1938 Boston Red Sox
88 - 61
1937 / 1939 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL (9.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		52 - 23 (.693)
36 - 38 (.486)		 +11.7 wins
+1.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 902 / 822 ( +80 )
Allowed/Expected: 751 / 831 ( +80 )
Pyth Record: 88 - 61 (-0)
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Attendance: 646,459 Avg Att: 8,619 (1.19)
Att Rank: 3 / 8 Lg Avg: 7,252
       
Park Factor: 1.03    
HR Factor: 1.06 R/L HR: 1.19 / 0.73
Notes:


Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 Lefty Grove*
SP
38.3
163.7
41.0
25.6
42.6
7.7
21.2
37.7
55.4
5.7
1.4
2.3
0.2
-9.4
0.0
0.0
2 Joe Heving
SP
37.8
82.0
17.6
9.0
15.4
-5.0
14.9
2.8
15.4
1.9
0.2
1.9
0.6
14.1
0.0
0.0
3 Jim Bagby
SP
21.8
198.7
17.5
11.8
9.5
0.4
0.1
-3.6
-3.5
7.9
0.0
-1.7
0.1
11.6
0.0
0.0
4 Jack Wilson
SP
26.2
194.7
16.8
5.9
21.3
17.7
-1.3
20.2
19.1
0.7
1.0
-1.6
2.1
-19.8
0.0
0.0
5 Fritz Ostermueller*
SP
30.8
176.7
16.3
3.3
25.3
-0.2
24.5
-24.1
-3.3
0.3
-0.3
1.7
0.3
48.5
0.0
0.0
6 Bill Harris
SP
38.0
80.3
12.4
7.2
24.7
1.8
14.1
-3.7
8.2
1.5
0.2
-0.1
0.6
19.5
0.0
0.0
7 Johnny Marcum
SP
28.8
92.3
10.1
-0.4
11.0
-11.0
17.3
-10.8
3.8
-3.2
1.4
1.9
-0.4
26.3
0.0
0.0
8 Archie McKain*
RP
27.1
99.7
4.5
1.8
-4.3
-5.7
2.8
-12.8
-10.4
2.7
-0.4
-1.3
-0.2
17.9
0.0
0.0
9 Doc Cramer
RP
32.9
4.0
0.6
0.0
0.5
1.3
-1.2
-0.5
-1.5
0.3
0.1
-0.4
0.0
0.0
10 Ted Olson
RP
25.8
7.0
-0.5
1.2
0.3
-1.2
1.2
-0.7
0.3
0.6
0.1
2.6
0.0
0.0
11 Bill Humphrey
RP
27.0
2.0
-0.7
0.1
-2.8
-2.0
0.2
-1.1
-0.8
0.2
0.0
1.6
0.0
0.0
12 Al Baker
RP
32.3
7.7
-3.1
-1.9
-3.6
-3.5
1.9
-1.3
0.3
-1.3
-0.9
1.1
0.0
0.0
13 Bill Lefebvre*
RP
22.6
4.0
-3.4
-2.4
-2.5
-2.7
2.2
-1.8
0.0
-1.6
-0.9
1.5
0.0
0.0
14 Lee Rogers*
RP
24.7
27.7
-6.1
-4.7
-5.4
0.5
-4.6
-4.4
-8.3
-1.5
0.4
-0.9
-0.1
-1.2
0.0
0.0
15 Dick Midkiff
SW
23.8
35.3
-7.4
-5.0
-7.0
-0.7
-3.6
-4.8
-7.9
-1.8
0.6
-0.9
-0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
16 Emerson Dickman
SP
23.6
104.0
-7.4
-6.9
-7.3
0.6
-5.5
-19.4
-24.1
0.0
-2.4
-2.1
0.6
11.4
0.0
0.0
17 Charlie Wagner
SP
25.6
36.7
-12.5
-5.2
-12.9
-2.2
-5.5
-1.7
-6.4
-1.6
-0.4
-1.8
-0.2
-5.8
0.0
0.0
1316.3
95.6
39.2
104.6
-4.4
78.4
-29.9
36.3
11.0
0.2
-2.7
3.6
119.5
0.0
0.0

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