1944-1945

The Boston Red Sox offered cash and bought Bob Johnson from Washington on December 4, 1943. He played his next two seasons for the team that had once employed his brother Roy. Bob played left field for the Red Sox and had a very good year. He hit .324, and his .431 on-base percentage led the American League and was named to the All-Star team. The Red Sox made a legitimate run for the pennant, but when September arrived (and Bobby Doerr and a couple of others left for military service), they slid back to fourth place, solidified by a 10-game losing streak ...

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