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1956 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 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 27 114 433 392 28 96 15 2 5 44 2 1 35 40 .245 .304 .332 .636 60 130 18 0 2 4 7
2 1B Mickey Vernon* 38 119 471 403 67 125 28 4 15 84 1 0 57 40 .310 .403 .511 .914 129 206 12 7 2 2 6
3 2B Billy Goodman* 30 105 448 399 61 117 22 8 2 38 0 3 40 22 .293 .356 .404 .760 91 161 3 0 7 2 1
4 SS Don Buddin 22 114 454 377 49 90 24 0 5 37 2 0 65 62 .239 .352 .342 .694 75 129 14 4 2 6 1
5 3B Billy Klaus* 27 135 620 520 91 141 29 5 7 59 1 0 90 43 .271 .378 .387 .764 93 201 7 1 6 3 0
6 LF Ted Williams* 37 136 503 400 71 138 28 2 24 82 0 0 102 39 .345 .479 .605 1.084 171 242 13 1 0 0 11
7 CF Jim Piersall 26 155 681 601 91 176 40 6 14 87 7 7 58 48 .293 .350 .449 .799 100 270 19 1 9 12 2
8 RF Jackie Jensen 29 151 673 578 80 182 23 11 20 97 11 3 89 43 .315 .405 .497 .901 126 287 23 1 1 4 5
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 UT Dick Gernert 27 106 370 306 53 89 11 0 16 68 1 0 56 57 .291 .399 .484 .883 121 148 7 2 2 4 1
10 IF Ted Lepcio 25 83 321 284 34 74 10 0 15 51 1 3 30 77 .261 .335 .454 .790 97 129 4 3 2 2 1
11 C Pete Daley 26 59 208 187 22 50 11 3 5 29 1 0 18 30 .267 .338 .439 .777 94 82 11 2 1 0 5
12 SS Milt Bolling 25 45 141 118 19 25 3 2 3 8 0 1 18 20 .212 .319 .347 .666 68 41 3 1 3 1 1
13 3B Frank Malzone 26 27 115 103 15 17 3 1 2 11 1 0 9 8 .165 .230 .272 .502 26 28 5 0 2 1 0
14 1B Norm Zauchin 26 44 99 84 12 18 2 0 2 11 0 0 14 22 .214 .333 .310 .643 63 26 4 1 0 0 0
15 LF Gene Stephens* 23 104 75 63 22 17 2 0 1 7 0 1 12 12 .270 .387 .349 .736 87 22 1 0 0 0 0
16 OF Faye Throneberry* 25 24 54 50 6 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 16 .220 .264 .320 .584 46 16 1 0 1 0 0
17 2B Gene Mauch 30 7 28 25 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .320 .393 .320 .713 82 8 1 0 0 0 0
18 2B Billy Consolo 21 48 14 11 13 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .182 .357 .182 .539 40 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 Grady Hatton* 33 5 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 102 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Marty Keough* 21 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -9 0 0 0 0 0 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
21 P Tom Brewer 24 38 101 94 14 28 0 1 1 13 0 0 5 19 .298 .330 .351 .681 72 33 2 0 1 1 0
22 P Frank Sullivan 26 34 95 85 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .141 .159 .153 .312 -21 13 3 0 7 1 0
23 P Willard Nixon* 28 23 60 54 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 6 .204 .241 .222 .464 17 12 1 0 2 1 0
24 P Mel Parnell* 34 21 52 46 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .152 .188 .174 .361 -8 8 0 0 4 0 0
25 P Dave Sisler 24 39 51 42 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .119 .191 .119 .311 -20 5 0 0 4 1 0
26 P Bob Porterfield 32 25 47 43 4 14 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 10 .326 .348 .395 .743 87 17 1 1 1 1 0
27 P Ike Delock 26 48 38 29 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .103 .161 .138 .299 -24 4 0 0 7 0 0
28 P George Susce 24 21 22 18 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .222 .364 .333 .697 77 6 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Tom Hurd 32 40 13 12 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 153 6 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Frank Baumann* 22 7 10 9 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .556 .889 120 5 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Leo Kiely* 26 23 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Rudy Minarcin 26 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 198 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Johnny Schmitz 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Harry Dorish 34 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 155 6215 5349 780 1473 261 45 139 752 28 19 727 689 .275 .362 .419 .781 96 2241 153 25 68 46 41
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 2 1 4 4 8 8 1 6 2 1 3 1 3
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
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* - 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 Tom Brewer 24 19 9 .679 3.50 32 32 0 15 4 0 244.1 200 103 95 14 112 6 127 5 0 5 1039 132 1.277 7.4 0.5 4.1 4.7 1.13
2 SP Frank Sullivan 26 14 7 .667 3.42 34 33 1 12 1 0 242.0 253 112 92 22 82 6 116 8 1 4 1048 135 1.384 9.4 0.8 3.0 4.3 1.41
3 SP Willard Nixon 28 9 8 .529 4.21 23 22 0 9 1 0 145.1 142 79 68 9 57 2 74 8 0 6 631 110 1.369 8.8 0.6 3.5 4.6 1.30
4 SP Mel Parnell* 34 7 6 .538 3.77 21 20 0 6 1 0 131.1 129 71 55 13 59 2 41 0 0 2 567 122 1.431 8.8 0.9 4.0 2.8 0.69
5 SP Bob Porterfield 32 3 12 .200 5.14 25 18 3 4 1 0 126.0 127 82 72 21 64 4 53 1 0 2 557 90 1.516 9.1 1.5 4.6 3.8 0.83
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 Ike Delock 26 13 7 .650 4.21 48 8 28 1 0 9 128.1 122 65 60 12 80 3 105 5 0 4 584 110 1.574 8.6 0.8 5.6 7.4 1.31
7 RP Dave Sisler 24 9 8 .529 4.62 39 14 15 3 0 3 142.1 120 81 73 13 72 2 93 7 0 1 619 100 1.349 7.6 0.8 4.6 5.9 1.29
8 RP Tom Hurd 32 3 4 .429 5.33 40 0 18 0 0 5 76.0 84 52 45 5 47 2 34 3 0 5 352 87 1.724 9.9 0.6 5.6 4.0 0.72
9 RP George Susce 24 2 4 .333 6.20 21 6 7 0 0 0 69.2 71 54 48 14 44 1 26 4 0 0 324 74 1.651 9.2 1.8 5.7 3.4 0.59
10 RP Leo Kiely* 26 2 2 .500 5.17 23 0 16 0 0 3 31.1 47 25 18 1 14 5 9 2 0 0 155 89 1.947 13.5 0.3 4.0 2.6 0.64
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 Frank Baumann* 22 2 1 .667 3.28 7 1 3 0 0 0 24.2 22 11 9 3 14 0 18 0 0 2 108 141 1.459 8.0 1.1 5.1 6.6 1.29
12 Harry Dorish 34 0 2 .000 3.57 15 0 11 0 0 0 22.2 23 10 9 1 10 1 11 0 0 0 99 129 1.456 9.1 0.4 4.0 4.4 1.10
13 Rudy Minarcin 26 1 0 1.000 2.79 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.2 9 4 3 2 8 0 5 1 0 0 45 165 1.759 8.4 1.9 7.4 4.7 0.63
14 Johnny Schmitz* 35 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 22 2.077 10.4 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.3 84 70 .545 4.17 155 155 105 50 8 20 1398.0 1354 751 647 130 667 34 712 44 2 31 6150 111 1.446 8.7 0.8 4.3 4.6 1.07
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 5 4 6 4 1 4 6 6 5 6 5814
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
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* - 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
Frank Baumann 22 7 1 25.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.72 0.29 P
Milt Bolling 25 38 25 271.1 128 38 81 9 13 .930 -5.0 -22.1 -5.0 -0.4 -4.6 0 3.95 3.13 SS-3B-2B
Tom Brewer 24 32 32 244.1 81 28 52 1 2 .988 2.95 2.50 P
Don Buddin 22 113 113 988.1 612 213 370 29 98 .953 -2.9 -3.5 -1.9 -4.4 2.4 -1 5.31 5.16 SS
Billy Consolo 21 25 2 58.2 25 9 14 2 4 .920 -1.4 -28.6 -1.4 -1.1 -0.4 0 3.53 0.92 2B
Pete Daley 26 57 43 425.0 244 228 14 2 1 .992 -3.0 -8.5 -3 5.12 4.25 4 9 14 5 26% C
Ike Delock 26 48 8 129.1 30 10 18 2 1 .933 1.95 0.58 P
Harry Dorish 34 15 0 22.2 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.37 0.73 P
Dick Gernert 27 87 75 659.2 410 366 40 4 38 .990 -0.5 -0.9 -0.5 -3.7 3.2 0 0 5.54 4.67 LF-1B
Billy Goodman 30 95 95 787.0 498 215 266 17 69 .966 6.6 10.1 7.6 -0.8 8.4 -1 5.50 5.06 2B
Tom Hurd 32 40 0 75.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.43 0.30 P
Jackie Jensen 29 151 150 1351.0 313 288 13 12 2 .962 4.1 3.6 6.1 1.5 4.5 -2 2.01 1.99 RF
Leo Kiely 26 23 0 31.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.35 P
Billy Klaus 27 132 130 1172.2 488 155 306 27 26 .945 5.9 6.0 7.9 4.8 3.1 -2 3.54 3.49 3B-SS
Ted Lepcio 25 79 69 647.0 389 170 206 13 51 .967 1.4 2.6 2.4 0.3 2.1 -1 5.23 4.76 2B-3B
Frank Malzone 26 26 25 220.2 87 24 57 6 4 .931 -1.9 -10.3 -1.9 -1.2 -0.7 0 3.30 3.12 3B
Gene Mauch 30 6 6 48.1 31 12 17 2 4 .935 -1.4 -34.8 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5 0 5.40 4.83 2B
Rudy Minarcin 26 3 1 9.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.79 1.00 P
Willard Nixon 28 23 22 145.1 39 7 31 1 4 .974 2.35 1.65 P
Mel Parnell 34 21 20 131.1 28 7 19 2 2 .929 1.78 1.24 P
Jim Piersall 26 155 155 1373.0 471 457 10 4 1 .992 31.1 27.2 25.1 10.7 14.3 6 3.06 3.01 CF
Bob Porterfield 32 25 18 125.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 1.58 0.88 P
Johnny Schmitz 35 2 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.15 1.00 P
Dave Sisler 24 39 14 142.1 31 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.79 P
Gene Stephens 23 74 2 177.2 62 59 2 1 0 .984 6.6 44.6 6.6 4.1 2.4 0 3.09 0.82 LF-CF-RF
Frank Sullivan 26 34 33 242.0 54 16 37 1 5 .981 1.97 1.56 P
George Susce 24 21 6 69.2 15 3 11 1 1 .933 1.81 0.67 P
Faye Throneberry 25 13 8 86.1 24 21 0 3 0 .875 -0.1 -1.4 0.9 -1.0 2.0 -1 2.19 1.62 RF-LF-CF
Mickey Vernon 38 108 102 898.2 999 930 58 11 96 .989 -2.8 -3.7 -1.8 0.7 -2.5 -1 9.89 9.15 1B
Sammy White 27 114 112 973.0 617 547 60 10 13 .984 2.0 2.5 2 5.61 5.32 6 21 24 26 52% C
Ted Williams 37 110 110 859.2 187 175 7 5 2 .973 1.0 1.4 2.0 0.4 1.6 -1 1.91 1.65 LF
Norm Zauchin 26 31 18 186.0 201 189 10 2 18 .990 -1.6 -10.3 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 9.63 6.42 1B
Team Totals 27.9 155 1395 12582.0 6125 4192 1764 169 457 .972 38.1 3.6 43.1 8.4 34.3 2 -6 -1 4.26 3.42 10 30 38 31 45%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 4 7
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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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