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1949 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 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
6 OF 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
7 OF 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
8 OF 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
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 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 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
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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - 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 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 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 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 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
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 2 2 4 3 6 4 4 2 3 3
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB 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
Dom DiMaggio 32 144 0 144 0 443 420 13 10 1 .977 3.01 OF
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
Sam Mele 27 11 0 0 11 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.91 OF
Tommy O'Brien 30 32 0 8 25 61 58 2 1 0 .984 1.88 OF
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
Stan Spence 34 5 0 2 3 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
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
Ted Williams 30 155 155 0 0 355 337 12 6 3 .983 2.25 OF
Johnnie Wittig 35 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Al Zarilla 30 122 2 2 119 251 241 6 4 4 .984 2.02 OF
Team Totals 29.6 155 5996 4139 1737 120 561 .980 3.82 4
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics