1939 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 82-80
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 839
Runs Allowed: 794
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,115,518
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 7th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
A: 58-79, 7th 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
3B *Arky Vaughan 27 155 597 125 211 49 9 27 118 14 11 81 19 .353 .430 .601 1.032 131.5 32.1 6.4
1B *Hal Trosky 26 156 600 109 185 50 6 23 126 1 1 52 19 .308 .359 .527 .886 103.7 20.6 3.1
LF *Dixie Walker 28 158 562 91 191 32 7 7 92 2 1 64 46 .340 .403 .459 .862 98.6 21.4 2.5
2B  Marv Olson 32 132 489 69 114 16 2 1 23 0 0 75 44 .233 .333 .280 .613 52.7 5.3 4.4
SS *Debs Garms 31 141 518 76 140 20 6 3 52 0 0 32 16 .270 .314 .349 .664 50.1 4.7 3.6
LF  Joe Vosmik 29 148 485 83 144 33 6 12 72 0 0 34 20 .297 .343 .464 .807 70.6 13.4 2.1
RF *Bruce Campbell 29 138 432 59 124 33 5 14 88 0 1 54 44 .287 .364 .484 .848 73.7 14.1 1.7
C *Gus Suhr 33 99 317 38 75 20 0 3 41 5 1 42 52 .237 .323 .328 .651 33.6 3.3 2.7
1B *Tommy Henrich 26 88 306 42 81 22 5 17 67 0 0 44 31 .265 .353 .536 .889 53.2 9.9 1.0
C  Paul Richards 30 84 249 22 51 7 2 2 32 0 0 28 33 .205 .282 .273 .555 21.5 0.6 2.0
2B *Eddie Mayo 29 100 248 38 64 9 1 5 29 0 0 17 14 .258 .307 .363 .670 25.3 2.7 2.0
CF *Ernie Sulik 28 86 156 19 40 8 2 1 18 0 0 16 6 .256 .322 .353 .674 18.6 2.6 0.5
P  Wes Ferrell 31 41 103 7 21 0 1 1 13 0 0 4 18 .204 .239 .252 .491 6.8 0.0 0.0
P  Schoolboy Rowe 29 40 114 12 26 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 16 .228 .228 .254 .482 5.6 0.0 0.0
P  Lon Warneke 30 40 106 7 23 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 26 .217 .224 .236 .460 4.6 0.0 0.0
P  Larry French 31 36 98 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 .092 .091 .092 .183 -3.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Babe Dahlgren 27 48 99 15 34 5 2 3 13 0 0 5 4 .343 .374 .525 .899 18.2 4.0 0.6
CF *Oris Hockett 29 60 65 17 21 5 0 1 9 0 0 8 4 .323 .392 .446 .838 10.5 2.0 0.2
3B  Leo Durocher 33 21 50 5 11 1 2 0 6 0 0 4 10 .220 .278 .320 .598 4.3 0.3 0.6
P  Grant Bowler 31 35 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Henshaw 27 51 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
RF *Frenchy Uhalt 29 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.8 0.2 0.1
P *Vern Kennedy 32 45 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Whitey Hilcher 30 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1954 5619 839 1570 315 56 120 816 22 16 564 453 .279 .343 .419 .763 781.5 137.4 33.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 3 4 3 2 3 3 5 4 3 1 4 3 2 3 3  
* - 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
 Wes Ferrell 31 16 21 .432 41 41 0 316.3 354 165 14 97 135 4.69 13.5
 Schoolboy Rowe 29 24 7 .774 40 40 0 304.0 345 125 13 79 115 3.70 24.6
 Lon Warneke 30 15 22 .405 40 40 0 296.7 390 174 28 96 120 5.28 5.4
*Larry French 31 17 11 .607 36 36 0 286.0 304 106 13 63 156 3.34 21.1
*Roy Henshaw 27 4 7 .364 51 4 2 77.0 75 45 6 47 34 5.26 2.5
 Whitey Hilcher 30 1 5 .167 47 0 2 59.3 61 20 3 17 21 3.03 5.0
 Vern Kennedy 32 4 0 1.000 45 0 1 56.0 68 31 5 26 10 4.98 2.9
 Grant Bowler 31 1 7 .125 35 1 7 49.3 63 33 3 35 23 6.02 0.0
Team Totals 30.1 82 80 .506 335 162 12 1444.7 1660 699 85 460 614 4.35 75.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 8 5 5 8 4 7 4 5 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 33.8
G.Suhr 805.3 90 96 357 35 7 0 .982 35.5
P.Richards 639.3 72 80 269 29 6 0 .980 32.1
Team Total 1444.7 162 176 626 64 13 0 .982 33.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
H.Trosky 1321.7 147 152 1831 122 8 178 .996 13.30
B.Dahlgren 106.0 13 13 142 16 0 15 1.000 13.42
G.Suhr 17.0 2 4 26 1 0 2 1.000 14.29
Team Total 1444.7 162 169 1999 139 8 195 .996 13.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.31
M.Olson 1054.3 126 129 286 529 23 131 .973 6.96
E.Mayo 374.3 35 65 90 167 6 31 .977 6.18
J.Vosmik 9.0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00
D.Garms 6.0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 7.50
L.Durocher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 197 379 703 29 162 .974 6.74
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.97
D.Garms 1002.0 120 123 68 272 16 25 .955 3.05
J.Vosmik 181.0 16 32 11 62 3 4 .961 3.63
E.Mayo 145.7 15 22 8 47 1 3 .982 3.40
B.Dahlgren 90.0 10 20 5 25 0 2 1.000 3.00
M.Olson 12.0 1 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.75
A.Vaughan 10.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
L.Durocher 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 206 92 414 20 35 .962 3.15
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.56
A.Vaughan 1321.0 149 149 211 678 40 122 .957 6.06
L.Durocher 120.7 13 15 20 62 1 10 .988 6.12
D.Garms 3.0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 166 232 743 41 133 .960 6.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
B.Campbell 726.7 82 89 148 6 0 1 1.000 1.91
J.Vosmik 579.0 66 70 103 4 4 0 .964 1.66
E.Sulik 112.0 12 17 25 0 1 0 .962 2.01
O.Hockett 16.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
A.Vaughan 8.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Henrich 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Garms 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 185 279 10 5 1 .983 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.60
D.Walker 1148.7 131 136 282 9 7 2 .977 2.28
E.Sulik 150.0 17 19 36 3 1 2 .975 2.34
J.Vosmik 121.0 13 15 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
O.Hockett 17.0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.59
B.Campbell 6.0 0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 4.50
F.Uhalt 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1444.7 162 178 351 14 9 5 .976 2.27
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.04
T.Henrich 749.3 85 88 125 8 1 2 .993 1.60
B.Campbell 271.0 31 35 61 0 3 0 .953 2.03
D.Walker 156.0 17 20 26 0 1 0 .963 1.50
J.Vosmik 155.3 18 19 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
O.Hockett 60.0 6 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Garms 42.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
F.Uhalt 11.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
Team Total 1444.7 162 180 267 9 5 2 .982 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
W.Ferrell 316.3 41 41 17 68 0 0 1.000 2.42
S.Rowe 304.0 40 40 11 68 2 5 .975 2.34
L.Warneke 296.7 40 40 24 65 3 9 .967 2.70
L.French 286.0 36 36 16 66 3 8 .965 2.58
R.Henshaw 77.0 4 51 8 10 0 2 1.000 2.10
W.Hilcher 59.3 0 47 6 17 1 1 .958 3.49
V.Kennedy 56.0 0 45 2 7 1 1 .900 1.45
G.Bowler 49.3 1 35 1 11 0 3 1.000 2.19
Team Total 1444.7 162 335 85 312 10 29 .975 2.47
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Vaughan .353
On-Base Pct Vaughan .430
Slugging Pct Vaughan .601
OPS Vaughan 1.032
XR Vaughan 131.5
Games Walker 158
At-Bats Trosky 600
Runs Vaughan 125
Hits Vaughan 211
Total Bases Vaughan 359
Singles Walker 145
Doubles Trosky 50
Triples Vaughan 9
Homeruns Vaughan 27
RBIs Trosky 126
Stolen Bases Vaughan 14
Caught Stealing Vaughan 11
Walks Vaughan 81
Strikeouts Suhr 52
ERA French 3.34
Wins Rowe 24
Losses Warneke 22
Winning Pct Rowe .774
Saves Bowler 7
Games Pitched Henshaw 51
Games Started Ferrell 41
Complete Games French 18
Shutouts French 3
Innings Pitched Ferrell 316.3
Hits Allowed Warneke 390
Homeruns Allowed Warneke 28
Strikeouts French 156
Walks Allowed Ferrell 97
Walks per 9IP French 2.0
Hits per 9IP French 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP French 4.9
WHiP French 1.28
OAVG French .274
OOBP French .313
OSLG Rowe .375
OOPS French .694
Team All-Stars
Schoolboy Rowe
Arky Vaughan
Player Salaries
Wes Ferrell $ 10,000,000
Larry French $ 8,800,000
Lon Warneke $ 7,750,000
Bruce Campbell $ 7,600,000
Arky Vaughan $ 7,100,000
Hal Trosky $ 7,000,000
Dixie Walker $ 6,210,000
Joe Vosmik $ 4,028,571
Debs Garms $ 3,078,571
Marv Olson $ 1,851,429
Schoolboy Rowe $ 1,685,714
Leo Durocher $ 350,000
Paul Richards $ 350,000
Frenchy Uhalt $ 350,000
Eddie Mayo $ 300,000
Babe Dahlgren $ 300,000
Tommy Henrich $ 300,000
Roy Henshaw $ 300,000
Whitey Hilcher $ 300,000
Grant Bowler $ 300,000
Vern Kennedy $ 300,000
Gus Suhr $ 300,000
Ernie Sulik $ 300,000
Oris Hockett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Tommy Heath
Hank Steinbacher
Seattle (M) Joe Vosmik
2/1 Traded Emmett Nelson Cincinnati Tommy Henrich
Gus Suhr