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1947 Boston Red Sox  (1946)  (1948)
96-58, 1st in American League
Scored 800 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718
Park Factor: Batting - 109 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 92-62   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-71
Manager(s): Steve Bivens

Defeated St. Louis Cardinals in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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         28  154  558  110  189  29   7  28  119   0   0  161   72  .339  .484  .566  165  11.4  3(0)e9    -82  
 SS  Lou Boudreau         29  149  593  107  195  57   3  11   80   0   0   69   29  .329  .397  .491  118   7.4  1e14       77  
 3B *Johnny Pesky         27  154  672  119  210  17   3   0   48  14   2   82   38  .312  .388  .347   99   5.5  2e19      -50  
 2B  Bobby Doerr          29  154  616   79  176  30  10  22  112   1   0   61   61  .286  .346  .474   98   5.6  1e16       65  
 OF  Dom Dimaggio         30  148  568   82  170  22   3   8   86   9   3   71   84  .299  .375  .391   82   5.2  1(-3)e11    0  
 1B  Rudy York            33  154  601   78  139  26   4  33  100   0   1   55  107  .231  .298  .453   77   4.4  2e7        51  
 OF  Sam Mele             25  134  463   56  133  15   7   9   82   0   0   47   51  .287  .353  .408   65   5.2  3(-1)e3   -44  
 C  *Joe Garagiola        21   69  195   35   51  11   2   8   31   0   0   48   13  .262  .407  .462   40   7.1  2(-1)e7    55  
 C   Birdie Tebbetts      34  104  339   30   92  13   0   2   35   2   1   19   29  .271  .304  .327   32   3.3  1(0)e7      8  
 OF *Paul Lehner          27   83  237   30   63  16   5   4   38   1   0   11   18  .266  .299  .426   27   4.0  3(+1)e8    50  
 PH  Jake Jones           26   81   77   12   22   6   1   2   10   0   0    4   11  .286  .321  .468   10   5.2             96  
 OF  Leon Culberson       28   45   66    7   19   3   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .288  .338  .333    7   4.5  3(+1)e8    68  
 C  *Hugh Poland          37   16   59    4   17   5   0   0    2   0   0    1   11  .288  .300  .373    6   4.3  4(0)e16   144  
 3B  Jim Tabor            30   25   57    4   13   2   0   1    3   0   0    4    8  .228  .290  .316    5   3.4  4e34      -29  
 2B  Don Gutteridge       35   21    6    5    1   0   0   1    1   1   0    0    0  .167  .167  .667    0   4.1  3e38      341  
 OF  Tom McBride          32    5    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250  .333  .250    0   3.0  3(+1)e9   -60  
 PH  Rip Russell          32    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -497  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           841                   10

     * - 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           30  15   9  .625  32  32   6   0   0   0   0  239.2  216  103  100  23   71  135  3.76   96   3.6    0  
  P  Tex Hughson          31  14   8  .636  30  30   3   0   0   0   1  207.2  190   92   85  30   76  160  3.68   98   4.2   21  
  P  Denny Galehouse      35  13   4  .765  29  28   5   0   0   0   3  198.1  201   65   58   6   55   76  2.63   84   3.8  -61  
  P  Dave Ferriss         25  13  10  .565  31  31   6   0   0   0   1  215.1  251  122  113  19   85   78  4.72  128   5.4  -26  
  P  Blix Donnelly        33  12   7  .632  57   8   1  22   4   8   1  135.0  150   69   65  18   63   41  4.33   85   5.6  112  
  P  Al Gettel            29   9   4  .692  24  22   3   0   0   0   1  160.2  122   62   59  18   66   75  3.30   59   3.3  -41  
  P  Bob Klinger          39   8   2  .800  37   0   0  13   2   1   0   52.2   60   34   28   6   24   16  4.78   32   5.5  -10  
  P  Johnny Murphy        38   4   3  .571  53   0   0  43  28   8   0   54.2   44   19   19   4   26   13  3.13   19   3.2   26  
  P  Ray Poat             29   4   4  .500  16   3   2   7   1   3   0   51.0   41   18   16   7   12   21  2.82   17   3.0  -73  
  P  Bob Gillespie        27   2   3  .400  20   0   0  15   1   0   0   35.1   39   18   17   1   13   10  4.33   18   4.8  -37  
  P *Mickey Harris        30   2   4  .333  39   0   0  23   7   3   0   56.1   64   30   27   7   22   48  4.31   33   5.5  129  
  P *Mel Parnell          25   0   0  .000   8   0   0   3   0   0   0    8.0   11    5    5   1    1    9  5.62    5   6.7   20  
  P  Bill Zuber           34   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   1   0   0    3.0    1    0    0   0    1    2  0.00    0    .7 -522  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      679         -1

     * - 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       791  84 101  422   40   7   4  .985  33  23
 Joe Garagiola         501  55  61  291   15   2   2  .994   7   6
 Hugh Poland           122  15  15   58    7   6   1  .915   8   5
 Jake Jones              3   0   1    0    0   1   0  .000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rudy York 1412 154 154 1457 162 5 189 .997 10.32 Jake Jones 6 0 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 1410 154 154 359 490 16 151 .982 5.42 Don Gutteridge 8 0 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Pesky 1312 143 149 156 341 8 34 .984 3.41 Jim Tabor 102 11 13 18 21 2 3 .951 3.43 Don Gutteridge 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Boudreau 1312 143 149 317 464 10 125 .987 5.36 Johnny Pesky 105 11 15 29 46 2 8 .974 6.41 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Ted Williams         1411 154 154  286    8   6   1  .980  1.88
 Paul Lehner             7   0   4    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dimaggio 1281 138 148 404 15 7 1 .984 2.94 Sam Mele 84 10 11 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.64 Leon Culberson 34 4 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 3.18 Paul Lehner 15 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Tom McBride 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Mele 932 99 115 197 11 1 1 .995 2.01 Paul Lehner 430 50 52 82 1 1 0 .988 1.74 Leon Culberson 48 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Tom McBride 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1947 Draft


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