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1948 Boston Red Sox  (1947)  (1949) 112-42, 1st in American League Scored 939 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 111-43 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .717 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 97-57   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 96-59 Manager(s): Steve Bivens Defeated St. Louis Cardinals in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Lou Boudreau         30  154  620  138  226  38   9  24  117   0   0   91   22  .365  .442  .571  158  10.0  1e21       26  
 OF *Ted Williams         29  151  574  138  188  40   6  28  137   1   0  116   62  .328  .441  .564  142   9.3  3(-2)e6  -107  
 3B *Johnny Pesky         28  152  620  146  181  28   7   4   63   0   0  104   44  .292  .401  .379  103   6.0  3e24       22  
 2B  Bobby Doerr          30  154  590   95  163  23   6  23  132   0   0   70   63  .276  .351  .453   91   5.2  1e8       -87  
 OF  Dom Dimaggio         31  154  591   96  160  32   2  10  110   2   2   92   63  .271  .367  .382   88   5.3  1(-3)e10  -36  
 C   Birdie Tebbetts      35  139  493   72  140  38   2   6   77   0   0   52   66  .284  .353  .406   65   4.6  1(-3)e3     7  
 1B  Bert Haas            34  108  368   48  114  13   4  12   68   1   0   38   37  .310  .373  .465   62   6.4  3e22      127  
 1B *Paul Lehner          28  100  345   43  106  24   5   3   52   0   0   29   20  .307  .359  .432   49   5.2  4e18       91  
 OF *Dick Whitman         27   58  177   34   57  24   1   0   21   1   1   18    8  .322  .381  .469   31   6.8  3(+1)e4   134  
 OF *George Shuba         23   70  145   21   45   8   0   1   23   0   0   30   22  .310  .426  .386   25   6.6  3(-2)e24   39  
 PH *Don Mueller          21   76   81   17   36   4   0   1   14   0   0    2    2  .444  .447  .531   18  10.3            151  
 OF  Sam Mele             26   64  171   22   45   8   0   1   17   0   0   17   23  .263  .328  .327   17   3.4  3(0)e10    19  
 UT  Putsy Caballero      20   39   64    9   22   4   2   0   10   0   1    6    3  .344  .400  .469   11   6.4            291  
 OF *Cliff Mapes          26   34   55   10   14   7   0   2    8   0   0    2    4  .255  .281  .491    7   5.1  3(-3)e15   42  
 C   Sal Yvars            24   12   39    8   11   6   0   0   12   0   0    4    1  .282  .364  .436    6   6.4  4(+1)e3   198  
 C  *Joe Garagiola        22   20   49    8    5   1   0   2    9   0   0   13   12  .102  .290  .245    4   2.3  3(+2)e2    28  
 1B  Jake Jones           27    3    6    3    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .167  .500  .167    1   5.5  4e12      124  
 PH  Alvin Dark           26    5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   1.4           -386  
 PH  Leon Culberson       29    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -524  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           887                    8

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Joe Dobson           31  23   6  .793  36  36   4   0   0   0   0  266.1  250  120  105  16   87  129  3.55  111   3.7  -39  
  P *Mel Parnell          26  22   5  .815  31  30  10   1   0   0   5  229.1  232   90   76  10   70   92  2.98   97   3.8  -32  
  P  Ray Poat             30  14   6  .700  27  27   1   0   0   0   0  174.1  157   67   59  11   70   78  3.05   73   3.8 -116  
  P  Vern Bickford        27  12   3  .800  22  19   6   3   0   0   3  147.0  123   53   48   7   65   43  2.94   60   3.7  -32  
  P  Blix Donnelly        34  10   3  .769  25  19   2   5   1   1   0  138.1  121   55   48  10   42   63  3.12   53   3.4  -85  
  P  Erv Palica           20   8   1  .889  57   2   1  33  11   6   0   96.2   81   36   33  12   40   68  3.07   45   4.2  -29  
  P  Denny Galehouse      36   8   7  .533  39  15   2  13   3   1   1  128.1  170   77   69  10   40   37  4.84   87   6.0   43  
  P *Joe Ostrowski        31   4   2  .667  35   0   0  10   4   3   0   38.1   47   17   17   3   10    9  3.99   20   4.8  -90  
  P *Mickey Harris        31   4   3  .571  41   3   0  25   7   0   0   81.0   66   26   20   4   46   29  2.22   33   3.8 -160  
  P  Carl Erskine         21   4   5  .444  42   0   0  28  15   7   0   66.0   53   27   26   4   29   27  3.55   26   3.6  -16  
  P  Dave Ferriss         26   3   1  .750  15   3   0  10   1   0   0   34.0   40   16   14   2    7   11  3.71   17   4.7  -69  
  P  Bob Gillespie        28   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   1    0    0 13.50    3  13.5  349  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      631        -50

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Birdie Tebbetts 1190 127 139 631 40 5 3 .993 10 8 Joe Garagiola 123 16 19 69 3 0 0 1.000 5 2 Sal Yvars 89 11 12 40 5 0 0 1.000 4 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Haas 851 92 98 981 123 12 121 .989 11.68 Paul Lehner 516 58 63 577 53 7 66 .989 10.99 Jake Jones 20 2 3 18 3 0 3 1.000 9.45 Cliff Mapes 8 1 1 9 0 0 3 1.000 10.12 George Shuba 7 1 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 6.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 1362 151 154 400 511 11 147 .988 6.02 Putsy Caballero 39 3 8 10 12 2 2 .917 5.03 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Pesky 1358 151 151 114 350 19 26 .961 3.07 Putsy Caballero 43 3 9 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Boudreau 1378 153 154 303 586 20 154 .978 5.80 Johnny Pesky 9 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 Putsy Caballero 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 Paul Lehner 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 Bert Haas 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 1359 150 150 253 16 6 0 .978 1.78 Don Mueller 15 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Cliff Mapes 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 George Shuba 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Paul Lehner 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dick Whitman 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dimaggio 1402 154 154 414 18 8 0 .982 2.77 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Whitman 399 42 46 81 3 1 1 .988 1.90 Sam Mele 396 45 52 63 0 5 0 .926 1.43 George Shuba 267 35 36 49 4 1 0 .981 1.79 Paul Lehner 253 26 33 46 1 3 0 .940 1.67 Cliff Mapes 76 5 14 14 1 2 0 .882 1.78 Don Mueller 11 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1948 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Ray Poat
Round 3 (#40):	Bert Haas
Round 4 (#51):	Leon Culberson
Round 5 (#61):	George Shuba

Transactions

• 1948-01: acquired Sal Yvars as a free agent
• 1948-02: traded Alvin Dark to BON for Vern Bickford, Cliff Mapes
• 1948-02: traded Earl Caldwell to CHA for Bob Gillespie

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