1939 Boston Red Sox season

1939 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1939
misc = Ted Williams Rookie Season

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Tom Yawkey
general manager =Eddie Collins
managers = Joe Cronin
television = none
radio = WAAB
Frank Frisch, Tom Hussey|

The 1939 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 62 losses.

Regular season

In 1939, the Boston Red Sox finished 17 games back of the New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.26, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ] Lefty Grove won 15 games for the Red Sox while Jimmie Foxx hit .360, and had 35 Home Runs and 105 RBI. Ted Williams made his major league debut in 1939, and batted .327 with 31 Home Runs. He would lead the American League with 145 RBIs. After the first game he played against Williams, Yankees catcher Bill Dickey said about Williams, “He’s just a damned good hitter.”

eason standings

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AA: Louisville Colonels (American Association; Donie Bush and Bill Burwell, managers) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A1: Little Rock Travelers (Southern Association; Specs Toporcer, manager)
* Class A: Scranton Red Sox (Eastern League; Nemo Leibold, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class B: Rocky Mount Red Sox (Piedmont League; Herb Brett, manager)
* Class C: Clarksdale Red Sox (Cotton States League; Leroy "Cowboy" Jones, manager)
* Class C: Canton Terriers (Middle Atlantic League; Floyd "Pat" Patterson, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox (Appalachian League; Hobe Brummitt, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Danville-Schoolfield Leafs (Bi-State League; Emil Barnes, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Centreville Colts (Eastern Shore League; Dave Scoble and John Clark, managers)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1939.shtml 1939 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1939&t=BOS 1939 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]


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