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1923 Boston Red Sox season
Major League Baseball team 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 | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |||
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
Record | 61–91 (.401) | |||
League place | 8th (37 GB) | |||
Owners | J. A. Robert Quinn | |||
Managers | Frank Chance | |||
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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- 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 |
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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
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager
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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 |
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C | Val Picinich | 87 | 268 | 74 | .276 | 2 | 31 |
1B | George Burns | 146 | 551 | 181 | .328 | 7 | 82 |
2B | Chick Fewster | 90 | 284 | 67 | .236 | 0 | 15 |
SS | Johnny Mitchell | 92 | 347 | 78 | .225 | 0 | 19 |
3B | Howie Shanks | 131 | 464 | 118 | .254 | 3 | 57 |
OF | Dick Reichle | 122 | 361 | 93 | .258 | 1 | 39 |
OF | Joe Harris | 142 | 483 | 162 | .335 | 13 | 76 |
OF | Ira Flagstead | 109 | 382 | 119 | .312 | 8 | 53 |
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 |
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Norm McMillan | 131 | 459 | 116 | .253 | 0 | 42 |
Shano Collins | 97 | 342 | 79 | .231 | 0 | 18 |
Al DeVormer | 74 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 0 | 18 |
Mike Menosky | 84 | 188 | 43 | .229 | 0 | 25 |
Pinky Pittenger | 60 | 177 | 38 | .215 | 0 | 15 |
Roxy Walters | 40 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
John Donahue | 10 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Fuller | 6 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 0 |
Nemo Leibold | 12 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Ike Boone | 5 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
Camp Skinner | 7 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Howard Ehmke | 43 | 316.2 | 20 | 17 | 3.78 | 121 |
Jack Quinn | 42 | 243.0 | 13 | 17 | 3.89 | 71 |
Alex Ferguson | 34 | 198.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.04 | 72 |
Bill Piercy | 30 | 187.1 | 8 | 17 | 3.41 | 51 |
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 |
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George Murray | 39 | 177.2 | 7 | 11 | 4.91 | 40 |
Curt Fullerton | 37 | 143.1 | 2 | 15 | 5.09 | 37 |
Les Howe | 12 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 7 |
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 |
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Lefty O'Doul | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.43 | 10 |
Clarence Blethen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.13 | 2 |
Carl Stimson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 |
Dave Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
- 1923 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1923 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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