1956 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 84-70-1, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70-1)

General Manager: Joe Cronin

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 1,137,158 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 111
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 80-74, 780 Runs, 751 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Sammy White	28	C	-1.4	114	433	392	28	96	15	2	5	44	2	1	35	40	.245	.304	.332	.636	61	.290	39	130	18	0	2	4	7	*2
2	Mickey Vernon*	38	1B	2.4	119	471	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	1	0	57	40	.310	.403	.511	.914	130	.424	133	206	12	7	2	2	6	*3H	AS,MVP-21
3	Billy Goodman*	30	2B	2.2	105	448	399	61	117	22	8	2	38	0	3	40	22	.293	.356	.404	.760	92	.362	92	161	3	0	7	2	1	4H
4	Don Buddin	22	SS	0.6	114	456	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	.239	.352	.342	.694	76	.345	77	129	14	4	2	6	1	*6/H
5	Billy Klaus*	27	3B	2.5	135	620	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	1	0	90	43	.271	.378	.387	.764	94	.370	95	201	7	1	6	3	0	*56/H
6	Ted Williams*	37	LF	6.1	136	503	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	0	102	39	.345	*.479*	.605	1.084	172	.500	187	242	13	1	0	0	11	*7H	AS,MVP-6
7	Jim Piersall	26	CF	4.8	155	682	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	7	7	58	48	.293	.350	.449	.799	101	.375	101	270	19	1	9	12	2	*8	AS,MVP-14
8	Jackie Jensen	29	RF	3.8	151	673	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	11	3	89	43	.315	.405	.497	.901	127	.418	127	287	23	1	1	4	5	*9	MVP-20
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Dick Gernert	27	UT	1.6	106	370	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	1	0	56	57	.291	.399	.484	.883	122	.411	123	148	7	2	2	4	1	73H
10	Ted Lepcio	26	IF	1.2	83	321	284	34	74	10	0	15	51	1	3	30	77	.261	.335	.454	.790	98	.369	97	129	4	3	2	2	1	45H
11	Pete Daley	26	C	0.4	59	208	187	22	50	11	3	5	29	1	0	18	30	.267	.338	.439	.777	95	.375	98	82	11	2	1	0	5	2/H
12	Milt Bolling	25	SS	-0.6	45	141	118	19	25	3	2	3	8	0	1	18	20	.212	.319	.347	.666	68	.322	63	41	3	1	3	1	1	65/H4
13	Frank Malzone	26	3B	-1.1	27	115	103	15	17	3	1	2	11	1	0	9	8	.165	.230	.272	.502	26	.247	7	28	5	0	2	1	0	5/H
14	Norm Zauchin	26	1B	-0.6	44	99	84	12	18	2	0	2	11	0	0	14	22	.214	.333	.310	.643	64	.313	56	26	4	1	0	0	0	3H
15	Gene Stephens*	23	LF	0.7	104	75	63	22	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	12	12	.270	.387	.349	.736	87	.348	85	22	1	0	0	0	0	7H/89
16	Faye Throneberry*	25	OF	-0.4	24	54	50	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	16	.220	.264	.320	.584	47	.271	26	16	1	0	1	0	0	H/798
17	Gene Mauch	30	2B	-0.1	7	28	25	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.320	.393	.320	.713	82	.346	79	8	1	0	0	0	0	/4H
18	Billy Consolo	21	2B	-0.2	48	14	11	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.182	.357	.182	.539	40	.292	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	H4
19	Grady Hatton*	33			5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	103	.373	97	2	0	0	0	0	0	/H
20	Marty Keough*	22			3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-9	.247	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
21	Tom Brewer	24	P	0.7	38	101	94	14	28	0	1	1	13	0	0	5	19	.298	.330	.351	.681	72	.326	65	33	2	0	1	1	0	1/H	AS,MVP-22
22	Frank Sullivan	26	P	-0.7	34	95	85	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.141	.159	.153	.312	-21	.148	-70	13	3	0	7	1	0	1	AS
23	Willard Nixon*	28	P	0.2	23	60	54	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	.204	.241	.222	.464	18	.271	24	12	1	0	2	1	0	1
24	Mel Parnell*	34	P	-0.3	21	52	46	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.152	.188	.174	.361	-8	.175	-48	8	0	0	4	0	0	1
25	Dave Sisler	24	P	-0.3	39	51	42	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.119	.191	.119	.311	-20	.162	-61	5	0	0	4	1	0	1
26	Bob Porterfield	32	P	0.3	25	47	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	.326	.348	.395	.743	88	.342	75	17	1	1	1	1	0	1
27	Ike Delock	26	P	-0.3	48	38	29	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.103	.161	.138	.299	-24	.150	-92	4	0	0	7	0	0	1
28	George Susce	25	P	0.2	21	22	18	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.222	.364	.333	.697	77	.338	73	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
29	Tom Hurd	32	P	0.2	40	13	12	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	154	.466	167	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
30	Frank Baumann*	22	P	0.1	7	10	9	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.556	.889	121	.394	112	5	0	0	1	0	0	/1
31	Leo Kiely*	26	P	0.0	23	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-15	.155	-53	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Rudy Minarcin	26	P	0.1	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	199	.558	226	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
33	Johnny Schmitz	35	P	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-150	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
34	Fritz Dorish	34	P	0.0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			21.9	155	6218	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	.275	.362	.419	.781	97	.370	95	2241	153	25	68	46	41
	Non-Pitcher Totals			21.8		5711	4901	738	1376	253	44	137	718	28	19	702	587	.281	.371	.434	.805	103	.380	103	2128	146	24	40	41	41
	Pitcher Totals			0.1		499	441	41	95	8	1	2	31	0	0	24	102	.215	.255	.252	.506	29	.248	4	111	7	1	28	5	0

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	Tom Brewer	24	19	9	.679	3.50	32	32	0	15	4	0	244.1	200	103	95	14	112	6	127	5	0	5	1039	132	3.51	1.277	7.4	0.5	4.1	4.7	1.13
2	SP	Frank Sullivan	26	14	7	.667	3.42	34	33	1	12	1	0	242.0	253	112	92	22	82	6	116	8	1	4	1048	135	3.71	1.384	9.4	0.8	3.0	4.3	1.41
3	SP	Willard Nixon	28	9	8	.529	4.21	23	22	0	9	1	0	145.1	142	79	68	9	57	2	74	8	0	6	631	110	3.50	1.369	8.8	0.6	3.5	4.6	1.30
4	SP	Mel Parnell*	34	7	6	.538	3.77	21	20	0	6	1	0	131.1	129	71	55	13	59	2	41	0	0	2	567	123	4.38	1.431	8.8	0.9	4.0	2.8	0.69
5	SP	Bob Porterfield	32	3	12	.200	5.14	25	18	3	4	1	0	126.0	127	82	72	21	64	4	53	1	0	2	557	90	5.24	1.516	9.1	1.5	4.6	3.8	0.83
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
6	CL	Ike Delock	26	13	7	.650	4.21	48	8	28	1	0	9	128.1	122	65	60	12	80	3	105	5	0	4	584	110	3.94	1.574	8.6	0.8	5.6	7.4	1.31
7	RP	Dave Sisler	24	9	8	.529	4.62	39	14	15	3	0	3	142.1	120	81	73	13	72	2	93	7	0	1	619	100	3.92	1.349	7.6	0.8	4.6	5.9	1.29
8	RP	Tom Hurd	32	3	4	.429	5.33	40	0	18	0	0	5	76.0	84	52	45	5	47	2	34	3	0	5	352	87	4.30	1.724	9.9	0.6	5.6	4.0	0.72
9	RP	George Susce	25	2	4	.333	6.20	21	6	7	0	0	0	69.2	71	54	48	14	44	1	26	4	0	0	324	75	6.30	1.651	9.2	1.8	5.7	3.4	0.59
10	RP	Leo Kiely*	26	2	2	.500	5.17	23	0	16	0	0	3	31.1	47	25	18	1	14	5	9	2	0	0	155	90	3.74	1.947	13.5	0.3	4.0	2.6	0.64
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
11		Frank Baumann*	22	2	1	.667	3.28	7	1	3	0	0	0	24.2	22	11	9	3	14	0	18	0	0	2	108	142	4.19	1.459	8.0	1.1	5.1	6.6	1.29
12		Fritz Dorish	34	0	2	.000	3.57	15	0	11	0	0	0	22.2	23	10	9	1	10	1	11	0	0	0	99	131	3.30	1.456	9.1	0.4	4.0	4.4	1.10
13		Rudy Minarcin	26	1	0	1.000	2.79	3	1	2	0	0	0	9.2	9	4	3	2	8	0	5	1	0	0	45	171	6.82	1.759	8.4	1.9	7.4	4.7	0.63
14		Johnny Schmitz*	35	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	22		5.14	2.077	10.4	0.0	8.3	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.3	84	70	.545	4.17	155	155	105	50	8	20	1398.0	1354	751	647	130	667	34	712	44	2	31	6150	111	4.09	1.446	8.7	0.8	4.3	4.6	1.07
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		5				4	6	4	1	4	6	6	5	6		6
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