1938 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1937 Season 1939 Season

Record: 88-61-1, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Cronin (88-61-1)

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 646,459 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 87-62, 902 Runs, 751 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	31	108	402	333	47	97	16	2	2	48	1	1	57	31	.291	.396	.369	.766	89	123		1	11		2
2	1B	Jimmie Foxx	30	149	685	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	5	4	119	76	.349	.462	.704	1.166	183	398		0	1		12
3	2B	Bobby Doerr	20	145	590	509	70	147	26	7	5	80	5	10	59	39	.289	.363	.397	.760	86	202		0	22		3
4	SS	Joe Cronin	31	143	637	530	98	172	51	5	17	94	7	5	91	60	.325	.428	.536	.964	135	284		5	11		2
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	29	139	604	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	10	9	71	55	.303	.388	.406	.794	95	213		1	7		5
6	OF	Joe Vosmik	28	146	690	621	121	201	37	6	9	86	0	3	59	26	.324	.384	.446	.830	103	277		2	7		0
7	OF	Doc Cramer*	32	148	717	658	116	198	36	8	0	71	4	9	51	19	.301	.354	.380	.734	80	250		3	5		2
8	OF	Ben Chapman	29	127	553	480	92	163	40	8	6	80	13	6	65	33	.340	.418	.494	.912	123	237		0	8		1
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	C	Johnny Peacock*	28	72	215	195	29	59	7	1	1	39	4	1	17	4	.303	.358	.364	.723	78	71		0	2		1
10	OF	Red Nonnenkamp*	26	87	205	180	37	51	4	1	0	18	6	1	21	13	.283	.358	.317	.675	67	57		0	3		0
11	IF	Eric McNair	29	46	100	96	9	15	1	1	0	7	0	1	3	6	.156	.182	.188	.369	-9	18		0	1		0
12	IF	Jim Tabor	21	19	59	57	8	18	3	2	1	8	0	1	1	6	.316	.328	.491	.819	99	28		0	1		0
13	UT	Fabian Gaffke	24	15	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.100	.308	.100	.408	5	1		0	0		0
14	UT	Moe Berg	36	10	12	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	64	4		0	0		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
15	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	30	33	81	74	7	16	4	1	0	9	0	0	4	8	.216	.256	.297	.554	36	22		0	3		0
16	P	Jim Bagby	21	45	78	68	10	13	4	0	0	7	0	0	1	8	.191	.214	.250	.464	14	17		1	8		0
17	P	Jack Wilson	26	37	76	68	7	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	8	.221	.243	.250	.493	21	17		0	6		0
18	P	Lefty Grove*	38	24	68	54	8	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	7	25	.148	.246	.148	.394	-1	8		0	7		0
19	P	Johnny Marcum*	28	19	44	37	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	9	.135	.256	.135	.391	-1	5		0	0		0
20	P	Emerson Dickman	23	32	42	35	8	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	9	.286	.375	.429	.804	97	15		0	2		0
21	P	Archie McKain#	27	37	36	31	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.065	.147	.097	.244	-39	3		0	2		0
22	P	Joe Heving	37	16	34	30	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.133	.161	.167	.328	-19	5		0	3		0
23	P	Bill Harris	38	13	31	28	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	3	.214	.241	.214	.456	13	6		0	2		0
24	P	Charlie Wagner	25	13	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-18	2		0	0		0
25	P	Dick Midkiff	23	13	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	21	3		0	0		0
26	P	Lee Rogers	24	14	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-33	0		0	0		0
27	P	Al Baker	32	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
28	P	Bill LeFebvre*	22	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1073	4		0	0		0
29	P	Ted Olson	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
30	P	Byron Humphrey	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.7	150	6008	5229	902	1566	298	56	98	860	55	51	649	462	.299	.378	.434	.812	99	2270		13	112		28
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	2	2	2	5	4		7	7	3	2	1	1	2	1		4		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	150	5482	4770	845	1482	283	55	96	813	55	51	617	371	.311	.391	.453	.844	107	2163		12	79		28
		Pitcher Totals	28.8	150	526	459	57	84	15	1	2	47	0	0	32	91	.183	.238	.233	.471	16	107		1	33		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	Jim Bagby	21	15	11	.577	4.21	43	25	12	10	1	2	198.2	218	110	93	9	90	2	73	3	0	5	873	117	4.31	1.550	9.9	0.4	4.1	3.3	0.81
2	SP	Jack Wilson	26	15	15	.500	4.30	37	27	7	11	3	1	194.2	200	108	93	16	91	7	96	2	0	2	869	115	4.57	1.495	9.2	0.7	4.2	4.4	1.05
3	SP	Fritz Ostermueller*	30	13	5	.722	4.58	31	18	8	10	1	2	176.2	199	98	90	15	58	4	46	3	0	5	795	108	4.67	1.455	10.1	0.8	3.0	2.3	0.79
4	SP	Lefty Grove*	38	14	4	.778	3.08	24	21	3	12	1	1	163.2	169	65	56	8	52	1	99	1	0	3	706	160	3.45	1.350	9.3	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.90
5	SP	Johnny Marcum	28	5	6	.455	4.09	15	11	3	7	0	0	92.1	113	49	42	11	25	4	25	0	0	1	408	121	4.87	1.495	11.0	1.1	2.4	2.4	1.00
6	SP	Joe Heving	37	8	1	.889	3.73	16	11	2	7	1	2	82.0	94	35	34	5	22	3	34	1	1	0	356	133	3.86	1.415	10.3	0.5	2.4	3.7	1.55
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
7	CL	Archie McKain*	27	5	4	.556	4.52	37	5	16	1	0	6	99.2	119	60	50	6	44	3	27	2	0	0	453	110	4.68	1.635	10.7	0.5	4.0	2.4	0.61
8	RP	Emerson Dickman	23	5	5	.500	5.28	32	11	7	3	1	0	104.0	117	74	61	9	54	3	22	4	2	2	470	94	5.43	1.644	10.1	0.8	4.7	1.9	0.41
9	RP	Charlie Wagner	25	1	3	.250	8.35	13	6	4	1	0	0	36.2	47	36	34	5	24	0	14	1	0	0	179	60	6.11	1.936	11.5	1.2	5.9	3.4	0.58
10	RP	Dick Midkiff	23	1	1	.500	5.09	13	2	5	0	0	0	35.1	43	30	20	5	21	3	10	0	0	1	169	98	6.11	1.811	11.0	1.3	5.3	2.5	0.48
11	RP	Lee Rogers*	24	1	1	.500	6.51	14	2	7	0	0	0	27.2	32	24	20	4	18	3	7	0	1	0	130	77	6.38	1.807	10.4	1.3	5.9	2.3	0.39
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
12		Bill Harris	38	5	5	.500	4.03	13	11	2	5	1	1	80.1	83	39	36	5	21	2	26	1	0	0	339	123	4.03	1.295	9.3	0.6	2.4	2.9	1.24
13		Al Baker	32	0	0		9.39	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	13	8	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	38	55	7.09	1.957	15.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.00
14		Ted Olson	25	0	0		6.43	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	31	80	3.34	1.571	11.6	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
15		Doc Cramer	32	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	118	4.80	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
16		Bill LeFebvre*	22	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	39	10.30	2.000	18.0	4.5	0.0	0.0
17		Byron Humphrey	27	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	63	4.55	3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.6	88	61	.591	4.46	150	150	83	67	9	15	1316.1	1472	751	652	102	528	36	484	20	4	20	5866	111	4.57	1.519	10.1	0.7	3.6	3.3	0.92
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		3				6	2	2	7	4	2	3	5	1		5
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