1923 Boston Red Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 61-91
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 229,688, Avg. 5,494
Ballpark: Fenway Park I
Manager: Frank Chance (61-91)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1923 Boston Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 61-91
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 229,688, Avg. 5,494
Ballpark: Fenway Park I
Manager: Frank Chance (61-91)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1923 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1923 season with a record of 61 wins and 91 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Red Sox scored 584 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 809 runs, most in the circuit. Joe Harris led Boston with 13 home runs George Burns drove in 82 runs. Joe Harris paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Howard Ehmke topped the squad with 20 wins, while Bill Piercy recorded a 3.41 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Chance coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Ehmke | 20 | 17 | .541 | 3.78 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 316.7 | 318 | 155 | 133 | 12 | 119 | 0 | 121 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1331 |
| Jack Quinn | 13 | 17 | .433 | 3.89 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 243.0 | 302 | 125 | 105 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1052 |
| Alex Ferguson | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.04 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 198.3 | 229 | 115 | 89 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 871 |
| Bill Piercy | 8 | 17 | .320 | 3.41 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 187.3 | 193 | 105 | 71 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 815 |
| George Murray | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.91 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 177.7 | 190 | 111 | 97 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 782 |
| Curt Fullerton | 2 | 15 | .118 | 5.09 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 143.3 | 167 | 108 | 81 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 657 |
| Les Howe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Lefty O'Doul | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.43 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 69 | 50 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Dave Black | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Clarence Blethen | 0 | 0 | 7.13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 87 | |
| Carl Stimson | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Totals | 61 | 91 | .401 | 4.20 | 269 | 154 | 76 | 77 | 3 | 11 | 1372.0 | 1534 | 807 | 640 | 48 | 520 | 0 | 412 | 68 | 3 | 28 | 5994 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Burns | 146 | 615 | 551 | 91 | 181 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 82 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 33 | .328 | .386 | .470 | .856 | 259 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Harris | 142 | 553 | 483 | 82 | 162 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 27 | .335 | .406 | .520 | .925 | 251 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Flagstead | 109 | 434 | 382 | 55 | 119 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 26 | .312 | .380 | .455 | .835 | 174 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Shanks | 131 | 499 | 464 | 38 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 37 | .254 | .285 | .336 | .621 | 156 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm McMillan | 131 | 499 | 459 | 37 | 116 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 44 | .253 | .299 | .327 | .625 | 150 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Reichle | 122 | 398 | 361 | 40 | 93 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 34 | .258 | .315 | .330 | .644 | 119 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Shano Collins | 97 | 367 | 342 | 41 | 79 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | .231 | .265 | .289 | .555 | 99 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Mitchell | 92 | 385 | 347 | 40 | 78 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 18 | .225 | .296 | .291 | .587 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Picinich | 87 | 327 | 268 | 33 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 32 | .276 | .386 | .384 | .770 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Fewster | 90 | 331 | 284 | 32 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 35 | .236 | .334 | .278 | .613 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Al DeVormer | 74 | 222 | 209 | 20 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .258 | .282 | .321 | .603 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Menosky | 84 | 217 | 188 | 22 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | .229 | .310 | .314 | .623 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke Pittenger | 60 | 187 | 177 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .215 | .236 | .243 | .479 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Roxy Walters | 40 | 117 | 104 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .264 | .288 | .553 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Ehmke | 43 | 120 | 112 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .223 | .237 | .250 | .487 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 42 | 88 | 80 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .225 | .244 | .288 | .531 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Fullerton | 37 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .297 | .350 | .297 | .647 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Donahue | 10 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .278 | .350 | .389 | .739 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Murray | 39 | 63 | 55 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .164 | .193 | .164 | .357 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Piercy | 30 | 62 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .132 | .148 | .208 | .356 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ferguson | 34 | 71 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .097 | .138 | .113 | .251 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Fuller | 6 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .238 | .273 | .238 | .511 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty O'Doul | 36 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .189 | .143 | .332 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Boone | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .400 | .713 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camp Skinner | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .385 | .615 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nemo Leibold | 12 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Howe | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Blethen | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Stimson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1727 | 5761 | 5170 | 584 | 1353 | 253 | 54 | 34 | 525 | 79 | 89 | 389 | 481 | .262 | .318 | .351 | .670 | 1816 | 0 | 41 | 161 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Reichle | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Harris | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .974 | 8.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al DeVormer | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Burns | 1B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 1485 | 92 | 16 | 103 | .990 | 1.801 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roxy Walters | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Shanks | 2B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 82 | 7 | 18 | .961 | 4.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarke Pittenger | 2B | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 86 | 7 | 12 | .959 | 3.881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Mitchell | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm McMillan | 2B | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 101 | 12 | 15 | .937 | 5.265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fuller | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 6.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Fewster | 2B | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 140 | 16 | 21 | .938 | 4.959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Shanks | 3B | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 89 | 173 | 17 | 16 | .939 | 3.157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarke Pittenger | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm McMillan | 3B | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | 139 | 16 | 13 | .942 | 3.851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Fewster | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roxy Walters | C | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 4.083 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val Picinich | C | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 89 | 15 | 7 | .957 | 4.148 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al DeVormer | C | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 181 | 48 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 4.164 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Camp Skinner | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howie Shanks | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Reichle | OF | 93 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 2.151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty O'Doul | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Menosky | OF | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .920 | 2.347 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nemo Leibold | OF | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Harris | OF | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .968 | 2.265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | OF | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 218 | 31 | 9 | 8 | .965 | 2.441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Donahue | OF | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shano Collins | OF | 89 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .953 | 2.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Boone | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Stimson | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Quinn | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 1 | .959 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Piercy | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 65 | 4 | 3 | .949 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty O'Doul | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Murray | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 1.179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Howe | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Fullerton | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .923 | .973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Ferguson | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 5 | .926 | 1.471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Ehmke | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 101 | 3 | 8 | .975 | 2.767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Blethen | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Black | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howie Shanks | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarke Pittenger | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Mitchell | SS | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 184 | 264 | 18 | 40 | .961 | 5.149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm McMillan | SS | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 92 | 7 | 21 | .956 | 5.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Fewster | SS | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 100 | 17 | 10 | .912 | 4.757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1592 | 0 | 0.0 | 4113 | 1972 | 232 | 324 | .963 | 3.822 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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