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1938 Boston Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 88-61
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 646,459, Avg. 10,870
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (88-61)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1938 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 88 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Red Sox scored 902 runs and allowed 751 runs. Jimmie Foxx crushed 50 homers for Boston, while Joe Cronin walloped 20 or more, too. Jimmie Foxx drove in 175 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .349. Jim Bagby and Jack Wilson led the team with 15 wins each, and Lefty Grove recorded a 3.08 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Joe Cronin 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Bagby | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.21 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 198.7 | 218 | 110 | 93 | 9 | 90 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 873 |
Jack Wilson | 15 | 15 | .500 | 4.30 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 194.7 | 200 | 108 | 93 | 16 | 91 | 0 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 869 |
Lefty Grove | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3.08 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 163.7 | 169 | 65 | 56 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 706 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.58 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 176.7 | 199 | 98 | 90 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 795 |
Joe Heving | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.73 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 82.0 | 94 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 356 |
Archie McKain | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.52 | 37 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 99.7 | 119 | 60 | 50 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 453 |
Bill Harris | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.03 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 80.3 | 83 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 339 |
Emerson Dickman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.28 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 117 | 74 | 61 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 470 |
Johnny Marcum | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.09 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 | 113 | 49 | 42 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 408 |
Dick Midkiff | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.09 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 43 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 169 |
Lee Rogers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.51 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 |
Charlie Wagner | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 47 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
Doc Cramer | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
Ted Olson | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |
Byron Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Al Baker | 0 | 0 | 9.39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
Bill LeFebvre | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
Totals | 88 | 61 | .591 | 4.46 | 297 | 150 | 83 | 67 | 9 | 15 | 1316.3 | 1472 | 751 | 652 | 102 | 528 | 0 | 484 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 5866 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Vosmik | 146 | 689 | 621 | 121 | 201 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 26 | .324 | .384 | .446 | .830 | 277 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Cramer | 148 | 717 | 658 | 116 | 198 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 19 | .301 | .354 | .380 | .734 | 250 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmie Foxx | 149 | 685 | 565 | 139 | 197 | 33 | 9 | 50 | 175 | 5 | 4 | 119 | 76 | .349 | .462 | .704 | 1.166 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Cronin | 143 | 637 | 530 | 98 | 172 | 51 | 5 | 17 | 94 | 7 | 5 | 91 | 60 | .325 | .428 | .536 | .964 | 284 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Chapman | 127 | 553 | 480 | 92 | 163 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 80 | 13 | 6 | 65 | 33 | .340 | .418 | .494 | .912 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Pinky Higgins | 139 | 603 | 524 | 77 | 159 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 106 | 10 | 9 | 71 | 55 | .303 | .388 | .406 | .794 | 213 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Doerr | 145 | 590 | 509 | 70 | 147 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 39 | .289 | .363 | .397 | .760 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Desautels | 108 | 402 | 333 | 47 | 97 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 31 | .291 | .396 | .369 | .766 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Peacock | 72 | 214 | 195 | 29 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 | .303 | .358 | .364 | .723 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Red Nonnenkamp | 87 | 204 | 180 | 37 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 13 | .283 | .358 | .317 | .675 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Tabor | 19 | 59 | 57 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .316 | .328 | .491 | .819 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 33 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .216 | .256 | .297 | .554 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Wilson | 37 | 76 | 68 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .221 | .243 | .250 | .493 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Eric McNair | 46 | 100 | 96 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .156 | .182 | .188 | .369 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Bagby | 45 | 78 | 68 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .191 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Emerson Dickman | 32 | 42 | 35 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lefty Grove | 24 | 68 | 54 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .148 | .246 | .148 | .394 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Harris | 13 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .241 | .214 | .456 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Marcum | 19 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .135 | .256 | .135 | .391 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moe Berg | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Heving | 16 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .133 | .161 | .167 | .328 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Midkiff | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Wagner | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Archie McKain | 37 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .065 | .147 | .097 | .244 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill LeFebvre | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fabian Gaffke | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Baker | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Rogers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Olson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Byron Humphrey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1658 | 6003 | 5229 | 902 | 1566 | 298 | 56 | 98 | 860 | 55 | 51 | 649 | 462 | .299 | .378 | .434 | .812 | 2270 | 0 | 13 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Peacock | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Nonnenkamp | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 1282 | 116 | 19 | 153 | .987 | 9.383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Moe Berg | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric McNair | 2B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 12 | .957 | 4.786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Doerr | 2B | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 372 | 420 | 26 | 118 | .968 | 5.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Tabor | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .889 | 3.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric McNair | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pinky Higgins | 3B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 140 | 272 | 39 | 28 | .914 | 2.986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ben Chapman | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Peacock | C | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 177 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 3.316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fabian Gaffke | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Desautels | C | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 423 | 52 | 7 | 7 | .985 | 4.398 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Moe Berg | C | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Vosmik | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .978 | 2.164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Peacock | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Nonnenkamp | OF | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fabian Gaffke | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Doc Cramer | OF | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 417 | 15 | 6 | 3 | .986 | 2.919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ben Chapman | OF | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 267 | 15 | 10 | 5 | .966 | 2.238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Wilson | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Wagner | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lee Rogers | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fritz Ostermueller | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 1.452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Olson | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Midkiff | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Archie McKain | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .947 | .973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Marcum | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill LeFebvre | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Byron Humphrey | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Heving | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .968 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Harris | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lefty Grove | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Emerson Dickman | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doc Cramer | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Baker | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Bagby | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 1.372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Tabor | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .727 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric McNair | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .870 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Cronin | SS | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 449 | 36 | 110 | .954 | 5.303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1559 | 0 | 0.0 | 3952 | 1721 | 190 | 474 | .968 | 3.639 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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