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1940 Boston Red Sox  (1939)  (1941) 95-59, 1st in American League Scored 1003 runs, Allowed 826 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .693 Park Factor: Batting - 106 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-69   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-72 Manager(s): Steve Bivens Defeated Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 2.

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Ted Williams         21  153  634  161  241  52  16  24  139   5   0   83   87  .380  .447  .626  180  11.7  3(0)e14    37  
 OF *Barney McCosky       23  152  646  145  224  31  19  10   57  18   8   66   61  .347  .406  .500  135   8.1  2(+1)e6     8  
 1B  Jimmie Foxx          32  152  564  129  165  23   5  41  152   3   2  109  116  .293  .402  .569  134   8.4  3e16      -22  
 3B  Joe Cronin           33  154  599  109  180  30   4  30  148   0   3   81   90  .301  .379  .514  114   6.8  4e32       11  
 2B  Bobby Doerr          22  154  603   94  176  35   7  34  133   6   1   46   71  .292  .344  .542  111   6.7  1e21       37  
 SS  Lou Boudreau         22  154  612   92  187  48   9  12  103   9   2   60   47  .306  .368  .472  104   6.2  1e23       26  
 OF  Dom Dimaggio         23  131  474   91  141  25   8  11   66  11   1   28   70  .297  .335  .454   72   5.5  1(-3)e11  -42  
 OF *Roy Weatherly        25   52  241   45   81  11   5   9   40   4   1    2   19  .336  .337  .535   43   7.0  3(+1)e13   74  
 C   Mickey Owen          24  101  329   36   86  14   2   0   46   0   3   30   18  .261  .326  .316   34   3.6  2(+1)e6   -28  
 C  *Johnny Peacock       30   56  129   22   45   6   1   0   21   1   1   26   11  .349  .452  .411   26   8.1  3(0)e7    145  
 1B *Lou Finney           29   64  203   22   56   9   2   1   20   0   1    8   13  .276  .302  .355   22   4.0  4e16     -166  
 PH  Jim Tabor            23   81   81   17   24   3   2   5   16   1   0    6   13  .296  .345  .568   14   6.6             58  
 3B  Tom Carey            33   15   13    4    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .231  .286  .308    0   2.2  4e32     -137  
 UT  Marv Owen            34    4    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   4.5            148  
 UT  Charlie Gelbert      34    5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2           -161  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                           995                    7

     * - 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  Sid Hudson           25  14  14  .500  34  34  10   0   0   0   1  256.2  291  148  140  25   99   99  4.91  164   5.7    1  
  P  Whitey Moore         28  13   5  .722  21  17   5   3   2   1   0  127.2  107   57   51  12   70   83  3.60   60   4.2    0  
  P  Bill McGee           30  13  15  .464  34  34   7   0   0   0   0  232.0  265  150  128  18  122   89  4.97  147   5.7   31  
  P *Lefty Grove          40  12   4  .750  21  21   7   0   0   0   2  155.1  149   76   73  22   42   87  4.23   71   4.1  -76  
  P *Ken Heintzelman      24  11   6  .647  27  18   1   6   2   2   0  126.2  175  101   93  17   57   70  6.61  109   7.7  128  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   32  10   2  .833  26  12   2  11   4   0   0  105.1  110   60   53   7   45   65  4.53   53   4.5  -86  
  P  Herb Hash            29   7   2  .778  30  13   0  12   4   0   0  115.2  120   77   66   9   65   36  5.14   73   5.7  -45  
  P *Mickey Harris        23   6   3  .667  40   0   0  23   3   1   0   68.0   83   50   49  13   36   51  6.49   52   6.9   10  
  P  Jake Mooty           28   6   7  .462  51   4   1  44  19   8   0  104.2   84   40   40  13   53   42  3.44   46   4.0  -18  
  P  Emerson Dickman      25   3   1  .750  45   1   0  19   1   0   0   82.0  104   62   59  16   41   50  6.48   72   8.0   50  
  P  Charlie Wagner       27   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   0   1   0   12.0   14    5    4   3    2    9  3.00    7   5.7 -136  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      860          0

     * - 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 807 89 100 438 58 12 4 .976 44 19 Johnny Peacock 316 33 42 189 11 2 1 .990 8 3 Jimmie Foxx 251 31 33 142 18 4 0 .976 28 12 Lou Finney 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 Marv Owen 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jim Tabor 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmie Foxx 1072 118 126 1170 88 12 133 .991 10.56 Lou Finney 310 36 38 339 22 2 26 .994 10.47 Tom Carey 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Mickey Owen 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 1384 154 154 384 514 26 133 .972 5.84 Charlie Gelbert 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Cronin 1358 154 154 152 322 25 40 .950 3.14 Jim Tabor 15 0 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 4.20 Tom Carey 12 0 6 1 3 1 0 .800 3.09 Marv Owen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Boudreau 1384 154 154 288 535 19 111 .977 5.35 Tom Carey 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 Charlie Gelbert 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 1363 153 153 296 4 9 0 .971 1.98 Barney McCosky 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Roy Weatherly 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Lou Finney 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Charlie Gelbert 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Marv Owen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dimaggio 989 103 128 269 9 4 1 .986 2.53 Roy Weatherly 394 51 51 101 8 5 0 .956 2.49 Lou Finney 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Barney McCosky 1297 146 148 285 7 3 3 .990 2.03 Lou Finney 80 8 14 15 4 0 0 1.000 2.14 Ted Williams 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Roy Weatherly 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1940 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Bill McGee
Round 2 (#23):	Mickey Owen

Transactions

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