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

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Chick Fewster SSShano Collins RFCamp Skinner CFJoe Harris LFGeorge Burns 1BNorm McMillan 2BHoward Shanks 3BAl DeVormer C Howard Ehmke P

Roster 1923 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (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 Val Picinich 87 268 74 .276 2 31 1B 146 551 181 .328 7 82 2B 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 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

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