1940 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 716,234, Avg. 11,095
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (82-72)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1940 Boston Red Sox Roster
1940 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 872 runs and yielded 825 runs. Jimmie Foxx walloped 36 home runs for Boston, while Jim Tabor, Ted Williams, Joe Cronin and Bobby Doerr each added 20 or more, too. Jimmie Foxx drove in 119 runs. Ted Williams led all regular batters by hitting .344. Joe Heving and Jack Wilson topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Lefty Grove recorded a 3.99 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jack Wilson	12	6	.667	5.08	41	16	15	9	0	5	157.7	170	104	89	17	87	102	3	0	6	723
Joe Heving	12	7	.632	4.01	39	7	21	4	0	3	119.0	129	63	53	7	42	55	3	0	1	525
Jim Bagby	10	16	.385	4.73	36	21	12	6	1	2	182.7	217	104	96	15	83	57	1	0	5	829
Emerson Dickman	8	6	.571	6.03	35	9	11	2	0	3	100.0	121	74	67	15	38	40	4	0	1	460
Lefty Grove	7	6	.538	3.99	22	21	1	9	1	0	153.3	159	73	68	20	50	62	1	0	1	652
Herb Hash	7	7	.500	4.95	34	12	15	3	1	3	120.0	123	68	66	11	84	36	5	0	3	558
Earl Johnson	6	2	.750	4.09	17	10	2	2	0	0	70.3	69	33	32	0	39	26	2	0	3	309
Denny Galehouse	6	6	.500	5.18	25	20	3	5	0	0	120.0	155	77	69	10	41	53	0	1	4	543
Fritz Ostermueller	5	9	.357	4.95	31	16	7	5	0	0	143.7	166	86	79	7	70	80	0	0	4	662
Mickey Harris	4	2	.667	5.00	13	9	2	3	0	0	68.3	83	40	38	8	26	36	2	0	3	313
Woody Rich	1	0	1.000	0.77	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.7	9	3	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	44
Charlie Wagner	1	0	1.000	5.52	12	1	7	0	0	0	29.3	45	22	18	5	8	13	0	0	1	140
Yank Terry	1	0	1.000	8.84	4	1	0	0	0	0	19.3	24	19	19	2	11	9	0	0	1	94
Bill Fleming	1	2	.333	4.86	10	6	2	1	0	0	46.3	53	27	25	4	20	24	2	0	2	206
Bill Butland	1	2	.333	5.57	3	3	0	1	0	0	21.0	27	13	13	0	10	5	0	0	0	99
Ted Williams	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Alex Mustaikis	0	1	.000	9.00	6	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	15	18	15	1	15	6	0	0	1	76
Totals	82	72	.532	4.89	332	154	103	51	3	16	1379.7	1568	825	749	124	625	613	23	1	36	6242

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Doc Cramer	150	712	661	94	200	27	12	1	51	3	5	36	29	.303	.340	.384	.724	254	13	1	14
Ted Williams	144	661	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	4	4	96	54	.344	.442	.594	1.036	333	13	3	1
Bobby Doerr	151	658	595	87	173	37	10	22	105	10	5	57	53	.291	.353	.497	.850	296	16	0	6
Lou Finney	130	574	534	73	171	31	15	5	73	5	2	33	13	.320	.360	.463	.822	247	16	0	7
Joe Cronin	149	645	548	104	156	35	6	24	111	7	5	83	65	.285	.380	.502	.882	275	6	1	13
Jimmie Foxx	144	618	515	106	153	30	4	36	119	4	7	101	87	.297	.412	.581	.993	299	18	0	2
Jim Tabor	120	505	459	73	131	28	6	21	81	14	10	42	58	.285	.345	.510	.855	234	5	0	4
Dom DiMaggio	108	466	418	81	126	32	6	8	46	7	6	41	46	.301	.367	.464	.831	194	5	2	5
Gene Desautels	71	261	222	19	50	7	1	0	17	0	1	32	13	.225	.328	.266	.594	59	7	2	5
Johnny Peacock	63	156	131	20	37	4	1	0	13	1	1	23	10	.282	.390	.328	.718	43	8	0	2
Tom Carey	43	66	62	4	20	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	1	.323	.344	.387	.731	24	2	0	2
Stan Spence	51	72	68	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	1	4	9	.279	.319	.426	.746	29	1	0	0
Jack Wilson	41	67	66	9	18	2	1	2	8	0	0	1	11	.273	.284	.424	.708	28	1	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	30	99	91	9	18	2	0	0	8	0	0	8	16	.198	.263	.220	.482	20	1	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	33	57	54	9	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.315	.351	.370	.721	20	1	0	0
Jim Bagby	44	80	74	8	15	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	12	.203	.203	.270	.473	20	2	0	6
Marv Owen	20	65	57	4	12	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	4	.211	.308	.211	.518	12	3	0	0
Tony Lupien	10	20	19	5	9	3	2	0	4	0	0	1	1	.474	.500	.842	1.342	16	0	0	0
Joe Heving	39	46	40	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	6	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	2	1	2
Lefty Grove	23	61	53	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	29	.151	.196	.208	.404	11	0	0	5
Herb Hash	35	43	40	4	7	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	.175	.175	.300	.475	12	2	0	3
Mickey Harris	13	29	22	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	.273	.429	.273	.701	6	0	0	1
Joe Glenn	22	53	47	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	7	.128	.212	.149	.360	7	4	0	1
Emerson Dickman	35	32	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	.107	.167	.107	.274	3	0	1	2
Denny Galehouse	25	46	39	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	.077	.077	.103	.179	4	2	0	7
Alex Mustaikis	6	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	0
Yank Terry	4	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0
Earl Johnson	18	27	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.074	.074	.074	.148	2	1	0	0
Charlie Wagner	13	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Bill Fleming	10	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	2
Red Nonnenkamp	9	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	1	0
Bill Butland	3	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Woody Rich	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1760	6174	5481	872	1566	301	80	145	808	55	49	590	597	.286	.356	.449	.806	2462	129	12	91

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Marv Owen	1B	8	53	8	1	9	.984	7.625	0
Tony Lupien	1B	8	37	2	0	4	1.000	4.875	0
Jimmie Foxx	1B	95	844	79	9	87	.990	9.716	0
Lou Finney	1B	51	504	23	3	41	.994	1.333	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	151	401	480	21	118	.977	5.834	0
Tom Carey	2B	4	3	8	0	2	1.000	2.750	0
Jim Tabor	3B	120	143	267	33	25	.926	3.417	0
Marv Owen	3B	9	9	16	1	3	.962	2.778	0
Charlie Gelbert	3B	29	23	65	7	5	.926	3.034	0
Jimmie Foxx	3B	1	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Joe Cronin	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Tom Carey	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Johnny Peacock	C	48	159	13	1	0	.994	3.583	2
Joe Glenn	C	19	67	6	3	0	.961	3.842	1
Jimmie Foxx	C	42	178	18	1	2	.995	4.667	7
Gene Desautels	C	70	325	27	3	8	.992	5.029	2
Ted Williams	OF	143	302	13	13	2	.960	2.203	0
Stan Spence	OF	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lou Finney	OF	69	148	10	4	0	.975	2.290	0
Dom DiMaggio	OF	94	239	16	6	5	.977	2.713	0
Doc Cramer	OF	149	333	11	11	2	.969	2.309	0
Jim Bagby	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jack Wilson	P	41	14	12	0	1	1.000	.634	0
Ted Williams	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Charlie Wagner	P	12	1	5	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Yank Terry	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Woody Rich	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Fritz Ostermueller	P	31	2	21	1	0	.958	.742	0
Alex Mustaikis	P	6	2	7	1	1	.900	1.500	0
Earl Johnson	P	17	2	19	0	1	1.000	1.235	0
Joe Heving	P	39	8	22	4	3	.882	.769	0
Herb Hash	P	34	12	26	2	0	.950	1.118	0
Mickey Harris	P	13	5	13	0	0	1.000	1.385	0
Lefty Grove	P	22	1	34	3	0	.921	1.591	0
Denny Galehouse	P	25	11	22	0	2	1.000	1.320	0
Bill Fleming	P	10	1	5	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Emerson Dickman	P	35	5	29	3	5	.919	.971	0
Bill Butland	P	3	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.667	0
Jim Bagby	P	36	17	28	1	6	.978	1.250	0
Charlie Gelbert	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Joe Cronin	SS	146	252	443	38	89	.948	4.760	0
Tom Carey	SS	20	21	40	3	12	.953	3.050	0
Totals		1631	4140	1808	173	433	.972	3.647	12

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