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1951 Boston Red Sox

1951 > Class Major League > 1951 American League
Overall: 87-67
Scored 804 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Steve O'Neill
Represented: Boston, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1950 / 1952

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Lou Boudreau 33 82 313 273 37 73 18 1 5 47 1 0 30 12 .267 .353 .396 .748 108 10 6 4
2 Dom DiMaggio 34 146 718 639 113 189 34 4 12 72 4 7 73 53 .296 .370 .418 .788 267 13 2 4
3 Bob DiPietro 23 4 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 1 0 0
4 Bobby Doerr 33 106 463 402 60 116 21 2 13 73 2 1 57 33 .289 .378 .448 .826 180 10 1 3
5 Walt Dropo 28 99 398 360 37 86 14 0 11 57 0 0 38 52 .239 .312 .369 .681 133 16 0 0
6 Al Evans 34 12 28 24 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .125 .250 .167 .417 4 0 0 0
7 Bill Evans 32 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
8 Ben Flowers 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
9 Billy Goodman* 25 141 638 546 92 162 34 4 0 50 7 4 79 37 .297 .388 .374 .761 204 12 2 11
10 Fred Hatfield* 26 80 187 163 23 28 4 2 2 14 1 0 22 27 .172 .274 .258 .532 42 1 1 1
11 Harley Hisner 24 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0
12 Mel Hoderlein# 28 9 21 14 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 .357 .550 .571 1.121 8 1 0 1
13 Leo Kiely* 21 18 42 35 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 9 .143 .286 .143 .429 5 2 0 0
14 Ellis Kinder 36 63 35 34 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .118 .143 .147 .290 5 0 0 0
15 Walt Masterson 31 30 12 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 0 0 1
16 Charlie Maxwell* 24 49 89 80 8 15 1 0 3 12 0 1 9 18 .188 .270 .313 .582 25 1 0 0
17 Mickey McDermott* 22 43 71 66 8 18 1 1 1 6 0 1 3 14 .273 .314 .364 .678 24 3 1 1
18 Willard Nixon* 23 34 49 45 7 13 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 9 .289 .333 .422 .756 19 3 0 1
19 Karl Olson 20 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 1 0 1
20 Mel Parnell* 29 37 92 81 12 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 10 .309 .364 .346 .709 28 1 0 4
21 Johnny Pesky* 32 131 573 480 93 150 20 6 3 41 2 2 84 15 .313 .417 .398 .815 191 10 2 7
22 Al Richter 24 5 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .091 .286 .091 .377 1 3 0 0
23 Buddy Rosar 36 58 191 170 11 39 7 0 1 13 0 0 19 14 .229 .307 .288 .595 49 3 0 2
24 Ray Scarborough 33 37 75 68 10 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 16 .191 .236 .206 .442 14 2 0 3
25 Vern Stephens 30 109 415 377 62 113 21 2 17 78 1 2 38 33 .300 .364 .501 .865 189 22 0 0
26 Chuck Stobbs* 21 34 71 61 7 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 12 .180 .242 .213 .456 13 3 0 5
27 Harry Taylor 32 31 31 29 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .103 .133 .138 .271 4 2 0 1
28 Clyde Vollmer 29 115 445 386 66 97 9 2 22 85 0 0 55 66 .251 .346 .456 .802 176 20 1 3
29 Sammy White 23 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 0 0 0
30 Bill Wight* 29 34 44 41 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 16 .073 .136 .073 .210 3 0 0 0
31 Ted Williams* 32 148 675 531 109 169 28 4 30 126 1 1 144 45 .318 .464 .556 1.019 295 10 0 0
32 Tom Wright* 27 28 76 63 8 14 1 1 1 9 0 0 11 8 .222 .347 .317 .664 20 4 1 1
33 Norm Zauchin 21 5 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 3 1 0 0
33 Players 30.1 154 6211 5378 804 1428 233 32 127 757 20 21 756 594 .266 .358 .392 .750 2106 169 18 59
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Bill Evans 32 0 0 4.11 9 0 4 0 0 0 15.1 15 8 7 0 8 3 0 0 2 66 1.500 8.8 0.0 4.7 1.8 0.38
2 Ben Flowers 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 11 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
3 Paul Hinrichs 25 0 0 21.60 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 8 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 21 3.300 18.9 2.7 10.8 2.7 0.25
4 Harley Hisner 24 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 28 1.833 10.5 0.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
5 Leo Kiely* 21 7 7 .500 3.34 17 16 0 4 0 0 113.1 106 48 42 9 39 46 2 0 3 474 1.279 8.4 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.18
6 Ellis Kinder 36 11 2 .846 2.55 63 2 41 1 0 14 127.0 108 42 36 8 46 84 0 0 2 526 1.213 7.7 0.6 3.3 6.0 1.83
7 Walt Masterson 31 3 0 1.000 3.34 30 1 10 0 0 2 59.1 53 24 22 1 32 39 0 0 0 266 1.433 8.0 0.2 4.9 5.9 1.22
8 Mickey McDermott* 22 8 8 .500 3.35 34 19 10 9 1 3 172.0 141 72 64 9 92 127 5 0 2 729 1.355 7.4 0.5 4.8 6.6 1.38
9 Willard Nixon 23 7 4 .636 4.90 33 14 9 2 1 1 125.0 136 79 68 12 56 70 7 0 4 551 1.536 9.8 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25
10 Mel Parnell* 29 18 11 .621 3.26 36 29 4 11 3 2 221.0 229 99 80 11 77 77 0 0 2 930 1.385 9.3 0.4 3.1 3.1 1.00
11 Ray Scarborough 33 12 9 .571 5.09 37 22 6 8 0 0 184.0 201 106 104 21 61 71 14 1 4 812 1.424 9.8 1.0 3.0 3.5 1.16
12 Chuck Stobbs* 21 10 9 .526 4.76 34 25 2 6 0 0 170.0 180 100 90 16 74 75 5 0 3 754 1.494 9.5 0.8 3.9 4.0 1.01
13 Harry Taylor 32 4 9 .308 5.75 31 8 13 1 0 2 81.1 100 59 52 6 42 22 1 1 3 378 1.746 11.1 0.7 4.6 2.4 0.52
14 Bill Wight* 29 7 7 .500 5.10 34 17 8 4 2 0 118.1 128 77 67 5 63 38 0 0 2 525 1.614 9.7 0.4 4.8 2.9 0.60
14 Players 28.2 87 67 .565 4.14 154 154 108 46 7 24 1399.0 1413 725 643 99 599 658 34 2 27 6071 1.438 9.1 0.6 3.9 4.2 1.10

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Buddy Rosar 56 235 20 1 6 .996 4.55 1 5 10 67%
Al Evans 10 40 1 0 0 1.000 4.10 0 4 2 33%
Sammy White 4 15 1 0 2 1.000 4.00 0 3 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Walt Dropo 93 878 63 12 91 .987 10.12
Billy Goodman 62 554 29 3 61 .995 9.40
Norm Zauchin 4 20 2 1 8 .957 5.50
Lou Boudreau 2 4 1 1 1 .833 2.50

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobby Doerr 106 303 311 12 99 .981 5.79
Billy Goodman 44 117 129 9 32 .965 5.59
Johnny Pesky 5 5 11 0 3 1.000 3.20
Mel Hoderlein 3 9 6 0 4 1.000 5.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Vern Stephens 89 105 207 7 19 .978 3.51
Fred Hatfield 49 40 124 7 15 .959 3.35
Lou Boudreau 15 10 27 2 5 .949 2.47
Johnny Pesky 11 14 19 4 2 .892 3.00
Mel Hoderlein 3 3 4 2 0 .778 2.33
Billy Goodman 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Pesky 106 204 340 22 74 .961 5.13
Lou Boudreau 52 80 153 12 45 .951 4.48
Al Richter 3 8 10 0 5 1.000 6.00
Vern Stephens 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Williams 147 0.00
Charlie Maxwell 5 0.00
Billy Goodman 2 0.00
Karl Olson 2 0.00
Clyde Vollmer 2 0.00
Tom Wright 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dom DiMaggio 146 0.00
Clyde Vollmer 8 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Clyde Vollmer 97 0.00
Billy Goodman 36 0.00
Tom Wright 17 0.00
Charlie Maxwell 8 0.00
Bob DiPietro 3 0.00
Karl Olson 3 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Williams 147 315 12 4 6 .988 2.22
Dom DiMaggio 146 376 15 11 1 .973 2.68
Clyde Vollmer 106 206 5 3 0 .986 1.99
Billy Goodman 38 70 9 2 2 .975 2.08
Tom Wright 18 19 0 1 0 .950 1.06
Charlie Maxwell 13 25 0 2 0 .926 1.92
Karl Olson 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
Bob DiPietro 3 4 1 1 1 .833 1.67

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ellis Kinder 63 5 13 0 1 1.000 0.29
Ray Scarborough 37 18 30 1 4 .980 1.30
Mel Parnell 36 8 42 3 2 .943 1.39
Mickey McDermott 34 4 34 2 5 .950 1.12
Chuck Stobbs 34 9 20 1 1 .967 0.85
Bill Wight 34 1 29 3 2 .909 0.88
Willard Nixon 33 2 23 1 1 .962 0.76
Harry Taylor 31 6 20 0 0 1.000 0.84
Walt Masterson 30 1 12 1 0 .929 0.43
Leo Kiely 17 4 29 2 0 .943 1.94
Bill Evans 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33
Paul Hinrichs 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25
Ben Flowers 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Harley Hisner 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Matt Batts 29 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Oct 16, 1921 San Antonio, TX, US 1951-04-18 1951-05-16
Lou Boudreau 33 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jul 17, 1917 Harvey, IL, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-28
Dom DiMaggio 34 R R 5' 9.0" 168 Feb 12, 1917 San Francisco, CA, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-28
Bob DiPietro 23 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 1, 1927 San Francisco, CA, US 1951-09-23 1951-09-30
Bobby Doerr 33 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Apr 7, 1918 Los Angeles, CA, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-07
Walt Dropo 28 R R 6' 5.0" 220 Jan 30, 1923 Moosup, CT, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-25
Al Evans 34 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Sep 28, 1916 Kenly, NC, US 1951-06-18 1951-08-05
Bill Evans 32 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Mar 25, 1919 Quanah, TX, US 1951-05-05 1951-06-21
Ben Flowers 24 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Jun 15, 1927 Wilson, NC, US 1951-09-29 1951-09-29
Billy Goodman 25 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Mar 22, 1926 Concord, NC, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-28
Mike Guerra 38 R R 5' 10.0" 155 Oct 11, 1912 La Habana, La Habana, CU 1951-04-21 1951-05-05
Fred Hatfield 26 L R 6' 1.0" 171 Mar 18, 1925 Lanett, AL, US 1951-04-20 1951-09-30
Paul Hinrichs 25 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 31, 1925 Marengo, IA, US 1951-05-16 1951-06-21
Harley Hisner 24 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 6, 1926 Maples, IN, US 1951-09-30 1951-09-30
Mel Hoderlein 28 S R 5' 10.0" 185 Jun 24, 1923 Mount Carmel, OH, US 1951-08-16 1951-09-30
Leo Kiely 21 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Nov 30, 1929 Hoboken, NJ, US 1951-06-27 1951-09-29
Ellis Kinder 36 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 Atkins, AR, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-26
Walt Masterson 31 R R 6' 2.0" 189 Jun 22, 1920 Philadelphia, PA, US 1951-04-22 1951-09-28
Charlie Maxwell 24 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Apr 8, 1927 Lawton, MI, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-30
Mickey McDermott 22 L L 6' 2.0" 170 Apr 29, 1929 Poughkeepsie, NY, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-29
Les Moss 26 R R 5' 11.0" 205 May 14, 1925 Tulsa, OK, US 1951-05-18 1951-09-29
Willard Nixon 23 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Jun 17, 1928 Taylorsville, GA, US 1951-04-22 1951-09-28
Karl Olson 20 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Jul 6, 1930 Ross, CA, US 1951-06-30 1951-07-22
Mel Parnell 29 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 New Orleans, LA, US 1951-04-20 1951-09-28
Johnny Pesky 32 L R 5' 9.0" 168 Feb 27, 1919 Portland, OR, US 1951-04-18 1951-09-30
Al Richter 24 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Feb 7, 1927 Norfolk, VA, US 1951-09-23 1951-09-30
Aaron Robinson 36 L R 6' 2.0" 205 Jun 23, 1915 Lancaster, SC, US 1951-08-07 1951-09-28
Buddy Rosar 36 R R 5' 9.0" 190 Jul 3, 1914 Buffalo, NY, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-19
Ray Scarborough 33 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 23, 1917 Mount Gilead, NC, US 1951-04-20 1951-09-28
Vern Stephens 30 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Oct 23, 1920 McAllister, NM, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-29
Chuck Stobbs 21 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jul 2, 1929 Wheeling, WV, US 1951-04-21 1951-09-28
Harry Taylor 32 R R 6' 1.0" 175 May 20, 1919 East Glenn, IN, US 1951-04-18 1951-09-30
Clyde Vollmer 29 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 24, 1921 Cincinnati, OH, US 1951-04-18 1951-09-30
Sammy White 23 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jul 7, 1927 Wenatchee, WA, US 1951-09-26 1951-09-30
Bill Wight 29 L L 6' 1.0" 180 Apr 12, 1922 Rio Vista, CA, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-29
Ted Williams 32 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Aug 30, 1918 San Diego, CA, US 1951-04-17 1951-09-28
Tom Wright 27 L R 5' 11.0" 180 Sep 22, 1923 Shelby, NC, US 1951-04-21 1951-09-28
Norm Zauchin 21 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Nov 17, 1929 Royal Oak, MI, US 1951-09-23 1951-09-30

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