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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| 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 |