1949 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

1948 Season 1950 Season

Record: 96-58-1, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-58-1)

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 1,596,650 (4th of 8)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 97-57, 896 Runs, 667 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Matt Batts	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Oct 16, 1921	3	60	39	60	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.1	$6,000
Merrill Combs	29	us US	L	R	6' 0"	172	Dec 11, 1919	2	14	7	14	10	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	-0.1
Dom DiMaggio	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	168	Feb 12, 1917	7	145	143	145	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	0	144	1	1	3.7	$30,000	All-Star
Joe Dobson	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	197	Jan 20, 1917	9	33	27	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	$20,000
Bobby Doerr HOF	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 7, 1918	12	139	139	139	139	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.4	$27,500
Fritz Dorish	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	204	Jul 13, 1921	3	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Walt Dropo	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Jan 30, 1923	1st	11	11	11	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$6,000
Dave Ferriss	27	us US	L	R	6' 2"	208	Dec 5, 1921	5	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$15,000
Denny Galehouse	37	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Dec 7, 1911	15	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$11,000
Billy Goodman	23	us US	L	R	5' 11"	165	Mar 22, 1926	3	122	116	122	117	0	0	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.9		All-Star
Mickey Harris	32	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	Jan 30, 1917	6	7	6	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$10,000
Billy Hitchcock	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 31, 1916	5	55	36	55	37	0	0	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	-1.1
Tex Hughson	33	us US	R	R	6' 3"	198	Feb 9, 1916	8	29	2	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$15,000
Earl Johnson	30	us US	L	L	6' 3"	190	Apr 2, 1919	6	19	3	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.7
Ellis Kinder	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Jul 26, 1914	4	43	30	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.4	$13,000
Jack Kramer	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jan 5, 1918	10	21	18	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$25,000
Babe Martin	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	194	Mar 28, 1920	5	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	$6,700
Walt Masterson	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	189	Jun 22, 1920	9	18	5	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Windy McCall	23	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Jul 18, 1925	2	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Mickey McDermott	20	us US	L	L	6' 2"	170	Apr 29, 1929	2	12	12	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Sam Mele	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	183	Jan 21, 1922	3	18	11	18	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	7	0	-0.4
Tommy O'Brien	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	195	Dec 19, 1918	4	49	32	49	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	25	32	14	3	-0.4
Mel Parnell	27	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Jun 13, 1922	3	39	33	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.3		All-Star
Johnny Pesky	30	us US	L	R	5' 9"	168	Feb 27, 1919	5	148	148	148	148	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	$17,500
Frank Quinn	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Nov 27, 1927	1st	8	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Jack Robinson	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 20, 1921	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Stan Spence	34	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Mar 20, 1915	9	7	5	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	0	-0.1	$15,000
Vern Stephens	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Oct 23, 1920	9	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9	$25,000	All-Star
Chuck Stobbs	19	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jul 2, 1929	3	26	19	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	$7,500
Lou Stringer	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	173	May 13, 1917	5	35	8	35	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14	0.2
Birdie Tebbetts	36	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Nov 10, 1912	11	122	116	122	119	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.7		All-Star
Ted Williams HOF	30	us US	L	R	6' 3"	205	Aug 30, 1918	8	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	155	0	0	9.0	$75,000	All-Star
Johnnie Wittig	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jun 16, 1914	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tom Wright	25	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Sep 22, 1923	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Al Zarilla	30	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	May 1, 1919	6	124	119	124	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	118	122	2	1	0.9
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Joe McCarthy HOF	62	us US	Apr 21, 1887	Manager	Apr 19	Oct 2
Paul Schreiber	46	us US	Oct 8, 1902	Hitting	Apr 19	Oct 2
Johnny Schulte	52	us US	Sep 8, 1896	Bullpen	Apr 19	Oct 2
Earle Combs	50	us US	May 14, 1899	First base	Apr 19	Oct 2
Kiki Cuyler	50	us US	Aug 30, 1898	Third base	Apr 19	Oct 2
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date