1941 Boston Red Sox season
Encyclopedia
The 1941
Boston Red Sox
season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League
with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses.
This team featured five future Hall of Fame
rs: player-manager Joe Cronin
, Bobby Doerr
, Jimmie Foxx
, Lefty Grove
, and Ted Williams
.
Dick Newsome
Charlie Wagner
Ted Williams
1941 in baseball
-Headline events of the year:*Joe Dimaggio hits in 56 consecutive games. After being hitless in the 57th game, he hit safely in 16 more consecutive games for a streak of 72 of 73 games.*Ted Williams ended the season with a .406 batting average...
Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses.
This team featured five future Hall of Fame
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
rs: player-manager Joe Cronin
Joe Cronin
Joseph Edward Cronin was a Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.During a 20-year playing career, he played from 1926–45 for three different teams, primarily for the Boston Red Sox. Cronin was a major league manager from 1933–47...
, Bobby Doerr
Bobby Doerr
Robert Pershing Doerr is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox . He led American League second basemen in double plays five times, tying a league record, in putouts and fielding percentage four times each, and...
, Jimmie Foxx
Jimmie Foxx
James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
, Lefty Grove
Lefty Grove
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career...
, and Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
.
Offseason
- Prior to 1941 season: Virgil StallcupVirgil StallcupThomas Virgil Stallcup was an American professional baseball player, a shortstop who played in seven Major League seasons . Nicknamed "Red," the native of Ravensford, Swain County, North Carolina, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighed 185 pounds .Stallcup attended...
was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.
Regular season
Williams was one of the biggest stories of the 1941 major league season, becoming, as of 2009, 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.Opening Day lineup
7 | Dom DiMaggio Dom DiMaggio Dominic Paul DiMaggio , nicknamed "The Little Professor", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He played his entire 11-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox... |
CF |
8 | Lou Finney Lou Finney Louis Klopsche Finney was an American outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies... |
RF |
12 | Pete Fox Pete Fox Ervin "Pete" Fox was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played thirteen seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox .... |
LF |
3 | Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter.... |
1B |
4 | Joe Cronin Joe Cronin Joseph Edward Cronin was a Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.During a 20-year playing career, he played from 1926–45 for three different teams, primarily for the Boston Red Sox. Cronin was a major league manager from 1933–47... |
SS |
1 | Bobby Doerr Bobby Doerr Robert Pershing Doerr is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox . He led American League second basemen in double plays five times, tying a league record, in putouts and fielding percentage four times each, and... |
2B |
5 | Jim Tabor Jim Tabor James Reubin Tabor , also nicknamed "Rawhide", was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies . Tabor was born in New Hope, Alabama. He batted and threw right-handed.Tabor came to the Red Sox late in the 1938 season and hit .316 in 19 games... |
3B |
2 | Frankie Pytlak Frankie Pytlak Frank Anthony Pytlak born in Buffalo, New York was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox... |
C |
10 | Lefty Grove Lefty Grove Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games in his 17-year MLB career... |
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Roster
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Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted inPos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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1B | 135 | 487 | 146 | .300 | 19 | 105 | |
2B | 132 | 500 | 141 | .282 | 16 | 93 | |
SS | 143 | 518 | 161 | .311 | 16 | 95 | |
OF | 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 inPlayer | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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27 | 134.1 | 12 | 9 | 4.49 | 69 | |
9 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6.39 | 16 | |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.92 | 20 | |
Awards and honors
- Ted Williams, 20th century record, Highest on base percentage in one season (.553)
All-Stars
- Joe CroninJoe CroninJoseph Edward Cronin was a Major League Baseball shortstop and manager.During a 20-year playing career, he played from 1926–45 for three different teams, primarily for the Boston Red Sox. Cronin was a major league manager from 1933–47...
starting SS - Dom DiMaggioDom DiMaggioDominic Paul DiMaggio , nicknamed "The Little Professor", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He played his entire 11-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox...
reserve - Bobby DoerrBobby DoerrRobert Pershing Doerr is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox . He led American League second basemen in double plays five times, tying a league record, in putouts and fielding percentage four times each, and...
starting 2B - Jimmie FoxxJimmie FoxxJames Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
reserve - Ted WilliamsTed WilliamsTheodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
starting LF
League top five finishers
Dom DiMaggioDom DiMaggio
Dominic Paul DiMaggio , nicknamed "The Little Professor", was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He played his entire 11-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox...
- #3 in AL in runs scored (117)
Dick Newsome
Dick Newsome
Heber Hampton Newsome was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox between the and seasons. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., Newsome batted and threw right-handed...
- #3 in AL in wins (19)
Charlie Wagner
Charlie Wagner
Charles Thomas Wagner was an American right-handed pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox . Nicknamed "Broadway," he went on to a 50-year career as a scout and minor league instructor...
- #3 in AL in ERA (3.07)
Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox...
- AL leader, reached base safely in 69 consecutive games
- 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)