1938 Boston Red Sox

88-61 • 0.591 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
61 Losses
0.591 Win %
2nd Rank
902 R 751 RA
Diff +151

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902 Runs Scored
751 Runs Allowed
+151 Run Diff
695K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .299 7% above the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .376 6% above the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .355 4% above the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 4.46 7% better than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 902 10% above the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 695,700
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Avg per Game 9,276

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jimmie Foxx 0.349 2 Ben Chapman 0.340 3 Joe Cronin 0.325 4 Joe Vosmik 0.324 5 Jim Tabor 0.316

Home Runs

1 Jimmie Foxx 50 2 Joe Cronin 17 3 Joe Vosmik 9 4 Ben Chapman 6 5 Bobby Doerr 5

RBI

1 Jimmie Foxx 175 2 Pinky Higgins 106 3 Joe Cronin 94 4 Joe Vosmik 86 5 Ben Chapman 80
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doc Cramer 148 658 116 198 0 0 0 71 51 19 4 0.301
Joe Vosmik 146 621 121 201 0 0 9 86 59 26 0 0.324
Jimmie Foxx 149 565 139 197 0 0 50 175 119 76 5 0.349
Joe Cronin 143 530 98 172 0 0 17 94 91 60 7 0.325
Pinky Higgins 139 524 77 159 0 0 5 106 71 55 10 0.303
Bobby Doerr 145 509 70 147 0 0 5 80 59 39 5 0.289
Ben Chapman 127 480 92 163 0 0 6 80 65 33 13 0.340
Gene Desautels 108 333 47 97 0 0 2 48 57 31 1 0.291
Johnny Peacock 72 195 29 59 0 0 1 39 17 4 4 0.303
Red Nonnenkamp 87 180 37 51 0 0 0 18 21 13 6 0.283
Eric McNair 46 96 9 15 0 0 0 7 3 6 0 0.156
Fritz Ostermueller 33 74 7 16 0 0 0 9 4 8 0 0.216
Jim Bagby 45 68 10 13 0 0 0 7 1 8 0 0.191
Jack Wilson 37 68 7 15 0 0 0 7 2 8 0 0.221
Jim Tabor 19 57 8 18 0 0 1 8 1 6 0 0.316
Lefty Grove 24 54 8 8 0 0 0 8 7 25 0 0.148
Johnny Marcum 19 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 6 9 0 0.135
Emerson Dickman 32 35 8 10 0 0 1 3 5 9 0 0.286
Archie McKain 37 31 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0.065
Joe Heving 16 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.133
Bill Harris 13 28 4 6 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0.214
Moe Berg 10 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Charlie Wagner 13 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Fabian Gaffke 15 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0.100
Dick Midkiff 13 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.200
Lee Rogers 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Al Baker 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill LeFebvre 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Ted Olson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Byron Humphrey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Grove 3.08 2 Joe Heving 3.73 3 Bill Harris 4.03 4 Johnny Marcum 4.09 5 Jim Bagby 4.21

Wins

1 Jim Bagby 15 2 Jack Wilson 15 3 Lefty Grove 14 4 Fritz Ostermueller 13 5 Joe Heving 8

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Grove 99 2 Jack Wilson 96 3 Jim Bagby 73 4 Fritz Ostermueller 46 5 Joe Heving 34
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Bagby 15 11 4.21 43 25 2 198.2 90 73
Jack Wilson 15 15 4.30 37 27 1 194.2 91 96
Fritz Ostermueller 13 5 4.58 31 18 2 176.2 58 46
Lefty Grove 14 4 3.08 24 21 1 163.2 52 99
Emerson Dickman 5 5 5.28 32 11 0 104.0 54 22
Archie McKain 5 4 4.52 37 5 6 99.2 44 27
Johnny Marcum 5 6 4.09 15 11 0 92.1 25 25
Joe Heving 8 1 3.73 16 11 2 82.0 22 34
Bill Harris 5 5 4.03 13 11 1 80.1 21 26
Charlie Wagner 1 3 8.35 13 6 0 36.2 24 14
Dick Midkiff 1 1 5.09 13 2 0 35.1 21 10
Lee Rogers 1 1 6.51 14 2 0 27.2 18 7
Al Baker 0 0 9.39 3 0 0 7.2 2 2
Ted Olson 0 0 6.43 2 0 0 7.0 2 2
Doc Cramer 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 4.0 3 1
Bill LeFebvre 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 4.0 0 0
Byron Humphrey 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 1 0

👥 Roster (30)

Jim Bagby Al Baker Moe Berg Ben Chapman Doc Cramer Joe Cronin Gene Desautels Emerson Dickman Bobby Doerr Jimmie Foxx Fabian Gaffke Lefty Grove +18 more

30 players

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