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1951 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952

87-67, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (87-67)
Scored 804 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,312,282 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108

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1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Matt Batts 29 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 5 11 8 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Lou Boudreau HOF 33 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 14 82 67 82 68 0 0 2 0 15 52 0 0 0 0 14 0 1.4 $
Dom DiMaggio 34 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 9 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 0 0 1.9 $ All-Star
Bob DiPietro 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 1, 1927 1st 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Doerr HOF 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 7, 1918 14 106 105 106 106 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Walt Dropo 28 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 3 99 89 99 93 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -1.0 $
Al Evans 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 28, 1916 12 12 8 12 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.2 $
Bill Evans 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 25, 1919 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ben Flowers 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Billy Goodman 25 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 5 141 140 141 140 0 0 63 43 1 0 2 0 36 38 1 0 1.6 $
Mike Guerra 38 R R 5' 10" 155 Oct 11, 1912 9 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Fred Hatfield 26 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 2 80 37 80 50 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 15 20 -0.3 $
Paul Hinrichs 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 31, 1925 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Harley Hisner 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 6, 1926 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mel Hoderlein 28 B R 5' 10" 185 Jun 24, 1923 1st 9 5 9 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 $
Leo Kiely 21 L L 6' 2" 180 Nov 30, 1929 1st 18 16 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.4 $
Ellis Kinder 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 6 63 2 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Walt Masterson 31 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 11 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Charlie Maxwell 24 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 2 49 11 49 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 13 35 1 -0.6 $
Mickey McDermott 22 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 4 43 19 43 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 4.3 $
Les Moss 26 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 6 71 53 71 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.9 $
Willard Nixon 23 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 2 34 14 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Karl Olson 20 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 1 -0.2 $
Mel Parnell 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 5 37 29 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.0 $ All-Star
Johnny Pesky 31 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 7 131 116 131 120 0 0 0 8 11 103 0 0 0 0 11 2 4.0 $
Al Richter 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 7, 1927 1st 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Aaron Robinson 36 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 23, 1915 8 26 22 26 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.2 $
Buddy Rosar 36 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 13 58 50 58 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Ray Scarborough 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 23, 1917 8 37 22 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Vern Stephens 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 11 109 89 109 89 0 0 0 0 89 2 0 0 0 0 20 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Chuck Stobbs 21 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 5 34 25 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Harry Taylor 32 R R 6' 1" 175 May 20, 1919 5 31 8 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Clyde Vollmer 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 24, 1921 7 115 101 115 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 97 106 8 2 1.2 $
Sammy White 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 1st 4 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill Wight 29 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 6 34 17 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ted Williams HOF 32 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 10 148 147 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 147 1 0 6.5 $100,000 All-Star
Tom Wright 27 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 22, 1923 4 28 13 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 18 12 0 -0.4 $
Norm Zauchin 21 R R 6' 4" 220 Nov 17, 1929 1st 5 3 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Bobby Doerr

Al Evans
Mel Hoderlein

Walt Dropo

Lou Boudreau

Vern Stephens

Johnny Pesky

Dom DiMaggio

Mike Guerra

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman

Buddy Rosar

Harry Taylor

Matt Batts
Les Moss

Bill Wight

Ellis Kinder

Mel Parnell

Ray Scarborough

Mickey McDermott

Walt Masterson

Willard Nixon

Chuck Stobbs

Clyde Vollmer

Paul Hinrichs
Harley Hisner

Bill Evans
Leo Kiely

Charlie Maxwell

Fred Hatfield

Karl Olson
Aaron Robinson
Tom Wright

Al Richter

Norm Zauchin

Ben Flowers

Sammy White

Bob DiPietro

1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers