1941 Boston Red Sox season

1941 Boston Red Sox
1941 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	Tom Yawkey
Managers	Joe Cronin
Television	none
Radio	WAAB ; (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)

The 1941 Boston Red Sox season was the 41st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses. The team featured five future Hall of Famers: player-manager Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, and Ted Williams.

Offseason

Prior to 1941 season: Virgil Stallcup was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Williams was one of the biggest stories of the 1941 major league season, becoming, as of 2017^[update], the last player to bat .400 in a full season. He led an offense that scored the most runs of any major league team. During the season, Williams reached base safely in 69 consecutive games.^[2]

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	51–26	50–27
Boston Red Sox	84	70	0.545	17	47–30	37–40
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	24	38–39	39–38
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	26	42–35	33–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	26	43–34	32–45
St. Louis Browns	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Washington Senators	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

Opening Day lineup

7	Dom DiMaggio	CF
8	Lou Finney	RF
12	Pete Fox	LF
3	Jimmie Foxx	1B
4	Joe Cronin	SS
1	Bobby Doerr	2B
5	Jim Tabor	3B
2	Frankie Pytlak	C
10	Lefty Grove	P

Roster

1941 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

11 Johnny Peacock
2 Frankie Pytlak

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

37 Paul Campbell

Manager

4 Joe Cronin

Coaches

22 Moe Berg (First base)
30 Tom Daly (Third base)
31 Frank Shellenback (Pitching)

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
1B	Jimmie Foxx	135	487	146	.300	19	105
2B	Bobby Doerr	132	500	141	.282	16	93
SS	Joe Cronin	143	518	161	.311	16	95
OF	Ted Williams	143	456	185	.406	37	120

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

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
Joe Dobson	27	134.1	12	9	4.49	69
Emerson Dickman	9	31	1	1	6.39	16

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
Bill Fleming	16	1	1	1	3.92	20

Awards and honors

Ted Williams, 20th-century record, Highest on-base percentage in one season (.553) ^[3]

All-Stars

Joe Cronin starting SS
Dom DiMaggio reserve
Bobby Doerr starting 2B
Jimmie Foxx reserve
Ted Williams starting LF

League top five finishers

Dom DiMaggio

#3 in AL in runs scored (117)

Dick Newsome

#3 in AL in wins (19)

Charlie Wagner

#3 in AL in ERA (3.07)

Ted Williams

AL leader, reached base safely in 69 consecutive games^[2]
MLB leader in batting average (.406)
MLB leader in home runs (37)
MLB leader in runs scored (135)
MLB leader in on-base percentage (.553)
MLB leader in slugging percentage (.735)
MLB leader in walks drawn (147)
#4 in AL in RBI (120)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Bill Burwell
A	Scranton Red Sox	Eastern League	Nemo Leibold
B	Greensboro Red Sox	Piedmont League	Heinie Manush
C	Canton Terriers	Middle Atlantic League	Floyd "Pat" Patterson
D	Danville-Scholfield Leafs	Bi-State League	Elmer Yoter
D	Centreville Colts	Eastern Shore League	Ed Walls and Eddie Popowski
D	Owensboro Oilers	KITTY League	Hughie Wise

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Notes

^ Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

[1] Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference

[p44-2] Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[3] Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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