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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

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 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 28 114 433 392 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 26 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* 22 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 Fritz Dorish 34 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.4 155 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 6 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
* - 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 2 567 123 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 75 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 90 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 2 108 142 1.459 8.0 1.1 5.1 6.6 1.29
12 Fritz 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 99 131 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 45 171 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 6
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Frank Baumann 22 7 1 0 24.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.73 0.29 0 0 0 P
Milt Bolling 25 39 25 23 271.1 128 38 81 9 13 .930 -5 -22 3.95 3.13 SS-3B-2B
Tom Brewer 24 32 32 15 244.1 81 28 52 1 2 .988 2.95 2.50 8 4 33% 1 P
Don Buddin 22 113 113 103 988.1 612 213 370 29 98 .953 -3 -4 5.31 5.16 SS
Billy Consolo 21 25 2 2 58.2 25 9 14 2 4 .920 -1 -29 3.53 0.92 2B
Pete Daley 26 57 43 41 425.0 244 228 14 2 1 .992 -3 -8 5.12 4.25 4 9 14 5 26% 0 C
Ike Delock 26 48 8 1 128.1 30 10 18 2 1 .933 1.96 0.58 4 4 50% 0 P
Fritz Dorish 34 15 0 0 22.2 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.37 0.73 0 1 100% 0 P
Dick Gernert 27 84 75 55 659.2 410 366 40 4 38 .990 -0 -1 5.54 4.67 LF-1B
Billy Goodman 30 95 95 70 787.0 498 215 266 17 69 .966 7 10 5.50 5.06 2B
Tom Hurd 32 40 0 0 76.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.30 3 1 25% 1 P
Jackie Jensen 29 151 150 149 1351.0 313 288 13 12 2 .962 4 4 2.01 1.99 RF
Leo Kiely 26 23 0 0 31.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.35 0 0 0 P
Billy Klaus 27 132 130 125 1172.2 488 155 306 27 26 .945 6 6 3.54 3.49 3B-SS
Ted Lepcio 26 75 69 62 647.0 389 170 206 13 51 .967 1 3 5.23 4.76 2B-3B
Frank Malzone 26 26 25 25 220.2 87 24 57 6 4 .931 -2 -10 3.30 3.12 3B
Gene Mauch 30 6 6 5 48.1 31 12 17 2 4 .935 -1 -35 5.40 4.83 2B
Rudy Minarcin 26 3 1 0 9.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.79 1.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Willard Nixon 28 23 22 9 145.1 39 7 31 1 4 .974 2.35 1.65 7 4 36% 0 P
Mel Parnell 34 21 20 6 131.1 28 7 19 2 2 .929 1.78 1.24 0 3 100% 0 P
Jim Piersall 26 155 155 151 1373.0 471 457 10 4 1 .992 31 27 3.06 3.01 CF
Bob Porterfield 32 25 18 4 126.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 1.57 0.88 0 3 100% 0 P
Johnny Schmitz 35 2 0 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.15 1.00 0 0 0 P
Dave Sisler 24 39 14 3 142.1 31 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.79 6 3 33% 0 P
Gene Stephens 23 73 2 1 177.2 62 59 2 1 0 .984 7 45 3.09 0.82 LF-CF-RF
Frank Sullivan 26 34 33 12 242.0 54 16 37 1 5 .981 1.97 1.56 7 4 36% 0 P
George Susce 24 21 6 0 69.2 15 3 11 1 1 .933 1.81 0.67 2 4 67% 0 P
Faye Throneberry 25 13 8 6 86.1 24 21 0 3 0 .875 -0 -1 2.19 1.62 RF-LF-CF
Mickey Vernon 38 108 102 89 898.2 999 930 58 11 96 .989 -3 -4 9.89 9.15 1B
Sammy White 28 114 112 98 973.0 617 547 60 10 13 .984 2 2 5.61 5.32 6 21 25 27 52% 1 C
Ted Williams 37 110 110 46 859.2 187 175 7 5 2 .973 1 1 1.91 1.65 LF
Norm Zauchin 26 31 18 15 186.0 201 189 10 2 18 .990 -2 -10 9.63 6.42 1B
Team Totals 28.0 155 1395 1116 12582.0 6125 4192 1764 169 457 .972 38 4 4.26 3.42 10 30 39 32 45% 3
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 4 7
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Frank Baumann* 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Milt Bolling 25 141 -6 0 0 0 -5 1 4 -6 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent 65/4
Tom Brewer 24 101 -4 1 0 0 0 8 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Don Buddin 22 456 -12 3 0 -2 -3 7 13 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Billy Consolo 21 18 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 4
Pete Daley 26 207 -3 0 2 -2 -3 3 6 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Ike Delock 26 38 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Dick Gernert 27 370 10 1 -1 -1 -0 -4 10 14 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 73
Billy Goodman* 30 444 -6 0 -1 2 7 3 12 17 1.7 10 1.0 0.7 $ Purchased 4
Grady Hatton* 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded
Tom Hurd 32 13 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Jackie Jensen 29 672 21 2 -1 -2 4 -8 17 33 3.4 29 3.0 0.4 $ Traded *9
Marty Keough* 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Leo Kiely* 26 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Billy Klaus* 27 620 -4 1 0 2 6 3 16 24 2.4 18 1.8 0.6 $ Traded *56
Ted Lepcio 26 321 -3 0 1 0 1 2 9 11 1.1 9 0.9 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 45
Frank Malzone 26 115 -12 1 -1 0 -2 0 3 -11 -1.1 -9 -0.9 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 5
Gene Mauch 30 28 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased /4
Rudy Minarcin 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Willard Nixon* 28 60 -6 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mel Parnell* 34 51 -7 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim Piersall 26 682 -1 -1 1 -3 31 -1 18 44 4.4 13 1.3 3.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Bob Porterfield 32 47 -1 -1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Johnny Schmitz 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Dave Sisler 24 51 -7 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Gene Stephens* 23 75 -1 1 -1 1 7 -1 2 8 0.8 1 0.1 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent 7/89
Frank Sullivan 26 95 -15 0 -1 0 0 7 3 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
George Susce 24 22 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Faye Throneberry* 25 54 -4 0 -1 0 -0 0 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /798
Mickey Vernon* 38 471 16 0 1 0 -3 -7 13 20 2.1 23 2.3 -0.2 $ Traded *3
Sammy White 28 433 -25 -2 -4 -2 2 7 12 -12 -1.2 -14 -1.4 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Ted Williams* 37 503 43 0 3 0 1 -5 14 56 5.7 55 5.6 0.1 $100,000 Amateur Free Agent *7
Norm Zauchin 26 99 -5 0 -1 -1 -2 -1 3 -7 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Team Total 28.4 6215 -39 5 -5 -8 38 35 168 195 19.7 156 15.8 3.9 $100,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Frank Baumann* 22 24.2 1 11 17 1 .9 6 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Tom Brewer 24 244.1 32 103 156 6 1.1 53 5.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ike Delock 26 128.1 8 65 81 3 1.6 16 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Fritz Dorish 34 22.2 0 10 14 1 .6 4 0.2 $ Purchased
Tom Hurd 32 76.0 0 52 49 2 1.0 -3 -0.8 $ Purchased
Leo Kiely* 26 31.1 0 25 20 1 1.1 -5 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Rudy Minarcin 26 9.2 1 4 7 0 1.9 3 0.3 $ Purchased
Willard Nixon 28 145.1 22 79 100 4 1.1 21 2.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mel Parnell* 34 131.1 20 71 85 4 1.1 14 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Porterfield 32 126.0 18 82 78 4 1.1 -4 -0.4 $ Traded
Johnny Schmitz* 35 4.1 0 2 3 0 .1 1 0.0 $ Traded
Dave Sisler 24 142.1 14 81 90 4 1.2 9 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Frank Sullivan 26 242.0 33 112 154 7 1.1 42 4.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
George Susce 24 69.2 6 54 45 2 .9 -9 -1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 27.3 1398.0 155 751 899 39 1.1 148 12.9 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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