1933 Boston Red Sox season

The 1933 Boston Red Sox season was the 33rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 63 wins and 86 losses, ​34 ¹⁄₂ games behind the Washington Senators.

1933 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	63–86 (.423)
League place	7th (​34 ^1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Eddie Collins
Manager(s)	Marty McManus
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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On February 25, 1933, Tom Yawkey bought the Red Sox for $1.25 million from J. A. Robert Quinn, and persuaded friend and former Philadelphia Athletics second baseman Eddie Collins to be the team's vice president and general manager.[1]

There were five rainouts during the season, one game against the Senators and a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox that was cancelled due to the remnants of the 1933 Outer Banks hurricane, which passed to the southeast of New England during the third weekend of September.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Opening Day lineup

1	Rabbit Warstler	SS
2	Marty McManus	3B
7	Johnny Watwood	CF
15	Dale Alexander	1B
4	Smead Jolley	LF
5	Johnny Hodapp	2B
3	Roy Johnson	RF
9	Merv Shea	C
16	Ivy Andrews	P

Roster

1933 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 16 Ivy Andrews 26 Lloyd Brown 14 Curt Fullerton 18 Hank Johnson 24 Bob Kline 21 Jud McLaughlin 23 Mike Meola 11 George Pipgras 17 Gordon Rhodes 19 Bob Weiland 20 Johnny Welch		Catchers  9 Rick Ferrell  8 Johnny Gooch 21 Lou Legett  9 Merv Shea Infielders 15 Dale Alexander  6 Bernie Friberg  5 Johnny Hodapp 23 Joe Judge  2 Marty McManus 23 Freddie Muller 14 Marv Olson 10 Bob Seeds  6 Bucky Walters  1 Rabbit Warstler 22 Billy Werber		Outfielders 21 Mel Almada  7 Dusty Cooke 13 Bob Fothergill  3 Roy Johnson  4 Smead Jolley 12 Tom Oliver 25 George Stumpf  7 Johnny Watwood 11 Tom Winsett Pinch hitter 26 Greg Mulleavy		Manager  2 Marty McManus Coaches 30 Tom Daly 31 Rudy Hulswitt

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
C	Rick Ferrell	118	421	125	.297	3	72
1B	Dale Alexander	94	313	88	.281	5	40
2B	Johnny Hodapp	115	413	129	.312	3	54
SS	Rabbit Warstler	92	322	70	.217	1	17
3B	Marty McManus	106	366	104	.284	3	36
OF	Smead Jolley	118	411	116	.282	9	65
OF	Roy Johnson	133	483	151	.313	10	95
OF	Dusty Cooke	119	454	133	.293	5	54

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
Billy Werber	108	425	110	.259	3	39
Tom Oliver	90	244	63	.258	0	23
Bob Seeds	82	230	56	.243	0	23
Bucky Walters	52	195	50	.256	4	28
Joe Judge	35	108	32	.296	0	22
Johnny Gooch	37	77	14	.182	0	2
Merv Shea	16	56	8	.143	0	8
Freddie Muller	15	48	9	.188	0	3
Mel Almada	14	44	15	.341	1	3
Bernie Friberg	17	41	13	.317	0	9
George Stumpf	22	41	14	.341	0	5
Bob Fothergill	28	32	11	.344	0	5
Johnny Watwood	13	30	4	.133	0	2
Tom Winsett	6	12	1	.083	0	0
Lou Legett	8	5	1	.200	0	1
Marv Olson	3	1	0	.000	0	0
Greg Mulleavy	1	0	0	---	0	0

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
Gordon Rhodes	34	232	12	15	4.03	85
Bob Weiland	39	216.1	8	14	3.87	97
Hank Johnson	25	155.1	8	6	4.06	65
George Pipgras	22	128.1	9	8	4.07	56

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
Lloyd Brown	33	163.1	8	11	4.02	37
Ivy Andrews	34	140	7	14	4.95	37
Johnny Welch	47	129	4	9	4.60	68
Bob Kline	46	127	7	8	4.54	16
Curt Fullerton	6	25.1	0	2	8.53	10

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
Jud McLaughlin	6	0	0	0	6.23	1
Mike Meola	3	0	0	0	23.14	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Reading Red Sox	New York–Pennsylvania League	Nemo Leibold

[2]

References

1. Armour, Mark. "Tom Yawkey". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1933 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1933 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com