# 1923 Boston Red Sox season

The 1923 Boston Red Sox season was the 23rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 61 wins and 91 losses, 37 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1923 World Series.

## Regular season

* September 14, 1923: George Burns of the Red Sox executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, tagged the runner off first base and tagged second base before the runner returned.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 52‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 16½ | 42‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 78 | .490 | 23½ | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | .487 | 24 | 40‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 83 | .454 | 29 | 34‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 30 | 30‍–‍45 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 61 | 91 | .401 | 37 | 37‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 13–7 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–11 |
| Detroit | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 15–5 | 16–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7–13 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 18–4–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–15 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Chick Fewster | SS |
| Shano Collins | RF |
| Camp Skinner | CF |
| Joe Harris | LF |
| George Burns | 1B |
| Norm McMillan | 2B |
| Howard Shanks | 3B |
| Al DeVormer | C |
| Howard Ehmke | 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 | Val Picinich | 87 | 268 | 74 | .276 | 2 | 31 |
| 1B | George Burns | 146 | 551 | 181 | .328 | 7 | 82 |
| 2B | Chick Fewster | 90 | 284 | 67 | .236 | 0 | 15 |
| SS | Johnny Mitchell | 92 | 347 | 78 | .225 | 0 | 19 |
| 3B | Howie Shanks | 131 | 464 | 118 | .254 | 3 | 57 |
| OF | Dick Reichle | 122 | 361 | 93 | .258 | 1 | 39 |
| OF | Joe Harris | 142 | 483 | 162 | .335 | 13 | 76 |
| OF | Ira Flagstead | 109 | 382 | 119 | .312 | 8 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Norm McMillan | 131 | 459 | 116 | .253 | 0 | 42 |
| Shano Collins | 97 | 342 | 79 | .231 | 0 | 18 |
| Al DeVormer | 74 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 0 | 18 |
| Mike Menosky | 84 | 188 | 43 | .229 | 0 | 25 |
| Pinky Pittenger | 60 | 177 | 38 | .215 | 0 | 15 |
| Roxy Walters | 40 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| John Donahue | 10 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Fuller | 6 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 0 |
| Nemo Leibold | 12 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Boone | 5 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
| Camp Skinner | 7 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 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 |
| Howard Ehmke | 43 | 316.2 | 20 | 17 | 3.78 | 121 |
| Jack Quinn | 42 | 243.0 | 13 | 17 | 3.89 | 71 |
| Alex Ferguson | 34 | 198.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.04 | 72 |
| Bill Piercy | 30 | 187.1 | 8 | 17 | 3.41 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| George Murray | 39 | 177.2 | 7 | 11 | 4.91 | 40 |
| Curt Fullerton | 37 | 143.1 | 2 | 15 | 5.09 | 37 |
| Les Howe | 12 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Lefty O'Doul | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.43 | 10 |
| Clarence Blethen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.13 | 2 |
| Carl Stimson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 |
| Dave Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |