# 1933 Boston Red Sox season

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, 34+1⁄2 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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍23 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 4–17 |
| Chicago | 7–11 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 7–13 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 14–7–1 | 8–14 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 9–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 7–14–1 | 6–14 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 17–4 | 15–7 | 13–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 1 | Rabbit Warstler | SS |
| 2 | Marty McManus | 3B |
| 7 | Johnny Watwood | CF |
| 15 | Dale Alexander | 1B |
| 4 | Smead Jolley | LF |
| 5 | Johnny Hodapp | 2B |
| 3 | Roy Johnson | RF |
| 9 | Merv Shea | C |
| 16 | Ivy Andrews | P |

### Roster
## 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 | Marty McManus | 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 |
| Johnny Watwood | 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 |
| Lloyd Brown | 33 | 163.1 | 8 | 11 | 4.02 | 37 |
| Ivy Andrews | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Reading Red Sox | New York–Pennsylvania League | Nemo Leibold |