1939 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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, Pitching, & Fielding 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
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
6		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
7		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
8		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
9	1B	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		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 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	Lefty Grove*	39	15	4	.789	2.54	23	23	0	17	2	0	191.0	180	63	54	8	58		81	1	0	0	798	185	1.246	8.5	0.4	2.7	3.8	1.40
2	SP	Jack Wilson	27	11	11	.500	4.67	36	22	5	6	0	2	177.1	198	109	92	10	75		80	1	0	4	797	101	1.539	10.0	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.07
3	SP	Fritz Ostermueller*	31	11	7	.611	4.24	34	20	9	8	0	4	159.1	173	86	75	6	58		61	2	0	5	701	111	1.450	9.8	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05
4	SP	Elden Auker	28	9	10	.474	5.36	31	25	4	6	1	0	151.0	183	108	90	13	61		43	1	0	0	697	88	1.616	10.9	0.8	3.6	2.6	0.70
5	SP	Denny Galehouse	27	9	10	.474	4.54	30	18	6	6	1	0	146.2	160	84	74	6	52		68	1	0	2	639	104	1.445	9.8	0.4	3.2	4.2	1.31
6	SP	Woody Rich	23	4	3	.571	4.91	21	12	4	3	0	1	77.0	78	46	42	2	35		24	5	0	0	344	96	1.468	9.1	0.2	4.1	2.8	0.69
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	Joe Heving	38	11	3	.786	3.70	46	5	26	1	0	7	107.0	124	65	44	8	34		43	2	1	3	471	127	1.477	10.4	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.26
8	RP	Emerson Dickman	24	8	3	.727	4.43	48	1	23	0	0	5	113.2	126	70	56	10	43		46	3	0	3	507	106	1.487	10.0	0.8	3.4	3.6	1.07
9	RP	Jim Bagby	22	5	5	.500	7.09	21	11	5	3	0	0	80.0	119	66	63	7	36		35	2	0	2	388	66	1.938	13.4	0.8	4.1	3.9	0.97
10	RP	Jake Wade*	27	1	4	.200	6.23	20	6	8	1	0	0	47.2	68	34	33	1	37		21	0	0	2	234	76	2.203	12.8	0.2	7.0	4.0	0.57
11	RP	Monte Weaver	33	1	0	1.000	6.64	9	1	2	1	0	1	20.1	26	15	15	0	13		6	1	0	2	99	71	1.918	11.5	0.0	5.8	2.7	0.46
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		Charlie Wagner	26	3	1	.750	4.23	9	5	2	0	0	0	38.1	49	19	18	3	14		13	0	1	0	170	111	1.643	11.5	0.7	3.3	3.1	0.93
13		Bill Lefebvre*	23	1	1	.500	5.81	5	3	2	0	0	0	26.1	35	17	17	2	14		8	0	0	0	122	81	1.861	12.0	0.7	4.8	2.7	0.57
14		Bill Sayles	21	0	0		7.07	5	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	14	13	11	1	13		9	0	0	2	67	67	1.929	9.0	0.6	8.4	5.8	0.69
15		Jimmie Foxx	31	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	3		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	29.3	89	62	.589	4.56	152	152	100	52	4	20	1350.2	1533	795	684	77	543		539	19	2	25	6037	103	1.537	10.2	0.5	3.6	3.6	0.99
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		5				7	6	3	6	6	5	5	3	2		4321
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Elden Auker	28	31			48	9	35	4	2	.917										1.42						P
Jim Bagby	22	21			15	3	11	1	2	.933										0.67						P
Boze Berger	29	17			34	12	21	1	2	.971										1.94						SS-3B-2B
Moe Berg	37	13			57	45	10	2	1	.965										4.23	1					C
Tom Carey	32	45			211	93	116	2	22	.991										4.64						2B-SS
Joe Cronin	32	142			775	306	437	32	93	.959										5.23						SS
Gene Desautels	32	73			360	310	48	2	5	.994										4.90	1					C
Emerson Dickman	24	48			39	4	33	2	3	.949										0.77						P
Bobby Doerr	21	126			786	336	431	19	95	.976										6.09						2B
Lou Finney	28	32			295	280	11	4	27	.986										9.09						1B
Jimmie Foxx	31	124			1202	1101	91	10	104	.992										9.61						1B-P
Denny Galehouse	27	30			38	11	24	3	2	.921										1.17						P
Lefty Grove	39	23			24	0	21	3	2	.875										0.91						P
Joe Heving	38	46			28	8	17	3	2	.893										0.54						P
Bill Lefebvre	23	5			3	1	2	0	0	1.000										0.60						P
Fritz Ostermueller	31	34			36	12	22	2	2	.944										1.00						P
Johnny Peacock	29	84			357	314	33	10	6	.972										4.13	4					C
Woody Rich	23	21			28	3	22	3	0	.893										1.19						P
Bill Sayles	21	5			3	0	3	0	0	1.000										0.60						P
Jim Tabor	22	148			522	144	338	40	32	.923										3.26						3B
Jake Wade	27	20			8	0	8	0	0	1.000										0.40						P
Charlie Wagner	26	9			8	2	6	0	0	1.000										0.89						P
Monte Weaver	33	9			1	1	0	0	0	1.000										0.11						P
Jack Wilson	27	36			40	14	25	1	1	.975										1.08						P
Team Totals	27.9	152			6030	4052	1798	180	407	.970										3.64	6
Rank in 8 AL teams								6	4	3
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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