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1938 Boston Red Sox  (1937)  (1939) 67-87, 5th in American League Scored 760 runs, Allowed 837 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 109 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-61 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Jimmie Foxx          30  154  577  105  184  37  13  41  138   1   1  113   77  .319  .427  .641  153   9.7  3e19      -98  
 SS  Joe Cronin           31  151  568  108  173  49   2  14   92   0   0   95   58  .305  .409  .472  108   6.8  2e38      -83  
 OF  Ben Chapman          29  126  509   83  150  32  10   7   51   4   2   69   42  .295  .378  .438   87   6.3  3(-1)e12  -96  
 OF  Vince Dimaggio       25  147  524   83  133  31   6  19   82   4   2   80  140  .254  .351  .445   84   5.6  1(-3)e13  114  
 2B  Bobby Doerr          20  135  553   87  163  26   7   6   67   6   4   47   48  .295  .346  .400   75   4.7  1e27      -14  
 OF  Al Simmons           36  107  396   47  115  16   0  19   73   0   0   21   44  .290  .325  .475   57   5.1  2(-3)e6   -68  
 3B  Lee Handley          24  154  603   78  137  18   7   4   60   3   2   52   32  .227  .285  .300   49   2.7  2e27     -119  
 C   Mickey Owen          22  113  365   35   92  23   1   5   38   2   1   21   14  .252  .294  .362   37   3.6  3(-2)e6   -40  
 C  *Johnny Peacock       28   99  202   27   64  10   2   1   23   0   1   13    4  .317  .356  .401   28   5.5  3(+1)e4    35  
 OF *Roy Weatherly        23   98  208   23   51  14   2   1   19   5   0   16   14  .245  .298  .346   22   3.7  2(+2)e10  -50  
 OF *Mel Mazzera          24   49  171   16   40   8   2   2   21   0   0    7   32  .234  .271  .339   15   3.0  3(0)e7   -145  
 OF *Red Nonnenkamp       27   52  124   25   36   3   0   0   10   0   1   11   12  .290  .348  .315   13   4.0  2(0)e13   -12  
 C  *Cap Clark            31   23   72    3   20   2   0   0    8   0   0   10    6  .278  .361  .306    8   4.4  3(+2)e16   32  
 2B  Roy Hughes           27   23   84    9   19   3   0   1    2   0   0    7   12  .226  .286  .298    7   2.8  4e39     -153  
 SS  Nolen Richardson     35   17   40    4   12   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .300  .300  .300    3   3.4  2e27      -41  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           755                  -51

     * - 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  Bill McGee           28  12  11  .522  31  31   5   0   0   0   0  220.2  221  101   87  10   85   91  3.55  107   4.3   10  
  P  George Caster        30  12  14  .462  31  31   2   0   0   0   1  208.1  223  139  122  25   95   73  5.27  122   5.2  -26  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   30   9  16  .360  30  30   3   0   0   0   0  190.1  224  122   97  23   60   63  4.59  114   5.2    2  
  P  Bill Harris          38   7   2  .778  48   0   0  26   1   4   0   81.0   71   25   21   9   19   25  2.33   29   3.2  -87  
  P *Ken Chase            24   6   5  .545  63   0   0  34   4   4   0  104.2  105   63   51   6   72   47  4.39   58   4.8  -24  
  P *Lefty Grove          38   6  10  .375  26  26   4   0   0   0   0  173.1  216  110   89  12   63  105  4.62  105   5.3   61  
  P *Al Hollingsworth     30   6  16  .273  31  31   6   0   0   0   0  195.2  239  150  128  14  105   81  5.89  138   6.2   90  
  P  Whitey Moore         26   4   5  .444  45   0   0  40  22   7   0   58.2   51   35   33   7   44   17  5.06   36   5.5  118  
  P  Pete Appleton        34   4   6  .400  31   5   1  17   2   0   0   70.0   92   46   36   5   23   29  4.63   52   6.6   56  
  P  Charlie Wagner       25   1   0 1.000  23   0   0   9   0   0   0   33.2   42   24   21   4   22   11  5.61   27   7.4  -86  
  P *Lee Rogers           24   0   0  .000   9   0   0   2   0   0   0    9.0   13    7    7   2    4    1  7.00    8   7.9   32  
  P  Dick Midkiff         23   0   2  .000   9   0   0   5   0   1   0   13.0   20   15   14   4   10    3  9.69   15  10.4  128  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      815         20

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mickey Owen 813 94 99 416 31 1 7 .998 4 4 Johnny Peacock 369 39 50 186 11 1 0 .995 8 4 Cap Clark 168 20 23 80 10 6 0 .938 12 4 Vince Dimaggio 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmie Foxx 1354 154 154 1516 172 21 162 .988 11.22 Red Nonnenkamp 4 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 1187 133 135 387 474 32 128 .964 6.53 Roy Hughes 163 20 21 56 50 5 12 .955 5.85 Nolen Richardson 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lee Handley 1358 154 154 79 347 28 25 .938 2.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Cronin 1301 148 148 244 522 38 119 .953 5.30 Nolen Richardson 56 6 7 11 22 1 9 .971 5.30 Roy Hughes 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Simmons 841 95 96 201 7 7 1 .967 2.23 Mel Mazzera 340 39 39 64 0 1 0 .985 1.70 Roy Weatherly 146 16 19 35 0 2 0 .946 2.16 Red Nonnenkamp 32 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vince Dimaggio 1273 144 146 384 18 16 1 .962 2.84 Roy Weatherly 77 9 12 21 0 1 0 .955 2.45 Mickey Owen 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Al Simmons 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ben Chapman 1083 122 122 210 10 12 0 .948 1.83 Red Nonnenkamp 152 18 19 30 4 2 0 .944 2.01 Roy Weatherly 115 13 14 20 0 2 0 .909 1.57 Mel Mazzera 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1938 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Ben Chapman
Round 2 (#16):	Al Simmons
Round 3 (#27):	Lee Handley
Round 4 (#37):	Vince Dimaggio
Round 5 (#45):	Al Hollingsworth
Round 6 (#51):	Nolen Richardson
Round 7 (#54):	Ken Chase
Round 8 (#57):	Mel Mazzera

Transactions

• 1938-02: acquired Roy Hughes as a free agent
• 1938-06: acquired Cap Clark as a free agent

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