1938 Boston Red Sox Roster by Baseball Almanac

1938 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1938 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1938 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1938 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1938 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1938 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1938 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
17	Jim Bagby	6-02	170	Right	Right	1916-09-08
15	Al Baker	5-11	170	Right	Right	1906-02-28
16	Emerson Dickman	6-02	175	Right	Right	1914-11-12
10	Lefty Grove	6-03	190	Left	Left	1900-03-06
11	Bill Harris	6-01	180	Right	Right	1900-06-23
19	Joe Heving	6-01	185	Right	Right	1900-09-02
19	Bill Humphrey	6-00	180	Right	Right	1911-06-17
1	Bill Lefebvre	5-11�	180	Left	Left	1915-11-11
12	Johnny Marcum	5-11	197	Right	Left	1909-09-09
14	Archie McKain	5-10	175	Left	Both	1911-05-12
27	Dick Midkiff	6-02	185	Right	Right	1914-09-28
12	Ted Olson	6-02�	185	Right	Right	1912-08-27
21	Fritz Ostermueller	5-11	175	Left	Left	1907-09-15
15	Lee Rogers	5-11	170	Left	Right	1913-10-08
11	Charlie Wagner	5-11	170	Right	Right	1912-12-03
18	Jack Wilson	5-11	210	Right	Right	1912-04-12
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
22	Moe Berg	6-01	185	Right	Right	1902-03-02
2	Gene Desautels	5-11	170	Right	Right	1907-06-13
23	Johnny Peacock	5-11	165	Right	Left	1910-01-10
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
4	Joe Cronin	5-11�	180	Right	Right	1906-10-12
1	Bobby Doerr	5-11	175	Right	Right	1918-04-07
3	Jimmie Foxx	6-00	195	Right	Right	1907-10-22
5	Pinky Higgins	6-01	185	Right	Right	1909-05-27
6	Eric McNair	5-08�	160	Right	Right	1909-04-12
26	Jim Tabor	6-02	175	Right	Right	1916-11-05
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
9	Ben Chapman	6-00	190	Right	Right	1908-12-25
8	Doc Cramer	6-02	185	Right	Left	1905-07-22
25	Fabian Gaffke	5-10	185	Right	Right	1913-08-05
24	Red Nonnenkamp	5-11	165	Left	Left	1910-07-07
7	Joe Vosmik	6-00	185	Right	Right	1910-04-04
1938 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1938 Boston Red Sox played 149 games during the regular season, won 88 games, lost 61 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 105/103) where 646,459 fans witnessed their 1938 Red Sox finish the season with a .591 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1938 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1938 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1938 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1938 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1938 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1938 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position
C Gene Desautels (108)
1B Jimmie Foxx (149)
2B Bobby Doerr (145)
3B Pinky Higgins (138)
SS Joe Cronin (142)
LF Joe Vosmik (146)
CF Doc Cramer (148)
RF Ben Chapman (125)

SP Jim Bagby
SP Lefty Grove
SP Fritz Ostermueller
SP Jack Wilson

CL Archie McKain

1938 Boston Red Sox
Salaries
Joe Cronin $27,000.00
Jimmie Foxx $20,000.00
Lefty Grove $15,000.00
Joe Vosmik $12,000.00
Doc Cramer $11,000.00
Moe Berg $4,000.00
Bobby Doerr $4,000.00
Fabian Gaffke $4,000.00

1938 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers
#1 Bobby Doerr
#1 Bill Lefebvre
#2 Gene Desautels
#3 Jimmie Foxx
#4 Joe Cronin
#5 Pinky Higgins
#6 Eric McNair
#7 Joe Vosmik
#8 Doc Cramer
#9 Ben Chapman
#10 Lefty Grove
#11 Bill Harris
#11 Charlie Wagner
#12 Johnny Marcum
#12 Ted Olson
#14 Archie McKain
#15 Al Baker
#15 Lee Rogers
#16 Emerson Dickman
#17 Jim Bagby
#18 Jack Wilson
#19 Joe Heving
#19 Bill Humphrey
#21 Fritz Ostermueller
#22 Moe Berg
#23 Johnny Peacock
#24 Red Nonnenkamp
#25 Fabian Gaffke
#26 Jim Tabor
#27 Dick Midkiff

Did you know that a 1938 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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