1953 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	24	136	515	476	59	130	34	2	13	64	3	2	29	48	.273	.318	.435	.752	97	207	15	2	8
2	1B	Dick Gernert	24	139	590	494	73	125	15	1	21	71	0	7	88	82	.253	.371	.415	.786	108	205	9	5	3
3	2B	Billy Goodman*	27	128	581	514	73	161	33	5	2	41	1	4	57	11	.313	.384	.409	.793	110	210	2	2	8
4	SS	Milt Bolling	22	109	362	323	30	85	12	1	5	28	1	4	23	41	.263	.318	.353	.671	77	114	4	3	13
5	3B	George Kell	30	134	520	460	68	141	41	2	12	73	5	2	52	22	.307	.383	.483	.866	128	222	10	5	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
6		Jim Piersall	23	151	654	585	76	159	21	9	3	52	11	10	41	52	.272	.329	.354	.683	81	207	12	9	19
7		Tom Umphlett	23	137	538	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	.283	.331	.376	.707	87	186	11	2	7
8		Hoot Evers	32	99	330	300	39	72	10	1	11	31	2	1	23	41	.240	.301	.390	.691	82	117	9	3	4
9		Gene Stephens*	20	78	254	221	30	45	6	2	3	18	3	3	29	56	.204	.302	.290	.591	57	64	1	2	2
10	IF	Floyd Baker*	36	81	199	172	22	47	4	2	0	24	0	2	24	10	.273	.365	.320	.685	83	55	5	1	2
11	MI	Ted Lepcio	22	66	181	161	17	38	4	2	4	11	0	0	17	24	.236	.313	.360	.673	78	58	5	1	2
12	SS	Johnny Lipon	30	60	166	145	18	31	7	0	0	13	1	0	14	16	.214	.283	.262	.545	45	38	5	0	7
13	C	Del Wilber	34	58	120	112	16	27	6	1	7	29	0	0	6	21	.241	.286	.500	.786	104	56	5	1	1
14		Ted Williams*	34	37	110	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	0	1	19	10	.407	.509	.901	1.410	267	82	1	0	0
15		Al Zarilla*	34	57	81	67	11	13	2	0	0	4	0	1	14	13	.194	.333	.224	.557	50	15	3	0	0
16	IF	Billy Consolo	18	47	67	65	9	14	2	1	1	6	1	2	2	23	.215	.239	.323	.562	47	21	0	0	0
17		Karl Olson	22	25	58	57	5	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	9	.123	.138	.211	.348	-9	12	4	0	0
18	C	Gus Niarhos	32	16	41	35	6	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	4	.200	.300	.286	.586	56	10	0	1	1
19	2B	Jack Merson	31	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
20		Dom DiMaggio	36	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	0	0	0
21		Clyde Vollmer	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
22	SS	Al Richter	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
23	P	Mel Parnell*	31	38	104	94	7	21	4	0	0	9	1	0	4	16	.223	.255	.266	.521	38	25	0	0	6
24	P	Mickey McDermott*	24	45	95	93	9	28	8	0	1	13	0	1	2	13	.301	.316	.419	.735	93	39	2	0	0
25	P	Hal Brown	28	30	65	58	5	17	5	0	1	10	0	1	2	5	.293	.328	.431	.759	99	25	0	1	4
26	P	Sid Hudson	38	30	54	50	3	7	0	1	0	6	0	1	2	4	.140	.173	.180	.353	-6	9	3	0	2
27	P	Willard Nixon*	25	23	48	42	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	9	.190	.277	.214	.491	31	9	0	0	1
28	P	Bill Henry*	25	21	32	32	2	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	.188	.188	.281	.469	23	9	1	0	0
29	P	Ellis Kinder	38	69	30	29	3	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.379	.379	.414	.793	110	12	0	0	1
30	P	Marv Grissom	35	13	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2
31	P	Ben Flowers	26	32	20	19	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.158	.158	.263	.421	10	5	1	0	1
32	P	Ike Delock	23	23	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	-24	1	0	0	0
33	P	Hersh Freeman	24	18	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	1	1	0	0
34	P	Frank Sullivan	23	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	1	0	0	0
35	P	Bill Werle*	32	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0
36	P	Ken Holcombe	34	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
37	P	Bill Kennedy*	32	16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	165	1	0	0	1
		Team Totals	26.2	153	5878	5246	656	1385	255	37	101	614	33	45	495	600	.264	.332	.384	.716	89	2017	109	38	99
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	6	5	2	6	6		5	2	8	7	4	5	4	4		5
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

* - 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*	31	21	8	.724	3.06	38	34	2	12	5	0	241.0	217	98	82	15	116		136	4	0	7	1036	137	1.382	8.1	0.6	4.3	5.1	1.17
2	SP	Mickey McDermott*	24	18	10	.643	3.01	32	30	1	8	4	0	206.1	169	82	69	9	109		92	2	1	5	876	139	1.347	7.4	0.4	4.8	4.0	0.84
3	SP	Hal Brown	28	11	6	.647	4.65	30	25	3	6	1	0	166.1	177	94	86	16	57		62	0	0	7	722	90	1.407	9.6	0.9	3.1	3.4	1.09
4	SP	Sid Hudson	38	6	9	.400	3.52	30	17	6	4	0	2	156.0	164	65	61	13	49		60	4	0	0	665	119	1.365	9.5	0.8	2.8	3.5	1.22
5	SP	Willard Nixon	25	4	8	.333	3.93	23	15	2	5	1	0	116.2	114	57	51	6	59		57	1	0	1	516	107	1.483	8.8	0.5	4.6	4.4	0.97
6	SP	Bill Henry*	25	5	5	.500	3.26	21	12	3	4	1	1	85.2	86	39	31	4	33		56	4	0	1	372	129	1.389	9.0	0.4	3.5	5.9	1.70
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	Ellis Kinder	38	10	6	.625	1.85	69	0	51	0	0	27	107.0	84	30	22	8	38		39	2	1	1	441	227	1.140	7.1	0.7	3.2	3.3	1.03
8	RP	Ben Flowers	26	1	4	.200	3.86	32	6	13	1	1	3	79.1	87	39	34	6	24		36	1	0	2	345	109	1.399	9.9	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.50
9	RP	Ike Delock	23	3	1	.750	4.44	23	1	9	0	0	1	48.2	60	27	24	2	20		22	2	1	0	223	95	1.644	11.1	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.10
10	RP	Hersh Freeman	24	1	4	.200	5.54	18	2	7	0	0	0	39.0	50	31	24	2	17		15	0	0	1	179	76	1.718	11.5	0.5	3.9	3.5	0.88
11	RP	Bill Kennedy*	32	0	0		3.70	16	0	9	0	0	2	24.1	24	13	10	2	17		14	1	0	0	116	113	1.685	8.9	0.7	6.3	5.2	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		Marv Grissom	35	2	6	.250	4.70	13	11	1	1	1	0	59.1	61	34	31	5	30		31	1	0	2	263	89	1.534	9.3	0.8	4.6	4.7	1.03
13		Frank Sullivan	23	1	1	.500	5.61	14	0	1	0	0	0	25.2	24	16	16	3	11		17	1	0	0	104	75	1.364	8.4	1.1	3.9	6.0	1.55
14		Bill Werle*	32	0	1	.000	1.54	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	7	3	2	1	1		4	0	0	0	42	272	0.686	5.4	0.8	0.8	3.1	4.00
15		Ken Holcombe	34	1	0	1.000	6.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	9	4	4	0	3		1	0	0	1	30	70	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	1.5	0.33
		Team Totals	29.3	84	69	.549	3.59	153	153	112	41	14	37	1373.0	1333	632	547	92	584		642	23	3	28	5930	117	1.396	8.7	0.6	3.8	4.2	1.10
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		3				7	4	2	5	5	5	3	1	5		4912
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Floyd Baker	36	53			164	67	93	4	18	.976										3.02						3B-2B
Milt Bolling	22	109			518	174	321	23	71	.956										4.54						SS
Hal Brown	28	30			36	8	27	1	2	.972										1.17						P
Billy Consolo	18	27			79	26	47	6	13	.924										2.70						3B-2B
Ike Delock	23	23			6	1	5	0	0	1.000										0.26						P
Ben Flowers	26	32			20	4	15	1	2	.950										0.59						P
Hersh Freeman	24	18			7	0	7	0	0	1.000										0.39						P
Dick Gernert	24	136			1326	1223	84	19	139	.986										9.61						1B
Billy Goodman	27	132			758	418	319	21	106	.972										5.58						2B-1B
Marv Grissom	35	13			8	3	5	0	1	1.000										0.62						P
Bill Henry	25	21			16	4	11	1	0	.938										0.71						P
Ken Holcombe	34	3			2	1	1	0	0	1.000										0.67						P
Sid Hudson	38	30			40	13	26	1	2	.975										1.30						P
George Kell	30	124			355	114	231	10	23	.972										2.78						3B
Bill Kennedy	32	16			7	2	3	2	0	.714										0.31						P
Ellis Kinder	38	69			28	10	18	0	0	1.000										0.41						P
Ted Lepcio	22	65			257	96	155	6	37	.977										3.86						2B-SS-3B
Johnny Lipon	30	58			247	85	150	12	26	.951										4.05						SS
Mickey McDermott	24	32			47	5	40	2	3	.957										1.41						P
Jack Merson	31	1			8	3	4	1	0	.875										7.00						2B
Gus Niarhos	32	16			67	61	5	1	2	.985										4.13	1					C
Willard Nixon	25	23			27	7	18	2	1	.926										1.09						P
Mel Parnell	31	38			39	10	27	2	4	.949										0.97						P
Al Richter	26	1			2	1	1	0	1	1.000										2.00						SS
Frank Sullivan	23	14			6	4	2	0	0	1.000										0.43						P
Bill Werle	32	5			6	0	6	0	1	1.000										1.20						P
Sammy White	24	131			665	588	68	9	9	.986										5.01	5					C
Del Wilber	34	30			117	108	7	2	2	.983										3.83	2					C-1B
Team Totals	26.7	153			6005	4127	1731	147	472	.976										3.30	8
Rank in 8 AL teams								2	3	7
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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