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1955 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 84-70, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 755 runs, Allowed 652 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Pinky Higgins Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,203,200 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108   (one-year): Batting - 124, Pitching - 122   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sammy White         26  143  544   65  142  30  4  11   64  44   58  .261  .323  .392   1   2  23   7   5   3   4   85
1B  Norm Zauchin        25  130  477   65  114  10  0  27   93  69  105  .239  .335  .430   3   0   8   3   1   6   1   98
2B *Billy Goodman       29  149  599  100  176  31  2   0   52  99   44  .294  .394  .352   5   5  13   3  10   4   1   96
3B *Grady Hatton        32  126  380   48   93  11  4   4   49  76   28  .245  .367  .326   0   1   8   0   4   5   3   82
SS *Billy Klaus         26  135  541   83  153  26  2   7   60  60   44  .283  .351  .377   6   0   4   0   4   5   0   90
OF  Jackie Jensen       28  152  574   95  158  27  6  26  116  89   63  .275  .369  .479  16   7  20   3   3  12   8  119
OF  Jim Piersall        25  149  515   68  146  25  5  13   62  67   52  .283  .364  .427   6   1  16   2   9   6   7  106
OF *Ted Williams        36   98  320   77  114  21  3  28   83  91   24  .356  .496  .703   2   0   8   2   0   4  17  209
   *Gene Stephens       22  109  157   25   46   9  4   3   18  20   34  .293  .374  .459   0   0   1   2   1   3   0  116
   *Faye Throneberry    24   60  144   20   37   7  3   6   27  14   31  .257  .323  .472   0   0   2   1   0   2   1  105
    Ted Lepcio          24   51  134   19   31   9  0   6   15  12   36  .231  .313  .433   1   1   2   4   1   0   0   93
    Eddie Joost         39   55  119   15   23   2  0   5   17  17   21  .193  .299  .336   0   0   2   1   1   0   2   65
   *Harry Agganis       26   25   83   11   26  10  1   0   10  10   10  .313  .383  .458   2   0   3   0   0   1   0  118
    Pete Daley          25   17   50    4   11   2  1   0    5   3    6  .220  .264  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   47
    Karl Olson          24   26   48    7   12   1  2   0    1   1   10  .250  .265  .354   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   60
    Owen Friend         28   14   42    3   11   3  0   0    2   4   11  .262  .326  .333   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   72
    Sam Mele            33   14   31    1    4   2  0   0    1   0    7  .129  .125  .194   1   0   1   0   0   1   0  -18
    Dick Gernert        26    7   20    6    4   2  0   0    1   1    5  .200  .238  .300   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   39
    Frank Malzone       25    6   20    2    7   1  0   0    1   1    3  .350  .381  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  104
    Billy Consolo       20    8   18    4    4   0  0   0    0   5    4  .222  .391  .222   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   63
    Haywood Sullivan    24    2    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Milt Bolling        24    6    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    4
    Jim Pagliaroni      17    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0        .000         0   0   0   0   0   1   0     

    Frank Sullivan      25   35   89    6   10   1  1   0    6   4   33  .112  .151  .146   0   0   2   0  12   0   0  -22
    Tom Brewer          23   33   73    9   11   1  0   0    3   3   16  .151  .195  .164   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   -6
   *Willard Nixon       27   31   69    7   18   4  1   0    7   8   20  .261  .338  .348   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   79
    Ike Delock          25   29   49    5    7   1  0   0    1   5   15  .143  .222  .163   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    2
    George Susce        23   29   49    0    7   1  0   0    4   1   16  .143  .160  .163   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -16
   *Leo Kiely           25   33   26    2    5   1  0   0    0   1    9  .192  .222  .231   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   18
   *Bill Henry          27   17   19    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    9  .105  .150  .105   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
   *Mel Parnell         33   14   19    1    6   1  0   0    3   0    3  .316  .316  .368   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   78
    Tom Hurd            31   43   14    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .071  .071  .143   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -45
   *Frank Baumann       21    7   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   0    3  .231  .231  .231   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   21
    Ellis Kinder        40   43   12    1    3   0  0   0    3   1    2  .250  .308  .250   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   47
    Dick Brodowski      22   16   10    3    5   1  0   1    2   0    2  .500  .500  .900   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  258
    Russ Kemmerer       23    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hal Brown           30    2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  422
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  154 5273  755 1392 241 39 137  709 707  733  .264  .351  .402  43  17 125  29  69  53  44  103
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    3    4   1  4   3        2    2     3     1     2   3   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Frank Sullivan      25  35   2.91  18  13  0  35   0  16   3  260.0  235  103   84  23  100  129 1100   1   2  1   5 147
SP  Willard Nixon       27  31   4.07  12  10  0  31   0   7   3  208.0  207  102   94  10   85   95  903   4   3  0   2 105
SP  Tom Brewer          23  31   4.20  11  10  0  28   1   9   2  192.7  198  101   90  21   87   91  856   7   8  0   3 102
SP  Ike Delock          25  29   3.76   9   7  3  18   5   6   0  143.7  136   67   60  16   61   88  622   4   4  0   2 114
SP  George Susce        23  29   3.06   9   7  1  15  10   6   1  144.3  123   54   49  12   49   60  599   1   8  1   4 140
SP *Mel Parnell         33  13   7.83   2   3  1   9   2   0   0   46.0   62   44   40  12   25   18  227   0   1  0   1  55
SP *Frank Baumann       21   7   5.82   2   1  0   5   2   0   0   34.0   38   28   22   2   17   27  156   2   1  0   0  73

CL  Ellis Kinder        40  43   2.84   5   5 18   0  38   0   0   66.7   57   22   21   5   15   31  275   1   1  0   4 151
RP  Tom Hurd            31  43   3.01   8   6  5   0  26   0   0   80.7   72   32   27   7   38   48  344   3   1  0  10 142
RP *Leo Kiely           25  33   2.80   3   3  6   4  13   0   0   90.0   91   31   28   5   37   36  384   1   0  1   5 153
RP  Dick Brodowski      22  16   5.63   1   0  0   0   6   0   0   32.0   36   25   20   5   25   10  153   1   1  1   2  76
RP *Bill Henry          27  17   3.32   2   4  0   7   2   0   0   59.7   56   28   22   7   21   23  254   1   0  0   2 129

    Russ Kemmerer       23   7   7.27   1   1  0   2   2   0   0   17.3   18   14   14   3   15   13   82   2   0  0   1  59
    Hal Brown           30   2   2.25   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    2    1    1   0    2    2   16   0   0  0   0 190
    Joe Trimble         24   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    3    1    8   0   0  0   0    
   *Bob Smith           24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    1    0    0   0    1    1    6   0   0  0   0    
    Hersh Freeman       26   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    1    0    0   0    1    1    6   0   0  0   1    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 154   3.72  84  70 34 154 110  44   9 1384.0 1333  652  572 128  582  674 5991  28  30  4  42 115
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   4   5  2           5   7      3    4    4        7    4    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SWhite 143 671 71 12 8 .984 5 PDaley 14 75 4 0 0 1.000 0 HSullivan 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 0 JPagliaroni 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 757 76 12 8 .986 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NZauchin 126 1137 84 6 106 .995 9.69 HAgganis 20 208 14 3 15 .987 11.10 DGernert 5 35 3 1 2 .974 7.60 BGoodman 5 47 5 1 3 .981 10.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1427 106 11 126 .993 9.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGoodman 143 348 373 23 93 .969 5.04 EJoost 17 18 19 4 4 .902 2.18 BConsolo 4 11 5 2 1 .889 4.00 OFriend 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GHatton 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 377 397 29 98 .964 5.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHatton 111 97 225 8 22 .976 2.90 TLepcio 45 48 84 8 6 .943 2.93 BKlaus 8 7 20 3 0 .900 3.38 FMalzone 4 2 15 0 1 1.000 4.25 EJoost 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 154 345 19 29 .963 3.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKlaus 126 207 391 28 55 .955 4.75 EJoost 20 37 72 8 19 .932 5.45 OFriend 14 20 38 3 5 .951 4.14 MBolling 2 1 3 1 0 .800 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 265 504 40 79 .951 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .982 2.08 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JJensen 150 281 11 7 3 .977 1.95 0 0 150 JPiersall 147 425 7 3 2 .993 2.94 0 147 0 TWilliams 93 170 5 2 0 .989 1.88 93 0 0 GStephens 75 82 7 5 1 .947 1.19 71 4 0 FThroneberr 34 69 3 3 0 .960 2.12 32 0 3 KOlson 21 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 11 8 5 SMele 7 14 3 0 0 1.000 2.43 6 0 1 BGoodman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1068 37 20 6 .982 2.40 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FSullivan 35 22 41 1 5 .984 2.18 WNixon 31 18 43 1 3 .984 2.64 TBrewer 31 15 44 1 4 .983 2.76 GSusce 29 9 22 0 2 1.000 1.93 IDelock 29 6 19 1 1 .962 1.57 LKiely 33 6 19 0 4 1.000 2.50 THurd 43 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.78 EKinder 43 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.21 BHenry 17 4 11 0 1 1.000 2.26 MParnell 13 2 9 1 0 .917 2.15 FBaumann 7 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.59 DBrodowski 16 5 7 0 0 1.000 3.38 RKemmerer 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.04 HBrown 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JTrimble 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 HFreeman 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BSmith 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 93 243 5 22 .985 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Goodman .294 On-base % Goodman .394 Slugging % Jensen .479 OPS Jensen .848 Games Jensen 152 At Bats Goodman 599 Plate Appearances (approx.) Goodman 715 Runs Goodman 100 Hits Goodman 176 Total Bases Jensen 275 Doubles Goodman 31 Triples Jensen 6 Home Runs Williams 28 RBI Jensen 116 Bases on Balls Goodman 99 Strikeouts Zauchin 105 Stolen Bases Jensen 16 Singles Goodman 143 Adjusted OPS+ Jensen 119 Runs Created Williams 118 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 57 Batting Wins Williams 5.5 Extra-Base Hits Jensen 59 Times on Base Goodman 278 Offensive Win% Jensen .618 Hit By Pitch White 7 Sac. Hits Sullivan 12 Sac. Flies Jensen 12 Intentional Walks Williams 17 Grounded into Double Plays White 23 Caught Stealing Jensen 7 Power/Speed Number Jensen 19.8 At Bats per Strikeout Goodman 13.6 At Bats per Home Run Zauchin 17.7 Outs Jensen 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Sullivan 2.91 Wins Sullivan 18 Won-Loss % Sullivan .581 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sullivan 1.288 Hits Allowed/9IP Sullivan 8.13 Bases on Balls/9IP Sullivan 3.46 Strikeouts/9IP Sullivan 4.47 Games Hurd and Kinder 43 Saves Kinder 18 Innings Sullivan 260.0 Strikeouts Sullivan 129 Games Started Sullivan 35 Comp. Games Sullivan 16 Shutouts Nixon and Sullivan 3 Home Runs Allow. Sullivan 23 Bases On Balls Allow. Sullivan 100 Hits Allowed Sullivan 235 SO to Walk Sullivan 1.29 Losses Sullivan 13 Earned Runs Allow. Nixon 94 Wild Pitches Brewer 7 Hit Batsmen Brewer and Susce 8 Batters Faced Sullivan 1100 Games Finished Kinder 38 Adjusted ERA+ Sullivan 147

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Jackie Jensen
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