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1941 Boston Red Sox season

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Manager
  
Joe Cronin

Owner
  
Tom Yawkey

Start date
  
1941

General manager
  
Eddie Collins

Local radio
  
WAAB (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)

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1942 Boston Red Sox season

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. The team featured five future Hall of Famers: player-manager Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, and Ted Williams.

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Offseason

  • Prior to 1941 season: Virgil Stallcup was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.

    • 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.

    Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Awards and honors

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

    • 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
  • 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)

    • References

    1941 Boston Red Sox season Wikipedia
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