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1938 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939) 88-61, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 902 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-62 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 646,459 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats (1937/1939) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gene Desautels      31  108  333   47   97  16  2   2   48  57   31  .291  .396  .369   1   1       1  11           89
1B  Jimmie Foxx         30  149  565  139  197  33  9  50  175 119   76  .349  .462  .704   5   4       0   1          182
2B  Bobby Doerr         20  145  509   70  147  26  7   5   80  59   39  .289  .363  .397   5  10       0  22           86
3B  Pinky Higgins       29  139  524   77  159  29  5   5  106  71   55  .303  .388  .406  10   9       1   7           95
SS  Joe Cronin          31  143  530   98  172  51  5  17   94  91   60  .325  .428  .536   7   5       5  11          135
OF *Doc Cramer          32  148  658  116  198  36  8   0   71  51   19  .301  .354  .380   4   9       3   5           80
OF  Joe Vosmik          28  146  621  121  201  37  6   9   86  59   26  .324  .384  .446   0   3       2   7          103
OF  Ben Chapman         29  127  480   92  163  40  8   6   80  65   33  .340  .418  .494  13   6       0   8          123
   *Johnny Peacock      28   72  195   29   59   7  1   1   39  17    4  .303  .358  .364   4   1       0   2           78
   *Red Nonnenkamp      27   87  180   37   51   4  1   0   18  21   13  .283  .358  .317   6   1       0   3           67
    Eric McNair         29   46   96    9   15   1  1   0    7   3    6  .156  .182  .188   0   1       0   1           -9
    Jim Tabor           21   19   57    8   18   3  2   1    8   1    6  .316  .328  .491   0   1       0   1           98
    Moe Berg            36   10   12    0    4   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0       0   0           64
    Fabian Gaffke       24   15   10    2    1   0  0   0    1   3    2  .100  .308  .100   0   0       0   0            4

   *Fritz Ostermueller  30   33   74    7   16   4  1   0    9   4    8  .216  .256  .297   0   0       0   3           36
    Jim Bagby           21   45   68   10   13   4  0   0    7   1    8  .191  .214  .250   0   0       1   8           14
    Jack Wilson         26   37   68    7   15   2  0   0    7   2    8  .221  .243  .250   0   0       0   6           21
   *Lefty Grove         38   24   54    8    8   0  0   0    8   7   25  .148  .246  .148   0   0       0   7           -1
   *Johnny Marcum       28   19   37    3    5   0  0   0    3   6    9  .135  .256  .135   0   0       0   0           -1
    Emerson Dickman     23   32   35    8   10   2  0   1    3   5    9  .286  .375  .429   0   0       0   2           97
   #Archie McKain       27   37   31    3    2   1  0   0    1   3    9  .065  .147  .097   0   0       0   2          -39
    Joe Heving          37   16   30    2    4   1  0   0    2   1    7  .133  .161  .167   0   0       0   3          -19
    Bill Harris         38   13   28    4    6   0  0   0    5   1    3  .214  .241  .214   0   0       0   2           13
    Charlie Wagner      25   13   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0       0   0          -18
    Dick Midkiff        23   13   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    2  .200  .200  .300   0   0       0   0           21
    Lee Rogers          24   14    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0       0   0          -34
    Al Baker            32    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
   *Bill Lefebvre       22    1    1    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 4.000   0   0       0   0         1071
    Ted Olson           25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  150 5229  902 1566 298 56  98  860 650  463  .299  .377  .434  55  51      13 112          107
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    2    2   2  5   4        3    7     1     1     2   7   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jack Wilson         26  37   4.30  15  15  1  27   7  11   3  194.7  200  108   93  16   91   96  869   2   2  0     115
SP  Jim Bagby           21  43   4.21  15  11  2  25  12  10   1  198.7  218  110   93   9   90   73  873   5   3  0     117
SP *Lefty Grove         38  24   3.08  14   4  1  21   3  12   1  163.7  169   65   56   8   52   99  706   3   1  0     160
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  30  31   4.58  13   5  2  18   8  10   1  176.7  199   98   90  15   58   46  795   5   3  0     108
SP  Bill Harris         38  13   4.03   5   5  1  11   2   5   1   80.3   83   39   36   5   21   26  339   0   1  0     122
SP  Joe Heving          37  16   3.73   8   1  2  11   2   7   1   82.0   94   35   34   5   22   34  356   0   1  1     132
SP  Johnny Marcum       28  15   4.09   5   6  0  11   3   7   0   92.3  113   49   42  11   25   25  408   1   0  0     120

CL *Archie McKain       27  37   4.52   5   4  6   5  16   1   0   99.7  119   60   50   6   44   27  453   0   2  0     109
RP  Emerson Dickman     23  32   5.28   5   5  0  11   7   3   1  104.0  117   74   61   9   54   22  470   2   4  2      93
RP *Lee Rogers          24  14   6.51   1   1  0   2   7   0   0   27.7   32   24   20   4   18    7  130   0   0  1      76
RP  Dick Midkiff        23  13   5.09   1   1  0   2   5   0   0   35.3   43   30   20   5   21   10  169   1   0  0      97
RP  Charlie Wagner      25  13   8.35   1   3  0   6   4   1   0   36.7   47   36   34   5   24   14  179   0   1  0      59

    Al Baker            32   3   9.39   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.7   13    8    8   2    2    2   38   0   1  0      53
    Ted Olson           25   2   6.43   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    7.0    9    5    5   0    2    2   31   1   0  0      77
    Doc Cramer          32   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    2    2   0    3    1   17   0   0  0     110
   *Bill Lefebvre       22   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    8    6    6   2    0    0   21   0   1  0      37
    Bill Humphrey       27   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.0    5    2    2   0    1    0   12   0   0  0      55
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 150   4.46  88  61 15 150  83  67  10 1316.0 1472  751  652 102  528  484 5866  20  20  4     111
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   2   7  2           6   2      7    4    2        5    1    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GDesautels 108 423 52 7 7 .985 4 JPeacock 57 177 12 3 2 .984 3 MBerg 7 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 FGaffke 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 150 612 66 10 10 .985 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoxx 149 1282 116 19 153 .987 9.38 RNonnenkamp 5 16 0 0 1 1.000 3.20 MBerg 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 JPeacock 1 9 0 1 2 .900 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 150 1310 116 20 157 .986 9.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 145 372 420 26 118 .968 5.46 EMcNair 14 27 40 3 12 .957 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 150 399 460 29 130 .967 5.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 138 140 272 39 28 .914 2.99 JTabor 11 15 25 5 2 .889 3.64 EMcNair 3 4 1 1 0 .833 1.67 BChapman 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 150 159 299 45 30 .911 3.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 4.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCronin 142 304 449 36 110 .954 5.30 EMcNair 15 12 28 6 3 .870 2.67 JTabor 2 3 5 3 3 .727 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 150 319 482 45 116 .947 5.48 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DCramer 148 417 15 6 3 .986 2.92 0 148 0 JVosmik 146 302 14 7 4 .978 2.16 146 1 0 BChapman 126 267 15 10 5 .966 2.24 1 0 125 RNonnenkamp 39 85 5 3 1 .968 2.31 5 5 29 FGaffke 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 JPeacock 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 150 1072 49 26 13 .977 2.56 150 150 150 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .952 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBagby 43 16 43 3 3 .952 2.67 JWilson 37 15 27 3 2 .933 1.94 FOstermuell 31 15 30 4 3 .918 2.29 LGrove 24 0 29 0 0 1.000 1.59 EDickman 32 4 18 0 2 1.000 1.90 AMcKain 37 10 26 2 1 .947 3.25 JMarcum 15 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.76 JHeving 16 8 22 1 4 .968 3.29 BHarris 13 2 14 0 2 1.000 1.79 CWagner 13 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.47 DMidkiff 13 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.29 LRogers 14 3 11 2 1 .875 4.55 ABaker 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.34 TOlson 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 DCramer 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 BLefebvre 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHumphrey 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 150 81 249 15 18 .957 2.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Foxx .349 On-base % Foxx .462 Slugging % Foxx .704 OPS Foxx 1.166 Games Foxx 149 At Bats Cramer 658 Plate Appearances (approx.) Cramer 717 Runs Foxx 139 Hits Vosmik 201 Total Bases Foxx 398 Doubles Cronin 51 Triples Foxx 9 Home Runs Foxx 50 RBI Foxx 175 Bases on Balls Foxx 119 Strikeouts Foxx 76 Stolen Bases Chapman 13 Singles Cramer 154 Adjusted OPS+ Foxx 182 Runs Created Foxx 183 Adjusted Batting Runs Foxx 75 Batting Wins Foxx 6.7 Extra-Base Hits Foxx 92 Times on Base Foxx 316 Offensive Win% Foxx .837 Hit By Pitch Cronin 5 Sac. Hits Doerr 22 Caught Stealing Doerr 10 Power/Speed Number Cronin 9.9 At Bats per Strikeout Cramer 34.6 At Bats per Home Run Foxx 11.3 Outs Cramer 474

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grove 3.08 Wins Bagby and Wilson 15 Won-Loss % Grove .778 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grove 1.350 Hits Allowed/9IP Wilson 9.25 Bases on Balls/9IP Grove 2.86 Strikeouts/9IP Grove 5.44 Games Bagby 43 Saves McKain 6 Innings Bagby 198.7 Strikeouts Grove 99 Games Started Wilson 27 Comp. Games Grove 12 Shutouts Wilson 3 Home Runs Allow. Wilson 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Wilson 91 Hits Allowed Bagby 218 SO to Walk Grove 1.90 Losses Wilson 15 Earned Runs Allow. Bagby and Wilson 93 Wild Pitches Bagby and Ostermueller 5 Hit Batsmen Dickman 4 Batters Faced Bagby 873 Games Finished McKain 16 Adjusted ERA+ Grove 160

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Doc Cramer
Joe Cronin (Starting SS)
Jimmie Foxx (Starting 1B)
Lefty Grove

1937/1939

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