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1953 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 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
6 OF 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
7 OF 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
8 OF 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
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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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
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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 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
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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* 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 7 4 2 5 5 5 3 1 5 3
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
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
Hoot Evers 32 93 78 16 0 166 161 3 2 0 .988 1.76 OF
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 30 131 7 0 0 359 118 231 10 23 .972 2.66 3B-OF
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
Karl Olson 22 24 23 2 0 33 31 1 1 0 .970 1.33 OF
Mel Parnell 31 38 39 10 27 2 4 .949 0.97 P
Jim Piersall 23 151 1 2 150 372 352 15 5 7 .987 2.43 OF
Al Richter 26 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 SS
Gene Stephens 20 72 71 0 3 119 113 2 4 0 .966 1.60 OF
Frank Sullivan 23 14 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Tom Umphlett 23 136 0 136 0 401 382 12 7 1 .983 2.90 OF
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
Ted Williams 34 26 26 0 0 33 31 1 1 1 .970 1.23 OF
Al Zarilla 34 18 3 7 9 19 17 1 1 0 .947 1.00 OF
Team Totals 26.7 153 6005 4127 1731 147 472 .976 3.30 8
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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