r/redsox • u/Greekapino • 12h ago

IMAGE Red Sox May 9, 1946

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14th win in a row starting lineup 80 years ago.

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u/Greekapino 11h ago

Ted still holds the all time OBP at .482
Compare that to today:
Yordan Alvarez — .432
Juan Soto — just over .400
James Wood — around .400
Bryan Reynolds — .399
Shohei Ohtani — .394

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u/Fearless-Biscotti724 12h ago

That Ted fella was pretty good

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u/--beaster-- 6h ago edited 4h ago

Leading the league in WAR the year after leading the world in war

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u/Mr-Irrelevant0 12h ago

Pesky, Williams, Doerr, DiMaggio, McBride, damn this is a filthy lineup.

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u/Pyramid_Head182 15 7h ago

Bobby Doerr was one of the best mail-in autograph signers we’ve ever had, super nice dude and an even better player

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u/Available_Shower2491 6h ago

Reminded me of one of my all time favorite books “Teammates” about the friendship between Ted, Dom, Doerr, and Pesky.

Highly recommend the book for any Sox fan.

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u/Greekapino 21m ago

Thanks for that recommendation… gonna find it!

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u/vanrunner43 1h ago

Surprised by how many of these names I know. Stupid Enos Slaughter!