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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1948 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
20 Earl Caldwell 6-01 178 Right Right 1905-04-09
28 Cot Deal 5-10½ 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 6-03½ 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
14 Matt Batts 5-11 200 Right Right 1921-10-16
34 Babe Martin 5-11½ 194 Right Right 1920-03-28
8 Birdie Tebbetts 5-11½ 170 Right Right 1912-11-10
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 6-01½ 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 1919-09-27
5 Vern Stephens 5-10 185 Right Right 1920-10-23
26, 27 Lou Stringer 5-11 173 Right Right 1917-05-13
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 5-10½ 180 Left Left 1915-03-20
9 Ted Williams 6-03 205 Right Left 1918-08-30
27 Johnny Ostrowski 5-10½ 170 Right Right 1917-10-17
23, 26 Neill Sheridan 6-01½ 195 Right Right 1921-11-20
23 Tom Wright 5-11½ 180 Right Left 1923-09-22
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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


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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