1933 Boston Red Sox season

1933 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	J.A. Robert Quinn, Tom Yawkey
Managers	Marty McManus
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Seasons

The 1933 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 86 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Opening Day lineup

1	Rabbit Warstler	SS
2	Marty McManus	3B
7	Johnny Watwood	CF
15	Dale Alexander	1B
4	Smead Jolley	LF
5	Johnny Hodapp	2B
3	Roy Johnson	RF
9	Merv Shea	C
16	Ivy Andrews	P

Roster

1933 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 16 Ivy Andrews 26 Lloyd Brown 14 Curt Fullerton 18 Hank Johnson 24 Bob Kline 21 Jud McLaughlin 23 Mike Meola 11 George Pipgras 17 Gordon Rhodes 19 Bob Weiland 20 Johnny Welch		Catchers  9 Rick Ferrell  8 Johnny Gooch 21 Lou Legett  9 Merv Shea Infielders 15 Dale Alexander  6 Bernie Friberg  5 Johnny Hodapp 23 Joe Judge  2 Marty McManus 23 Freddie Muller 14 Marv Olson 10 Bob Seeds  6 Bucky Walters  1 Rabbit Warstler 22 Billy Werber		Outfielders 21 Mel Almada  7 Dusty Cooke 13 Bob Fothergill  3 Roy Johnson  4 Smead Jolley 12 Tom Oliver 25 George Stumpf  7 Johnny Watwood 11 Tom Winsett Pinch hitter 26 Greg Mulleavy		Manager  2 Marty McManus Coaches 30 Tom Daly 31 Rudy Hulswitt

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
3B	Marty McManus	106	366	104	.284	3	36
SS	Rabbit Warstler	92	322	70	.217	1	17

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 Watwood	13	30	4	.133	0	2

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

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
Lloyd Brown	33	163.1	8	11	4.02	37
Ivy Andrews	34	140	7	14	4.95	37

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

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Reading Red Sox	New York-Pennsylvania League	Nemo Leibold

References

• 1933 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1933 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com