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1940 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941) 82-72, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 872 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 716,234 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 101, 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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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      33   71  222   19   50   7  1   0   17  32   13  .225  .328  .266   0   1   7   2   5           53
1B  Jimmie Foxx         32  144  515  106  153  30  4  36  119 101   87  .297  .412  .581   4   7  18   0   2          150
2B  Bobby Doerr         22  151  595   87  173  37 10  22  105  57   53  .291  .353  .497  10   5  16   0   6          114
3B  Jim Tabor           23  120  459   73  131  28  6  21   81  42   58  .285  .345  .510  14  10   5   0   4          115
SS  Joe Cronin          33  149  548  104  156  35  6  24  111  83   65  .285  .380  .502   7   5   6   1  13          123
OF *Doc Cramer          34  150  661   94  200  27 12   1   51  36   29  .303  .340  .384   3   5  13   1  14           84
OF *Ted Williams        21  144  561  134  193  43 14  23  113  96   54  .344  .442  .594   4   4  13   3   1          162
OF  Dom DiMaggio        23  108  418   81  126  32  6   8   46  41   46  .301  .367  .464   7   6   5   2   5          110
   *Lou Finney          29  130  534   73  171  31 15   5   73  33   13  .320  .360  .463   5   2  16   0   7          108
   *Johnny Peacock      30   63  131   20   37   4  1   0   13  23   10  .282  .390  .328   1   1   8   0   2           85
    Charlie Gelbert     34   30   91    9   18   2  0   0    8   8   16  .198  .263  .220   0   0   1   0   0           24
   *Stan Spence         25   51   68    5   19   2  1   2   13   4    9  .279  .319  .426   0   1   1   0   0           88
    Tom Carey           33   43   62    4   20   4  0   0    7   2    1  .323  .344  .387   0   0   2   0   2           86
    Marv Owen           34   20   57    4   12   0  0   0    6   8    4  .211  .308  .211   0   0   3   0   0           35
    Joe Glenn           31   22   47    3    6   1  0   0    4   5    7  .128  .212  .149   0   0   4   0   1           -6
   *Tony Lupien         23   10   19    5    9   3  2   0    4   1    1  .474  .500  .842   0   0   0   0   0          235
   *Red Nonnenkamp      29    9    7    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    4  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   1   0          -65

    Jim Bagby           23   44   74    8   15   3  1   0    8   0   12  .203  .203  .270   0   0   2   0   6           19
    Jack Wilson         28   41   66    9   18   2  1   2    8   1   11  .273  .284  .424   0   0   1   0   0           78
   *Fritz Ostermueller  32   33   54    9   17   3  0   0    1   3    6  .315  .351  .370   0   0   1   0   0           84
   *Lefty Grove         40   23   53    4    8   0  0   1    2   3   29  .151  .196  .208   0   1   0   0   5            3
    Herb Hash           29   35   40    4    7   5  0   0    4   0    4  .175  .175  .300   0   0   2   0   3           19
    Joe Heving          39   39   40    4    8   0  0   0    6   3    6  .200  .273  .200   0   0   2   1   2           23
    Denny Galehouse     28   25   39    0    3   1  0   0    1   0   19  .077  .077  .103   0   0   2   0   7          -55
    Emerson Dickman     25   35   28    1    3   0  0   0    0   1    9  .107  .167  .107   0   1   0   1   2          -29
   *Earl Johnson        21   18   27    3    2   0  0   0    0   0   10  .074  .074  .074   0   0   1   0   0          -62
   *Mickey Harris       23   13   22    6    6   0  0   0    2   6    7  .273  .429  .273   0   0   0   0   1           83
    Bill Fleming        26   10   13    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .071  .000   0   0   0   0   2          -80
    Yank Terry          29    4    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           28
    Bill Butland        22    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Alex Mustaikis      31    6    6    0    2   1  0   0    3   0    2  .333  .333  .500   0   0   0   0   0          109
    Charlie Wagner      27   13    5    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0            2
   *Woody Rich          24    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  154 5481  872 1566 301 80 145  808 590  597  .286  .355  .449  55  49 129  12  91          112
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    2    1   2  1   2        3    4     1     2     1   4   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  Jim Bagby           23  36   4.73  10  16  2  21  12   6   1  182.7  217  104   96  15   83   57  829   5   1  0      95
SP *Lefty Grove         40  22   3.99   7   6  0  21   1   9   1  153.3  159   73   68  20   50   62  652   1   1  0     113
SP  Denny Galehouse     28  25   5.18   6   6  0  20   3   5   0  120.0  155   77   69  10   41   53  543   4   0  1      87
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  32  31   4.95   5   9  0  16   7   5   0  143.7  166   86   79   7   70   80  662   4   0  0      91
SP *Earl Johnson        21  17   4.09   6   2  0  10   2   2   0   70.3   69   33   32   0   39   26  309   3   2  0     110
SP *Mickey Harris       23  13   5.00   4   2  0   9   2   3   0   68.3   83   40   38   8   26   36  313   3   2  0      90
SP  Bill Fleming        26  10   4.86   1   2  0   6   2   1   0   46.3   53   27   25   4   20   24  206   2   2  0      93

CL  Jack Wilson         28  41   5.08  12   6  5  16  15   9   0  157.7  170  104   89  17   87  102  723   6   3  0      89
RP  Joe Heving          39  39   4.01  12   7  3   7  21   4   0  119.0  129   63   53   7   42   55  525   1   3  0     113
RP  Emerson Dickman     25  35   6.03   8   6  3   9  11   2   0  100.0  121   74   67  15   38   40  460   1   4  0      75
RP  Herb Hash           29  34   4.95   7   7  3  12  15   3   1  120.0  123   68   66  11   84   36  558   3   5  0      91
RP  Charlie Wagner      27  12   5.52   1   0  0   1   7   0   0   29.3   45   22   18   5    8   13  140   1   0  0      82

    Bill Butland        22   3   5.57   1   2  0   3   0   1   0   21.0   27   13   13   0   10    5   99   0   0  0      81
    Yank Terry          29   4   8.84   1   0  0   1   0   0   0   19.3   24   19   19   2   11    9   94   1   0  0      51
    Alex Mustaikis      31   6   9.00   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   15.0   15   18   15   1   15    6   76   1   0  0      50
    Woody Rich          24   3   0.77   1   0  0   1   1   1   0   11.7    9    3    1   2    1    8   44   0   0  0     585
    Ted Williams        21   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    1    1   0    0    1    9   0   0  0     100
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 154   4.89  82  72 16 154 103  51   4 1379.0 1568  825  749 124  625  613 6242  36  23  1      92
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   4   4  4           8   6      2    7    6        7    7    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GDesautels 70 325 27 3 8 .992 2 JPeacock 48 159 13 1 0 .994 2 JFoxx 42 178 18 1 2 .995 7 JGlenn 19 67 6 3 0 .961 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 729 64 8 10 .990 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoxx 95 844 79 9 87 .990 9.72 LFinney 51 504 23 3 41 .994 10.33 TLupien 8 37 2 0 4 1.000 4.88 MOwen 8 53 8 1 9 .984 7.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1438 112 13 141 .992 10.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 151 401 480 21 118 .977 5.83 TCarey 4 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 404 488 21 120 .977 5.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .937 3.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTabor 120 143 267 33 25 .926 3.42 CGelbert 29 23 65 7 5 .926 3.03 MOwen 9 9 16 1 3 .962 2.78 TCarey 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 JCronin 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 JFoxx 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 177 354 41 33 .928 3.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCronin 146 252 443 38 89 .948 4.76 TCarey 20 21 40 3 12 .953 3.05 CGelbert 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 273 483 41 101 .949 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .970 2.32 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DCramer 149 333 11 11 2 .969 2.31 16 96 37 TWilliams 143 302 13 13 2 .960 2.20 128 0 16 DDiMaggio 94 239 16 6 5 .977 2.71 11 59 26 LFinney 69 148 10 4 0 .975 2.29 0 0 69 SSpence 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 6 0 9 JBagby 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1037 50 34 9 .970 2.36 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBagby 36 17 28 1 6 .978 2.22 JWilson 41 14 12 0 1 1.000 1.48 LGrove 22 1 34 3 0 .921 2.05 FOstermuell 31 2 21 1 0 .958 1.44 DGalehouse 25 11 22 0 2 1.000 2.48 HHash 34 12 26 2 0 .950 2.85 JHeving 39 8 22 4 3 .882 2.27 EDickman 35 5 29 3 5 .919 3.06 EJohnson 17 2 19 0 1 1.000 2.69 MHarris 13 5 13 0 0 1.000 2.37 BFleming 10 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.17 CWagner 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.84 BButland 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.43 YTerry 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.87 AMustaikis 6 2 7 1 1 .900 5.40 WRich 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 TWilliams 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 82 257 15 19 .958 2.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Williams .344 On-base % Williams .442 Slugging % Williams .594 OPS Williams 1.036 Games Doerr 151 At Bats Cramer 661 Plate Appearances (approx.) Cramer 712 Runs Williams 134 Hits Cramer 200 Total Bases Williams 333 Doubles Williams 43 Triples Finney 15 Home Runs Foxx 36 RBI Foxx 119 Bases on Balls Foxx 101 Strikeouts Foxx 87 Stolen Bases Tabor 14 Singles Cramer 160 Adjusted OPS+ Williams 162 Runs Created Williams 145 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 55 Batting Wins Williams 5.1 Extra-Base Hits Williams 80 Times on Base Williams 292 Offensive Win% Williams .782 Hit By Pitch Williams 3 Sac. Hits Cramer 14 Grounded into Double Plays Foxx 18 Caught Stealing Tabor 10 Power/Speed Number Tabor 16.8 At Bats per Strikeout Finney 41.1 At Bats per Home Run Foxx 14.3 Outs Cramer 493

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Bagby 4.73 Wins Heving and Wilson 12 Won-Loss % Wilson .667 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wilson 1.630 Hits Allowed/9IP Wilson 9.70 Bases on Balls/9IP Bagby 4.09 Strikeouts/9IP Wilson 5.82 Games Wilson 41 Saves Wilson 5 Innings Bagby 182.7 Strikeouts Wilson 102 Games Started Bagby and Grove 21 Comp. Games Grove and Wilson 9 Shutouts Bagby, Grove, and Hash 1 Home Runs Allow. Grove 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Wilson 87 Hits Allowed Bagby 217 SO to Walk Wilson 1.17 Losses Bagby 16 Earned Runs Allow. Bagby 96 Wild Pitches Wilson 6 Hit Batsmen Hash 5 Batters Faced Bagby 829 Games Finished Heving 21 Adjusted ERA+ Bagby 95

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Doc Cramer
Lou Finney
Jimmie Foxx (Starting 1B)
Ted Williams (Starting LF)

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