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1954 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

69-85, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (69-85)
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 728 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 931,127 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 111, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1953 / 1955 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
Harry Agganis 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Apr 20, 1929 1st 132 109 132 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 -0.4 $
Floyd Baker 37 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 12 21 0 21 8 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 -0.2 $
Milt Bolling 23 R R 6' 1" 177 Aug 9, 1930 3 113 106 113 112 0 0 0 0 5 107 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $
Tom Brewer 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 3, 1931 1st 37 23 37 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.4 $
Hal Brown 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 4 40 5 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tex Clevenger 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 9, 1932 1st 25 8 25 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.3 $
Billy Consolo 19 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 2 91 68 91 80 0 0 0 12 18 50 0 0 0 0 5 11 -0.4 $
Joe Dobson 37 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 14 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hoot Evers 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 10 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 -0.2 $
Dick Gernert 25 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 3 14 4 14 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.0 $
Billy Goodman 28 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 8 127 114 127 122 0 0 27 72 12 0 13 0 0 13 10 2 1.8 $
Grady Hatton 31 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 9 99 80 99 94 0 0 1 0 93 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 2.1 $
Bill Henry 26 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 3 25 13 25 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Tom Herrin 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 12, 1929 1st 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Sid Hudson 39 R R 6' 4" 180 Jan 3, 1915 12 33 5 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Tom Hurd 30 R R 5' 9" 155 May 27, 1924 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jackie Jensen 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 9, 1927 5 152 149 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 107 44 151 1 0 2.7 $
George Kell HOF 31 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 12 26 25 26 25 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Russ Kemmerer 22 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 1, 1931 1st 19 9 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Leo Kiely 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Nov 30, 1929 2 28 19 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ellis Kinder 39 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 9 48 2 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Don Lenhardt 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 4, 1922 5 44 8 44 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 13 31 1 -0.3 $
Ted Lepcio 24 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 3 116 109 116 115 0 0 0 79 25 14 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.6 $
Charlie Maxwell 27 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 4 74 18 74 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 6 27 48 2 -0.5 $
Sam Mele 32 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 8 42 32 42 34 0 0 22 0 0 0 3 0 13 13 10 0 0.7 $
Moose Morton 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 4, 1930 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Willard Nixon 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 5 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Karl Olson 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 3 101 44 101 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 36 17 78 23 5 -1.5 $
Mickey Owen 38 R R 5' 10" 190 Apr 4, 1916 13 32 16 32 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0 $
Mel Parnell 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 8 19 15 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jim Piersall 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 4 133 112 133 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 96 126 7 6 1.7 $ All-Star
Frank Sullivan 24 R R 6' 6" 215 Jan 23, 1930 2 36 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Bill Werle 33 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 21, 1920 6 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Sammy White 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 4 137 124 137 133 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 $
Del Wilber 35 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 8 24 16 24 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.7 $
Ted Williams HOF 35 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 13 117 113 117 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 115 4 0 7.2 $100,000 All-Star
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

Grady Hatton
George Kell

Milt Bolling

Dick Gernert

Ted Lepcio

Harry Agganis

Billy Consolo

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman

Mickey Owen

Floyd Baker

Bill Werle

Joe Dobson

Ellis Kinder

Mel Parnell

Frank Sullivan

Leo Kiely

Sid Hudson

Willard Nixon

Sammy White

Tom Brewer

Tom Herrin
Russ Kemmerer

Tex Clevenger
Bill Werle

Hal Brown

Bill Henry
Tom Hurd

Bill Henry
Tom Herrin

Jackie Jensen

Hoot Evers
Sam Mele

Joe Dobson
Don Lenhardt

Del Wilber

Karl Olson

Charlie Maxwell

Jim Piersall

Moose Morton

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers