The 1933 Boston Red Sox season was the 33rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 63 wins and 86 losses, 34+1⁄2 games behind the Washington Senators.
1933 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 63–86 (.423) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Eddie Collins | |
Managers | Marty McManus | |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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On February 25, 1933, Tom Yawkey bought the Red Sox for $1.25 million from J. A. Robert Quinn, and persuaded friend and former Philadelphia Athletics second baseman Eddie Collins to be the team's vice president and general manager.[1]
There were five rainouts during the season, one game against the Senators and a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox that was cancelled due to the remnants of the 1933 Outer Banks hurricane, which passed to the southeast of New England during the third weekend of September.
Regular season
editSeason Overview
editIn a May meeting of the American League owners, Tom Yawkey reached an agreement with St. Louis Browns owner Phil Ball for the catcher Rick Ferrell and the pitcher Lloyd Brown. Yawkey also paid $100,000 for pitcher George Pipgras and infielder Billy Werber from the New York Yankees.[2]
Season standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46–30 | 53–23 |
New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51–23 | 40–36 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46–29 | 33–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45–32 | 30–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43–35 | 32–44 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35–41 | 32–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32–40 | 31–46 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30–46 | 25–50 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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
edit1 | 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
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 118 | 421 | 125 | .297 | 3 | 72 |
1B | Dale Alexander | 94 | 313 | 88 | .281 | 5 | 40 |
2B | Johnny Hodapp | 115 | 413 | 129 | .312 | 3 | 54 |
SS | Rabbit Warstler | 92 | 322 | 70 | .217 | 1 | 17 |
3B | Marty McManus | 106 | 366 | 104 | .284 | 3 | 36 |
OF | Smead Jolley | 118 | 411 | 116 | .282 | 9 | 65 |
OF | Roy Johnson | 133 | 483 | 151 | .313 | 10 | 95 |
OF | Dusty Cooke | 119 | 454 | 133 | .293 | 5 | 54 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Billy Werber | 108 | 425 | 110 | .259 | 3 | 39 |
Tom Oliver | 90 | 244 | 63 | .258 | 0 | 23 |
Bob Seeds | 82 | 230 | 56 | .243 | 0 | 23 |
Bucky Walters | 52 | 195 | 50 | .256 | 4 | 28 |
Joe Judge | 35 | 108 | 32 | .296 | 0 | 22 |
Johnny Gooch | 37 | 77 | 14 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Merv Shea | 16 | 56 | 8 | .143 | 0 | 8 |
Freddie Muller | 15 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
Mel Almada | 14 | 44 | 15 | .341 | 1 | 3 |
Bernie Friberg | 17 | 41 | 13 | .317 | 0 | 9 |
George Stumpf | 22 | 41 | 14 | .341 | 0 | 5 |
Bob Fothergill | 28 | 32 | 11 | .344 | 0 | 5 |
Johnny Watwood | 13 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Winsett | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Legett | 8 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Marv Olson | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Mulleavy | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gordon Rhodes | 34 | 232.0 | 12 | 15 | 4.03 | 85 |
Bob Weiland | 39 | 216.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.87 | 97 |
Hank Johnson | 25 | 155.1 | 8 | 6 | 4.06 | 65 |
George Pipgras | 22 | 128.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.07 | 56 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lloyd Brown | 33 | 163.1 | 8 | 11 | 4.02 | 37 |
Ivy Andrews | 34 | 140.0 | 7 | 14 | 4.95 | 37 |
Johnny Welch | 47 | 129.0 | 4 | 9 | 4.60 | 68 |
Bob Kline | 46 | 127.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.54 | 16 |
Curt Fullerton | 6 | 25.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.53 | 10 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jud McLaughlin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 1 |
Mike Meola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 1 |
Farm system
editLevel | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Reading Red Sox | New York–Pennsylvania League | Nemo Leibold |
References
edit- ^ Armour, Mark. "Tom Yawkey". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ Golenbock, Peter (2015). Red Sox Century: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox (4th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-62937-050-7.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
edit- 1933 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1933 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com