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1953 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

84-69, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (84-69)
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74

Ballparks: Fenway Park · 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 - 107, Pitching - 107

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1952 / 1954 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
Floyd Baker 36 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 11 81 38 81 53 0 0 0 16 37 0 0 0 0 0 30 8 0.4 $
Milt Bolling 22 R R 6' 1" 177 Aug 9, 1930 2 109 94 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.0 $
Hal Brown 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 3 30 25 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Billy Consolo 18 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 1st 47 11 47 26 0 0 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 0 9 15 -0.3 $
Ike Delock 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 11, 1929 2 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dom DiMaggio 36 R R 5' 9" 168 Feb 12, 1917 11 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Hoot Evers 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 9 99 69 99 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 15 0 92 7 6 -0.3 $
Ben Flowers 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 2 32 6 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Hersh Freeman 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 2 18 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dick Gernert 24 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 2 139 133 139 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.9 $
Billy Goodman 27 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 7 128 126 128 128 0 0 20 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.1 $ All-Star
Marv Grissom 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 31, 1918 4 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Henry 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 2 21 12 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Ken Holcombe 34 R R 5' 11" 169 Aug 23, 1918 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Sid Hudson 38 R R 6' 4" 180 Jan 3, 1915 11 30 17 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
George Kell HOF 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 11 134 121 134 129 0 0 0 0 124 0 7 0 0 7 11 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Bill Kennedy 32 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 14, 1921 6 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ellis Kinder 38 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 8 69 0 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Ted Lepcio 23 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 2 66 45 66 63 0 0 0 33 12 20 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.7 $
Johnny Lipon 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 8 60 45 60 58 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.1 $
Mickey McDermott 24 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 6 45 30 45 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 5.0 $
Jack Merson 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 17, 1922 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gus Niarhos 32 R R 6' 0" 160 Dec 6, 1920 7 16 13 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Willard Nixon 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 4 23 15 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Karl Olson 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 2 25 12 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 0 24 2 2 -1.0 $
Mel Parnell 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 7 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $
Jim Piersall 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 3 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 150 151 0 0 1.0 $
Al Richter 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 7, 1927 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Gene Stephens 20 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 2 78 57 78 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 3 72 3 8 -0.9 $
Frank Sullivan 23 R R 6' 6" 215 Jan 23, 1930 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Umphlett 23 R R 6' 2" 180 May 12, 1930 1st 137 133 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 1 0 0.9 $
Clyde Vollmer 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 24, 1921 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Bill Werle 32 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 21, 1920 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Sammy White 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 3 136 121 136 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Del Wilber 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 7 58 21 58 30 0 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0.3 $
Ted Williams HOF 34 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 12 37 26 37 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 11 0 2.2 $100,000 All-Star
Al Zarilla 34 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 10 57 9 57 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 9 19 38 5 -0.7 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

George Kell
Milt Bolling
Dick Gernert
Ted Lepcio
Johnny Lipon
Dom DiMaggio
Billy Consolo
Ted Williams

Billy Goodman
Gus Niarhos
Ike Delock
Jack Merson
Ike Delock
Hersh Freeman
Ken Holcombe
Marv Grissom
Ellis Kinder
Mel Parnell
Bill Kennedy
Frank Sullivan

Mickey McDermott
Sid Hudson
Willard Nixon
Sammy White
Ben Flowers
Hal Brown
Hersh Freeman
Bill Henry
Bill Werle
Floyd Baker
Ike Delock

Frank Sullivan
Clyde Vollmer
Hoot Evers
Al Zarilla
Del Wilber
Karl Olson
Jim Piersall
Al Richter
Gene Stephens
Jim Piersall

Tom Umphlett

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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