1937 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1936 Season 1938 Season

Record: 80-72-2, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Cronin (80-72-2)

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 559,659 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 80-72, 821 Runs, 775 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Gene Desautels	30	96	350	305	33	74	10	3	0	27	1	2	36	26	.243	.325	.295	.620	54	90		1	7		2
2	1B	Jimmie Foxx	29	150	674	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	10	8	99	96	.285	.392	.538	.929	127	306		1	4		12
3	2B	Eric McNair	28	126	493	455	60	133	29	4	12	76	10	7	30	33	.292	.340	.453	.793	94	206		3	5		4
4	SS	Joe Cronin	30	148	671	570	102	175	40	4	18	110	5	3	84	73	.307	.402	.486	.887	118	277		6	11		3
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	28	153	655	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.809	100	242		1	7		3
6	OF	Doc Cramer*	31	133	617	560	90	171	22	11	0	51	8	6	35	14	.305	.351	.384	.735	81	215		4	17		3
7	OF	Ben Chapman	28	113	487	423	76	130	23	11	7	57	27	12	57	35	.307	.391	.463	.854	110	196		1	6		1
8	OF	Buster Mills	28	123	566	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	.295	.361	.418	.779	92	211		6	9		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	OF	Fabian Gaffke	23	54	204	184	32	53	10	4	6	34	1	2	15	25	.288	.342	.484	.825	102	89		0	5		0
10	OF	Dom Dallessandro*	23	68	176	147	18	34	7	1	0	11	2	1	27	16	.231	.351	.293	.643	61	43		0	1		0
11	2B	Bobby Doerr	19	55	170	147	22	33	5	1	2	14	2	4	18	25	.224	.313	.313	.626	55	46		1	4		0
12	C	Moe Berg	35	47	148	141	13	36	3	1	0	20	0	0	5	4	.255	.281	.291	.572	41	41		0	2		0
13	OF	Mel Almada*	24	32	127	110	17	26	6	2	1	9	0	1	15	6	.236	.328	.355	.683	69	39		0	2		2
14	C	Rick Ferrell	31	18	80	65	8	20	2	0	1	4	0	0	15	4	.308	.438	.385	.822	105	25		0	0		0
15	2B	Oscar Melillo	37	26	62	56	8	14	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	4	.250	.311	.286	.597	49	16		0	1		0
16	C	Johnny Peacock*	27	9	33	32	3	10	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	.313	.333	.438	.771	89	14		0	0		0
17		Stew Bowers#	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		0
18		Bob Daughters	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		0
19	P	Lefty Grove*	37	32	109	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	39	.143	.243	.154	.397	0	14		0	6		0
20	P	Johnny Marcum*	27	51	95	86	12	23	8	0	0	13	0	0	7	4	.267	.323	.360	.683	68	31		0	2		0
21	P	Jack Wilson	25	51	91	85	2	14	2	0	0	10	0	0	4	13	.165	.202	.188	.390	-3	16		0	2		0
22	P	Bobo Newsom	29	31	81	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.253	.273	.333	.606	49	25		0	4		0
23	P	Archie McKain#	26	38	53	49	5	13	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.265	.308	.367	.675	66	18		2	1		0
24	P	Wes Ferrell	29	18	41	33	7	12	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	3	.364	.475	.515	.990	145	17		0	1		0
25	P	Rube Walberg*	40	32	39	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.147	.194	.176	.371	-8	6		0	3		0
26	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	29	25	37	33	5	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	.333	.353	.424	.777	91	14		0	3		0
27	P	Joe Gonzales	22	8	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1		0
28	P	Ted Olson	24	11	10	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	94	5		0	0		0
29	P	Jim Henry	27	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-55	0		0	0		0
30	P	Tommy Thomas	37	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	24	1		0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	6090	5354	821	1506	269	64	100	769	79	61	601	557	.281	.357	.411	.768	89	2203		26	104		30
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	3	5	7	5	4		3	8	3	5	4	3	4	4		4		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.5	154	5513	4839	768	1392	243	62	99	716	79	61	564	453	.288	.365	.425	.790	94	2056		24	81		30
		Pitcher Totals	29.9	154	577	515	53	114	26	2	1	53	0	0	37	104	.221	.276	.285	.562	39	147		2	23		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Lefty Grove*	37	17	9	.654	3.02	32	32	0	21	3	0	262.0	269	101	88	9	83	3	153	1	0	5	1127	159	3.44	1.344	9.2	0.3	2.9	5.3	1.84
2	SP	Bobo Newsom	29	13	10	.565	4.46	30	27	2	14	1	0	207.2	193	114	103	14	119	0	127	3	1	4	926	108	4.62	1.502	8.4	0.6	5.2	5.5	1.07
3	SP	Johnny Marcum	27	13	11	.542	4.85	37	23	13	9	1	3	183.2	230	104	99	17	47	6	59	2	0	2	808	99	4.56	1.508	11.3	0.8	2.3	2.9	1.26
4	SP	Wes Ferrell	29	3	6	.333	7.61	12	11	1	5	0	0	73.1	111	66	62	14	34	3	31	1	0	1	357	63	6.27	1.977	13.6	1.7	4.2	3.8	0.91
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Jack Wilson	25	16	10	.615	3.70	51	21	23	14	1	7	221.1	209	111	91	13	119	4	137	3	2	4	979	130	4.38	1.482	8.5	0.5	4.8	5.6	1.15
6	RP	Archie McKain*	26	8	8	.500	4.66	36	18	6	3	0	2	137.0	152	84	71	7	64	8	66	0	0	1	630	103	4.30	1.577	10.0	0.5	4.2	4.3	1.03
7	RP	Rube Walberg*	40	5	7	.417	5.59	32	11	13	3	0	1	104.2	143	72	65	7	46	7	46	3	0	4	488	86	4.60	1.806	12.3	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00
8	RP	Fritz Ostermueller*	29	3	7	.300	4.98	25	7	9	2	0	1	86.2	101	64	48	2	44	8	29	1	0	1	402	97	4.39	1.673	10.5	0.2	4.6	3.0	0.66
9	RP	Ted Olson	24	0	0		7.24	11	0	6	0	0	0	32.1	42	28	26	4	15	1	11	0	0	0	152	67	5.52	1.763	11.7	1.1	4.2	3.1	0.73
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Joe Gonzales	22	1	2	.333	4.35	8	2	3	2	0	0	31.0	37	16	15	1	11	1	11	0	0	0	140	112	3.98	1.548	10.7	0.3	3.2	3.2	1.00
11		Jim Henry	27	1	0	1.000	5.28	3	2	0	1	0	0	15.1	15	9	9	2	11	1	8	0	0	0	70	93	6.01	1.696	8.8	1.2	6.5	4.7	0.73
12		Tommy Thomas	37	0	2	.000	4.09	9	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	16	6	5	2	4	1	4	1	0	0	53	121	6.20	1.818	13.1	1.6	3.3	3.3	1.00
		Team Totals	29.9	80	72	.526	4.48	154	154	80	74	6	14	1366.0	1518	775	680	92	597	43	682	15	3	22	6132	107	4.42	1.548	10.0	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.14
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		4				3	3	4	4	5	4	4	2	4		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W