1953 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 84-69-0, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Lou Boudreau (84-69)

General Manager: Joe Cronin

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 1,026,133 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107

Pythagorean W-L: 79-74, 656 Runs, 632 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Sammy White	25	136	515	476	59	130	34	2	13	64	3	2	29	48	.273	.318	.435	.752	98	207	15	2	8		3
2	1B	Dick Gernert	24	139	590	494	73	125	15	1	21	71	0	7	88	82	.253	.371	.415	.786	109	205	9	5	3		4
3	2B	Billy Goodman*	27	128	581	514	73	161	33	5	2	41	1	4	57	11	.313	.384	.409	.793	111	210	2	2	8		6
4	SS	Milt Bolling	22	109	363	323	30	85	12	1	5	28	1	4	23	41	.263	.318	.353	.671	78	114	4	3	13		4
5	3B	George Kell	30	134	520	460	68	141	41	2	12	73	5	2	52	22	.307	.383	.483	.866	129	222	10	5	3		1
6	OF	Hoot Evers	32	99	330	300	39	72	10	1	11	31	2	1	23	41	.240	.301	.390	.691	82	117	9	3	4		0
7	OF	Jim Piersall	23	151	654	585	76	159	21	9	3	52	11	10	41	52	.272	.329	.354	.683	81	207	12	9	19		1
8	OF	Tom Umphlett	22	137	538	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	.283	.331	.376	.707	88	186	11	2	7		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Gene Stephens*	20	78	256	221	30	45	6	2	3	18	3	3	29	56	.204	.302	.290	.591	58	64	1	2	2		0
10	3B	Floyd Baker*	36	81	199	172	22	47	4	2	0	24	0	2	24	10	.273	.365	.320	.685	83	55	5	1	2		1
11	2B	Ted Lepcio	23	66	181	161	17	38	4	2	4	11	0	0	17	24	.236	.313	.360	.673	78	58	5	1	2		2
12	SS	Johnny Lipon	30	60	166	145	18	31	7	0	0	13	1	0	14	16	.214	.283	.262	.545	46	38	5	0	7		1
13	C	Del Wilber	34	58	120	112	16	27	6	1	7	29	0	0	6	21	.241	.286	.500	.786	105	56	5	1	1		1
14	OF	Ted Williams*	34	37	110	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	0	1	19	10	.407	.509	.901	1.410	268	82	1	0	0		1
15	OF	Al Zarilla*	34	57	81	67	11	13	2	0	0	4	0	1	14	13	.194	.333	.224	.557	50	15	3	0	0		1
16	IF	Billy Consolo	18	47	67	65	9	14	2	1	1	6	1	2	2	23	.215	.239	.323	.562	48	21	0	0	0		0
17	OF	Karl Olson	22	25	58	57	5	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	9	.123	.138	.211	.348	-9	12	4	0	0		0
18	C	Gus Niarhos	32	16	41	35	6	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	4	.200	.300	.286	.586	56	10	0	1	1		0
19	2B	Jack Merson	31	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
20		Dom DiMaggio	36	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	0	0	0		0
21		Clyde Vollmer	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0		0
22	SS	Al Richter	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
23	P	Mel Parnell*	31	38	104	94	7	21	4	0	0	9	1	0	4	16	.223	.255	.266	.521	39	25	0	0	6		0
24	P	Mickey McDermott*	24	45	95	93	9	28	8	0	1	13	0	1	2	13	.301	.316	.419	.735	94	39	2	0	0		0
25	P	Hal Brown	28	30	65	58	5	17	5	0	1	10	0	1	2	5	.293	.328	.431	.759	100	25	0	1	4		0
26	P	Sid Hudson	38	30	54	50	3	7	0	1	0	6	0	1	2	4	.140	.173	.180	.353	-6	9	3	0	2		0
27	P	Willard Nixon*	25	23	48	42	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	9	.190	.277	.214	.491	32	9	0	0	1		0
28	P	Bill Henry*	25	21	32	32	2	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	.188	.188	.281	.469	23	9	1	0	0		0
29	P	Ellis Kinder	38	69	30	29	3	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.379	.379	.414	.793	111	12	0	0	1		0
30	P	Marv Grissom	35	13	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2		0
31	P	Ben Flowers	26	32	20	19	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.158	.158	.263	.421	10	5	1	0	1		0
32	P	Ike Delock	23	23	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	1	0	0	0		0
33	P	Hersh Freeman	24	18	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	1	0	0		0
34	P	Frank Sullivan	23	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	1	0	0	0		0
35	P	Bill Werle*	32	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Ken Holcombe	34	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
37	P	Bill Kennedy*	32	16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	166	1	0	0	1		0
		Team Totals	26.3	153	5881	5246	656	1385	255	37	101	614	33	45	495	600	.264	.332	.384	.716	90	2017	109	38	99		28
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	6	5	2	6	6		5	7	8	2	4	5	4	4		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.1	153	5378	4780	622	1280	233	35	99	566	32	42	478	514	.268	.339	.393	.732	94	1880	101	37	80		28
		Pitcher Totals	29.1	153	503	466	34	105	22	2	2	48	1	3	17	86	.225	.254	.294	.548	45	137	8	1	19		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Mel Parnell*	31	21	8	.724	3.06	38	34	2	12	5	0	241.0	217	98	82	15	116	9	136	4	0	7	1037	136	3.77	1.382	8.1	0.6	4.3	5.1	1.17
2	SP	Mickey McDermott*	24	18	10	.643	3.01	32	30	1	8	4	0	206.1	169	82	69	9	109	3	92	2	1	5	876	138	3.88	1.347	7.4	0.4	4.8	4.0	0.84
3	SP	Hal Brown	28	11	6	.647	4.65	30	25	3	6	1	0	166.1	177	94	86	16	57	6	62	0	0	7	722	89	4.13	1.407	9.6	0.9	3.1	3.4	1.09
4	SP	Sid Hudson	38	6	9	.400	3.52	30	17	6	4	0	2	156.0	164	65	61	13	49	2	60	4	0	0	665	118	3.93	1.365	9.5	0.8	2.8	3.5	1.22
5	SP	Willard Nixon	25	4	8	.333	3.93	23	15	2	5	1	0	116.2	114	57	51	6	59	2	57	1	0	1	516	106	3.83	1.483	8.8	0.5	4.6	4.4	0.97
6	SP	Bill Henry*	25	5	5	.500	3.26	21	12	3	4	1	1	85.2	86	39	31	4	33	3	56	4	0	1	372	128	3.19	1.389	9.0	0.4	3.5	5.9	1.70
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Ellis Kinder	38	10	6	.625	1.85	69	0	51	0	0	27	107.0	84	30	22	8	38	5	39	2	1	1	441	225	3.96	1.140	7.1	0.7	3.2	3.3	1.03
8	RP	Ben Flowers	26	1	4	.200	3.86	32	6	13	1	1	3	79.1	87	39	34	6	24	2	36	1	0	2	345	108	3.61	1.399	9.9	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.50
9	RP	Ike Delock	23	3	1	.750	4.44	23	1	9	0	0	1	48.2	60	27	24	2	20	1	22	2	1	0	223	94	3.58	1.644	11.1	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.10
10	RP	Hersh Freeman	24	1	4	.200	5.54	18	2	7	0	0	0	39.0	50	31	24	2	17	1	15	0	0	1	179	76	3.80	1.718	11.5	0.5	3.9	3.5	0.88
11	RP	Bill Kennedy*	32	0	0		3.70	16	0	9	0	0	2	24.1	24	13	10	2	17	0	14	1	0	0	116	114	4.73	1.685	8.9	0.7	6.3	5.2	0.82
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Marv Grissom	35	2	6	.250	4.70	13	11	1	1	1	0	59.1	61	34	31	5	30	0	31	1	0	2	263	89	4.21	1.534	9.3	0.8	4.6	4.7	1.03
13		Frank Sullivan	23	1	1	.500	5.61	14	0	1	0	0	0	25.2	24	16	16	3	11	0	17	1	0	0	104	75	4.19	1.364	8.4	1.1	3.9	6.0	1.55
14		Bill Werle*	32	0	1	.000	1.54	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	7	3	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	42	278	3.28	0.686	5.4	0.8	0.8	3.1	4.00
15		Ken Holcombe	34	1	0	1.000	6.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	9	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	30	74	3.76	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	1.5	0.33
		Team Totals	29.3	84	69	.549	3.58	153	153	112	41	14	37	1373.0	1333	632	546	92	584	34	642	23	3	28	5931	116	3.86	1.396	8.7	0.6	3.8	4.2	1.10
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		3				7	4	1	5	5	5	3	1	5		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W