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1941 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942

84-70, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (84-70)
Scored 865 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 718,497 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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1940 / 1942 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Paul Campbell	23	L	L	5' 10"	185	Sep 1, 1917	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	$
Tom Carey	34	R	R	5' 8"	170	Oct 11, 1906	6	25	3	25	18	0	0	0	9	1	8	0	0	0	0	3	6	-0.2	$
Joe Cronin HOF	34	R	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 12, 1906	16	143	140	143	141	0	0	0	0	22	119	1	0	0	1	2	0	4.6	$	All-Star
Emerson Dickman	26	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 12, 1914	5	9	3	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$
Dom DiMaggio	24	R	R	5' 9"	168	Feb 12, 1917	2	144	143	144	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	0	144	0	0	2.6	$	All-Star
Joe Dobson	24	R	R	6' 2"	197	Jan 20, 1917	3	27	18	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$
Bobby Doerr HOF	23	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 7, 1918	5	132	130	132	132	0	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.7	$	All-Star
Lou Finney	30	L	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 13, 1910	10	127	113	127	116	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	91	92	11	0	0.0	$
Al Flair	24	L	L	6' 4"	195	Jul 24, 1916	1st	10	7	10	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.2	$
Bill Fleming	27	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 31, 1913	2	16	1	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$
Pete Fox	32	R	R	5' 11"	165	Mar 8, 1909	9	73	60	73	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	49	62	8	3	0.5	$
Jimmie Foxx HOF	33	R	R	6' 0"	195	Oct 22, 1907	17	135	129	135	130	0	0	124	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	3.8	$22,000	All-Star
Lefty Grove HOF	41	L	L	6' 3"	190	Mar 6, 1900	17	21	21	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$
Odell Hale	32	R	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 10, 1908	10	12	5	12	7	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.2	$
Mickey Harris	24	L	L	6' 0"	195	Jan 30, 1917	2	35	22	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	$
Herb Hash	30	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 13, 1911	2	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$
Tex Hughson	25	R	R	6' 3"	198	Feb 9, 1916	1st	12	8	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$
Earl Johnson	22	L	L	6' 3"	190	Apr 2, 1919	2	17	12	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$
Oscar Judd	33	L	L	6' 0"	180	Feb 14, 1908	1st	10	0	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.3	$
Dick Newsome	31	R	R	6' 0"	185	Dec 13, 1909	1st	36	29	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$
Skeeter Newsome	30	R	R	5' 9"	155	Oct 18, 1910	6	93	59	93	91	0	0	0	23	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	8	-0.5	$
Johnny Peacock	31	L	R	5' 11"	165	Jan 10, 1910	5	78	68	78	69	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.6	$
Nels Potter	29	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 23, 1911	5	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$
Frankie Pytlak	32	R	R	5' 7"	160	Jul 30, 1908	10	107	87	107	92	0	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	4	0.3	$
Woody Rich	25	L	R	6' 2"	185	Mar 9, 1916	3	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$
Mike Ryba	38	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jun 9, 1903	5	40	3	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$
Stan Spence	26	L	L	5' 10"	180	Mar 20, 1915	2	86	40	86	52	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	10	16	52	34	1	-0.5	$
Jim Tabor	24	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 5, 1916	4	126	123	126	125	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.1	$
Charlie Wagner	28	R	R	5' 11"	170	Dec 3, 1912	4	29	25	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	$
Ted Williams HOF	22	L	R	6' 3"	205	Aug 30, 1918	3	143	133	143	133	0	0	0	0	0	0	130	0	4	133	10	0	10.1	$20,000	All-Star
Jack Wilson	29	R	R	5' 11"	210	Apr 12, 1912	8	27	12	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.4	$
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

1 Bobby Doerr	2 Frankie Pytlak	3 Jimmie Foxx	4 Joe Cronin	5 Jim Tabor	6 Al Flair Odell Hale	7 Dom DiMaggio	8 Lou Finney
9 Ted Williams	10 Lefty Grove	11 Johnny Peacock	12 Pete Fox	14 Tom Carey	15 Tex Hughson Oscar Judd Woody Rich	16 Emerson Dickman	17 Joe Dobson
18 Jack Wilson	19 Mickey Harris	20 Earl Johnson	21 Stan Spence	23 Bill Fleming	24 Herb Hash Nels Potter	25 Mike Ryba	26 Skeeter Newsome
27 Charlie Wagner	28 Dick Newsome	29 Tex Hughson	37 Paul Campbell

1940 / 1942 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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