1950 Boston Red Sox Statistics and Roster

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1950 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949/1951)
94-60, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 1027 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60
Managed by Joe McCarthy and Steve O'Neill

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,344,080 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 114, Pitching - 111
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Birdie Tebbetts     37   79  268   33   83  10  1   8   45  29   26  .310  .377  .444   1   1  13   0   2          101
1B  Walt Dropo          27  136  559  101  180  28  8  34  144  45   75  .322  .378  .583   0   0  16   5   0          134
2B  Bobby Doerr         32  149  586  103  172  29 11  27  120  67   42  .294  .367  .519   3   4  21   1   9          116
3B *Johnny Pesky        30  127  490  112  153  22  6   1   49 104   31  .312  .437  .388   2   1  13   5   6          104
SS  Vern Stephens       29  149  628  125  185  34  6  30  144  65   43  .295  .361  .511   1   0  21   0   0          113
OF  Dom DiMaggio        33  141  588  131  193  30 11   7   70  82   68  .328  .414  .452  15   4  14   4   7          113
OF *Al Zarilla          31  130  471   92  153  32 10   9   74  76   47  .325  .423  .493   2   3   5   4   5          125
OF *Ted Williams        31   89  334   82  106  24  1  28   97  82   21  .317  .452  .647   3   0  12   0   0          168
   *Billy Goodman       24  110  424   91  150  25  3   4   68  52   25  .354  .427  .455   2   4   8   2   7          117
    Matt Batts          28   75  238   27   65  15  3   4   34  18   19  .273  .327  .412   0   0   8   1   1           81
    Clyde Vollmer       28   57  169   35   48  10  0   7   37  21   35  .284  .363  .467   1   0   5   0   0          103
   *Tom Wright          26   54  107   17   34   7  0   0   20   6   18  .318  .360  .383   0   0   2   1   1           83
    Buddy Rosar         35   27   84   13   25   2  0   1   12   7    4  .298  .352  .357   0   0   3   0   0           75
    Tommy O'Brien       31    9   31    0    4   1  0   0    3   3    5  .129  .206  .161   0   0   2   0   0           -9
    Ken Keltner         33   13   28    2    9   2  0   0    2   3    6  .321  .387  .393   0   0   2   0   1           92
    Lou Stringer        33   24   17    7    5   1  0   0    2   0    4  .294  .294  .353   1   0   1   0   0           59
   *Fred Hatfield       25   10   12    3    3   0  0   0    2   3    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0           63
   *Charlie Maxwell     23    3    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -71
    Jim Piersall        20    6    7    4    2   0  0   0    0   4    0  .286  .545  .286   0   0   0   0   0          109
   *Merl Combs          30    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             
    Bob Scherbarth      24    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Mel Parnell         28   40   98    7   19   5  0   0    7   5   13  .194  .240  .245   0   0   2   1   3           20
    Ellis Kinder        35   48   71    5   13   1  1   1   11   2   13  .183  .205  .268   0   0   2   0   4           16
    Joe Dobson          33   39   70    6   15   2  0   0    9   9   23  .214  .313  .243   0   0   0   1   8           38
   *Chuck Stobbs        20   32   57    8   14   1  0   0    9  12   16  .246  .377  .263   0   0   1   0   4           60
    Walt Masterson      30   33   44    2    6   1  0   0    1   2   18  .136  .174  .159   1   0   0   0   0          -18
   *Mickey McDermott    21   39   44   11   16   5  0   0   12   9    3  .364  .472  .477   0   0   1   0   0          134
   *Willard Nixon       22   22   36    3    5   0  0   0    2   5    7  .139  .244  .139   0   0   1   0   3           -4
    Al Papai            33   16   17    3    3   0  0   0    0   3    3  .176  .300  .176   0   0   0   0   1           20
    Charley Schanz      31   14   11    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .091  .167  .091   0   0   0   0   0          -35
    Harry Taylor        31    3    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0           41
   *Dick Littlefield    24   15    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Jim McDonald        23    9    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .333  .600  .333   0   0   0   0   0          135
   *James Atkins        29    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Earl Johnson        31   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Gordie Mueller      27    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  154 5516 1027 1665 287 61 161  974 719  582  .302  .382  .464  32  17 153  25  62          115
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    1    1   1  2   2        2    4     1     1     1   6   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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 *Mel Parnell         28  40   3.61  18  10  3  31   8  21   2  249.0  244  116  100  17  106   93 1070   4   7  0     135
SP  Joe Dobson          33  39   4.18  15  10  4  27   9  12   1  206.7  217  103   96  15   81   81  882   4   0  0     117
SP *Chuck Stobbs        20  32   5.10  12   7  1  21   3   6   0  169.3  158  104   96  17   88   78  738   0   5  1      96
SP  Willard Nixon       22  22   6.04   8   6  2  15   3   2   0  101.3  126   75   68   8   58   57  476   2   2  0      81

CL  Ellis Kinder        35  48   4.26  14  12  9  23  15  11   1  207.0  212  105   98  23   78   95  903   1   1  0     115
RP *Mickey McDermott    21  38   5.19   7   3  5  15  16   4   0  130.0  119   80   75   8  124   96  609   4   2  4      94
RP  Walt Masterson      30  33   5.64   8   6  1  15   7   6   0  129.3  145   91   81  15   82   60  596   7   1  0      87
RP  Charley Schanz      31  14   8.34   3   2  0   0   5   0   0   22.7   25   21   21   3   24   14  115   2   1  0      59
RP *Dick Littlefield    24  15   9.26   2   2  1   2   5   0   0   23.3   27   25   24   6   24   13  117   1   1  0      53

    Al Papai            33  16   6.75   4   2  2   3   5   2   0   50.7   61   41   38   5   28   19  238   0   0  0      73
    Harry Taylor        31   3   1.42   2   0  0   2   1   2   1   19.0   13    3    3   0    8    8   74   1   0  0     345
    Jim McDonald        23   9   3.79   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   19.0   23    9    8   1   10    5   85   0   1  0     129
   *Earl Johnson        31  11   7.24   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   13.7   18   11   11   0    8    6   65   0   1  0      68
    Gordie Mueller      27   8  10.29   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.0   11    8    8   1   13    1   45   0   0  0      48
    James Atkins        29   1   3.86   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.7    4    2    2   1    4    0   22   1   1  0     127
    Jim Suchecki        23   4   4.50   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    4.0    3    2    2   0    4    3   18   0   0  0     109
    Frank Quinn         22   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   0    1    0    9   0   0  0      54
    Bob Gillespie       30   1  20.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    2    3    3   1    4    0   10   0   0  0      24
    Phil Marchildon     36   1   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    1    1    1   0    2    0    7   0   0  0      73
    Dave Ferriss        28   1  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    2    2   0    1    1    6   0   0  0      27
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 154   4.88  94  60 28 154  88  66   6 1362.0 1413  804  739 121  748  630 6085  27  23  5     100
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   3   6  2           3   7      7    4    5        5    8    3
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 74 285 44 4 5 .988 5 MBatts 73 306 29 2 3 .994 4 BRosar 25 108 6 1 1 .991 2 BScherbarth 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 699 79 7 9 .991 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WDropo 134 1142 77 15 147 .988 9.10 BGoodman 21 193 12 1 15 .995 9.76 KKeltner 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1336 89 16 162 .989 9.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDoerr 149 443 431 11 130 .988 5.87 BGoodman 5 16 13 1 7 .967 5.80 LStringer 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 460 446 12 137 .987 5.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPesky 116 160 257 11 29 .974 3.59 BGoodman 27 29 58 6 4 .935 3.22 KKeltner 8 8 10 1 0 .947 2.25 FHatfield 3 4 9 0 2 1.000 4.33 LStringer 3 3 4 2 1 .778 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 204 338 20 36 .964 3.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VStephens 146 258 431 13 115 .981 4.72 JPesky 8 23 32 2 7 .965 6.88 BGoodman 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 LStringer 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 283 468 15 124 .980 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.34 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DDiMaggio 140 390 15 7 2 .983 2.89 0 140 0 AZarilla 128 230 12 6 1 .976 1.89 0 0 128 TWilliams 86 165 7 8 0 .956 2.00 86 0 0 BGoodman 45 104 2 1 1 .991 2.36 45 0 0 CVollmer 39 80 3 4 0 .954 2.13 17 11 11 TWright 24 40 1 2 1 .953 1.71 5 0 19 TO'Brien 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 3 4 2 CMaxwell 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 1 JPiersall 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 2 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1038 41 28 5 .975 2.38 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MParnell 40 7 67 1 6 .987 2.67 EKinder 48 7 30 3 0 .925 1.61 JDobson 39 8 44 3 4 .945 2.26 CStobbs 32 12 33 0 0 1.000 2.39 MMcDermott 38 5 25 2 1 .937 2.08 WMasterson 33 8 26 2 6 .944 2.37 WNixon 22 7 14 1 3 .955 1.87 APapai 16 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.42 DLittlefiel 15 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.70 CSchanz 14 0 5 1 0 .833 1.98 HTaylor 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.84 JMcDonald 9 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.74 EJohnson 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.94 GMueller 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 JAtkins 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 JSuchecki 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FQuinn 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 BGillespie 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PMarchildon 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DFerriss 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 67 274 13 22 .963 2.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Goodman .354

On-base % Pesky .437

Slugging % Dropo .583

OPS Dropo .961

Games Doerr and Stephens 149

At Bats Stephens 628

Plate Appearances (approx.) Stephens 693

Runs DiMaggio 131

Hits DiMaggio 193

Total Bases Dropo 326

Doubles Stephens 34

Triples DiMaggio and Doerr 11

Home Runs Dropo 34

RBI Dropo and Stephens 144

Bases on Balls Pesky 104

Strikeouts Dropo 75

Stolen Bases DiMaggio 15

Singles DiMaggio 145

Adjusted OPS+ Dropo 134

Runs Created Dropo 121

Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 38

Batting Wins Williams 3.5

Extra-Base Hits Dropo and Stephens 70

Times on Base DiMaggio 279

Offensive Win% Dropo .711

Hit By Pitch Dropo and Pesky 5

Sac. Hits Doerr 9

Grounded into Double Plays Doerr and Stephens 21

Caught Stealing DiMaggio, Doerr, and Goodman 4

Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 9.5

At Bats per Strikeout Goodman 17.0

At Bats per Home Run Dropo 16.4

Outs Stephens 464

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Parnell 3.61

Wins Parnell 18

Won-Loss % Parnell .643

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kinder 1.401

Hits Allowed/9IP Stobbs 8.40

Bases on Balls/9IP Kinder 3.39

Strikeouts/9IP Stobbs 4.15

Games Kinder 48

Saves Kinder 9

Innings Parnell 249.0

Strikeouts McDermott 96

Games Started Parnell 31

Comp. Games Parnell 21

Shutouts Parnell 2

Home Runs Allow. Kinder 23

Bases On Balls Allow. McDermott 124

Hits Allowed Parnell 244

SO to Walk Kinder 1.22

Losses Kinder 12

Earned Runs Allow. Parnell 100

Wild Pitches Masterson 7

Hit Batsmen Parnell 7

Batters Faced Parnell 1070

Games Finished McDermott 16

Adjusted ERA+ Parnell 135

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Dom DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr (Starting 2B)
Walt Dropo (Starting 1B)
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams (Starting LF)

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