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1949 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950)
96-58, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 896 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57
Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-58)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,596,650 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 103

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1948 / 1950 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Matt Batts 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 3 60 60 60 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merl Combs 29 L R 6' 0" 172 Dec 11, 1919 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 32 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 7 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 All-Star
Joe Dobson 32 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 9 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Doerr HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 12 139 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Dorish 27 R R 5' 11" 206 Jul 13, 1921 3 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Dropo 26 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 1st 11 11 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Ferriss 27 L R 6' 2" 208 Dec 5, 1921 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Galehouse 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 15 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 23 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 3 122 122 122 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Mickey Harris 32 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 30, 1917 6 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Hitchcock 32 R R 185 Jul 31, 1916 5 55 55 55 0 0 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tex Hughson 33 R R 6' 3" 198 Feb 9, 1916 8 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Johnson 30 L L 6' 3" 190 Apr 2, 1919 6 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis Kinder 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 4 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Kramer 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1918 10 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babe Martin 29 R R 194 Mar 28, 1920 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Masterson 29 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 9 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Windy McCall 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 18, 1925 2 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey McDermott 20 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 2 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Mele 27 R R 6' 1" 187 Jan 21, 1922 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
Tommy O'Brien 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 19, 1918 4 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 25 32
Mel Parnell 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 3 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Johnny Pesky 29 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 5 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Quinn 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 27, 1927 1st 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Robinson 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1921 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Spence 34 L L 180 Mar 20, 1915 9 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5
Vern Stephens 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 9 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Chuck Stobbs 19 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 3 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Stringer 32 R R 5' 11" 173 May 13, 1917 5 35 35 35 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Birdie Tebbetts 36 R R 170 Nov 10, 1912 11 122 122 122 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ted Williams HOF 30 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 8 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 All-Star
Johnnie Wittig 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1914 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Wright 25 L R 180 Sep 22, 1923 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Zarilla 30 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 6 124 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 119 122
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1948 / 1950 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played