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1937 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936/1938) 80-72, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 821 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72 Managed by Joe Cronin Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 559,659 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 Stats (1936/1938) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gene Desautels      30   96  305   33   74  10  3   0   27  36   26  .243  .325  .295   1   2       1   7           55
1B  Jimmie Foxx         29  150  569  111  162  24  6  36  127  99   96  .285  .392  .538  10   8       1   4          128
2B  Eric McNair         28  126  455   60  133  29  4  12   76  30   33  .292  .340  .453  10   7       3   5           95
3B  Pinky Higgins       28  153  570   88  172  33  5   9  106  76   51  .302  .385  .425   2   6       1   7          100
SS  Joe Cronin          30  148  570  102  175  40  4  18  110  84   73  .307  .402  .486   5   3       6  11          119
OF *Doc Cramer          31  133  560   90  171  22 11   0   51  35   14  .305  .351  .384   8   6       4  17           82
OF  Buster Mills        28  123  505   85  149  25  8   7   58  46   41  .295  .361  .418  11   8       6   9           92
OF  Ben Chapman         28  113  423   76  130  23 11   7   57  57   35  .307  .391  .463  27  12       1   6          111
    Fabian Gaffke       23   54  184   32   53  10  4   6   34  15   25  .288  .342  .484   1   2       0   5          102
   *Dom Dallessandro    23   68  147   18   34   7  1   0   11  27   16  .231  .351  .293   2   1       0   1           61
    Bobby Doerr         19   55  147   22   33   5  1   2   14  18   25  .224  .313  .313   2   4       1   4           56
    Moe Berg            35   47  141   13   36   3  1   0   20   5    4  .255  .281  .291   0   0       0   2           42
   *Mel Almada          24   32  110   17   26   6  2   1    9  15    6  .236  .328  .355   0   1       0   2           69
    Rick Ferrell        31   18   65    8   20   2  0   1    4  15    4  .308  .438  .385   0   0       0   0          106
    Ski Melillo         37   26   56    8   14   2  0   0    6   5    4  .250  .311  .286   0   1       0   1           49
   *Johnny Peacock      27    9   32    3   10   2  1   0    6   1    0  .313  .333  .438   0   0       0   0           90
   #Stew Bowers         22    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0       0   0             
    Bob Daughters       22    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0       0   0             

   *Lefty Grove         37   32   91    6   13   1  0   0    6  12   39  .143  .243  .154   0   0       0   6            1
   *Johnny Marcum       27   51   86   12   23   8  0   0   13   7    4  .267  .323  .360   0   0       0   2           69
    Jack Wilson         25   51   85    2   14   2  0   0   10   4   13  .165  .202  .188   0   0       0   2           -3
    Bobo Newsom         29   31   75    9   19   4  1   0    4   2   14  .253  .273  .333   0   0       0   4           49
   #Archie McKain       26   38   49    5   13   5  0   0    3   1   16  .265  .308  .367   0   0       2   1           67
   *Rube Walberg        40   32   34    7    5   1  0   0    2   2    8  .147  .194  .176   0   0       0   3           -7
    Wes Ferrell         29   18   33    7   12   2  0   1    9   7    3  .364  .475  .515   0   0       0   1          145
   *Fritz Ostermueller  29   25   33    5   11   3  0   0    6   1    0  .333  .353  .424   0   0       0   3           92
    Joe Gonzales        22    8   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   1         -100
    Ted Olson           24   11   10    0    3   0  1   0    0   0    2  .300  .300  .500   0   0       0   0           95
    Jim Henry           27    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .167  .000   0   0       0   0          -55
    Tommy Thomas        37    9    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0       0   0           24
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  154 5354  821 1506 269 64 100  769 601  557  .281  .354  .411  79  61      26 104           95
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    3    5   7  5   4        3    3     4     3     4   3   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Lefty Grove         37  32   3.02  17   9  0  32   0  21   3  262.0  269  101   88   9   83  153 1127   5   1  0     158
SP  Bobo Newsom         29  30   4.46  13  10  0  27   2  14   1  207.7  193  114  103  14  119  127  926   4   3  1     107
SP  Johnny Marcum       27  37   4.85  13  11  3  23  13   9   1  183.7  230  104   99  17   47   59  808   2   2  0      98
SP  Wes Ferrell         29  12   7.61   3   6  0  11   1   5   0   73.3  111   66   62  14   34   31  357   1   1  0      63

CL  Jack Wilson         25  51   3.70  16  10  7  21  23  14   1  221.3  209  111   91  13  119  137  979   4   3  2     129
RP *Rube Walberg        40  32   5.59   5   7  1  11  13   3   0  104.7  143   72   65   7   46   46  488   4   3  0      85
RP *Archie McKain       26  36   4.66   8   8  2  18   6   3   0  137.0  152   84   71   7   64   66  630   1   0  0     102
RP *Fritz Ostermueller  29  25   4.98   3   7  1   7   9   2   0   86.7  101   64   48   2   44   29  402   1   1  0      96
RP  Ted Olson           24  11   7.24   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   32.3   42   28   26   4   15   11  152   0   0  0      66

    Joe Gonzales        22   8   4.35   1   2  0   2   3   2   0   31.0   37   16   15   1   11   11  140   0   0  0     109
    Jim Henry           27   3   5.28   1   0  0   2   0   1   0   15.3   15    9    9   2   11    8   70   0   0  0      90
    Tommy Thomas        37   9   4.09   0   2  0   0   4   0   0   11.0   16    6    5   2    4    4   53   0   1  0     116
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 154   4.48  80  72 14 154  80  74   6 1366.0 1518  775  680  92  597  682 6132  22  15  3     106
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   5   4  4           3   3      4    5    4        2    4    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GDesautels 94 491 44 4 4 .993 3 MBerg 47 208 24 5 2 .979 5 RFerrell 18 93 10 1 1 .990 0 JPeacock 9 42 8 1 1 .980 1 JFoxx 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 834 86 11 8 .988 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoxx 150 1287 106 8 122 .994 9.29 MAlmada 4 31 0 2 3 .939 7.75 EMcNair 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1318 106 10 125 .993 9.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 5.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMcNair 106 242 316 18 67 .969 5.26 BDoerr 47 94 124 6 29 .973 4.64 SMelillo 19 33 29 4 7 .939 3.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 369 469 28 103 .968 5.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .946 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 152 161 258 29 29 .935 2.76 EMcNair 4 1 9 3 1 .769 2.50 SMelillo 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 162 268 32 30 .931 2.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 5.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCronin 148 300 414 31 89 .958 4.82 EMcNair 9 13 19 6 4 .842 3.56 SMelillo 2 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.50 BChapman 1 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 315 439 38 94 .952 4.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DCramer 133 365 12 12 4 .969 2.83 0 133 0 BMills 120 239 8 14 0 .946 2.06 107 10 5 BChapman 112 262 9 4 1 .985 2.42 2 10 100 FGaffke 50 80 3 3 0 .965 1.66 16 1 33 DDallessand 35 54 1 2 0 .965 1.57 30 1 4 MAlmada 27 37 1 3 0 .927 1.41 4 2 21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1037 34 38 5 .966 2.35 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .954 2.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LGrove 32 6 43 1 1 .980 1.68 JWilson 51 9 41 2 3 .962 2.03 BNewsom 30 8 29 3 0 .925 1.60 JMarcum 37 13 38 1 1 .981 2.50 AMcKain 36 4 27 3 0 .912 2.04 RWalberg 32 6 17 4 3 .852 1.98 FOstermuell 25 9 17 3 0 .897 2.70 WFerrell 12 6 21 1 4 .964 3.32 TOlson 11 3 11 2 0 .875 3.90 JGonzales 8 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.74 JHenry 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.18 TThomas 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 64 254 20 14 .941 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Chapman and Cronin .307 On-base % Cronin .402 Slugging % Foxx .538 OPS Foxx .930 Games Higgins 153 At Bats Cronin and Higgins 570 Plate Appearances (approx.) Foxx 673 Runs Foxx 111 Hits Cronin 175 Total Bases Foxx 306 Doubles Cronin 40 Triples Chapman and Cramer 11 Home Runs Foxx 36 RBI Foxx 127 Bases on Balls Foxx 99 Strikeouts Foxx 96 Stolen Bases Chapman 27 Singles Cramer 138 Adjusted OPS+ Foxx 128 Runs Created Foxx 118 Adjusted Batting Runs Foxx 24 Batting Wins Foxx 2.2 Extra-Base Hits Foxx 66 Times on Base Cronin 265 Offensive Win% Foxx .654 Hit By Pitch Cronin and Mills 6 Sac. Hits Cramer 17 Caught Stealing Chapman 12 Power/Speed Number Foxx 15.7 At Bats per Strikeout Cramer 40.0 At Bats per Home Run Foxx 15.8 Outs Foxx 419

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grove 3.02 Wins Grove 17 Won-Loss % Grove .654 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grove 1.344 Hits Allowed/9IP Newsom 8.36 Bases on Balls/9IP Marcum 2.30 Strikeouts/9IP Wilson 5.57 Games Wilson 51 Saves Wilson 7 Innings Grove 262.0 Strikeouts Grove 153 Games Started Grove 32 Comp. Games Grove 21 Shutouts Grove 3 Home Runs Allow. Marcum 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Newsom and Wilson 119 Hits Allowed Grove 269 SO to Walk Grove 1.84 Losses Marcum 11 Earned Runs Allow. Newsom 103 Wild Pitches Grove 5 Hit Batsmen Newsom, Walberg, and Wilson 3 Batters Faced Grove 1127 Games Finished Wilson 23 Adjusted ERA+ Grove 158

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Doc Cramer
Joe Cronin (Starting SS)
Jimmie Foxx
Lefty Grove

1936/1938

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