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1955 Boston Red Sox (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
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.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats / Schedule (1954/1956) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   84-70 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   12.0
Days in First:                   8 (last on April 24, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          24 (last on September 7)
Most Games under .500:          10 (last on June 5)

Biggest Lead:                  1.5 (last on April 20)
Farthest Behind Leader:       14.5 (last on June 5)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (July 1 to July 7)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (September 14 to September 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              19 (May 18)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (May 27 and August 7)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        84  70     755     652    .545

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           47  31     470     395    .603
Road           37  39     285     257    .487

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           8   8      68      66    .500
May            11  18     118     131    .379
June           20   9     163     110    .690
July           21   8     147     109    .724
August         14  13     145     127    .519
September      10  14     114     109    .417

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     48  36     410     350    .571
Second Half    36  34     345     302    .514
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        22  23     159     160    .489

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  15     280     202    .643

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL            14   8     123      97    .636
CHW             9  13      80      92    .409
CLE            11  11      97      95    .500
DET            13   9     105      88    .591
KCA            14   8     140     104    .636
NYY             8  14      84      99    .364
WSH            15   7     126      77    .682

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 12     BOS @BAL  W   7-1        1-0     1    Tied  2:25 F Sullivan                 38,085 +
  2 Thu, Apr 14     BOS  NYY  W   8-4        2-0     1    Tied  2:32 W Nixon                    22,246 ++
  3 Fri, Apr 15     BOS  NYY  L   4-6        2-1     2     1.0  2:13 B Turley                    8,770 -
  4 Sat, Apr 16     BOS  BAL  W   6-5        3-1     1    Tied  2:31 I Delock                    7,120 +
  5 Sun, Apr 17     BOS  BAL  W  14-5        4-1     1  up 1.0  2:39 F Sullivan                      0 ++
  6                 BOS  BAL  W  12-9        5-1     1  up 1.0  3:08 H Brown                    15,345 +++
  7 Wed, Apr 20     BOS @WSH  W   1-0        6-1     1  up 1.5  2:52 W Nixon                     5,495 ++++
  8 Thu, Apr 21     BOS @WSH  L   0-1        6-2     1  up 1.0  2:14 B Porterfiel                1,965 -
  9 Fri, Apr 22     BOS @NYY  L   0-3        6-3     1    Tied  1:49 W Ford                      7,241 --
 10 Sat, Apr 23     BOS @NYY  L   2-7        6-4     3     1.0  2:19 J Kucks                    17,634 ---
 11 Sun, Apr 24     BOS @NYY  W   1-0        7-4     1    Tied  2:12 W Nixon                    13,363 +
 12 Tue, Apr 26     BOS @KCA  L   7-8        7-5     2     1.0  3:22 T Gorman                   17,067 -
 13 Wed, Apr 27     BOS @KCA  L   2-6        7-6     5     1.0  2:17 C Boyer                     9,557 --
 14 Thu, Apr 28     BOS @CHW  W   3-1        8-6     4     1.0  2:11 I Delock                    3,109 +
 15 Fri, Apr 29     BOS @CHW  L   0-7        8-7     5     1.5  2:14 D Donovan                   3,068 -
 16 Sat, Apr 30     BOS @CHW  L   1-3        8-8     5     2.5  2:03 S Consuegra                 9,240 --
 17 Sun, May  1     BOS @CLE  L   0-2        8-9     6     3.5  2:04 B Feller                        0 ---
 18                 BOS @CLE  L   1-2        8-10    6     3.5  1:55 H Score                    26,595 ----
 19 Mon, May  2     BOS @CLE  L   2-4        8-11    6     4.5  2:20 E Wynn                      2,549 -----
 20 Tue, May  3     BOS @DET  L   2-4        8-12    6     5.5  2:21 B Hoeft                     4,521 ------
 21 Wed, May  4     BOS @DET  W   3-2        9-12    6     4.5  2:44 W Nixon                    32,485 +
 22 Thu, May  5     BOS @DET  L   2-3        9-13    6     5.0  2:20 D Maas                      4,687 -
 23 Fri, May  6     BOS  NYY  L   0-6        9-14    7     6.0  2:38 B Turley                    7,033 --
 24 Sat, May  7     BOS  NYY  L   6-9        9-15    7     7.0  3:22 T Morgan                   29,925 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May  8     BOS  NYY  L   0-5        9-16    7     8.5  2:17 B Grim                     16,097 ----
 26 Tue, May 10     BOS  CHW  L   2-4        9-17    7     9.5  2:11 H Dorish                    3,363 -----
 27 Wed, May 11     BOS  CHW  W   4-3       10-17    7     9.5  2:18 F Sullivan                  3,354 +
 28 Thu, May 12     BOS  KCA  W  12-7       11-17    7     8.5  2:27 I Delock                    3,900 ++
 29 Fri, May 13     BOS  KCA  W   4-3       12-17    6     8.0  2:21 E Kinder                   17,355 +++
 30 Sat, May 14     BOS  KCA  W   3-1       13-17    5     7.5  3:06 R Kemmerer                  8,213 ++++
 31 Sun, May 15     BOS  DET  W  10-4       14-17    5     7.5  2:31 F Sullivan                      0 +++++
 32                 BOS  DET  L   3-9       14-18    5     7.5  2:42 D Maas                     28,752 -
 33 Tue, May 17     BOS  CLE  W  10-3       15-18    5     6.5  2:42 B Henry                     4,646 +
 34 Wed, May 18     BOS  CLE  L   0-19      15-19    5     7.5  2:37 H Score                    11,490 -
 35 Fri, May 20     BOS @WSH  L   1-3       15-20    5     7.5  3:37 B Porterfiel                5,297 --
 36 Sat, May 21     BOS @WSH  L   0-1       15-21    6     8.0  3:37 P Ramos                     5,597 ---
 37 Tue, May 24     BOS @BAL  L   1-6       15-22    6     9.0  2:50 J McDonald                 13,852 ----
 38 Wed, May 25     BOS @BAL  L   2-6       15-23    6     9.5  2:30 H Byrd                          0 -----
 39                 BOS @BAL  W   5-2       16-23    6     9.5  2:40 I Delock                   16,516 +
 40 Thu, May 26     BOS @BAL  L   0-2       16-24    6    11.0  1:57 J Wilson                    3,483 -
 41 Fri, May 27     BOS  WSH  W  16-0       17-24    5    11.0  2:29 T Brewer                   15,775 +
 42 Sat, May 28     BOS  WSH  L   3-5       17-25    6    12.0  2:53 M McDermott                 9,162 -
 43 Sun, May 29     BOS  WSH  W  12-7       18-25    5    12.0  3:00 G Susce                    14,429 +
 44 Mon, May 30     BOS  BAL  L   6-8       18-26    5    12.0  2:45 R Moore                         0 -
 45                 BOS  BAL  W   8-1       19-26    5    12.0  2:26 I Delock                   17,732 +
 46 Wed, Jun  1     BOS @CHW  L   3-4       19-27    5    13.5  2:25 S Consuegra                21,209 -
 47 Thu, Jun  2     BOS @CHW  L   2-4       19-28    5    14.5  2:15 V Trucks                    4,507 --
 48 Fri, Jun  3     BOS @KCA  L   3-4       19-29    6    14.5  2:07 J Sain                     21,899 ---
 49 Sat, Jun  4     BOS @KCA  W   5-1       20-29    6    14.5  2:03 F Sullivan                 14,060 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun  5     BOS @KCA  L   4-5       20-30    6    14.5  3:07 C Boyer                    26,761 -
 51                 BOS @KCA  W   4-3       21-30    6    14.5  2:57 T Brewer                   26,761 +
 52 Tue, Jun  7     BOS @CLE  W   9-5       22-30    6    14.0  2:32 G Susce                    11,169 ++
 53 Wed, Jun  8     BOS @CLE  W   5-4       23-30    6    13.0  3:20 L Kiely                    10,464 +++
 54 Thu, Jun  9     BOS @CLE  W   4-2       24-30    5    13.0  2:35 F Sullivan                  4,047 ++++
 55 Fri, Jun 10     BOS @DET  W   5-2       25-30    5    13.0  2:19 W Nixon                     5,160 +++++
 56 Sat, Jun 11     BOS @DET  L   5-7       25-31    5    13.0  2:45 B Birrer                   11,499 -
 57 Tue, Jun 14     BOS  KCA  W  12-4       26-31    5    12.0  2:13 F Sullivan                  4,277 +
 58 Wed, Jun 15     BOS  KCA  W   9-6       27-31    5    11.0  2:22 M Parnell                   4,939 ++
 59 Thu, Jun 16     BOS  KCA  W   7-6       28-31    5    11.0  2:23 T Hurd                      3,938 +++
 60 Fri, Jun 17     BOS  CLE  W   6-5       29-31    5    10.5  2:50 T Brewer                   10,612 ++++
 61                 BOS  CLE  L   2-3       29-32    5    10.5  2:25 R Narleski                 33,014 -
 62 Sat, Jun 18     BOS  CLE  W   4-2       30-32    5     9.5  2:17 F Sullivan                 18,430 +
 63 Sun, Jun 19     BOS  CLE  W  11-7       31-32    5    10.0  3:03 M Parnell                  26,080 ++
 64 Tue, Jun 21     BOS  DET  W   5-4       32-32    5    10.0  2:45 T Hurd                     25,332 +++
 65 Wed, Jun 22     BOS  DET  W  12-7       33-32    5    10.0  2:55 T Brewer                   11,484 ++++
 66 Thu, Jun 23     BOS  DET  W   7-0       34-32    4    10.0  2:10 F Sullivan                  9,316 +++++
 67 Fri, Jun 24     BOS  CHW  L   2-3       34-33    5    11.0  2:47 S Consuegra                28,628 -
 68 Sat, Jun 25     BOS  CHW  L   3-8       34-34    5    12.0  2:31 D Howell                   15,823 --
 69 Sun, Jun 26     BOS  CHW  W   5-2       35-34    5    11.0  2:18 W Nixon                         0 +
 70                 BOS  CHW  W   8-2       36-34    5    11.0  2:32 T Brewer                   32,362 ++
 71 Tue, Jun 28     BOS @WSH  W   4-0       37-34    5    10.0  2:15 F Sullivan                        +++
 72                 BOS @WSH  W   8-2       38-34    5    10.0  2:20 T Hurd                      8,965 ++++
 73 Wed, Jun 29     BOS @WSH  W   7-5       39-34    5    10.5  2:14 I Delock                    3,668 +++++
 74 Thu, Jun 30     BOS @WSH  L   2-3       39-35    5    11.0  2:25 T Abernathy                 8,563 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul  1     BOS @BAL  W   4-3       40-35    4    11.0  3:24 E Kinder                   10,200 +
 76 Sat, Jul  2     BOS @BAL  W   5-1       41-35    4    11.0  2:32 G Susce                    12,077 ++
 77 Sun, Jul  3     BOS @BAL  W   7-2       42-35    4    10.0  2:14 F Sullivan                  7,362 +++
 78 Mon, Jul  4     BOS @NYY  W   4-2       43-35    4     8.0  2:54 W Nixon                         0 ++++
 79                 BOS @NYY  W  10-5       44-35    4     8.0  2:33 T Hurd                     43,794 +++++
 80 Wed, Jul  6     BOS  WSH  W   7-5       45-35    4     7.0  2:27 T Brewer                   30,407 ++++++
 81 Thu, Jul  7     BOS  WSH  W   6-5       46-35    4     6.5  2:32 E Kinder                   17,927 +++++++
 82 Fri, Jul  8     BOS  BAL  L   3-9       46-36    4     7.5  2:57 H Dorish                   24,520 -
 83 Sat, Jul  9     BOS  BAL  W   5-4       47-36    4     7.5  2:56 E Kinder                   10,506 +
 84 Sun, Jul 10     BOS  BAL  W  10-7       48-36    4     7.0  2:34 T Hurd                     20,774 ++
 85 Thu, Jul 14     BOS @DET  L   0-6       48-37    4     6.5  2:21 F Lary                            -
 86                 BOS @DET  W   7-3       49-37    4     6.5  2:15 G Susce                    44,676 +
 87 Sat, Jul 16     BOS @CLE  L   1-4       49-38    4     6.5  2:57 A Houtteman                14,073 -
 88 Sun, Jul 17     BOS @CLE  W   6-0       50-38    4     6.0  2:31 T Brewer                        0 +
 89                 BOS @CLE  L   5-6       50-39    4     6.0  2:21 M Garcia                   44,688 -
 90 Tue, Jul 19     BOS @KCA  W   6-3       51-39    4     6.0  2:52 W Nixon                    16,682 +
 91 Wed, Jul 20     BOS @KCA  W   6-0       52-39    4     5.0  2:05 G Susce                    19,833 ++
 92 Thu, Jul 21     BOS @KCA  W   4-3       53-39    4     4.0  2:14 F Sullivan                  9,096 +++
 93 Fri, Jul 22     BOS @CHW  L   7-10      53-40    4     4.0  3:01 M Martin                   33,893 -
 94 Sat, Jul 23     BOS @CHW  W   9-7       54-40    4     3.0  3:10 T Hurd                     15,143 +
 95 Sun, Jul 24     BOS @CHW  L   0-4       54-41    4     4.0  2:08 B Pierce                        0 -
 96                 BOS @CHW  W   2-1       55-41    4     4.0  2:43 W Nixon                    35,664 +
 97 Tue, Jul 26     BOS  CLE  W   5-1       56-41    4     4.0  2:23 F Sullivan                 33,423 ++
 98 Wed, Jul 27     BOS  CLE  W   6-2       57-41    4     3.0  2:26 T Brewer                   25,341 +++
 99 Thu, Jul 28     BOS  CLE  L   4-6       57-42    4     3.0  2:59 E Wynn                     17,064 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Jul 29     BOS  DET  W   5-0       58-42    4     3.0  2:10 W Nixon                    32,631 +
101 Sat, Jul 30     BOS  DET  L   2-5       58-43    4     3.0  2:29 B Birrer                   22,481 -
102 Sun, Jul 31     BOS  DET  W   8-3       59-43    4     3.0  2:14 F Sullivan                      0 +
103                 BOS  DET  W   3-2       60-43    4     3.0  2:51 F Baumann                  35,057 ++
104 Tue, Aug  2     BOS  CHW  L   1-2       60-44    4     4.0  2:45 C Johnson                  35,455 -
105 Wed, Aug  3     BOS  CHW  W   6-4       61-44    4     3.0  2:47 T Hurd                     25,318 +
106 Thu, Aug  4     BOS  CHW  W   7-3       62-44    4     2.0  2:41 W Nixon                    19,346 ++
107 Fri, Aug  5     BOS  KCA  L   2-5       62-45    4     2.0  2:15 V Raschi                   22,299 -
108 Sat, Aug  6     BOS  KCA  L   5-6       62-46    4     2.0  2:55 T Gorman                    9,524 --
109 Sun, Aug  7     BOS  KCA  W  16-12      63-46    4     1.5  2:54 D Brodowski                13,456 +
110 Tue, Aug  9     BOS @NYY  W   4-1       64-46    4     1.5  2:39 W Nixon                    61,678 ++
111 Wed, Aug 10     BOS @NYY  L   2-3       64-47    4     2.0  3:29 D Larsen                   34,284 -
112 Thu, Aug 11     BOS @NYY  L   3-5       64-48    4     3.0  2:44 B Turley                   18,572 --
113 Sat, Aug 13     BOS  WSH  L   9-18      64-49    4     5.0  2:59 M McDermott                 7,888 ---
114 Sun, Aug 14     BOS  WSH  W   9-6       65-49    4     3.5  2:48 B Henry                         0 +
115                 BOS  WSH  W   2-1       66-49    4     3.5  1:49 G Susce                    21,003 ++
116 Mon, Aug 15     BOS  WSH  W   8-4       67-49    4     3.5  2:29 L Kiely                    20,624 +++
117 Tue, Aug 16     BOS  NYY  L   6-13      67-50    4     4.5  2:50 D Larsen                   34,152 -
118 Wed, Aug 17     BOS  NYY  W   7-1       68-50    4     3.5  2:31 I Delock                   31,871 +
119 Fri, Aug 19     BOS @WSH  W   8-0       69-50    4     3.5  2:27 F Sullivan                 12,020 ++
120 Sat, Aug 20     BOS @WSH  L   2-6       69-51    4     4.5  2:07 P Ramos                    10,180 -
121 Sun, Aug 21     BOS @WSH  W   4-1       70-51    4     4.5  2:04 G Susce                    12,126 +
122 Tue, Aug 23     BOS @CLE  W   8-3       71-51    4     3.5  3:00 T Brewer                   31,336 ++
123 Wed, Aug 24     BOS @CLE  L   0-2       71-52    4     4.5  2:05 M Garcia                   15,190 -
124 Thu, Aug 25     BOS @DET  L   1-6       71-53    4     5.0  2:37 N Garver                        0 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 BOS @DET  W   6-4       72-53    4     5.0  2:32 I Delock                   19,502 +
126 Fri, Aug 26     BOS @DET  L   4-5       72-54    4     5.0  2:35 B Hoeft                     6,405 -
127 Sat, Aug 27     BOS @DET  W   4-3       73-54    4     4.0  2:27 T Hurd                     16,022 +
128 Sun, Aug 28     BOS @KCA  W  14-2       74-54    4     3.5  2:36 F Sullivan                 33,165 ++
129 Tue, Aug 30     BOS @CHW  L   5-7       74-55    4     4.0  3:26 D Howell                   41,166 -
130 Wed, Aug 31     BOS @CHW  L   2-4       74-56    4     5.0  2:06 B Keegan                   22,638 --
131 Fri, Sep  2     BOS @BAL  W   8-3       75-56    4     5.0  2:41 L Kiely                    13,451 +
132 Sat, Sep  3     BOS @BAL  W   2-1       76-56    4     4.0  3:07 E Kinder                   10,537 ++
133 Sun, Sep  4     BOS @BAL  W   5-4       77-56    4     4.0  2:37 F Baumann                  12,422 +++
134 Mon, Sep  5     BOS  WSH  W  10-2       78-56    4     3.0  2:28 T Brewer                        0 ++++
135                 BOS  WSH  W   7-2       79-56    4     3.0  2:22 G Susce                    29,769 +++++
136 Wed, Sep  7     BOS  DET  W   7-4       80-56    4     3.0  2:16 F Sullivan                 14,370 ++++++
137 Thu, Sep  8     BOS  DET  L   4-5       80-57    4     4.0  2:21 S Gromek                   13,514 -
138 Fri, Sep  9     BOS  CLE  L   1-3       80-58    4     5.0  2:56 B Lemon                    30,127 --
139 Sat, Sep 10     BOS  CLE  L   7-10      80-59    4     6.0  3:24 H Aguirre                  23,550 ---
140 Sun, Sep 11     BOS  CHW  W   6-2       81-59    4     6.0  2:22 F Sullivan                      0 +
141                 BOS  CHW  L   2-7       81-60    4     6.0  2:56 C Johnson                  29,473 -
142 Tue, Sep 13     BOS  KCA  L   5-6       81-61    4     7.0  3:25 T Gorman                        0 --
143                 BOS  KCA  W   7-6       82-61    4     7.0  2:44 T Brewer                   10,256 +
144 Wed, Sep 14     BOS  KCA  L   3-7       82-62    4     7.0  2:12 A Ditmar                    4,442 -
145 Fri, Sep 16     BOS @NYY  L   4-5       82-63    4     7.0  2:52 J Konstanty                50,987 --
146 Sat, Sep 17     BOS @NYY  L   1-4       82-64    4     8.0  2:44 T Byrne                    40,492 ---
147 Sun, Sep 18     BOS @NYY  L   2-3       82-65    4     9.0  2:39 B Grim                     54,501 ----
148 Tue, Sep 20     BOS  BAL  L   2-3       82-66    4    11.0  2:38 B Wight                         0 -----
149                 BOS  BAL  L   4-7       82-67    4    11.0  2:38 R Moore                     2,101 ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 21     BOS  BAL  L   7-8       82-68    4    12.0  3:53 G Zuverink                  1,964 -------
151 Fri, Sep 23     BOS  NYY  W   8-4       83-68    4    12.0  2:56 I Delock                   10,849 +
152                 BOS  NYY  L   2-3       83-69    4    12.0  3:02 D Larsen                   25,158 -
153 Sun, Sep 25     BOS  NYY  L   2-9       83-70    4    12.0  2:14 B Grim                          0 --
154                 BOS  NYY  W   8-1       84-70    4    12.0  2:07 G Susce                    26,228 +

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