1933 Boston Red Sox season

1933 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn, Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Eddie Collins
Manager(s)	Marty McManus
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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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
Washington Senators	99	63	.651	--
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19½
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23½
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34½
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43½

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	McManus, MartyMarty McManus	106	366	104	.284	3	36
SS	Warstler, RabbitRabbit 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
Watwood, JohnnyJohnny 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
Brown, LloydLloyd Brown	33	163.1	8	11	4.02	37
Andrews, IvyIvy 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

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

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Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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