1948 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 96-59
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,558,798, Avg. 22,496
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-59)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1948 Boston Red Sox Roster
1948 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1948 season with a record of 96 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Red Sox led the circuit with 907 runs. Boston allowed 720 runs. Vern Stephens paced the squad with 29 home runs, while Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams walloped 20 or more as well. Vern Stephens drove in 137 runs. Ted Williams topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .369. Jack Kramer paced the team with 18 wins, and Joe Dobson and Mel Parnell added 15 or more victories also Mel Parnell recorded a 3.14 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Joe McCarthy 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 Kramer	18	5	.783	4.35	29	29	0	14	2	0	205.0	233	104	99	12	64	72	0	0	3	891
Joe Dobson	16	10	.615	3.56	38	32	5	16	5	2	245.3	237	115	97	14	92	116	1	1	6	1044
Mel Parnell	15	8	.652	3.14	35	27	5	16	1	0	212.0	205	87	74	7	90	77	4	2	3	916
Earl Johnson	10	4	.714	4.53	35	3	21	1	0	5	91.3	98	49	46	7	42	45	0	1	2	402
Ellis Kinder	10	7	.588	3.74	28	22	3	10	1	0	178.0	183	84	74	10	63	53	2	0	2	762
Denny Galehouse	8	8	.500	4.00	27	15	7	6	1	3	137.3	152	68	61	10	46	38	2	0	0	595
Dave Ferriss	7	3	.700	5.23	31	9	13	1	0	3	115.3	127	71	67	7	61	30	7	0	0	518
Mickey Harris	7	10	.412	5.30	20	17	1	6	1	0	113.7	120	73	67	10	59	42	1	1	2	505
Tex Hughson	3	1	.750	5.12	15	0	11	0	0	0	19.3	21	14	11	0	7	6	0	0	0	84
Cot Deal	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	18
Earl Caldwell	1	1	.500	13.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	11	14	13	2	11	5	1	0	0	46
Mike Palm	0	0		6.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	20
Mickey McDermott	0	0		6.17	7	0	5	0	0	0	23.3	16	18	16	2	35	17	1	1	3	114
Chuck Stobbs	0	0		6.43	6	0	6	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	0	7	4	0	0	0	35
Fritz Dorish	0	1	.000	5.65	9	0	1	0	0	0	14.3	18	13	9	1	6	5	0	0	2	71
Windy McCall	0	1	.000	20.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.3	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	11
Totals	96	59	.619	4.20	296	155	85	70	11	13	1379.3	1445	720	644	83	592	513	19	6	26	6032

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Ted Williams	137	638	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	4	0	126	41	.369	.497	.615	1.112	313	10	3	0
Dom DiMaggio	155	756	648	127	185	40	4	9	87	10	2	101	58	.285	.383	.401	.785	260	11	2	5
Vern Stephens	155	716	635	114	171	25	8	29	137	1	0	77	56	.269	.350	.471	.821	299	25	2	2
Johnny Pesky	143	677	565	124	159	26	6	3	55	3	5	99	32	.281	.394	.365	.759	206	10	6	7
Bobby Doerr	140	618	527	94	150	23	6	27	111	3	2	83	49	.285	.386	.505	.891	266	13	4	4
Billy Goodman	127	527	445	65	138	27	2	1	66	5	3	74	44	.310	.414	.387	.801	172	18	5	3
Birdie Tebbetts	128	513	446	54	125	26	2	5	68	5	2	62	32	.280	.371	.381	.752	170	22	2	3
Stan Spence	114	477	391	71	92	17	4	12	61	0	2	82	33	.235	.368	.391	.759	153	7	0	4
Wally Moses	78	212	189	26	49	12	1	2	29	5	0	21	19	.259	.340	.365	.705	69	1	2	0
Sam Mele	66	198	180	25	42	12	1	2	25	1	1	13	21	.233	.292	.344	.637	62	5	2	3
Matt Batts	46	137	118	13	37	12	0	1	24	0	0	15	9	.314	.391	.441	.832	52	4	0	4
Billy Hitchcock	49	134	124	15	37	3	2	1	20	0	0	7	9	.298	.341	.379	.720	47	4	1	2
Jake Jones	36	116	105	3	21	4	0	1	8	1	0	11	26	.200	.276	.267	.543	28	4	0	0
Joe Dobson	38	101	84	9	17	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	27	.202	.280	.262	.541	22	2	3	8
Mel Parnell	35	83	80	6	13	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	11	.163	.173	.175	.348	14	2	0	2
Jack Kramer	29	90	73	7	11	1	0	1	8	0	0	10	21	.151	.253	.205	.458	15	1	0	7
Dave Ferriss	31	45	37	4	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	6	.243	.349	.270	.619	10	0	0	2
Denny Galehouse	27	53	42	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	13	.167	.300	.167	.467	7	1	0	3
Ellis Kinder	28	73	62	8	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	18	.097	.200	.097	.297	6	1	0	3
Mickey McDermott	7	8	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	4	0	0	0
Earl Johnson	35	33	31	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	.097	.125	.097	.222	3	2	0	1
Babe Martin	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
Mickey Harris	20	44	32	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	6	.063	.286	.063	.348	2	0	0	2
Tom Wright	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	0	0	0
Earl Caldwell	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Fritz Dorish	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Lou Stringer	4	11	11	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.364	.455	4	1	0	0
Mike Palm	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Chuck Stobbs	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Ostrowski	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Neill Sheridan	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tex Hughson	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Cot Deal	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Windy McCall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1684	6282	5363	907	1471	277	40	121	854	38	17	821	549	.274	.374	.409	.782	2191	144	32	66

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Stan Spence	1B	14	110	6	1	6	.991	8.286	0
Jake Jones	1B	31	275	22	2	30	.993	9.581	0
Billy Goodman	1B	117	1101	69	8	118	.993	1.000	0
Lou Stringer	2B	2	5	13	1	5	.947	9.000	0
Billy Hitchcock	2B	15	31	47	4	12	.951	5.200	0
Billy Goodman	2B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	138	366	430	6	119	.993	5.768	0
Johnny Pesky	3B	141	121	303	22	35	.951	3.007	0
Billy Hitchcock	3B	15	23	35	0	3	1.000	3.867	0
Billy Goodman	3B	2	0	4	1	2	.800	2.000	0
Birdie Tebbetts	C	126	470	56	10	8	.981	4.175	5
Babe Martin	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Matt Batts	C	41	118	18	2	3	.986	3.317	0
Ted Williams	OF	134	289	9	5	2	.983	2.224	0
Stan Spence	OF	92	206	4	5	1	.977	2.283	0
Wally Moses	OF	45	101	2	2	1	.981	2.289	0
Sam Mele	OF	55	99	2	3	0	.971	1.836	0
Dom DiMaggio	OF	155	503	13	10	4	.981	3.329	0
Chuck Stobbs	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Mel Parnell	P	35	9	48	1	3	.983	1.629	0
Mike Palm	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Mickey McDermott	P	7	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.286	0
Windy McCall	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jack Kramer	P	29	5	26	1	1	.969	1.069	0
Ellis Kinder	P	28	5	20	1	2	.962	.893	0
Earl Johnson	P	35	6	25	0	2	1.000	.886	0
Tex Hughson	P	15	1	1	1	0	.667	.133	0
Mickey Harris	P	20	2	14	2	1	.889	.800	0
Denny Galehouse	P	27	6	17	2	2	.920	.852	0
Dave Ferriss	P	31	10	21	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Fritz Dorish	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Joe Dobson	P	38	10	36	2	3	.958	1.211	0
Cot Deal	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Earl Caldwell	P	8	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Vern Stephens	SS	155	269	540	24	113	.971	5.219	0
Totals		1577	4143	1796	116	477	.981	3.766	5

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