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1948 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Birdie Tebbetts 35 128 513 446 54 125 26 2 5 68 5 2 62 32 .280 .371 .381 .752 96 170 22 2 3
2 1B Billy Goodman* 22 127 527 445 65 138 27 2 1 66 5 3 74 44 .310 .414 .387 .801 109 172 18 5 3
3 2B Bobby Doerr 30 140 618 527 94 150 23 6 27 111 3 2 83 49 .285 .386 .505 .891 131 266 13 4 4
4 SS Vern Stephens 27 155 716 635 114 171 25 8 29 137 1 0 77 56 .269 .350 .471 .821 113 299 25 2 2
5 3B Johnny Pesky* 28 143 677 565 124 159 26 6 3 55 3 5 99 32 .281 .394 .365 .759 98 206 10 6 7
6 OF Ted Williams* 29 137 638 509 124 188 44 3 25 127 4 0 126 41 .369 .497 .615 1.112 189 313 10 3 0
7 OF Stan Spence* 33 114 477 391 71 92 17 4 12 61 0 2 82 33 .235 .368 .391 .759 98 153 7 0 4
8 OF Dom DiMaggio 31 155 756 648 127 185 40 4 9 87 10 2 101 58 .285 .383 .401 .785 105 260 11 2 5
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 OF Wally Moses* 37 78 212 189 26 49 12 1 2 29 5 0 21 19 .259 .340 .365 .705 84 69 1 2 0
10 OF Sam Mele 26 66 198 180 25 42 12 1 2 25 1 1 13 21 .233 .292 .344 .637 65 62 5 2 3
11 C Matt Batts 26 46 137 118 13 37 12 0 1 24 0 0 15 9 .314 .391 .441 .832 116 52 4 0 4
12 IF Billy Hitchcock 31 49 134 124 15 37 3 2 1 20 0 0 7 9 .298 .341 .379 .720 87 47 4 1 2
13 1B Jake Jones 27 36 116 105 3 21 4 0 1 8 1 0 11 26 .200 .276 .267 .543 42 28 4 0 0
14 2B Lou Stringer 31 4 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .364 .455 15 4 1 0 0
15 C Babe Martin 28 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 2 0 0 0
16 Tom Wright* 24 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 409 3 0 0 0
17 Neill Sheridan 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
18 Johnny Ostrowski 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
19 P Joe Dobson 31 38 101 84 9 17 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 27 .202 .280 .262 .541 42 22 2 3 8
20 P Jack Kramer 30 29 90 73 7 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 10 21 .151 .253 .205 .458 20 15 1 0 7
21 P Mel Parnell* 26 35 83 80 6 13 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 11 .163 .173 .175 .348 -9 14 2 0 2
22 P Ellis Kinder 33 28 73 62 8 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 18 .097 .200 .097 .297 -21 6 1 0 3
23 P Denny Galehouse 36 27 53 42 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 13 .167 .300 .167 .467 23 7 1 0 3
24 P Dave Ferriss* 26 31 45 37 4 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .243 .349 .270 .619 63 10 0 0 2
25 P Mickey Harris* 31 20 44 32 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 6 .063 .286 .063 .348 -6 2 0 0 2
26 P Earl Johnson* 29 35 33 31 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .097 .125 .097 .222 -42 3 2 0 1
27 P Mickey McDermott* 19 7 8 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 127 4 0 0 0
28 P Fritz Dorish 26 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 1 0 0 0
29 P Tex Hughson 32 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
30 P Earl Caldwell 43 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 74 1 0 0 0
31 P Mike Palm 23 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Chuck Stobbs* 18 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Cot Deal# 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Windy McCall* 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.4 155 6282 5363 907 1471 277 40 121 854 38 17 821 549 .274 .374 .409 .782 104 2191 144 32 66
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 3 1 7 3 6 8 1 4 3 1 3 3 3 1 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 Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Joe Dobson 31 16 10 .615 3.56 38 32 5 16 5 2 245.1 237 115 97 14 92 116 1 1 6 1044 123 1.341 8.7 0.5 3.4 4.3 1.26
2 SP Mel Parnell* 26 15 8 .652 3.14 35 27 5 16 1 0 212.0 205 87 74 7 90 77 4 2 3 916 139 1.392 8.7 0.3 3.8 3.3 0.86
3 SP Jack Kramer 30 18 5 .783 4.35 29 29 0 14 2 0 205.0 233 104 99 12 64 72 0 0 3 891 101 1.449 10.2 0.5 2.8 3.2 1.13
4 SP Ellis Kinder 33 10 7 .588 3.74 28 22 3 10 1 0 178.0 183 84 74 10 63 53 2 0 2 762 117 1.382 9.3 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.84
5 SP Denny Galehouse 36 8 8 .500 4.00 27 15 7 6 1 3 137.1 152 68 61 9 46 38 2 0 0 595 110 1.442 10.0 0.6 3.0 2.5 0.83
6 SP Mickey Harris* 31 7 10 .412 5.30 20 17 1 6 1 0 113.2 120 73 67 10 59 42 1 1 2 505 83 1.575 9.5 0.8 4.7 3.3 0.71
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Earl Johnson* 29 10 4 .714 4.53 35 3 21 1 0 5 91.1 98 49 46 8 42 45 0 1 2 402 97 1.533 9.7 0.8 4.1 4.4 1.07
8 RP Dave Ferriss 26 7 3 .700 5.23 31 9 13 1 0 3 115.1 127 71 67 7 61 30 7 0 0 518 84 1.630 9.9 0.5 4.8 2.3 0.49
9 RP Tex Hughson 32 3 1 .750 5.12 15 0 11 0 0 0 19.1 21 14 11 0 7 6 0 0 0 84 87 1.448 9.8 0.0 3.3 2.8 0.86
10 RP Fritz Dorish 26 0 1 .000 5.65 9 0 1 0 0 0 14.1 18 13 9 1 6 5 0 0 2 71 79 1.674 11.3 0.6 3.8 3.1 0.83
11 RP Earl Caldwell 43 1 1 .500 13.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 11 14 13 2 11 5 1 0 0 46 35 2.444 11.0 2.0 11.0 5.0 0.45
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Mickey McDermott* 19 0 0 6.17 7 0 5 0 0 0 23.1 16 18 16 2 35 17 1 1 3 114 72 2.186 6.2 0.8 13.5 6.6 0.49
13 Chuck Stobbs* 18 0 0 6.43 6 0 6 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 5 0 7 4 0 0 0 35 71 2.286 11.6 0.0 9.0 5.1 0.57
14 Cot Deal 25 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 18 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
15 Mike Palm 23 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 20 81 3.667 18.0 0.0 15.0 3.0 0.20
16 Windy McCall* 22 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 27 5.250 40.5 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 30.0 96 59 .619 4.26 155 155 85 70 11 13 1379.1 1445 720 653 83 592 513 19 6 26 6032 104 1.477 9.4 0.5 3.9 3.3 0.87
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 4 2 3 8 2 5 3 4 3 2 5
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Matt Batts 26 41 31 29 138 118 18 2 3 .986 3.32 0 12 6 33% C
Earl Caldwell 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Cot Deal 25 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Dom DiMaggio 31 155 155 155 526 503 13 10 4 .981 3.33 OF
Joe Dobson 31 38 32 16 48 10 36 2 3 .958 1.21 P
Bobby Doerr 30 138 138 136 802 366 430 6 119 .993 5.77 2B
Fritz Dorish 26 9 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Dave Ferriss 26 31 9 1 31 10 21 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Denny Galehouse 36 27 15 6 25 6 17 2 2 .920 0.85 P
Billy Goodman 22 119 118 114 1183 1101 73 9 120 .992 9.70 1B-3B-2B
Mickey Harris 31 20 17 6 18 2 14 2 1 .889 0.80 P
Billy Hitchcock 31 30 28 27 140 54 82 4 15 .971 4.53 3B-2B
Tex Hughson 32 15 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.13 P
Earl Johnson 29 35 3 1 31 6 25 0 2 1.000 0.89 P
Jake Jones 27 31 26 24 299 275 22 2 30 .993 9.58 1B
Ellis Kinder 33 28 22 10 26 5 20 1 2 .962 0.89 P
Jack Kramer 30 29 29 14 32 5 26 1 1 .969 1.07 P
Babe Martin 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 C
Windy McCall 22 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Mickey McDermott 19 7 0 0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.29 P
Sam Mele 26 55 45 43 104 99 2 3 0 .971 1.84 OF
Wally Moses 37 45 41 38 105 101 2 2 1 .981 2.29 OF
Mike Palm 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Mel Parnell 26 35 27 16 58 9 48 1 3 .983 1.63 P
Johnny Pesky 28 141 141 139 446 121 303 22 35 .951 3.01 3B
Stan Spence 33 106 102 95 332 316 10 6 7 .982 3.08 OF-1B
Vern Stephens 27 155 155 155 833 269 540 24 113 .971 5.22 SS
Chuck Stobbs 18 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lou Stringer 31 2 2 2 19 5 13 1 5 .947 9.00 2B
Birdie Tebbetts 35 126 124 113 536 470 56 10 8 .981 4.17 5 28 21 43% C
Ted Williams 29 134 134 127 303 289 9 5 2 .983 2.22 OF
Team Totals 29.4 155 1395 1267 6055 4143 1796 116 477 .981 3.77 5 40 27 40%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 5 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

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
Matt Batts 26 137 4 -1 0 0 1 1 4 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Earl Caldwell 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Dom DiMaggio 31 756 10 5 0 0 6 -1 17 37 3.7 31 3.1 0.6 $ Purchased *8O
Joe Dobson 31 101 -8 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bobby Doerr 30 618 25 0 0 0 6 6 15 52 5.2 46 4.6 0.6 $ Purchased *4
Fritz Dorish 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Dave Ferriss* 26 45 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Denny Galehouse 36 53 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Billy Goodman* 22 527 13 -1 0 0 -1 -5 14 20 2.0 21 2.1 -0.1 $ Purchased *3/45
Mickey Harris* 31 44 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Billy Hitchcock 31 134 -2 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 45
Tex Hughson 32 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Earl Johnson* 29 33 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jake Jones 27 116 -10 -1 0 0 1 -1 3 -8 -0.8 -9 -0.9 0.1 $ Traded 3
Ellis Kinder 33 73 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jack Kramer 30 90 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Babe Martin 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /2
Mickey McDermott* 19 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Sam Mele 26 198 -10 0 0 0 -2 -2 5 -9 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O9/7
Wally Moses* 37 212 -4 1 0 0 2 -2 6 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ Purchased O9
Johnny Ostrowski 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Mike Palm 23 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Mel Parnell* 26 83 -13 0 0 0 0 6 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Johnny Pesky* 28 677 7 4 0 0 5 0 16 32 3.2 27 2.7 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Neill Sheridan 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded
Stan Spence* 33 477 1 0 0 0 2 -5 12 10 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ Traded O973
Vern Stephens 27 716 10 3 0 0 9 10 17 49 4.9 40 4.0 0.9 $ Traded *6
Chuck Stobbs* 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Lou Stringer 31 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /4
Birdie Tebbetts 35 513 1 -1 0 0 -1 4 14 17 1.7 18 1.8 -0.1 $ Traded *2
Ted Williams* 29 638 79 1 0 0 0 -6 15 89 8.9 89 8.9 0.0 $90,000 Amateur Free Agent *7O
Tom Wright* 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 29.4 6282 60 10 0 0 28 37 155 290 29.0 262 26.2 2.8 $90,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Earl Caldwell 43 9.0 0 14 6 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $ Waivers
Cot Deal 25 4.0 0 0 2 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Joe Dobson 31 245.1 32 115 151 3 1.0 36 3.5 $ Traded
Fritz Dorish 26 14.1 0 13 9 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dave Ferriss 26 115.1 9 71 71 2 1.0 0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Denny Galehouse 36 137.1 15 68 85 2 1.0 17 1.6 $ Purchased
Mickey Harris* 31 113.2 17 73 70 2 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Tex Hughson 32 19.1 0 14 12 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Earl Johnson* 29 91.1 3 49 56 1 1.0 7 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ellis Kinder 33 178.0 22 84 110 3 1.0 26 2.5 $ Traded
Jack Kramer 30 205.0 29 104 127 3 1.0 23 2.2 $ Traded
Windy McCall* 22 1.1 1 3 1 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mickey McDermott* 19 23.1 0 18 14 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mike Palm 23 3.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Mel Parnell* 26 212.0 27 87 131 3 1.0 44 4.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Chuck Stobbs* 18 7.0 0 5 4 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 30.0 1379.1 155 720 851 19 1.0 131 12.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics