1955 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1955 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
84-70, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 755 runs, Allowed 652 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	143	603	544	65	142	30	4	11	64	1	2	44	58	.261	.323	.392	.714	85	213	23	7	5	3	4
2	1B	Norm Zauchin	25	130	556	477	65	114	10	0	27	93	3	0	69	105	.239	.335	.430	.765	97	205	8	3	1	6	1
3	2B	Billy Goodman*	29	149	715	599	100	176	31	2	0	52	5	5	99	44	.294	.394	.352	.747	95	211	13	3	10	4	1
4	SS	Billy Klaus*	26	135	610	541	83	153	26	2	7	60	6	0	60	44	.283	.351	.377	.729	89	204	4	0	4	5	0
5	3B	Grady Hatton*	32	126	465	380	48	93	11	4	4	49	0	1	76	28	.245	.367	.326	.693	81	124	8	0	4	5	3
6	LF	Ted Williams*	36	98	417	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	2	0	91	24	.356	.496	.703	1.200	208	225	8	2	0	4	17
7	CF	Jim Piersall	25	149	599	515	68	146	25	5	13	62	6	1	67	52	.283	.364	.427	.792	105	220	16	2	9	6	7
8	RF	Jackie Jensen	28	152	681	574	95	158	27	6	26	116	16	7	89	63	.275	.369	.479	.848	119	275	20	3	3	12	8
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	LF	Gene Stephens*	22	109	183	157	25	46	9	4	3	18	0	0	20	34	.293	.374	.459	.832	115	72	1	2	1	3	0
10	LF	Faye Throneberry*	24	60	161	144	20	37	7	3	6	27	0	0	14	31	.257	.323	.472	.795	104	68	2	1	0	2	1
11	3B	Ted Lepcio	24	51	151	134	19	31	9	0	6	15	1	1	12	36	.231	.313	.433	.746	92	58	2	4	1	0	0
12	MI	Eddie Joost	39	55	138	119	15	23	2	0	5	17	0	0	17	21	.193	.299	.336	.635	65	40	2	1	1	0	2
13	1B	Harry Agganis*	26	25	94	83	11	26	10	1	0	10	2	0	10	10	.313	.383	.458	.841	117	38	3	0	0	1	0
14	C	Pete Daley	25	17	53	50	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.220	.264	.300	.564	46	15	0	0	0	0	0
15	OF	Karl Olson	24	26	50	48	7	12	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	10	.250	.265	.354	.619	60	17	3	0	1	0	0
16	SS	Owen Friend	28	14	46	42	3	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	.262	.326	.333	.659	71	14	2	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Sam Mele	33	14	32	31	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	.129	.125	.194	.319	-18	6	1	0	0	1	0
18	2B	Billy Consolo	20	8	23	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	.222	.391	.222	.614	63	4	1	0	0	0	0
19	3B	Frank Malzone	25	6	21	20	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.350	.381	.400	.781	103	8	0	0	0	0	0
20	1B	Dick Gernert	26	7	21	20	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.300	.538	39	6	1	0	0	0	0
21	SS	Milt Bolling	24	6	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	0	2	0	0
22	C	Haywood Sullivan	24	2	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	C	Jim Pagliaroni	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000				0	0	0	0	1	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
24	P	Frank Sullivan	25	35	105	89	6	10	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	33	.112	.151	.146	.297	-23	13	2	0	12	0	0
25	P	Willard Nixon*	27	31	81	69	7	18	4	1	0	7	0	0	8	20	.261	.338	.348	.685	78	24	2	0	4	0	0
26	P	Tom Brewer	23	33	80	73	9	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.151	.195	.164	.359	-6	12	0	1	3	0	0
27	P	Ike Delock	25	29	56	49	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	15	.143	.222	.163	.385	1	8	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	George Susce	23	29	53	49	0	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.143	.160	.163	.323	-16	8	1	0	3	0	0
29	P	Leo Kiely*	25	33	28	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.192	.222	.231	.453	18	6	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Bill Henry*	27	17	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.105	.150	.105	.255	-33	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Mel Parnell*	33	14	19	19	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.316	.316	.368	.684	77	7	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Tom Hurd	31	43	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.143	.214	-46	2	1	0	1	0	0
33	P	Ellis Kinder	40	43	14	12	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	46	3	1	0	1	0	0
34	P	Frank Baumann*	21	7	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	20	3	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Dick Brodowski	22	16	10	10	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.900	1.400	257	9	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Russ Kemmerer	23	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Hal Brown	30	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	420	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Bob Smith	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Hersh Freeman	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Joe Trimble	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.6	154	6131	5273	755	1392	241	39	137	709	43	17	707	730	.264	.351	.402	.753	95	2122	125	29	69	53	44
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	3	4	1	4	3		3	8	2	2	3	1	2	2		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	25	18	13	.581	2.91	35	35	0	16	3	0	260.0	235	103	84	23	100	5	129	2	1	1	1100	148	1.288	8.1	0.8	3.5	4.5	1.29
2	SP	Willard Nixon	27	12	10	.545	4.07	31	31	0	7	3	0	208.0	207	102	94	10	85	2	95	3	0	4	903	106	1.404	9.0	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.12
3	SP	Tom Brewer	23	11	10	.524	4.20	31	28	1	9	2	0	192.2	198	101	90	21	87	3	91	8	0	7	856	103	1.479	9.2	1.0	4.1	4.3	1.05
4	SP	George Susce	23	9	7	.563	3.06	29	15	10	6	1	1	144.1	123	54	49	12	49	4	60	8	1	1	599	141	1.192	7.7	0.7	3.1	3.7	1.22
5	SP	Ike Delock	25	9	7	.563	3.76	29	18	5	6	0	3	143.2	136	67	60	16	61	2	88	4	0	4	622	115	1.371	8.5	1.0	3.8	5.5	1.44
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
6	CL	Ellis Kinder	40	5	5	.500	2.84	43	0	38	0	0	18	66.2	57	22	21	5	15	4	31	1	0	1	275	152	1.080	7.7	0.7	2.0	4.2	2.07
7	RP	Leo Kiely*	25	3	3	.500	2.80	33	4	13	0	0	6	90.0	91	31	28	5	37	5	36	0	1	1	384	154	1.422	9.1	0.5	3.7	3.6	0.97
8	RP	Tom Hurd	31	8	6	.571	3.01	43	0	26	0	0	5	80.2	72	32	27	7	38	10	48	1	0	3	344	143	1.364	8.0	0.8	4.2	5.4	1.26
9	RP	Bill Henry*	27	2	4	.333	3.32	17	7	2	0	0	0	59.2	56	28	22	7	21	2	23	0	0	1	254	130	1.291	8.4	1.1	3.2	3.5	1.10
10	RP	Dick Brodowski	22	1	0	1.000	5.62	16	0	6	0	0	0	32.0	36	25	20	5	25	2	10	1	1	1	153	77	1.906	10.1	1.4	7.0	2.8	0.40
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
11		Mel Parnell*	33	2	3	.400	7.83	13	9	2	0	0	1	46.0	62	44	40	12	25	1	18	1	0	0	227	55	1.891	12.1	2.3	4.9	3.5	0.72
12		Frank Baumann*	21	2	1	.667	5.82	7	5	2	0	0	0	34.0	38	28	22	2	17	0	27	1	0	2	156	74	1.618	10.1	0.5	4.5	7.1	1.59
13		Russ Kemmerer	23	1	1	.500	7.27	7	2	2	0	0	0	17.1	18	14	14	3	15	1	13	0	0	2	82	59	1.904	9.3	1.6	7.8	6.8	0.87
14		Hal Brown	30	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	192	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
15		Joe Trimble	24	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	8		1.500	0.0	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
16		Bob Smith*	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
17		Hersh Freeman	26	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	6		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	26.1	84	70	.545	3.72	154	154	110	44	9	34	1384.1	1333	652	572	128	582	42	674	30	4	28	5991	116	1.383	8.7	0.8	3.8	4.4	1.16
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		4				5	7	2	3	4	4	4	7	4		5406
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	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
Harry Agganis	26	20	20	181.0	225	208	14	3	15	.987	2.5	16.6	2.5	1.0	1.6		0		11.04	11.10						1B
Frank Baumann	21	7	5	34.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000									1.59	0.86						P
Milt Bolling	24	2	1	11.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	-1.0	-109.1	-1.0	-0.1	-0.9		0		3.27	2.00						SS
Tom Brewer	23	31	28	192.2	60	15	44	1	4	.983									2.76	1.90						P
Dick Brodowski	22	16	0	32.0	12	5	7	0	0	1.000									3.38	0.75						P
Hal Brown	30	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Billy Consolo	20	4	4	41.0	18	11	5	2	1	.889	-2.3	-67.3	-2.3	0.0	-2.3		0		3.51	4.00						2B
Pete Daley	25	14	10	111.2	79	75	4	0	0	1.000	-1.0	-10.7						-1	6.37	5.64	0	2	4	1	20%	C
Ike Delock	25	29	18	143.2	26	6	19	1	1	.962									1.57	0.86						P
Hersh Freeman	26	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Owen Friend	28	15	14	111.2	61	20	38	3	5	.951	-0.1	-1.1	0.9	0.9	0.0		-1		4.67	3.87						SS-2B
Dick Gernert	26	5	4	40.0	39	35	3	1	2	.974	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0		8.55	7.60						1B
Billy Goodman	29	149	148	1303.1	797	395	378	24	96	.970	-3.7	-3.4	-1.7	1.0	-2.7		-2		5.34	5.19						2B-1B-LF
Grady Hatton	32	112	109	954.1	330	97	225	8	22	.976	0.5	0.6	-0.5	2.5	-2.9		1		3.04	2.88						3B-2B
Bill Henry	27	17	7	59.2	15	4	11	0	1	1.000									2.26	0.88						P
Tom Hurd	31	43	0	80.2	16	4	12	0	1	1.000									1.79	0.37						P
Jackie Jensen	28	150	149	1339.1	293	276	11	6	3	.980	6.3	5.6	7.3	4.7	2.6	-1			1.93	1.91						RF
Eddie Joost	39	39	25	246.0	159	55	92	12	23	.925	-4.4	-21.5	-5.4	-3.6	-2.0		1		5.38	3.77						SS-2B-3B
Russ Kemmerer	23	7	2	17.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.04	0.29						P
Leo Kiely	25	33	4	90.0	25	6	19	0	4	1.000									2.50	0.76						P
Ellis Kinder	40	43	0	66.2	9	2	7	0	1	1.000									1.22	0.21						P
Billy Klaus	26	134	129	1167.2	656	214	411	31	55	.953	-7.4	-7.6	-4.4	1.2	-5.6		-3		4.82	4.66						SS-3B
Ted Lepcio	24	45	33	320.0	140	48	84	8	6	.943	-0.6	-2.3	-0.6	1.6	-2.2		0		3.71	2.93						3B
Frank Malzone	25	4	4	41.0	17	2	15	0	1	1.000	0.2	5.9	0.2	0.0	0.2		0		3.73	4.25						3B
Sam Mele	33	7	6	54.0	16	14	2	0	0	1.000	3.1	68.9	1.1	0.8	0.3	2			2.67	2.29						LF-RF
Willard Nixon	27	31	31	208.0	62	18	43	1	3	.984									2.64	1.97						P
Karl Olson	24	26	10	113.2	29	27	2	0	0	1.000	-2.0	-21.1	-2.0	-1.5	-0.6	0			2.30	1.12						CF-LF-RF
Jim Pagliaroni	17	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0						0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0		C
Mel Parnell	33	13	9	46.0	12	2	9	1	0	.917									2.15	0.85						P
Jim Piersall	25	147	144	1294.1	430	422	5	3	3	.993	25.0	23.2	23.0	9.7	13.3	2			2.97	2.90						CF
Bob Smith	24	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Gene Stephens	22	75	29	340.1	95	83	7	5	1	.947	4.5	15.9	2.5	2.7	-0.2	2			2.38	1.20						LF-CF
Frank Sullivan	25	35	35	260.0	64	22	41	1	5	.984									2.18	1.80						P
Haywood Sullivan	24	2	2	15.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	7.20	6.00	0	0	1	0	0%	C
George Susce	23	29	15	144.1	31	9	22	0	2	1.000									1.93	1.07						P
Faye Throneberry	24	35	31	280.2	72	66	3	3	0	.958	2.8	12.0	1.8	4.1	-2.3	1			2.21	1.97						LF-RF
Joe Trimble	24	2	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									4.50	0.50						P
Sammy White	26	143	142	1255.2	754	671	71	12	8	.984	1.0	1.0						1	5.32	5.19	5	28	39	35	47%	C
Ted Williams	36	93	93	730.2	177	170	5	2	0	.989	7.2	11.8	5.2	-0.8	6.1	2			2.16	1.88						LF
Norm Zauchin	25	126	125	1120.1	1227	1137	84	6	106	.995	9.7	10.4	9.7	3.9	5.8		0		9.81	9.69						1B
Team Totals	27.6	154	1386	12459.0	5985	4141	1708	136	368	.977	40.3	3.9	36.3	28.1	8.2	8	-4	0	4.23	3.48	5	30	44	36	45%
Rank in 8 AL teams								5	8	4
	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

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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