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1939 Boston Red Sox  (1938)  (1940) 75-79, 6th in American League Scored 900 runs, Allowed 917 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .667 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 83-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-62 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          31  136  510  129  188  33   9  35  135   2   4   85   98  .369  .456  .675  162  13.0  3e12      -27  
 OF *Ted Williams         20  152  613  141  184  33  10  34  113   3   1  101  104  .300  .399  .553  136   8.2  3(0)e19   -93  
 SS  Joe Cronin           32  152  558  125  187  43   5  23  129   2   0   93   62  .335  .429  .554  135   9.2  2e34       83  
 OF *Barney McCosky       22  154  668  113  199  29  15   4   34  16   6   71   82  .298  .371  .404  104   5.8  2(+1)e6   -39  
 2B  Bobby Doerr          21  139  551   92  178  24   1  19  108   0   0   52   50  .323  .381  .474   96   6.6  1e23       42  
 3B  Jim Tabor            22  154  599   75  164  23   7  15  104   4   1   42   67  .274  .321  .411   76   4.4  4e41      -52  
 OF *Lou Finney           28   75  310   63  101  18   1   6   36   0   0   24   28  .326  .378  .448   51   6.2  3(-2)e12   46  
 OF *Roy Weatherly        24   86  311   45   99  16   9   5   45   8   0   18   34  .318  .349  .476   51   6.0  4(+1)e12   72  
 C  *Johnny Peacock       29   83  283   18   84   8   4   0   36   0   1   20   15  .297  .344  .353   34   4.6  3(0)e9      4  
 C   Mickey Owen          23   86  290   31   63   8   4   4   36   1   1   36   24  .217  .303  .314   28   3.2  2(+1)e5   -76  
 SS  Lou Boudreau         21  109   86    8   17   6   0   0    4   0   0   13   16  .198  .310  .267    7   2.7  1e41     -122  
 OF *Bill Nicholson       24   17   54   13   15   1   0   2   11   0   0    4    9  .278  .328  .407    7   4.7  4(0)e16   -83  
 1B *Jimmy Wasdell        25   12   46    6   16   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .348  .375  .370    6   5.9  2e30       16  
 1B *Les Powers           29   17   56    4   18   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    7  .321  .356  .339    6   4.3  4e23     -101  
 C   Moe Berg             37    9   15    4    7   1   0   1    7   0   0    1    2  .467  .500  .733    4  14.8  3(0)e11   525  
 2B  Tom Carey            32   33   74    3   16   3   0   0    7   0   0    2    8  .216  .237  .257    3   1.7  3e30      -76  
 2B  Boze Berger          29   20   35    2    8   3   0   0    1   0   0    0   10  .229  .229  .314    2   2.5  2e30     -146  
 OF *Red Nonnenkamp       28   27   33    3    5   0   1   0    0   0   0    2    1  .152  .222  .212    1   1.4  2(-1)e12 -204  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 24                                                                           917                  -14

     * - 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 *Lefty Grove          39  15   7  .682  28  27  11   1   0   0   0  206.1  213   97   74  23   56  112  3.23   94   4.0   33  
  P  Whitey Moore         27  12  13  .480  30  29   4   1   0   0   0  194.0  215  140  126  23  117   99  5.85  133   6.2   81  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   31   9   9  .500  27  27   3   0   0   0   0  174.1  226  126  114  18   71   75  5.89  121   6.2   75  
  P  Denny Galehouse      27   8   4  .667  31  17   4  13   2   3   1  142.0  146   66   56  10   56   94  3.55   74   4.6  -55  
  P *Milt Shoffner        33   8  11  .421  27  18   5   7   2   1   0  143.1  176  106   89  16   58   65  5.59   99   6.1  122  
  P  Bill McGee           29   7  10  .412  28  19   1   7   0   1   0  137.0  171  109   88  21   65   54  5.78  111   7.2  149  
  P  George Caster        31   5  12  .294  47  12   3  20   1   1   1  149.2  198  108   95  27   52   85  5.71  121   7.3   81  
  P  Emerson Dickman      24   4   5  .444  66   0   0  44  19   6   0  105.0  125   71   50   9   46   54  4.29   68   5.6   30  
  P  Pete Appleton        35   3   5  .375  28   3   1  11   3   2   0   65.0   67   39   35   3   35   39  4.85   38   5.5  -15  
  P  Monte Weaver         33   2   0 1.000   5   1   0   3   0   0   0    8.2   12    3    3   0    9    3  3.12    6   7.2   78  
  P  George Barnicle      21   1   0 1.000   9   0   0   6   1   1   0   14.1   23   18   14   2    9   12  8.79   16  10.2  325  
  P  Charlie Wagner       26   1   3  .250  22   1   0   9   1   1   0   38.0   54   34   31   5   21   14  7.34   32   7.5   13  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      918         64

     * - 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 726 80 86 440 38 8 1 .984 52 22 Johnny Peacock 628 71 71 357 37 4 1 .990 21 16 Moe Berg 23 3 4 12 3 1 0 .938 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmie Foxx 1174 129 135 1270 88 13 140 .991 10.41 Les Powers 104 13 13 103 10 0 4 1.000 9.78 Jimmy Wasdell 90 11 11 87 6 1 7 .989 9.30 Lou Finney 9 1 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 Tom Carey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 1213 136 139 352 449 28 121 .966 5.94 Tom Carey 110 12 15 37 38 3 6 .962 6.12 Boze Berger 53 6 9 10 18 2 3 .933 4.72 Joe Cronin 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Tabor 1363 154 154 147 313 44 37 .913 3.04 Boze Berger 12 0 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.92 Moe Berg 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Tom Carey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Cronin 1260 152 152 234 475 20 98 .973 5.06 Lou Boudreau 117 2 51 21 53 5 13 .937 5.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 1052 118 118 198 2 13 0 .939 1.71 Roy Weatherly 279 34 34 57 2 1 0 .983 1.90 Red Nonnenkamp 29 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 Lou Finney 13 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 Barney McCosky 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 .800 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Barney McCosky 1364 153 153 361 31 4 1 .990 2.59 Red Nonnenkamp 13 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 Roy Weatherly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Finney 605 67 67 180 5 4 2 .979 2.75 Roy Weatherly 330 39 40 83 2 1 0 .988 2.32 Ted Williams 308 34 34 68 0 9 0 .883 1.99 Bill Nicholson 97 12 13 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.79 Red Nonnenkamp 39 2 10 4 0 2 0 .667 0.93 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Milt Shoffner
Round 2 (#24):	Denny Galehouse
Round 3 (#34):	George Caster
Round 4 (#42):	Pete Appleton

Transactions

• 1939-05: acquired Les Powers as a free agent
• 1939-06: acquired Bill Nicholson as a free agent
• 1939-11: acquired Jimmy Wasdell as a free agent
• 1939-19: released Les Powers
• 1939-19: acquired George Barnicle as a free agent

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