1948 Boston Red Sox Roster by Baseball Almanac

1948 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1948 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1948 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 1948 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1948 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1948 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1948 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
20	Earl Caldwell	6-01	178	Right	Right	1905-04-09
28	Cot Deal	5-10�	185	Right	Both	1923-01-23
15	Joe Dobson	6-02	197	Right	Right	1917-01-20
20	Harry Dorish	5-11	206	Right	Right	1921-07-13
33	Dave Ferriss	6-02	208	Right	Left	1921-12-05
25	Denny Galehouse	6-01	195	Right	Right	1911-12-07
19	Mickey Harris	6-00	195	Left	Left	1917-01-30
21	Tex Hughson	6-03	198	Right	Right	1916-02-09
12	Earl Johnson	6-03	190	Left	Left	1919-04-02
16	Ellis Kinder	6-00	195	Right	Right	1914-07-26
18	Jack Kramer	6-02	190	Right	Right	1918-01-05
35	Windy McCall	6-00	180	Left	Left	1925-07-18
36	Mickey McDermott	6-02	170	Left	Left	1929-04-29
20	Mike Palm	6-03�	190	Right	Right	1925-02-13
17	Mel Parnell	6-00	180	Left	Left	1922-06-13
22	Chuck Stobbs	6-01	185	Left	Left	1929-07-02
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
14	Matt Batts	5-11	200	Right	Right	1921-10-16
34	Babe Martin	5-11�	194	Right	Right	1920-03-28
8	Birdie Tebbetts	5-11�	170	Right	Right	1912-11-10
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
1	Bobby Doerr	5-11	175	Right	Right	1918-04-07
10	Billy Goodman	5-11	165	Right	Left	1926-03-22
11	Billy Hitchcock	6-01�	185	Right	Right	1916-07-31
3	Jake Jones	6-03	197	Right	Right	1920-11-23
6	Johnny Pesky	5-09	168	Right	Left	1919-02-27
5	Vern Stephens	5-10	185	Right	Right	1920-10-23
26, 27	Lou Stringer	5-11	173	Right	Right	1917-05-13
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
7	Dom DiMaggio	5-09	168	Right	Right	1917-02-12
4	Sam Mele	6-01	187	Right	Right	1922-01-21
24	Wally Moses	5-10	160	Left	Left	1910-10-08
2	Stan Spence	5-10�	180	Left	Left	1915-03-20
9	Ted Williams	6-03	205	Right	Left	1918-08-30
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
27	Johnny Ostrowski	5-10�	170	Right	Right	1917-10-17
23, 26	Neill Sheridan	6-01�	195	Right	Right	1921-11-20
23	Tom Wright	5-11�	180	Right	Left	1923-09-22
1948 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1948 Boston Red Sox played 155 games during the regular season, won 96 games, lost 59 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 105/102) where 1,558,798 fans witnessed their 1948 Red Sox finish the season with a .619 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 1948 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1948 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1948 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1948 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1948 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1948 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position
C Birdie Tebbetts (126)
1B Billy Goodman (117)
2B Bobby Doerr (138)
3B Johnny Pesky (141)
SS Vern Stephens (155)
LF Ted Williams (134)
CF Dom DiMaggio (155)
RF Stan Spence (70)

SP Joe Dobson
SP Denny Galehouse
SP Mickey Harris
SP Ellis Kinder
SP Jack Kramer
SP Mel Parnell

RP Dave Ferriss
CL Earl Johnson

1948 Boston Red Sox
Salaries
Ted Williams $90,000.00
Dom DiMaggio $27,500.00
Vern Stephens $25,000.00
Bobby Doerr $22,500.00
Johnny Pesky $17,500.00
Wally Moses $10,000.00
Babe Martin $6,200.00

1948 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers
#1 Bobby Doerr
#2 Stan Spence
#3 Jake Jones
#4 Sam Mele
#5 Vern Stephens
#6 Johnny Pesky
#7 Dom DiMaggio
#8 Birdie Tebbetts
#9 Ted Williams
#10 Billy Goodman
#11 Billy Hitchcock
#12 Earl Johnson
#14 Matt Batts
#15 Joe Dobson
#16 Ellis Kinder
#17 Mel Parnell
#18 Jack Kramer
#19 Mickey Harris
#20 Earl Caldwell
#20 Harry Dorish
#20 Mike Palm
#21 Tex Hughson
#22 Chuck Stobbs
#23 Neill Sheridan
#23 Tom Wright
#24 Wally Moses
#25 Denny Galehouse
#26 Neill Sheridan
#26 Lou Stringer
#27 Johnny Ostrowski
#27 Lou Stringer
#28 Cot Deal
#33 Dave Ferriss
#34 Babe Martin
#35 Windy McCall
#36 Mickey McDermott

Did you know that a 1948 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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