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
Owners Tom Yawkey
President Tom Yawkey
General managers Eddie Collins
Managers Joe Cronin
Radio WAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
  1940 Seasons 1942  

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.

Contents

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153.65651265027
Boston Red Sox 8470.5451747303740
Chicago White Sox 7777.5002438393938
Cleveland Indians 7579.4872642353344
Detroit Tigers 7579.4872643343245
St. Louis Browns 7084.4553140373047
Washington Senators 7084.4553140373047
Philadelphia Athletics 6490.4163736412849

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 16–69–1311–119–13–116–69–1314–8
Chicago 6–1617–512–10–18–1410–1211–11–113–9
Cleveland 13–95–1710–127–1515–713–9–112–10
Detroit 11–1110–12–112–1011–1113–911–117–15
New York 13–9–114–815–711–1114–818–416–6–1
Philadelphia 6–1612–107–159–138–1411–1111–11
St. Louis 13–911–11–19–13–111–114–1811–1111–11–1
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

Note: Stats in brackets are derived from Retrosheet which differ from official MLB stats.

Batting

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Starters by position

Abbreviations: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PosPlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReferences
C Frankie Pytlak 107336 (339)369123123928 (30).271 (.268).329 (.330).363 (.360) [4] [5]
1B Jimmie Foxx 1354878714627819105 (104)93.300.412.505 [6] [7]
2B Bobby Doerr 132500741412841693 (91)43.282.339.450 [8] [9]
SS Joe Cronin 143518981613881695 (96)82.311.406.508 [10] [11]
3B Jim Tabor 1264986513929316101 (103)36.279.328.446 [12] [13]
OF Ted Williams 14345613518533337120 (119)145 (147).406.551 (.553).735 [14] [15]
OF Lou Finney 127497831432410453 (54)38.288.340.400 [16] [17]
OF Dom DiMaggio 14458411716537685890.283.385.408 [18] [19]

Other batters

Abbreviations: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReferences
Pete Fox 73268388112703121.302.357.399 [20] [21]
Johnny Peacock 78261 (258)2874201027 (26)21 (19).284 (.287).339 (.338).368 (.372) [22] [23]
Skeeter Newsome 9322728516021722 (20).225.296 (.290).278 [24] [25]
Stan Spence 86203224710322818.232.304.340 [26] [27]
Al Flair 10303621021.200.226.333 [28] [29]
Odell Hale 12245520113.208.296.417 [30] [31]
Tom Carey 25217400020.190.190.190 [32] [33]
Paul Campbell 100000000.000 (─).000 (─).000 (─) [34] [35]

Pitchers

Abbreviations: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReferences
Dick Newsome 367831930082.244.263.282 [36] [37]
Charlie Wagner 296351010033.159.197.175 [38] [39]
Mickey Harris 355596100017.109.319.127 [40] [41]
Joe Dobson 27473700164.149.216.213 [42] [43]
Lefty Grove 21456520004.111.184.156 [44] [45]
Jack Wilson 27442710061.159.178.182 [46] [47]
Mike Ryba 40372820042.216.256.270 [48] [49]
Earl Johnson 173441000022.294.333.294 [50] [51]

Pitching

Note: GP=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Starting pitchers

PlayerGPGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReferences
Dick Newsome 3629213+232357911598 (97)58191004.13 (4.09) [52] [53]
Mickey Harris 3522194 (194+13)18986 (87)8670111 (110)81413.25 (3.24) [54] [55]
Charlie Wagner 2925187+13175857664 (62)5112803.07 (2.98) [56] [57]
Joe Dobson 2718134+131366770676912504.49 [58] [59]
Lefty Grove 2121134 (134+13)155428465 (64)547704.37 (4.29) [60] [61]
Jack Wilson 2712116+13140708265 (64)55 (54)41315.03 (4.95) [62] [63]
Mike Ryba 403121 (120+23)1434272 (73)60 (61)547364.46 (4.55) [64] [65]
Earl Johnson 171293+23905157 (56)47 (46)464504.52 (4.42) [66] [67]
Tex Hughson 128617013302822 (24)5304.13 [68] [69]
Bill Fleming 16141+1332242118 (17)201113.92 (3.70) [70] [71]
Emerson Dickman 93313717 (16)2322161106.39 [72] [73]
Woody Rich 213+238277400017.18 [74] [75]

Relief pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

PlayerGPGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReferences
Nels Potter 10020 (19+23)211610106 (5)2004.50 (4.58) [76] [77]
Oscar Judd 7012+131510121250018.76 [78] [79]
Herb Hash 408+13775531015.40 [80] [81]

Awards and honors

All-Stars

League top five finishers

Dom DiMaggio

Dick Newsome

Fifth in MLB in Wins (19). [84]

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: [91]

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