1947 Boston Red Sox

83-71 • 0.539 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
71 Losses
0.539 Win %
3rd Rank
720 R 669 RA
Diff +51

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720 Runs Scored
669 Runs Allowed
+51 Run Diff
1,427K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 AL Average

Batting Avg .265 4% above the 1947 league average (.255)
OBP .347 5% above the 1947 league average (.331)
SLG .323 6% above the 1947 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.81 3% worse than the 1947 league average (3.71)
Runs Scored 720 12% above the 1947 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,427,061
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Avg per Game 17,618

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.343 2 Johnny Pesky 0.324 3 Sam Mele 0.302 4 Birdie Tebbetts 0.299 5 Dom DiMaggio 0.283

Home Runs

1 Ted Williams 32 2 Bobby Doerr 17 3 Jake Jones 16 4 Sam Mele 12 5 Dom DiMaggio 8

RBI

1 Ted Williams 114 2 Bobby Doerr 95 3 Jake Jones 76 4 Sam Mele 73 5 Dom DiMaggio 71
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Johnny Pesky 155 638 106 207 0 0 0 39 72 22 12 0.324
Bobby Doerr 146 561 79 145 0 0 17 95 59 47 3 0.258
Ted Williams 156 528 125 181 0 0 32 114 162 47 0 0.343
Dom DiMaggio 136 513 75 145 0 0 8 71 74 62 10 0.283
Sam Mele 123 453 71 137 0 0 12 73 37 35 0 0.302
Jake Jones 109 404 50 95 0 0 16 76 41 60 5 0.235
Birdie Tebbetts 90 291 22 87 0 0 1 28 21 30 2 0.299
Wally Moses 90 255 32 70 0 0 2 27 27 16 3 0.275
Eddie Pellagrini 74 231 29 47 0 0 4 19 23 35 2 0.203
Rudy York 48 184 16 39 0 0 6 27 22 32 0 0.212
Roy Partee 60 169 14 39 0 0 0 16 18 23 0 0.231
Sam Dente 46 168 14 39 0 0 0 11 19 15 0 0.232
Don Gutteridge 54 131 20 22 0 0 2 5 17 13 3 0.168
Dave Ferriss 52 99 11 27 0 0 0 19 7 10 0 0.273
Leon Culberson 47 84 10 20 0 0 0 11 12 10 1 0.238
Joe Dobson 33 77 4 16 0 0 0 3 7 22 0 0.208
Merl Combs 17 68 8 15 0 0 1 6 9 9 0 0.221
Hal Wagner 21 65 5 15 0 0 0 6 9 5 0 0.231
Tex Hughson 29 61 3 2 0 0 0 2 5 22 0 0.033
Denny Galehouse 21 52 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 19 0 0.096
Rip Russell 26 52 8 8 0 0 1 3 8 7 0 0.154
Earl Johnson 46 44 1 12 0 0 0 4 1 10 0 0.273
Fritz Dorish 41 35 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.143
Mel Parnell 15 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.056
Matt Batts 7 16 3 8 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0.500
Eddie McGah 9 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0.000
Frankie Hayes 5 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.154
Strick Shofner 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.154
Bill Zuber 20 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.154
Mickey Harris 15 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.417
Billy Goodman 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.182
Johnny Murphy 32 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.273
Tommy Fine 9 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.333
Bob Klinger 28 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.111
Eddie Smith 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.167
Tom McBride 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Tex Aulds 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Cot Deal 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Chuck Stobbs 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Butland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Widmar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mickey Harris 2.44 2 Johnny Murphy 2.80 3 Joe Dobson 2.95 4 Earl Johnson 2.97 5 Denny Galehouse 3.32

Wins

1 Joe Dobson 18 2 Dave Ferriss 12 3 Tex Hughson 12 4 Earl Johnson 12 5 Denny Galehouse 11

Strikeouts

1 Tex Hughson 119 2 Joe Dobson 110 3 Earl Johnson 65 4 Dave Ferriss 64 5 Fritz Dorish 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Joe Dobson 18 8 2.95 33 31 1 228.2 73 110
Dave Ferriss 12 11 4.04 33 28 0 218.1 92 64
Tex Hughson 12 11 3.33 29 26 0 189.1 71 119
Denny Galehouse 11 7 3.32 21 21 0 149.0 34 38
Earl Johnson 12 11 2.97 45 17 8 142.1 62 65
Fritz Dorish 7 8 4.70 41 9 2 136.0 54 50
Johnny Murphy 0 0 2.80 32 0 3 54.2 28 9
Mickey Harris 5 4 2.44 15 6 0 51.2 23 35
Mel Parnell 2 3 6.39 15 5 0 50.2 27 23
Bill Zuber 1 0 5.33 20 1 0 50.2 31 23
Bob Klinger 1 1 3.86 28 0 5 42.0 24 12
Tommy Fine 1 2 5.50 9 7 0 36.0 19 10
Eddie Smith 1 3 7.41 8 3 0 17.0 18 15
Cot Deal 0 1 9.24 5 2 0 12.2 7 6
Chuck Stobbs 0 1 6.00 4 1 0 9.0 10 5
Bill Butland 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 1
Al Widmar 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 1.1 2 1

👥 Roster (41)

Tex Aulds Matt Batts Bill Butland Merl Combs Leon Culberson Cot Deal Sam Dente Dom DiMaggio Joe Dobson Bobby Doerr Fritz Dorish Dave Ferriss +29 more

41 players

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