1942 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 78-84
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 824
Runs Allowed: 843
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,004,223
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 5th in the AL
AA: 72-65, 2nd in the AL
A: 68-69, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Johnny Hopp 25 156 615 121 196 31 11 10 84 30 13 87 30 .319 .404 .454 .857 110.4 22.8 2.6
3B *Arky Vaughan 30 148 565 112 190 43 6 15 102 21 14 74 28 .336 .411 .513 .924 108.2 23.2 5.6
LF  Joe Vosmik 32 152 586 79 174 35 8 14 104 0 0 38 14 .297 .338 .456 .794 84.9 14.7 3.0
LF *Dixie Walker 31 146 485 70 142 22 1 3 45 3 1 42 64 .293 .348 .361 .709 55.8 7.5 1.6
1B *Tommy Henrich 29 130 467 66 127 40 7 12 92 2 0 56 50 .272 .351 .465 .816 73.1 12.9 2.5
2B #Heinie Mueller 29 127 386 69 119 17 1 3 45 4 1 50 38 .308 .386 .381 .767 56.0 10.0 4.1
2B *Eddie Mayo 32 123 361 40 104 20 0 3 37 1 1 28 24 .288 .340 .368 .709 39.8 5.1 2.2
C  Ernie Lombardi 34 98 360 48 92 21 1 20 73 0 0 22 36 .256 .301 .486 .787 51.9 8.0 4.3
CF *Ernie Sulik 31 126 321 43 101 21 4 6 54 1 0 34 6 .315 .379 .461 .840 52.0 10.5 1.3
SS  Tony Piet 35 98 254 25 59 7 2 0 17 0 1 21 59 .232 .291 .276 .567 19.2 0.1 3.2
C  Bill Baker 31 70 244 23 56 9 2 2 30 0 1 14 20 .230 .271 .307 .579 18.8 0.6 3.5
1B  Babe Dahlgren 30 97 219 27 66 10 2 4 30 0 0 22 18 .301 .365 .420 .785 30.7 5.1 1.0
RF *Ned Harris 25 52 156 23 34 11 2 0 20 0 1 21 18 .218 .311 .314 .625 16.6 1.4 0.5
P  Schoolboy Rowe 32 40 100 13 23 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 16 .230 .243 .240 .483 5.8 0.0 0.0
P  Larry French 34 38 94 8 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 23 .128 .144 .128 .272 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Erickson 26 33 88 7 12 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .136 .146 .193 .339 1.1 0.0 0.0
3B *Buddy Blair 31 68 83 10 24 10 2 0 15 0 0 8 1 .289 .352 .458 .809 11.6 2.3 0.3
P  Virgil Trucks 25 29 76 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .118 .130 .118 .248 -1.7 0.0 0.0
CF *Oris Hockett 32 65 60 10 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .200 .226 .233 .459 1.3 0.0 0.1
RF *Bruce Campbell 32 47 55 10 14 4 1 1 8 0 0 6 11 .255 .328 .418 .746 6.4 0.8 0.1
P *Oscar Judd 34 33 40 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .275 .310 .275 .585 3.3 0.3 0.0
C #George Dickey 26 14 38 4 7 1 0 1 7 0 0 5 7 .184 .273 .289 .562 3.1 0.0 0.5
RF  Maurice Van Robays 27 27 39 3 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .282 .300 .333 .633 3.4 0.3 0.1
P  Wes Ferrell 34 25 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Grant Bowler 34 30 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Whitey Hilcher 33 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Red Lynn 28 77 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2083 5716 824 1597 312 50 94 793 62 33 537 521 .279 .341 .401 .742 750.3 125.9 36.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 2 4 1 7 4 3 7 6 1 2 4 7 6 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Larry French 34 17 16 .515 38 38 0 302.7 304 127 25 92 138 3.78 20.8
 Schoolboy Rowe 32 16 18 .471 40 40 0 282.0 339 167 23 112 93 5.33 8.2
 Paul Erickson 26 12 14 .462 33 33 0 260.0 276 153 27 120 147 5.30 7.0
 Virgil Trucks 25 10 16 .385 29 29 0 223.3 249 117 17 76 100 4.71 7.7
*Oscar Judd 34 7 5 .583 33 15 0 137.0 161 76 6 67 44 4.99 6.5
 Red Lynn 28 8 6 .571 77 0 4 96.0 106 46 8 53 51 4.31 6.8
 Wes Ferrell 34 1 6 .143 25 7 5 67.7 78 39 4 34 30 5.19 2.0
 Whitey Hilcher 33 2 2 .500 34 0 11 40.0 32 8 1 13 13 1.80 8.7
 Grant Bowler 34 5 1 .833 30 0 2 36.0 36 18 1 24 21 4.50 3.0
 Tex Carleton 35 0 0 .000 13 0 1 13.3 12 7 2 5 9 4.73 1.0
Team Totals 31.5 78 84 .481 352 162 23 1458.0 1593 758 114 596 646 4.68 71.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 6 5 7 5 7 7 2 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 32.9
E.Lombardi 726.6 72 77 337 35 5 0 .987 41.4
B.Baker 579.0 64 69 273 25 3 0 .990 33.3
G.Dickey 99.7 11 14 36 5 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1405.3 147 160 646 65 8 0 .989 41.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.38
T.Henrich 1065.3 121 122 1479 103 8 152 .995 13.36
B.Dahlgren 374.7 40 47 497 45 5 35 .991 13.02
E.Lombardi 25.4 1 8 32 2 0 2 1.000 12.05
D.Walker 8.0 1 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.13
J.Hopp 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
M.Van Robays 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.4 163 181 2022 150 13 190 .994 13.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.35
H.Mueller 930.3 107 120 248 454 16 91 .978 6.79
T.Piet 447.7 50 69 142 221 8 47 .978 7.30
E.Mayo 80.0 5 22 18 41 2 11 .967 6.64
Team Total 1458.0 162 211 408 716 26 149 .977 6.94
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.99
E.Mayo 827.7 99 100 51 227 13 17 .955 3.02
J.Vosmik 413.0 46 47 24 121 3 14 .980 3.16
B.Blair 137.7 12 36 12 37 2 3 .961 3.20
B.Dahlgren 67.0 5 19 3 19 0 1 1.000 2.96
A.Vaughan 6.0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.50
T.Piet 4.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
H.Mueller 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 208 90 407 19 35 .963 3.07
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.58
A.Vaughan 1242.0 140 140 205 633 36 113 .959 6.07
T.Piet 192.0 19 25 39 98 3 16 .979 6.42
E.Sulik 16.0 2 2 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Hopp 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1458.0 162 168 246 740 39 130 .962 6.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.92
D.Walker 622.7 71 72 108 6 5 1 .958 1.65
J.Hopp 419.7 46 49 71 1 1 0 .986 1.54
J.Vosmik 259.0 30 31 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
E.Sulik 118.7 12 17 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
O.Hockett 16.0 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
M.Van Robays 13.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
A.Vaughan 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Mueller 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Henrich 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 183 256 8 6 1 .978 1.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.55
J.Hopp 864.3 97 101 193 2 2 1 .990 2.03
E.Sulik 506.7 57 61 104 6 4 4 .965 1.95
D.Walker 50.0 4 11 6 0 1 0 .857 1.08
O.Hockett 26.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Campbell 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Van Robays 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 179 310 8 7 5 .978 1.96
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
J.Vosmik 595.7 68 72 132 4 0 1 1.000 2.05
N.Harris 406.0 50 50 62 4 5 1 .930 1.46
D.Walker 317.7 33 45 56 2 2 0 .967 1.64
B.Campbell 69.0 6 18 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.91
O.Hockett 28.0 2 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
M.Van Robays 23.7 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.42
J.Hopp 9.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Henrich 9.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 207 278 10 7 2 .976 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.34
L.French 302.7 38 38 25 72 3 7 .970 2.88
S.Rowe 282.0 40 40 20 58 2 6 .975 2.49
P.Erickson 260.0 33 33 14 59 1 8 .986 2.53
V.Trucks 223.3 29 29 15 41 3 4 .949 2.26
O.Judd 137.0 15 33 4 29 2 2 .943 2.17
R.Lynn 96.0 0 77 2 20 1 1 .957 2.06
W.Ferrell 67.7 7 25 2 14 0 1 1.000 2.13
W.Hilcher 40.0 0 34 6 7 0 1 1.000 2.93
G.Bowler 36.0 0 30 3 12 0 1 1.000 3.75
T.Carleton 13.3 0 13 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1458.0 162 352 92 316 12 32 .971 2.52
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Vaughan .336
On-Base Pct Vaughan .411
Slugging Pct Vaughan .513
OPS Vaughan .924
XR Hopp 110.4
Games Hopp 156
At-Bats Hopp 615
Runs Hopp 121
Hits Hopp 196
Total Bases Vaughan 290
Singles Hopp 144
Doubles Vaughan 43
Triples Hopp 11
Homeruns Lombardi 20
RBIs Vosmik 104
Stolen Bases Hopp 30
Caught Stealing Vaughan 14
Walks Hopp 87
Strikeouts Walker 64
ERA French 3.78
Wins French 17
Losses Rowe 18
Winning Pct French .515
Saves Hilcher 11
Games Pitched Lynn 77
Games Started Rowe 40
Complete Games French 18
Shutouts French, Judd 1
Innings Pitched French 302.7
Hits Allowed Rowe 339
Homeruns Allowed Erickson 27
Strikeouts Erickson 147
Walks Allowed Erickson 120
Walks per 9IP French 2.7
Hits per 9IP French 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Erickson 5.1
WHiP French 1.31
OAVG French .259
OOBP French .313
OSLG French .392
OOPS French .705
Team All-Stars
Johnny Hopp
Arky Vaughan
Player Salaries
Larry French $ 8,800,000
Arky Vaughan $ 8,770,000
Bruce Campbell $ 7,600,000
Joe Vosmik $ 7,000,000
Dixie Walker $ 6,210,000
Tommy Henrich $ 3,721,429
Schoolboy Rowe $ 3,000,000
Wes Ferrell $ 2,810,000
Tony Piet $ 1,500,000
Ernie Sulik $ 1,384,286
Eddie Mayo $ 855,000
Tex Carleton $ 808,000
Babe Dahlgren $ 571,429
Whitey Hilcher $ 548,571
Grant Bowler $ 350,000
Oris Hockett $ 350,000
Bill Baker $ 300,000
Ned Harris $ 300,000
Oscar Judd $ 300,000
Paul Erickson $ 300,000
George Dickey $ 300,000
Red Lynn $ 300,000
Heinie Mueller $ 300,000
Virgil Trucks $ 300,000
Maurice Van Robays $ 300,000
Buddy Blair $ 300,000
Johnny Hopp $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Tony Piet
5/1 Signed     Tex Carleton
7/31 Traded Ernie Lombardi San Diego Clyde Vollmer