1941 Boston Red Sox Statistics and Roster

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1941 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940/1942)
84-70, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 865 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Managed by Joe Cronin

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Frankie Pytlak      32  106  336   36   91  23  1   2   39  28   19  .271  .329  .363   5   7   6   1   6           81
1B  Jimmie Foxx         33  135  487   87  146  27  8  19  105  93  103  .300  .412  .505   2   5  21   0   2          139
2B  Bobby Doerr         23  132  500   74  141  28  4  16   93  43   43  .282  .339  .450   1   3   6   0   6          105
3B  Jim Tabor           24  126  498   65  139  29  3  16  101  36   48  .279  .328  .446  17   9  17   0   5          101
SS  Joe Cronin          34  143  518   98  161  38  8  16   95  82   55  .311  .406  .508   1   4  20   1  14          138
OF  Dom DiMaggio        24  144  584  117  165  37  6   8   58  90   57  .283  .385  .408  13   6   7   7   7          108
OF *Ted Williams        22  143  456  135  185  33  3  37  120 147   27  .406  .553  .735   2   4  10   3   0          235
OF *Lou Finney          30  127  497   83  143  24 10   4   53  38   17  .288  .340  .400   2   5  13   1   9           93
    Pete Fox            32   73  268   38   81  12  7   0   31  21   32  .302  .357  .399   9   2   4   2   5           98
   *Johnny Peacock      31   79  261   28   74  20  1   0   27  21    3  .284  .339  .368   2   1   4   1   3           85
    Skeeter Newsome     30   93  227   28   51   6  0   2   17  22   11  .225  .296  .278  10   4   5   1  13           51
   *Stan Spence         26   86  203   22   47  10  3   2   28  18   14  .232  .304  .340   1   0   3   3   3           69
   *Al Flair            24   10   30    3    6   2  1   0    2   1    1  .200  .226  .333   1   1   1   0   0           45
    Odell Hale          32   12   24    5    5   2  0   1    1   3    4  .208  .296  .417   0   0   1   0   1           85
    Tom Carey           34   25   21    7    4   0  0   0    0   0    0  .190  .190  .190   0   0   1   0   0            0
   *Paul Campbell       23    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

    Dick Newsome        31   36   78    3   19   3  0   0    8   2   22  .244  .263  .282   0   0   0   0   6           43
    Charlie Wagner      28   29   63    5   10   1  0   0    3   3   22  .159  .197  .175   0   0   1   0  10           -2
   *Mickey Harris       24   35   55    9    6   1  0   0    0  17   25  .109  .319  .127   1   0   3   0   4           21
    Joe Dobson          24   27   47    3    7   0  0   1    6   4   14  .149  .216  .213   0   0   2   0   3           13
   *Lefty Grove         41   21   45    6    5   2  0   0    0   4   18  .111  .184  .156   0   0   1   0   6          -10
    Jack Wilson         29   27   44    2    7   1  0   0    6   1    8  .159  .178  .182   0   0   0   0   2           -6
    Mike Ryba           38   40   37    2    8   2  0   0    4   2    2  .216  .256  .270   0   0   0   0   4           38
   *Earl Johnson        22   17   34    4   10   0  0   0    2   2    8  .294  .333  .294   0   0   1   0   3           66
    Tex Hughson         25   12   17    1    1   0  0   0    2   2    4  .059  .158  .059   0   0   0   0   3          -41
    Emerson Dickman     26    9   11    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .091  .091  .182   0   0   0   0   0          -30
    Bill Fleming        27   16    9    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    1  .222  .300  .333   0   0   0   0   0           66
   *Oscar Judd          33   10    4    2    2   1  0   0    2   3    0  .500  .714  .750   0   0   0   0   0          284
   *Nels Potter         29   10    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -30
    Herb Hash           30    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  155 5359  865 1517 304 55 124  804 683  567  .283  .364  .430  67  51 127  20 115          116
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    1    1   1  6   2        2    4     1     1     1   3   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dick Newsome        31  36   4.13  19  10  0  29   4  17   2  213.7  235  115   98  13   79   58  944   6   7  0     100
SP  Charlie Wagner      28  29   3.07  12   8  0  25   2  12   3  187.3  175   76   64  14   85   51  810   0   1  0     135
SP *Mickey Harris       24  35   3.25   8  14  1  22   7  11   1  194.0  189   86   70   6   86  111  855   6   2  1     128
SP *Lefty Grove         41  21   4.37   7   7  0  21   0  10   0  134.0  155   84   65   8   42   54  598   3   2  0      95
SP  Joe Dobson          24  27   4.49  12   5  0  18   6   7   1  134.3  136   70   67   8   67   69  595   3   2  1      92
SP *Earl Johnson        22  17   4.52   4   5  0  12   3   4   0   93.7   90   57   47   4   51   46  420   2   3  0      92
SP  Tex Hughson         25  12   4.13   5   3  0   8   2   4   0   61.0   70   30   28   3   13   22  260   0   1  0     100

CL  Mike Ryba           38  40   4.46   7   3  6   3  25   0   0  121.0  143   72   60  14   42   54  535   0   0  2      93
RP  Bill Fleming        27  16   3.92   1   1  1   1   9   0   0   41.3   32   21   18   4   24   20  180   2   0  0     106
RP  Jack Wilson         29  27   5.03   4  13  1  12  11   4   1  116.3  140   82   65   7   70   55  551   8   2  0      82
RP  Nels Potter         29  10   4.50   2   0  0   0   6   0   0   20.0   21   10   10   0   16    6   92   1   0  1      92
RP *Oscar Judd          33   7   8.76   0   0  1   0   4   0   0   12.3   15   12   12   1   10    5   60   2   0  0      47

    Emerson Dickman     26   9   6.39   1   1  0   3   3   1   0   31.0   37   23   22   4   17   16  142   1   0  2      65
    Herb Hash           30   4   5.40   1   0  1   0   2   0   0    8.3    7    5    5   1    7    3   39   0   0  0      77
    Woody Rich          25   2  17.18   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    3.7    8    7    7   1    2    4   21   0   0  0      24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 155   4.19  84  70 11 155  85  70   8 1372.0 1453  750  639  88  611  574 6102  34  20  7      99
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   2   7  5           3   4      7    5    5        5    6    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FPytlak 91 416 41 4 7 .991 5 JPeacock 70 298 33 4 7 .988 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 714 74 8 14 .990 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoxx 124 1155 112 10 105 .992 10.22 LFinney 24 214 15 3 8 .987 9.54 AFlair 8 63 4 0 5 1.000 8.38 SSpence 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1434 131 13 118 .992 10.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 132 290 389 20 85 .971 5.14 SNewsome 23 46 71 3 8 .975 5.09 TCarey 9 10 8 0 3 1.000 2.00 OHale 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 348 468 24 96 .971 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .947 3.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTabor 125 123 277 30 24 .930 3.20 JCronin 22 22 38 3 3 .952 2.73 OHale 6 8 4 2 0 .857 2.00 JFoxx 5 7 6 4 1 .765 2.60 TCarey 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 161 326 39 28 .926 3.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .948 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCronin 119 225 324 24 64 .958 4.61 SNewsome 69 95 133 10 28 .958 3.30 TCarey 8 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 324 463 34 92 .959 5.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .973 2.33 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DDiMaggio 144 386 16 15 2 .964 2.79 0 144 0 TWilliams 133 262 11 11 2 .961 2.05 130 0 4 LFinney 92 181 7 11 2 .945 2.04 1 0 91 PFox 62 123 5 3 2 .977 2.06 8 5 49 SSpence 52 97 6 0 2 1.000 1.98 27 10 16 JCronin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 JFoxx 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1049 45 40 10 .965 2.39 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DNewsome 36 19 53 2 5 .973 3.03 MHarris 35 5 32 1 0 .974 1.72 CWagner 29 13 33 1 3 .979 2.21 JDobson 27 10 13 0 0 1.000 1.54 LGrove 21 2 17 3 0 .864 1.28 MRyba 40 10 30 2 3 .952 2.98 JWilson 27 15 26 2 4 .953 3.17 EJohnson 17 3 27 0 3 1.000 2.88 THughson 12 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.07 BFleming 16 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.62 EDickman 9 1 1 1 0 .667 0.58 NPotter 10 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 OJudd 7 0 4 1 0 .800 2.93 HHash 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.25 WRich 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 86 263 13 19 .964 2.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Williams .406

On-base % Williams .553

Slugging % Williams .735

OPS Williams 1.288

Games DiMaggio 144

At Bats DiMaggio 584

Plate Appearances (approx.) DiMaggio 688

Runs Williams 135

Hits Williams 185

Total Bases Williams 335

Doubles Cronin 38

Triples Finney 10

Home Runs Williams 37

RBI Williams 120

Bases on Balls Williams 147

Strikeouts Foxx 103

Stolen Bases Tabor 17

Singles DiMaggio 114

Adjusted OPS+ Williams 235

Runs Created Williams 183

Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 104

Batting Wins Williams 9.8

Extra-Base Hits Williams 73

Times on Base Williams 335

Offensive Win% Williams .914

Hit By Pitch DiMaggio 7

Sac. Hits Cronin 14

Grounded into Double Plays Foxx 21

Caught Stealing Tabor 9

Power/Speed Number Tabor 16.5

At Bats per Strikeout Finney 29.2

At Bats per Home Run Williams 12.3

Outs DiMaggio 439

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Wagner 3.07

Wins Newsome 19

Won-Loss % Dobson .706

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wagner 1.388

Hits Allowed/9IP Wagner 8.41

Bases on Balls/9IP Newsome 3.33

Strikeouts/9IP Harris 5.15

Games Ryba 40

Saves Ryba 6

Innings Newsome 213.7

Strikeouts Harris 111

Games Started Newsome 29

Comp. Games Newsome 17

Shutouts Wagner 3

Home Runs Allow. Ryba and Wagner 14

Bases On Balls Allow. Harris 86

Hits Allowed Newsome 235

SO to Walk Harris 1.29

Losses Harris 14

Earned Runs Allow. Newsome 98

Wild Pitches Wilson 8

Hit Batsmen Newsome 7

Batters Faced Newsome 944

Games Finished Ryba 25

Adjusted ERA+ Wagner 135

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Joe Cronin (Starting SS)
Dom DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr (Starting 2B)
Jimmie Foxx
Ted Williams (Starting LF)

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