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1959 Boston Red Sox

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

75-79, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pinky Higgins (31-42), Rudy York (0-1) and Billy Jurges (44-36)
Scored 726 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 984,102 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

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1958 / 1960 Roster (40-man)

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
Bobby Avila 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 11 22 9 22 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 -0.1
Frank Baumann 25 L L 6' 0" 205 Jul 1, 1933 5 26 10 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Ted Bowsfield 24 R L 6' 1" 190 Jan 10, 1935 2 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Tom Brewer 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 3, 1931 6 48 32 48 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.6
Don Buddin 25 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 3 151 146 151 150 0 0 0 1 0 149 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4
Jim Busby 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 10 61 19 61 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 1 34 20 15 -0.2
Jerry Casale 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 27, 1933 2 31 26 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Nelson Chittum 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1933 2 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Billy Consolo 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 7 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.2
Pete Daley 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 14, 1930 5 65 41 65 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.3
Ike Delock 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 11, 1929 7 28 17 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Mike Fornieles 27 R R 5' 11" 155 Jan 18, 1932 8 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Gary Geiger 22 L R 6' 0" 168 Apr 4, 1937 2 120 76 120 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 61 1 95 27 5 1.2
Dick Gernert 30 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 8 117 74 117 98 0 0 75 0 0 0 21 0 7 25 26 2 1.7
Don Gile 24 R R 6' 6" 220 Apr 19, 1935 1st 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pumpsie Green 25 B R 6' 0" 175 Oct 27, 1933 1st 50 43 50 46 0 0 0 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.9
Jack Harshman 31 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 9 9 2 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Billy Hoeft 27 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 8 7 3 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.3
Jackie Jensen 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 9, 1927 10 148 146 148 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 142 146 2 0 4.5 $38,000
Marty Keough 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1934 4 96 54 96 72 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 30 5 1.2
Leo Kiely 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Nov 30, 1929 6 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Ted Lepcio 29 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1929 8 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1
Jim Mahoney 25 R R 6' 0" 175 May 26, 1934 1st 31 6 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 11 -0.1
Jerry Mallett 23 R R 6' 5" 208 Sep 18, 1935 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0.0
Frank Malzone 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 28, 1930 5 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 All-Star
Herb Moford 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 6, 1928 3 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Bill Monbouquette 22 R R 5' 11" 190 Aug 11, 1936 2 35 17 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4
Herb Plews 31 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 14, 1928 4 13 0 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 -0.2
Bill Renna 34 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 6 14 5 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 8 1 -0.3
Pete Runnels 31 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 9 147 144 147 145 0 0 44 101 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.3 All-Star
Al Schroll 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1932 2 14 5 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Dave Sisler 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Oct 16, 1931 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $11,000
Gene Stephens 26 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 7 92 65 92 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 17 8 85 10 7 1.3
Frank Sullivan 29 R R 6' 6" 215 Jan 23, 1930 7 30 26 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Haywood Sullivan 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 15, 1930 3 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.0
Murray Wall 32 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 19, 1926 4 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Vic Wertz 34 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 13 94 56 94 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 0.9
Sammy White 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1927 9 119 111 119 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2
Ted Williams HOF 40 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 18 103 75 103 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 76 28 0 -0.2 $60,000 All-Star
Ted Wills 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Feb 9, 1934 1st 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Earl Wilson 24 R R 6' 3" 216 Oct 2, 1934 1st 9 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1958 / 1960 Roster (40-man)

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