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1954 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 26 137 530 493 46 139 25 2 14 75 1 3 21 50 .282 .307 .426 .732 91 210 15 0 8 8
2 1B Harry Agganis* 25 132 493 434 54 109 13 8 11 57 6 3 47 57 .251 .321 .394 .715 87 171 6 0 7 5
3 2B Ted Lepcio 24 116 451 398 42 102 19 4 8 45 3 4 42 62 .256 .328 .384 .713 87 153 8 3 3 5
4 SS Milt Bolling 23 113 437 370 42 92 20 3 6 36 2 4 47 55 .249 .337 .368 .705 85 136 3 4 13 3
5 3B Grady Hatton* 31 99 366 302 40 85 12 3 5 33 1 1 58 25 .281 .399 .391 .790 109 118 6 2 3 1
6 LF Ted Williams* 35 117 526 386 93 133 23 1 29 89 0 0 136 32 .345 .513 .635 1.148 201 245 10 1 0 3
7 CF Jackie Jensen 27 152 673 580 92 160 25 7 25 117 22 7 79 52 .276 .359 .472 .831 117 274 32 2 1 11
8 RF Jim Piersall 24 133 520 474 77 135 24 2 8 38 5 1 36 42 .285 .338 .395 .732 92 187 13 3 5 2
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 IF Billy Goodman* 28 127 552 489 71 148 25 4 1 36 3 3 51 15 .303 .370 .376 .746 97 184 10 2 9 1
10 SS Billy Consolo 19 91 279 242 23 55 7 1 1 11 2 1 33 69 .227 .324 .277 .601 59 67 4 2 1 1
11 CF Karl Olson 23 101 245 227 25 59 12 2 1 20 2 1 12 23 .260 .293 .344 .637 67 78 11 0 3 3
12 UT Sam Mele 32 42 150 132 22 42 6 0 7 23 0 1 12 12 .318 .378 .523 .901 135 69 4 2 2 2
13 OF Charlie Maxwell* 27 74 117 104 9 26 4 1 0 5 3 0 12 21 .250 .328 .308 .635 68 32 4 0 1 0
14 3B George Kell 31 26 109 93 15 24 3 0 0 10 0 0 15 3 .258 .361 .290 .651 73 27 2 0 1 0
15 C Mickey Owen 38 32 81 68 6 16 3 0 1 11 0 1 9 6 .235 .309 .324 .632 67 22 3 0 0 4
16 UT Don Lenhardt 31 44 73 66 5 18 4 0 3 17 0 0 3 9 .273 .310 .470 .780 103 31 3 1 2 1
17 C Del Wilber 35 24 68 61 2 8 2 1 1 7 0 0 4 6 .131 .179 .246 .425 11 15 1 0 1 2
18 1B Dick Gernert 25 14 30 23 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .261 .414 .348 .762 102 8 2 0 1 0
19 IF Floyd Baker* 37 21 20 20 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500 30 6 0 0 0 0
20 LF Hoot Evers 33 6 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
21 Moose Morton 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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 Frank Sullivan 24 36 78 68 6 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 21 .103 .173 .147 .320 -15 10 2 0 3 1
23 P Willard Nixon* 26 31 78 68 6 18 3 0 1 3 0 0 8 17 .265 .342 .353 .695 83 24 4 0 2 0
24 P Tom Brewer 22 37 63 60 6 16 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 13 .267 .279 .350 .629 65 21 3 0 2 0
25 P Leo Kiely* 24 28 53 50 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .180 .212 .260 .472 24 13 0 0 1 0
26 P Bill Henry* 26 25 37 34 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .118 .189 .118 .307 -18 4 0 0 0 0
27 P Mel Parnell* 32 19 37 34 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .088 .139 .118 .257 -32 4 0 1 1 0
28 P Ellis Kinder 39 48 34 27 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .185 .241 .259 .501 32 7 0 0 5 0
29 P Hal Brown 29 40 28 24 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .125 .222 .167 .389 4 4 0 0 1 0
30 P Russ Kemmerer 22 19 26 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .143 .250 .143 .393 6 3 1 0 2 0
31 P Tex Clevenger 21 25 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 31 4 0 0 0 0
32 P Sid Hudson 39 33 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 -19 2 1 0 0 0
33 P Tom Herrin 24 14 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill Werle* 33 14 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -44 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Tom Hurd 30 16 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 123 1 0 0 0 0
36 P Joe Dobson 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.0 156 6207 5399 700 1436 244 41 123 657 51 30 654 660 .266 .345 .395 .739 94 2131 148 23 78 53
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 4 1 1 5 3 2 6 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 2
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 Frank Sullivan 24 15 12 .556 3.14 36 26 6 11 3 1 206.1 185 81 72 19 66 124 6 2 1 857 131 1.216 8.1 0.8 2.9 5.4 1.88
2 SP Willard Nixon 26 11 12 .478 4.06 31 30 1 8 2 0 199.2 182 102 90 16 87 102 9 0 2 850 101 1.347 8.2 0.7 3.9 4.6 1.17
3 SP Tom Brewer 22 10 9 .526 4.65 33 23 3 7 0 0 162.2 152 90 84 15 95 69 7 0 6 727 88 1.518 8.4 0.8 5.3 3.8 0.73
4 SP Leo Kiely* 24 5 8 .385 3.50 28 19 0 4 1 0 131.0 153 74 51 12 58 59 1 1 0 589 117 1.611 10.5 0.8 4.0 4.1 1.02
5 SP Bill Henry* 26 3 7 .300 4.52 24 13 8 3 1 0 95.2 104 56 48 9 49 38 1 1 4 442 91 1.599 9.8 0.8 4.6 3.6 0.78
6 SP Mel Parnell* 32 3 7 .300 3.70 19 15 2 4 1 0 92.1 104 45 38 7 35 38 1 0 5 409 111 1.505 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.09
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 39 8 8 .500 3.62 48 2 34 0 0 15 107.0 106 47 43 7 36 67 0 0 1 457 114 1.327 8.9 0.6 3.0 5.6 1.86
8 RP Hal Brown 29 1 8 .111 4.12 40 5 17 1 0 0 118.0 126 64 54 6 41 66 3 0 2 524 100 1.415 9.6 0.5 3.1 5.0 1.61
9 RP Russ Kemmerer 22 5 3 .625 3.82 19 9 3 2 1 0 75.1 71 35 32 4 41 37 2 2 1 328 108 1.487 8.5 0.5 4.9 4.4 0.90
10 RP Sid Hudson 39 3 4 .429 4.42 33 5 19 0 0 5 71.1 83 43 35 5 30 27 2 0 1 320 93 1.584 10.5 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
11 RP Tex Clevenger 21 2 4 .333 4.79 23 8 6 1 0 0 67.2 67 42 36 9 29 43 2 0 1 298 86 1.419 8.9 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.48
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 Tom Hurd 30 2 0 1.000 3.03 16 0 4 0 0 1 29.2 21 11 10 2 12 14 0 0 0 119 137 1.112 6.4 0.6 3.6 4.2 1.17
13 Tom Herrin 24 1 2 .333 7.31 14 1 3 0 0 0 28.1 34 23 23 2 22 8 0 0 0 135 57 1.976 10.8 0.6 7.0 2.5 0.36
14 Bill Werle* 33 0 1 .000 4.38 14 0 8 0 0 0 24.2 41 13 12 5 10 14 2 0 0 125 95 2.068 15.0 1.8 3.6 5.1 1.40
15 Joe Dobson 37 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 69 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
Team Totals 27.1 69 85 .448 4.01 156 156 115 41 9 22 1412.1 1434 728 630 118 612 707 36 6 24 6194 102 1.449 9.1 0.8 3.9 4.5 1.16
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 7 8 5 4 2 7 7 7 6 6 1
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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Harry Agganis 25 119 109 103 1008.1 1165 1064 89 12 101 .990 -2 -3 10.29 9.69 1B
Floyd Baker 37 8 0 0 25.0 11 6 4 1 1 .909 -1 -24 3.60 1.25 3B-2B
Milt Bolling 23 112 106 93 942.2 601 191 377 33 73 .945 6 8 5.42 5.07 SS-3B
Tom Brewer 22 33 23 7 162.2 30 9 18 3 1 .900 1.49 0.82 11 4 27% 0 P
Hal Brown 29 40 5 1 118.0 29 4 23 2 4 .931 2.06 0.68 7 1 13% 0 P
Tex Clevenger 21 23 8 1 67.2 19 6 11 2 0 .895 2.26 0.74 2 3 60% 0 P
Billy Consolo 19 80 68 57 617.2 312 113 184 15 30 .952 -3 -6 4.33 3.71 SS-3B-2B
Joe Dobson 37 2 0 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 0 0 0 P
Hoot Evers 33 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 1.12 1.00 LF
Dick Gernert 25 6 4 4 40.0 48 47 1 0 5 1.000 -0 -15 10.80 8.00 1B
Billy Goodman 28 122 114 104 1022.1 655 393 248 14 90 .979 2 2 5.64 5.17 2B-1B-LF-3B
Grady Hatton 31 94 80 72 744.2 295 78 207 10 20 .966 6 10 3.44 3.00 3B-SS-1B
Bill Henry 26 24 13 3 95.2 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.71 4 0 0% 0 P
Tom Herrin 24 14 1 0 28.1 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 4.13 0.93 0 3 100% 1 P
Sid Hudson 39 33 5 0 71.1 22 6 14 2 1 .909 2.52 0.61 0 2 100% 0 P
Tom Hurd 30 16 0 0 29.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.73 0.56 2 1 33% 0 P
Jackie Jensen 27 151 149 132 1335.1 348 331 12 5 0 .986 6 5 2.31 2.16 CF-RF-LF
George Kell 31 25 25 19 208.0 87 31 49 7 5 .920 -2 -10 3.46 3.20 3B
Russ Kemmerer 22 19 9 2 75.1 20 4 14 2 2 .900 2.15 0.95 7 4 36% 2 P
Leo Kiely 24 28 19 4 131.0 32 7 20 5 1 .844 1.85 0.96 1 4 80% 0 P
Ellis Kinder 39 48 2 0 107.0 15 2 11 2 0 .867 1.09 0.27 0 3 100% 0 P
Don Lenhardt 31 14 8 6 87.0 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 -2 -28 1.66 1.14 LF-3B
Ted Lepcio 24 115 109 97 976.1 594 276 297 21 64 .965 -4 -5 5.28 4.86 2B-3B-SS
Charlie Maxwell 27 27 18 7 143.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.63 0.87 LF-RF-CF
Sam Mele 32 34 32 17 269.1 200 189 9 2 18 .990 -4 -16 6.62 5.21 1B-RF-LF
Willard Nixon 26 31 30 8 199.2 52 17 34 1 6 .981 2.30 1.65 5 6 55% 0 P
Karl Olson 23 78 44 36 469.1 137 122 9 6 1 .956 -7 -19 2.51 1.62 CF-RF-LF
Mickey Owen 38 30 16 10 173.1 94 85 8 1 4 .989 0 0 4.83 3.10 1 3 5 5 50% 1 C
Mel Parnell 32 19 15 4 92.1 21 3 17 1 1 .952 1.95 1.05 2 2 50% 0 P
Jim Piersall 24 126 112 107 1026.0 260 247 9 4 2 .985 17 20 2.25 2.03 RF-CF
Frank Sullivan 24 36 26 11 206.1 50 12 36 2 5 .960 2.09 1.33 14 7 33% 0 P
Bill Werle 33 14 0 0 24.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.29 2 1 33% 0 P
Sammy White 26 133 124 114 1112.2 773 677 80 16 11 .979 -6 -6 6.12 5.69 11 15 47 32 41% 4 C
Del Wilber 35 18 16 7 126.1 60 49 8 3 2 .950 -1 -9 4.06 3.17 1 4 5 4 44% 1 C
Ted Williams 35 115 113 82 963.0 221 212 5 4 0 .982 4 5 2.03 1.89 LF
Team Totals 27.2 156 1404 1109 12711.0 6242 4234 1832 176 450 .972 7 1 4.30 3.38 13 22 57 41 42% 9
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 3 7
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 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
Harry Agganis* 25 492 -10 1 -2 1 -2 -5 14 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *3
Floyd Baker* 37 20 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased /54
Milt Bolling 23 437 -9 -2 -1 2 6 7 12 15 1.4 9 0.9 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *6/5
Tom Brewer 22 63 -3 -1 -1 0 0 5 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Hal Brown 29 29 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Tex Clevenger 21 14 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Billy Consolo 19 278 -14 1 1 0 -3 4 8 -3 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 654
Hoot Evers 33 8 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded /7
Dick Gernert 25 30 0 0 0 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /3
Billy Goodman* 28 551 -3 3 0 1 2 1 15 18 1.8 17 1.8 0.0 $ Purchased 4375
Grady Hatton* 31 366 4 0 -1 0 6 0 10 20 2.1 13 1.4 0.7 $ Traded 5/36
Bill Henry* 26 37 -5 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Tom Herrin 24 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sid Hudson 39 13 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Tom Hurd 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Jackie Jensen 27 674 11 2 -2 -4 6 -3 18 27 2.7 22 2.3 0.4 $ Traded *89/7
George Kell 31 109 -3 0 2 -1 -2 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 5
Russ Kemmerer 22 26 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Leo Kiely* 24 53 -5 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ellis Kinder 39 33 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Don Lenhardt 31 73 0 -1 -1 0 -2 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased 7/5
Ted Lepcio 24 451 -9 -1 4 -1 -4 5 13 7 0.6 11 1.2 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent 456
Charlie Maxwell* 27 117 -5 1 -1 0 -1 -1 3 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 7/98
Sam Mele 32 150 5 1 1 0 -4 -2 4 6 0.7 9 0.9 -0.2 $ Waivers 39/7
Moose Morton 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Willard Nixon* 26 78 -2 -1 -1 -1 0 6 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Karl Olson 23 245 -11 1 0 -2 -7 -2 7 -14 -1.5 -7 -0.7 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent 879
Mickey Owen 38 82 -3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency 2
Mel Parnell* 32 37 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim Piersall 24 520 -7 -1 0 -1 17 -5 15 18 1.7 1 0.1 1.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *98
Frank Sullivan 24 79 -11 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bill Werle* 33 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Sammy White 26 530 -9 -4 4 -1 -6 4 15 3 0.2 9 0.9 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Del Wilber 35 68 -7 -1 0 0 -1 1 2 -6 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ Purchased 2
Ted Williams* 35 526 57 -1 -2 0 4 -5 13 66 7.2 62 6.5 0.7 $100,000 Amateur Free Agent *7
Team Total 27.0 6207 -63 -4 3 -5 7 35 171 144 13.7 137 14.4 -0.7 $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
Tom Brewer 22 162.2 23 90 93 1 1.1 3 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hal Brown 29 118.0 5 64 71 1 .8 7 0.2 $ Traded
Tex Clevenger 21 67.2 8 42 41 0 .7 -1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Joe Dobson 37 2.2 0 2 2 0 .2 0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Bill Henry* 26 95.2 13 56 56 1 .9 0 -0.1 $ Unknown
Tom Herrin 24 28.1 1 23 17 0 .6 -6 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Sid Hudson 39 71.1 5 43 41 0 1.2 -2 -0.5 $ Traded
Tom Hurd 30 29.2 0 11 18 0 1.0 7 0.5 $ Purchased
Russ Kemmerer 22 75.1 9 35 46 0 1.0 11 1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Leo Kiely* 24 131.0 19 74 77 1 1.0 3 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ellis Kinder 39 107.0 2 47 62 1 1.5 15 1.2 $ Traded
Willard Nixon 26 199.2 30 102 119 1 1.0 17 1.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mel Parnell* 32 92.1 15 45 53 0 1.0 8 0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Frank Sullivan 24 206.1 26 81 127 1 1.0 46 4.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Werle* 33 24.2 0 13 15 0 .4 2 0.0 $ Waivers
Team Total 27.1 1412.1 156 728 838 7 1.0 110 9.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics