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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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 25 136 515 476 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 81 117 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 3B 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 2B Ted Lepcio 23 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
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 -7 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 26.4 153 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 2 1
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 1037 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 5 876 140 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 0 116 115 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 90 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 76 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 42 280 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 74 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 1.5 0.33
Team Totals 29.3 84 69 .549 3.58 153 153 112 41 14 37 1373.0 1333 632 546 92 584 642 23 3 28 5931 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 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Floyd Baker 36 53 38 32 164 67 93 4 18 .976 3.02 3B-2B
Milt Bolling 22 109 94 82 518 174 321 23 71 .956 4.54 SS
Hal Brown 28 30 25 6 36 8 27 1 2 .972 1.17 2 6 75% 0 P
Billy Consolo 18 26 11 7 79 26 47 6 13 .924 2.70 2B-3B
Ike Delock 23 23 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.26 0 2 100% 0 P
Hoot Evers 32 92 69 55 166 161 3 2 0 .988 1.76 OF
Ben Flowers 26 32 6 1 20 4 15 1 2 .950 0.59 1 3 75% 0 P
Hersh Freeman 24 18 2 0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.39 2 2 50% 0 P
Dick Gernert 24 136 133 131 1326 1223 84 19 139 .986 9.61 1B
Billy Goodman 27 128 126 110 758 418 319 21 106 .972 5.58 2B-1B
Marv Grissom 35 13 11 1 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 0.62 5 3 38% 0 P
Bill Henry 25 21 12 4 16 4 11 1 0 .938 0.71 4 2 33% 1 P
Ken Holcombe 34 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 0 P
Sid Hudson 38 30 17 4 40 13 26 1 2 .975 1.30 1 3 75% 3 P
George Kell 30 129 121 91 359 118 231 10 23 .972 2.66 3B-OF
Bill Kennedy 32 16 0 0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.31 5 1 17% 0 P
Ellis Kinder 38 69 0 0 28 10 18 0 0 1.000 0.41 1 0 0% 0 P
Ted Lepcio 23 63 45 31 257 96 155 6 37 .977 3.86 2B-SS-3B
Johnny Lipon 30 58 45 30 247 85 150 12 26 .951 4.05 SS
Mickey McDermott 24 32 30 8 47 5 40 2 3 .957 1.41 4 6 60% 2 P
Jack Merson 31 1 1 1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 7.00 2B
Gus Niarhos 32 16 13 7 67 61 5 1 2 .985 4.13 1 2 3 3 50% 0 C
Willard Nixon 25 23 15 5 27 7 18 2 1 .926 1.09 4 1 20% 0 P
Karl Olson 22 24 12 9 33 31 1 1 0 .970 1.33 OF
Mel Parnell 31 38 34 12 39 10 27 2 4 .949 0.97 10 6 38% 1 P
Jim Piersall 23 151 149 142 372 352 15 5 7 .987 2.43 OF
Al Richter 26 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 SS
Gene Stephens 20 72 57 46 119 113 2 4 0 .966 1.60 OF
Frank Sullivan 23 14 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.43 0 0 0 P
Tom Umphlett 23 136 133 124 401 382 12 7 1 .983 2.90 OF
Bill Werle 32 5 0 0 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.20 0 1 100% 0 P
Sammy White 25 131 121 110 665 588 68 9 9 .986 5.01 5 20 33 29 47% 2 C
Del Wilber 34 30 21 16 117 108 7 2 2 .983 3.83 2 5 3 4 57% 1 C-1B
Ted Williams 34 26 26 3 33 31 1 1 1 .970 1.23 OF
Al Zarilla 34 19 9 6 19 17 1 1 0 .947 1.00 OF
Team Totals 26.8 153 1377 1074 6005 4127 1731 147 472 .976 3.30 8 27 39 36 48% 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Floyd Baker* 36 199 -3 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 54
Milt Bolling 22 363 -10 -2 0 0 0 7 10 10 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Hal Brown 28 65 0 -1 0 0 0 5 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Billy Consolo 18 67 -5 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 54
Ike Delock 23 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Dom DiMaggio 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased
Hoot Evers 32 330 -8 0 0 0 0 -4 9 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded O78
Ben Flowers 26 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Hersh Freeman 24 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Dick Gernert 24 590 7 -3 0 0 0 -6 16 9 0.9 14 1.4 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *3
Billy Goodman* 27 581 9 0 0 0 0 4 15 31 3.1 28 2.9 0.2 $ Purchased *43
Marv Grissom 35 20 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Bill Henry* 25 32 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Ken Holcombe 34 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Sid Hudson 38 54 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
George Kell 30 520 18 0 0 0 0 0 15 34 3.5 33 3.4 0.1 $ Traded *5/7O
Bill Kennedy* 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ellis Kinder 38 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ted Lepcio 23 180 -5 0 0 0 0 3 5 7 0.7 3 0.3 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 465
Johnny Lipon 30 166 -11 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 6
Mickey McDermott* 24 95 -1 -1 0 0 0 7 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jack Merson 31 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /4
Gus Niarhos 32 41 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 2
Willard Nixon* 25 48 -4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Karl Olson 22 58 -9 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -9 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/8
Mel Parnell* 31 104 -8 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim Piersall 23 654 -15 1 0 0 0 -7 17 10 1.0 -4 -0.4 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *O9/87
Gene Stephens* 20 256 -13 0 0 0 0 -3 7 -9 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/9
Frank Sullivan 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tom Umphlett 23 538 -9 0 0 0 0 -1 15 9 0.9 5 0.5 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Clyde Vollmer 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded
Bill Werle* 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Sammy White 25 515 -3 0 0 0 0 4 15 17 1.7 16 1.6 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Del Wilber 34 120 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Purchased 2/3
Ted Williams* 34 110 21 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 21 2.2 22 2.3 -0.1 $100,000 Amateur Free Agent 7O
Al Zarilla* 34 81 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ Purchased O/987
Team Total 26.4 5880 -80 -6 0 0 0 38 163 135 13.3 115 11.8 1.5 $100,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Hal Brown 28 166.1 25 94 97 2 1.0 3 0.6 $ Traded
Ike Delock 23 48.2 1 27 28 1 1.0 1 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ben Flowers 26 79.1 6 39 46 1 1.0 7 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hersh Freeman 24 39.0 2 31 23 0 1.0 -8 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Marv Grissom 35 59.1 11 34 35 1 1.0 1 0.2 $ Traded
Bill Henry* 25 85.2 12 39 50 1 1.0 11 1.3 $ Unknown
Ken Holcombe 34 6.0 0 4 4 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Sid Hudson 38 156.0 17 65 91 2 1.0 26 2.9 $ Traded
Bill Kennedy* 32 24.1 0 13 14 0 1.0 1 0.2 $ Traded
Ellis Kinder 38 107.0 0 30 63 1 1.0 33 3.4 $ Traded
Mickey McDermott* 24 206.1 30 82 121 2 1.0 39 4.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Willard Nixon 25 116.2 15 57 68 1 1.0 11 1.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mel Parnell* 31 241.0 34 98 141 3 1.0 43 4.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Frank Sullivan 23 25.2 0 16 15 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Werle* 32 11.2 0 3 7 0 1.0 4 0.4 $ Waivers
Team Total 29.3 1373.0 153 632 803 15 1.0 171 19.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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