1938 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 88–61 (.591) | |
League place | 2nd (9+1⁄2 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Eddie Collins | |
Managers | Joe Cronin | |
Radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1938 Boston Red Sox season was the 38th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 61 losses, 9+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1938 World Series.
Red Sox first baseman Jimmie Foxx had a .349 batting average with 50 home runs and 175 runs batted in; he was named the AL Most Valuable Player.[1]
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Offseason
- December 2, 1937: Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom were traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik.[2]
On December 6, 1937, the Red Sox purchased outfielder Ted Williams from the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres for $25,000 and four minor league players, with the deal announced the following day on December 7.[3]
Regular season
The 1938 Boston Red Sox finished higher than any other Sox team since 1918.[4] The Red Sox finished in second place with 88 wins and 61 losses, finishing 9+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.[4] Jimmie Foxx led the American League with a .349 batting average, 50 home runs and 175 RBIs, becoming the first player to win three American League MVP Awards.[5]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | 0.651 | — | 55–22 | 44–31 |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | 0.591 | 9½ | 52–23 | 36–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | 0.566 | 13 | 46–30 | 40–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 16 | 48–31 | 36–39 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | 0.497 | 23½ | 44–33 | 31–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | 0.439 | 32 | 33–39 | 32–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | 0.362 | 44 | 31–43 | 24–54 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | 0.349 | 46 | 28–47 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 12–9 | |||||
Chicago | 6–12 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–8–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 8–13 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 12–9 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–5–2 | 15–7–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 5–16–2 | — | 12–9 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 9–12 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 9–12 | 11–10 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — |
Opening Day lineup
8 | Doc Cramer | CF |
7 | Joe Vosmik | LF |
3 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B |
4 | Joe Cronin | SS |
5 | Pinky Higgins | 3B |
9 | Ben Chapman | RF |
1 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
2 | Gene Desautels | C |
17 | Jim Bagby | P |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gene Desautels | 108 | 333 | 97 | .291 | 2 | 48 |
1B | Jimmie Foxx | 149 | 565 | 197 | .349 | 50 | 175 |
2B | Bobby Doerr | 145 | 509 | 147 | .289 | 5 | 80 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 143 | 530 | 172 | .325 | 17 | 94 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 139 | 524 | 159 | .303 | 5 | 106 |
OF | Joe Vosmik | 146 | 621 | 201 | .324 | 9 | 86 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 148 | 658 | 198 | .301 | 0 | 71 |
OF | Ben Chapman | 127 | 480 | 163 | .340 | 6 | 80 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Johnny Peacock | 72 | 195 | 59 | .303 | 1 | 39 |
Red Nonnenkamp | 87 | 180 | 51 | .283 | 0 | 18 |
Eric McNair | 46 | 96 | 15 | .156 | 0 | 7 |
Jim Tabor | 19 | 57 | 18 | .316 | 1 | 8 |
Moe Berg | 10 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Fabian Gaffke | 15 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Wilson | 37 | 194.2 | 15 | 15 | 4.30 | 96 |
Lefty Grove | 24 | 163.2 | 14 | 4 | 3.08 | 99 |
Johnny Marcum | 15 | 92.1 | 5 | 6 | 4.09 | 25 |
Joe Heving | 16 | 82.0 | 8 | 1 | 3.73 | 34 |
Bill Harris | 13 | 80.1 | 5 | 5 | 4.03 | 26 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Bagby | 43 | 198.2 | 15 | 11 | 4.21 | 73 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 31 | 176.2 | 13 | 5 | 4.58 | 46 |
Emerson Dickman | 32 | 104.0 | 5 | 5 | 5.28 | 22 |
Archie McKain | 37 | 99.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.52 | 27 |
Charlie Wagner | 13 | 36.2 | 1 | 3 | 8.35 | 14 |
Dick Midkiff | 13 | 35.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.09 | 10 |
Lee Rogers | 14 | 27.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.51 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.39 | 2 |
Ted Olson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 2 |
Doc Cramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Bill LeFebvre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Byron Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Farm system
References
- ^ "Jimmie Foxx stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bradlee, Jr., Ben (2013). The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams. New York, New York: Little, Brown and Company. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-316-61435-1.
- ^ a b Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1938 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1938 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com