1949 Boston Red Sox Statistics and Roster

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1949 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948/1950)
96-58, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 896 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57
Managed by Joe McCarthy

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,596,650 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Birdie Tebbetts     36  122  403   42  109  14  0   5   48  62   22  .270  .369  .342   8   1  14   1   6           84
1B *Billy Goodman       23  122  443   54  132  23  3   0   56  58   21  .298  .382  .363   2   0  14   2   6           92
2B  Bobby Doerr         31  139  541   91  167  30  9  18  109  75   33  .309  .393  .497   2   2  31   0   7          128
3B *Johnny Pesky        29  148  604  111  185  27  7   2   69 100   19  .306  .408  .384   8   4  12   4   5          104
SS  Vern Stephens       28  155  610  113  177  31  2  39  159 101   73  .290  .391  .539   2   2  19   0   0          138
OF *Ted Williams        30  155  566  150  194  39  3  43  159 162   48  .343  .490  .650   1   1  22   2   0          192
OF  Dom DiMaggio        32  145  605  126  186  34  5   8   60  96   55  .307  .404  .420   9   7  10   2   3          112
OF *Al Zarilla          30  124  474   68  133  32  4   9   71  48   51  .281  .352  .422   4   4  14   4   1           99
    Matt Batts          27   60  157   23   38   9  1   3   31  25   22  .242  .350  .369   1   0   4   1   0           85
    Billy Hitchcock     32   55  147   22   30   6  1   0    9  17   11  .204  .291  .259   2   3   7   1   5           42
    Tommy O'Brien       30   49  125   24   28   5  0   3   10  21   12  .224  .336  .336   1   0   4   0   3           73
    Sam Mele            27   18   46    1    9   1  1   0    7   7   14  .196  .302  .261   2   0   3   0   2           45
    Walt Dropo          26   11   41    3    6   2  0   0    1   3    7  .146  .205  .195   0   0   2   0   0            3
    Lou Stringer        32   35   41   10   11   4  0   1    6   5   10  .268  .348  .439   0   0   1   0   0          102
   *Merl Combs          29   14   24    5    5   1  0   0    1   9    0  .208  .424  .250   0   0   0   0   1           76
   *Stan Spence         34    7   20    3    3   1  0   0    1   6    1  .150  .346  .200   0   0   0   0   0           42
   *Tom Wright          25    5    4    1    1   1  0   0    1   1    1  .250  .400  .500   0   0   0   0   0          131
    Babe Martin         29    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Mel Parnell         27   39  114    9   29   3  0   0   13   3   10  .254  .274  .281   0   0   4   0  10           43
    Ellis Kinder        34   43   92   11   12   2  0   0    7   6   24  .130  .184  .152   0   1   3   0   9          -13
    Joe Dobson          32   33   68    5   10   0  0   0    2  10   22  .147  .256  .147   1   0   1   0   5            5
   *Chuck Stobbs        19   26   53    8   11   2  0   0    5   3    9  .208  .250  .245   0   0   2   0   6           28
    Jack Kramer         31   21   35    4    9   1  0   0    3   9   13  .257  .409  .286   0   0   1   0   2           80
   *Mickey McDermott    20   12   33    3    7   3  0   0    6   3    6  .212  .278  .303   0   0   0   0   0           49
    Tex Hughson         33   29   22    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    6  .045  .045  .045   0   0   0   0   4          -77
    Walt Masterson      29   18   17    4    2   0  0   0    0   3    7  .118  .250  .118   0   0   0   0   0           -4
   *Mickey Harris       32    7   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .083  .154  .083   0   0   1   0   2          -38
   *Earl Johnson        30   19   11    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    7  .000  .083  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -78
    Frank Quinn         21    8    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -14
   *Windy McCall        23    5    3    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   1          244
   *Dave Ferriss        27    4    1    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0          663
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  155 5320  896 1500 272 36 131  835 835  510  .282  .379  .420  43  25 169  17  78          114
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    1    1   1  7   1        1    5     1     1     1   5   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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 *Mel Parnell         27  39   2.77  25   7  2  33   5  27   4  295.3  258  102   91   8  134  122 1240   9   5  0     157
SP  Ellis Kinder        34  43   3.36  23   6  4  30  10  19   6  252.0  251  103   94  21   99  138 1085   1   2  0     130
SP  Joe Dobson          32  33   3.85  14  12  2  27   5  12   2  212.7  219  103   91  12   97   87  923   4   2  2     113
SP *Chuck Stobbs        19  26   4.03  11   6  0  19   2  10   0  152.0  145   72   68  10   75   70  653   1   2  1     108
SP  Jack Kramer         31  21   5.16   6   8  1  18   2   7   2  111.7  126   70   64   8   49   24  496   2   1  1      85
SP *Mickey McDermott    20  12   4.05   5   4  0  12   0   6   2   80.0   63   37   36   5   52   50  349   2   3  0     108
SP *Mickey Harris       32   7   5.02   2   3  0   6   1   2   0   37.7   53   26   21   3   20   14  190   1   1  0      87

RP  Tex Hughson         33  29   5.33   4   2  3   2  17   0   0   77.7   82   49   46   5   41   35  349   3   1  0      82
RP *Earl Johnson        30  19   7.48   3   6  0   3   8   0   0   49.3   65   45   41   1   29   20  237   1   4  1      58
RP  Walt Masterson      29  18   4.25   3   4  4   5   7   1   0   55.0   58   30   26   2   35   19  244   0   0  0     103
RP  Frank Quinn         21   8   2.86   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   22.0   18    7    7   2    9    4   92   0   1  0     152

   *Windy McCall        23   5  11.57   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    9.3   13   12   12   2   10    8   49   2   0  0      38
    Harry Dorish        27   5   2.35   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    7.7    7    2    2   1    1    5   30   0   0  0     186
    Dave Ferriss        27   4   4.05   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    7    3    3   1    4    1   29   0   1  0     108
    Jack Robinson       28   3   2.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    4    1    1   0    1    1   17   1   1  1     194
    Johnnie Wittig      35   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   0    2    0    9   0   0  0      48
    Denny Galehouse     37   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   1    3    0   13   0   0  0      32
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 155   3.97  96  58 16 155  71  84  16 1377.0 1375  667  607  82  661  598 6005  27  24  6     110
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   2   7  4           2   2      3    6    4        2    3    3

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 118 481 51 11 13 .980 2 MBatts 50 193 23 5 2 .977 2 BMartin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 674 74 16 15 .979 4 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGoodman 117 1069 79 9 148 .992 9.81 BHitchcock 29 256 15 2 28 .993 9.34 WDropo 11 103 4 0 13 1.000 9.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1428 98 11 189 .993 9.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 139 395 439 17 134 .980 6.00 LStringer 9 25 20 1 12 .978 5.00 BHitchcock 8 21 15 1 5 .973 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 441 474 19 151 .980 5.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 148 184 333 16 48 .970 3.49 MCombs 9 12 12 2 2 .923 2.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 196 345 18 50 .968 3.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VStephens 155 257 508 27 128 .966 4.94 MCombs 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 258 508 27 128 .966 5.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TWilliams 155 337 12 6 3 .983 2.25 155 0 0 DDiMaggio 144 420 13 10 1 .977 3.01 0 144 0 AZarilla 122 241 6 4 4 .984 2.02 2 2 119 TO'Brien 32 58 2 1 0 .984 1.88 0 8 25 SMele 11 20 1 1 0 .955 1.91 0 0 11 SSpence 5 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 2 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1090 35 22 8 .981 2.45 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MParnell 39 8 53 0 5 1.000 1.86 EKinder 43 7 28 1 1 .972 1.25 JDobson 33 12 30 0 3 1.000 1.78 CStobbs 26 5 25 3 4 .909 1.78 JKramer 21 3 19 0 2 1.000 1.77 MMcDermott 12 2 14 1 0 .941 1.80 THughson 29 3 5 0 2 1.000 0.93 WMasterson 18 1 7 1 1 .889 1.31 EJohnson 19 3 5 1 0 .889 1.46 MHarris 7 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.39 FQuinn 8 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.45 WMcCall 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HDorish 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.51 DFerriss 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 JRobinson 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 DGalehouse 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 JWittig 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 52 203 7 20 .973 1.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Williams .343

On-base % Williams .490

Slugging % Williams .650

OPS Williams 1.140

Games Stephens and Williams 155

At Bats Stephens 610

Plate Appearances (approx.) Williams 730

Runs Williams 150

Hits Williams 194

Total Bases Williams 368

Doubles Williams 39

Triples Doerr 9

Home Runs Williams 43

RBI Stephens and Williams 159

Bases on Balls Williams 162

Strikeouts Stephens 73

Stolen Bases DiMaggio 9

Singles Pesky 149

Adjusted OPS+ Williams 192

Runs Created Williams 180

Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 86

Batting Wins Williams 8.2

Extra-Base Hits Williams 85

Times on Base Williams 358

Offensive Win% Williams .856

Hit By Pitch Pesky and Zarilla 4

Sac. Hits Parnell 10

Grounded into Double Plays Doerr 31

Caught Stealing DiMaggio 7

Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 8.5

At Bats per Strikeout Pesky 31.8

At Bats per Home Run Williams 13.2

Outs Stephens 454

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Parnell 2.77

Wins Parnell 25

Won-Loss % Kinder .793

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Parnell 1.327

Hits Allowed/9IP Parnell 7.86

Bases on Balls/9IP Kinder 3.54

Strikeouts/9IP Kinder 4.93

Games Kinder 43

Saves Kinder and Masterson 4

Innings Parnell 295.3

Strikeouts Kinder 138

Games Started Parnell 33

Comp. Games Parnell 27

Shutouts Kinder 6

Home Runs Allow. Kinder 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Parnell 134

Hits Allowed Parnell 258

SO to Walk Kinder 1.39

Losses Dobson 12

Earned Runs Allow. Kinder 94

Wild Pitches Parnell 9

Hit Batsmen Parnell 5

Batters Faced Parnell 1240

Games Finished Hughson 17

Adjusted ERA+ Parnell 157

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All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Dom DiMaggio (Starting RF)
Billy Goodman
Mel Parnell (Starting P)
Vern Stephens
Birdie Tebbetts (Starting C)
Ted Williams (Starting LF)

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