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1940 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 716,234 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100


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1939 / 1941 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 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 1.036 161 333 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* 28 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 7 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 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 1 652 112 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 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
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 88 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 1 525 112 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 74 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 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
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 82 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 51 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 44 597 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 9 116 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 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
Jim Bagby 23 37 21 5 46 17 28 1 6 .978 1.22 P-OF
Bill Butland 22 3 3 1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.67 P
Tom Carey 33 28 11 10 76 24 49 3 14 .961 2.61 SS-2B-3B
Doc Cramer 34 150 149 147 355 333 11 11 2 .969 2.31 OF
Joe Cronin 33 148 148 135 736 253 445 38 89 .948 4.72 SS-3B
Gene Desautels 33 70 69 49 355 325 27 3 8 .992 5.03 2 16 13 45% C
Emerson Dickman 25 35 9 2 37 5 29 3 5 .919 0.97 P
Dom DiMaggio 23 94 93 90 261 239 16 6 5 .977 2.71 OF
Bobby Doerr 22 151 151 150 902 401 480 21 118 .977 5.83 2B
Lou Finney 29 120 120 119 692 652 33 7 41 .990 5.71 OF-1B
Bill Fleming 26 10 6 1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Jimmie Foxx 32 138 138 128 1133 1023 100 10 89 .991 8.14 7 25 8 24% 1B-C-3B
Denny Galehouse 28 25 20 5 33 11 22 0 2 1.000 1.32 P
Charlie Gelbert 34 30 25 21 95 23 65 7 5 .926 2.93 3B-SS
Joe Glenn 31 19 12 12 76 67 6 3 0 .961 3.84 1 13 2 13% C
Lefty Grove 40 22 21 9 38 1 34 3 0 .921 1.59 P
Mickey Harris 23 13 9 3 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.38 P
Herb Hash 29 34 12 3 40 12 26 2 0 .950 1.12 P
Joe Heving 39 39 7 4 34 8 22 4 3 .882 0.77 P
Earl Johnson 21 17 10 2 21 2 19 0 1 1.000 1.24 P
Tony Lupien 23 8 3 3 39 37 2 0 4 1.000 4.88 1B
Alex Mustaikis 31 6 1 0 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.50 P
Fritz Ostermueller 32 31 16 5 24 2 21 1 0 .958 0.74 P
Marv Owen 34 17 12 11 88 62 24 2 12 .977 5.06 3B-1B
Johnny Peacock 30 48 31 29 173 159 13 1 0 .994 3.58 2 10 7 41% C
Woody Rich 24 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Stan Spence 25 15 8 8 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Jim Tabor 23 120 119 114 443 143 267 33 25 .926 3.42 3B
Yank Terry 29 4 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Charlie Wagner 27 12 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ted Williams 21 143 143 134 330 302 15 13 2 .961 2.20 P-OF
Jack Wilson 28 41 16 9 26 14 12 0 1 1.000 0.63 P
Team Totals 28.3 154 1386 1210 6121 4140 1808 173 433 .972 3.65 12 64 30 32%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 5 4
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
Jim Bagby 23 80 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/7O
Bill Butland 22 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Tom Carey 33 66 -1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 6/45
Doc Cramer* 34 712 -16 1 0 0 -9 -3 16 -11 -1.0 -2 -0.2 -0.8 $ Traded *O897
Joe Cronin 33 645 16 0 0 0 -9 9 16 32 3.2 41 4.0 -0.8 $ Traded *6/5
Gene Desautels 33 261 -14 -1 0 0 2 2 7 -4 -0.4 -6 -0.6 0.2 $ Purchased 2
Emerson Dickman 25 32 -6 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
Dom DiMaggio 23 466 4 1 0 0 0 -2 12 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ Purchased O897
Bobby Doerr 22 658 8 0 0 0 -6 7 16 25 2.5 31 3.0 -0.5 $ Purchased *4
Lou Finney* 29 574 4 2 0 0 -2 -5 14 13 1.3 15 1.5 -0.2 $ Purchased O93
Bill Fleming 26 16 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Jimmie Foxx 32 618 37 -2 0 0 -1 -3 16 47 4.6 48 4.7 -0.1 $32,000 Traded 32/5
Denny Galehouse 28 46 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Charlie Gelbert 34 99 -10 0 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ Waivers 5/6
Joe Glenn 31 53 -8 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -7 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Lefty Grove* 40 61 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Mickey Harris* 23 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Herb Hash 29 43 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Joe Heving 39 46 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Earl Johnson* 21 27 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tony Lupien* 23 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ /3
Alex Mustaikis 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Red Nonnenkamp* 28 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
Fritz Ostermueller* 32 57 -1 0 0 0 0 5 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
Marv Owen 34 65 -5 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased /53
Johnny Peacock* 30 156 -1 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Woody Rich* 24 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Stan Spence* 25 72 -2 -1 0 0 -3 -1 2 -5 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ O/97
Jim Tabor 23 505 6 -1 0 0 -2 0 13 16 1.6 18 1.8 -0.2 $ *5
Yank Terry 29 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Charlie Wagner 27 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ted Williams* 21 661 52 3 0 0 -2 -7 16 62 6.0 64 6.3 -0.3 $12,000 Amateur Free Agent *O79/1
Jack Wilson 28 67 -3 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 28.1 6174 7 1 0 0 -32 40 155 171 17.0 203 19.9 -2.9 $44,000
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
Jim Bagby 23 182.2 21 104 120 -3 1.0 16 2.1 $
Bill Butland* 22 21.0 3 13 14 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Purchased
Emerson Dickman 25 100.0 9 74 65 -2 1.0 -9 -0.5 $
Bill Fleming 26 46.1 6 27 30 -1 1.0 3 0.5 $ Purchased
Denny Galehouse 28 120.0 20 77 79 -2 1.0 2 0.5 $ Traded
Lefty Grove* 40 153.1 21 73 100 -2 1.0 27 3.1 $ Traded
Mickey Harris* 23 68.1 9 40 45 -1 1.0 5 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Herb Hash 29 120.0 12 68 79 -2 1.0 11 1.4 $
Joe Heving 39 119.0 7 63 78 -2 1.0 15 1.8 $ Purchased
Earl Johnson* 21 70.1 10 33 46 -1 1.0 13 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Alex Mustaikis 31 15.0 1 18 10 0 1.0 -8 -0.7 $
Fritz Ostermueller* 32 143.2 16 86 94 -2 1.0 8 1.2 $
Woody Rich 24 11.2 1 3 8 0 1.0 5 0.5 $
Yank Terry 29 19.1 1 19 13 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
Charlie Wagner 27 29.1 1 22 19 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Ted Williams 21 2.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jack Wilson 28 157.2 16 104 103 -3 1.0 -1 0.5 $ Traded
Team Total 29.1 1379.2 154 825 904 -21 1.0 79 11.9 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics