1941 Boston Red Sox season

1941 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Eddie Collins
Manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Local television	none
Local radio	WAAB (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
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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 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 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.^[2]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	17
Chicago White Sox	77	77	.500	24
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	26
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	26
St. Louis Browns	70	84	.455	31
Washington Senators	70	84	.455	31
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	.416	37

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 16 Emerson Dickman 17 Joe Dobson 23 Bill Fleming 10 Lefty Grove 19 Mickey Harris 24 Herb Hash 29 Tex Hughson 20 Earl Johnson 34 Oscar Judd 28 Dick Newsome 24 Nels Potter 15 Woody Rich 25 Mike Ryba 27 Charlie Wagner 18 Jack Wilson		Catchers 11 Johnny Peacock  2 Frankie Pytlak Infielders 14 Tom Carey  4 Joe Cronin  1 Bobby Doerr 16 Al Flair  3 Jimmie Foxx  6 Odell Hale 26 Skeeter Newsome  5 Jim Tabor		Outfielders  7 Dom DiMaggio  8 Lou Finney 12 Pete Fox 21 Stan Spence  9 Ted Williams Other batters 37 Paul Campbell		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 22 Moe Berg 30 Tom Daly 31 Frank Shellenback

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	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx	135	487	146	.300	19	105
2B	Doerr, BobbyBobby Doerr	132	500	141	.282	16	93
SS	Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin	143	518	161	.311	16	95
OF	Williams, TedTed 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
Dobson, JoeJoe Dobson	27	134.1	12	9	4.49	69
Dickman, EmersonEmerson 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
Fleming, BillBill 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

^[4]

Notes

1. Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
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

References

• 1941 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1941 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com