1919 Boston Red Sox season

1919 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	Harry Frazee
Managers	Ed Barrow
Seasons

The 1919 Boston Red Sox season was the nineteenth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 66 wins and 71 losses.

Regular season

In his last year playing for the Red Sox, Babe Ruth had his breakout offensive season having been converted into an outfielder. He set a major league record with 29 home runs and also led the league in runs batted in and runs scored. Ruth also made 15 pitching starts, going 9–5 with a 2.97 earned run average.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	88	52	0.629	—	48–22	40–30
Cleveland Indians	84	55	0.604	3½	44–25	40–30
New York Yankees	80	59	0.576	7½	46–25	34–34
Detroit Tigers	80	60	0.571	8	46–24	34–36
St. Louis Browns	67	72	0.482	20½	40–30	27–42
Boston Red Sox	66	71	0.482	20½	35–30	31–41
Washington Senators	56	84	0.400	32	32–40	24–44
Philadelphia Athletics	36	104	0.257	52	21–49	15–55

Record vs. opponents

1919 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	9–11	4–15	9–11	10–9	14–6	9–10–1	11–9
Chicago	11–9	—	12–8	11–9	12–8	17–3	11–9	14–6
Cleveland	15–4	8–12	—	8–12	13–7	16–4	11–9	13–7
Detroit	11–9	9–11	12–8	—	8–12	14–6	14–6	12–8
New York	9–10	8–12	7–13	12–8	—	18–2	12–8	14–6–2
Philadelphia	6–14	3–17	4–16	6–14	2–18	—	7–13	8–12
St. Louis	10–9–1	9–11	9–11	6–14	8–12	13–7	—	12–8
Washington	9–11	6–14	7–13	8–12	6–14–2	12–8	8–12	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Jack Barry	2B
Amos Strunk	CF
Babe Ruth	LF
Stuffy McInnis	1B
Ossie Vitt	3B
Everett Scott	SS
Wally Schang	C
Carl Mays	P

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	Wally Schang	113	330	101	.306	0	55
1B	Stuffy McInnis	120	440	134	.305	1	58
2B	Red Shannon	80	290	75	.259	0	17
3B	Ossie Vitt	133	469	114	.243	0	40
SS	Everett Scott	138	507	141	.278	0	38
LF	Babe Ruth	130	432	139	.322	29	114
CF	Braggo Roth	63	227	58	.256	0	23
RF	Harry Hooper	128	491	131	.267	3	49

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
Amos Strunk	48	184	50	.272	0	17
Jack Barry	31	108	26	.241	0	2
Norm McNeil	5	9	3	.333	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
Sam Jones	35	245	12	20	3.75	67
Herb Pennock	32	219	16	8	2.71	70
Carl Mays	21	146	5	11	2.47	53
Babe Ruth	17	133.1	9	5	2.97	30

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
Ray Caldwell	18	86.1	7	4	3.96	23
Bill James	13	72.2	3	5	4.09	12
Joe Bush	3	9	0	0	5.00	3

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
George Dumont	13	0	4	0	4.33	12
George Winn	3	0	0	0	7.71	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Sam Jones

• #2 losses (20)

Babe Ruth

• #1 home runs (29)
• #1 runs batted in (114)
• #1 runs scored (103)
• #1 on-base percentage (.456)
• #1 slugging percentage (.657)

Wally Schang

• #2 on-base percentage (.436)

External links

• 1919 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1919 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com