1948 Boston Red Sox

96-59 • 0.619 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

96 Wins
59 Losses
0.619 Win %
2nd Rank
907 R 720 RA
Diff +187

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907 Runs Scored
720 Runs Allowed
+187 Run Diff
1,552K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 AL Average

Batting Avg .274 3% above the 1948 league average (.265)
OBP .370 7% above the 1948 league average (.346)
SLG .341 8% above the 1948 league average (.316)
Team ERA 4.26 1% better than the 1948 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 907 24% above the 1948 league average (730 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,552,246
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Avg per Game 19,900

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.369 2 Matt Batts 0.314 3 Billy Goodman 0.310 4 Billy Hitchcock 0.298 5 Dom DiMaggio 0.285

Home Runs

1 Vern Stephens 29 2 Bobby Doerr 27 3 Ted Williams 25 4 Stan Spence 12 5 Dom DiMaggio 9

RBI

1 Vern Stephens 137 2 Ted Williams 127 3 Bobby Doerr 111 4 Dom DiMaggio 87 5 Birdie Tebbetts 68
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dom DiMaggio 155 648 127 185 0 0 9 87 101 58 10 0.285
Vern Stephens 155 635 114 171 0 0 29 137 77 56 1 0.269
Johnny Pesky 143 565 124 159 0 0 3 55 99 32 3 0.281
Bobby Doerr 140 527 94 150 0 0 27 111 83 49 3 0.285
Ted Williams 137 509 124 188 0 0 25 127 126 41 4 0.369
Birdie Tebbetts 128 446 54 125 0 0 5 68 62 32 5 0.280
Billy Goodman 127 445 65 138 0 0 1 66 74 44 5 0.310
Stan Spence 114 391 71 92 0 0 12 61 82 33 0 0.235
Wally Moses 78 189 26 49 0 0 2 29 21 19 5 0.259
Sam Mele 66 180 25 42 0 0 2 25 13 21 1 0.233
Billy Hitchcock 49 124 15 37 0 0 1 20 7 9 0 0.298
Matt Batts 46 118 13 37 0 0 1 24 15 9 0 0.314
Jake Jones 36 105 3 21 0 0 1 8 11 26 1 0.200
Joe Dobson 38 84 9 17 0 0 1 4 6 27 0 0.202
Mel Parnell 35 80 6 13 0 0 0 8 1 11 0 0.163
Jack Kramer 29 73 7 11 0 0 1 8 10 21 0 0.151
Ellis Kinder 28 62 8 6 0 0 0 4 8 18 0 0.097
Denny Galehouse 27 42 6 7 0 0 0 1 8 13 0 0.167
Dave Ferriss 31 37 4 9 0 0 0 6 6 6 0 0.243
Mickey Harris 20 32 6 2 0 0 0 1 10 6 0 0.062
Earl Johnson 35 31 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 9 0 0.097
Lou Stringer 4 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.091
Mickey McDermott 7 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.375
Fritz Dorish 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Babe Martin 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Earl Caldwell 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Mike Palm 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tex Hughson 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Wright 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Johnny Ostrowski 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Neill Sheridan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chuck Stobbs 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cot Deal 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Windy McCall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mel Parnell 3.14 2 Joe Dobson 3.56 3 Ellis Kinder 3.74 4 Denny Galehouse 4.00 5 Jack Kramer 4.35

Wins

1 Jack Kramer 18 2 Joe Dobson 16 3 Mel Parnell 15 4 Earl Johnson 10 5 Ellis Kinder 10

Strikeouts

1 Joe Dobson 116 2 Mel Parnell 77 3 Jack Kramer 72 4 Ellis Kinder 53 5 Earl Johnson 45
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Joe Dobson 16 10 3.56 38 32 2 245.1 92 116
Mel Parnell 15 8 3.14 35 27 0 212.0 90 77
Jack Kramer 18 5 4.35 29 29 0 205.0 64 72
Ellis Kinder 10 7 3.74 28 22 0 178.0 63 53
Denny Galehouse 8 8 4.00 27 15 3 137.1 46 38
Dave Ferriss 7 3 5.23 31 9 3 115.1 61 30
Mickey Harris 7 10 5.30 20 17 0 113.2 59 42
Earl Johnson 10 4 4.53 35 3 5 91.1 42 45
Mickey McDermott 0 0 6.17 7 0 0 23.1 35 17
Tex Hughson 3 1 5.12 15 0 0 19.1 7 6
Fritz Dorish 0 1 5.65 9 0 0 14.1 6 5
Earl Caldwell 1 1 13.00 8 0 0 9.0 11 5
Chuck Stobbs 0 0 6.43 6 0 0 7.0 7 4
Cot Deal 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 4.0 3 2
Mike Palm 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 3.0 5 1
Windy McCall 0 1 20.25 1 1 0 1.1 1 0

👥 Roster (34)

Matt Batts Earl Caldwell Cot Deal Dom DiMaggio Joe Dobson Bobby Doerr Fritz Dorish Dave Ferriss Denny Galehouse Billy Goodman Mickey Harris Billy Hitchcock +22 more

34 players

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