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, games behind the Washington Senators.
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.
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 Overview In a May meeting of the American League owners, Tom Yawkey reached an agreement with St. Louis Browns owner Phil Ball for the catcher Rick Ferrell and the pitcher Lloyd Brown. Yawkey also paid $100,000 for pitcher George Pipgras and infielder Billy Werber from the New York Yankees.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup 1 Rabbit Warstler SS 2 Marty McManus 3B 7 Johnny Watwood CF15 Dale Alexander 1B 4 Smead Jolley LF 5 Johnny Hodapp 2B 3 Roy Johnson RF 9 Merv Shea C16 Ivy Andrews P
Roster 1933 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
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Coaches
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 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 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 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
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 Gordon Rhodes 34 232.0 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 33 163.1 8 11 4.02 37 34 140.0 7 14 4.95 37 Johnny Welch 47 129.0 4 9 4.60 68 Bob Kline 46 127.0 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
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1933 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1933 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com