1945 Boston Red Sox
71 - 83
1944 / 1946 (Organization)
7th place in the AL (17.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		42 - 35 (.545)
29 - 48 (.377)		 -1.7 wins
-4.3 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 599 / 619 ( -20 )
Allowed/Expected: 674 / 616 ( -58 )
Pyth Record: 69 - 85 (+2)
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Attendance: 603,794 Avg Att: 7,741 (0.85)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 9,118
       
Park Factor: 1.02    
HR Factor: 1.02 R/L HR: 1.24 / 0.80
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Bob Johnson
LF
140
1,215.0
 
-5.3
-4.4
-9.4
4.1
 
5.9
4.2
1.7
2 Eddie Lake
SS
130
1,128.3
 
4.6
4.1
4.6
 
29.2
29.2
3 Catfish Metkovich
1B
97
841.7
 
3.9
4.6
3.9
 
3.2
3.2
4 Leon Culberson
CF
89
715.7
 
-0.7
-1.0
-2.5
1.8
 
10.1
5.5
4.6
5 Skeeter Newsome
2B
82
689.0
 
-4.4
-6.4
-4.4
 
-8.0
-8.0
6 Ben Steiner
2B
77
650.0
 
-4.7
-7.3
-4.7
 
-7.4
-7.4
7 Johnny Tobin
3B
72
618.3
 
3.5
5.7
3.5
 
5.7
5.7
8 Johnny Lazor
RF
73
600.7
 
-7.0
-11.7
-6.9
-0.1
 
-10.5
-9.3
-1.2
9 Bob Garbark
C
67
554.7
 
-1.5
-2.7
-3.4
1.9
 
-2.4
0.0
0.0
-5.0
2.6
10 Pete Fox
RF
57
469.0
 
-3.9
-8.3
-3.7
-0.2
 
-13.0
-12.7
-0.3
11 Dolph Camilli
1B
54
457.3
 
2.1
4.6
2.1
 
3.5
3.5
12 Tom McBride
CF
50
402.0
 
1.4
3.4
0.7
0.7
 
2.2
0.9
1.3
13 Billy Holm
C
57
395.3
 
-0.9
-2.3
-0.3
-0.6
 
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
14 Ty LaForest
3B
45
376.0
 
1.7
4.6
1.7
 
3.6
3.6
15 Skeeter Newsome
SS
33
262.3
 
0.5
2.1
0.5
 
7.2
7.2
16 Jim Bucher
3B
32
259.7
 
1.0
4.0
1.0
 
2.6
2.6
17 Fred Walters
C
38
253.7
 
2.9
11.3
2.7
0.1
 
7.5
0.0
0.0
7.1
0.4
18 Catfish Metkovich
CF
29
233.0
 
0.5
2.3
0.9
-0.3
 
-7.1
-6.4
-0.7
19 Tom McBride
RF
22
181.0
 
1.5
8.1
1.1
0.4
 
3.6
3.0
0.6
20 Red Steiner
C
24
147.0
 
-1.7
-11.8
0.2
-2.0
 
-3.8
0.0
0.0
0.2
-4.0
21 Catfish Metkovich
RF
14
115.3
 
-1.3
-11.6
-1.1
-0.2
 
-2.1
-1.7
-0.4
22 Skeeter Newsome
3B
11
100.7
 
0.2
1.5
0.2
 
1.2
1.2
23 Tom McBride
1B
11
91.7
 
-0.1
-0.7
-0.1
 
0.2
0.2
24 Tom McBride
LF
15
85.0
 
0.1
1.4
-0.0
0.1
 
1.1
0.8
0.3
25 Johnny Lazor
LF
12
68.0
 
0.2
3.6
0.2
0.1
 
-2.0
-1.9
-0.1
26 Johnny Tobin
2B
5
41.3
 
-0.0
-1.2
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
27 Frankie Pytlak
C
6
40.0
 
0.2
4.5
0.0
0.2
 
2.3
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.9
28 Joe Cronin
3B
3
25.3
 
0.0
0.4
0.0
 
0.3
0.3
29 Loyd Christopher
CF
3
24.0
 
-0.2
-7.8
-0.2
-0.0
 
-1.8
-1.6
-0.2
30 Ty LaForest
LF
3
17.0
 
-0.1
-5.2
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.0
-0.9
-0.1
31 Ty LaForest
RF
2
16.3
 
-0.1
-4.3
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.8
-0.7
-0.1
32 Nick Polly
3B
2
10.7
 
0.0
0.5
0.0
 
0.1
0.1
33 Leon Culberson
RF
1
8.3
 
0.0
1.8
0.0
-0.0
 
0.4
0.3
0.1
34 Bob Johnson
CF
1
8.0
 
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
35 Johnny Tobin
CF
1
8.0
 
0.0
1.6
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.3
-0.1
36 Jim Bucher
2B
2
7.7
 
-0.0
-0.7
-0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
37 Leon Culberson
LF
1
5.7
 
0.0
7.0
0.0
0.0
 
0.2
0.1
0.0
38 Eddie Lake
2B
1
2.7
 
-0.0
-5.0
-0.0
 
0.0
0.0
  21        
-7.6
-0.7
-12.7
6.2
-0.8
-0.4
  
30.4
20.9
5.5
0.0
0.0
4.0
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James