1937 BOSTON RED SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Boston,MA
Team Record: 80-72 .526
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Joe Cronin
General Manager:
Stadium: Fenway Park
Attendance: 559,659
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Rube Walberg (40)
Youngest Player: Bobby Doerr (19)
Longest Tenure: Mel Almada (5)
Top Hitter: Joe Cronin (8)
Top Pitcher: Lefty Grove (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 73.87%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	102	52	.662	--
Detroit	89	65	.578	13.0
Chi White Sox	86	68	.558	16.0
Cleveland	83	71	.539	19.0
Boston	80	72	.526	21.0
Washington	73	80	.477	28.5
Philadelphia	54	97	.358	46.5
St. Louis	46	108	.299	56.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
4	Joe Cronin	ss	8	30	-	MLB	148	570	102	175	40	4	18	110	5	3	84	73	6		11			.307	.000	.486	486	277			-	-
5	Pinky Higgins	3b	31	28	-	MLB	153	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	1		7			.302	.000	.425	425	242			-	-
3	Jimmie Foxx	1b	9	29	UDFA: 1945	MLB	150	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	10	8	99	96	1		4			.285	.000	.538	538	306			-	-
8	Doc Cramer	of	25	31	-	MLB	133	560	90	171	22	11	0	51	8	6	35	14	4		17			.305	.000	.384	384	215			-	-
7	Buster Mills	of	42	28	-	MLB	123	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	6		9			.295	.000	.418	418	211			-	-
6	Eric McNair	ss-2b	60	28	-	MLB	126	455	60	133	29	4	12	76	10	7	30	33	3		5			.292	.000	.453	453	206			-	-
1	Ben Chapman	p-of	26	28	-	MLB	113	423	76	130	23	11	7	57	27	12	57	35	1		6			.307	.000	.463	463	196			-	-
23	Gene Desautels	c	-	30	-	MLB	96	305	33	74	10	3	0	27	1	2	36	26	1		7			.243	.000	.295	295	90			-	-
19	Fabian Gaffke	of	-	23	-	MLB	54	184	32	53	10	4	6	34	1	2	15	25	0		5			.288	.000	.484	484	89			-	-
9	Bobby Doerr	2b	-	19	-	MLB	55	147	22	33	5	1	2	14	2	4	18	25	1		4			.224	.000	.313	313	46			-	-
16	Dom Dallessandro	of	-	23	-	MLB	68	147	18	34	7	1	0	11	2	1	27	16	0		1			.231	.000	.293	293	43			-	-
22	Moe Berg	c	-	35	-	MLB	47	141	13	36	3	1	0	20	0	0	5	4	0		2			.255	.000	.291	291	41			-	-
1	Mel Almada	of	24	24	-	MLB	32	110	17	26	6	2	1	9	0	1	15	6	0		2			.236	.000	.355	355	39			-	-
10	Lefty Grove	p	-	37	-	MLB	32	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	39	0		6			.143	.000	.154	154	14			-	-
11	Johnny Marcum	p	-	27	-	MLB	51	86	12	23	8	0	0	13	0	0	7	4	0		2			.267	.000	.360	360	31			-	-
18	Jack Wilson	p	-	25	-	MLB	51	85	2	14	2	0	0	10	0	0	4	13	0		2			.165	.000	.188	188	16			-	-
12	Bobo Newsom	p	-	29	-	MLB	31	75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	0		4			.253	.000	.333	333	25			-	-
2	Rick Ferrell	c	-	31	-	MLB	18	65	8	20	2	0	1	4	0	0	15	4	0		0			.308	.000	.385	385	25			-	-
24	Ski Melillo	2b	-	37	-	MLB	26	56	8	14	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	4	0		1			.250	.000	.286	286	16			-	-
20	Archie McKain	p	-	26	-	MLB	38	49	5	13	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	2		1			.265	.000	.367	367	18			-	-
15	Rube Walberg	p	-	40	-	MLB	32	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	0		3			.147	.000	.176	176	6			-	-
12	Wes Ferrell	p	-	29	-	MLB	18	33	7	12	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	3	0		1			.364	.000	.515	515	17			-	-
14	Fritz Ostermueller	p	-	29	-	MLB	25	33	5	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0		3			.333	.000	.424	424	14			-	-
23	Johnny Peacock	c	-	27	-	MLB	9	32	3	10	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	0		0			.312	.000	.437	437	14			-	-
28	Ted Olson	p	-	24	-	MLB	11	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0			.300	.000	.500	500	5			-	-
19	Joe Gonzales	p	-	22	-	MLB	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
21	Jim Henry	p	-	27	-	MLB	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
32	Tommy Thomas	p	-	37	-	MLB	9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0			.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
21	Bob Daughters	h	-	22	-	MLB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
32	Stew Bowers	p	-	22	-	MLB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
10	Lefty Grove	3	37	-	MLB	17	9	3.02	32	32	21	3	0	0	262.0	269	101	88	9	83	153	5	0	1.34	9.24	0.31	2.85	5.26	0.54	--	--
18	Jack Wilson	4	25	-	MLB	16	10	3.70	51	21	14	1	23	7	221.1	209	111	91	13	119	137	4	2	1.48	8.50	0.53	4.84	5.57	0.87	--	--
12	Bobo Newsom	6	29	-	MLB	13	10	4.46	30	27	14	1	2	0	207.2	193	114	103	14	119	127	4	1	1.50	8.36	0.61	5.16	5.50	0.94	--	--
11	Johnny Marcum	18	27	-	MLB	13	11	4.85	37	23	9	1	13	3	183.2	230	104	99	17	47	59	2	0	1.51	11.27	0.83	2.30	2.89	0.80	--	--
20	Archie McKain	56	26	-	MLB	8	8	4.66	36	18	3	0	6	2	137.0	152	84	71	7	64	66	1	0	1.58	9.99	0.46	4.20	4.34	0.97	--	--
15	Rube Walberg	-	40	-	MLB	5	7	5.59	32	11	3	0	13	1	104.2	143	72	65	7	46	46	4	0	1.81	12.30	0.60	3.96	3.96	1.00	--	--
14	Fritz Ostermueller	-	29	-	MLB	3	7	4.98	25	7	2	0	9	1	86.2	101	64	48	2	44	29	1	0	1.67	10.49	0.21	4.57	3.01	1.52	--	--
12	Wes Ferrell	10	29	-	MLB	3	6	7.61	12	11	5	0	1	0	73.1	111	66	62	14	34	31	1	0	1.98	13.62	1.72	4.17	3.80	1.10	--	--
28	Ted Olson	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	7.24	11	0	0	0	6	0	32.1	42	28	26	4	15	11	0	0	1.76	11.69	1.11	4.18	3.06	1.36	--	--
19	Joe Gonzales	-	22	-	MLB	1	2	4.35	8	2	2	0	3	0	31.0	37	16	15	1	11	11	0	0	1.55	10.74	0.29	3.19	3.19	1.00	--	--
21	Jim Henry	-	27	-	MLB	1	0	5.28	3	2	1	0	0	0	15.1	15	9	9	2	11	8	0	0	1.70	8.80	1.17	6.46	4.70	1.38	--	--
32	Tommy Thomas	44	37	-	MLB	0	2	4.09	9	0	0	0	4	0	11.0	16	6	5	2	4	4	0	0	1.82	13.09	1.64	3.27	3.27	1.00	--	--
Totals: (30 players)						80	72	4.49	152	152	74	6	78	14	1,366	1518	775	682	100	597	682	22	3	1.54	10.00	0.61	3.93	4.49	0.88	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Desautels	C	94		491	44	4	4	.993	0.00
Moe Berg	C	47		208	24	5	2	.979	0.00
Rick Ferrell	C	18		93	10	1	1	.990	0.00
Johnny Peacock	C	9		42	8	1	1	.980	0.00
Jimmie Foxx	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jimmie Foxx	1B	150		1287	106	8	122	.994	0.00
Mel Almada	1B	4		31	0	2	3	.939	0.00
Eric McNair	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eric McNair	2B	106		242	316	18	67	.969	0.00
Bobby Doerr	2B	47		94	124	6	29	.973	0.00
Ski Melillo	2B	19		33	29	4	7	.939	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pinky Higgins	3B	152		161	258	29	29	.935	0.00
Eric McNair	3B	4		1	9	3	1	.769	0.00
Ski Melillo	3B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Cronin	SS	148		300	414	31	89	.958	0.00
Eric McNair	SS	9		13	19	6	4	.842	0.00
Ski Melillo	SS	2		0	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ben Chapman	SS	1		2	1	1	0	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Doc Cramer	OF	133		365	12	12	4	.969	0.00
Buster Mills	OF	120		239	8	14	0	.946	0.00
Ben Chapman	OF	112		262	9	4	1	.985	0.00
Fabian Gaffke	OF	50		80	3	3	0	.965	0.00
Dom Dallessandro	OF	35		54	1	2	0	.965	0.00
Mel Almada	OF	27		37	1	3	0	.927	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jack Wilson	P	51	221	9	41	2	3	.962	2.04
Johnny Marcum	P	37	183	13	38	1	1	.981	2.51
Archie McKain	P	36	137	4	27	3	0	.912	2.04
Lefty Grove	P	32	262	6	43	1	1	.980	1.68
Rube Walberg	P	32	104	6	17	4	3	.852	1.99
Bobo Newsom	P	30	207	8	29	3	0	.925	1.61
Fritz Ostermueller	P	25	86	9	17	3	0	.897	2.71
Wes Ferrell	P	12	73	6	21	1	4	.964	3.32
Ted Olson	P	11	32	3	11	2	0	.875	3.93
Tommy Thomas	P	9	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.64
Joe Gonzales	P	8	31	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.74
Jim Henry	P	3	15	0	2	0	1	1.000	1.19

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