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1950 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951

94-60, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (31-28) and Steve O'Neill (63-32)
Scored 1027 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,344,080 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 111, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 115, Pitching - 111

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1949 / 1951 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
James Atkins 29 L R 6' 3" 205 Mar 10, 1921 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Matt Batts 28 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 4 75 59 75 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Merl Combs 30 L R 6' 0" 172 Dec 11, 1919 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Dom DiMaggio 33 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 8 141 140 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 1 0 4.5 $27,000 All-Star
Joe Dobson 33 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 10 39 27 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 13 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $30,000 All-Star
Walt Dropo 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 2 136 134 136 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Dave Ferriss 28 L R 6' 2" 208 Dec 5, 1921 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Gillespie 30 R R 6' 4" 187 Oct 8, 1919 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Billy Goodman 24 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 4 110 98 110 98 0 0 21 5 27 1 45 0 0 45 12 0 2.8 $
Fred Hatfield 25 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 1st 10 3 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.0 $
Earl Johnson 31 L L 6' 3" 190 Apr 2, 1919 7 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ken Keltner 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 13 13 7 13 9 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 $
Ellis Kinder 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 5 48 23 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Dick Littlefield 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 1st 15 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Phil Marchildon 36 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 25, 1913 9 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Walt Masterson 30 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 10 33 15 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Charlie Maxwell 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 1st 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -0.2 $
Mickey McDermott 21 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 3 39 15 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 $
Jim McDonald 23 R R 5' 10" 185 May 17, 1927 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Gordie Mueller 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 10, 1922 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Willard Nixon 22 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 1st 22 15 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Tommy O'Brien 31 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 19, 1918 5 9 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 9 0 0 -0.4 $
Al Papai 33 R R 6' 3" 185 May 7, 1917 3 16 3 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mel Parnell 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 4 40 31 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $
Johnny Pesky 30 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 6 127 123 127 124 0 0 0 0 116 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.8 $
Jim Piersall 20 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 1st 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 0.1 $
Frank Quinn 22 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 27, 1927 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Buddy Rosar 35 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 12 27 21 27 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
Charley Schanz 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Jun 8, 1919 5 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bob Scherbarth 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 18, 1926 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Vern Stephens 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 10 149 146 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.0 $25,000 All-Star
Chuck Stobbs 20 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 4 32 21 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Lou Stringer 33 R R 5' 11" 173 May 13, 1917 6 24 1 24 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 11 -0.1 $
Jim Suchecki 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 25, 1927 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Harry Taylor 31 R R 6' 1" 175 May 20, 1919 4 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Birdie Tebbetts 37 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 12 79 74 79 74 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.2 $
Clyde Vollmer 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 24, 1921 6 57 34 57 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 11 39 20 1 0.4 $
Ted Williams HOF 31 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 9 89 86 89 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 86 3 0 4.1 $100,000 All-Star
Tom Wright 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 22, 1923 3 54 18 54 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19 24 31 0 -0.1 $
Al Zarilla 31 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 7 130 128 130 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 128 2 0 3.1 $
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

Al Zarilla

Walt Dropo

Ken Keltner

Vern Stephens

Johnny Pesky

Dom DiMaggio

Birdie Tebbetts

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman

Buddy Rosar

James Atkins
Earl Johnson

Bob Gillespie

Matt Batts

Joe Dobson

Ellis Kinder

Mel Parnell

Charley Schanz

Mickey McDermott

Walt Masterson

Bob Gillespie
Willard Nixon
Jim Suchecki

Chuck Stobbs

Tommy O'Brien
Clyde Vollmer

Merl Combs
Jim McDonald
Jim Piersall

Gordie Mueller

Phil Marchildon
Jim McDonald
Jim Piersall
Frank Quinn

Lou Stringer

Tom Wright

Dave Ferriss

Dick Littlefield
Al Papai

Harry Taylor

Harry Taylor

Charlie Maxwell
Jim Suchecki

Fred Hatfield
Bob Scherbarth

1949 / 1951 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers