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1940 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
82-72, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 872 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
Manager: Joe Cronin (82-72)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 716,234 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1939 / 1941 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 Gene Desautels 33 71 261 222 19 50 7 1 0 17 0 1 32 13 .225 .328 .266 .594 53 59 7 2 5
2 1B Jimmie Foxx 32 144 618 515 106 153 30 4 36 119 4 7 101 87 .297 .412 .581 .993 150 299 18 0 2
3 2B Bobby Doerr 22 151 658 595 87 173 37 10 22 105 10 5 57 53 .291 .353 .497 .850 114 296 16 0 6
4 SS Joe Cronin 33 149 645 548 104 156 35 6 24 111 7 5 83 65 .285 .380 .502 .882 123 275 6 1 13
5 3B Jim Tabor 23 120 505 459 73 131 28 6 21 81 14 10 42 58 .285 .345 .510 .855 115 234 5 0 4
6 OF Doc Cramer* 34 150 712 661 94 200 27 12 1 51 3 5 36 29 .303 .340 .384 .724 84 254 13 1 14
7 OF Ted Williams* 21 144 661 561 134 193 43 14 23 113 4 4 96 54 .344 .442 .594 1.036 162 333 13 3 1
8 OF Dom DiMaggio 23 108 466 418 81 126 32 6 8 46 7 6 41 46 .301 .367 .464 .831 110 194 5 2 5
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* 29 130 574 534 73 171 31 15 5 73 5 2 33 13 .320 .360 .463 .822 108 247 16 0 7
10 C Johnny Peacock* 30 63 156 131 20 37 4 1 0 13 1 1 23 10 .282 .390 .328 .718 85 43 8 0 2
11 3B Charlie Gelbert 34 30 99 91 9 18 2 0 0 8 0 0 8 16 .198 .263 .220 .482 24 20 1 0 0
12 OF Stan Spence* 25 51 72 68 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 1 4 9 .279 .319 .426 .746 88 29 1 0 0
13 SS Tom Carey 33 43 66 62 4 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 .323 .344 .387 .731 86 24 2 0 2
14 CI Marv Owen 34 20 65 57 4 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 4 .211 .308 .211 .518 35 12 3 0 0
15 C Joe Glenn 31 22 53 47 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 7 .128 .212 .149 .360 -6 7 4 0 1
16 1B Tony Lupien* 23 10 20 19 5 9 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 .474 .500 .842 1.342 235 16 0 0 0
17 Red Nonnenkamp* 29 9 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -65 0 0 1 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
18 P Jim Bagby 23 44 80 74 8 15 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 12 .203 .203 .270 .473 19 20 2 0 6
19 P Jack Wilson 28 41 67 66 9 18 2 1 2 8 0 0 1 11 .273 .284 .424 .708 78 28 1 0 0
20 P Lefty Grove* 40 23 61 53 4 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 29 .151 .196 .208 .404 3 11 0 0 5
21 P Fritz Ostermueller* 32 33 57 54 9 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .315 .351 .370 .721 84 20 1 0 0
22 P Denny Galehouse 28 25 46 39 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .077 .077 .103 .179 -55 4 2 0 7
23 P Joe Heving 39 39 46 40 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 6 .200 .273 .200 .473 23 8 2 1 2
24 P Herb Hash 29 35 43 40 4 7 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .175 .175 .300 .475 19 12 2 0 3
25 P Emerson Dickman 25 35 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .107 .167 .107 .274 -29 3 0 1 2
26 P Mickey Harris* 23 13 29 22 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 .273 .429 .273 .701 83 6 0 0 1
27 P Earl Johnson* 21 18 27 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .074 .074 .074 .148 -62 2 1 0 0
28 P Bill Fleming 26 10 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -80 0 0 0 2
29 P Yank Terry 29 4 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 2 0 0 0
30 P Bill Butland 22 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
31 P Alex Mustaikis 31 6 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 109 3 0 0 0
32 P Charlie Wagner 27 13 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 1 0 0 0
33 P Woody Rich* 24 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 154 6174 5481 872 1566 301 80 145 808 55 49 590 597 .286 .356 .449 .806 104 2462 129 12 91
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 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
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* - 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
Jim Bagby 23 80 67 4 1.6 114 .242 .203 .284 .203 .358 .270 .431 .473 .788 19 .111 -9.3 -0.9 .328 .068 .068 1/O
Bill Butland 22 8 8 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .284 .000 .358 .000 .431 .000 .788 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
Tom Carey 33 66 46 8 4.6 114 .328 .323 .284 .344 .358 .387 .431 .731 .788 86 .468 -1.3 -0.1 .591 .097 .065 6/45
*Doc Cramer 34 712 493 85 4.6 114 .315 .303 .284 .340 .358 .384 .431 .724 .788 84 .464 -17.6 -1.7 .603 .133 .082 1.5 *O
Joe Cronin 33 645 416 103 6.6 114 .288 .285 .284 .380 .358 .502 .431 .882 .788 123 .626 19.4 1.8 .896 .372 .217 10.8 *6/5
Gene Desautels 33 261 185 19 2.7 114 .239 .225 .284 .328 .358 .266 .431 .594 .788 53 .251 -14.9 -1.4 .511 .180 .041 2
Emerson Dickman 25 32 28 0 0.0 114 .158 .107 .284 .167 .358 .107 .431 .274 .788 -29 .000 -5.6 -0.5 .154 .000 .000 1
Dom DiMaggio 23 466 308 69 6.0 114 .324 .301 .284 .367 .358 .464 .431 .831 .788 110 .582 6.5 0.6 .785 .263 .163 7.5 O
Bobby Doerr 22 658 449 104 6.2 114 .290 .291 .284 .353 .358 .497 .431 .850 .788 114 .597 10.5 1.0 .808 .311 .207 13.8 *4
*Lou Finney 29 574 388 89 6.1 114 .322 .320 .284 .360 .358 .463 .431 .822 .788 108 .593 4.4 0.4 .743 .210 .142 5.0 O3
Bill Fleming 26 16 15 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .284 .071 .358 .000 .431 .071 .788 -80 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .077 .077 .000 1
Jimmie Foxx 32 618 389 121 8.3 114 .298 .297 .284 .412 .358 .581 .431 .993 .788 150 .718 40.8 3.8 1.026 .474 .283 7.2 32/5
Denny Galehouse 28 46 45 0 0.0 114 .150 .077 .284 .077 .358 .103 .431 .179 .788 -55 .000 -9.2 -0.9 .105 .026 .026 1
Charlie Gelbert 34 99 74 5 1.8 114 .240 .198 .284 .263 .358 .220 .431 .482 .788 24 .134 -10.5 -1.0 .378 .110 .022 5/6
Joe Glenn 31 53 46 1 0.6 114 .150 .128 .284 .212 .358 .149 .431 .360 .788 -6 .019 -7.7 -0.7 .267 .128 .021 2
*Lefty Grove 40 61 51 2 1.0 114 .304 .151 .284 .196 .358 .208 .431 .404 .788 3 .054 -8.1 -0.8 .283 .094 .057 .0 1
*Mickey Harris 23 29 17 3 4.7 114 .400 .273 .284 .429 .358 .273 .431 .701 .788 83 .474 -0.1 0.0 .750 .273 .000 1
Herb Hash 29 43 38 2 1.4 114 .194 .175 .284 .175 .358 .300 .431 .475 .788 19 .090 -4.9 -0.5 .343 .125 .125 1
Joe Heving 39 46 36 2 1.5 114 .235 .200 .284 .273 .358 .200 .431 .473 .788 23 .097 -4.7 -0.4 .353 .075 .000 1
*Earl Johnson 21 27 26 0 0.0 114 .118 .074 .284 .074 .358 .074 .431 .148 .788 -62 .000 -6.7 -0.6 .077 .000 .000 1
*Tony Lupien 23 20 10 8 21.2 114 .500 .474 .284 .500 .358 .842 .431 1.342 .788 235 .935 3.7 0.3 1.700 .421 .368 /3
Alex Mustaikis 31 6 4 1 6.6 114 .500 .333 .284 .333 .358 .500 .431 .833 .788 109 .630 0.1 0.0 .750 .167 .167 /1
*Red Nonnenkamp 29 8 7 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .284 .125 .358 .000 .431 .125 .788 -65 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
*Fritz Ostermueller 32 57 38 7 4.9 114 .354 .315 .284 .351 .358 .370 .431 .721 .788 84 .493 -1.2 -0.1 .605 .111 .056 1
Marv Owen 34 65 48 4 2.2 114 .226 .211 .284 .308 .358 .211 .431 .518 .788 35 .186 -5.5 -0.5 .417 .140 .000 /53
*Johnny Peacock 30 156 105 17 4.3 114 .306 .282 .284 .390 .358 .328 .431 .718 .788 85 .435 -1.9 -0.2 .641 .221 .046 .0 2
*Woody Rich 24 4 4 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .284 .000 .358 .000 .430 .000 .788 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Stan Spence 25 72 51 9 4.7 114 .298 .279 .284 .319 .358 .426 .431 .746 .788 88 .474 -1.6 -0.2 .627 .191 .147 .0 O
Jim Tabor 23 505 347 79 6.0 114 .289 .285 .284 .345 .358 .510 .431 .855 .788 115 .589 8.2 0.8 .816 .325 .224 16.8 *5
Yank Terry 29 8 6 1 4.4 114 .400 .250 .284 .250 .358 .250 .431 .500 .788 28 .447 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .000 .000 /1
Charlie Wagner 27 5 4 0 0.0 114 .333 .200 .284 .200 .358 .200 .431 .400 .788 2 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 1
*Ted Williams 21 661 386 145 10.0 114 .351 .344 .284 .442 .358 .594 .431 1.036 .788 162 .782 55.3 5.1 1.122 .421 .250 6.8 *O/1
Jack Wilson 28 67 49 8 4.3 114 .302 .273 .284 .284 .358 .424 .431 .708 .788 78 .438 -2.8 -0.3 .592 .167 .152 .0 1
League Average 4.9 111 .288 .271 .279 .342 .352 .407 .423 .749 .776 93 .495 .683 .243 .136
Team Total 6174 4184 896 5.7 114 .300 .286 .284 .356 .358 .449 .431 .806 .788 104 .562 24.7 1.9 .750 .272 .163 79.8
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
Jim Bagby 23 46 77 77 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 44 44
Bill Butland 22 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Tom Carey 33 45 65 63 4 19 4 0 0 6 0 2 1 .302 .323 .365 .688 7 43 43
*Doc Cramer 34 157 707 672 85 190 26 11 1 46 3 34 30 .283 .318 .359 .677 76 150 150
Joe Cronin 33 156 638 558 94 148 33 6 23 100 7 79 68 .265 .357 .470 .827 93 149 149
Gene Desautels 33 74 259 227 17 47 7 1 0 15 0 30 14 .207 .305 .247 .552 17 71 71
Emerson Dickman 25 37 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .065 .000 .065 0 35 35
Dom DiMaggio 23 113 463 423 72 118 30 6 7 41 7 38 48 .279 .341 .428 .769 62 108 108
Bobby Doerr 22 158 659 605 78 164 35 9 21 94 9 54 55 .271 .331 .463 .794 93 151 151
*Lou Finney 29 136 573 542 65 163 30 14 5 65 5 31 14 .301 .339 .435 .774 79 130 130
Bill Fleming 26 10 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 10 10
Jimmie Foxx 32 151 615 521 94 143 28 4 34 106 4 94 91 .274 .385 .539 .925 108 144 144
Denny Galehouse 28 26 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25 25
Charlie Gelbert 34 54 164 151 15 39 9 1 0 14 0 12 20 .258 .317 .331 .648 16 52 52
Joe Glenn 31 23 52 48 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 .104 .173 .125 .298 1 22 22
*Lefty Grove 40 24 58 55 4 8 0 0 1 2 0 3 30 .145 .190 .200 .390 2 23 23
*Mickey Harris 23 14 27 22 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 .227 .370 .227 .598 2 13 13
Herb Hash 29 37 42 42 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 35 35
Joe Heving 39 41 45 41 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 3 6 .195 .267 .195 .462 2 39 39
*Earl Johnson 21 19 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18 18
*Tony Lupien 23 10 20 19 5 9 3 2 0 4 0 1 1 .474 .500 .842 1.342 7 10 10
Alex Mustaikis 31 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 6 6
*Red Nonnenkamp 29 9 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 9 9
*Fritz Ostermueller 32 34 58 55 8 16 3 0 0 1 0 3 6 .291 .328 .345 .673 6 33 33
Marv Owen 34 21 65 58 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 7 4 .190 .277 .190 .467 3 20 20
*Johnny Peacock 30 66 155 133 18 35 4 1 0 11 1 22 10 .263 .368 .308 .676 15 63 63
*Woody Rich 24 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
*Stan Spence 25 53 73 69 5 18 2 1 2 12 0 4 9 .261 .301 .406 .707 8 51 51
Jim Tabor 23 125 504 465 65 122 26 6 20 72 13 39 61 .262 .319 .473 .793 70 120 120
Yank Terry 29 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Charlie Wagner 27 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
*Ted Williams 21 151 659 566 119 181 40 13 22 101 4 90 56 .320 .416 .553 .969 130 144 144
Jack Wilson 28 43 68 67 8 17 2 1 2 7 0 1 11 .254 .265 .403 .668 7 41 41
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
Jim Bagby 23 3 195 110 195 176 28 38 9 1 1 19 0 0 1 21 .216 .229 .295 .525 30 52 3 2 16
Bill Butland 22 1 8 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
Tom Carey 33 5 1581 437 1581 1494 162 412 79 13 2 166 3 5 66 72 .276 .309 .350 .659 64 523 6 6 15
*Doc Cramer 34 12 6262 1365 6262 5760 935 1757 275 74 23 533 39 47 350 244 .305 .348 .390 .738 87 2249 29 26 126
Joe Cronin 33 15 7798 1798 7798 6706 1095 2027 463 110 140 1247 85 62 914 599 .302 .389 .467 .855 117 3130 24 32 146
Gene Desautels 33 8 1564 454 1564 1337 152 324 54 8 2 129 7 5 182 110 .242 .336 .299 .635 60 400 9 7 38
Emerson Dickman 25 4 112 116 112 99 11 15 2 0 1 4 0 1 8 31 .152 .222 .202 .424 7 20 1 1 4 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 23 1 466 108 466 418 81 126 32 6 8 46 7 6 41 46 .301 .367 .464 .831 110 194 5 2 5
Bobby Doerr 22 4 1992 478 1992 1776 254 520 96 20 41 272 18 29 172 149 .293 .356 .439 .795 98 779 33 2 42
*Lou Finney 29 9 3501 883 3501 3237 441 933 144 62 22 323 33 37 216 140 .288 .334 .391 .726 84 1267 20 7 41
Bill Fleming 26 1 16 10 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -80 0 0 0 2
Jimmie Foxx 32 16 8471 1978 8471 7098 1591 2370 407 116 500 1744 84 67 1294 1094 .334 .437 .635 1.073 169 4509 35 11 68
Denny Galehouse 28 7 279 169 279 248 10 36 3 0 0 6 0 0 16 77 .145 .200 .157 .357 -9 39 4 1 14 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 34 9 3215 876 3215 2869 398 766 169 43 17 350 34 0 290 245 .267 .336 .374 .709 82 1072 24 7 49
Joe Glenn 31 8 808 248 808 718 77 181 34 5 5 89 6 5 81 91 .252 .330 .334 .664 69 240 10 2 7
*Lefty Grove 40 16 1524 598 1524 1324 113 197 25 5 15 121 1 1 101 575 .149 .210 .209 .419 6 277 0 2 97
*Mickey Harris 23 1 29 13 29 22 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 .273 .429 .273 .701 83 6 0 0 1
Herb Hash 29 1 43 35 43 40 4 7 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .175 .175 .300 .475 19 12 2 0 3
Joe Heving 39 8 241 280 241 217 22 42 9 0 0 15 0 0 8 33 .194 .226 .235 .461 18 51 2 1 15
*Earl Johnson 21 1 27 18 27 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .074 .074 .074 .148 -62 2 1 0 0
*Tony Lupien 23 1 20 10 20 19 5 9 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 .474 .500 .842 1.342 235 16 0 0 0
Alex Mustaikis 31 1 6 6 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 109 3 0 0 0
*Red Nonnenkamp 29 4 300 155 300 263 49 69 6 2 0 24 6 2 33 24 .262 .347 .300 .647 62 79 2 1 3
*Fritz Ostermueller 32 7 443 223 443 408 35 95 15 4 0 38 0 0 17 42 .233 .265 .289 .554 38 118 5 1 17
Marv Owen 34 9 4224 1011 4224 3782 473 1040 167 44 31 497 30 30 338 283 .275 .339 .367 .706 80 1388 6 27 77
*Johnny Peacock 30 4 715 236 715 632 85 182 24 7 1 94 6 3 70 25 .288 .359 .353 .712 79 223 12 0 13
*Woody Rich 24 2 33 24 33 31 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .226 .250 .226 .476 21 7 1 0 1
*Stan Spence 25 1 72 51 72 68 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 1 4 9 .279 .319 .426 .746 88 29 1 0 0
Jim Tabor 23 3 1190 288 1190 1093 157 316 64 16 36 184 30 21 83 118 .289 .340 .476 .816 104 520 20 1 13
Yank Terry 29 1 8 4 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 2 0 0 0
Charlie Wagner 27 3 31 37 31 31 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .129 .129 .129 .258 -35 4 0 0 0
*Ted Williams 21 2 1338 293 1338 1126 265 378 87 25 54 258 6 5 203 118 .336 .439 .601 1.041 161 677 23 5 4
Jack Wilson 28 7 376 235 376 351 30 73 10 1 3 40 0 0 9 57 .208 .228 .268 .496 23 94 1 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

1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics