1939 Boston Red Sox season
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1939 Boston Red Sox season was the 39th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 89 wins and 62 losses, 17 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1939 World Series.
Regular season
In 1939, the Boston Red Sox finished 17 games behind the New York Yankees.[1] Lefty Grove won 15 games for the Red Sox while Jimmie Foxx hit .360, and had 35 home runs and 105 RBI.[1] Ted Williams made his major league debut in 1939, and batted .327 with 31 home runs. He led the American League with 145 RBIs.[1] After the first game he played against Williams, Yankees catcher Bill Dickey said about Williams, "He's just a damned good hitter."[1] On July 18, the Red Sox traded then-minor league shortstop Pee Wee Reese to the Brooklyn Dodgers, in exchange for $35,000 and two players to be named later (pitcher Red Evans and outfielder Art Parks).[2] Reese would go on to play with the Dodgers for 16 seasons, was a 10-time All-Star, and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Transactions
- July 25: The Red Sox announce the purchase of pitcher Herbert Hash and catcher George Lacy from the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.[3]
- August 14: The Red Sox announce the purchase of pitcher Wilburn R. Butland from the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.[4]
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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Opening Day lineup
| 8 | Doc Cramer | CF |
| 7 | Joe Vosmik | LF |
| 3 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B |
| 4 | Joe Cronin | SS |
| 5 | Jim Tabor | 3B |
| 9 | Ted Williams | RF |
| 1 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
| 2 | Gene Desautels | C |
| 10 | Lefty Grove | P |
Roster
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Manager
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Player stats
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Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 92 | 274 | 76 | .277 | 0 | 36 |
| 1B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 124 | 467 | 168 | .360 | 35 | 105 |
| 2B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 127 | 525 | 167 | .318 | 12 | 73 |
| SS | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 143 | 520 | 160 | .308 | 19 | 107 |
| 3B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 149 | 577 | 167 | .289 | 14 | 95 |
| OF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 145 | 554 | 153 | .276 | 7 | 84 |
| OF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 137 | 589 | 183 | .311 | 0 | 56 |
| OF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 149 | 565 | 185 | .327 | 31 | 145 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 95 | 249 | 81 | .325 | 1 | 46 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 76 | 226 | 55 | .243 | 0 | 21 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 54 | 161 | 39 | .242 | 0 | 20 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 58 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 0 | 5 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 14 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 1 | 5 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 20 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 23 | 191.0 | 15 | 4 | 2.54 | 81 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 31 | 151.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.56 | 53 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 36 | 177.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.67 | 80 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 34 | 159.1 | 11 | 7 | 4.24 | 61 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 30 | 146.2 | 9 | 10 | 4.54 | 68 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 21 | 80.0 | 5 | 5 | 7.09 | 35 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 21 | 77.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.91 | 24 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 20 | 47.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.23 | 21 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 9 | 38.1 | 3 | 1 | 4.23 | 13 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 5 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.81 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 46 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3.70 | 43 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 48 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4.43 | 46 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.64 | 6 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.07 | 9 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Scranton, Canton, Elizabethton, Danville-Schoolfield
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Notes
References
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- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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External links
- 1939 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1939 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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