1939 Boston Red Sox

89-62 • 0.589 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
62 Losses
0.589 Win %
2nd Rank
890 R 795 RA
Diff +95

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890 Runs Scored
795 Runs Allowed
+95 Run Diff
585K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 AL Average

Batting Avg .290 4% above the 1939 league average (.278)
OBP .361 3% above the 1939 league average (.349)
SLG .360 8% above the 1939 league average (.334)
Team ERA 4.56 1% better than the 1939 league average (4.62)
Runs Scored 890 11% above the 1939 league average (800 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 585,800
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Avg per Game 7,810

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jimmie Foxx 0.360 2 Ted Williams 0.327 3 Lou Finney 0.325 4 Bobby Doerr 0.318 5 Doc Cramer 0.311

Home Runs

1 Jimmie Foxx 35 2 Ted Williams 31 3 Joe Cronin 19 4 Jim Tabor 14 5 Bobby Doerr 12

RBI

1 Ted Williams 145 2 Joe Cronin 107 3 Jimmie Foxx 105 4 Jim Tabor 95 5 Joe Vosmik 84
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doc Cramer 137 589 110 183 0 0 0 56 36 17 3 0.311
Jim Tabor 149 577 76 167 0 0 14 95 40 54 16 0.289
Ted Williams 149 565 131 185 0 0 31 145 107 64 2 0.327
Joe Vosmik 145 554 89 153 0 0 7 84 66 33 4 0.276
Bobby Doerr 127 525 75 167 0 0 12 73 38 32 1 0.318
Joe Cronin 143 520 97 160 0 0 19 107 87 48 6 0.308
Jimmie Foxx 124 467 130 168 0 0 35 105 89 72 4 0.360
Johnny Peacock 92 274 33 76 0 0 0 36 29 11 1 0.277
Lou Finney 95 249 43 81 0 0 1 46 24 11 2 0.325
Gene Desautels 76 226 26 55 0 0 0 21 33 13 3 0.243
Tom Carey 54 161 17 39 0 0 0 20 3 9 0 0.242
Red Nonnenkamp 58 75 12 18 0 0 0 5 12 6 0 0.240
Lefty Grove 25 67 3 9 0 0 1 5 9 26 0 0.134
Jack Wilson 37 63 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 17 0 0.159
Fritz Ostermueller 34 56 4 9 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 0.161
Elden Auker 31 53 6 12 0 0 2 3 1 14 0 0.226
Denny Galehouse 30 47 0 3 0 0 0 1 6 20 0 0.064
Emerson Dickman 48 36 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 13 0 0.056
Jim Bagby 21 34 10 10 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0.294
Moe Berg 14 33 3 9 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0.273
Joe Heving 46 32 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.188
Boze Berger 20 30 4 9 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.300
Woody Rich 21 27 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.259
Charlie Wagner 11 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.071
Jake Wade 20 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Bill LeFebvre 7 10 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.300
Bill Sayles 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.143
Monte Weaver 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fabian Gaffke 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Grove 2.54 2 Joe Heving 3.70 3 Charlie Wagner 4.23 4 Fritz Ostermueller 4.24 5 Emerson Dickman 4.43

Wins

1 Lefty Grove 15 2 Joe Heving 11 3 Fritz Ostermueller 11 4 Jack Wilson 11 5 Elden Auker 9

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Grove 81 2 Jack Wilson 80 3 Denny Galehouse 68 4 Fritz Ostermueller 61 5 Emerson Dickman 46
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lefty Grove 15 4 2.54 23 23 0 191.0 58 81
Jack Wilson 11 11 4.67 36 22 2 177.1 75 80
Fritz Ostermueller 11 7 4.24 34 20 4 159.1 58 61
Elden Auker 9 10 5.36 31 25 0 151.0 61 43
Denny Galehouse 9 10 4.54 30 18 0 146.2 52 68
Emerson Dickman 8 3 4.43 48 1 5 113.2 43 46
Joe Heving 11 3 3.70 46 5 7 107.0 34 43
Jim Bagby 5 5 7.09 21 11 0 80.0 36 35
Woody Rich 4 3 4.91 21 12 1 77.0 35 24
Jake Wade 1 4 6.23 20 6 0 47.2 37 21
Charlie Wagner 3 1 4.23 9 5 0 38.1 14 13
Bill LeFebvre 1 1 5.81 5 3 0 26.1 14 8
Monte Weaver 1 0 6.64 9 1 1 20.1 13 6
Bill Sayles 0 0 7.07 5 0 0 14.0 13 9
Jimmie Foxx 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1

👥 Roster (29)

Elden Auker Jim Bagby Moe Berg Boze Berger Tom Carey Doc Cramer Joe Cronin Gene Desautels Emerson Dickman Bobby Doerr Lou Finney Jimmie Foxx +17 more

29 players

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