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1952 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

76-78, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (76-78)
Scored 668 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,115,750 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107

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1951 / 1953 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
James Atkins 31 L R 6' 3" 205 Mar 10, 1921 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Al Benton 41 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 14 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Hal Bevan 21 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 15, 1930 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Milt Bolling 21 R R 6' 1" 177 Aug 9, 1930 1st 11 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lou Boudreau HOF 34 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 15 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.0 $
Ralph Brickner 27 R R 6' 3" 215 May 2, 1925 1st 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Dick Brodowski 19 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 26, 1932 1st 20 12 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ike Delock 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 11, 1929 1st 39 7 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dom DiMaggio 35 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 10 128 121 128 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 123 5 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Walt Dropo 29 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 4 37 35 37 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Hoot Evers 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 8 106 103 106 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 14 22 105 1 0 0.8 $
Hersh Freeman 23 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dick Gernert 23 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 1st 102 94 102 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.9 $
Billy Goodman 26 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 6 138 126 138 134 0 0 23 103 5 0 4 0 0 4 9 1 3.5 $20,000
Randy Gumpert 34 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 23, 1918 10 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Fred Hatfield 27 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 3 19 6 19 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.3 $
Bill Henry 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 1st 14 10 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $
Sid Hudson 37 R R 6' 4" 180 Jan 3, 1915 10 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
George Kell HOF 29 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 10 75 73 75 73 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.1 $ All-Star
Ellis Kinder 37 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 7 23 10 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Paul Lehner 31 L L 5' 9" 160 Jul 1, 1920 7 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.1 $
Don Lenhardt 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 4, 1922 3 30 26 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 3 0 0.9 $
Ted Lepcio 22 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 1st 84 76 84 83 0 0 0 57 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.1 $
Johnny Lipon 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 7 79 68 79 76 0 0 0 0 7 69 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.1 $
Walt Masterson 32 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 12 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Charlie Maxwell 25 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 3 8 4 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 -0.2 $
Mickey McDermott 23 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 5 36 21 36 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2.9 $
Gus Niarhos 31 R R 6' 0" 160 Dec 6, 1920 6 29 19 29 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.4 $
Willard Nixon 24 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 3 33 13 33 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.4 $
Len Okrie 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 16, 1923 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mel Parnell 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 6 35 29 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.5 $
Johnny Pesky 32 L R 5' 9" 168 Sep 27, 1919 8 25 17 25 21 0 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.5 $
Jim Piersall 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 2 56 44 56 52 0 0 0 0 1 30 0 2 21 22 3 2 0.9 $
Ray Scarborough 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 23, 1917 9 28 8 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
George Schmees 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 6, 1924 1st 42 13 42 33 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 12 29 5 12 -0.8 $
Gene Stephens 19 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 1st 21 12 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 13 4 4 -0.2 $
Vern Stephens 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 12 92 79 92 82 0 0 0 0 29 53 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.4 $
Harry Taylor 33 R R 6' 1" 175 May 20, 1919 6 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Faye Throneberry 21 L R 5' 11" 185 Jun 22, 1931 1st 98 75 98 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 71 86 15 3 0.4 $
Dizzy Trout 37 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1915 14 26 17 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Clyde Vollmer 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 24, 1921 8 90 67 90 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 9 21 70 21 1 1.7 $
Sammy White 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 2 115 103 115 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1.0 $
Bill Wight 30 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 7 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Del Wilber 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 6 47 32 47 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.3 $
Ted Williams HOF 33 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 11 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0.3 $25,000
Archie Wilson 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 25, 1923 2 18 8 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 13 5 2 -0.1 $
Ken Wood 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 1, 1924 5 15 5 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 3 0 -0.6 $
Al Zarilla 33 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 9 21 13 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 19 3 1 -0.1 $
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

Fred Hatfield
George Kell

Jim Piersall
Faye Throneberry

Walt Dropo
Dick Gernert

Lou Boudreau

Vern Stephens

Johnny Lipon
Johnny Pesky

Dom DiMaggio

Hal Bevan

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman

Gus Niarhos

Ted Lepcio

Hersh Freeman
Dick Gernert

Bill Wight

Ellis Kinder

Mel Parnell

Milt Bolling
Ray Scarborough

Mickey McDermott

Sid Hudson
Walt Masterson

Willard Nixon

Sammy White

Harry Taylor

Dick Brodowski
Randy Gumpert

James Atkins
Dizzy Trout

Ralph Brickner
Bill Henry

Al Benton
Dick Brodowski

Hersh Freeman

Ike Delock

Clyde Vollmer

Hoot Evers
Don Lenhardt

Archie Wilson
Ken Wood
Al Zarilla

Len Okrie
Del Wilber

Paul Lehner
Charlie Maxwell
George Schmees
Faye Throneberry

Gene Stephens

Ralph Brickner

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers