1923 Boston Red Sox season

The 1923 Boston Red Sox season was the 23rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 61 wins and 91 losses, 37 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1923 World Series.

1923 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	61–91 (.401)
League place	8th (37 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Frank Chance
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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Regular season

Red Sox manager Frank Chance with New York Yankees manager Miller Huggins on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium

• September 14, 1923: George Burns of the Red Sox executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, tagged the runner off first base and tagged second base before the runner returned.[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	54	0.645	—	46–30	52–24
Detroit Tigers	83	71	0.539	16	45–32	38–39
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	16½	42–36	40–35
Washington Senators	75	78	0.490	23½	43–34	32–44
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	24	40–36	34–42
Philadelphia Athletics	69	83	0.454	29	34–41	35–42
Chicago White Sox	69	85	0.448	30	30–45	39–40
Boston Red Sox	61	91	0.401	37	37–40	24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	10–12	10–12–1	8–14	13–7	4–18–1	7–15
Chicago	13–9	—	9–13	9–13	7–15	10–12	11–11–1	10–12–1
Cleveland	12–10	13–9	—	9–13	12–10	12–10	14–8	10–11
Detroit	12–10–1	13–9	13–9	—	10–12	12–10	12–10	11–11
New York	14–8	15–7	10–12	12–10	—	16–6	15–5	16–6
Philadelphia	7–13	12–10	10–12	10–12	6–16	—	9–13	15–7–1
St. Louis	18–4–1	11–11–1	8–14	10–12	5–15	13–9	—	9–13
Washington	15–7	12–10–1	11–10	11–11	6–16	7–15–1	13–9	—

Opening Day lineup

Chick Fewster	SS
Shano Collins	RF
Camp Skinner	CF
Joe Harris	LF
George Burns	1B
Norm McMillan	2B
Howard Shanks	3B
Al DeVormer	C
Howard Ehmke	P

Roster

1923 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Dave Black Clarence Blethen Howard Ehmke Alex Ferguson Curt Fullerton Les Howe George Murray Lefty O'Doul Bill Piercy Jack Quinn Carl Stimson		Catchers Al DeVormer Val Picinich Roxy Walters Infielders George Burns Chick Fewster Frank Fuller Norm McMillan Johnny Mitchell Pinky Pittenger Howie Shanks		Outfielders Ike Boone Shano Collins John Donahue Ira Flagstead Joe Harris Nemo Leibold Mike Menosky Dick Reichle Camp Skinner		Manager Frank Chance Coaches Jimmy Burke (Pitching) Jack Ryan (Pitching)

Player stats

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
1B	George Burns	146	551	181	.328	7	82
2B	Chick Fewster	90	284	67	.236	0	15

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

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

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

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
Dave Black	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes

1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml

References

• 1923 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1923 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com