Great Teams of the Past Season 3 got underway with the 1946 Boston Red Sox taking on the 1933 Washington Senators, and the two teams split their four-game series.
Rudy York had a team-best .400 average (6-for-15) for Boston, while Bobby Doerr (seven) and Dom DiMaggio (six) drove in 13 of the 18 Red Sox runs. The only hitter of note for the Senators was Heinie Manush, who batted .333 (5-for-15) with four extra-base hits.
Game #1: Washington 6, Boston 5
Bobby Doerr had an RBI single in the first inning and a three-run homer in the third as the Red Sox jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Ted Williams singled home a run in the top of the third to make Boston’s lead 5-2. But in the bottom of the seventh, Washington’s Dave Harris had a pinch-hit three-run homer to tie it, and then Buddy Myer tripled and scored on Heinie Manush’s sacrifice fly to put the Senators ahead for good. Boston left the tying run on second base in the ninth inning.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
George Metkovich 4 2 1 0 Buddy Myer 4 1 1 0
Johnny Pesky 5 1 1 0 Heinie Manush 3 1 1 1
Ted Williams 4 1 2 1 Goose Goslin 3 1 2 0
Bobby Doerr 4 1 2 4 Joe Cronin 3 0 1 2
Rudy York 4 0 2 0 Fred Schulte 3 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 4 0 0 0 Joe Kuhel 3 0 0 0
Rip Russell 4 0 1 0 Ossie Bluege 4 1 0 0
Hal Wagner 4 0 0 0 Luke Sewell 4 1 1 0
Tex Hughson BXZ 3 0 0 0 General Crowder CYZ 2 0 0 0
Leon Culberson 1 0 1 0 Dave Harris 1 1 1 3
TOTALS 37 5 10 5 TOTALS 30 6 7 6
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 103 000 100 -- 5
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 101 40x -- 6
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 7, 1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5.
ERR--Rip Russell. 2B--Ted Williams, Goose Goslin (2).
3B--Buddy Myer, Joe Cronin, Heinie Manush. HR--Bobby Doerr,
Dave Harris. SACF--Joe Cronin, Heinie Manush.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Hughson BXZ [L] 7.00 7 6 4 1 8 1
Jim Bagby CR 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
General Crowder CYZ [W] 7.00 8 5 5 2 5 1
Jack Russell BZ [S] 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: Boston 5, Washington 1
Dom DiMaggio had a two-run single in the first inning to make it 2-0 Boston. It stayed that way until the top of the seventh, when DiMaggio had a solo home run to make it 3-0. The Senators got their only run in the bottom of the seventh as Dave Harris had a pinch-hit double and scored on Heinie Manush’s single. Boston added a couple of insurance runs in the ninth as Bobby Doerr had an RBI single and DiMaggio walked with the bases loaded. Boston’s Dave Ferris gave up only four hits in the win.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
George Metkovich 5 1 2 0 Buddy Myer 3 0 0 0
Johnny Pesky 5 1 1 0 Heinie Manush 4 0 1 1
Ted Williams 4 1 1 0 Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0
Bobby Doerr 3 1 1 1 Joe Cronin 4 0 0 0
Rudy York 4 0 0 0 Fred Schulte 4 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 4 1 2 4 Joe Kuhel 4 0 0 0
Rip Russell 4 0 1 0 Ossie Bluege 3 0 0 0
Hal Wagner 4 0 1 0 Luke Sewell 3 0 1 0
Dave Ferriss CZ 4 0 0 0 Earl Whitehill BY 1 0 1 0
Dave Harris 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 37 5 9 5 TOTALS 31 1 4 1
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 200 000 012 -- 5
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 11, 1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5.
ERR--Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Joe Cronin. 2B--Ted
Williams, Hal Wagner, Dave Harris, Earl Whitehill BY, Luke
Sewell. HR--Dom DiMaggio. SACB--Earl Whitehill BY. SB--Dom
DiMaggio.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Ferriss CZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 1 2 0
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Earl Whitehill BY [L] 8.00 6 3 3 4 3 1
Bobby Burke BX 1.00 3 2 2 2 1 0
Game #3: Boston 7, Washington 2
Bobby Doerr had a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give Boston a 2-1 lead, and the Red Sox added four more in the fifth as Ted Williams and Rudy York had RBI singles and Dom DiMaggio provided a two-run double. York added an RBI double in the seventh for Boston’s seventh and final run.
1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Buddy Myer 4 0 1 0 George Metkovich 4 1 1 0
Heinie Manush 4 1 2 1 Johnny Pesky 3 1 1 0
Goose Goslin 4 0 1 0 Ted Williams 4 2 2 1
Joe Cronin 2 0 0 0 Bobby Doerr 3 2 2 2
Fred Schulte 2 1 0 0 Rudy York 4 1 4 2
Joe Kuhel 2 0 0 0 Dom DiMaggio 4 0 1 2
Dave Harris 2 0 0 0 Rip Russell 4 0 0 0
Ossie Bluege 4 0 0 0 Hal Wagner 4 0 1 0
Luke Sewell 3 0 1 1 Mickey Harris CX 3 0 1 0
Lefty Stewart CZ 2 0 0 0 Leon Culberson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 2 5 2 TOTALS 34 7 13 7
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 100 100 -- 2
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 000 240 10x -- 7
LOB--1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 6, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 5.
ERR--Joe Cronin. 2B--Luke Sewell, Heinie Manush, Rudy York,
Dom DiMaggio. 3B--Goose Goslin. HR--Heinie Manush, Bobby
Doerr. SACB--Lefty Stewart CZ.
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lefty Stewart CZ [L] 4.67 12 6 6 1 0 1
Alex McColl B 3.33 1 1 1 1 1 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Mickey Harris CX [W] 8.00 5 2 2 3 3 1
Earl Johnson CY 1.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
Game #4: Washington 3, Boston 1
The Senators’ Monte Weaver gave up just four hits in a complete-game win to even the series. Washington’s Joe Kuhel hit a two-run homer in the top of the fourth. Boston’s only run came on a George Metkovich homer in the bottom of the fourth. The Senators’ Heinie Manush tripled to lead off the sixth inning and scored on Fred Schulte’s single for the final run of the game.
1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Buddy Myer 3 0 1 0 George Metkovich 4 1 1 1
Heinie Manush 4 1 1 0 Johnny Pesky 4 0 1 0
Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0
Joe Cronin 4 1 1 0 Bobby Doerr 3 0 0 0
Fred Schulte 4 0 2 1 Rudy York 3 0 0 0
Joe Kuhel 4 1 1 2 Dom DiMaggio 3 0 0 0
Ossie Bluege 3 0 2 0 Rip Russell 3 0 1 0
Luke Sewell 3 0 0 0 Hal Wagner 3 0 1 0
Monte Weaver B 3 0 0 0 Joe Dobson CY 2 0 0 0
Pinky Higgins 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 8 3 TOTALS 30 1 4 1
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 201 000 -- 3
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 3, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 2.
2B--Hal Wagner. 3B--Buddy Myer, Heinie Manush. HR--Joe
Kuhel, George Metkovich.
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Monte Weaver B [W] 9.00 4 1 1 0 2 1
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Joe Dobson CY [L] 8.00 7 3 3 1 3 1
Bob Klinger BR 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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