1943 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

68-84, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (68-84)
Scored 563 runs, Allowed 607 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-81

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 358,275 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

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1942 / 1944 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
Babe Barna	28	L	R	6' 2"	210	Mar 2, 1915	5	30	29	30	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	29	1	0	-0.6
Mace Brown	34	R	R	6' 1"	190	May 21, 1909	9	49	0	49	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Ken Chase	29	L	L	6' 2"	210	Oct 6, 1913	8	7	5	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.5
Bill Conroy	28	R	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 26, 1915	5	39	29	39	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.1
Joe Cronin HOF	36	R	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 12, 1906	18	59	9	59	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	0.9
Leon Culberson	23	R	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 6, 1919	1st	81	78	81	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	52	0	79	2	0	1.5
Joe Dobson	26	R	R	6' 2"	197	Jan 20, 1917	5	25	20	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1
Bobby Doerr HOF	25	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 7, 1918	7	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	All-Star
Danny Doyle	26	B	R	6' 1"	195	Jan 24, 1917	1st	13	13	13	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Pete Fox	34	R	R	5' 11"	165	Mar 8, 1909	11	127	120	127	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	122	125	1	3	0.8
Ford Garrison	27	R	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 29, 1915	1st	36	30	36	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	6	0	32	2	3	0.0
Tex Hughson	27	R	R	6' 3"	198	Feb 9, 1916	3	35	32	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	All-Star
Oscar Judd	35	L	L	6' 0"	180	Feb 14, 1908	3	27	20	27	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2.0	All-Star
Andy Karl	29	R	R	6' 1"	175	Apr 8, 1914	1st	11	0	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Eddie Lake	27	R	R	5' 7"	159	Mar 18, 1916	4	75	61	75	63	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	2	11	0.7
Johnny Lazor	30	L	R	5' 9"	180	Sep 9, 1912	1st	83	54	83	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	7	8	63	19	3	-0.7
Lou Lucier	25	R	R	5' 8"	160	Mar 23, 1918	1st	16	9	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Tony Lupien	26	L	L	5' 10"	185	Apr 23, 1917	3	154	153	154	153	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Tom McBride	28	R	R	6' 0"	188	Nov 2, 1914	1st	26	24	26	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	3	24	2	0	-0.1
George Metkovich	22	L	L	6' 1"	185	Oct 8, 1920	1st	78	78	78	78	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	51	28	76	0	0	-0.5
Dee Miles	34	L	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 15, 1909	7	45	21	45	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	0	25	21	1	-1.0
Dick Newsome	33	R	R	6' 0"	185	Dec 13, 1909	3	27	22	27	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1.4
Skeeter Newsome	32	R	R	5' 9"	155	Oct 18, 1910	8	114	109	114	112	0	0	0	0	15	98	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.7
Emmett O'Neill	25	R	R	6' 3"	185	Jan 13, 1918	1st	11	5	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Roy Partee	25	R	R	5' 10"	180	Sep 7, 1917	1st	96	86	96	91	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1.4
Johnny Peacock	33	L	R	5' 11"	165	Jan 10, 1910	7	48	27	48	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	-0.4
Mike Ryba	40	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jun 9, 1903	7	40	8	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Al Simmons HOF	41	R	R	5' 11"	190	May 22, 1902	19	40	31	40	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	33	7	1	-1.0
Jim Tabor	26	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 5, 1916	6	137	133	137	135	0	0	0	0	133	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0.3
Yank Terry	32	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 11, 1911	3	30	22	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Pinky Woods	23	R	R	6' 5"	225	May 22, 1920	1st	23	12	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.7
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bobby Doerr	George Metkovich Dee Miles	Tony Lupien	Joe Cronin	Jim Tabor	Roy Partee	Eddie Lake	Babe Barna Al Simmons
Ken Chase Al Simmons Pinky Woods	Johnny Peacock	Pete Fox	Ford Garrison Lou Lucier Emmett O'Neill	Joe Dobson	Yank Terry	Joe Dobson Andy Karl	Mike Ryba
Tex Hughson	Bill Conroy	Danny Doyle Andy Karl	Mace Brown	Skeeter Newsome	Leon Culberson	Dick Newsome	Oscar Judd
Babe Barna Tom McBride	Lou Lucier	Johnny Lazor

1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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