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1951 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 87-67, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 804 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Steve O'Neill Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,312,282 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108   (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 106   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives 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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Les Moss            26   71  202   18   40   6  0   3   26  25   34  .198  .289  .272   0   0   9   1   4           47
1B  Walt Dropo          28   99  360   37   86  14  0  11   57  38   52  .239  .312  .369   0   0  16   0   0           77
2B  Bobby Doerr         33  106  402   60  116  21  2  13   73  57   33  .289  .378  .448   2   1  10   1   3          115
3B  Vern Stephens       30  109  377   62  113  21  2  17   78  38   33  .300  .364  .501   1   2  22   0   0          124
SS *Johnny Pesky        31  131  480   93  150  20  6   3   41  84   15  .313  .417  .398   2   2  10   2   7          113
OF *Ted Williams        32  148  531  109  169  28  4  30  126 144   45  .318  .464  .556   1   1  10   0   0          165
OF  Dom DiMaggio        34  146  639  113  189  34  4  12   72  73   53  .296  .370  .418   4   7  13   2   4          105
OF  Clyde Vollmer       29  115  386   66   97   9  2  22   85  55   66  .251  .346  .456   0   0  20   1   3          108
   *Billy Goodman       25  141  546   92  162  34  4   0   50  79   37  .297  .388  .374   7   4  12   2  11           99
    Lou Boudreau        33   82  273   37   73  18  1   5   47  30   12  .267  .353  .396   1   0  10   6   4           95
    Buddy Rosar         36   58  170   11   39   7  0   1   13  19   14  .229  .307  .288   0   0   3   0   2           56
   *Fred Hatfield       26   80  163   23   28   4  2   2   14  22   27  .172  .274  .258   1   0   1   1   1           39
   *Charlie Maxwell     24   49   80    8   15   1  0   3   12   9   18  .188  .270  .313   0   1   1   0   0           51
   *Aaron Robinson      36   26   74    9   15   1  1   2    7  17   10  .203  .352  .324   0   0   1   0   0           77
   *Tom Wright          27   28   63    8   14   1  1   1    9  11    8  .222  .347  .317   0   0   4   1   1           74
    Mike Guerra         38   10   32    1    5   0  0   0    2   6    5  .156  .289  .156   1   0   3   0   1           19
    Matt Batts          29   11   29    1    4   1  0   0    2   1    2  .138  .167  .172   0   0   1   0   0          -11
    Al Evans            34   12   24    1    3   1  0   0    2   4    2  .125  .250  .167   0   0   0   0   0           10
   #Mel Hoderlein       28    9   14    1    5   1  1   0    1   6    2  .357  .550  .571   0   1   1   0   1          193
    Norm Zauchin        21    5   12    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    4  .167  .167  .250   0   1   1   0   0            8
    Bob DiPietro        23    4   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .091  .167  .091   0   0   1   0   0          -31
    Al Richter          24    5   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    0  .091  .286  .091   0   0   3   0   0            2
    Sammy White         22    4   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .182  .182  .182   0   0   0   0   0           -5
    Karl Olson          20    5   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .100  .100  .100   0   0   1   0   1          -48

   *Mel Parnell         29   37   81   12   25   1  1   0    5   7   10  .309  .364  .346   0   0   1   0   4           86
    Ray Scarborough     33   37   68   10   13   1  0   0    4   4   16  .191  .236  .206   0   0   2   0   3           16
   *Mickey McDermott    22   43   66    8   18   1  1   1    6   3   14  .273  .314  .364   0   1   3   1   1           76
   *Chuck Stobbs        21   34   61    7   11   2  0   0    7   5   12  .180  .242  .213   0   0   3   0   5           20
   *Willard Nixon       23   34   45    7   13   3  0   1    8   3    9  .289  .333  .422   0   0   3   0   1           96
   *Bill Wight          29   34   41    1    3   0  0   0    1   3   16  .073  .136  .073   0   0   0   0   0          -44
   *Leo Kiely           21   18   35    1    5   0  0   0    4   7    9  .143  .286  .143   0   0   2   0   0           14
    Ellis Kinder        36   63   34    1    4   1  0   0    2   1   16  .118  .143  .147   0   0   0   0   0          -24
    Harry Taylor        32   31   29    4    3   1  0   0    2   1    7  .103  .133  .138   0   0   2   0   1          -29
    Walt Masterson      31   30   11    2    2   0  0   0    1   0    5  .182  .182  .182   0   0   0   0   1           -5
    Bill Evans          32    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Harley Hisner       24    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          161
    Ben Flowers         24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  154 5378  804 1428 233 32 127  757 756  594  .266  .356  .392  20  21 169  18  59          101
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    1    2   3  8   3        1    3     3     1     2   8   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 *Mel Parnell         29  36   3.26  18  11  2  29   4  11   3  221.0  229   99   80  11   77   77  930   2   0  0     137
SP *Chuck Stobbs        21  34   4.76  10   9  0  25   2   6   0  170.0  180  100   90  15   74   75  754   3   5  0      93
SP  Ray Scarborough     33  37   5.09  12   9  0  22   6   8   0  184.0  201  106  104  21   61   71  812   4  14  1      87
SP *Mickey McDermott    22  34   3.35   8   8  3  19  10   9   1  172.0  141   72   64  10   92  127  729   2   5  0     133
SP *Leo Kiely           21  17   3.34   7   7  0  16   0   4   0  113.3  106   48   42   9   39   46  474   3   2  0     133

CL  Ellis Kinder        36  63   2.55  11   2 14   2  41   1   0  127.0  108   42   36   9   46   84  526   2   0  0     174
RP  Walt Masterson      31  30   3.34   3   0  2   1  10   0   0   59.3   53   24   22   1   32   39  266   0   0  0     133
RP  Harry Taylor        32  31   5.75   4   9  2   8  13   1   0   81.3  100   59   52   6   42   22  378   3   1  1      77
RP  Willard Nixon       23  33   4.90   7   4  1  14   9   2   1  125.0  136   79   68  12   56   70  551   4   7  0      91
RP *Bill Wight          29  34   5.10   7   7  0  17   8   4   2  118.3  128   77   67   5   63   38  525   2   0  0      87

    Bill Evans          32   9   4.11   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   15.3   15    8    7   0    8    3   66   2   0  0     108
    Harley Hisner       24   1   4.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    6.0    7    3    3   0    4    3   28   0   0  0      99
    Paul Hinrichs       25   4  21.60   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    7    8    8   1    4    1   21   0   0  0      21
    Ben Flowers         24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    0    0   0    1    2   11   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 154   4.14  87  67 24 154 108  46   7 1399.0 1413  725  644 100  599  658 6071  27  34  2     108
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   3   6  1           8   5      2    5    4        3    5    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- LMoss 69 285 28 5 4 .984 6 BRosar 56 235 20 1 6 .996 1 ARobinson 25 101 14 2 3 .983 1 MBatts 11 32 7 1 0 .975 2 AEvans 10 40 1 0 0 1.000 0 MGuerra 10 46 4 0 1 1.000 0 SWhite 4 15 1 0 2 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 754 75 9 16 .989 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 93 878 63 12 91 .987 10.12 BGoodman 62 554 29 3 61 .995 9.40 NZauchin 4 20 2 1 8 .957 5.50 LBoudreau 2 4 1 1 1 .833 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1456 95 17 161 .989 9.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 106 303 311 12 99 .981 5.79 BGoodman 44 117 129 9 32 .965 5.59 JPesky 5 5 11 0 3 1.000 3.20 MHoderlein 3 9 6 0 4 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 434 457 21 138 .977 5.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VStephens 89 105 207 7 19 .978 3.51 FHatfield 49 40 124 7 15 .959 3.35 LBoudreau 15 10 27 2 5 .949 2.47 JPesky 11 14 19 4 2 .892 3.00 MHoderlein 3 3 4 2 0 .778 2.33 BGoodman 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 173 384 22 42 .962 3.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 106 204 340 22 74 .961 5.13 LBoudreau 52 80 153 12 45 .951 4.48 ARichter 3 8 10 0 5 1.000 6.00 VStephens 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 292 505 34 124 .959 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TWilliams 147 315 12 4 6 .988 2.22 147 0 0 DDiMaggio 146 376 15 11 1 .973 2.68 0 146 0 CVollmer 106 206 5 3 0 .986 1.99 2 8 97 BGoodman 38 70 9 2 2 .975 2.08 2 0 36 TWright 18 19 0 1 0 .950 1.06 1 0 17 CMaxwell 13 25 0 2 0 .926 1.92 5 0 8 KOlson 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 2 0 3 BDiPietro 3 4 1 1 1 .833 1.67 0 0 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1023 42 24 10 .978 2.28 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MParnell 36 8 42 3 2 .943 2.04 RScarboroug 37 18 30 1 4 .980 2.35 MMcDermott 34 4 34 2 5 .950 1.99 CStobbs 34 9 20 1 1 .967 1.54 EKinder 63 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.28 WNixon 33 2 23 1 1 .962 1.80 BWight 34 1 29 3 2 .909 2.28 LKiely 17 4 29 2 0 .943 2.62 HTaylor 31 6 20 0 0 1.000 2.88 WMasterson 30 1 12 1 0 .929 1.97 BEvans 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.76 HHisner 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 PHinrichs 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 BFlowers 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 59 256 14 17 .957 2.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .318 On-base % Williams .464 Slugging % Williams .556 OPS Williams 1.020 Games Williams 148 At Bats DiMaggio 639 Plate Appearances (approx.) DiMaggio 718 Runs DiMaggio 113 Hits DiMaggio 189 Total Bases Williams 295 Doubles DiMaggio and Goodman 34 Triples Pesky 6 Home Runs Williams 30 RBI Williams 126 Bases on Balls Williams 144 Strikeouts Vollmer 66 Stolen Bases Goodman 7 Singles DiMaggio 139 Adjusted OPS+ Williams 165 Runs Created Williams 137 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 58 Batting Wins Williams 5.7 Extra-Base Hits Williams 62 Times on Base Williams 313 Offensive Win% Williams .807 Hit By Pitch Boudreau 6 Sac. Hits Goodman 11 Grounded into Double Plays Stephens 22 Caught Stealing DiMaggio 7 Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 6.0 At Bats per Strikeout Pesky 32.0 At Bats per Home Run Williams 17.7 Outs DiMaggio 474

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Parnell 3.26 Wins Parnell 18 Won-Loss % Kinder .846 BB + H per IP (WHIP) McDermott 1.355 Hits Allowed/9IP McDermott 7.38 Bases on Balls/9IP Scarborough 2.98 Strikeouts/9IP McDermott 6.65 Games Kinder 63 Saves Kinder 14 Innings Parnell 221.0 Strikeouts McDermott 127 Games Started Parnell 29 Comp. Games Parnell 11 Shutouts Parnell 3 Home Runs Allow. Scarborough 21 Bases On Balls Allow. McDermott 92 Hits Allowed Parnell 229 SO to Walk McDermott 1.38 Losses Parnell 11 Earned Runs Allow. Scarborough 104 Wild Pitches Nixon and Scarborough 4 Hit Batsmen Scarborough 14 Batters Faced Parnell 930 Games Finished Kinder 41 Adjusted ERA+ Parnell 137

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