1941 Boston Red Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 718,497, Avg. 11,870
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (84-70)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1941 Boston Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 84-70
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 718,497, Avg. 11,870
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (84-70)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1941 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1941 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Red Sox paced the league with 865 runs, ignited by 124 home runs. Boston allowed 750 runs. Ted Williams walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Bobby Doerr, Jimmie Foxx, Jim Tabor and Joe Cronin each added 20 or more, too. Ted Williams drove in 120 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .406. Dick Newsome paced the team with 19 wins, and Charlie Wagner registered a 3.07 earned run average, tops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Newsome | 19 | 10 | .655 | 4.13 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 213.7 | 235 | 115 | 98 | 13 | 79 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 944 |
| Joe Dobson | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.49 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 134.3 | 136 | 70 | 67 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 595 |
| Charlie Wagner | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.07 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 187.3 | 175 | 76 | 64 | 14 | 85 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 810 |
| Mickey Harris | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.25 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 194.0 | 189 | 86 | 70 | 6 | 86 | 0 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 855 |
| Mike Ryba | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.46 | 40 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 121.0 | 143 | 72 | 60 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 535 |
| Lefty Grove | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.37 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 155 | 84 | 65 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 598 |
| Tex Hughson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 70 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
| Earl Johnson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.52 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 93.7 | 90 | 57 | 47 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 420 |
| Jack Wilson | 4 | 13 | .235 | 5.03 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 116.3 | 140 | 82 | 65 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 551 |
| Nels Potter | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
| Herb Hash | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Bill Fleming | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.92 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 180 |
| Emerson Dickman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.39 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 142 |
| Oscar Judd | 0 | 0 | 8.76 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | |
| Woody Rich | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Totals | 83 | 70 | .542 | 4.19 | 292 | 155 | 85 | 70 | 8 | 11 | 1372.0 | 1453 | 750 | 638 | 88 | 611 | 0 | 574 | 20 | 7 | 34 | 6102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Williams | 143 | 606 | 456 | 135 | 185 | 33 | 3 | 37 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 147 | 27 | .406 | .553 | .735 | 1.287 | 335 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom DiMaggio | 144 | 688 | 584 | 117 | 165 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 90 | 57 | .283 | .385 | .408 | .792 | 238 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cronin | 143 | 615 | 518 | 98 | 161 | 38 | 8 | 16 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 55 | .311 | .406 | .508 | .914 | 263 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 135 | 582 | 487 | 87 | 146 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 105 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 103 | .300 | .412 | .505 | .917 | 246 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Finney | 127 | 545 | 497 | 83 | 143 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 17 | .288 | .340 | .400 | .740 | 199 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Doerr | 132 | 549 | 500 | 74 | 141 | 28 | 4 | 16 | 93 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 43 | .282 | .339 | .450 | .789 | 225 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Tabor | 126 | 539 | 498 | 65 | 139 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 101 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 48 | .279 | .328 | .446 | .773 | 222 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Pytlak | 106 | 371 | 336 | 36 | 91 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | .271 | .329 | .363 | .692 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Fox | 73 | 296 | 268 | 38 | 81 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 32 | .302 | .357 | .399 | .757 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peacock | 79 | 286 | 261 | 28 | 74 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | .284 | .339 | .368 | .707 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeeter Newsome | 93 | 263 | 227 | 28 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 11 | .225 | .296 | .278 | .574 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Spence | 86 | 227 | 203 | 22 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .232 | .304 | .340 | .643 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Newsome | 36 | 86 | 78 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .244 | .263 | .282 | .545 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Johnson | 17 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .294 | .333 | .294 | .627 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Wagner | 29 | 76 | 63 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .159 | .197 | .175 | .372 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ryba | 40 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .216 | .256 | .270 | .527 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 27 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .159 | .178 | .182 | .360 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dobson | 27 | 54 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .149 | .216 | .213 | .428 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Flair | 10 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .226 | .333 | .559 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Harris | 35 | 76 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 25 | .109 | .319 | .127 | .447 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Odell Hale | 12 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .296 | .417 | .713 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Grove | 21 | 55 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .111 | .184 | .156 | .339 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Carey | 25 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Judd | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .714 | .750 | 1.464 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fleming | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson Dickman | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .273 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex Hughson | 12 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Potter | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Hash | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Rich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1730 | 6179 | 5359 | 865 | 1517 | 304 | 55 | 124 | 804 | 67 | 51 | 685 | 564 | .283 | .366 | .430 | .796 | 2303 | 127 | 20 | 115 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Spence | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 1155 | 112 | 10 | 105 | .992 | 1.218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Flair | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Finney | 1B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 214 | 15 | 3 | 8 | .987 | 9.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Newsome | 2B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 71 | 3 | 8 | .975 | 5.087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odell Hale | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Doerr | 2B | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 | 389 | 20 | 85 | .971 | 5.144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carey | 2B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tabor | 3B | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 277 | 30 | 24 | .930 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odell Hale | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 2.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Pytlak | C | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | 416 | 41 | 4 | 7 | .991 | 5.022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Peacock | C | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 298 | 33 | 4 | 7 | .988 | 4.729 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Williams | OF | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 262 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .961 | 2.053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Spence | OF | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Fox | OF | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 2.065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Finney | OF | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 181 | 7 | 11 | 2 | .945 | 2.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dom DiMaggio | OF | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 386 | 16 | 15 | 2 | .964 | 2.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Wilson | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 1.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Wagner | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 1.586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ryba | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Rich | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nels Potter | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Newsome | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 53 | 2 | 5 | .973 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Judd | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Johnson | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Hughson | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Hash | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Harris | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Grove | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Fleming | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dobson | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emerson Dickman | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Newsome | SS | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | 133 | 10 | 28 | .958 | 3.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | SS | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 225 | 324 | 24 | 64 | .958 | 4.613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carey | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1615 | 0 | 0.0 | 4116 | 1770 | 171 | 377 | .972 | 3.645 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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