1942 Boston Red Sox season

The 1942 Boston Red Sox season was the 42nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 93 wins and 59 losses, nine games behind the New York Yankees.

1942 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–59 (.612)
League place2nd (9 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Eddie Collins
Manager(s)Joe Cronin
Local radioWAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams won the Triple Crown, leading the AL in home runs (36), runs batted in (137), and batting average (.356).[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–1311–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–119–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–27–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–716–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–166–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–611–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  6Johnny PeskySS
  7Dom DiMaggioCF
  9Ted WilliamsLF
  3Jimmie Foxx1B
  5Jim Tabor3B
12Pete FoxRF
26Skeeter Newsome2B
11Johnny PeacockC
28Dick NewsomeP

Roster

1942 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJohnny Peacock8828676.266025
1BTony Lupien128463130.281370
2BBobby Doerr144545158.29015102
SSJohnny Pesky147620205.331251
3BJim Tabor139508128.2521275
OFTed Williams150522186.35636137
OFLou Finney113397113.285361
OFDom DiMaggio151622178.2861448

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
Bill Conroy8325050.200420
Pete Fox7725667.262342
Jimmie Foxx3010027.270514
Skeeter Newsome299526.27409
Joe Cronin457924.304424
Paul Campbell26151.06700
Andy Gilbert6111.09101
Tom Carey1111.00001

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
Tex Hughson382812262.59113
Charlie Wagner29205.114113.2952
Joe Dobson30182.21193.3072
Dick Newsome241588105.0140
Ken Chase1380.1513.8134

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
Oscar Judd31150.18103.8970
Bill Butland23111.1712.5146
Yank Terry2085653.9237

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
Mace Brown349363.4320
Mike Ryba183333.8616

Awards and honors

League leaders

  • Ted Williams, American League home run leader (36), RBI leader (137), and batting average leader (.356)

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 Oneonta Indians Canadian–American League Red Barnes
C Canton Terriers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson
D Danville-Scholfield Leafs Bi-State League Elmer Yoter
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Wally Schang

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton, Greensboro

KITTY League folded, June 19, 1942

Notes

References

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