1941 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record84–70 (.545)
League place2nd (17 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersEddie Collins
ManagersJoe Cronin
RadioWAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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, 17 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1941 World Series.

The Red Sox 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 2022, the last player to bat .400 (batting .406) 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]

Transactions

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153 0.656 — 51–26 50–27
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 17 47–30 37–40
Chicago White Sox 7777 0.500 24 38–39 39–38
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 26 42–35 33–44
Detroit Tigers 7579 0.487 26 43–34 32–45
St. Louis Browns 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Washington Senators 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —16–69–1311–119–13–116–69–1314–8
Chicago 6–16—17–512–10–18–1410–1211–11–113–9
Cleveland 13–95–17—10–127–1515–713–9–112–10
Detroit 11–1110–12–112–10—11–1113–911–117–15
New York 13–9–114–815–711–11—14–818–416–6–1
Philadelphia 6–1612–107–159–138–14—11–1111–11
St. Louis 13–911–11–19–13–111–114–1811–11—11–11–1
Washington 8–149–1310–1215–76–16–111–1111–11–1—

Opening Day lineup

  7Dom DiMaggio    CF
  8Lou FinneyRF
12Pete FoxLF
  3Jimmie Foxx1B
  4Joe CroninSS
  1Bobby Doerr2B
  5Jim Tabor3B
  2Frankie Pytlak    C
10Lefty GroveP

Roster

1941 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CFrankie Pytlak10633691.271239
1BJimmie Foxx135487146.30019105
2BBobby Doerr132500141.2821693
SSJoe Cronin143518161.3111695
3BJim Tabor126498139.27916101
OFTed Williams143456185.40637120
OFLou Finney127497143.288453
OFDom DiMaggio144584165.283858

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
Pete Fox7326881.302031
Johnny Peacock7926174.284027
Skeeter Newsome9322751.225217
Stan Spence8620347.232228
Al Flair10306.20002
Odell Hale12245.20811
Tom Carey25214.19002
Paul Campbell100----00

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
Dick Newsome36213.219104.1358
Charlie Wagner29187.11283.0751
Lefty Grove21134.0774.3754
Earl Johnson1793.2454.5246

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 Dobson27134.11294.4969
Jack Wilson27116.14135.0355
Tex Hughson1261.0534.1322
Emerson Dickman931.0116.3916
Woody Rich23.20017.184

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
Mike Ryba407364.4654
Bill Fleming161113.9220
Nels Potter102004.506
Oscar Judd70018.765
Herb Hash41015.403

Awards and honors

  • Ted Williams, 20th-century record, Highest on-base percentage in one season (.553) [4]

All-Stars

League top five finishers

Dom DiMaggio

  • Third in MLB in Runs Scored (117).[5]

Dick Newsome

Fifth in MLB in Wins (19).[6]

  • Third in AL in Wins.[7]

Charlie Wagner

    1. 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).[8]
  • MLB leader in home runs (37).[9]
  • MLB leader in runs scored (135).[5]
  • MLB leader in on-base percentage (.553).[10]
  • MLB leader in slugging percentage (.735).[11]
  • MLB leader in walks drawn (145).[12]
    1. 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-Schoolfield Leafs Bi-State League Elmer Yoter
D Centreville Red Sox Eastern Shore League Ed Walls and Eddie Popowski
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Hughie Wise

Source:[13]

References

  1. ↑ Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Red Sox Purchase Two Shortstops". Meriden Record. September 9, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  5. 1 2 "Stats: Runs, 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Stats: Pitching; Wins; 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Stats: Pitching; Wins; American League; 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Stats: Batting Average, 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Stats: Home Runs; 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Stats: On-Base-Percentage; 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Stats: Slugging Percentage; 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Stats: Walks; 1941". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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