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1939 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

89-62, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (89-62)
Scored 890 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-68

Ballparks: Fenway Park · 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 - 106


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1938 / 1940 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
Elden Auker 28 R R 6' 2" 194 Sep 21, 1910 7 31 25 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Bagby 22 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 8, 1916 2 21 11 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5 $
Moe Berg 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1902 15 14 11 14 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Boze Berger 29 R R 6' 2" 180 May 13, 1910 6 20 7 20 17 0 0 0 2 5 10 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.0 $
Tom Carey 32 R R 5' 8" 170 Oct 11, 1906 4 54 34 54 45 0 0 0 35 0 10 0 0 0 0 9 1 -0.5 $
Doc Cramer 33 L R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1905 11 137 134 137 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 2 0 0.6 $ All-Star
Joe Cronin HOF 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1906 14 143 142 143 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Gene Desautels 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 13, 1907 7 76 70 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2 $
Emerson Dickman 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 12, 1914 3 48 1 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 3 127 125 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $
Lou Finney 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 8 95 49 95 56 0 0 32 0 0 0 3 16 5 24 40 1 0.4 $
Jimmie Foxx HOF 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 15 124 123 124 123 1 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.2 $32,000 All-Star
Fabian Gaffke 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 5, 1913 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Denny Galehouse 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 6 30 18 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Lefty Grove HOF 39 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 6, 1900 15 25 23 25 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.3 $ All-Star
Joe Heving 38 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 2, 1900 7 46 5 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Bill LeFebvre 23 L L 5' 11" 180 Nov 11, 1915 2 7 3 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Red Nonnenkamp 27 L L 5' 11" 165 Jul 7, 1911 3 58 9 58 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 4 15 37 6 -0.3 $
Fritz Ostermueller 31 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 6 34 20 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Johnny Peacock 29 L R 5' 11" 165 Jan 10, 1910 3 92 71 92 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.5 $
Woody Rich 23 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1916 1st 21 12 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Bill Sayles 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 27, 1917 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jim Tabor 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1916 2 149 148 149 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.6 $
Joe Vosmik 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 4, 1910 10 145 144 145 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 144 1 0 0.0 $
Jake Wade 27 L L 6' 2" 175 Apr 1, 1912 4 20 6 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Charlie Wagner 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 3, 1912 2 11 5 11 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 $
Monte Weaver 33 L R 6' 0" 170 Jun 15, 1906 9 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ted Williams HOF 20 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 1st 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 149 0 0 6.8 $6,500
Jack Wilson 27 R R 5' 11" 210 Apr 12, 1912 6 37 22 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 $
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
Jim Tabor
Boze Berger
Joe Vosmik
Doc Cramer

Ted Williams
Lefty Grove
Denny Galehouse
Elden Auker
Jake Wade
Elden Auker
Tom Carey
Bill LeFebvre
Woody Rich
Emerson Dickman

Jim Bagby
Bill Sayles
Jack Wilson
Joe Heving
Fritz Ostermueller
Moe Berg
Johnny Peacock
Red Nonnenkamp
Charlie Wagner
Monte Weaver

Lou Finney
Fabian Gaffke

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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