1948 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 962
Runs Allowed: 751
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,984,673
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
AA: 72-65, 4th in the AL
A: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over New York (N) Giants
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Minnesota Twins
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
SS  Buddy Blattner 28 157 586 131 190 33 5 20 111 4 3 95 85 .324 .419 .500 .919 112.8 21.8 5.5
LF *Gene Woodling 25 157 514 128 157 21 4 23 116 0 0 143 24 .305 .451 .496 .947 118.8 23.4 3.9
3B *Arky Vaughan 36 147 542 83 161 32 4 10 98 0 1 57 57 .297 .365 .426 .791 80.2 13.3 6.9
RF *Ned Harris 31 138 385 88 121 22 6 15 54 1 1 78 34 .314 .431 .519 .951 80.4 16.4 2.9
CF *Augie Bergamo 31 110 378 54 97 17 2 3 45 0 1 56 24 .257 .352 .336 .688 47.3 6.2 3.9
3B  Jackie Robinson 29 103 375 67 119 19 2 12 70 8 3 54 16 .317 .403 .475 .878 66.2 11.7 2.2
RF *Les Fleming 32 103 339 63 98 27 1 11 82 11 4 72 46 .289 .411 .472 .883 67.0 12.7 1.9
CF  Johnny Lindell 31 112 349 61 93 18 4 7 48 0 0 47 31 .266 .354 .401 .755 46.7 6.8 3.0
C *Yogi Berra 23 105 347 42 91 10 1 15 61 0 0 30 26 .262 .318 .427 .745 45.6 5.7 5.6
1B *Eddie Robinson 27 101 260 32 68 12 1 9 48 0 0 31 38 .262 .341 .419 .760 36.5 4.9 0.5
3B *Chuck Workman 33 118 226 33 67 6 0 8 42 1 0 24 22 .296 .363 .429 .792 35.1 5.2 0.7
2B  Joe Gordon 33 83 208 41 48 12 1 9 43 3 0 36 45 .231 .347 .428 .775 33.7 5.2 2.9
3B  Frankie Zak 26 93 200 33 62 11 3 2 28 5 0 39 19 .310 .423 .425 .848 37.8 7.6 1.7
3B  Dee Moore 34 71 185 36 49 6 2 5 24 0 0 44 35 .265 .404 .400 .804 31.5 5.2 3.4
C  Walker Cooper 33 42 137 18 39 8 0 4 26 0 0 8 6 .285 .322 .431 .753 17.8 2.6 2.2
P *Mel Parnell 26 32 94 5 17 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 9 .181 .181 .191 .372 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Jansen 27 33 86 5 13 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 25 .151 .178 .198 .375 3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Garcia 24 31 85 7 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 22 .176 .193 .200 .393 3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Byerly 27 32 73 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .137 .149 .164 .313 -0.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Peanuts Lowrey 30 45 65 7 12 2 0 0 8 1 0 3 6 .185 .221 .215 .436 2.1 0.0 0.3
LF *Enos Slaughter 32 40 36 9 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 2 .306 .405 .361 .766 5.7 0.9 0.1
P *Bob Lemon 27 28 30 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .233 .433 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Bruner 31 37 30 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .167 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF  Dom Dimaggio 31 6 18 6 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .167 .238 .278 .516 1.6 0.0 0.1
P  Tex Hughson 32 52 13 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .308 .400 .308 .708 1.6 0.2 0.0
P  Lefty West 32 40 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Dean 34 34 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
C #George Dickey 32 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P *Tommy Byrne 28 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ellis Kinder 33 22 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Newt Kimball 33 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2105 5586 962 1561 268 36 154 932 34 14 833 618 .279 .372 .423 .795 878.4 150.0 48.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 5 3 2 5 2 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
*Mel Parnell 26 22 6 .786 32 32 0 272.3 236 85 7 84 88 2.81 29.3
 Larry Jansen 27 15 10 .600 33 33 0 249.3 274 126 29 73 97 4.55 14.1
 Mike Garcia 24 18 8 .692 31 31 0 243.7 225 97 12 93 103 3.58 20.2
 Bud Byerly 27 11 8 .579 32 32 0 211.3 200 90 21 61 65 3.83 14.4
 Bob Lemon 27 9 5 .643 28 12 1 111.7 104 48 10 57 38 3.87 8.3
 Roy Bruner 31 11 6 .647 37 13 3 104.3 73 53 6 100 61 4.57 7.9
 Tex Hughson 32 7 3 .700 52 2 8 81.3 95 49 11 45 22 5.42 4.9
*Lefty West 32 4 2 .667 40 3 3 64.7 70 31 5 32 30 4.31 5.0
 Paul Dean 34 0 1 .000 34 1 3 50.7 50 24 2 28 15 4.26 3.5
 Ellis Kinder 33 5 3 .625 22 1 3 26.3 26 13 5 9 13 4.44 2.6
 Newt Kimball 33 0 7 .000 19 7 3 20.0 46 34 4 18 11 15.30 0.0
*Tommy Byrne 28 1 0 1.000 4 1 0 11.0 6 5 1 8 9 4.09 0.8
*Billy Pierce 21 0 0 .000 7 6 0 7.0 9 5 1 8 4 6.43 0.1
Team Totals 28.8 103 59 .636 371 174 24 1453.6 1414 660 114 616 556 4.09 111.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 5 1 4 2 2 2 1 5 2  
* - 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 .991 31.3
Y.Berra 692.0 76 86 284 27 3 1 .990 50.0
D.Moore 444.3 50 57 199 14 3 1 .986 42.1
W.Cooper 300.2 37 39 127 12 3 1 .979 43.8
G.Dickey 10.3 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.9 164 184 616 53 9 3 .987 46.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
E.Robinson 508.0 57 63 659 53 9 69 .988 12.61
B.Blattner 387.0 42 47 502 52 9 45 .984 12.88
L.Fleming 334.6 40 41 423 41 1 36 .998 12.48
E.Slaughter 9.0 1 1 11 0 0 3 1.000 11.00
J.Lindell 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00
F.Zak 5.0 0 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 14.40
J.Robinson 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1253.2 141 155 1614 146 19 157 .989 12.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
B.Blattner 932.3 106 106 216 437 21 100 .969 6.30
J.Gordon 517.3 56 64 116 241 6 50 .983 6.21
J.Robinson 291.6 33 35 71 124 4 21 .980 6.02
Team Total 1741.3 195 205 403 802 31 171 .975 6.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
J.Robinson 536.2 63 65 39 142 6 10 .968 3.04
C.Workman 349.3 38 51 25 95 6 10 .952 3.09
F.Zak 211.3 24 32 13 47 3 0 .952 2.56
P.Lowrey 51.0 4 15 1 10 1 1 .917 1.94
D.Moore 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Vaughan 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1156.9 129 169 79 296 16 21 .959 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
A.Vaughan 1213.7 143 143 205 558 33 109 .959 5.66
F.Zak 227.0 19 45 56 101 7 25 .957 6.22
P.Lowrey 5.0 0 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Blattner 5.0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20
C.Workman 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1453.7 162 191 265 665 40 135 .959 5.76
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
G.Woodling 1123.0 125 127 237 1 2 0 .992 1.91
J.Lindell 95.0 12 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
Y.Berra 72.0 8 9 11 3 0 0 1.000 1.75
C.Workman 63.7 6 13 10 1 1 1 .917 1.56
D.Moore 37.3 4 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
A.Bergamo 23.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
E.Slaughter 20.7 2 4 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.18
P.Lowrey 17.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Dimaggio 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Robinson 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 163 182 298 7 3 2 .990 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
A.Bergamo 763.3 89 100 240 4 1 0 .996 2.88
J.Lindell 581.0 63 81 165 6 4 1 .977 2.65
P.Lowrey 61.0 5 16 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
D.Dimaggio 22.5 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
G.Woodling 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Slaughter 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.2 160 202 426 10 5 1 .989 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
N.Harris 823.3 96 106 204 5 9 2 .959 2.28
L.Fleming 461.2 53 60 103 4 0 1 1.000 2.09
G.Woodling 168.3 17 26 39 2 0 0 1.000 2.19
J.Lindell 63.0 7 10 9 0 2 0 .818 1.29
Y.Berra 45.0 6 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
E.Robinson 33.0 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
C.Workman 16.0 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Slaughter 12.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
F.Zak 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1622.9 184 224 377 11 11 3 .972 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
M.Parnell 272.3 32 32 13 53 1 5 .985 2.18
L.Jansen 249.3 33 33 19 52 0 2 1.000 2.56
M.Garcia 243.7 31 31 20 49 2 3 .972 2.55
B.Byerly 211.3 32 32 19 26 1 0 .978 1.92
B.Lemon 111.7 12 28 8 24 1 1 .970 2.58
R.Bruner 104.3 13 37 8 10 0 0 1.000 1.55
T.Hughson 81.3 2 52 5 22 0 1 1.000 2.99
L.West 64.7 3 40 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.23
P.Dean 50.7 1 34 3 4 1 0 .875 1.24
E.Kinder 26.3 1 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.05
N.Kimball 20.0 7 19 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
T.Byrne 11.0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Pierce 7.0 6 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1453.6 174 371 103 262 6 14 .984 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Blattner .324
On-Base Pct Woodling .451
Slugging Pct Blattner .500
OPS Woodling .947
XR Woodling 118.8
Games Woodling, Blattner 157
At-Bats Blattner 586
Runs Blattner 131
Hits Blattner 190
Total Bases Blattner 293
Singles Blattner 132
Doubles Blattner 33
Triples Harris 6
Homeruns Woodling 23
RBIs Woodling 116
Stolen Bases Fleming 11
Caught Stealing Fleming 4
Walks Woodling 143
Strikeouts Blattner 85
ERA Parnell 2.81
Wins Parnell 22
Losses Jansen 10
Winning Pct Parnell .786
Saves Hughson 8
Games Pitched Hughson 52
Games Started Jansen 33
Complete Games Parnell 19
Shutouts Parnell 3
Innings Pitched Parnell 272.3
Hits Allowed Jansen 274
Homeruns Allowed Jansen 29
Strikeouts Garcia 103
Walks Allowed Bruner 100
Walks per 9IP Byerly 2.6
Hits per 9IP Parnell 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Garcia 3.8
WHiP Parnell 1.18
OAVG Parnell .234
OOBP Parnell .292
OSLG Parnell .307
OOPS Parnell .600
Team All-Stars
Buddy Blattner
Les Fleming
Mel Parnell
Jackie Robinson
Arky Vaughan
Gene Woodling
Player Salaries
Arky Vaughan $ 20,100,000
Les Fleming $ 4,500,000
Buddy Blattner $ 3,828,571
Gene Woodling $ 3,664,286
Jackie Robinson $ 3,250,000
Bud Byerly $ 3,057,143
Enos Slaughter $ 2,600,000
Johnny Lindell $ 2,350,000
Joe Gordon $ 1,930,000
Tex Hughson $ 1,650,000
Walker Cooper $ 1,620,000
Chuck Workman $ 1,250,000
Eddie Robinson $ 1,157,143
Dee Moore $ 1,000,000
Ned Harris $ 982,143
Roy Bruner $ 724,000
Dom Dimaggio $ 600,000
Peanuts Lowrey $ 580,000
Paul Dean $ 500,000
Lefty West $ 350,000
Maurice Van Robays $ 350,000
Tommy Byrne $ 350,000
George Dickey $ 350,000
Paul Erickson $ 350,000
Red Barkley $ 350,000
Frankie Zak $ 300,000
Larry Jansen $ 300,000
Mike Garcia $ 300,000
Bob Lemon $ 300,000
Ellis Kinder $ 300,000
Yogi Berra $ 300,000
Augie Bergamo $ 300,000
Mel Parnell $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Monte Irvin Montreal Jimmy Bloodworth
2/8 Signed     Paul Dean
2/11 Signed     Chuck Workman
6/1 Traded Billy Pierce
Clyde Vollmer
Dick Kokos
Nellie Fox
Newt Kimball
Tampa Bay Jackie Robinson
Les Fleming
Walker Cooper
Dom Dimaggio
$2,750,000