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1952 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
76-78, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 668 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Manager: Lou Boudreau (76-78)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 23 115 399 381 35 107 20 2 10 49 2 3 16 43 .281 .310 .423 .732 96 161 13 0 2
2 1B Dick Gernert 23 102 407 367 58 89 20 2 19 67 4 1 35 83 .243 .317 .463 .780 108 170 6 5 0
3 2B Billy Goodman* 26 138 579 513 79 157 27 3 4 56 8 2 48 23 .306 .370 .394 .764 106 202 7 4 14
4 SS Johnny Lipon 29 79 278 234 25 48 8 1 0 18 1 1 32 20 .205 .301 .248 .549 49 58 4 0 12
5 3B George Kell 29 75 312 276 41 88 15 2 6 40 0 1 31 10 .319 .390 .453 .843 126 125 11 1 4
6 OF Faye Throneberry* 21 98 344 310 38 80 11 3 5 23 16 7 33 67 .258 .331 .361 .693 87 112 1 1 0
7 OF Hoot Evers 31 106 441 401 53 105 17 4 14 59 5 2 29 55 .262 .318 .429 .747 100 172 11 4 7
8 OF Dom DiMaggio 35 128 549 486 81 143 20 1 6 33 6 8 57 61 .294 .371 .377 .747 102 183 10 2 4
Rk Pos 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 IF Vern Stephens 31 92 337 295 35 75 13 2 7 44 2 2 39 31 .254 .343 .383 .726 95 113 8 1 2
10 IF Ted Lepcio 21 84 303 274 34 72 17 2 5 26 3 3 24 41 .263 .329 .394 .723 94 108 4 3 2
11 OF Clyde Vollmer 30 90 293 250 35 66 12 4 11 50 2 2 39 47 .264 .370 .476 .846 127 119 14 3 1
12 UT Jim Piersall 22 56 194 161 28 43 8 0 1 16 3 3 28 26 .267 .379 .335 .714 94 54 2 1 4
13 1B Walt Dropo 29 37 145 132 13 35 7 1 6 27 0 0 11 22 .265 .331 .470 .801 114 62 9 2 0
14 C Del Wilber 33 47 143 135 7 36 10 1 3 23 1 0 7 20 .267 .308 .422 .730 95 57 4 1 0
15 OF Don Lenhardt 29 30 121 105 18 31 4 0 7 24 0 1 15 18 .295 .383 .533 .917 145 56 3 0 1
16 3B Johnny Pesky* 32 25 84 67 10 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 15 5 .149 .313 .179 .492 35 12 1 1 1
17 OF George Schmees* 27 42 75 64 8 13 3 0 0 3 0 1 10 11 .203 .311 .250 .561 52 16 1 0 1
18 C Gus Niarhos 31 29 72 58 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 9 .103 .268 .103 .371 3 6 1 1 1
19 OF Al Zarilla* 33 21 67 60 9 11 0 1 2 8 2 0 7 8 .183 .269 .317 .585 57 19 0 0 0
20 OF Gene Stephens* 19 21 57 53 10 12 5 0 0 5 4 2 3 8 .226 .268 .321 .589 58 17 1 0 1
21 OF Archie Wilson 28 18 41 38 1 10 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .263 .300 .342 .642 73 13 2 0 1
22 SS Milt Bolling 21 11 39 36 4 8 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 5 .222 .282 .333 .615 65 12 0 0 0
23 3B Fred Hatfield* 27 19 30 25 6 8 1 1 1 3 0 3 4 2 .320 .433 .560 .993 166 14 2 1 0
24 OF Ken Wood 27 15 23 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .100 .217 .100 .317 -13 2 0 0 0
25 UT Charlie Maxwell* 25 8 18 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .067 .222 .133 .356 -3 2 0 0 0
26 OF Ted Williams* 33 6 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .400 .500 .900 1.400 272 9 0 0 0
27 OF Paul Lehner* 31 3 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .667 .800 .667 1.467 298 2 0 0 0
28 IF Lou Boudreau 34 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
29 3B Hal Bevan 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 C Len Okrie 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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
31 P Mel Parnell* 30 35 90 84 4 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 6 12 .095 .156 .155 .310 -16 13 4 0 0
32 P Mickey McDermott* 23 36 69 62 10 14 1 1 1 7 0 0 4 11 .226 .273 .323 .595 60 20 0 0 3
33 P Willard Nixon* 24 33 57 53 3 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 8 .208 .263 .264 .527 42 14 0 0 0
34 P Sid Hudson 37 21 49 46 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .174 .224 .174 .398 8 8 2 0 0
35 P Dizzy Trout 37 26 45 44 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 18 .136 .156 .205 .360 -4 9 1 0 0
36 P Dick Brodowski 19 20 41 39 4 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .205 .225 .308 .533 43 12 1 0 1
37 P Bill Henry* 24 14 33 31 2 8 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 6 .258 .303 .387 .690 85 12 2 0 0
38 P Ellis Kinder 37 23 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
39 P Ike Delock 22 39 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .045 .250 .045 .295 -17 1 3 0 1
40 P Ray Scarborough 34 28 20 18 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .222 .300 .222 .522 42 4 1 0 0
41 P Al Benton 41 24 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 2
42 P Bill Wight* 30 10 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 8 1 0 0 0
43 P Ralph Brickner 27 14 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 67 3 0 0 0
44 P Hersh Freeman 23 4 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 198 2 1 0 0
45 P Randy Gumpert 34 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
46 P Harry Taylor 33 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0
47 P Walt Masterson 32 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0 0
48 P James Atkins* 31 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 260 2 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 154 5885 5246 668 1338 233 34 113 628 59 47 542 737 .255 .328 .377 .705 90 1978 133 31 66
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 3 4 1 8 3 2 1 6 2 3 4 3 3 3
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Mel Parnell* 30 12 12 .500 3.62 33 29 3 15 3 2 214.0 207 94 86 13 89 107 5 0 5 920 109 1.383 8.7 0.5 3.7 4.5 1.20
2 SP Mickey McDermott* 23 10 9 .526 3.72 30 21 4 7 2 0 162.0 139 70 67 14 92 117 3 0 2 693 106 1.426 7.7 0.8 5.1 6.5 1.27
3 SP Sid Hudson 37 7 9 .438 3.62 21 18 2 7 0 0 134.1 145 64 54 9 36 50 7 0 0 578 109 1.347 9.7 0.6 2.4 3.3 1.39
4 SP Dizzy Trout 37 9 8 .529 3.64 26 17 7 2 0 1 133.2 133 62 54 3 68 57 3 0 3 591 108 1.504 9.0 0.2 4.6 3.8 0.84
5 SP Dick Brodowski 19 5 5 .500 4.40 20 12 4 4 0 0 114.2 111 66 56 12 50 42 3 0 1 500 89 1.404 8.7 0.9 3.9 3.3 0.84
6 SP Willard Nixon 24 5 4 .556 4.86 23 13 6 5 0 0 103.2 115 64 56 12 61 50 4 1 4 468 81 1.698 10.0 1.0 5.3 4.3 0.82
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Al Benton 41 4 3 .571 2.39 24 0 17 0 0 6 37.2 37 11 10 1 17 20 0 0 0 158 165 1.434 8.8 0.2 4.1 4.8 1.18
8 RP Ellis Kinder 37 5 6 .455 2.58 23 10 8 4 0 4 97.2 85 33 28 11 28 50 1 0 0 400 152 1.157 7.8 1.0 2.6 4.6 1.79
9 RP Ike Delock 22 4 9 .308 4.26 39 7 18 1 1 5 95.0 88 50 45 9 50 46 2 1 3 418 92 1.453 8.3 0.9 4.7 4.4 0.92
10 RP Ray Scarborough 34 1 5 .167 4.81 28 8 13 1 1 4 76.2 79 47 41 8 35 29 4 0 3 342 82 1.487 9.3 0.9 4.1 3.4 0.83
11 RP Ralph Brickner 27 3 1 .750 2.18 14 1 6 0 0 1 33.0 32 8 8 1 11 9 0 0 1 135 180 1.303 8.7 0.3 3.0 2.5 0.82
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Bill Henry* 24 5 4 .556 3.87 13 10 0 5 0 0 76.2 75 40 33 7 36 23 2 0 1 337 101 1.448 8.8 0.8 4.2 2.7 0.64
13 Bill Wight* 30 2 1 .667 2.96 10 2 3 0 0 0 24.1 14 11 8 3 14 5 1 1 3 99 133 1.151 5.2 1.1 5.2 1.8 0.36
14 Randy Gumpert 34 1 0 1.000 4.12 10 1 5 0 0 1 19.2 15 11 9 1 5 6 1 0 0 81 95 1.017 6.9 0.5 2.3 2.7 1.20
15 Hersh Freeman 23 1 0 1.000 3.29 4 1 1 1 0 0 13.2 13 5 5 1 5 5 1 0 0 56 119 1.317 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.3 1.00
16 James Atkins 31 0 1 .000 3.48 3 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 11 6 4 0 7 2 0 0 0 48 113 1.742 9.6 0.0 6.1 1.7 0.29
17 Harry Taylor 33 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 41 218 1.200 5.4 0.9 5.4 0.9 0.17
18 Walt Masterson 32 1 1 .500 11.57 5 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 18 12 12 1 11 3 0 0 0 57 34 3.107 17.4 1.0 10.6 2.9 0.27
19 George Schmees* 27 0 0 3.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 28 131 1.833 13.5 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
Team Totals 29.2 76 78 .494 3.80 154 154 101 53 7 24 1372.1 1332 658 580 107 623 624 38 3 27 5950 103 1.425 8.7 0.7 4.1 4.1 1.00
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 5 7 3 8 4 5 5 5 8 5
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
James Atkins 31 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Al Benton 41 24 9 3 5 1 0 .889 0.33 P
Hal Bevan 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3B
Milt Bolling 21 11 64 22 41 1 6 .984 5.73 SS
Lou Boudreau 34 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 3B-SS
Ralph Brickner 27 14 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.36 P
Dick Brodowski 19 20 32 11 20 1 1 .969 1.55 P
Ike Delock 22 39 17 1 16 0 1 1.000 0.44 P
Dom DiMaggio 35 123 0 123 0 323 303 12 8 4 .975 2.56 OF
Walt Dropo 29 35 342 319 21 2 31 .994 9.71 1B
Hoot Evers 31 105 90 12 20 233 219 8 6 3 .974 2.16 OF
Hersh Freeman 23 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Dick Gernert 23 99 956 877 67 12 104 .987 9.54 1B
Billy Goodman 26 135 4 0 0 862 475 367 20 112 .977 6.24 2B-1B-3B-OF
Randy Gumpert 34 10 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Fred Hatfield 27 17 30 7 23 0 0 1.000 1.76 3B
Bill Henry 24 13 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 0.92 P
Sid Hudson 37 21 54 13 38 3 6 .944 2.43 P
George Kell 29 73 222 75 138 9 14 .959 2.92 3B
Ellis Kinder 37 23 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 0.87 P
Paul Lehner 31 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Don Lenhardt 29 27 27 0 0 53 52 0 1 0 .981 1.93 OF
Ted Lepcio 21 83 390 164 212 14 46 .964 4.53 2B-3B-SS
Johnny Lipon 29 76 358 122 229 7 55 .980 4.62 SS-3B
Walt Masterson 32 5 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Charlie Maxwell 25 6 0 1 2 36 30 5 1 1 .972 5.83 OF-1B
Mickey McDermott 23 30 36 10 24 2 1 .944 1.13 P
Gus Niarhos 31 25 120 107 12 1 2 .992 4.76 0 C
Willard Nixon 24 23 25 7 18 0 4 1.000 1.09 P
Len Okrie 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 C
Mel Parnell 30 33 53 15 38 0 4 1.000 1.61 P
Johnny Pesky 32 21 53 19 30 4 1 .925 2.33 3B-SS
Jim Piersall 22 53 0 1 21 168 79 79 10 13 .940 2.98 SS-OF-3B
Ray Scarborough 34 28 24 11 12 1 0 .958 0.82 P
George Schmees 27 33 0 18 11 52 45 6 1 1 .981 1.55 OF-P-1B
Gene Stephens 19 13 2 0 11 26 24 1 1 0 .962 1.92 OF
Vern Stephens 31 82 353 110 227 16 48 .955 4.11 SS-3B
Harry Taylor 33 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Faye Throneberry 21 86 11 4 71 157 141 9 7 5 .955 1.74 OF
Dizzy Trout 37 26 38 9 28 1 2 .974 1.42 P
Clyde Vollmer 30 70 43 9 21 146 143 3 0 1 1.000 2.09 OF
Sammy White 23 110 532 464 59 9 7 .983 4.75 4 C
Bill Wight 30 10 8 3 4 1 1 .875 0.70 P
Del Wilber 33 39 183 160 22 1 5 .995 4.67 6 C
Ted Williams 33 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Archie Wilson 28 13 2 2 9 18 16 1 1 1 .944 1.31 OF
Ken Wood 27 13 1 0 12 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.62 OF
Al Zarilla 33 19 0 6 14 34 29 3 2 0 .941 1.68 OF
Team Totals 27.8 154 6081 4116 1820 145 483 .976 3.49 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 2 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics