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1948 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

96-59, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-59)
Scored 907 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-61

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,558,798 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 97


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1947 / 1949 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
Matt Batts 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 2 46 31 46 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.9 $
Earl Caldwell 43 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 9, 1905 8 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Cot Deal 25 B R 5' 10" 185 Jan 23, 1923 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dom DiMaggio 31 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 6 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 0 3.7 $
Joe Dobson 31 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 8 38 32 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $ All-Star
Bobby Doerr HOF 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 11 140 138 140 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.2 $ All-Star
Fritz Dorish 26 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dave Ferriss 26 L R 6' 2" 208 Dec 5, 1921 4 31 9 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Denny Galehouse 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 14 27 15 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Billy Goodman 22 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 2 127 118 127 119 0 0 117 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2.0 $
Mickey Harris 31 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 30, 1917 5 20 17 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Billy Hitchcock 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1916 4 49 28 49 30 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 0.3 $
Tex Hughson 32 R R 6' 3" 198 Feb 9, 1916 7 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Earl Johnson 29 L L 6' 3" 190 Apr 2, 1919 5 35 3 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jake Jones 27 R R 6' 3" 197 Nov 23, 1920 5 36 26 36 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.8 $
Ellis Kinder 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 3 28 22 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Jack Kramer 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1918 9 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Babe Martin 28 R R 5' 11" 194 Mar 28, 1920 4 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Windy McCall 22 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 18, 1925 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mickey McDermott 19 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Sam Mele 26 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 2 66 45 66 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 52 55 9 5 -0.9 $
Wally Moses 37 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 14 78 41 78 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 29 4 0.3 $
Johnny Ostrowski 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 17, 1917 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Mike Palm 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 13, 1925 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mel Parnell 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 2 35 27 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Johnny Pesky 28 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 4 143 141 143 141 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.2 $
Neill Sheridan 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 20, 1921 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Stan Spence 33 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 20, 1915 8 114 102 114 106 0 0 14 0 0 0 25 0 70 92 11 0 1.0 $
Vern Stephens 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Chuck Stobbs 18 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Lou Stringer 31 R R 5' 11" 173 May 13, 1917 4 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Birdie Tebbetts 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 10 128 124 128 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Ted Williams HOF 29 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 7 137 134 137 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 134 3 0 8.9 $90,000 All-Star
Tom Wright 24 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 22, 1923 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 $
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

Stan Spence

Jake Jones

Sam Mele

Vern Stephens

Johnny Pesky

Dom DiMaggio

Birdie Tebbetts

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman

Billy Hitchcock

Earl Johnson

Matt Batts

Joe Dobson

Ellis Kinder

Mel Parnell

Jack Kramer

Mickey Harris

Earl Caldwell
Fritz Dorish
Mike Palm

Tex Hughson

Chuck Stobbs

Neill Sheridan
Tom Wright

Wally Moses

Denny Galehouse

Johnny Ostrowski
Lou Stringer

Cot Deal
Tom Wright

Dave Ferriss

Babe Martin

Windy McCall
Mickey McDermott

Earl Caldwell
Mickey McDermott

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers