1941 Boston Red Sox season

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1941  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record84–70 (.545)
League place2nd (17 GB)
Owners Tom Yawkey
President Tom Yawkey
General managers Eddie Collins
Managers Joe Cronin
Radio WAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1941 Boston Red Sox season was the 41st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, 17 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1941 World Series.

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The Red Sox featured five future Hall of Famers: player-manager Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, and Ted Williams.

Offseason

Regular season

Williams was one of the biggest stories of the 1941 major league season, becoming, as of 2022, the last player to bat .400 (batting .406) in a full season. He led an offense that scored the most runs of any major league team. During the season, Williams reached base safely in 69 consecutive games. [2]

Transactions

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101530.656—51–2650–27
Boston Red Sox 84700.5451747–3037–40
Chicago White Sox 77770.5002438–3939–38
Cleveland Indians 75790.4872642–3533–44
Detroit Tigers 75790.4872643–3432–45
St. Louis Browns 70840.4553140–3730–47
Washington Senators 70840.4553140–3730–47
Philadelphia Athletics 64900.4163736–4128–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League record

Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston —16–69–1311–119–13–116–69–1314–8
Chicago 6–16—17–512–10–18–1410–1211–11–113–9
Cleveland 13–95–17—10–127–1515–713–9–112–10
Detroit 11–1110–12–112–10—11–1113–911–117–15
New York 13–9–114–815–711–11—14–818–416–6–1
Philadelphia 6–1612–107–159–138–14—11–1111–11
St. Louis 13–911–11–19–13–111–114–1811–11—11–11–1
Washington 8–149–1310–1215–76–16–111–1111–11–1—

Opening Day lineup

  7 Dom DiMaggio   CF
  8 Lou Finney RF
12 Pete Fox LF
  3 Jimmie Foxx 1B
  4 Joe Cronin SS
  1 Bobby Doerr 2B
  5 Jim Tabor 3B
  2 Frankie Pytlak   C
10 Lefty Grove P

Roster

1941 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Frankie Pytlak 10633691.271239
1B Jimmie Foxx 135487146.30019105
2B Bobby Doerr 132500141.2821693
SS Joe Cronin 143518161.3111695
3B Jim Tabor 126498139.27916101
OF Ted Williams 143456185.40637120
OF Lou Finney 127497143.288453
OF Dom DiMaggio 144584165.283858

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Pete Fox 7326881.302031
Johnny Peacock 7926174.284027
Skeeter Newsome 9322751.225217
Stan Spence 8620347.232228
Al Flair 10306.20002
Odell Hale 12245.20811
Tom Carey 25214.19002
Paul Campbell 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dick Newsome 36213.219104.1358
Charlie Wagner 29187.11283.0751
Lefty Grove 21134.0774.3754
Earl Johnson 1793.2454.5246

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Dobson 27134.11294.4969
Jack Wilson 27116.14135.0355
Tex Hughson 1261.0534.1322
Emerson Dickman 931.0116.3916
Woody Rich 23.20017.184

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Ryba 407364.4654
Bill Fleming 161113.9220
Nels Potter 102004.506
Oscar Judd 70018.765
Herb Hash 41015.403

Awards and honors

All-Stars

League top five finishers

Dom DiMaggio

Dick Newsome

Fifth in MLB in Wins (19). [6]

Charlie Wagner

Ted Williams

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Louisville Colonels American Association Bill Burwell
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Nemo Leibold
B Greensboro Red Sox Piedmont League Heinie Manush
C Canton Terriers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson
D Danville-Schoolfield Leafs Bi-State League Elmer Yoter
D Centreville Red Sox Eastern Shore League Ed Walls and Eddie Popowski
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Hughie Wise

Source: [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
  2. 1 2 Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN   978-1-55365-507-7
  3. ↑ "Red Sox Purchase Two Shortstops". Meriden Record . September 9, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN   978-1-55365-507-7
  5. 1 2 "Stats: Runs, 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Stats: Pitching; Wins; 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Stats: Pitching; Wins; American League; 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Stats: Batting Average, 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Stats: Home Runs; 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Stats: On-Base-Percentage; 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Stats: Slugging Percentage; 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Stats: Walks; 1941". MLB.com . Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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