1950 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 94-60
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,344,080, Avg. 20,062
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe McCarthy (31-28)
Manager: Steve O'Neill (63-32)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1950 Boston Red Sox Roster
1950 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1950 season with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Red Sox led the circuit with 1027 runs, powered by 161 home runs. Boston surrendered 804 runs. Walt Dropo walloped 34 home runs for the squad, while Bobby Doerr, Vern Stephens and Ted Williams each swatted 20 or more, too. Vern Stephens and Walt Dropo each recorded 144 runs batted in. Billy Goodman paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .354. Mel Parnell topped the team with 18 wins, plus Joe Dobson, too added 15 or more wins, too Mel Parnell recorded a 3.61 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Joe McCarthy and Steve O'Neill 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
Mel Parnell	18	10	.643	3.61	40	31	8	21	2	3	249.0	244	116	100	17	106	93	7	0	4	1070
Joe Dobson	15	10	.600	4.18	39	27	9	12	1	4	206.7	217	103	96	15	81	81	0	0	4	882
Ellis Kinder	14	12	.538	4.26	48	23	15	11	1	9	207.0	212	105	98	23	78	95	1	0	1	903
Chuck Stobbs	12	7	.632	5.10	32	21	3	6	0	1	169.3	158	104	96	17	88	78	5	1	0	738
Walt Masterson	8	6	.571	5.64	33	15	7	6	0	1	129.3	145	91	81	15	82	60	1	0	7	596
Willard Nixon	8	6	.571	6.04	22	15	3	2	0	2	101.3	126	75	68	8	58	57	2	0	2	476
Mickey McDermott	7	3	.700	5.19	38	15	16	4	0	5	130.0	119	80	75	8	124	96	2	4	4	609
Al Papai	4	2	.667	6.75	16	3	5	2	0	2	50.7	61	41	38	5	28	19	0	0	0	238
Charley Schanz	3	2	.600	8.34	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.7	25	21	21	3	24	14	1	0	2	115
Harry Taylor	2	0	1.000	1.42	3	2	1	2	1	0	19.0	13	3	3	0	8	8	0	0	1	74
Dick Littlefield	2	2	.500	9.26	15	2	5	0	0	1	23.3	27	25	24	6	24	13	1	0	1	117
Jim McDonald	1	0	1.000	3.79	9	0	1	0	0	0	19.0	23	9	8	1	10	5	1	0	0	85
James Atkins	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	4	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	1	22
Jim Suchecki	0	0		4.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	18
Phil Marchildon	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	7
Earl Johnson	0	0		7.24	11	0	4	0	0	0	13.7	18	11	11	0	8	6	1	0	0	65
Frank Quinn	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
Gordie Mueller	0	0		10.29	8	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	11	8	8	1	13	1	0	0	0	45
Dave Ferriss	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Bob Gillespie	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	2	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	10
Totals	94	60	.610	4.88	337	154	88	66	5	28	1362.3	1413	804	739	121	748	630	23	5	27	6085

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Dom DiMaggio	141	681	588	131	193	30	11	7	70	15	4	82	68	.328	.414	.452	.866	266	14	4	7
Vern Stephens	149	693	628	125	185	34	6	30	144	1	0	65	43	.295	.361	.511	.872	321	21	0	0
Walt Dropo	136	609	559	101	180	28	8	34	144	0	0	45	75	.322	.378	.583	.961	326	16	5	0
Bobby Doerr	149	663	586	103	172	29	11	27	120	3	4	67	42	.294	.367	.519	.886	304	21	1	9
Al Zarilla	130	556	471	92	153	32	10	9	74	2	3	76	47	.325	.423	.493	.915	232	5	4	5
Johnny Pesky	127	605	490	112	153	22	6	1	49	2	1	104	31	.312	.437	.388	.825	190	13	5	6
Billy Goodman	110	485	424	91	150	25	3	4	68	2	4	52	25	.354	.427	.455	.882	193	8	2	7
Ted Williams	89	416	334	82	106	24	1	28	97	3	0	82	21	.317	.452	.647	1.099	216	12	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	79	299	268	33	83	10	1	8	45	1	1	29	26	.310	.377	.444	.821	119	13	0	2
Matt Batts	75	258	238	27	65	15	3	4	34	0	0	18	19	.273	.327	.412	.739	98	8	1	1
Clyde Vollmer	57	190	169	35	48	10	0	7	37	1	0	21	35	.284	.363	.467	.831	79	5	0	0
Tom Wright	54	115	107	17	34	7	0	0	20	0	0	6	18	.318	.360	.383	.743	41	2	1	1
Buddy Rosar	27	91	84	13	25	2	0	1	12	0	0	7	4	.298	.352	.357	.709	30	3	0	0
Mel Parnell	40	107	98	7	19	5	0	0	7	0	0	5	13	.194	.240	.245	.485	24	2	1	3
Mickey McDermott	39	53	44	11	16	5	0	0	12	0	0	9	3	.364	.472	.477	.949	21	1	0	0
Joe Dobson	39	88	70	6	15	2	0	0	9	0	0	9	23	.214	.313	.243	.555	17	0	1	8
Chuck Stobbs	32	73	57	8	14	1	0	0	9	0	0	12	16	.246	.377	.263	.640	15	1	0	4
Ellis Kinder	48	77	71	5	13	1	1	1	11	0	0	2	13	.183	.205	.268	.473	19	2	0	4
Ken Keltner	13	32	28	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.321	.387	.393	.780	11	2	0	1
Walt Masterson	33	46	44	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	18	.136	.174	.159	.333	7	0	0	0
Lou Stringer	24	17	17	7	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	.294	.294	.353	.647	6	1	0	0
Willard Nixon	22	44	36	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	7	.139	.244	.139	.383	5	1	0	3
Tommy O'Brien	9	34	31	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	.129	.206	.161	.367	5	2	0	0
Fred Hatfield	10	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	3	0	0	0
Al Papai	16	21	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.176	.300	.176	.476	3	0	0	1
Jim Piersall	6	11	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.286	.545	.286	.831	2	0	0	0
Harry Taylor	3	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0
Jim McDonald	9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0
Charley Schanz	14	12	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0
Earl Johnson	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gordie Mueller	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	3	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0
James Atkins	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dave Ferriss	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Gillespie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Merl Combs	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Jim Suchecki	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Phil Marchildon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Frank Quinn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Scherbarth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1728	6322	5516	1027	1665	287	61	161	974	32	17	719	580	.302	.385	.464	.848	2557	153	25	62

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ken Keltner	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Billy Goodman	1B	21	193	12	1	15	.995	9.762	0
Walt Dropo	1B	134	1142	77	15	147	.988	9.097	0
Lou Stringer	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Billy Goodman	2B	5	16	13	1	7	.967	5.800	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	149	443	431	11	130	.988	5.866	0
Lou Stringer	3B	3	3	4	2	1	.778	2.333	0
Johnny Pesky	3B	116	160	257	11	29	.974	3.595	0
Ken Keltner	3B	8	8	10	1	0	.947	2.250	0
Fred Hatfield	3B	3	4	9	0	2	1.000	4.333	0
Billy Goodman	3B	27	29	58	6	4	.935	3.222	0
Birdie Tebbetts	C	74	285	44	4	5	.988	4.446	5
Bob Scherbarth	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Buddy Rosar	C	25	108	6	1	1	.991	4.560	2
Matt Batts	C	73	306	29	2	3	.994	4.589	4
Al Zarilla	OF	128	230	12	6	1	.976	1.891	0
Tom Wright	OF	24	40	1	2	1	.953	1.708	0
Ted Williams	OF	86	165	7	8	0	.956	2.000	0
Clyde Vollmer	OF	39	80	3	4	0	.954	2.128	0
Jim Piersall	OF	2	9	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	0
Tommy O'Brien	OF	9	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Charlie Maxwell	OF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Billy Goodman	OF	45	104	2	1	1	.991	2.356	0
Dom DiMaggio	OF	140	390	15	7	2	.983	2.893	0
Harry Taylor	P	3	3	3	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jim Suchecki	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Chuck Stobbs	P	32	12	33	0	0	1.000	1.406	0
Charley Schanz	P	14	0	5	1	0	.833	.357	0
Frank Quinn	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Mel Parnell	P	40	7	67	1	6	.987	1.850	0
Al Papai	P	16	2	6	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Willard Nixon	P	22	7	14	1	3	.955	.955	0
Gordie Mueller	P	8	2	1	0	0	1.000	.375	0
Jim McDonald	P	9	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.111	0
Mickey McDermott	P	38	5	25	2	1	.938	.789	0
Walt Masterson	P	33	8	26	2	6	.944	1.030	0
Phil Marchildon	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dick Littlefield	P	15	1	6	0	1	1.000	.467	0
Ellis Kinder	P	48	7	30	3	0	.925	.771	0
Earl Johnson	P	11	0	6	0	0	1.000	.545	0
Bob Gillespie	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dave Ferriss	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Joe Dobson	P	39	8	44	3	4	.945	1.333	0
James Atkins	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lou Stringer	SS	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Vern Stephens	SS	146	258	431	13	115	.981	4.719	0
Johnny Pesky	SS	8	23	32	2	7	.965	6.875	0
Billy Goodman	SS	1	2	4	0	1	1.000	6.000	0
Totals		1609	4087	1735	111	495	.981	3.618	11

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