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1942 Boston Red Sox

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943

93-59, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (93-59)
Scored 761 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-59

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 730,340 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101


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1941 / 1943 Batting Statistics

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 Bill Conroy 27 83 298 250 22 50 4 2 4 20 2 0 40 47 .200 .315 .280 .595 65 70 4 2 6
2 1B Tony Lupien* 25 128 525 463 63 130 25 7 3 70 10 12 50 20 .281 .351 .384 .735 103 178 4 0 12
3 2B Bobby Doerr 24 144 625 545 71 158 35 5 15 102 4 4 67 55 .290 .369 .455 .824 127 248 11 1 12
4 SS Johnny Pesky* 22 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
5 3B Jim Tabor 25 139 554 508 56 128 18 2 12 75 6 13 37 47 .252 .303 .366 .669 84 186 11 0 9
6 OF Ted Williams* 23 150 671 522 141 186 34 5 36 137 3 2 145 51 .356 .499 .648 1.147 216 338 12 4 0
7 OF Lou Finney* 31 113 431 397 58 113 16 7 3 61 3 3 29 11 .285 .335 .383 .718 98 152 9 1 4
8 OF Dom DiMaggio 25 151 702 622 110 178 36 8 14 48 16 10 70 52 .286 .364 .437 .801 121 272 9 6 4
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 C Johnny Peacock* 32 88 309 286 17 76 7 3 0 25 1 1 21 11 .266 .316 .311 .627 74 89 5 0 2
10 OF Pete Fox 33 77 286 256 42 67 15 5 3 42 8 7 20 28 .262 .323 .395 .717 98 101 8 3 7
11 1B Jimmie Foxx 34 30 120 100 18 27 4 0 5 14 0 0 18 15 .270 .392 .460 .852 135 46 1 2 0
12 IF Skeeter Newsome 31 29 105 95 7 26 6 0 0 9 2 1 9 5 .274 .337 .337 .673 87 32 2 0 1
13 IF Joe Cronin 35 45 95 79 7 24 3 0 4 24 0 1 15 21 .304 .415 .494 .909 151 39 3 0 1
14 OF Paul Campbell* 24 26 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0
15 OF Andy Gilbert 27 6 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -28 1 0 0 2
16 2B Tom Carey 35 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 454 1 0 0 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
17 P Tex Hughson 26 38 117 102 8 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 26 .176 .236 .206 .442 23 21 0 0 7
18 P Joe Dobson 25 30 78 69 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .145 .192 .159 .351 -2 11 1 1 5
19 P Charlie Wagner 29 29 78 65 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .077 .104 .077 .181 -49 5 1 0 11
20 P Oscar Judd* 34 36 73 67 10 18 2 1 2 4 0 0 3 7 .269 .300 .418 .718 97 28 0 0 3
21 P Dick Newsome 32 24 62 55 3 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .236 .250 .273 .523 44 15 1 0 6
22 P Bill Butland 24 23 37 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 12 .036 .229 .036 .264 -24 1 1 0 2
23 P Ken Chase* 28 13 36 33 5 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 .182 .182 .303 .485 33 10 1 0 3
24 P Yank Terry 31 20 28 27 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .185 .296 -19 5 2 0 1
25 P Mace Brown 33 34 20 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .067 .176 .067 .243 -31 1 0 0 3
26 P Mike Ryba 39 21 17 17 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .294 .294 .294 .588 63 5 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.4 152 5984 5248 761 1451 244 55 103 702 68 61 591 508 .276 .352 .403 .755 108 2114 94 22 123
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 2 1 1 4 2 5 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 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 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
Mace Brown 33 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill Butland 24 37 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Paul Campbell* 24 16 -3 1 0 0 -2 0 0 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Unknown /8O
Tom Carey 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /4
Ken Chase* 28 36 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Bill Conroy 27 298 -12 0 0 0 0 3 7 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Joe Cronin 35 95 5 -1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 5/36
Dom DiMaggio 25 702 16 2 0 0 14 -1 14 45 4.6 31 3.3 1.3 $ Purchased *8O
Joe Dobson 25 78 -10 0 0 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Bobby Doerr 24 625 18 -2 0 0 10 6 13 45 4.6 35 3.7 0.9 $ Purchased *4
Lou Finney* 31 431 -1 2 0 0 5 -4 10 12 1.2 7 0.7 0.5 $ Purchased O9/738
Pete Fox 33 286 -2 0 0 0 -4 -3 6 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ Purchased O9/7
Jimmie Foxx 34 120 5 0 0 0 3 -1 3 10 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $ Traded 3
Andy Gilbert 27 14 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /8O
Tex Hughson 26 117 -11 0 0 0 0 8 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Oscar Judd* 34 73 -1 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Tony Lupien* 25 525 2 -2 0 0 -4 -6 11 1 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $ *3
Dick Newsome 32 62 -4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Skeeter Newsome 31 105 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 54/6
Johnny Peacock* 32 309 -10 -1 0 0 1 3 7 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Johnny Pesky* 22 686 15 4 0 0 10 10 13 52 5.4 42 4.5 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Mike Ryba 39 17 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1/2
Jim Tabor 25 554 -13 -5 0 0 -5 0 12 -11 -1.2 -6 -0.6 -0.6 $ *5
Yank Terry 31 28 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
Charlie Wagner 29 78 -13 0 0 0 0 5 2 -7 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ 1
Ted Williams* 23 671 89 2 0 0 5 -7 13 102 11.0 97 10.3 0.7 $35,000 Amateur Free Agent *O7/9
Team Total 26.4 5984 49 -1 0 0 32 35 125 239 24.4 208 22.1 2.3 $35,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Mace Brown 33 20 17 0 0.0 98 .083 .067 .270 .176 .345 .067 .378 .243 .724 -31 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .214 .133 .000 1
Bill Butland 24 37 30 0 0.0 98 .063 .036 .270 .229 .345 .036 .378 .264 .724 -24 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .286 .250 .000 1
Paul Campbell* 24 16 14 0 0.0 98 .100 .067 .270 .125 .345 .067 .378 .192 .724 -46 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .214 .133 .000 .0 /8O
Tom Carey 35 1 0 1 97 1.000 1.000 .270 1.000 .345 1.000 .378 2.000 .723 454 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /4
Ken Chase* 28 36 31 2 1.7 98 .231 .182 .270 .182 .345 .303 .378 .485 .724 33 .170 -3.3 -0.4 .357 .121 .121 1
Bill Conroy 27 298 210 22 2.8 98 .231 .200 .270 .315 .345 .280 .378 .595 .724 65 .332 -11.3 -1.2 .559 .248 .080 2.7 2
Joe Cronin 35 95 60 16 7.2 98 .370 .304 .270 .415 .345 .494 .378 .909 .724 151 .733 5.9 0.6 .898 .367 .190 .0 5/36
Dom DiMaggio 25 702 467 97 5.6 98 .295 .286 .270 .364 .345 .437 .378 .801 .724 121 .635 17.6 1.8 .765 .273 .151 14.9 *8O
Joe Dobson 25 78 65 2 0.8 98 .192 .145 .270 .192 .345 .159 .378 .351 .724 -2 .051 -9.8 -1.0 .250 .058 .014 1
Bobby Doerr 24 625 414 90 5.8 98 .301 .290 .270 .369 .345 .455 .378 .824 .724 127 .654 20.1 2.1 .786 .288 .165 6.3 *4
Lou Finney* 31 431 300 50 4.5 98 .287 .285 .270 .335 .345 .383 .378 .718 .724 98 .537 -2.4 -0.2 .615 .171 .098 3.0 O9/738
Pete Fox 33 286 211 31 3.9 98 .284 .262 .270 .323 .345 .395 .378 .717 .724 98 .480 -1.7 -0.2 .613 .215 .133 4.4 O9/7
Jimmie Foxx 34 120 74 18 6.5 98 .275 .270 .270 .392 .345 .460 .378 .852 .724 135 .699 5.3 0.6 .892 .370 .190 .0 3
Andy Gilbert 27 14 12 0 0.0 98 .125 .091 .270 .167 .345 .091 .378 .258 .724 -28 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .200 .091 .000 /8O
Tex Hughson 26 117 91 5 1.5 98 .237 .176 .270 .236 .345 .206 .378 .442 .724 23 .132 -10.8 -1.2 .345 .108 .029 1
Oscar Judd* 34 73 52 8 4.1 98 .276 .269 .270 .300 .345 .418 .378 .718 .724 97 .501 -0.8 -0.1 .633 .194 .149 .0 1
Tony Lupien* 25 525 361 60 4.5 98 .289 .281 .270 .351 .345 .384 .378 .735 .724 103 .536 2.0 0.2 .648 .207 .104 4.6 *3
Dick Newsome 32 62 49 4 2.2 98 .271 .236 .270 .250 .345 .273 .378 .523 .724 44 .239 -4.4 -0.5 .372 .055 .036 1
Skeeter Newsome 31 105 73 11 4.0 98 .289 .274 .270 .337 .345 .337 .378 .673 .724 87 .491 -1.5 -0.2 .583 .168 .063 .0 54/6
Johnny Peacock* 32 309 218 28 3.4 98 .276 .266 .270 .316 .345 .311 .378 .627 .724 74 .420 -10.8 -1.1 .509 .119 .045 .0 2
Johnny Pesky* 22 686 452 96 5.7 98 .349 .331 .270 .375 .345 .416 .378 .791 .724 119 .644 14.3 1.5 .714 .161 .085 3.4 *6
Mike Ryba 39 17 12 1 2.2 98 .313 .294 .270 .294 .345 .294 .378 .588 .724 63 .247 -1.0 -0.1 .417 .000 .000 1/2
Jim Tabor 25 554 413 53 3.4 98 .258 .252 .270 .303 .345 .366 .378 .669 .724 84 .418 -13.0 -1.4 .535 .173 .114 8.0 *5
Yank Terry 31 28 27 1 1.0 98 .150 .111 .270 .111 .345 .185 .378 .296 .724 -19 .068 -4.4 -0.5 .192 .074 .074 1
Charlie Wagner 29 78 72 1 0.4 98 .098 .077 .270 .104 .345 .077 .378 .181 .724 -49 .012 -13.4 -1.4 .115 .031 .000 1
Ted Williams* 23 671 350 168 12.9 98 .345 .356 .270 .499 .345 .648 .378 1.147 .724 216 .890 92.6 9.3 1.394 .571 .291 5.5 *O7/9
League Average 4.1 95 .274 .256 .266 .329 .340 .356 .372 .685 .713 92 .494 .604 .207 .100
Team Total 26.6 5984 4075 765 5.0 98 .291 .276 .270 .352 .345 .403 .378 .755 .724 108 .591 57.4 5.5 .692 .240 .126 81.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Mace Brown 33 36 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 34 34
Bill Butland 24 24 37 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 .000 .189 .000 .189 0 23 23
Paul Campbell* 24 28 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 26 26
Tom Carey 35 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1 1
Ken Chase* 28 14 36 36 6 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 7 .194 .194 .306 .500 2 13 13
Bill Conroy 27 88 309 265 24 53 4 2 4 21 2 42 50 .200 .314 .275 .589 23 83 83
Joe Cronin 35 48 99 83 7 25 3 0 4 25 0 16 22 .301 .414 .482 .896 17 45 45
Dom DiMaggio 25 160 738 658 116 188 38 8 15 51 17 74 55 .286 .363 .436 .799 103 151 151
Joe Dobson 25 32 77 73 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 18 .151 .195 .164 .359 2 30 30
Bobby Doerr 24 152 649 577 75 167 37 5 16 108 4 71 58 .289 .368 .454 .822 96 144 144
Lou Finney* 31 120 452 420 61 119 17 7 3 64 3 31 12 .283 .334 .379 .713 53 113 113
Pete Fox 33 82 295 271 45 71 16 5 3 45 8 21 30 .262 .322 .391 .713 34 77 77
Jimmie Foxx 34 106 377 329 51 79 14 0 9 39 1 46 74 .240 .337 .365 .702 40 100 100
Andy Gilbert 27 6 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 6 6
Tex Hughson 26 40 116 108 9 19 3 0 0 6 0 8 28 .176 .233 .204 .436 5 38 38
Oscar Judd* 34 38 74 71 10 19 2 1 2 4 0 3 7 .268 .297 .408 .706 8 36 36
Tony Lupien* 25 136 543 490 66 137 26 7 3 74 11 53 21 .280 .350 .380 .729 66 128 128
Dick Newsome 32 25 59 58 3 14 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 .241 .254 .276 .530 4 24 24
Skeeter Newsome 31 31 111 101 8 28 6 0 0 10 2 10 5 .277 .342 .337 .679 12 29 29
Johnny Peacock* 32 93 324 302 18 80 7 3 0 26 1 22 12 .265 .315 .308 .623 30 88 88
Johnny Pesky* 22 156 702 656 111 217 31 10 2 54 13 44 38 .331 .375 .418 .792 102 147 147
Mike Ryba 39 22 17 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .235 .235 .235 .471 1 21 21
Jim Tabor 25 147 576 537 59 135 19 2 13 79 6 39 50 .251 .302 .367 .669 59 139 139
Yank Terry 31 21 29 29 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .138 .138 .241 .379 1 20 20
Charlie Wagner 29 31 74 71 8 7 0 0 0 4 0 3 15 .099 .135 .099 .234 1 29 29
Ted Williams* 23 159 709 552 149 196 36 5 38 144 3 153 54 .355 .498 .645 1.143 177 150 150
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Mace Brown 33 8 325 320 325 291 24 42 7 0 0 17 0 0 11 56 .144 .178 .168 .347 -5 49 5 1 22
Bill Butland 24 2 45 26 45 35 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 15 .029 .190 .029 .219 -38 1 1 0 3
Paul Campbell* 24 2 16 27 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0
Tom Carey 35 7 1603 463 1603 1516 169 417 79 13 2 169 3 5 66 74 .275 .308 .348 .656 64 528 7 6 15
Ken Chase* 28 7 392 160 392 366 25 59 8 2 1 27 0 0 11 88 .161 .188 .202 .390 4 74 6 1 14
Bill Conroy 27 4 372 111 372 316 26 64 6 3 4 23 3 0 48 57 .203 .311 .278 .590 61 88 4 2 6
Joe Cronin 35 17 8508 1986 8508 7303 1200 2212 504 118 160 1366 86 67 1011 675 .303 .390 .470 .860 119 3432 47 33 161
Dom DiMaggio 25 3 1856 403 1856 1624 308 469 105 20 30 152 36 22 201 155 .289 .372 .433 .806 113 704 21 15 16
Joe Dobson 25 4 179 132 179 158 9 21 1 0 1 9 0 0 11 50 .133 .194 .158 .352 -5 25 3 1 9
Bobby Doerr 24 6 3166 754 3166 2821 399 819 159 29 72 467 23 36 282 247 .290 .355 .444 .799 104 1252 50 3 60
Lou Finney* 31 11 4477 1123 4477 4131 582 1189 184 79 29 437 38 45 283 168 .288 .335 .392 .727 87 1618 42 9 54
Pete Fox 33 10 4863 1147 4863 4443 750 1330 249 64 62 566 124 66 320 379 .299 .350 .426 .776 97 1893 29 24 76
Jimmie Foxx 34 18 9400 2213 9400 7890 1721 2585 446 124 527 1882 87 73 1427 1267 .328 .431 .616 1.047 164 4860 66 13 70
Andy Gilbert 27 1 14 6 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -28 1 0 0 2
Tex Hughson 26 2 139 50 139 119 9 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 10 30 .160 .225 .185 .410 13 22 0 0 10
Oscar Judd* 34 2 80 46 80 71 12 20 3 1 2 6 0 0 6 7 .282 .338 .437 .774 112 31 0 0 3
Tony Lupien* 25 2 545 138 545 482 68 139 28 9 3 74 10 12 51 21 .288 .356 .402 .759 109 194 4 0 12
Dick Newsome 32 2 148 60 148 133 6 32 5 0 0 11 0 0 3 29 .241 .257 .278 .536 43 37 1 0 12
Skeeter Newsome 31 7 1849 546 1849 1672 176 392 69 5 4 136 44 23 118 90 .234 .286 .289 .575 48 483 15 2 57
Johnny Peacock* 32 6 1310 403 1310 1179 130 332 51 11 1 146 9 5 112 39 .282 .344 .346 .690 79 408 21 1 18
Johnny Pesky* 22 1 686 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
Mike Ryba 39 6 141 125 141 125 11 33 4 0 0 18 0 0 9 15 .264 .313 .296 .609 64 37 2 0 7
Jim Tabor 25 5 2283 553 2283 2099 278 583 111 21 64 360 53 43 156 213 .278 .328 .442 .770 99 928 48 1 27
Yank Terry 31 2 36 24 36 35 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .200 .343 -8 7 2 0 1
Charlie Wagner 29 5 185 95 185 159 14 19 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 42 .119 .146 .126 .272 -27 20 2 0 21
Ted Williams* 23 4 2615 586 2615 2104 541 749 154 33 127 515 11 11 495 196 .356 .481 .642 1.123 190 1350 45 12 4
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1941 / 1943 Batting Statistics