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1940 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Jim Bagby 23 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 8, 1916 3 44 44 44 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Butland 22 R R 6' 5" 185 Mar 22, 1918 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Carey 33 R R 170 Oct 11, 1906 5 43 43 43 0 0 0 4 4 20 0 0 0 0
Doc Cramer 34 L R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1905 12 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 96 37 149 All-Star
Joe Cronin HOF 33 R R 180 Oct 12, 1906 15 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 2 146 0 0 0 0
Gene Desautels 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 13, 1907 8 71 71 71 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emerson Dickman 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 12, 1914 4 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 23 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 1st 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 59 26 94
Bobby Doerr HOF 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 4 151 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Finney 29 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 9 130 130 130 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 69 69 All-Star
Bill Fleming 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 31, 1913 1st 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Foxx HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 16 144 144 144 0 42 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Denny Galehouse 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 7 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 26, 1906 9 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 29 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Glenn 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 19, 1908 8 22 22 22 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lefty Grove HOF 40 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 6, 1900 16 23 23 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Harris 23 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 30, 1917 1st 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herb Hash 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 13, 1911 1st 35 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Heving 39 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 2, 1900 8 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Johnson 21 L L 6' 3" 190 Apr 2, 1919 1st 18 18 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Lupien 23 L L 185 Apr 23, 1917 1st 10 10 10 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Mustaikis 31 R R 6' 3" 180 Mar 26, 1909 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Nonnenkamp 29 L L 5' 11" 165 Jul 7, 1910 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fritz Ostermueller 32 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 7 33 33 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marv Owen 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 22, 1906 9 20 20 20 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Peacock 30 L R 5' 11" 165 Jan 10, 1910 4 63 63 63 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woody Rich 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1916 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Spence 25 L L 180 Mar 20, 1915 1st 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 15
Jim Tabor 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1916 3 120 120 120 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0
Yank Terry 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 11, 1911 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Wagner 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 3, 1912 3 13 13 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Williams HOF 21 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 2 144 144 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 16 143 All-Star
Jack Wilson 28 R R 5' 11" 210 Apr 12, 1912 7 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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