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1947 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

83-71, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Cronin (83-71)
Scored 720 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,427,315 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106


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1946 / 1948 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
Tex Aulds 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 28, 1920 1st 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Matt Batts 25 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 1st 7 4 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.4 $
Bill Butland 29 R L 6' 5" 185 Mar 22, 1918 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Merl Combs 27 L R 6' 0" 172 Dec 11, 1919 1st 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Leon Culberson 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 6, 1919 5 47 18 47 28 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 4 16 25 23 0 -0.4 $
Cot Deal 24 B R 5' 10" 185 Jan 23, 1923 1st 6 2 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $
Sam Dente 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 26, 1922 1st 46 44 46 46 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dom DiMaggio 30 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 5 136 134 136 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 1 1 3.1 $
Joe Dobson 30 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 7 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 10 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Fritz Dorish 25 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 1st 41 9 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dave Ferriss 25 L R 6' 2" 208 Dec 5, 1921 3 52 28 52 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2.6 $
Tommy Fine 32 B R 6' 0" 180 Oct 10, 1914 1st 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Denny Galehouse 35 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 13 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Billy Goodman 21 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 1st 12 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 -0.1 $
Don Gutteridge 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1912 11 54 30 54 38 0 0 0 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 -0.7 $
Mickey Harris 30 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 30, 1917 4 15 6 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Frankie Hayes 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 14 5 3 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Tex Hughson 31 R R 6' 3" 198 Feb 9, 1916 6 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Earl Johnson 28 L L 6' 3" 190 Apr 2, 1919 4 46 17 46 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 $
Jake Jones 26 R R 6' 3" 197 Nov 23, 1920 4 109 109 109 109 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Klinger 39 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1908 8 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tom McBride 32 R R 6' 0" 188 Nov 2, 1914 5 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Eddie McGah 25 R R 6' 0" 183 Sep 30, 1921 2 9 2 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3 $
Sam Mele 25 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 1st 123 111 123 117 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 24 92 116 7 1 1.7 $
Wally Moses 36 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 13 90 54 90 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 58 32 0 0.3 $
Johnny Murphy 38 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 14, 1908 13 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Mel Parnell 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 1st 15 5 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Roy Partee 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Sep 7, 1917 4 60 45 60 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -0.5 $
Eddie Pellagrini 29 R R 5' 9" 160 Mar 13, 1918 2 74 62 74 68 0 0 0 0 42 26 0 0 0 0 3 4 -0.8 $
Johnny Pesky 27 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 3 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 21 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $
Rip Russell 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 26, 1915 6 26 11 26 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.3 $
Strick Shofner 27 L R 5' 10" 187 Jul 23, 1919 1st 5 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Smith 33 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 10 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Chuck Stobbs 17 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Birdie Tebbetts 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 9 90 83 90 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.3 $
Hal Wagner 31 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 10 21 20 21 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Al Widmar 22 R R 6' 3" 185 Mar 20, 1925 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ted Williams HOF 28 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 6 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 0 0 10.3 $75,000 All-Star
Rudy York 33 R R 6' 1" 209 Aug 17, 1913 12 48 48 48 48 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bill Zuber 34 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 26, 1913 11 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Bobby Doerr

Eddie McGah

Jake Jones
Rudy York

Matt Batts
Rip Russell

Johnny Pesky

Dom DiMaggio

Birdie Tebbetts
Hal Wagner

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman
Don Gutteridge

Leon Culberson

Earl Johnson

Matt Batts
Sam Mele

Joe Dobson

Roy Partee

Sam Dente
Mel Parnell

Tom McBride
Eddie Smith

Mickey Harris

Fritz Dorish

Tex Hughson

Chuck Stobbs

Tommy Fine

Wally Moses

Denny Galehouse
Frankie Hayes

Bill Zuber

Tex Aulds
Bill Butland

Cot Deal
Billy Goodman

Strick Shofner

Merl Combs
Al Widmar

Dave Ferriss

Sam Dente

Bob Klinger

Johnny Murphy

Eddie Pellagrini

Chuck Stobbs

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers