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
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Birdie Tebbetts | 36 | 122 | 472 | 403 | 42 | 109 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 22 | .270 | .369 | .342 | .712 | 84 | 138 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Billy Goodman* | 23 | 122 | 509 | 443 | 54 | 132 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 21 | .298 | .382 | .363 | .745 | 92 | 161 | 14 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Bobby Doerr | 31 | 139 | 623 | 541 | 91 | 167 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 33 | .309 | .393 | .497 | .890 | 128 | 269 | 31 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4 | SS | Vern Stephens | 28 | 155 | 711 | 610 | 113 | 177 | 31 | 2 | 39 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 73 | .290 | .391 | .539 | .930 | 138 | 329 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3B | Johnny Pesky* | 29 | 148 | 713 | 604 | 111 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 4 | 100 | 19 | .306 | .408 | .384 | .792 | 104 | 232 | 12 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Ted Williams* | 30 | 155 | 730 | 566 | 150 | 194 | 39 | 3 | 43 | 159 | 1 | 1 | 162 | 48 | .343 | .490 | .650 | 1.141 | 192 | 368 | 22 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Dom DiMaggio | 32 | 145 | 706 | 605 | 126 | 186 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 9 | 7 | 96 | 55 | .307 | .404 | .420 | .824 | 112 | 254 | 10 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Al Zarilla* | 30 | 124 | 527 | 474 | 68 | 133 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 51 | .281 | .352 | .422 | .774 | 99 | 200 | 14 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 9 | C | Matt Batts | 27 | 60 | 183 | 157 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .242 | .350 | .369 | .719 | 85 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1B | Billy Hitchcock | 32 | 55 | 170 | 147 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | .204 | .291 | .259 | .549 | 42 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Tommy O'Brien | 30 | 49 | 149 | 125 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | .224 | .336 | .336 | .672 | 73 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Sam Mele | 27 | 18 | 55 | 46 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .196 | .302 | .261 | .563 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 2B | Lou Stringer | 32 | 35 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .268 | .348 | .439 | .787 | 102 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 1B | Walt Dropo | 26 | 11 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .146 | .205 | .195 | .400 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | IF | Merl Combs* | 29 | 14 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .208 | .424 | .250 | .674 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Stan Spence* | 34 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .150 | .346 | .200 | .546 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Tom Wright* | 25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | C | Babe Martin | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 19 | P | Mel Parnell* | 27 | 39 | 127 | 114 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .254 | .274 | .281 | .554 | 43 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 20 | P | Ellis Kinder | 34 | 43 | 107 | 92 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .130 | .184 | .152 | .336 | -13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 21 | P | Joe Dobson | 32 | 33 | 83 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .147 | .256 | .147 | .403 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 22 | P | Chuck Stobbs* | 19 | 26 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .208 | .250 | .245 | .495 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 23 | P | Jack Kramer | 31 | 21 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .257 | .409 | .286 | .695 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 24 | P | Mickey McDermott* | 20 | 12 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .212 | .278 | .303 | .581 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | P | Tex Hughson | 33 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | -77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 26 | P | Walt Masterson | 29 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | P | Mickey Harris* | 32 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | -38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 28 | P | Earl Johnson* | 30 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | -78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | P | Frank Quinn | 21 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | P | Windy McCall* | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 244 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 31 | P | Dave Ferriss* | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 663 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | P | Johnnie Wittig | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | P | Jack Robinson | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | P | Denny Galehouse | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 35 | P | Harry Dorish | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.7 | 155 | 6250 | 5320 | 896 | 1500 | 272 | 36 | 131 | 835 | 43 | 25 | 835 | 510 | .282 | .381 | .420 | .802 | 106 | 2237 | 169 | 17 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Mel Parnell* | 27 | 25 | 7 | .781 | 2.77 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 295.1 | 258 | 102 | 91 | 8 | 134 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1240 | 157 | 1.327 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 0.91 | |
| 2 | SP | Ellis Kinder | 34 | 23 | 6 | .793 | 3.36 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 252.0 | 251 | 103 | 94 | 21 | 99 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1085 | 130 | 1.389 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 1.39 | |
| 3 | SP | Joe Dobson | 32 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.85 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 212.2 | 219 | 103 | 91 | 12 | 97 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 923 | 113 | 1.486 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 0.90 | |
| 4 | SP | Chuck Stobbs* | 19 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.03 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 152.0 | 145 | 72 | 68 | 10 | 75 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 653 | 108 | 1.447 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 0.93 | |
| 5 | SP | Jack Kramer | 31 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.16 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 111.2 | 126 | 70 | 64 | 8 | 49 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 496 | 85 | 1.567 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.49 | |
| 6 | SP | Mickey McDermott* | 20 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.05 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 63 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 52 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 349 | 108 | 1.438 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 0.96 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | RP | Tex Hughson | 33 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.33 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.2 | 82 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 41 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 349 | 82 | 1.584 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 0.85 | |
| 8 | RP | Walt Masterson | 29 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.25 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 55.0 | 58 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 103 | 1.691 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 0.54 | |
| 9 | RP | Earl Johnson* | 30 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.48 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.1 | 65 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 237 | 58 | 1.905 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 0.69 | |
| 10 | RP | Frank Quinn | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 152 | 1.227 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.44 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Mickey Harris* | 32 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.02 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 53 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 87 | 1.938 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 0.70 | ||
| 12 | Windy McCall* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 38 | 2.464 | 12.5 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 0.80 | |||
| 13 | Harry Dorish | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 186 | 1.043 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 5.00 | |||
| 14 | Dave Ferriss | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 108 | 1.650 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 0.25 | |||
| 15 | Jack Robinson | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 194 | 1.250 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.00 | |||
| 16 | Johnnie Wittig | 35 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 2.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 17 | Denny Galehouse | 37 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 3.500 | 18.0 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 96 | 58 | .623 | 3.97 | 155 | 155 | 71 | 84 | 16 | 16 | 1377.0 | 1375 | 667 | 608 | 82 | 661 | 598 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 6005 | 110 | 1.479 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0.90 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4370 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Batts | 27 | 50 | 221 | 193 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 4.32 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Merl Combs | 29 | 10 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 2.50 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Dobson | 32 | 33 | 42 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.27 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Doerr | 31 | 139 | 851 | 395 | 439 | 17 | 134 | .980 | 6.00 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Dorish | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Walt Dropo | 26 | 11 | 107 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 9.73 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Ferriss | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Denny Galehouse | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Goodman | 23 | 117 | 1157 | 1069 | 79 | 9 | 148 | .992 | 9.81 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Harris | 32 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Hitchcock | 32 | 37 | 310 | 277 | 30 | 3 | 33 | .990 | 8.30 | 1B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tex Hughson | 33 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.28 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Johnson | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 0.42 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ellis Kinder | 34 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 0.81 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Kramer | 31 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.05 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Babe Martin | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | C | ||||||||||||||||
| Walt Masterson | 29 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 0.44 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Windy McCall | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Mickey McDermott | 20 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mel Parnell | 27 | 39 | 61 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.56 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Pesky | 29 | 148 | 533 | 184 | 333 | 16 | 48 | .970 | 3.49 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank Quinn | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Robinson | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Vern Stephens | 28 | 155 | 792 | 257 | 508 | 27 | 128 | .966 | 4.94 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Stobbs | 19 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .909 | 1.15 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Stringer | 32 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 12 | .978 | 5.00 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Birdie Tebbetts | 36 | 118 | 543 | 481 | 51 | 11 | 13 | .980 | 4.51 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Wittig | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29.6 | 155 | 5996 | 4139 | 1737 | 120 | 561 | .980 | 3.82 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |