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1942 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941/1943) 93-59, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 761 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-59 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 730,340 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 104, 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   Bill Conroy         27   83  250   22   50   4  2   4   20  40   47  .200  .315  .280   2   0   4   2   6           66
1B *Tony Lupien         25  128  463   63  130  25  7   3   70  50   20  .281  .351  .384  10  12   4   0  12          104
2B  Bobby Doerr         24  144  545   71  158  35  5  15  102  67   55  .290  .369  .455   4   4  11   1  12          128
3B  Jim Tabor           25  139  508   56  128  18  2  12   75  37   47  .252  .303  .366   6  13  11   0   9           85
SS *Johnny Pesky        22  147  620  105  205  29  9   2   51  42   36  .331  .375  .416  12   7   8   2  22          119
OF  Dom DiMaggio        25  151  622  110  178  36  8  14   48  70   52  .286  .364  .437  16  10   9   6   4          122
OF *Ted Williams        23  150  522  141  186  34  5  36  137 145   51  .356  .499  .648   3   2  12   4   0          217
OF *Lou Finney          31  113  397   58  113  16  7   3   61  29   11  .285  .335  .383   3   3   9   1   4           99
   *Johnny Peacock      32   88  286   17   76   7  3   0   25  21   11  .266  .316  .311   1   1   5   0   2           74
    Pete Fox            33   77  256   42   67  15  5   3   42  20   28  .262  .323  .395   8   7   8   3   7           99
    Jimmie Foxx         34   30  100   18   27   4  0   5   14  18   15  .270  .392  .460   0   0   1   2   0          136
    Skeeter Newsome     31   29   95    7   26   6  0   0    9   9    5  .274  .337  .337   2   1   2   0   1           87
    Joe Cronin          35   45   79    7   24   3  0   4   24  15   21  .304  .415  .494   0   1   3   0   1          152
   *Paul Campbell       24   26   15    4    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .067  .125  .067   1   0   0   0   0          -46
    Andy Gilbert        27    6   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .091  .167  .091   0   0   0   0   2          -27
    Tom Carey           35    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          456

    Tex Hughson         26   38  102    8   18   3  0   0    6   8   26  .176  .236  .206   0   0   0   0   7           23
    Joe Dobson          25   30   69    6   10   1  0   0    3   3   17  .145  .192  .159   0   0   1   1   5           -2
   *Oscar Judd          34   36   67   10   18   2  1   2    4   3    7  .269  .300  .418   0   0   0   0   3           98
    Charlie Wagner      29   29   65    4    5   0  0   0    2   2   14  .077  .104  .077   0   0   1   0  11          -49
    Dick Newsome        32   24   55    3   13   2  0   0    3   1    7  .236  .250  .273   0   0   1   0   6           45
   *Ken Chase           28   13   33    5    6   2  1   0    2   0    7  .182  .182  .303   0   0   1   0   3           33
    Bill Butland        24   23   28    0    1   0  0   0    1   7   12  .036  .229  .036   0   0   1   0   2          -24
    Yank Terry          31   20   27    1    3   2  0   0    0   0    7  .111  .111  .185   0   0   2   0   1          -19
    Mike Ryba           39   21   17    1    5   0  0   0    1   0    1  .294  .294  .294   0   0   0   0   0           64
    Mace Brown          33   34   15    2    1   0  0   0    0   2    3  .067  .176  .067   0   0   0   0   3          -31
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6  152 5248  761 1451 244 55 103  702 591  508  .276  .350  .403  68  61  94  22 123          118
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    2    1   1  4   2        2    5     1     1     1   5   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Tex Hughson         26  38   2.59  22   6  4  30   5  22   4  281.0  258   92   81  10   75  113 1150   1   1  1     144
SP  Charlie Wagner      29  29   3.29  14  11  0  26   1  17   2  205.3  184   87   75   5   95   52  868   2   5  0     113
SP  Joe Dobson          25  30   3.30  11   9  0  23   6  10   3  182.7  155   73   67   9   68   72  750   1   2  1     113
SP  Dick Newsome        32  24   5.01   8  10  0  23   0  11   0  158.0  174   98   88  11   67   40  701   2   0  0      74
SP *Oscar Judd          34  31   3.89   8  10  2  19   7  11   0  150.3  135   72   65   3   90   70  664   7   2  0      96
SP  Yank Terry          31  20   3.92   6   5  1  11   4   3   0   85.0   82   48   37   5   43   37  378   2   2  0      95
SP *Ken Chase           28  13   3.81   5   1  0  10   1   4   0   80.3   82   37   34   5   41   34  356   3   0  1      98

CL  Mace Brown          33  34   3.43   9   3  6   0  23   0   0   60.3   56   27   23   4   28   20  252   3   0  0     109
RP  Mike Ryba           39  18   3.86   3   3  3   0  15   0   0   44.3   49   25   19   5   13   16  194   0   1  0      97
RP  Bill Butland        24  23   2.51   7   1  1  10   6   6   2  111.3   85   35   31   8   33   46  453   2   3  0     149

---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 152   3.44  93  59 17 152  68  84  11 1358.0 1260  594  519  65  553  500 5766  23  16  3     108
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   2   7  1           3   6      6    2    3        5    4    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BConroy 83 324 40 11 6 .971 5 JPeacock 82 280 44 4 8 .988 6 MRyba 3 12 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 616 86 15 14 .979 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TLupien 121 1091 68 9 99 .992 9.58 JFoxx 27 231 34 1 28 .996 9.81 JCronin 5 37 3 1 3 .976 8.00 LFinney 2 22 0 0 2 1.000 11.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1381 105 11 132 .993 9.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 142 376 453 21 105 .975 5.84 SNewsome 10 32 26 2 5 .967 5.80 TCarey 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 409 479 23 110 .975 5.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .939 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTabor 138 168 236 33 24 .924 2.93 SNewsome 12 10 27 3 4 .925 3.08 JCronin 11 9 23 5 4 .865 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 187 286 41 32 .920 3.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 147 320 465 37 94 .955 5.34 SNewsome 7 14 14 2 4 .933 4.00 JCronin 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 335 481 39 98 .954 5.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .976 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DDiMaggio 151 439 19 6 7 .987 3.03 0 151 0 TWilliams 150 312 15 4 4 .988 2.18 150 0 0 LFinney 95 199 8 5 1 .976 2.18 3 1 92 PFox 71 111 2 4 0 .966 1.59 7 0 64 AGilbert 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 5 0 PCampbell 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 0 4 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1068 44 19 12 .983 2.46 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- THughson 38 16 59 1 7 .987 2.40 CWagner 29 9 46 0 3 1.000 2.41 JDobson 30 17 42 0 2 1.000 2.91 DNewsome 24 11 36 4 4 .922 2.68 OJudd 31 6 29 1 1 .972 2.10 BButland 23 14 20 0 0 1.000 2.75 YTerry 20 3 16 1 1 .950 2.01 KChase 13 4 12 2 1 .889 1.79 MBrown 34 0 17 0 1 1.000 2.54 MRyba 18 0 14 0 0 1.000 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 80 291 9 20 .976 2.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .356 On-base % Williams .499 Slugging % Williams .648 OPS Williams 1.147 Games DiMaggio 151 At Bats DiMaggio 622 Plate Appearances (approx.) DiMaggio 702 Runs Williams 141 Hits Pesky 205 Total Bases Williams 338 Doubles DiMaggio 36 Triples Pesky 9 Home Runs Williams 36 RBI Williams 137 Bases on Balls Williams 145 Strikeouts Doerr 55 Stolen Bases DiMaggio 16 Singles Pesky 165 Adjusted OPS+ Williams 217 Runs Created Williams 168 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 93 Batting Wins Williams 9.4 Extra-Base Hits Williams 75 Times on Base Williams 335 Offensive Win% Williams .890 Hit By Pitch DiMaggio 6 Sac. Hits Pesky 22 Grounded into Double Plays Williams 12 Caught Stealing Tabor 13 Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 14.9 At Bats per Strikeout Finney 36.1 At Bats per Home Run Williams 14.5 Outs DiMaggio 467

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Hughson 2.59 Wins Hughson 22 Won-Loss % Hughson .786 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hughson 1.185 Hits Allowed/9IP Dobson 7.64 Bases on Balls/9IP Hughson 2.40 Strikeouts/9IP Hughson 3.62 Games Hughson 38 Saves Brown 6 Innings Hughson 281.0 Strikeouts Hughson 113 Games Started Hughson 30 Comp. Games Hughson 22 Shutouts Hughson 4 Home Runs Allow. Newsome 11 Bases On Balls Allow. Wagner 95 Hits Allowed Hughson 258 SO to Walk Hughson 1.51 Losses Wagner 11 Earned Runs Allow. Newsome 88 Wild Pitches Judd 7 Hit Batsmen Wagner 5 Batters Faced Hughson 1150 Games Finished Brown 23 Adjusted ERA+ Hughson 144

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Dom DiMaggio
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