1933 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1933 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 63–86 (.423) 7th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Marty McManus WNAC(Fred Hoey) bos BOS The 1933 Boston Red Sox season was the 33rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 63 wins and 86 losses, 34 1 2 games behind the Washington Senators. On February 25, 1933, Tom Yawkey bought the Red Sox for $1.25 million from J. A. Robert Quinn, and persuaded friend and former Philadelphia Athletics second baseman Eddie Collins to be the team's vice president and general manager.Armour Mark Tom Yawkey Society for American Baseball Research http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6382f9d5 January 14, 2017 There were five rainouts during the season, one game against the Senators and a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox that was cancelled due to the remnants of the 1933 Outer Banks hurricane, which passed to the southeast of New England during the third weekend of September. Regular season Season Overview In a May meeting of the American League owners, Tom Yawkey reached an agreement with St. Louis Browns owner Phil Ball for the catcher Rick Ferrell and the pitcher Lloyd Brown. Yawkey also paid $100,000 for pitcher George Pipgras and infielder Billy Werber from the New York Yankees.Golenbock Peter Red Sox Century: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox Triumph Books 2015 978-1-62937-050-7 4th Chicago, Illinois 77 Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   1 Rabbit Warstler SS  2 Marty McManus 3B  7 Johnny Watwood   CF15 Dale Alexander 1B  4 Smead Jolley LF  5 Johnny Hodapp 2B  3 Roy Johnson RF  9 Merv Shea C16 Ivy Andrews P Roster 1933 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 16 Ivy Andrews 26 Lloyd Brown 14 Curt Fullerton 18 Hank Johnson 24 Bob Kline 21 Jud McLaughlin 23 Mike Meola 11 George Pipgras 17 Gordon Rhodes 19 Bob Weiland 20 Johnny Welch Catchers  9 Rick Ferrell  8 Johnny Gooch 21 Lou Legett  9 Merv Shea Infielders 15 Dale Alexander  6 Bernie Friberg  5 Johnny Hodapp 23 Joe Judge  2 Marty McManus 23 Freddie Muller 14 Marv Olson 10 Bob Seeds  6 Bucky Walters  1 Rabbit Warstler 22 Billy Werber Outfielders 21 Mel Almada  7 Dusty Cooke 13 Bob Fothergill  3 Roy Johnson  4 Smead Jolley 12 Tom Oliver 25 George Stumpf  7 Johnny Watwood 11 Tom Winsett Pinch hitter 26 Greg Mulleavy Manager  2 Marty McManus Coaches 30 Tom Daly 31 Rudy Hulswitt 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 Rick Ferrell 118 421 125 .297 3 72 1B Dale Alexander 94 313 88 .281 5 40 2B Johnny Hodapp 115 413 129 .312 3 54 SS Rabbit Warstler 92 322 70 .217 1 17 3B Marty McManus 106 366 104 .284 3 36 OF Smead Jolley 118 411 116 .282 9 65 OF Roy Johnson 133 483 151 .313 10 95 OF Dusty Cooke 119 454 133 .293 5 54 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 Billy Werber 108 425 110 .259 3 39 Tom Oliver 90 244 63 .258 0 23 Bob Seeds 82 230 56 .243 0 23 Bucky Walters 52 195 50 .256 4 28 Joe Judge 35 108 32 .296 0 22 Johnny Gooch 37 77 14 .182 0 2 Merv Shea 16 56 8 .143 0 8 Freddie Muller 15 48 9 .188 0 3 Mel Almada 14 44 15 .341 1 3 Bernie Friberg 17 41 13 .317 0 9 George Stumpf 22 41 14 .341 0 5 Bob Fothergill 28 32 11 .344 0 5 Johnny Watwood 13 30 4 .133 0 2 Tom Winsett 6 12 1 .083 0 0 Lou Legett 8 5 1 .200 0 1 Marv Olson 3 1 0 .000 0 0 Greg Mulleavy 1 0 0 ---- 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 Gordon Rhodes 34 232.0 12 15 4.03 85 Bob Weiland 39 216.1 8 14 3.87 97 Hank Johnson 25 155.1 8 6 4.06 65 George Pipgras 22 128.1 9 8 4.07 56 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 Lloyd Brown Lloyd Brown (baseball) 33 163.1 8 11 4.02 37 Ivy Andrews 34 140.0 7 14 4.95 37 Johnny Welch 47 129.0 4 9 4.60 68 Bob Kline 46 127.0 7 8 4.54 16 Curt Fullerton 6 25.1 0 2 8.53 10 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 Jud McLaughlin 6 0 0 0 6.23 1 Mike Meola 3 0 0 0 23.14 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Reading Red Sox New York–Pennsylvania League Nemo LeiboldJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1933 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1933 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston