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1946 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945/1947) 104-50, Finished 1st in American League View League Standings and Leaders Won AL Pennant Scored 792 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,416,944 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 105   (one-year): Batting - 114, Pitching - 111   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-3) to St. Louis Cardinals 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  *Hal Wagner          30  117  370   39   85  12  2   6   52  69   32  .230  .354  .322   3   1   7   2   4           85
1B  Rudy York           32  154  579   78  160  30  6  17  119  86   93  .276  .371  .437   3   2  16   1   3          120
2B  Bobby Doerr         28  151  583   95  158  34  9  18  116  66   67  .271  .346  .453   5   6  18   1   9          116
3B  Rip Russell         31   80  274   22   57  10  1   6   35  13   30  .208  .247  .318   1   1  11   1   7           53
SS *Johnny Pesky        26  153  621  115  208  43  4   2   55  65   29  .335  .401  .427   9   8   8   3  14          126
OF *Ted Williams        27  150  514  142  176  37  8  38  123 156   44  .342  .497  .667   0   0  12   2   0          215
OF  Dom DiMaggio        29  142  534   85  169  24  7   7   73  66   58  .316  .393  .427  10   6  16   1   9          123
OF *Catfish Metkovich   25   86  281   42   69  15  2   4   25  36   39  .246  .333  .356   8   3   2   1   2           88
    Pinky Higgins       37   64  200   18   55  11  1   2   28  24   24  .275  .356  .370   0   2   8   1   2           98
    Leon Culberson      26   59  179   34   56  10  1   3   18  16   19  .313  .369  .430   3   2   4   0   9          117
   *Wally Moses         35   48  175   23   36  11  3   2   17  14   15  .206  .268  .337   2   4   1   1   1           64
    Tom McBride         31   61  153   21   46   5  2   0   19   9    6  .301  .340  .359   0   1   5   0   3           91
    Roy Partee          28   40  111   13   35   5  2   0    9  13   14  .315  .387  .396   0   0   5   0   4          114
    Eddie Pellagrini    28   22   71    7   15   3  1   2    4   3   18  .211  .253  .366   1   0   3   1   2           67
    Don Gutteridge      34   22   47    8   11   3  0   1    6   2    7  .234  .265  .362   0   0   1   0   3           70
    Ernie Andres        28   15   41    0    4   2  0   0    1   3    5  .098  .159  .146   0   0   1   0   0          -16
    Eddie McGah         24   15   37    2    8   1  1   0    1   7    7  .216  .341  .297   0   0   0   0   1           75
   *Johnny Lazor        33   23   29    1    4   0  0   1    4   2   11  .138  .194  .241   0   0   2   0   0           18
   *Paul Campbell       28   28   26    3    3   1  0   0    0   2    7  .115  .179  .154   0   0   0   0   0           -9
    Frankie Pytlak      37    4   14    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0          -22
    Tom Carey           39    3    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   1   0   0            9
   *Ben Steiner         24    3    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           37
    Andy Gilbert        31    2    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Dave Ferriss        24   45  115   12   24   6  0   0    7   5   19  .209  .242  .261   0   0   3   0   2           37
    Tex Hughson         30   39   91    5   12   1  0   0    4   8   28  .132  .202  .143   0   0   1   0  10           -5
   *Mickey Harris       29   34   78   11   18   1  0   0    5  10   21  .231  .318  .244   0   0   3   0   5           55
    Joe Dobson          29   32   50    5    5   0  0   0    2   4   28  .100  .167  .100   0   0   0   0   6          -26
    Jim Bagby           29   21   42    2    5   1  0   0    2   2    9  .119  .159  .143   0   0   3   0   0          -17
   *Earl Johnson        27   29   22    4    5   2  0   0    4   4    9  .227  .346  .318   0   0   1   0   1           82
    Bill Zuber          33   15   18    1    2   0  0   0    2   1    6  .111  .158  .111   0   0   0   0   1          -26
    Bob Klinger         38   28   16    1    5   0  0   0    2   0    2  .313  .313  .313   0   0   1   0   3           71
    Charlie Wagner      33    8   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   2          -50
   *Clem Dreisewerd     30   20   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    7  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   2          -74
    Mace Brown          37   18    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Bill Butland        28    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           37
   *Randy Heflin        27    5    3    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0          264
    Mel Deutsch         30    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Mike Ryba           43    9    2    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          446
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1  156 5318  792 1441 268 50 109  737 687  661  .271  .354  .402  45  36 133  15 106          114
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    1    1   1  4   2        1    4     1     1     1   6   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Dave Ferriss        24  40   3.25  25   6  3  35   4  26   6  274.0  274  109   99  14   71  106 1141   1   3  0     113
SP  Tex Hughson         30  39   2.75  20  11  3  35   4  21   6  278.0  252   89   85  15   51  172 1128   1   2  0     134
SP *Mickey Harris       29  34   3.64  17   9  0  30   0  15   0  222.7  236  105   90  18   76  131  975   2   3  1     101
SP  Joe Dobson          29  32   3.24  13   7  0  24   3   9   1  166.7  148   72   60  11   68   91  710   4   1  2     114
SP  Jim Bagby           29  21   3.71   7   6  0  11   4   6   1  106.7  117   55   44   4   49   16  476   1   1  0      99

CL  Bob Klinger         38  28   2.37   3   2  9   1  20   0   0   57.0   49   16   15   1   25   16  236   1   1  0     155
RP *Earl Johnson        27  29   3.71   5   4  3   5  14   0   0   80.0   78   39   33   5   39   40  356   1   2  0      99
RP *Clem Dreisewerd     30  20   4.18   4   1  0   1   7   0   0   47.3   50   22   22   3   15   19  202   0   0  0      88
RP  Mace Brown          37  18   2.05   3   1  1   0   6   0   0   26.3   26    7    6   2   16   10  116   0   0  0     179
RP  Mike Ryba           43   9   3.55   0   1  1   0   5   0   0   12.7   12    7    5   1    5    5   53   1   0  0     104

    Bill Zuber          33  15   2.54   5   1  0   7   6   2   1   56.7   37   20   16   4   39   29  239   2   0  0     145
    Charlie Wagner      33   8   5.87   1   0  0   4   1   0   0   30.7   32   21   20   6   19   14  137   0   0  0      63
    Bill Butland        28   5  11.02   1   0  0   2   0   0   0   16.3   23   20   20   3   13   10   81   0   0  0      33
    Randy Heflin        27   5   2.45   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   14.7   16    5    4   0   12    6   71   0   1  0     150
    Mel Deutsch         30   3   5.68   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.3    7    5    4   1    3    2   28   1   0  0      65
    Jim Wilson          24   1  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.7    2    2    2   1    0    0    4   0   0  0      14
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 156   3.38 104  50 20 156  77  79  15 1396.0 1359  594  524  89  501  667 5953  15  14  3     109
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   1   8  1           2   4      2    5    3        7    2    3

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- HWagner 116 553 39 10 3 .983 3 RPartee 38 139 12 4 1 .974 4 EMcGah 14 47 5 1 0 .981 2 FPytlak 4 28 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 767 57 15 4 .982 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 154 1327 116 8 154 .994 9.37 PCampbell 5 34 1 0 2 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1361 117 8 156 .995 9.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 151 420 483 13 129 .986 5.98 DGutteridge 9 8 12 0 3 1.000 2.22 TCarey 3 3 6 1 2 .900 3.00 RRussell 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 433 504 14 135 .985 6.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RRussell 70 59 137 12 24 .942 2.80 PHiggins 59 52 109 9 14 .947 2.73 EAndres 15 8 25 0 1 1.000 2.20 EPellagrini 14 16 25 5 4 .891 2.93 DGutteridge 8 7 13 4 0 .833 2.50 LCulberson 4 2 9 2 2 .846 2.75 BSteiner 1 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 146 319 33 45 .934 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 4.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 153 296 479 25 96 .969 5.07 EPellagrini 9 13 15 5 4 .848 3.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 309 494 30 100 .964 5.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.24 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TWilliams 150 325 7 10 2 .971 2.21 150 0 0 DDiMaggio 142 390 9 6 2 .985 2.81 0 142 0 CMetkovich 81 125 3 7 0 .948 1.58 6 2 73 LCulberson 49 87 1 3 0 .967 1.80 6 18 26 WMoses 44 92 3 2 1 .979 2.16 0 2 43 TMcBride 43 61 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 10 2 32 JLazor 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 3 0 4 AGilbert 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1086 24 28 5 .975 2.39 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- THughson 39 18 34 1 0 .981 1.68 DFerriss 40 25 43 1 5 .986 2.23 MHarris 34 11 29 1 2 .976 1.62 JDobson 32 18 33 1 1 .981 2.75 JBagby 21 7 19 2 1 .929 2.19 EJohnson 29 5 12 1 1 .944 1.91 BKlinger 28 1 11 1 0 .923 1.89 BZuber 15 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.06 CDreisewerd 20 1 15 1 0 .941 3.04 CWagner 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.47 MBrown 18 0 9 1 0 .900 3.08 BButland 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.21 RHeflin 5 0 7 0 0 1.000 4.29 MRyba 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 MDeutsch 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.43 JWilson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 89 233 11 10 .967 2.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Williams .342 On-base % Williams .497 Slugging % Williams .667 OPS Williams 1.164 Games York 154 At Bats Pesky 621 Plate Appearances (approx.) Pesky 703 Runs Williams 142 Hits Pesky 208 Total Bases Williams 343 Doubles Pesky 43 Triples Doerr 9 Home Runs Williams 38 RBI Williams 123 Bases on Balls Williams 156 Strikeouts York 93 Stolen Bases DiMaggio 10 Singles Pesky 159 Adjusted OPS+ Williams 215 Runs Created Williams 170 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 93 Batting Wins Williams 9.3 Extra-Base Hits Williams 83 Times on Base Williams 334 Offensive Win% Williams .889 Hit By Pitch Pesky 3 Sac. Hits Pesky 14 Grounded into Double Plays Doerr 18 Caught Stealing Pesky 8 Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 8.2 At Bats per Strikeout Pesky 21.4 At Bats per Home Run Williams 13.5 Outs Doerr 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Hughson 2.75 Wins Ferriss 25 Won-Loss % Ferriss .806 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hughson 1.090 Hits Allowed/9IP Dobson 7.99 Bases on Balls/9IP Hughson 1.65 Strikeouts/9IP Hughson 5.57 Games Ferriss 40 Saves Klinger 9 Innings Hughson 278.0 Strikeouts Hughson 172 Games Started Ferriss and Hughson 35 Comp. Games Ferriss 26 Shutouts Ferriss and Hughson 6 Home Runs Allow. Harris 18 Bases On Balls Allow. Harris 76 Hits Allowed Ferriss 274 SO to Walk Hughson 3.37 Losses Hughson 11 Earned Runs Allow. Ferriss 99 Wild Pitches Dobson 4 Hit Batsmen Ferriss and Harris 3 Batters Faced Ferriss 1141 Games Finished Klinger 20 Adjusted ERA+ Hughson 134

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Dom DiMaggio (Starting CF)
Bobby Doerr (Starting 2B)
Dave Ferriss
Mickey Harris
Johnny Pesky (Starting SS)
Hal Wagner
Ted Williams (Starting LF)
Rudy York

1945/1947

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