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1955 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

84-70, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Scored 755 runs, Allowed 652 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,203,200 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 125, Pitching - 123

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1954 / 1956 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 26 L L 6' 2" 200 Apr 20, 1929 2 25 20 25 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.8 $
Frank Baumann 21 L L 6' 0" 205 Jul 1, 1933 1st 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Milt Bolling 24 R R 6' 1" 177 Aug 9, 1930 4 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.2 $
Tom Brewer 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 3, 1931 2 33 28 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.3 $
Dick Brodowski 22 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 26, 1932 2 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Hal Brown 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Billy Consolo 20 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 3 8 4 8 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.2 $
Pete Daley 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 14, 1930 1st 17 10 17 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.4 $
Ike Delock 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 11, 1929 3 29 18 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Hersh Freeman 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Owen Friend 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 21, 1927 4 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dick Gernert 26 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 4 7 4 7 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0 $
Billy Goodman 29 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 9 149 148 149 148 0 0 5 143 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0 $
Grady Hatton 32 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 10 126 109 126 112 0 0 0 1 111 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0.4 $
Bill Henry 27 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 4 17 7 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tom Hurd 31 R R 5' 9" 155 May 27, 1924 2 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Jackie Jensen 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 9, 1927 6 152 149 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 2 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Eddie Joost 39 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 17 56 25 56 40 0 0 0 19 1 20 0 0 0 0 19 0 -0.9 $
Russ Kemmerer 23 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 1, 1931 2 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Leo Kiely 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Nov 30, 1929 3 33 4 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Ellis Kinder 40 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 10 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Billy Klaus 26 L R 5' 9" 160 Dec 9, 1928 3 135 129 135 133 0 0 0 0 8 126 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.8 $
Ted Lepcio 25 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 4 51 33 51 45 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 -0.1 $
Frank Malzone 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 28, 1930 1st 6 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 $
Sam Mele 33 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 9 14 6 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 7 0 0.0 $
Willard Nixon 27 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 6 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Karl Olson 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 4 26 10 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 6 21 3 3 -0.5 $
Jim Pagliaroni 17 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 8, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Mel Parnell 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 9 14 9 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.5 $
Jim Piersall 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 5 149 144 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 4 1 4.0 $
Bob Smith 24 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 1, 1931 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gene Stephens 22 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 3 109 29 109 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 4 0 75 33 17 1.1 $
Frank Sullivan 25 R R 6' 6" 215 Jan 23, 1930 3 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $ All-Star
Haywood Sullivan 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 15, 1930 1st 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
George Susce 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1931 1st 29 15 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Faye Throneberry 24 L R 5' 11" 185 Jun 22, 1931 2 60 31 60 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 3 34 28 0 0.6 $
Joe Trimble 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 12, 1930 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Sammy White 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 5 143 142 143 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ted Williams HOF 36 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 14 98 93 98 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 93 5 0 6.7 $100,000 All-Star
Norm Zauchin 25 R R 6' 4" 220 Nov 17, 1929 2 130 125 130 126 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.7 $
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

Milt Bolling

Norm Zauchin

Jackie Jensen

Harry Agganis

Sam Mele

Sammy White

Ted Williams

Billy Goodman

Billy Consolo

Ike Delock

Ted Lepcio
Willard Nixon

Ellis Kinder

Mel Parnell

Frank Sullivan

Leo Kiely

Eddie Joost

Karl Olson

Owen Friend
Jim Pagliaroni

Tom Brewer

Pete Daley

Hersh Freeman
Dick Gernert

Faye Throneberry

Hal Brown
George Susce

Tom Hurd

Bill Henry

Billy Klaus

Jim Piersall

Gene Stephens

Bob Smith

Frank Baumann
Russ Kemmerer

Haywood Sullivan
George Susce

Dick Brodowski

Frank Malzone

Joe Trimble

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers