	5	64	71	.274	.308	.348	.656	63	499	4	6	13
*Doc Cramer	33	11	5550	1215	5550	5099	841	1557	248	62	22	482	36	42	314	215	.305	.349	.391	.740	87	1995	16	25	112
Joe Cronin	32	14	7153	1649	7153	6158	991	1871	428	104	116	1136	78	57	831	534	.304	.389	.464	.853	117	2855	18	31	133
Gene Desautels	32	7	1303	383	1303	1115	133	274	47	7	2	112	7	4	150	97	.246	.338	.306	.644	62	341	2	5	33
Emerson Dickman	24	3	80	81	80	71	10	12	2	0	1	4	0	0	7	22	.169	.244	.239	.483	20	17	1	0	2	0	0
Bobby Doerr	21	3	1334	327	1334	1181	167	347	59	10	19	167	8	24	115	96	.294	.357	.409	.766	90	483	17	2	36
*Lou Finney	28	8	2927	753	2927	2703	368	762	113	47	17	250	28	35	183	127	.282	.329	.377	.706	80	1020	4	7	34
Jimmie Foxx	31	15	7853	1834	7853	6583	1485	2217	377	112	464	1625	80	60	1193	1007	.337	.439	.640	1.079	170	4210	17	11	66
Fabian Gaffke	25	4	279	85	279	250	39	61	12	4	7	39	1	2	22	32	.244	.308	.408	.716	75	102	0	1	6
Denny Galehouse	27	6	233	144	233	209	10	33	2	0	0	5	0	0	16	58	.158	.221	.167	.389	-1	35	2	1	7	0	0
*Lefty Grove	39	15	1463	575	1463	1271	109	189	25	5	14	119	1	0	98	546	.149	.211	.209	.420	6	266	0	2	92
Joe Heving	38	7	195	241	195	177	18	34	9	0	0	9	0	0	5	27	.192	.214	.243	.457	16	43	0	0	13
*Bill Lefebvre	23	2	13	8	13	11	4	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	.364	.462	.636	1.098	173	7	0	0	0
*Red Nonnenkamp	28	3	292	146	292	256	49	69	6	2	0	23	6	2	33	20	.270	.353	.309	.662	65	79	2	0	3
*Fritz Ostermueller	31	6	386	190	386	354	26	78	12	4	0	37	0	0	14	36	.220	.252	.277	.529	31	98	4	1	17
*Johnny Peacock	29	3	559	173	559	501	65	145	20	6	1	81	5	2	47	15	.289	.350	.359	.710	77	180	4	0	11
*Woody Rich	23	1	29	21	29	27	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.259	.286	.259	.545	38	7	1	0	1
Bill Sayles	21	1	7	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	-28	1	0	0	0
Jim Tabor	22	2	685	168	685	634	84	185	36	10	15	103	16	11	41	60	.292	.336	.451	.787	96	286	15	1	9
Joe Vosmik	29	10	5554	1259	5554	4976	771	1550	319	86	64	819	23	24	486	244	.311	.375	.449	.824	107	2233	27	20	72
*Jake Wade	27	4	134	97	134	126	8	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	58	.135	.180	.143	.323	-19	18	0	0	1
Charlie Wagner	26	2	26	24	26	26	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.115	.115	.115	.231	-42	3	0	0	0
*Monte Weaver	33	9	410	202	410	378	43	79	10	4	0	30	0	0	14	73	.209	.247	.257	.503	31	97	0	5	13
*Ted Williams	20	1	677	149	677	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	1	107	64	.327	.436	.609	1.045	160	344	10	2	3
Jack Wilson	27	6	309	194	309	285	21	55	8	0	1	32	0	0	8	46	.193	.215	.232	.447	10	66	0	0	16
	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

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