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1948 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949) 96-59, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 907 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-61 Managed by Joe McCarthy Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,558,798 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 97   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     35  128  446   54  125  26  2   5   68  62   32  .280  .371  .381   5   2  22   2   3           96
1B *Billy Goodman       22  127  445   65  138  27  2   1   66  74   44  .310  .414  .387   5   3  18   5   3          109
2B  Bobby Doerr         30  140  527   94  150  23  6  27  111  83   49  .285  .386  .505   3   2  13   4   4          131
3B *Johnny Pesky        28  143  565  124  159  26  6   3   55  99   32  .281  .394  .365   3   5  10   6   7           98
SS  Vern Stephens       27  155  635  114  171  25  8  29  137  77   56  .269  .350  .471   1   0  25   2   2          113
OF  Dom DiMaggio        31  155  648  127  185  40  4   9   87 101   58  .285  .383  .401  10   2  11   2   5          105
OF *Ted Williams        29  137  509  124  188  44  3  25  127 126   41  .369  .497  .615   4   0  10   3   0          189
OF *Stan Spence         33  114  391   71   92  17  4  12   61  82   33  .235  .368  .391   0   2   7   0   4           98
   *Wally Moses         37   78  189   26   49  12  1   2   29  21   19  .259  .340  .365   5   0   1   2   0           84
    Sam Mele            26   66  180   25   42  12  1   2   25  13   21  .233  .292  .344   1   1   5   2   3           66
    Billy Hitchcock     31   49  124   15   37   3  2   1   20   7    9  .298  .341  .379   0   0   4   1   2           87
    Matt Batts          26   46  118   13   37  12  0   1   24  15    9  .314  .391  .441   0   0   4   0   4          116
    Jake Jones          27   36  105    3   21   4  0   1    8  11   26  .200  .276  .267   1   0   4   0   0           42
    Lou Stringer        31    4   11    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    3  .091  .091  .364   0   0   1   0   0           15
    Babe Martin         28    4    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          161
   *Tom Wright          24    3    2    1    1   0  1   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.500   0   0   0   0   0          409
    Johnny Ostrowski    30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Neill Sheridan      26    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Joe Dobson          31   38   84    9   17   2  0   1    4   6   27  .202  .280  .262   0   0   2   3   8           42
   *Mel Parnell         26   35   80    6   13   1  0   0    8   1   11  .163  .173  .175   0   0   2   0   2           -9
    Jack Kramer         30   29   73    7   11   1  0   1    8  10   21  .151  .253  .205   0   0   1   0   7           20
    Ellis Kinder        33   28   62    8    6   0  0   0    4   8   18  .097  .200  .097   0   0   1   0   3          -21
    Denny Galehouse     36   27   42    6    7   0  0   0    1   8   13  .167  .300  .167   0   0   1   0   3           24
   *Dave Ferriss        26   31   37    4    9   1  0   0    6   6    6  .243  .349  .270   0   0   0   0   2           63
   *Mickey Harris       31   20   32    6    2   0  0   0    1  10    6  .063  .286  .063   0   0   0   0   2           -6
   *Earl Johnson        29   35   31    2    3   0  0   0    3   1    9  .097  .125  .097   0   0   2   0   1          -42
   *Mickey McDermott    19    7    8    2    3   1  0   0    0   0    0  .375  .375  .500   0   0   0   0   0          127
    Harry Dorish        26    9    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           31
    Earl Caldwell       43    8    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           74
    Mike Palm           23    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Tex Hughson         32   15    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
   *Chuck Stobbs        18    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  155 5363  907 1471 277 40 121  854 823  552  .274  .371  .409  38  17 144  32  66          112
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    1    3   1  7   3        1    4     3     1     3   6   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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          31  38   3.56  16  10  2  32   5  16   5  245.3  237  115   97  14   92  116 1044   6   1  1     123
SP  Jack Kramer         30  29   4.35  18   5  0  29   0  14   2  205.0  233  104   99  12   64   72  891   3   0  0     101
SP *Mel Parnell         26  35   3.14  15   8  0  27   5  16   1  212.0  205   87   74   7   90   77  916   3   4  2     139
SP  Ellis Kinder        33  28   3.74  10   7  0  22   3  10   1  178.0  183   84   74  10   63   53  762   2   2  0     117
SP *Mickey Harris       31  20   5.30   7  10  0  17   1   6   1  113.7  120   73   67  10   59   42  505   2   1  1      82
SP  Denny Galehouse     36  27   4.00   8   8  3  15   7   6   1  137.3  152   68   61  10   46   38  595   0   2  0     109

CL *Earl Johnson        29  35   4.53  10   4  5   3  21   1   0   91.3   98   49   46   7   42   45  402   2   0  1      96
RP  Dave Ferriss        26  31   5.23   7   3  3   9  13   1   0  115.3  127   71   67   7   61   30  518   0   7  0      84
RP  Tex Hughson         32  15   5.12   3   1  0   0  11   0   0   19.3   21   14   11   0    7    6   84   0   0  0      85
RP  Harry Dorish        26   9   5.65   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   14.3   18   13    9   1    6    5   71   2   0  0      77
RP  Earl Caldwell       43   8  13.00   1   1  0   0   3   0   0    9.0   11   14   13   2   11    5   46   0   1  0      34

   *Mickey McDermott    19   7   6.17   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   23.3   16   18   16   2   35   17  114   3   1  1      71
   *Chuck Stobbs        18   6   6.43   0   0  0   0   6   0   0    7.0    9    5    5   0    7    4   35   0   0  0      68
    Cot Deal            25   4   0.00   1   0  0   0   4   0   0    4.0    3    0    0   0    3    2   18   3   0  0        
    Mike Palm           23   3   6.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    6    2    2   0    5    1   20   0   0  0      73
   *Windy McCall        22   1  20.25   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    1.3    6    3    3   1    1    0   11   0   0  0      22
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.1 155   4.26  96  59 13 155  85  70  11 1379.0 1445  720  653  83  592  513 6032  26  19  6     104
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   2   7  8           2   3      2    5    3        3    2    5

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 126 470 56 10 8 .981 5 MBatts 41 118 18 2 3 .986 0 BMartin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 588 74 12 11 .982 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGoodman 117 1101 69 8 118 .993 10.00 JJones 31 275 22 2 30 .993 9.58 SSpence 14 110 6 1 6 .991 8.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1486 97 11 154 .993 10.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 138 366 430 6 119 .993 5.77 BHitchcock 15 31 47 4 12 .951 5.20 BGoodman 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LStringer 2 5 13 1 5 .947 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 402 490 11 136 .988 5.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .958 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 141 121 303 22 35 .951 3.01 BHitchcock 15 23 35 0 3 1.000 3.87 BGoodman 2 0 4 1 2 .800 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 144 342 23 40 .955 3.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VStephens 155 269 540 24 113 .971 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 269 540 24 113 .971 5.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.36 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DDiMaggio 155 503 13 10 4 .981 3.33 0 155 0 TWilliams 134 289 9 5 2 .983 2.22 134 0 0 SSpence 92 206 4 5 1 .977 2.28 24 0 70 SMele 55 99 2 3 0 .971 1.84 3 0 52 WMoses 45 101 2 2 1 .981 2.29 0 0 45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1198 30 25 8 .980 2.67 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDobson 38 10 36 2 3 .958 1.69 MParnell 35 9 48 1 3 .983 2.42 JKramer 29 5 26 1 1 .969 1.36 EKinder 28 5 20 1 2 .962 1.26 DGalehouse 27 6 17 2 2 .920 1.51 DFerriss 31 10 21 0 1 1.000 2.42 MHarris 20 2 14 2 1 .889 1.27 EJohnson 35 6 25 0 2 1.000 3.06 MMcDermott 7 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.48 THughson 15 1 1 1 0 .667 0.93 HDorish 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.89 ECaldwell 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CStobbs 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 CDeal 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 MPalm 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WMcCall 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 56 223 10 15 .965 1.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .369 On-base % Williams .497 Slugging % Williams .615 OPS Williams 1.112 Games DiMaggio and Stephens 155 At Bats DiMaggio 648 Plate Appearances (approx.) DiMaggio 756 Runs DiMaggio 127 Hits Williams 188 Total Bases Williams 313 Doubles Williams 44 Triples Stephens 8 Home Runs Stephens 29 RBI Stephens 137 Bases on Balls Williams 126 Strikeouts DiMaggio 58 Stolen Bases DiMaggio 10 Singles DiMaggio 132 Adjusted OPS+ Williams 189 Runs Created Williams 156 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 75 Batting Wins Williams 7.2 Extra-Base Hits Williams 72 Times on Base Williams 317 Offensive Win% Williams .862 Hit By Pitch Pesky 6 Sac. Hits Dobson 8 Grounded into Double Plays Stephens 25 Caught Stealing Pesky 5 Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 9.5 At Bats per Strikeout Pesky 17.7 At Bats per Home Run Doerr 19.5 Outs Stephens 491

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Parnell 3.14 Wins Kramer 18 Won-Loss % Kramer .783 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dobson 1.341 Hits Allowed/9IP Dobson 8.69 Bases on Balls/9IP Kramer 2.81 Strikeouts/9IP Dobson 4.26 Games Dobson 38 Saves Johnson 5 Innings Dobson 245.3 Strikeouts Dobson 116 Games Started Dobson 32 Comp. Games Dobson and Parnell 16 Shutouts Dobson 5 Home Runs Allow. Dobson 14 Bases On Balls Allow. Dobson 92 Hits Allowed Dobson 237 SO to Walk Dobson 1.26 Losses Dobson and Harris 10 Earned Runs Allow. Kramer 99 Wild Pitches Dobson 6 Hit Batsmen Ferriss 7 Batters Faced Dobson 1044 Games Finished Johnson 21 Adjusted ERA+ Parnell 139

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