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1953 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
84-69, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 656 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74
Manager: Lou Boudreau (84-69)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,026,133 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
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1952 / 1954 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Floyd Baker 36 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 11 81 81 81 0 0 0 16 37 0 0 0 0 0
Milt Bolling 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 9, 1930 2 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0
Hal Brown 28 R R 6' 2" 182 Dec 11, 1924 3 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Consolo 18 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 1st 47 47 47 0 0 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 0
Ike Delock 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 11, 1929 2 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 36 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 11 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoot Evers 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 8, 1921 9 99 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 16 0 93
Ben Flowers 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 2 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hersh Freeman 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 2 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Gernert 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 28, 1928 2 139 139 139 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 27 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 7 128 128 128 0 0 20 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Marv Grissom 35 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 31, 1918 4 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Henry 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 2 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Holcombe 34 R R 169 Aug 23, 1918 6 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sid Hudson 38 R R 6' 4" 180 Jan 3, 1915 11 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Kell HOF 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 11 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 124 0 7 0 0 7 All-Star
Bill Kennedy 32 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 14, 1921 6 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis Kinder 38 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 8 69 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Lepcio 22 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1930 2 66 66 66 0 0 0 34 11 20 0 0 0 0
Johnny Lipon 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 8 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0
Mickey McDermott 24 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 6 45 45 45 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Merson 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 17, 1922 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gus Niarhos 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Dec 6, 1920 7 16 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willard Nixon 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 4 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Olson 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 2 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 0 24
Mel Parnell 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 7 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Piersall 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 3 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 150 151
Al Richter 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 7, 1927 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gene Stephens 20 L R 175 Jan 20, 1933 2 78 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 3 72
Frank Sullivan 23 R R 215 Jan 23, 1930 1st 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Umphlett 23 R R 6' 2" 180 May 12, 1930 1st 137 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136
Clyde Vollmer 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 24, 1921 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Werle 32 L L 182 Dec 21, 1920 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy White 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1928 3 136 136 136 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Del Wilber 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 7 58 58 58 0 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Williams HOF 34 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 12 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 All-Star
Al Zarilla 34 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 10 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 9 18
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1952 / 1954 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played