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1956 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
84-70, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 780 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Frank Baumann 22 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 1, 1933 2 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milt Bolling 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 9, 1930 5 45 25 45 45 0 0 0 1 11 26 0 0 0 0 6 3
Tom Brewer 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 3, 1931 3 38 32 38 38 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 All-Star
Don Buddin 22 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 1st 114 113 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Consolo 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 4 48 2 48 48 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
Pete Daley 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 14, 1930 2 59 43 59 59 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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
Harry Dorish 34 R R 5' 11" 206 Jul 13, 1921 10 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Gernert 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 28, 1928 5 106 75 106 106 0 0 37 0 0 0 50 0 0 50 24 1
Billy Goodman 30 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 10 105 95 105 105 0 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Grady Hatton 33 L R 5' 9" 175 Oct 7, 1922 11 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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
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
Marty Keough 21 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1935 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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
Billy Klaus 27 L R 5' 10" 165 Dec 9, 1928 4 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 106 26 0 0 0 0 5 0
Ted Lepcio 25 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1930 5 83 69 83 83 0 0 0 57 22 0 0 0 0 0 10 3
Frank Malzone 26 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 28, 1930 2 27 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gene Mauch 30 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 8 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Gene Stephens 23 L R 175 Jan 20, 1933 4 104 2 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 2 2 71 27 35
Frank Sullivan 26 R R 215 Jan 23, 1930 4 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Faye Throneberry 25 L R 6' 0" 190 Jun 22, 1931 3 24 8 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 13 12 1
Mickey Vernon 38 L L 6' 2" 180 Apr 22, 1918 16 119 102 119 119 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 All-Star
Sammy White 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1928 6 114 112 114 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Williams HOF 37 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 15 136 110 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 26 0 All-Star
Norm Zauchin 26 R R 220 Nov 17, 1929 3 44 18 44 44 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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