1956 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1956 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 112, Pitching - 111; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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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	61	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	130	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	92	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	76	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	94	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	172	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	101	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	127	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	122	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	98	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	95	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	47	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	103	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	18	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	154	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	121	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	-15	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	199	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
		Team Totals	28.3	155	6215	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	.275	.362	.419	.781	97	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

* - 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						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	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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.95	0.58						P
Harry Dorish	34	15	0	22.2	11	3	8	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							2.79	1.00						P
Willard Nixon	28	23	22	145.1	39	7	31	1	4	.974	0.0	0.0							2.35	1.65						P
Mel Parnell	34	21	20	131.1	28	7	19	2	2	.929	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.58	0.88						P
Johnny Schmitz	35	2	0	4.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							4.15	1.00						P
Dave Sisler	24	39	14	142.1	31	9	22	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.97	1.56						P
George Susce	24	21	6	69.2	15	3	11	1	1	.933	0.0	0.0							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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