
1949 Boston Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 96-58
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,596,650, Avg. 21,862
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe McCarthy (96-58)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1949 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Red Sox scored 896 runs, most in the league. Boston conceded 667 runs. Ted Williams walloped 43 home runs for the squad, while Bobby Doerr and Vern Stephens swatted 20 or more as well. Vern Stephens and Ted Williams each drove in 159 runs. Ted Williams led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .343. Mel Parnell earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, plus Ellis Kinder added 15 or more wins, too Mel Parnell recorded a 2.77 ERA, tops among 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Mel Parnell | 25 | 7 | .781 | 2.77 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 295.3 | 258 | 102 | 91 | 8 | 134 | 0 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1240 |
Ellis Kinder | 23 | 6 | .793 | 3.36 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 252.0 | 251 | 103 | 94 | 21 | 99 | 0 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1085 |
Joe Dobson | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.85 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 212.7 | 219 | 103 | 91 | 12 | 97 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 923 |
Chuck Stobbs | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.03 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 152.0 | 145 | 72 | 68 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 653 |
Jack Kramer | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.16 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 111.7 | 126 | 70 | 64 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 496 |
Mickey McDermott | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.05 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 63 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 349 |
Tex Hughson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.33 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.7 | 82 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 349 |
Walt Masterson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.25 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 55.0 | 58 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
Earl Johnson | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.48 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 65 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 237 |
Mickey Harris | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.02 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 53 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 190 |
Jack Robinson | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
Fritz Dorish | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Frank Quinn | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | |
Dave Ferriss | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
Johnnie Wittig | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Windy McCall | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | |
Denny Galehouse | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
Totals | 96 | 58 | .623 | 3.97 | 275 | 155 | 71 | 84 | 16 | 16 | 1377.0 | 1375 | 667 | 608 | 82 | 661 | 0 | 598 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 6005 |
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 |
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Ted Williams | 155 | 730 | 566 | 150 | 194 | 39 | 3 | 43 | 159 | 1 | 1 | 162 | 48 | .343 | .490 | .650 | 1.141 | 368 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dom DiMaggio | 145 | 706 | 605 | 126 | 186 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 9 | 7 | 96 | 55 | .307 | .404 | .420 | .824 | 254 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Pesky | 148 | 713 | 604 | 111 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 4 | 100 | 19 | .306 | .408 | .384 | .792 | 232 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Vern Stephens | 155 | 711 | 610 | 113 | 177 | 31 | 2 | 39 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 73 | .290 | .391 | .539 | .930 | 329 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Doerr | 139 | 623 | 541 | 91 | 167 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 33 | .309 | .393 | .497 | .890 | 269 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Al Zarilla | 124 | 527 | 474 | 68 | 133 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 51 | .281 | .352 | .422 | .774 | 200 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Goodman | 122 | 509 | 443 | 54 | 132 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 21 | .298 | .382 | .363 | .745 | 161 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Birdie Tebbetts | 122 | 472 | 403 | 42 | 109 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 22 | .270 | .369 | .342 | .712 | 138 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Batts | 60 | 183 | 157 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .242 | .350 | .369 | .719 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Hitchcock | 55 | 170 | 147 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | .204 | .291 | .259 | .549 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Parnell | 39 | 127 | 114 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .254 | .274 | .281 | .554 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy O'Brien | 49 | 149 | 125 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | .224 | .336 | .336 | .672 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ellis Kinder | 43 | 107 | 92 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .130 | .184 | .152 | .336 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Stringer | 35 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .268 | .348 | .439 | .787 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Stobbs | 26 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .208 | .250 | .245 | .495 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Dobson | 33 | 83 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .147 | .256 | .147 | .403 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Kramer | 21 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .257 | .409 | .286 | .695 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Mele | 18 | 55 | 46 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .196 | .302 | .261 | .563 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey McDermott | 12 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .212 | .278 | .303 | .581 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Dropo | 11 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .146 | .205 | .195 | .400 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Merl Combs | 14 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .208 | .424 | .250 | .674 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Spence | 7 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .150 | .346 | .200 | .546 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Windy McCall | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Masterson | 18 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Ferriss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Wright | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Quinn | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Harris | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tex Hughson | 29 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Johnson | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Martin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fritz Dorish | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnnie Wittig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Denny Galehouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1641 | 6250 | 5320 | 896 | 1500 | 272 | 36 | 131 | 835 | 43 | 25 | 835 | 510 | .282 | .381 | .420 | .802 | 2237 | 169 | 17 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Billy Hitchcock | 1B | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 256 | 15 | 2 | 28 | .993 | 9.345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Goodman | 1B | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 1069 | 79 | 9 | 148 | .992 | 9.812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walt Dropo | 1B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 9.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Stringer | 2B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 12 | .978 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Hitchcock | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Doerr | 2B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 395 | 439 | 17 | 134 | .980 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Pesky | 3B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 184 | 333 | 16 | 48 | .970 | 3.493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Merl Combs | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Birdie Tebbetts | C | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 481 | 51 | 11 | 13 | .980 | 4.508 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Babe Martin | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Matt Batts | C | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 4.320 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Zarilla | OF | 122 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .984 | 2.025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Williams | OF | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 337 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 2.252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Spence | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy O'Brien | OF | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Mele | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dom DiMaggio | OF | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 420 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .977 | 3.007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnnie Wittig | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Stobbs | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .909 | 1.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Robinson | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Quinn | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mel Parnell | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey McDermott | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Windy McCall | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Walt Masterson | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Kramer | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ellis Kinder | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .972 | .814 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Johnson | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tex Hughson | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Harris | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Denny Galehouse | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Ferriss | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fritz Dorish | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Dobson | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vern Stephens | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 257 | 508 | 27 | 128 | .966 | 4.935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Merl Combs | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1539 | 0 | 0.0 | 4139 | 1737 | 120 | 561 | .980 | 3.818 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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