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1956 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

84-70, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,137,158 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 111 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1955 / 1957 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
Frank Baumann 22 L L 6' 0" 205 Jul 1, 1933 2 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Milt Bolling 25 R R 6' 1" 177 Aug 9, 1930 5 45 25 45 39 0 0 0 1 12 26 0 0 0 0 6 3 -0.6 $
Tom Brewer 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 3, 1931 3 38 32 38 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.2 $ All-Star
Don Buddin 22 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 1st 114 113 114 113 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $
Billy Consolo 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 4 48 2 48 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 -0.2 $
Pete Daley 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 14, 1930 2 59 43 59 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Ike Delock 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 11, 1929 4 48 8 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Fritz Dorish 34 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 10 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dick Gernert 27 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 5 106 75 106 84 0 0 37 0 0 0 50 0 0 50 26 1 1.5 $
Billy Goodman 30 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 10 105 95 105 95 0 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.7 $
Grady Hatton 33 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 11 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Tom Hurd 32 R R 5' 9" 155 May 27, 1924 3 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jackie Jensen 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 9, 1927 7 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 0 0 3.4 $
Marty Keough 22 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1934 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Leo Kiely 26 L L 6' 2" 180 Nov 30, 1929 4 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Billy Klaus 27 L R 5' 9" 160 Dec 9, 1928 4 135 130 135 132 0 0 0 0 106 26 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.4 $
Ted Lepcio 26 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 5 83 69 83 75 0 0 0 57 22 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1.1 $
Frank Malzone 26 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 28, 1930 2 27 25 27 26 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $
Gene Mauch 30 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 8 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Rudy Minarcin 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 25, 1930 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Willard Nixon 28 L R 6' 2" 195 Jun 17, 1928 7 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Mel Parnell 34 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 13, 1922 10 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jim Piersall 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 6 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 0 4.4 $ All-Star
Bob Porterfield 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 10, 1923 9 25 18 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Schmitz 35 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 13 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dave Sisler 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Oct 16, 1931 1st 39 14 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Gene Stephens 23 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 4 106 2 106 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 2 2 73 29 36 0.8 $
Frank Sullivan 26 R R 6' 6" 215 Jan 23, 1930 4 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $ All-Star
George Susce 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1931 2 21 6 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Faye Throneberry 25 L R 5' 11" 185 Jun 22, 1931 3 24 8 24 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 13 12 1 -0.4 $
Mickey Vernon 38 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 16 119 102 119 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2.1 $ All-Star
Sammy White 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 6 114 112 114 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Ted Williams HOF 37 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 15 136 110 136 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 26 0 5.7 $100,000 All-Star
Norm Zauchin 26 R R 6' 4" 220 Nov 17, 1929 3 44 18 44 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 -0.7 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Grady Hatton
Milt Bolling
Norm Zauchin
Jackie Jensen
Mickey Vernon
Billy Consolo
Pete Daley
Ted Williams

Billy Goodman
Frank Malzone
Ike Delock
Ted Lepcio
Willard Nixon
Fritz Dorish
Bob Porterfield
Mel Parnell
Frank Sullivan
Leo Kiely

Marty Keough
Bob Porterfield
Johnny Schmitz
Sammy White
Tom Brewer
Don Buddin
Gene Mauch
Dick Gernert
Faye Throneberry
George Susce

Tom Hurd
Fritz Dorish
Rudy Minarcin
Billy Klaus
Jim Piersall
Gene Stephens
Dave Sisler
Frank Baumann

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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