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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

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 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 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* 27 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 5 1
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 3 471 128 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 3 507 107 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 67 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 72 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 0 170 112 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 82 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 68 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 104 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 4
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 CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Elden Auker 28 31 25 6 48 9 35 4 2 .917 1.42 P
Jim Bagby 22 21 11 3 15 3 11 1 2 .933 0.67 P
Boze Berger 29 17 7 6 34 12 21 1 2 .971 1.94 SS-3B-2B
Moe Berg 37 13 11 6 57 45 10 2 1 .965 4.23 1 8 2 20% C
Tom Carey 32 45 34 31 211 93 116 2 22 .991 4.64 2B-SS
Doc Cramer 33 135 134 132 374 356 12 6 0 .984 2.73 OF
Joe Cronin 32 142 142 134 775 306 437 32 93 .959 5.23 SS
Gene Desautels 32 73 70 62 360 310 48 2 5 .994 4.90 1 36 24 40% C
Emerson Dickman 24 48 1 0 39 4 33 2 3 .949 0.77 P
Bobby Doerr 21 126 125 117 786 336 431 19 95 .976 6.09 2B
Lou Finney 28 56 49 48 346 328 12 6 28 .983 6.07 1B-OF
Jimmie Foxx 31 123 123 120 1202 1101 91 10 104 .992 9.61 P-1B
Denny Galehouse 27 30 18 6 38 11 24 3 2 .921 1.17 P
Lefty Grove 39 23 23 17 24 0 21 3 2 .875 0.91 P
Joe Heving 38 46 5 1 28 8 17 3 2 .893 0.54 P
Bill LeFebvre 23 5 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Red Nonnenkamp 27 15 9 9 26 25 0 1 0 .962 1.67 OF
Fritz Ostermueller 31 34 20 8 36 12 22 2 2 .944 1.00 P
Johnny Peacock 29 84 71 68 357 314 33 10 6 .972 4.13 4 40 17 30% C
Woody Rich 23 21 12 3 28 3 22 3 0 .893 1.19 P
Bill Sayles 21 5 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Jim Tabor 22 148 148 147 522 144 338 40 32 .923 3.26 3B
Joe Vosmik 29 144 144 142 313 296 9 8 0 .974 2.12 OF
Jake Wade 27 20 6 1 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Charlie Wagner 26 9 5 0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.89 P
Monte Weaver 33 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.11 P
Ted Williams 20 149 149 143 348 318 11 19 3 .945 2.21 OF
Jack Wilson 27 36 22 6 40 14 25 1 1 .975 1.08 P
Team Totals 27.8 152 1368 1217 6030 4052 1798 180 407 .970 3.64 6 84 43 34%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Elden Auker 28 57 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jim Bagby 22 37 -1 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Moe Berg 37 35 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Boze Berger 29 33 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 6/54
Tom Carey 32 170 -15 0 0 0 2 2 6 -5 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ Traded 46
Doc Cramer* 33 642 -11 3 0 0 -3 -2 18 5 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $ Traded *8O
Joe Cronin 32 627 23 -2 0 0 -10 9 19 39 3.8 49 4.7 -0.9 $ Traded *6
Gene Desautels 32 269 -11 -1 0 0 2 2 9 1 0.2 -1 -0.1 0.3 $ Purchased 2
Emerson Dickman 24 38 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 1
Bobby Doerr 21 574 3 -5 0 0 3 4 17 22 2.2 19 1.8 0.4 $ Purchased *4
Lou Finney* 28 278 4 -1 0 0 -6 -2 9 4 0.4 10 1.0 -0.6 $ Purchased 3O8/97
Jimmie Foxx 31 563 65 2 0 0 -2 -6 17 76 7.1 78 7.5 -0.4 $32,000 Traded *3/1
Fabian Gaffke 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Denny Galehouse 27 58 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Lefty Grove* 39 85 -11 0 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Joe Heving 38 35 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill LeFebvre* 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Red Nonnenkamp* 27 87 -4 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ O/789
Fritz Ostermueller* 31 64 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
Johnny Peacock* 29 312 -9 0 0 0 0 3 10 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Free Agency 2
Woody Rich* 23 29 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Bill Sayles 21 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Jim Tabor 22 626 -7 -1 0 0 0 3 20 15 1.6 15 1.4 0.2 $ *5
Joe Vosmik 29 640 -9 0 0 0 -4 -7 19 -1 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Traded *7O
Jake Wade* 27 12 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded 1
Charlie Wagner 26 14 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /1
Monte Weaver* 33 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Ted Williams* 20 677 55 1 0 0 2 -7 20 71 6.8 69 6.6 0.2 $6,500 Amateur Free Agent *O9
Jack Wilson 27 68 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ Traded 1
Team Total 27.7 6054 4 -3 0 0 -17 37 184 205 20.6 222 21.2 -0.6 $38,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Elden Auker 28 151.0 25 108 103 -1 1.0 -5 -0.1 $ Traded
Jim Bagby 22 80.0 11 66 55 -1 1.0 -11 -0.9 $
Emerson Dickman 24 113.2 1 70 77 -1 1.0 7 0.9 $
Jimmie Foxx 31 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Traded
Denny Galehouse 27 146.2 18 84 100 -1 1.0 16 1.8 $ Traded
Lefty Grove* 39 191.0 23 63 130 -2 1.0 67 6.5 $ Traded
Joe Heving 38 107.0 5 65 73 -1 1.0 8 0.9 $ Purchased
Bill LeFebvre* 23 26.1 3 17 18 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Fritz Ostermueller* 31 159.1 20 86 109 -1 1.0 23 2.4 $
Woody Rich 23 77.0 12 46 52 -1 1.0 6 0.7 $
Bill Sayles 21 14.0 0 13 10 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Jake Wade* 27 47.2 6 34 32 0 1.0 -2 0.0 $ Traded
Charlie Wagner 26 38.1 5 19 26 0 1.0 7 0.7 $
Monte Weaver 33 20.1 1 15 14 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Purchased
Jack Wilson 27 177.1 22 109 121 -2 1.0 12 1.4 $ Traded
Team Total 29.3 1350.2 152 795 921 -11 1.0 126 14.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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