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1939 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 89-62, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 890 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-68 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 573,070 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 107   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: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / 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  *Johnny Peacock      29   92  274   33   76  11  4   0   36  29   11  .277  .347  .347   1   1   4   0   9           75
1B  Jimmie Foxx         31  124  467  130  168  31 10  35  105  89   72  .360  .464  .694   4   3  17   2   5          188
2B  Bobby Doerr         21  127  525   75  167  28  2  12   73  38   32  .318  .365  .448   1  10  17   1  10          103
3B  Jim Tabor           22  149  577   76  167  33  8  14   95  40   54  .289  .337  .447  16  10  15   1   8           96
SS  Joe Cronin          32  143  520   97  160  33  3  19  107  87   48  .308  .407  .492   6   6  18   0  20          125
OF *Ted Williams        20  149  565  131  185  44 11  31  145 107   64  .327  .436  .609   2   1  10   2   3          160
OF  Joe Vosmik          29  145  554   89  153  29  6   7   84  66   33  .276  .356  .388   4   3  27   3  17           87
OF *Doc Cramer          33  137  589  110  183  30  6   0   56  36   17  .311  .352  .382   3   3  16   2  15           85
   *Lou Finney          28   95  249   43   81  18  3   1   46  24   11  .325  .385  .434   2   5   4   0   5          105
    Gene Desautels      32   76  226   26   55  14  0   0   21  33   13  .243  .340  .305   3   1   2   0  10           63
    Tom Carey           32   54  161   17   39   6  2   0   20   3    9  .242  .265  .304   0   0   4   2   4           43
   *Red Nonnenkamp      28   58   75   12   18   2  1   0    5  12    6  .240  .345  .293   0   1   2   0   0           62
    Moe Berg            37   14   33    3    9   1  0   1    5   2    3  .273  .314  .394   0   0   1   0   0           77
    Boze Berger         29   20   30    4    9   2  0   0    2   1   10  .300  .323  .367   0   0   0   0   2           73
    Fabian Gaffke       25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Lefty Grove         39   25   67    3    9   0  0   1    5   9   26  .134  .237  .179   0   0   0   0   9            6
    Jack Wilson         27   37   63    6   10   0  0   0    6   0   17  .159  .159  .159   0   0   0   0   5          -20
   *Fritz Ostermueller  31   34   56    4    9   0  1   0    4   3    5  .161  .203  .196   0   0   4   0   5            1
    Elden Auker         28   31   53    6   12   1  0   2    3   1   14  .226  .241  .358   0   0   0   0   3           49
    Denny Galehouse     27   30   47    0    3   1  0   0    1   6   20  .064  .185  .085   0   0   2   1   4          -30
    Emerson Dickman     24   48   36    2    2   0  0   0    1   2   13  .056  .105  .056   0   0   1   0   0          -58
    Jim Bagby           22   21   34   10   10   2  0   1    4   0    1  .294  .314  .441   0   0   1   1   2           88
    Joe Heving          38   46   32    5    6   1  0   0    3   0    4  .188  .188  .219   0   0   0   0   3            2
   *Woody Rich          23   21   27    2    7   0  0   0    1   1    4  .259  .286  .259   0   0   1   0   1           38
    Charlie Wagner      26   11   14    2    1   0  0   0    2   0    2  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   0          -64
   *Jake Wade           27   20   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Bill Lefebvre       23    7   10    3    3   0  0   0    1   2    2  .300  .417  .300   0   0   0   0   0           83
    Bill Sayles         21    5    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0          -28
   *Monte Weaver        33    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  152 5308  890 1543 287 57 124  832 591  505  .291  .362  .436  42  44 146  15 140          109
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    2    1   2  4   2        3    6     1     2     2   8   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Elden Auker         28  31   5.36   9  10  0  25   4   6   1  151.0  183  108   90  13   61   43  697   0   1  0      88
SP *Lefty Grove         39  23   2.54  15   4  0  23   0  17   2  191.0  180   63   54   8   58   81  798   0   1  0     185
SP  Jack Wilson         27  36   4.67  11  11  2  22   5   6   0  177.3  198  109   92  10   75   80  797   4   1  0     101
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  31  34   4.24  11   7  4  20   9   8   0  159.3  173   86   75   6   58   61  701   5   2  0     111
SP  Denny Galehouse     27  30   4.54   9  10  0  18   6   6   1  146.7  160   84   74   6   52   68  639   2   1  0     104
SP  Woody Rich          23  21   4.91   4   3  1  12   4   3   0   77.0   78   46   42   2   35   24  344   0   5  0      96
SP  Jim Bagby           22  21   7.09   5   5  0  11   5   3   0   80.0  119   66   63   7   36   35  388   2   2  0      66
SP  Charlie Wagner      26   9   4.23   3   1  0   5   2   0   0   38.3   49   19   18   3   14   13  170   0   0  1     111

CL  Joe Heving          38  46   3.70  11   3  7   5  26   1   0  107.0  124   65   44   8   34   43  471   3   2  1     127
RP  Emerson Dickman     24  48   4.43   8   3  5   1  23   0   0  113.7  126   70   56  10   43   46  507   3   3  0     106
RP *Jake Wade           27  20   6.23   1   4  0   6   8   1   0   47.7   68   34   33   1   37   21  234   2   0  0      76
RP  Monte Weaver        33   9   6.64   1   0  1   1   2   1   0   20.3   26   15   15   0   13    6   99   2   1  0      71
RP  Bill Sayles         21   5   7.07   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   14.0   14   13   11   1   13    9   67   2   0  0      67

   *Bill Lefebvre       23   5   5.81   1   1  0   3   2   0   0   26.3   35   17   17   2   14    8  122   0   0  0      81
    Jimmie Foxx         31   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    1    3   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 152   4.56  89  62 20 152 100  52   4 1350.0 1533  795  684  77  543  539 6037  25  19  2     103
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   2   7  3           7   6      6    6    5        3    2    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JPeacock 84 314 33 10 6 .972 4 GDesautels 73 310 48 2 5 .994 1 MBerg 13 45 10 2 1 .965 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 669 91 14 12 .982 6 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoxx 123 1101 91 10 104 .992 9.69 LFinney 32 280 11 4 27 .986 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1381 102 14 131 .991 9.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 126 336 431 19 95 .976 6.09 TCarey 35 75 87 0 19 1.000 4.63 BBerger 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 411 519 19 114 .980 6.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTabor 148 144 338 40 32 .923 3.26 BBerger 5 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 148 348 40 33 .925 3.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCronin 142 306 437 32 93 .959 5.23 BBerger 10 8 10 1 1 .947 1.80 TCarey 10 18 29 2 3 .959 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 332 476 35 97 .958 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TWilliams 149 318 11 19 3 .945 2.21 0 0 149 JVosmik 144 296 9 8 0 .974 2.12 144 0 0 DCramer 135 356 12 6 0 .984 2.73 0 135 0 LFinney 24 48 1 2 1 .961 2.04 3 16 5 RNonnenkamp 15 25 0 1 0 .962 1.67 7 4 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1043 33 36 4 .968 2.39 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LGrove 23 0 21 3 2 .875 0.99 JWilson 36 14 25 1 1 .975 1.98 FOstermuell 34 12 22 2 2 .944 1.92 EAuker 31 9 35 4 2 .917 2.62 DGalehouse 30 11 24 3 2 .921 2.15 EDickman 48 4 33 2 3 .949 2.93 JHeving 46 8 17 3 2 .893 2.10 JBagby 21 3 11 1 2 .933 1.57 WRich 21 3 22 3 0 .893 2.92 JWade 20 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.51 CWagner 9 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.88 BLefebvre 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.03 MWeaver 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44 BSayles 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 JFoxx 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 68 229 22 16 .931 1.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .360 On-base % Foxx .464 Slugging % Foxx .694 OPS Foxx 1.158 Games Tabor and Williams 149 At Bats Cramer 589 Plate Appearances (approx.) Williams 677 Runs Williams 131 Hits Williams 185 Total Bases Williams 344 Doubles Williams 44 Triples Williams 11 Home Runs Foxx 35 RBI Williams 145 Bases on Balls Williams 107 Strikeouts Foxx 72 Stolen Bases Tabor 16 Singles Cramer 147 Adjusted OPS+ Foxx 188 Runs Created Foxx and Williams 149 Adjusted Batting Runs Foxx 64 Batting Wins Foxx 5.9 Extra-Base Hits Williams 86 Times on Base Williams 294 Offensive Win% Foxx .833 Hit By Pitch Vosmik 3 Sac. Hits Cronin 20 Grounded into Double Plays Vosmik 27 Caught Stealing Doerr and Tabor 10 Power/Speed Number Tabor 14.9 At Bats per Strikeout Cramer 34.6 At Bats per Home Run Foxx 13.3 Outs Vosmik 448

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grove 2.54 Wins Grove 15 Won-Loss % Grove .789 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grove 1.246 Hits Allowed/9IP Grove 8.48 Bases on Balls/9IP Grove 2.73 Strikeouts/9IP Wilson 4.06 Games Dickman 48 Saves Heving 7 Innings Grove 191.0 Strikeouts Grove 81 Games Started Auker 25 Comp. Games Grove 17 Shutouts Grove 2 Home Runs Allow. Auker 13 Bases On Balls Allow. Wilson 75 Hits Allowed Wilson 198 SO to Walk Grove 1.40 Losses Wilson 11 Earned Runs Allow. Wilson 92 Wild Pitches Ostermueller 5 Hit Batsmen Rich 5 Batters Faced Grove 798 Games Finished Heving 26 Adjusted ERA+ Grove 185

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

1938/1940

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