The 1919 Boston Red Sox season was the 19th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 66 wins and 71 losses, games behind the Chicago White Sox. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

While World War I had ended in November 1918, players who had been drafted returned gradually during 1919. The season was shortened from 154 to 140 games and did not begin until mid-April, with the Red Sox playing their first game on April 23.

Regular season In his last year playing for the Red Sox, Babe Ruth had his breakout offensive season having been converted into an outfielder. He set a major league record with 29 home runs and also led the league in runs batted in and runs scored. Ruth also made 15 pitching starts, going 9–5 with a 2.97 earned run average.

On July 31, Waite Hoyt made his first start for the Boston Red Sox, beating the Detroit Tigers 2–1 in twelve innings for his first major league victory.

Trades and Transactions In July, the Red Sox traded pitcher Carl Mays to the Yankees for pitchers Allen Russell and Bob McGraw, as well as $40,000.

In late July, pitcher Waite Hoyt of the independent Baltimore Dry Docks signed a contract to play for the Red Sox for $600 a month.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Harry Hooper RFJack Barry 2BAmos Strunk CFBabe Ruth LFStuffy McInnis 1BOssie Vitt 3BEverett Scott SSWally Schang C Carl Mays P

Roster 1919 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats 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 C 113 330 101 .306 0 55 1B 120 440 134 .305 1 58 2B 80 290 75 .259 0 17 3B 133 469 114 .243 0 40 SS 138 507 141 .278 0 38 LF 130 432 139 .322 29 114 CF 63 227 58 .256 0 23 RF 128 491 131 .267 3 49

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 48 184 50 .272 0 17 Bill Lamar 48 148 43 .291 0 13 Roxy Walters 48 135 26 .193 0 10 Del Gainer 47 118 28 .237 0 18 Frank Gilhooley 48 112 27 .241 0 2 31 108 26 .241 0 2 Dave Shean 29 100 14 .140 0 6 Mike McNally 33 42 11 .262 0 3 Joe Wilhoit 6 18 6 .333 0 2 5 9 3 .333 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 35 245.0 12 20 3.75 67 32 219.0 16 8 2.71 70 21 146.0 5 11 2.47 53 17 133.1 9 5 2.97 30 Waite Hoyt 13 105.1 4 6 3.25 28

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 Allen Russell 21 121.1 10 4 2.52 63 18 86.1 7 4 3.96 23 13 72.2 3 5 4.09 12 Paul Musser 5 19.2 0 2 4.12 14 2 7.0 0 0 3.86 2

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 13 0 4 0 4.33 12 Bob McGraw 10 0 2 0 6.75 6 3 0 0 0 7.71 0

Awards and honors League top five finishers Sam Jones #2 losses (20)

Babe Ruth #1 home runs (29) #1 runs batted in (114) #1 runs scored (103) #1 on-base percentage (.456) #1 slugging percentage (.657)

Wally Schang #2 on-base percentage (.436)

References

External links 1919 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1919 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com