1942 Boston Red Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 93-59
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 730,340, Avg. 12,810
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (93-59)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1942 Boston Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 93-59
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 730,340, Avg. 12,810
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (93-59)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1942 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1942 season with a record of 93 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Red Sox scored 761 runs and surrendered 594 runs. Ted Williams walloped 36 home runs for Boston, and Bobby Doerr added 20 or more, too. Ted Williams drove in 137 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .356. Tex Hughson led the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex Hughson | 22 | 6 | .786 | 2.59 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 281.0 | 258 | 92 | 81 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1150 |
| Charlie Wagner | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.29 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 205.3 | 184 | 87 | 75 | 5 | 95 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 868 |
| Joe Dobson | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.30 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 182.7 | 155 | 73 | 67 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 750 |
| Mace Brown | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.43 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 60.3 | 56 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 252 |
| Oscar Judd | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.89 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 150.3 | 135 | 72 | 65 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 664 |
| Dick Newsome | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.01 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 174 | 98 | 88 | 11 | 67 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 701 |
| Bill Butland | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.51 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 111.3 | 85 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 453 |
| Yank Terry | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.92 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 82 | 48 | 37 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 378 |
| Ken Chase | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.81 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 82 | 37 | 34 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 356 |
| Mike Ryba | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.86 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.3 | 49 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 194 |
| Totals | 93 | 59 | .612 | 3.44 | 260 | 152 | 68 | 84 | 11 | 17 | 1358.7 | 1260 | 594 | 520 | 65 | 553 | 0 | 500 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 5766 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Pesky | 147 | 686 | 620 | 105 | 205 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 36 | .331 | .375 | .416 | .791 | 258 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Williams | 150 | 671 | 522 | 141 | 186 | 34 | 5 | 36 | 137 | 3 | 2 | 145 | 51 | .356 | .499 | .648 | 1.147 | 338 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom DiMaggio | 151 | 702 | 622 | 110 | 178 | 36 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 70 | 52 | .286 | .364 | .437 | .801 | 272 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Doerr | 144 | 625 | 545 | 71 | 158 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 102 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 55 | .290 | .369 | .455 | .824 | 248 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lupien | 128 | 525 | 463 | 63 | 130 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 20 | .281 | .351 | .384 | .735 | 178 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Tabor | 139 | 554 | 508 | 56 | 128 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 75 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 47 | .252 | .303 | .366 | .669 | 186 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Finney | 113 | 431 | 397 | 58 | 113 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | .285 | .335 | .383 | .718 | 152 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peacock | 88 | 309 | 286 | 17 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | .266 | .316 | .311 | .627 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Fox | 77 | 286 | 256 | 42 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 28 | .262 | .323 | .395 | .717 | 101 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Conroy | 83 | 298 | 250 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 47 | .200 | .315 | .280 | .595 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 30 | 120 | 100 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | .270 | .392 | .460 | .852 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeeter Newsome | 29 | 105 | 95 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .274 | .337 | .337 | .673 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cronin | 45 | 95 | 79 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21 | .304 | .415 | .494 | .909 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Judd | 36 | 73 | 67 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .269 | .300 | .418 | .718 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex Hughson | 38 | 117 | 102 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .176 | .236 | .206 | .442 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Newsome | 24 | 62 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .236 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dobson | 30 | 78 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .145 | .192 | .159 | .351 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Chase | 13 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .182 | .182 | .303 | .485 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ryba | 21 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Wagner | 29 | 78 | 65 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .077 | .104 | .077 | .181 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Yank Terry | 20 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .111 | .111 | .185 | .296 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Carey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Gilbert | 6 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Campbell | 26 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mace Brown | 34 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Butland | 23 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .036 | .229 | .036 | .264 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1625 | 5984 | 5248 | 761 | 1451 | 244 | 55 | 103 | 702 | 68 | 61 | 591 | 508 | .276 | .352 | .403 | .755 | 2114 | 94 | 22 | 123 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Lupien | 1B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 1091 | 68 | 9 | 99 | .992 | 9.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 | 34 | 1 | 28 | .996 | 9.815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Finney | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Newsome | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .967 | 5.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Doerr | 2B | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 376 | 453 | 21 | 105 | .975 | 5.838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carey | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tabor | 3B | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 236 | 33 | 24 | .924 | 2.928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Newsome | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .925 | 3.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 4 | .865 | 2.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ryba | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Peacock | C | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 280 | 44 | 4 | 8 | .988 | 3.951 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Conroy | C | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 40 | 11 | 6 | .971 | 4.386 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Williams | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 312 | 15 | 4 | 4 | .988 | 2.180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Gilbert | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Fox | OF | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .966 | 1.592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Finney | OF | 95 | 0 | 0.0 | 199 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 2.179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dom DiMaggio | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 439 | 19 | 6 | 7 | .987 | 3.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Campbell | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Wagner | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yank Terry | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ryba | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Newsome | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 4 | .922 | 1.958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Judd | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Hughson | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 59 | 1 | 7 | .987 | 1.974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dobson | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Chase | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Butland | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mace Brown | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Pesky | SS | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 320 | 465 | 37 | 94 | .955 | 5.340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Newsome | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .933 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cronin | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1528 | 0 | 0.0 | 4076 | 1772 | 157 | 418 | .974 | 3.827 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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