1949 Boston Red Sox

96-58 • 0.623 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

96 Wins
58 Losses
0.623 Win %
2nd Rank
896 R 667 RA
Diff +229

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896 Runs Scored
667 Runs Allowed
+229 Run Diff
1,595K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 AL Average

Batting Avg .281 7% above the 1949 league average (.263)
OBP .379 8% above the 1949 league average (.350)
SLG .355 12% above the 1949 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.97 6% better than the 1949 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 896 24% above the 1949 league average (722 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,595,952
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Avg per Game 20,726

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.343 2 Bobby Doerr 0.309 3 Dom DiMaggio 0.307 4 Johnny Pesky 0.306 5 Billy Goodman 0.298

Home Runs

1 Ted Williams 43 2 Vern Stephens 39 3 Bobby Doerr 18 4 Al Zarilla 9 5 Dom DiMaggio 8

RBI

1 Vern Stephens 159 2 Ted Williams 159 3 Bobby Doerr 109 4 Al Zarilla 71 5 Johnny Pesky 69
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vern Stephens 155 610 113 177 0 0 39 159 101 73 2 0.290
Dom DiMaggio 145 605 126 186 0 0 8 60 96 55 9 0.307
Johnny Pesky 148 604 111 185 0 0 2 69 100 19 8 0.306
Ted Williams 155 566 150 194 0 0 43 159 162 48 1 0.343
Bobby Doerr 139 541 91 167 0 0 18 109 75 33 2 0.309
Al Zarilla 124 474 68 133 0 0 9 71 48 51 4 0.281
Billy Goodman 122 443 54 132 0 0 0 56 58 21 2 0.298
Birdie Tebbetts 122 403 42 109 0 0 5 48 62 22 8 0.270
Matt Batts 60 157 23 38 0 0 3 31 25 22 1 0.242
Billy Hitchcock 55 147 22 30 0 0 0 9 17 11 2 0.204
Tommy O'Brien 49 125 24 28 0 0 3 10 21 12 1 0.224
Mel Parnell 39 114 9 29 0 0 0 13 3 10 0 0.254
Ellis Kinder 43 92 11 12 0 0 0 7 6 24 0 0.130
Joe Dobson 33 68 5 10 0 0 0 2 10 22 1 0.147
Chuck Stobbs 26 53 8 11 0 0 0 5 3 9 0 0.208
Sam Mele 18 46 1 9 0 0 0 7 7 14 2 0.196
Walt Dropo 11 41 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.146
Lou Stringer 35 41 10 11 0 0 1 6 5 10 0 0.268
Jack Kramer 21 35 4 9 0 0 0 3 9 13 0 0.257
Mickey McDermott 12 33 3 7 0 0 0 6 3 6 0 0.212
Merl Combs 14 24 5 5 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0.208
Tex Hughson 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.045
Stan Spence 7 20 3 3 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 0.150
Walt Masterson 18 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.118
Mickey Harris 7 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.083
Earl Johnson 19 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.000
Frank Quinn 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Tom Wright 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.250
Windy McCall 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Babe Martin 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Ferriss 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Fritz Dorish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Denny Galehouse 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Robinson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnnie Wittig 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mel Parnell 2.77 2 Ellis Kinder 3.36 3 Joe Dobson 3.85 4 Chuck Stobbs 4.03 5 Mickey McDermott 4.05

Wins

1 Mel Parnell 25 2 Ellis Kinder 23 3 Joe Dobson 14 4 Chuck Stobbs 11 5 Jack Kramer 6

Strikeouts

1 Ellis Kinder 138 2 Mel Parnell 122 3 Joe Dobson 87 4 Chuck Stobbs 70 5 Mickey McDermott 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Parnell 25 7 2.77 39 33 2 295.1 134 122
Ellis Kinder 23 6 3.36 43 30 4 252.0 99 138
Joe Dobson 14 12 3.85 33 27 2 212.2 97 87
Chuck Stobbs 11 6 4.03 26 19 0 152.0 75 70
Jack Kramer 6 8 5.16 21 18 1 111.2 49 24
Mickey McDermott 5 4 4.05 12 12 0 80.0 52 50
Tex Hughson 4 2 5.33 29 2 3 77.2 41 35
Walt Masterson 3 4 4.25 18 5 4 55.0 35 19
Earl Johnson 3 6 7.48 19 3 0 49.1 29 20
Mickey Harris 2 3 5.02 7 6 0 37.2 20 14
Frank Quinn 0 0 2.86 8 0 0 22.0 9 4
Windy McCall 0 0 11.57 5 0 0 9.1 10 8
Fritz Dorish 0 0 2.35 5 0 0 7.2 1 5
Dave Ferriss 0 0 4.05 4 0 0 6.2 4 1
Jack Robinson 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 4.0 1 1
Denny Galehouse 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 3 0
Johnnie Wittig 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0

👥 Roster (35)

Matt Batts Merl Combs Dom DiMaggio Joe Dobson Bobby Doerr Fritz Dorish Walt Dropo Dave Ferriss Denny Galehouse Billy Goodman Mickey Harris Billy Hitchcock +23 more

35 players

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