1955 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 84-70-0, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)

General Manager: Joe Cronin

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 1,203,200 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109
One-year: Batting - 125, Pitching - 123

Pythagorean W-L: 87-67, 755 Runs, 652 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	27	143	604	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	98	205	8	3	1	6	1
3	2B	Billy Goodman*	29	149	716	599	100	176	31	2	0	52	5	5	99	44	.294	.394	.352	.747	96	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	90	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	82	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	209	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	106	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	Name	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	116	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	105	68	2	1	0	2	1
11	3B	Ted Lepcio	25	51	151	134	19	31	9	0	6	15	1	1	12	36	.231	.313	.433	.746	93	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	118	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	47	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	72	14	2	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Sam Mele	33	14	33	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	104	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	Name	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	-22	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	79	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	2	8	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	George Susce	24	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	78	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	-45	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	47	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	21	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	258	9	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Russ Kemmerer	24	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	422	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Bob Smith	25	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	27.8	154	6134	5273	755	1392	241	39	137	709	43	17	707	730	.264	.351	.402	.753	96	2122	125	29	69	53	44
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	3	4	1	4	3		3	1	2	7	3	1	2	2		2		5		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.9	154	5636	4827	719	1313	229	37	136	678	43	17	683	598	.272	.362	.419	.781	103	2024	118	28	42	53	44
		Pitcher Totals	25.7	154	498	446	36	79	12	2	1	31	0	0	24	132	.177	.221	.220	.441	15	98	7	1	27	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	7	1	2	1105	149	3.76	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	3.35	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	4.32	1.479	9.2	1.0	4.1	4.3	1.05
4	SP	George Susce	24	9	7	.563	3.06	29	15	10	6	1	1	144.1	123	54	49	12	49	4	60	8	1	1	599	142	3.80	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	17	61	2	88	4	0	4	622	115	4.04	1.371	8.5	1.1	3.8	5.5	1.44
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Ellis Kinder	40	5	5	.500	2.84	43	0	38	0	0	18	66.2	57	22	21	4	15	4	31	1	0	1	271	153	2.94	1.080	7.7	0.5	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	155	3.52	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	144	3.76	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	131	4.18	1.291	8.4	1.1	3.2	3.5	1.10
10	RP	Dick Brodowski	22	1	0	1.000	5.63	16	0	6	0	0	0	32.0	36	25	20	5	25	2	10	1	1	1	153	78	6.21	1.906	10.1	1.4	7.0	2.8	0.40
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	56	6.67	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	75	3.13	1.618	10.1	0.5	4.5	7.1	1.59
13		Russ Kemmerer	24	1	1	.500	7.27	7	2	2	0	0	0	17.1	18	14	14	3	15	1	13	0	0	2	82	61	5.71	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	209	2.87	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		5.87	1.500	0.0	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
16		Bob Smith*	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6		2.97	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		2.97	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	26.2	84	70	.545	3.72	154	154	110	44	9	34	1384.1	1333	652	572	128	582	42	674	35	4	29	5992	117	3.93	1.383	8.7	0.8	3.8	4.4	1.16
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		4				5	7	3	3	4	4	4	7	4		4
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W