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1947 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 83-71, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 720 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,427,315 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 105   (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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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   Birdie Tebbetts     34   90  291   22   87  10  0   1   28  21   30  .299  .346  .344   2   4   8   0   4           87
1B  Jake Jones          26  109  404   50   95  14  3  16   76  41   60  .235  .310  .403   5   4   7   3   3           92
2B  Bobby Doerr         29  146  561   79  145  23 10  17   95  59   47  .258  .329  .426   3   3  25   0   4          103
3B  Sam Dente           25   46  168   14   39   4  2   0   11  19   15  .232  .310  .280   0   1   6   0   2           60
SS *Johnny Pesky        27  155  638  106  207  27  8   0   39  72   22  .324  .393  .392  12   9  10   0   9          112
OF *Ted Williams        28  156  528  125  181  40  9  32  114 162   47  .343  .499  .634   0   1  10   2   1          205
OF  Dom DiMaggio        30  136  513   75  145  21  5   8   71  74   62  .283  .376  .390  10   6  12   3   9          107
OF  Sam Mele            25  123  453   71  137  14  8  12   73  37   35  .302  .356  .448   0   3  11   1   6          117
   *Wally Moses         36   90  255   32   70  18  2   2   27  27   16  .275  .344  .384   3   0   6   0   3           97
    Eddie Pellagrini    29   74  231   29   47   8  1   4   19  23   35  .203  .281  .299   2   2   3   2   7           57
    Rudy York           33   48  184   16   39   7  0   6   27  22   32  .212  .296  .348   0   0  10   0   0           74
    Roy Partee          29   60  169   14   39   2  0   0   16  18   23  .231  .305  .243   0   0   4   0   5           49
    Don Gutteridge      35   54  131   20   22   2  0   2    5  17   13  .168  .264  .229   3   1   1   0   3           34
    Leon Culberson      27   47   84   10   20   1  0   0   11  12   10  .238  .354  .250   1   1   2   3   3           65
   *Merl Combs          27   17   68    8   15   1  0   1    6   9    9  .221  .329  .279   0   0   3   2   0           65
   *Hal Wagner          31   21   65    5   15   3  0   0    6   9    5  .231  .324  .277   0   0   1   0   1           63
    Rip Russell         32   26   52    8    8   1  0   1    3   8    7  .154  .267  .231   0   0   4   0   2           35
    Matt Batts          25    7   16    3    8   1  0   1    5   1    1  .500  .529  .750   0   0   0   0   0          243
    Eddie McGah         25    9   14    1    0   0  0   0    2   3    0  .000  .176  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -50
    Frankie Hayes       32    5   13    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   0          -17
   *Strick Shofner      27    5   13    1    2   0  1   0    0   0    3  .154  .154  .308   0   0   0   0   0           23
   *Billy Goodman       21   12   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    2  .182  .250  .182   0   0   0   0   0           18
    Tom McBride         32    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0   1   0   0            8
    Leslie Aulds        26    3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           35

   *Dave Ferriss        25   52   99   11   27   5  3   0   19   7   10  .273  .321  .384   0   0   5   0   0           90
    Joe Dobson          30   33   77    4   16   0  1   0    3   7   22  .208  .274  .234   0   0   0   0   7           38
    Tex Hughson         31   29   61    3    2   1  0   0    2   5   22  .033  .106  .049   0   0   1   0   4          -57
    Denny Galehouse     35   21   52    1    5   0  0   0    3   1   19  .096  .113  .096   0   0   1   0   9          -43
   *Earl Johnson        28   46   44    1   12   1  0   0    4   1   10  .273  .289  .295   0   0   3   0   2           58
    Harry Dorish        25   41   35    2    5   2  0   0    1   1   14  .143  .167  .200   0   0   2   0   4           -1
   *Mel Parnell         25   15   18    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    4  .056  .056  .056   0   0   0   0   0          -70
    Bill Zuber          34   20   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    3  .154  .267  .154   0   0   2   0   2           15
   *Mickey Harris       30   15   12    2    5   0  1   0    2   3    2  .417  .533  .583   0   0   0   0   1          202
    Johnny Murphy       38   32   11    1    3   0  0   0    1   2    4  .273  .385  .273   0   0   0   0   0           79
   #Tommy Fine          32    9    9    1    3   0  0   0    1   2    0  .333  .455  .333   0   0   0   0   2          115
    Bob Klinger         39   28    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   2          -40
   #Eddie Smith         33    8    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0   0   1   0   0           24
   #Cot Deal            24    6    4    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          171
   *Chuck Stobbs        17    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  157 5322  720 1412 206 54 103  674 666  590  .265  .347  .382  41  35 140  16  95          104
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    2    2   6  2   3        2    3     2     2     3   5   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  Joe Dobson          30  33   2.95  18   8  1  31   1  15   1  228.7  203   84   75  15   73  110  935  11   1  1     132
SP  Dave Ferriss        25  33   4.04  12  11  0  28   0  14   1  218.3  241  106   98  14   92   64  956   6   7  1      96
SP  Tex Hughson         31  29   3.33  12  11  0  26   3  13   3  189.3  173   86   70  17   71  119  798   0   2  0     117
SP  Denny Galehouse     35  21   3.32  11   7  0  21   0  11   3  149.0  150   60   55   7   34   38  619   0   0  0     117
SP  Tommy Fine          32   9   5.50   1   2  0   7   1   1   0   36.0   41   24   22   0   19   10  168   1   1  0      71

CL *Earl Johnson        28  45   2.97  12  11  8  17  17   6   3  142.3  129   63   47   7   62   65  596   1   2  1     131
RP  Harry Dorish        25  41   4.70   7   8  2   9  12   2   0  136.0  149   80   71   6   54   50  589   2   1  1      83
RP  Johnny Murphy       38  32   2.80   0   0  3   0  16   0   0   54.7   41   17   17   1   28    9  231   2   0  0     139
RP  Bob Klinger         39  28   3.86   1   1  5   0  17   0   0   42.0   42   20   18   5   24   12  194   1   1  1     101
RP  Bill Zuber          34  20   5.33   1   0  0   1   8   0   0   50.7   60   32   30   4   31   23  230   4   0  0      73

   *Mickey Harris       30  15   2.44   5   4  0   6   7   1   0   51.7   42   20   14   3   23   35  214   0   0  0     160
   *Mel Parnell         25  15   6.39   2   3  0   5   5   1   0   50.7   60   41   36   1   27   23  232   4   1  1      61
   *Eddie Smith         33   8   7.41   1   3  0   3   3   0   0   17.0   18   14   14   3   18   15   86   1   0  0      52
    Cot Deal            24   5   9.24   0   1  0   2   2   0   0   12.7   20   13   13   0    7    6   63   2   0  0      42
   *Chuck Stobbs        17   4   6.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    9.0   10    6    6   0   10    5   45   1   0  0      65
    Bill Butland        29   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    1    1   0    0    1    9   0   0  0      86
    Al Widmar           22   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.3    1    2    2   1    2    1    7   0   0  0      29
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8 157   3.81  83  71 19 157  93  64  13 1391.0 1383  669  589  84  575  586 5972  36  16  6     102
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   3   6  4           5   4      3    5    6        4    2    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 89 332 50 10 7 .974 6 RPartee 54 207 26 6 4 .975 1 HWagner 21 82 9 2 1 .978 2 EMcGah 7 24 3 1 1 .964 0 MBatts 6 15 2 0 1 1.000 2 FHayes 4 20 2 2 1 .917 0 LAulds 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 687 92 21 15 .974 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JJones 109 1018 73 10 110 .991 10.01 RYork 48 395 36 2 45 .995 8.98 SMele 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1418 109 12 155 .992 9.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 146 376 466 16 118 .981 5.77 DGutteridge 20 38 37 5 8 .937 3.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 414 503 21 126 .978 5.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SDente 46 40 83 8 11 .939 2.67 EPellagrini 42 34 66 8 7 .926 2.38 JPesky 22 25 38 1 7 .984 2.86 DGutteridge 19 18 36 3 3 .947 2.84 MCombs 17 17 42 0 6 1.000 3.47 RRussell 13 7 29 3 2 .923 2.77 LCulberson 4 1 4 1 1 .833 1.25 SShofner 4 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 145 305 24 38 .949 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 133 251 391 16 90 .976 4.83 EPellagrini 26 39 76 6 10 .950 4.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 290 467 22 100 .972 4.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TWilliams 156 347 10 9 2 .975 2.29 156 0 0 DDiMaggio 134 413 19 10 4 .977 3.22 0 134 0 SMele 116 233 10 2 1 .992 2.09 3 29 87 WMoses 58 109 2 3 0 .974 1.91 0 0 58 LCulberson 25 35 2 1 0 .974 1.48 5 4 16 BGoodman 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 1 TMcBride 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1141 44 25 7 .979 2.56 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDobson 33 13 25 0 1 1.000 1.50 DFerriss 33 13 33 2 2 .958 1.90 THughson 29 10 25 1 3 .972 1.66 DGalehouse 21 8 21 0 2 1.000 1.75 EJohnson 45 4 31 2 5 .946 2.21 HDorish 41 10 27 4 0 .902 2.45 JMurphy 32 5 10 1 0 .937 2.47 MHarris 15 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.74 MParnell 15 0 7 1 0 .875 1.24 BZuber 20 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.60 BKlinger 28 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.71 TFine 9 4 12 0 1 1.000 4.00 ESmith 8 0 2 1 0 .667 1.06 CDeal 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13 CStobbs 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BButland 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AWidmar 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 77 214 12 15 .960 1.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .343 On-base % Williams .499 Slugging % Williams .634 OPS Williams 1.133 Games Williams 156 At Bats Pesky 638 Plate Appearances (approx.) Pesky 719 Runs Williams 125 Hits Pesky 207 Total Bases Williams 335 Doubles Williams 40 Triples Doerr 10 Home Runs Williams 32 RBI Williams 114 Bases on Balls Williams 162 Strikeouts DiMaggio 62 Stolen Bases Pesky 12 Singles Pesky 172 Adjusted OPS+ Williams 205 Runs Created Williams 166 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 89 Batting Wins Williams 8.9 Extra-Base Hits Williams 81 Times on Base Williams 345 Offensive Win% Williams .879 Hit By Pitch Culberson, DiMaggio, and Jones 3 Sac. Hits DiMaggio, Galehouse, and Pesky 9 Grounded into Double Plays Doerr 25 Caught Stealing Pesky 9 Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 8.9 At Bats per Strikeout Pesky 29.0 At Bats per Home Run Williams 16.5 Outs Pesky 459

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dobson 2.95 Wins Dobson 18 Won-Loss % Dobson .692 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dobson 1.207 Hits Allowed/9IP Dobson 7.99 Bases on Balls/9IP Dobson 2.87 Strikeouts/9IP Hughson 5.66 Games Johnson 45 Saves Johnson 8 Innings Dobson 228.7 Strikeouts Hughson 119 Games Started Dobson 31 Comp. Games Dobson 15 Shutouts Galehouse, Hughson, and Johnson 3 Home Runs Allow. Hughson 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Ferriss 92 Hits Allowed Ferriss 241 SO to Walk Hughson 1.68 Losses Ferriss, Hughson, and Johnson 11 Earned Runs Allow. Ferriss 98 Wild Pitches Dobson 11 Hit Batsmen Ferriss 7 Batters Faced Ferriss 956 Games Finished Johnson and Klinger 17 Adjusted ERA+ Dobson 132

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