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1949 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

96-58, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-58)
Scored 896 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,596,650 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 104


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1948 / 1950 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 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 3 60 39 60 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.2 $
Merl Combs 29 L R 6' 0" 172 Dec 11, 1919 2 14 7 14 10 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.0 $
Dom DiMaggio 32 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 7 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 1 3.5 $ All-Star
Joe Dobson 32 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 9 33 27 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 12 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $
Fritz Dorish 27 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 3 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Walt Dropo 26 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 1st 11 11 11 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dave Ferriss 27 L R 6' 2" 208 Dec 5, 1921 5 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Denny Galehouse 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 15 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Billy Goodman 23 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 3 122 116 122 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.8 $ All-Star
Mickey Harris 32 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 30, 1917 6 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Billy Hitchcock 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1916 5 55 36 55 37 0 0 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -1.1 $
Tex Hughson 33 R R 6' 3" 198 Feb 9, 1916 8 29 2 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Earl Johnson 30 L L 6' 3" 190 Apr 2, 1919 6 19 3 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Ellis Kinder 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 4 43 30 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $
Jack Kramer 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1918 10 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Babe Martin 29 R R 5' 11" 194 Mar 28, 1920 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Walt Masterson 29 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 9 18 5 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Windy McCall 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 18, 1925 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Mickey McDermott 20 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 2 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Sam Mele 27 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 3 18 11 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 7 0 -0.3 $
Tommy O'Brien 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 19, 1918 4 49 32 49 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 25 32 14 3 -0.3 $
Mel Parnell 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 3 39 33 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 $ All-Star
Johnny Pesky 29 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 5 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Frank Quinn 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 27, 1927 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Jack Robinson 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1921 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Stan Spence 34 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 20, 1915 9 7 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 0 -0.1 $
Vern Stephens 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 9 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $ All-Star
Chuck Stobbs 19 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 3 26 19 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Lou Stringer 32 R R 5' 11" 173 May 13, 1917 5 35 8 35 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 0.1 $
Birdie Tebbetts 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 11 122 116 122 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Ted Williams HOF 30 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 0 0 9.5 $100,000 All-Star
Johnnie Wittig 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1914 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Wright 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 22, 1923 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Al Zarilla 30 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 6 124 119 124 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 118 122 2 1 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

Stan Spence
Al Zarilla

Walt Dropo

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
Mickey McDermott

Fritz Dorish
Walt Masterson

Tex Hughson

Chuck Stobbs

Tommy O'Brien

Merl Combs

Denny Galehouse

Frank Quinn

Lou Stringer

Tom Wright

Dave Ferriss

Babe Martin

Fritz Dorish
Walt Masterson
Windy McCall
Johnnie Wittig

Mickey McDermott

Fritz Dorish

Jack Robinson

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers