1936 Red Sox
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General Info
W-L Record: 74-80
Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Scored 775 runs, Allowed 764 runs
6th in the American League
Manager: Joe Cronin
Notes
Jimmie Foxx was the Red Sox's first 40-140 hitter (by far). He was also the first hitter since Babe Ruth to hit more than 20 home runs, and he broke the club records for home runs (29) and RBIs (114) set by Ruth in 1919.
Roster
| REGULARS | BA | HR | RBI | |||
| 1B | Jimmie Foxx | .338 | 41 | 143 | ||
| 2B | Ski Melillo | .226 | 0 | 32 | ||
| SS | Eric McNair | .285 | 4 | 74 | ||
| 3B | Billy Werber | .275 | 10 | 67 | ||
| OF | Doc Cramer | .292 | 0 | 41 | ||
| OF | Dusty Cooke | .273 | 6 | 47 | ||
| OF | Mel Almada | .253 | 1 | 21 | ||
| C | Rick Ferrell | .312 | 8 | 55 | ||
| Other position players: Heinie Manush (.291, 0, 45), John Kroner (.292, 4, 62), Joe Cronin (.281, 2, 43), Moe Berg (.240, 0, 19), Babe Dahlgren (.281, 1, 7), Fabian Gaffke (.127, 1, 3), Bing Miller (.298, 1, 6), George Dickey (.043, 0, 0) | ||||||
| STARTERS | W-L | ERA | SV | |||
| R | Wes Ferrell | 20-15 | 4.19 | 0 | ||
| L | Lefty Grove | 17-12 | 2.81 | 2 | ||
| R | Johnny Marcum | 8-13 | 4.81 | 1 | ||
| L | Fritz Ostermueller | 10-16 | 4.88 | 2 | ||
| BULLPEN | ||||||
| R | Jack Wilson | 6-8 | 4.42 | 3 | ||
| R | Jack Russell | 0-3 | 5.62 | 0 | ||
| L | Rube Walberg | 5-4 | 4.40 | 0 | ||
| R | Jim Henry | 5-1 | 4.60 | 0 | ||
| Other pitchers: Johnny Welch (2-1, 5.51), Mike Meola (0-2, 5.48), Joe Cascarella (0-2, 6.97), Ted Olson (1-1, 7.36), Jennings Poindexter (0-2, 6.75), Stew Bowers (0-0, 9.53), Emerson Dickman (0-0, 9.00) | ||||||
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