1939 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1939 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 89–62 (.589) 2nd Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Joe Cronin WAAB(Frankie Frisch, Tom Hussey) bos BOS The 1939 Boston Red Sox season was the 39th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 89 wins and 62 losses, 17 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1939 World Series. Regular season In 1939, the Boston Red Sox finished 17 games behind the New York Yankees.The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History Milton Cole Jim Kaplan 26 World Publications Group North Dighton, Massachusetts 2009 978-1-57215-412-4 Lefty Grove won 15 games for the Red Sox while Jimmie Foxx hit .360, and had 35 home runs and 105 RBI. Ted Williams made his major league debut in 1939, and batted .327 with 31 home runs. He led the American League with 145 RBIs. After the first game he played against Williams, Yankees catcher Bill Dickey said about Williams, "He's just a damned good hitter." On July 18, the Red Sox traded then-minor league shortstop Pee Wee Reese to the Brooklyn Dodgers, in exchange for $35,000 and two players to be named later (pitcher Red Evans and outfielder Art Parks).https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-famers-you-may-have-forgotten-were-traded 8 HOFers you may have forgotten were traded Daniel Kramer MLB.com May 6, 2020 May 7, 2020 Reese would go on to play with the Dodgers for 16 seasons, was a 10-time All-Star, and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Transactions July 25: The Red Sox announce the purchase of pitcher Herbert Hash and catcher George Lacy from the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.July 25, 1939 Herb Hash To Join Bosox Next Year 1 The Free Lance-Star https://books.google.com/books?id=2-5NAAAAIBAJ&dq=Hash+red+sox&pg=PA1&article_id=2740,4376362 June 19, 2023 August 14: The Red Sox announce the purchase of pitcher Wilburn R. Butland from the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.August 14, 1939 3 Deals Made For Pitchers 2 The Windsor Daily Star https://books.google.com/books?id=dRc_AAAAIBAJ&dq=Butland&pg=PA14&article_id=2285,4107203 June 19, 2023 Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   8 Doc Cramer CF  7 Joe Vosmik LF  3 Jimmie Foxx 1B  4 Joe Cronin SS  5 Jim Tabor 3B  9 Ted Williams RF  1 Bobby Doerr 2B  2 Gene Desautels     C10 Lefty Grove P Roster 1939 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 13 Elden Auker 17 Jim Bagby 16 Emerson Dickman 11 Denny Galehouse 10 Lefty Grove 19 Joe Heving 15 Bill Lefebvre 21 Fritz Ostermueller 15 Woody Rich 17 Bill Sayles 12 Jake Wade 25 Charlie Wagner 25 Monte Weaver 18 Jack Wilson Catchers 22 Moe Berg  2 Gene Desautels 23 Johnny Peacock Infielders  6 Boze Berger 14 Tom Carey  4 Joe Cronin  1 Bobby Doerr 26 Lou Finney  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Jim TaborOutfielders  8 Doc Cramer 24 Red Nonnenkamp  7 Joe Vosmik  9 Ted Williams Other batters 26 Fabian Gaffke Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 22 Moe Berg 30 Tom Daly (Third base) 31 Hugh Duffy (First base) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Johnny Peacock 92 274 76 .277 0 36 1B Jimmie Foxx 124 467 168 .360 35 105 2B Bobby Doerr 127 525 167 .318 12 73 SS Joe Cronin 143 520 160 .308 19 107 3B Jim Tabor 149 577 167 .289 14 95 OF Joe Vosmik 145 554 153 .276 7 84 OF Doc Cramer 137 589 183 .311 0 56 OF Ted Williams 149 565 185 .327 31 145 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 Lou Finney 95 249 81 .325 1 46 Gene Desautels 76 226 55 .243 0 21 Tom Carey Tom Carey (second baseman) 54 161 39 .242 0 20 Red Nonnenkamp 58 75 18 .240 0 5 Moe Berg 14 33 9 .273 1 5 Boze Berger 20 30 9 .300 0 2 Fabian Gaffke 1 1 0 .000 0 1 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 Lefty Grove 23 191.0 15 4 2.54 81 Elden Auker 31 151.0 9 10 3.56 53 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 Jack Wilson Jack Wilson (pitcher) 36 177.1 11 11 4.67 80 Fritz Ostermueller 34 159.1 11 7 4.24 61 Denny Galehouse 30 146.2 9 10 4.54 68 Jim Bagby Jim Bagby, Jr. 21 80.0 5 5 7.09 35 Woody Rich 21 77.0 4 3 4.91 24 Jake Wade Jake Wade (baseball) 20 47.2 1 4 6.23 21 Charlie Wagner 9 38.1 3 1 4.23 13 Bill LeFebvre 5 26.1 1 1 5.81 8 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 Joe Heving 46 11 3 8 3.70 43 Emerson Dickman 48 8 3 6 4.43 46 Monte Weaver 9 1 0 1 6.64 6 Bill Sayles 5 0 0 0 7.07 9 Jimmie Foxx 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Louisville Colonels American Association Donie Bush and Bill Burwell A1 Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Specs Toporcer A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Nemo Leibold B Rocky Mount Red Sox Piedmont League Herb Brett C Clarksdale Red Sox Cotton States League Leroy "Cowboy" Jones C Canton Terriers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson D Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox Appalachian League Hobe Brummette D Danville-Schoolfield Leafs Bi-State League Red Barnes D Centreville Colts Eastern Shore League Cap ClarkSome sources also list "Dave Coble" as a Centreville manager during 1939.https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/roster/t-cc10783/y-1939 1939 Centreville Colts Roster on StatsCrew.com www.statscrew.com It is unclear if that person may be the Dave Coble who played 15 games with the 1939 Philadelphia Phillies and later managed multiple minor league teams.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=coble-002dav Dave Coble Minor Leagues Statistics & History Baseball-Reference.com March 15, 2021 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Scranton, Canton, Elizabethton, Danville-Schoolfield Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 30em External links 1939 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1939 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston