1940 Boston Red Sox

82-72 • 0.532 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
72 Losses
0.532 Win %
4th Rank
872 R 825 RA
Diff +47

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872 Runs Scored
825 Runs Allowed
+47 Run Diff
721K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 AL Average

Batting Avg .285 5% above the 1940 league average (.271)
OBP .355 4% above the 1940 league average (.340)
SLG .365 10% above the 1940 league average (.332)
Team ERA 4.89 12% worse than the 1940 league average (4.39)
Runs Scored 872 13% above the 1940 league average (768 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 721,200
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Avg per Game 9,129

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.344 2 Tom Carey 0.323 3 Lou Finney 0.320 4 Fritz Ostermueller 0.315 5 Doc Cramer 0.303

Home Runs

1 Jimmie Foxx 36 2 Joe Cronin 24 3 Ted Williams 23 4 Bobby Doerr 22 5 Jim Tabor 21

RBI

1 Jimmie Foxx 119 2 Ted Williams 113 3 Joe Cronin 111 4 Bobby Doerr 105 5 Jim Tabor 81
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doc Cramer 150 661 94 200 0 0 1 51 36 29 3 0.303
Bobby Doerr 151 595 87 173 0 0 22 105 57 53 10 0.291
Ted Williams 144 561 134 193 0 0 23 113 96 54 4 0.344
Joe Cronin 149 548 104 156 0 0 24 111 83 65 7 0.285
Lou Finney 130 534 73 171 0 0 5 73 33 13 5 0.320
Jimmie Foxx 144 515 106 153 0 0 36 119 101 87 4 0.297
Jim Tabor 120 459 73 131 0 0 21 81 42 58 14 0.285
Dom DiMaggio 108 418 81 126 0 0 8 46 41 46 7 0.301
Gene Desautels 71 222 19 50 0 0 0 17 32 13 0 0.225
Johnny Peacock 63 131 20 37 0 0 0 13 23 10 1 0.282
Charlie Gelbert 30 91 9 18 0 0 0 8 8 16 0 0.198
Jim Bagby 44 74 8 15 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 0.203
Stan Spence 51 68 5 19 0 0 2 13 4 9 0 0.279
Jack Wilson 41 66 9 18 0 0 2 8 1 11 0 0.273
Tom Carey 43 62 4 20 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0.323
Marv Owen 20 57 4 12 0 0 0 6 8 4 0 0.211
Fritz Ostermueller 33 54 9 17 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0.315
Lefty Grove 23 53 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 29 0 0.151
Joe Glenn 22 47 3 6 0 0 0 4 5 7 0 0.128
Herb Hash 35 40 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0.175
Joe Heving 39 40 4 8 0 0 0 6 3 6 0 0.200
Denny Galehouse 25 39 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 0.077
Emerson Dickman 35 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.107
Earl Johnson 18 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.074
Mickey Harris 13 22 6 6 0 0 0 2 6 7 0 0.273
Tony Lupien 10 19 5 9 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0.474
Bill Fleming 10 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Yank Terry 4 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Bill Butland 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Red Nonnenkamp 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.000
Alex Mustaikis 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.333
Charlie Wagner 13 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.200
Woody Rich 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Grove 3.99 2 Joe Heving 4.01 3 Earl Johnson 4.09 4 Jim Bagby 4.73 5 Bill Fleming 4.86

Wins

1 Joe Heving 12 2 Jack Wilson 12 3 Jim Bagby 10 4 Emerson Dickman 8 5 Lefty Grove 7

Strikeouts

1 Jack Wilson 102 2 Fritz Ostermueller 80 3 Lefty Grove 62 4 Jim Bagby 57 5 Joe Heving 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Bagby 10 16 4.73 36 21 2 182.2 83 57
Jack Wilson 12 6 5.08 41 16 5 157.2 87 102
Lefty Grove 7 6 3.99 22 21 0 153.1 50 62
Fritz Ostermueller 5 9 4.95 31 16 0 143.2 70 80
Denny Galehouse 6 6 5.18 25 20 0 120.0 41 53
Herb Hash 7 7 4.95 34 12 3 120.0 84 36
Joe Heving 12 7 4.01 39 7 3 119.0 42 55
Emerson Dickman 8 6 6.03 35 9 3 100.0 38 40
Earl Johnson 6 2 4.09 17 10 0 70.1 39 26
Mickey Harris 4 2 5.00 13 9 0 68.1 26 36
Bill Fleming 1 2 4.86 10 6 0 46.1 20 24
Charlie Wagner 1 0 5.52 12 1 0 29.1 8 13
Bill Butland 1 2 5.57 3 3 0 21.0 10 5
Yank Terry 1 0 8.84 4 1 0 19.1 11 9
Alex Mustaikis 0 1 9.00 6 1 0 15.0 15 6
Woody Rich 1 0 0.77 3 1 0 11.2 1 8
Ted Williams 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 1

👥 Roster (33)

Jim Bagby Bill Butland Tom Carey Doc Cramer Joe Cronin Gene Desautels Dom DiMaggio Emerson Dickman Bobby Doerr Lou Finney Bill Fleming Jimmie Foxx +21 more

33 players

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