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1950 Boston Red Sox  (1949)  (1951) 82-72, 2nd in American League Scored 799 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 94-60 Manager(s): Steve Bivens

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Bobby Doerr          32  154  645  117  197  28  12  32  112   0   0   69   49  .305  .370  .535  120   6.8  2e12       20  
 OF  Dom Dimaggio         33  154  658  125  219  34  16  10   81   4   3   59   73  .333  .388  .479  119   6.9  1(-3)e8     1  
 1B  Walt Dropo           27  153  607   88  168  29   7  33  132   0   0   52   96  .277  .334  .511   97   5.6  4e19     -116  
 UT *Johnny Pesky         30  146  551  100  164  22   9   2   53   0   0  102   53  .298  .412  .381   93   6.0            -32  
 OF *Ted Williams         31  125  358   92   95  14   3  34   91   0   0   98   29  .265  .419  .606   93   9.0  4(-2)e13  -74  
 OF *Gus Bell             21  127  458   61  129  32   5  11   56   0   1   32   55  .282  .337  .445   69   5.5  2(-2)e8     6  
 OF  Clyde Vollmer        28   90  195   24   63  14   0   7   30   1   0   19   35  .323  .380  .503   36   7.1  4(+1)e15   65  
 C   Birdie Tebbetts      37  111  292   30   81   9   0   6   37   0   0   31   36  .277  .344  .370   35   4.2  1(0)e4   -108  
 C   Dixie Howell         30   78  232   19   62   6   4   1   24   0   0   26   36  .267  .355  .341   28   4.3  3(+2)e6    71  
 C  *Joe Garagiola        24   47   96   17   37  11   2   1    6   0   0   12    8  .385  .450  .573   24  10.5  2(-2)e7   157  
 SS  Lou Boudreau         32   89  289   24   62  12   2   2   30   0   0   26    5  .215  .277  .291   22   2.5  3e12     -128  
 OF *Lloyd Merriman       25   99  163   24   40   5   2   2   25   0   2   17   14  .245  .319  .337   17   3.7  1(+1)e5   -23  
 SS *Merl Combs           30   59  104   10   28   5   0   0   13   0   0   33   15  .269  .445  .317   17   6.0  4e28      124  
 OF *Tom Wright           26   55   95   12   32   8   0   0   14   0   0    8   19  .337  .387  .421   15   6.1  4(0)e16    65  
 3B  Randy Jackson        24   64  157   15   29   3   8   1   20   3   0    6   38  .185  .210  .325   10   2.1  4e37     -133  
 3B  Billy Martin         22   14   40    3   11   3   0   2    5   0   0    3    6  .275  .326  .500    6   6.3  3e37      157  
 3B  Ken Keltner          33    8   31    5   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .355  .412  .419    5   7.7  4e23       51  
 1B  Steve Bilko          21   16   33    4    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    6   11  .182  .308  .212    2   2.3  4e18       37  
 OF  Jim Lemon            22   14   24    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    9  .167  .200  .208    1   1.4  4(0)e25  -129  
 PH *Jackie Mayo          24    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -569  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           821                  -24

     * - 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 *Mel Parnell          28  17  14  .548  39  39  12   0   0   0   5  273.2  266  116  101  15  105   97  3.32  115   3.8  -72  
  P  Joe Dobson           33  15  11  .577  32  32   3   0   0   0   1  221.0  235  107   95  18   78   80  3.87  113   4.5  -43  
  P  Carl Erskine         23  13   4  .765  32  13   2   9   1   0   1  113.2  120   45   42  13   33   57  3.33   59   4.7  -79  
  P  Willie Ramsdell      34  13   8  .619  29  29   1   0   0   0   0  172.0  167   81   69  24   65  102  3.61   88   4.7  -14  
  P  Bud Podbielan        26   8   7  .533  40  10   1  17   3   1   0  116.0  131   50   48  12   40   41  3.72   64   5.0 -138  
  P *Mickey Harris        33   5   8  .385  60   0   0  51  27  15   0   93.1   88   49   46  10   38   46  4.44   49   4.7  -35  
  P  Willard Nixon        22   4   4  .500  37   7   0  17   3   3   0   93.2  105   54   49  10   36   51  4.71   59   5.7  -85  
  P *Gene Bearden         29   3   7  .300  47  12   0  14   2   4   0  128.2  161   85   81  11   55   35  5.67   84   6.0  -20  
  P  Saul Rogovin         27   2   1  .667  25   0   0  10   2   0   0   47.1   57   33   33   4   30    8  6.27   32   6.4   34  
  P  Fred Sanford         30   2   7  .222  17  12   0   3   0   0   0   77.2   78   53   50   6   62   39  5.79   50   5.9   -8  
  P  Al Papai             33   0   0  .000  15   0   0   3   1   0   0   21.0   42   22   22   0   13   10  9.43   23  10.1   20  
  P  Milo Candini         32   0   0  .000  17   0   0   8   1   1   0   27.2   27    9    9   3   18   10  2.93   15   4.9  -17  
  P  Charley Schanz       31   0   1  .000   6   0   0   3   0   0   0    6.0    6    6    6   0    8    2  9.00    3   4.7 -197  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      760        -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 670 66 99 328 23 2 5 .994 7 7 Dixie Howell 547 69 72 269 21 5 2 .983 13 10 Joe Garagiola 174 19 24 96 5 4 0 .962 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Dropo 1359 150 152 1388 134 18 173 .988 10.08 Steve Bilko 30 3 6 33 4 2 2 .949 11.10 Ken Keltner 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Tom Wright 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 1381 154 154 467 416 13 128 .985 5.75 Lou Boudreau 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.71 Billy Martin 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 Tom Wright 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Pesky 862 97 98 96 199 12 27 .961 3.08 Randy Jackson 334 37 46 30 60 6 3 .938 2.43 Billy Martin 77 9 10 10 21 4 1 .886 3.62 Ken Keltner 61 7 7 10 16 0 3 1.000 3.84 Steve Bilko 36 2 6 7 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 Jim Lemon 16 2 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.12 Tom Wright 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.36 Lou Boudreau 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Boudreau 716 77 84 147 288 5 64 .989 5.47 Johnny Pesky 426 47 53 88 198 7 42 .976 6.05 Merl Combs 250 30 34 45 90 2 22 .985 4.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 818 99 104 162 7 9 0 .949 1.86 Clyde Vollmer 301 38 40 72 2 6 0 .925 2.21 Lloyd Merriman 211 11 58 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 Tom Wright 46 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.98 Jim Lemon 15 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Gus Bell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dimaggio 1384 153 154 474 25 3 6 .994 3.25 Lloyd Merriman 5 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 Clyde Vollmer 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gus Bell 1072 119 123 227 15 5 3 .980 2.03 Lloyd Merriman 188 21 22 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 Tom Wright 96 12 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 Clyde Vollmer 34 2 7 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.18 Jim Lemon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1950 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Lou Boudreau
Round 2 (#16):	Fred Sanford
Round 2 (#22):	Gene Bearden
Round 3 (#31):	Joe Garagiola
Round 4 (#43):	Merl Combs
Round 5 (#56):	Randy Jackson

Transactions

• 1950-01: acquired Milo Candini as a free agent
• 1950-02: acquired Saul Rogovin as a free agent
• 1950-06: acquired Steve Bilko as a free agent
• 1950-10: traded Milo Candini to WAA for WAA#3
• 1950-11: released Billy Martin
• 1950-11: acquired Jim Lemon as a free agent
• 1950-16: released Steve Bilko
• 1950-16: acquired Jackie Mayo as a free agent
• 1950 postseason: released Merl Combs, Earl Johnson, Jackie Mayo

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