1919 Boston Red Sox season

The 1919 Boston Red Sox season was the nineteenth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 66 wins and 71 losses. While the world war had ended in November 1918, players who were drafted returned gradually over 1919. The season was shortened to 140 games and started a bit late, around April 23.

1919 Boston Red Sox
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Location
Other information
Owner(s)Harry Frazee
Manager(s)Ed Barrow
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Regular season

In his last year playing for the Red Sox, Babe Ruth had his breakout offensive season having been converted into an outfielder. He set a major league record with 29 home runs and also led the league in runs batted in and runs scored. Ruth also made 15 pitching starts, going 9–5 with a 2.97 earned run average.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 8852 0.629 — 48–22 40–30
Cleveland Indians 8455 0.604 3½ 44–25 40–30
New York Yankees 8059 0.576 7½ 46–25 34–34
Detroit Tigers 8060 0.571 8 46–24 34–36
St. Louis Browns 6772 0.482 20½ 40–30 27–42
Boston Red Sox 6671 0.482 20½ 35–30 31–41
Washington Senators 5684 0.400 32 32–40 24–44
Philadelphia Athletics 36104 0.257 52 21–49 15–55

Record vs. opponents
1919 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —9–114–159–1110–914–69–10–111–9
Chicago 11–9—12–811–912–817–311–914–6
Cleveland 15–48–12—8–1213–716–411–913–7
Detroit 11–99–1112–8—8–1214–614–612–8
New York 9–108–127–1312–8—18–212–814–6–2
Philadelphia 6–143–174–166–142–18—7–138–12
St. Louis 10–9–19–119–116–148–1213–7—12–8
Washington 9–116–147–138–126–14–212–88–12—

Opening Day lineup
Harry HooperRF
Jack Barry2B
Amos StrunkCF
Babe RuthLF
Stuffy McInnis1B
Ossie Vitt3B
Everett ScottSS
Wally SchangC
Carl MaysP

Roster
1919 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • Allen Russell
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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
CWally Schang113330101.306055
1BStuffy McInnis120440134.305158
2BRed Shannon8029075.259017
3BOssie Vitt133469114.243040
SSEverett Scott138507141.278038
LFBabe Ruth130432139.32229114
CFBraggo Roth6322758.256023
RFHarry Hooper128491131.267349

Other batters

Note: 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
Amos Strunk4818450.272017
Jack Barry3110826.24102
Norm McNeil593.33301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sam Jones3524512203.7567
Herb Pennock322191682.7170
Carl Mays211465112.4753
Babe Ruth17133.1952.9730

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ray Caldwell1886.1743.9623
Bill James1372.2354.0912
Joe Bush39005.003

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Dumont130404.3312
George Winn30007.710

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Sam Jones

  • #2 losses (20)

Babe Ruth

  • #1 home runs (29)
  • #1 runs batted in (114)
  • #1 runs scored (103)
  • #1 on-base percentage (.456)
  • #1 slugging percentage (.657)

Wally Schang

  • #2 on-base percentage (.436)
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