1938 Boston Red Sox season
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Eddie Collins |
Manager(s) | Joe Cronin |
Local radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) |
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The 1938 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 61 losses.
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.[1]
Regular season
The 1938 Boston Red Sox finished higher than any other Sox team since 1918.[2] The Red Sox finished in second place with 88 wins and 61 losses, finishing 11 games behind the New York Yankees.[2] 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.[3]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | .651 | -- |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9.5 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13.0 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16.0 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23.5 |
Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32.0 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44.0 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | .349 | 46.0 |
Record vs. opponents
1938 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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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1B | Jimmie Foxx | 149 | 565 | 197 | .349 | 50 | 175 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 139 | 524 | 159 | .303 | 5 | 106 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 143 | 530 | 172 | .325 | 17 | 94 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 148 | 658 | 198 | .301 | 0 | 71 |
OF | Joe Vosmik | 146 | 621 | 201 | .324 | 9 | 86 |
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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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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Lefty Grove | 24 | 163.2 | 14 | 4 | 3.08 | 99 |
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 |
Emerson Dickman | 32 | 104 | 5 | 5 | 5.28 | 22 |
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 |
Farm system
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References
- ↑ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p. 25, World Publications Group, North Dighton, Massachusetts, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
- ↑ 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