Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941
82-72, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (82-72)
Scored 872 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | 1B | 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 | ||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 9 | 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 | ||
| 10 | 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 | ||
| 11 | 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 | |||
| 12 | 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 | ||
| 13 | 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 | ||
| 14 | 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 | ||
| 15 | 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 | ||
| 16 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 17 | P | 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 | ||
| 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Jim Bagby | 23 | 10 | 16 | .385 | 4.73 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 182.2 | 217 | 104 | 96 | 15 | 83 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 829 | 95 | 1.642 | 10.7 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.69 | |
| 2 | SP | Lefty Grove* | 40 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.99 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 153.1 | 159 | 73 | 68 | 20 | 50 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 652 | 113 | 1.363 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 1.24 | |
| 3 | SP | Fritz Ostermueller* | 32 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.95 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 143.2 | 166 | 86 | 79 | 7 | 70 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 662 | 91 | 1.643 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 1.14 | |
| 4 | SP | Denny Galehouse | 28 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.18 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120.0 | 155 | 77 | 69 | 10 | 41 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 543 | 87 | 1.633 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.29 | |
| 5 | SP | Earl Johnson* | 21 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.09 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 | 69 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 309 | 110 | 1.536 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 0.67 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Jack Wilson | 28 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 5.08 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 157.2 | 170 | 104 | 89 | 17 | 87 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 723 | 89 | 1.630 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 1.17 | |
| 7 | RP | Herb Hash | 29 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.95 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 120.0 | 123 | 68 | 66 | 11 | 84 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 558 | 91 | 1.725 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 0.43 | |
| 8 | RP | Joe Heving | 39 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.01 | 39 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 119.0 | 129 | 63 | 53 | 7 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 525 | 113 | 1.437 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.31 | |
| 9 | RP | Emerson Dickman | 25 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 6.03 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | 121 | 74 | 67 | 15 | 38 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 460 | 75 | 1.590 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 1.05 | |
| 10 | RP | Charlie Wagner | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.52 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 45 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 82 | 1.807 | 13.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.63 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Mickey Harris* | 23 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.00 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 | 83 | 40 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 313 | 90 | 1.595 | 10.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 1.38 | ||
| 12 | Bill Fleming | 26 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.86 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.1 | 53 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 93 | 1.576 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 1.20 | ||
| 13 | Bill Butland | 22 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 81 | 1.762 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.50 | ||
| 14 | Yank Terry | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.84 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 51 | 1.810 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.82 | ||
| 15 | Alex Mustaikis | 31 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 50 | 2.000 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 0.40 | ||
| 16 | Woody Rich | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 585 | 0.857 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 8.00 | ||
| 17 | Ted Williams | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 100 | 1.500 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29.1 | 82 | 72 | .532 | 4.89 | 154 | 154 | 103 | 51 | 3 | 16 | 1379.2 | 1568 | 825 | 749 | 124 | 625 | 613 | 23 | 1 | 36 | 6242 | 92 | 1.590 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 0.98 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4730 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bagby | 23 | 36 | 46 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 1.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Butland | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Carey | 33 | 28 | 76 | 24 | 49 | 3 | 14 | .961 | 2.61 | SS-3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Cronin | 33 | 148 | 736 | 253 | 445 | 38 | 89 | .948 | 4.72 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Desautels | 33 | 70 | 355 | 325 | 27 | 3 | 8 | .992 | 5.03 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Emerson Dickman | 25 | 35 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 5 | .919 | 0.97 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Doerr | 22 | 151 | 902 | 401 | 480 | 21 | 118 | .977 | 5.83 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Finney | 29 | 51 | 530 | 504 | 23 | 3 | 41 | .994 | 10.33 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Fleming | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Foxx | 32 | 138 | 1133 | 1023 | 100 | 10 | 89 | .991 | 8.14 | 7 | 1B-C-3B | |||||||||||||||
| Denny Galehouse | 28 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.32 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Gelbert | 34 | 30 | 95 | 23 | 65 | 7 | 5 | .926 | 2.93 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Glenn | 31 | 19 | 76 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 3.84 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Lefty Grove | 40 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.59 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Harris | 23 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Herb Hash | 29 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.12 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Heving | 39 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .882 | 0.77 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Johnson | 21 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.24 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Lupien | 23 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.88 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Mustaikis | 31 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Fritz Ostermueller | 32 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 0.74 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Marv Owen | 34 | 17 | 88 | 62 | 24 | 2 | 12 | .977 | 5.06 | 3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Peacock | 30 | 48 | 173 | 159 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 3.58 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Woody Rich | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Tabor | 23 | 120 | 443 | 143 | 267 | 33 | 25 | .926 | 3.42 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Yank Terry | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Wagner | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ted Williams | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Wilson | 28 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.63 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.3 | 154 | 6121 | 4140 | 1808 | 173 | 433 | .972 | 3.65 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |