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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