1923 Boston Red Sox season explained

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.^[1]

Opening Day lineup

	SS
	RF
	CF
	LF
	1B
	2B
	3B
	C
	P

Roster

1923 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Pitching)

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		87	268	74	.276	2	31
1B		146	551	181	.328	7	82
2B		90	284	67	.236	0	15
SS		92	347	78	.225	0	19
3B		131	464	118	.254	3	57
OF		122	361	93	.258	1	39
OF		142	483	162	.335	13	76
OF		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
	131	459	116	.253	0	42
	97	342	79	.231	0	18
	74	209	54	.258	0	18
	84	188	43	.229	0	25
	60	177	38	.215	0	15
	40	104	26	.250	0	5
	10	36	10	.278	0	1
	6	21	5	.238	0	0
	12	18	2	.111	0	0
	5	15	4	.267	0	2
	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
	43	316.2	20	17	3.78	121
	42	243.0	13	17	3.89	71
	34	198.1	9	13	4.04	72
	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
	39	177.2	7	11	4.91	40
	37	143.1	2	15	5.09	37
	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
	23	1	1	0	5.43	10
	5	0	0	0	7.13	2
	2	0	0	0	22.50	1
	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

External links

• 1923 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1923 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac.