We're hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer! Come build with Sports Reference. Apply now.

1939 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 89-62-1, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Cronin (89-62-1)

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 573,070 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 83-68, 890 Runs, 795 Runs Allowed

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Top 12 Players

Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images.

Team Batting

League Register

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	Johnny Peacock*	29	92	312	274	33	76	11	4	0	36	1	1	29	11	.277	.347	.347	.693	75	95	4	0	9		5
2	1B	Jimmie Foxx	31	124	565	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	3	89	72	.360	.464	.694	1.158	188	324	17	2	5		6
3	2B	Bobby Doerr	21	127	574	525	75	167	28	2	12	73	1	10	38	32	.318	.365	.448	.813	104	235	17	1	10		0
4	SS	Joe Cronin	32	143	627	520	97	160	33	3	19	107	6	6	87	48	.308	.407	.492	.899	125	256	18	0	20		2
5	3B	Jim Tabor	22	149	626	577	76	167	33	8	14	95	16	10	40	54	.289	.337	.447	.784	96	258	15	1	8		3
6	OF	Joe Vosmik	29	145	640	554	89	153	29	6	7	84	4	3	66	33	.276	.356	.388	.744	87	215	27	3	17		4
7	OF	Doc Cramer*	33	137	642	589	110	183	30	6	0	56	3	3	36	17	.311	.352	.382	.734	85	225	16	2	15		0
8	OF	Ted Williams*	20	149	677	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	1	107	64	.327	.436	.609	1.045	160	344	10	2	3		12
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	UT	Lou Finney*	28	95	278	249	43	81	18	3	1	46	2	5	24	11	.325	.385	.434	.818	106	108	4	0	5		0
10	C	Gene Desautels	32	76	269	226	26	55	14	0	0	21	3	1	33	13	.243	.340	.305	.645	64	69	2	0	10		3
11	2B	Tom Carey	32	54	170	161	17	39	6	2	0	20	0	0	3	9	.242	.265	.304	.569	43	49	4	2	4		0
12	OF	Red Nonnenkamp*	27	58	87	75	12	18	2	1	0	5	0	1	12	6	.240	.345	.293	.638	62	22	2	0	0		0
13	C	Moe Berg	37	14	35	33	3	9	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.273	.314	.394	.708	77	13	1	0	0		0
14	IF	Boze Berger	29	20	33	30	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.300	.323	.367	.689	73	11	0	0	2		0
15		Fabian Gaffke	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
16	P	Lefty Grove*	39	25	85	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.134	.237	.179	.416	6	12	0	0	9		0
17	P	Jack Wilson	27	37	68	63	6	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	17	.159	.159	.159	.317	-20	10	0	0	5		0
18	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	31	34	64	56	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	5	.161	.203	.196	.400	1	11	4	0	5		0
19	P	Denny Galehouse	27	30	58	47	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.064	.185	.085	.270	-30	4	2	1	4		0
20	P	Elden Auker	28	31	57	53	6	12	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	14	.226	.241	.358	.599	49	19	0	0	3		0
21	P	Emerson Dickman	24	48	38	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.056	.105	.056	.161	-58	2	1	0	0		0
22	P	Jim Bagby	22	21	37	34	10	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.294	.314	.441	.755	88	15	1	1	2		0
23	P	Joe Heving	38	46	35	32	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.219	.406	2	7	0	0	3		0
24	P	Woody Rich*	23	21	29	27	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.259	.286	.259	.545	38	7	1	0	1		0
25	P	Charlie Wagner	26	11	14	14	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.071	.071	.071	.143	-64	1	0	0	0		0
26	P	Bill LeFebvre*	23	7	12	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	83	3	0	0	0		0
27	P	Jake Wade*	27	20	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
28	P	Bill Sayles	21	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	-28	1	0	0	0		0
29	P	Monte Weaver*	33	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.7	152	6056	5308	890	1543	287	57	124	832	42	44	591	502	.291	.363	.436	.800	100	2316	146	15	140		35
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	2	1	2	4	2		8	5	3	3	1	2	2	2		2		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.6	152	5536	4846	846	1470	282	56	120	801	42	44	567	383	.303	.378	.459	.837	110	2224	137	13	108		35
		Pitcher Totals	29.4	152	520	462	44	73	5	1	4	31	0	0	24	119	.158	.203	.199	.402	2	92	9	2	32		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

League Register

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*	39	15	4	.789	2.54	23	23	0	17	2	0	191.0	180	63	54	8	58	1	81	1	0	0	798	185	3.22	1.246	8.5	0.4	2.7	3.8	1.40
2	SP	Jack Wilson	27	11	11	.500	4.67	36	22	5	6	0	2	177.1	198	109	92	10	75	1	80	1	0	4	797	101	3.71	1.539	10.0	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.07
3	SP	Fritz Ostermueller*	31	11	7	.611	4.24	34	20	9	8	0	4	159.1	173	86	75	6	58	6	61	2	0	5	701	111	3.45	1.450	9.8	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.05
4	SP	Elden Auker	28	9	10	.474	5.36	31	25	4	6	1	0	151.0	183	108	90	13	61	4	43	1	0	0	697	88	4.37	1.616	10.9	0.8	3.6	2.6	0.70
5	SP	Denny Galehouse	27	9	10	.474	4.54	30	18	6	6	1	0	146.2	160	84	74	6	52	5	68	1	0	2	639	104	3.28	1.445	9.8	0.4	3.2	4.2	1.31
6	SP	Woody Rich	23	4	3	.571	4.91	21	12	4	3	0	1	77.0	78	46	42	2	35	0	24	5	0	0	344	96	3.87	1.468	9.1	0.2	4.1	2.8	0.69
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	Joe Heving	38	11	3	.786	3.70	46	5	26	1	0	8	107.0	124	65	44	8	34	3	43	2	1	3	471	128	3.77	1.477	10.4	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.26
8	RP	Emerson Dickman	24	8	3	.727	4.43	48	1	23	0	0	6	113.2	126	70	56	10	43	5	46	3	0	3	507	107	4.14	1.487	10.0	0.8	3.4	3.6	1.07
9	RP	Jim Bagby	22	5	5	.500	7.09	21	11	5	3	0	0	80.0	119	66	63	7	36	4	35	2	0	2	388	67	4.28	1.938	13.4	0.8	4.1	3.9	0.97
10	RP	Jake Wade*	27	1	4	.200	6.23	20	6	8	1	0	0	47.2	68	34	33	1	37	1	21	0	0	2	234	76	4.31	2.203	12.8	0.2	7.0	4.0	0.57
11	RP	Monte Weaver	33	1	0	1.000	6.64	9	1	2	1	0	1	20.1	26	15	15	0	13	1	6	1	0	2	99	72	4.07	1.918	11.5	0.0	5.8	2.7	0.46
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		Charlie Wagner	26	3	1	.750	4.23	9	5	2	0	0	0	38.1	49	19	18	3	14	3	13	0	1	0	170	112	4.03	1.643	11.5	0.7	3.3	3.1	0.93
13		Bill LeFebvre*	23	1	1	.500	5.81	5	3	2	0	0	0	26.1	35	17	17	2	14	1	8	0	0	0	122	82	4.57	1.861	12.0	0.7	4.8	2.7	0.57
14		Bill Sayles	21	0	0		7.07	5	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	14	13	11	1	13	0	9	0	0	2	67	68	5.02	1.929	9.0	0.6	8.4	5.8	0.69
15		Jimmie Foxx	31	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		0.59	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	29.3	89	62	.589	4.56	152	152	100	52	4	22	1350.2	1533	795	684	77	543	35	539	19	2	25	6037	104	3.78	1.537	10.2	0.5	3.6	3.6	0.99
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		5				7	6	2	6	6	5	5	3	2		4
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