1949 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1949 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 96–58 (62,3%) 2nd Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Joe Cronin Joe McCarthy WBZ-TV/WNAC-TV(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley) WHDH(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan) bos BOS The 1949 Boston Red Sox season was the 49th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, one game behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1949 World Series. The Red Sox set a major-league record which still stands for the most base on balls by a team in a season, with 835.Single Season Bases on Balls Records http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_wk2.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com August 14, 2021 Center fielder Dom DiMaggio had a 34-game hitting streak, which still stands as the club record for the major-league Red Sox.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/14/sports/yairo-muoz-runs-hit-streak-35-games-breaking-70-year-old-red-sox-record/ Worcester's Yairo Muñoz runs hit streak to 35 games, breaking a 70-year-old Red Sox record Jon Couture The Boston Globe limited August 14, 2021 August 14, 2021 Regular season During the season, Mel Parnell was the last pitcher to win at least 25 games in one season for the Red Sox in the 20th century.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 George Kell beat Ted Williams for the American League batting title by 0.0002 percentage points.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Ted Williams set a major league record for the most consecutive games reaching base safely with 84. The streak began on July 1, and ended on September 28. The streak was ended by Washington Senators pitcher Ray Scarborough. Williams was in the on-deck circle when Johnny Pesky made the final out, depriving him of one more chance to extend the streak. The trade that wasn't In 1949, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade Joe DiMaggio for Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra.ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors Yankees and Red Sox toe-to-toe Joe DiMaggio came back from heel surgery to demolish the Red Sox in a three-game series at Fenway Park. He hit four home runs, three of them game winners. It sent the Sox reeling, and they fell 12.5 games back by July 4. But Boston rallied after that, going 60-21 (.741) in their next 81 games, and they consequently went into Yankee Stadium for the final two games of the schedule with a one-game lead. The Red Sox needed just one win in two games and were to pitch Mel Parnell in the first game. After trailing 4–0, the Yankees came back to beat Parnell 5–4, as Johnny Lindell hit an eighth-inning, game-winning, home run and Joe Page had a great relief appearance for New York.Yanks, Sox Settle Title In New York Associated Press The Victoria Advocate 8 September 29, 1949 June 30, 2011 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TTUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DloEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6368,2208137&dq=johnny+lindell&hl=enhttp://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/B10010NYA1949.htm October 1, 1949 Red Sox-Yankees box score retrosheet.org June 30, 2011 And so it came down to the last game of the season. It was Ellis Kinder facing Vic Raschi. The Yankees led 1–0 after seven innings, having scored in the first. In the eighth inning, Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy lifted Kinder for pinch hitter Tom Wright, who walked but was then erased on a double play. With Kinder out of the game, McCarthy then brought in Mel Parnell in relief, even though Parnell had pitched 4 innings the previous day (in which he had given up 8 hits, two walks and four runs). Parnell immediately yielded a homer to Tommy Henrich and a single to Yogi Berra, and after those two batters was quickly replaced by Tex Hughson, who had been on the disabled list and said his arm still hurt. But he came on and, with the bases loaded, Jerry Coleman hit a soft liner that Al Zarilla in right field tried to make a shoestring catch, but he missed and it went for a triple and three runs.http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/B10020NYA1949.htm October 2, 1949 Red Sox-Yankees box score retrosheet.org June 30, 2011 In the ninth inning the Red Sox rallied for three runs but still fell short. McCarthy was criticized for pinch-hitting for Kinder, particularly when there were no fully-rested, effective arms in the bullpen to replace Kinder on the mound. Hughson also claimed his manager ruined his career by making him pitch with a sore arm—Hughson, an eight-year Red Sox veteran, never again appeared in the major leagues after this game. It was the second year in a row McCarthy's late-season managing was called into question. In 1948, McCarthy had chosen journeyman pitcher Denny Galehouse to start the tie breaker that decided who went to the 1948 World Series, and the Red Sox lost that tiebreaker to the Cleveland Indians. Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup  7 Dom DiMaggio     CF 6 Johnny Pesky 3B 9 Ted Williams LF 5 Vern Stephens SS 1 Bobby Doerr 2B23 Tommy O'Brien RF 3 Walt Dropo 1B 8 Birdie Tebbetts C15 Joe Dobson P Notable transactions November 15, 1948: Wally Moses was released by the Red Sox.Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference November 24, 1948: Ray Jablonski was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 minor league draft.Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference Roster 1949 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 15 Joe Dobson 28 Harry Dorish 33 Dave Ferriss 25 Denny Galehouse 19 Mickey Harris 21 Tex Hughson 12 Earl Johnson 16 Ellis Kinder 18 Jack Kramer 20 Walt Masterson 35 Windy McCall 19 Mickey McDermott 17 Mel Parnell 26 Frank Quinn 28 Jack Robinson 22 Chuck Stobbs 35 Johnnie Wittig Catchers 14 Matt Batts 34 Babe Martin  8 Birdie Tebbetts Infielders 24 Merl Combs  1 Bobby Doerr  3 Walt Dropo 10 Billy Goodman 11 Billy Hitchcock  6 Johnny Pesky  5 Vern Stephens 27 Lou Stringer Outfielders  7 Dom DiMaggio  4 Sam Mele 23 Tommy O'Brien  2 Stan Spence  9 Ted Williams  2 Al Zarilla Other batters 28 Tom Wright Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs (First base) 30 Kiki Cuyler (Third base) 31 Paul Schreiber (Hitting) 29 Johnny Schulte (Bullpen) 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Birdie Tebbetts 122 403 109 .270 5 48 1B Billy Goodman 122 443 132 .298 0 56 2B Bobby Doerr 139 541 167 .309 18 109 SS Vern Stephens 155 610 177 .290 39 159 3B Johnny Pesky 148 604 185 .306 2 69 OF Al Zarilla 124 474 133 .281 9 71 OF Ted Williams 155 566 194 .343 43 159 OF Dom DiMaggio 145 605 186 .307 8 60 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Matt Batts 60 157 38 .242 3 31 Billy Hitchcock 55 147 30 .204 0 9 Tommy O'Brien baseball 49 125 28 .224 3 10 Sam Mele 18 46 9 .196 0 7 Lou Stringer 35 41 11 .268 1 6 Walt Dropo 11 41 6 .146 0 1 Merl Combs 14 24 5 .208 0 1 Stan Spence 7 20 3 .150 0 1 Tom Wright Tom Wright (baseball) 5 4 1 .250 0 1 Babe Martin 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Mel Parnell 39 295.1 25 7 2.77 122 Ellis Kinder 43 252.0 23 6 3.36 138 Joe Dobson 33 212.2 14 12 3.85 87 Chuck Stobbs 26 152.0 11 6 4.03 70 Jack Kramer Jack Kramer (baseball) 21 111.2 6 8 5.16 24 Mickey McDermott 12 80.0 5 4 4.05 50 Mickey Harris 7 37.2 2 3 5.02 14 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Walt Masterson 18 55.0 3 4 4.25 19 Earl Johnson Earl Johnson (baseball) 19 49.1 3 6 7.48 20 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Tex Hughson 29 4 2 3 5.33 35 Frank Quinn Frank Quinn (pitcher) 8 0 0 0 2.86 4 Windy McCall 5 0 0 0 11.57 8 Harry Dorish 5 0 0 0 2.35 5 Dave Ferriss 4 0 0 0 4.05 1 Jack Robinson Jack Robinson (pitcher) 3 0 0 0 2.25 1 Denny Galehouse 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 Johnnie Wittig 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Awards and honors Ted Williams, OF, American League MVP Ted Williams, American League leader, home runs (43) and runs batted in (159) Ted Williams, Major League record, Most consecutive games reached base safely (84). Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Fred Walters and Mike Ryba AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Pinky Higgins A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Mike Ryba and Jack Burns B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Red Marion C San Jose Red Sox California League Marv Owen C Oneonta Red Sox Canadian–American League Eddie Popowski D Valley Rebels Georgia–Alabama League Jesse Danna, Malvern "Mal" Morgan and Woodrow "Woody" Bottoms D Marion Red Sox Ohio–Indiana League Wally Millies D Hornell Maple Leafs PONY League Marius Russo LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, MarionJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1949 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1949 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1940s in Boston