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1951 Boston Red Sox  (1950)  (1952) 64-90, 5th in American League Scored 701 runs, Allowed 818 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .683 Park Factor: Batting - 110 / Pitching - 111 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 68-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 87-67 Manager(s): Rob Tomlinson (39-60), Steve Bivens (25-30)

 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         32  153  536  104  157  24   7  26   99   0   0  139   53  .293  .436  .509  125   8.3  3(0)e4    -73  
 OF  Dom Dimaggio         34  153  660   97  194  13   5  18   64   6   7   69   67  .294  .361  .411   98   5.4  1(-3)e11  -16  
 SS *Johnny Pesky         31  146  523   85  164  13  10   2   36   3   0   78   24  .314  .401  .388   83   5.8  2e31      -26  
 2B  Bobby Doerr          33  131  437   69  130  22   0  18   57   2   1   58   38  .297  .379  .471   82   7.1  1e17       25  
 OF *Gus Bell             22  129  409   56  108  15   4  15   74   0   0   37   33  .264  .327  .430   59   5.1  2(-2)e4   -16  
 1B  Walt Dropo           28  113  378   44   93   8   0  14   42   0   1   47   61  .246  .329  .378   47   4.2  3e19       26  
 OF  Clyde Vollmer        29  121  281   36   69   3   1  20   54   0   0   40   53  .246  .342  .477   42   5.1  4(+1)e4    16  
 1B *Rocky Nelson         26   71  218   34   72   9  10   6   39   1   1   12    9  .330  .365  .546   41   7.2  3e15      271  
 3B  Bob Dillinger        32   97  318   36   98   8   6   0   38   6   2   14   21  .308  .337  .371   39   4.6  4e38       40  
 C   Buddy Rosar          37   69  192   16   51   7   0   0   14   0   0   22   14  .266  .347  .302   21   3.9  4(+2)e7    54  
 C   Dixie Howell         31   40  149   10   50   2   0   1   18   0   0    9   28  .336  .373  .369   20   5.2  3(+2)e7   121  
 SS  Roy McMillan         21   93  250   27   51   9   0   1   18   1   0   30   49  .204  .294  .252   19   2.5  1e34       26  
 C   Birdie Tebbetts      38   71  150   13   42   6   0   2   17   0   0    9   10  .280  .325  .360   17   4.1  1(0)e7     27  
 3B  Putsy Caballero      23   57  181   17   35   6   1   3   12   0   1    8    7  .193  .240  .287   10   1.9  3e25       36  
 3B  Tommy Brown          23   44  118   10   21   2   1   5   17   1   2   13   11  .178  .261  .339   10   2.7  4e65      -47  
 2B  Billy Martin         23   19   63    3   18   1   1   0    2   0   0    5   10  .286  .338  .333    7   4.1  3e19       -1  
 OF *Lloyd Merriman       26   80   80   12   17   3   0   2   13   1   1    7    7  .212  .270  .325    6   2.4  1(+1)e1   -67  
 C   Les Moss             26   36   87    9   11   3   0   2   12   0   0   10   12  .126  .216  .230    4   1.4  4(+2)e7  -111  
 PH *Tom Wright           27    5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000  .333  .000    0   1.2           -331  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           739                    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  Willie Ramsdell      35  11  12  .478  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  206.0  213  118  106  20   90  102  4.63  110   4.7  -35  
  P  Carl Erskine         24   8  12  .400  50  20   0  14   6   3   0  176.2  179   96   82  22   71   87  4.18   91   4.6  -55  
  P *Mel Parnell          29   8  15  .348  36  35   5   1   1   0   2  242.0  287  123  110  17   82  106  4.09  134   4.9   28  
  P *Mickey Harris        34   7   5  .583  57   0   0  24   2   4   0   83.2   89   53   49   7   53   56  5.27   51   5.5    3  
  P  Joe Dobson           34   7  10  .412  26  24   1   1   0   0   1  147.0  148   73   60  18   57   78  3.67   74   4.5   -5  
  P  Don Johnson          24   6  16  .273  28  28   2   0   0   0   0  163.1  197  126  108  17   79   57  5.95  121   6.6   51  
  P  Bud Podbielan        27   5   0 1.000  39   0   0  28  14   4   0   54.2   36   18   14   3   29   27  2.30   15   2.5 -175  
  P  Dick Bokelmann       24   4   4  .500  34   1   0  22   4   1   0   51.1   56   29   25   3   35   19  4.38   32   5.6   52  
  P  Willard Nixon        23   4   8  .333  52  11   0  16   4   2   0  130.2  142   75   61  11   59   86  4.20   68   4.7  -76  
  P  Bob Chakales         23   2   3  .400  39   0   0  21   3   0   0   66.1   82   48   39   5   37   28  5.29   43   5.7   35  
  P *Johnny Schmitz       30   1   1  .500   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    3.0    6    5    5   2    1    0 15.00    5  14.7  495  
  P  Harry Taylor         32   1   4  .200  44   2   0  16   0   2   0   58.0   89   54   50   8   35   21  7.76   61   9.2  124  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      809         -4

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Buddy Rosar 476 58 66 279 27 7 3 .978 46 16 Birdie Tebbetts 351 30 65 184 16 9 3 .957 15 10 Dixie Howell 332 37 39 160 19 0 0 1.000 25 13 Les Moss 224 29 33 144 24 4 0 .977 22 12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Dropo 896 100 103 970 72 12 99 .989 10.47 Rocky Nelson 438 48 54 462 43 4 59 .992 10.37 Tommy Brown 35 4 6 37 0 0 4 1.000 9.42 Clyde Vollmer 13 2 2 15 0 0 1 1.000 10.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Doerr 919 100 114 239 359 12 91 .980 5.86 Roy McMillan 260 31 32 66 94 4 26 .976 5.54 Billy Martin 139 16 18 35 40 0 11 1.000 4.87 Tommy Brown 46 6 6 5 13 1 4 .947 3.52 Putsy Caballero 11 1 3 0 4 1 0 .800 3.27 Johnny Pesky 8 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Dillinger 649 74 86 85 160 13 14 .950 3.40 Putsy Caballero 395 45 46 52 94 6 13 .961 3.33 Tommy Brown 187 22 24 24 48 12 6 .857 3.47 Johnny Pesky 126 11 23 21 38 11 3 .843 4.23 Roy McMillan 20 2 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.66 Tom Wright 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Billy Martin 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Pesky 997 114 120 200 361 18 89 .969 5.07 Roy McMillan 341 34 53 76 130 6 24 .972 5.44 Putsy Caballero 42 6 6 6 10 0 2 1.000 3.43 Billy Martin 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 1309 152 153 321 16 3 0 .991 2.32 Lloyd Merriman 68 1 24 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 Dom Dimaggio 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dimaggio 1352 151 152 314 17 13 1 .962 2.20 Lloyd Merriman 21 3 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 Clyde Vollmer 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Gus Bell 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rocky Nelson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gus Bell 850 96 99 226 5 4 1 .983 2.44 Clyde Vollmer 510 56 62 118 3 2 2 .984 2.14 Lloyd Merriman 22 2 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.63 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Willie Ramsdell
Round 2 (#20):	Mickey Harris
Round 3 (#35):	Chuck Diering
Round 3 (#40):	Tommy Brown
Round 4 (#47):	Bud Podbielan
Round 5 (#60):	Rocky Nelson
Round 6 (#67):	Dick Bokelmann
Round 7 (#74):	Bob Chakales
Round 8 (#78):	Putsy Caballero

Transactions

• 1951-01: traded Dale Mitchell, Chuck Diering to BRN for Carl Erskine, Lloyd Merriman
• 1951-01: traded Billy Goodman, Lou Boudreau, Joe Ostrowski to CHA for Joe Dobson, Bob Dillinger, Johnny Schmitz
• 1951-07: traded Johnny Schmitz to CHN for CHN#2
• 1951-10: traded Buddy Rosar, Tommy Brown to BRN for Dixie Howell, Tom Wright

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