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Boston Red Sox: The dead zone era All-Stars: 1919-1932

By Rick McNair

General view of Boston's Fenway Park, home of the American League baseball team the Boston Red Sox shows the fans packed in the bleachers in the outfield by the Gruen clock, 1960s. Beyond the stadium walls we can see the John Hancock Building at right. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
General view of Boston's Fenway Park, home of the American League baseball team the Boston Red Sox shows the fans packed in the bleachers in the outfield by the Gruen clock, 1960s. Beyond the stadium walls we can see the John Hancock Building at right. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON – 1929: The Boston Red Sox program/scorecard was little more than a group of ads. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
BOSTON – 1929: The Boston Red Sox program/scorecard was little more than a group of ads. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) /

Second Base

Right-hand hitting and average fielding Bill Regan takes second base. Regan played the first five years of his six-year career with the Red Sox hitting .270 for a series of teams that were less than spectacular.

One oddity is Regan hit just three home runs in 274 games at Fenway Park but hit fours in spacious Comiskey Park in just 40 games. Regan also hit .292 in equally spacious Braves Field in 33 games since the Red Sox would occasionally play there.

Regan was traded to the Pirates where he hit just .202 in 1931 and was gone from MLB but not baseball. In that cash strapped Great Depression years any slippage meant a quick exit but the minors offered steady employment and that was Regan who played four more seasons in the high minors.

Honorable Mention: Should Bill Wambsganss where for Boston in his two seasons (1924-25) hit .258.

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