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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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	28	114	433	392	28	96	15	2	5	44	2	1	35	40	.245	.304	.332	.636	61	130	18	0	2	4	7
2	1B	Mickey Vernon*	38	119	471	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	1	0	57	40	.310	.403	.511	.914	130	206	12	7	2	2	6
3	2B	Billy Goodman*	30	105	448	399	61	117	22	8	2	38	0	3	40	22	.293	.356	.404	.760	92	161	3	0	7	2	1
4	SS	Don Buddin	22	114	456	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	.239	.352	.342	.694	76	129	14	4	2	6	1
5	3B	Billy Klaus*	27	135	620	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	1	0	90	43	.271	.378	.387	.764	94	201	7	1	6	3	0
6	LF	Ted Williams*	37	136	503	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	0	102	39	.345	.479	.605	1.084	172	242	13	1	0	0	11
7	CF	Jim Piersall	26	155	682	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	7	7	58	48	.293	.350	.449	.799	101	270	19	1	9	12	2
8	RF	Jackie Jensen	29	151	673	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	11	3	89	43	.315	.405	.497	.901	127	287	23	1	1	4	5
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	UT	Dick Gernert	27	106	370	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	1	0	56	57	.291	.399	.484	.883	122	148	7	2	2	4	1
10	IF	Ted Lepcio	26	83	321	284	34	74	10	0	15	51	1	3	30	77	.261	.335	.454	.790	98	129	4	3	2	2	1
11	C	Pete Daley	26	59	208	187	22	50	11	3	5	29	1	0	18	30	.267	.338	.439	.777	95	82	11	2	1	0	5
12	SS	Milt Bolling	25	45	141	118	19	25	3	2	3	8	0	1	18	20	.212	.319	.347	.666	68	41	3	1	3	1	1
13	3B	Frank Malzone	26	27	115	103	15	17	3	1	2	11	1	0	9	8	.165	.230	.272	.502	26	28	5	0	2	1	0
14	1B	Norm Zauchin	26	44	99	84	12	18	2	0	2	11	0	0	14	22	.214	.333	.310	.643	64	26	4	1	0	0	0
15	LF	Gene Stephens*	23	104	75	63	22	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	12	12	.270	.387	.349	.736	87	22	1	0	0	0	0
16	OF	Faye Throneberry*	25	24	54	50	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	16	.220	.264	.320	.584	47	16	1	0	1	0	0
17	2B	Gene Mauch	30	7	28	25	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.320	.393	.320	.713	82	8	1	0	0	0	0
18	2B	Billy Consolo	21	48	14	11	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.182	.357	.182	.539	40	2	0	0	0	0	0
19		Grady Hatton*	33	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	103	2	0	0	0	0	0
20		Marty Keough*	22	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-9	0	0	0	0	0	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
21	P	Tom Brewer	24	38	101	94	14	28	0	1	1	13	0	0	5	19	.298	.330	.351	.681	72	33	2	0	1	1	0
22	P	Frank Sullivan	26	34	95	85	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.141	.159	.153	.312	-21	13	3	0	7	1	0
23	P	Willard Nixon*	28	23	60	54	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	.204	.241	.222	.464	18	12	1	0	2	1	0
24	P	Mel Parnell*	34	21	52	46	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.152	.188	.174	.361	-8	8	0	0	4	0	0
25	P	Dave Sisler	24	39	51	42	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.119	.191	.119	.311	-20	5	0	0	4	1	0
26	P	Bob Porterfield	32	25	47	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	.326	.348	.395	.743	88	17	1	1	1	1	0
27	P	Ike Delock	26	48	38	29	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.103	.161	.138	.299	-24	4	0	0	7	0	0
28	P	George Susce	25	21	22	18	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.222	.364	.333	.697	77	6	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Tom Hurd	32	40	13	12	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	154	6	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Frank Baumann*	22	7	10	9	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.556	.889	121	5	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Leo Kiely*	26	23	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-15	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Rudy Minarcin	26	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	199	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Johnny Schmitz	35	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Fritz Dorish	34	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.5	155	6218	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	.275	.362	.419	.781	97	2241	153	25	68	46	41
		Rank in 8 AL teams				2	3	2	1	4	4		8	1	1	3	2	1	3	1		3		6		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	155	5719	4908	739	1378	253	44	137	721	28	19	703	587	.281	.371	.434	.805	103	2130	146	24	40	41	41
		Pitcher Totals	27.1	155	499	441	41	95	8	1	2	31	0	0	24	102	.215	.255	.252	.506	29	111	7	1	28	5	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	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