1938 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1938 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 88–61 (.591) 2nd Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Joe Cronin WAAB(Fred Hoey) bos BOS The 1938 Boston Red Sox season was the 38th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 61 losses, 9 1 2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1938 World Series. Red Sox first baseman Jimmie Foxx had a .349 batting average with 50 home runs and 175 runs batted in; he was named the AL Most Valuable Player.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foxxji01.shtml Jimmie Foxx stats Baseball-Reference.com October 5, 2020 Offseason December 2, 1937: Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom were traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference On December 6, 1937, the Red Sox purchased outfielder Ted Williams from the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres for $25,000 and four minor league players, with the deal announced the following day on December 7.Bradlee, Jr. Ben The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams Little, Brown and Company 2013 978-0-316-61435-1 New York, New York 88 Regular season The 1938 Boston Red Sox finished higher than any other Sox team since 1918.The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History Milton Cole Jim Kaplan 25 World Publications Group North Dighton, Massachusetts 2009 978-1-57215-412-4 The Red Sox finished in second place with 88 wins and 61 losses, finishing 9 1 2 games behind the New York Yankees. Jimmie Foxx led the American League with a .349 batting average, 50 home runs and 175 RBIs, becoming the first player to win three American League MVP Awards.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 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 Pinky Higgins 3B  9 Ben Chapman RF  1 Bobby Doerr 2B  2 Gene Desautels     C17 Jim Bagby P Roster 1938 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 17 Jim Bagby 15 Al Baker 16 Emerson Dickman 10 Lefty Grove 11 Bill Harris 19 Joe Heving 19 Byron Humphrey  1 Bill Lefebvre 12 Johnny Marcum 14 Archie McKain 27 Dick Midkiff 12 Ted Olson 21 Fritz Ostermueller 15 Lee Rogers 11 Charlie Wagner 18 Jack Wilson Catchers 22 Moe Berg  2 Gene Desautels 23 Johnny Peacock Infielders  4 Joe Cronin  1 Bobby Doerr  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  6 Eric McNair 26 Jim Tabor Outfielders  9 Ben Chapman  8 Doc Cramer 25 Fabian Gaffke 24 Red Nonnenkamp  7 Joe Vosmik Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 30 Tom Daly (Third base) 31 Herb Pennock (Pitching) 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 Gene Desautels 108 333 97 .291 2 48 1B Jimmie Foxx 149 565 197 .349 50 175 2B Bobby Doerr 145 509 147 .289 5 80 SS Joe Cronin 143 530 172 .325 17 94 3B Pinky Higgins 139 524 159 .303 5 106 OF Joe Vosmik 146 621 201 .324 9 86 OF Doc Cramer 148 658 198 .301 0 71 OF Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 127 480 163 .340 6 80 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 Johnny Peacock 72 195 59 .303 1 39 Red Nonnenkamp 87 180 51 .283 0 18 Eric McNair 46 96 15 .156 0 7 Jim Tabor 19 57 18 .316 1 8 Moe Berg 10 12 4 .333 0 0 Fabian Gaffke 15 10 1 .100 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 Jack Wilson Jack Wilson (pitcher) 37 194.2 15 15 4.30 96 Lefty Grove 24 163.2 14 4 3.08 99 Johnny Marcum 15 92.1 5 6 4.09 25 Joe Heving 16 82.0 8 1 3.73 34 Bill Harris Bill Harris (1930s pitcher) 13 80.1 5 5 4.03 26 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 Jim Bagby Jim Bagby, Sr. 43 198.2 15 11 4.21 73 Fritz Ostermueller 31 176.2 13 5 4.58 46 Emerson Dickman 32 104.0 5 5 5.28 22 Archie McKain 37 99.2 5 4 4.52 27 Charlie Wagner 13 36.2 1 3 8.35 14 Dick Midkiff 13 35.1 1 1 5.09 10 Lee Rogers Lee Rogers (baseball) 14 27.2 1 1 6.51 7 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 Al Baker Al Baker (baseball) 3 0 0 0 9.39 2 Ted Olson Ted Olson (baseball) 2 0 0 0 6.43 2 Doc Cramer 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Bill LeFebvre 1 0 0 0 13.50 0 Byron Humphrey 1 0 0 0 9.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Minneapolis Millers American Association Donie Bush A1 Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Doc Prothro A Hazleton Red Sox Eastern League Specs Toporcer B Rocky Mount Red Sox Piedmont League Herb Brett C Clarksdale Red Sox Cotton States League Nemo Leibold 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 Moultrie Packers Georgia–Florida League Dewey Stover D Crookston Pirates Northern League Bill Burwell Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2 External links 1938 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1938 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston