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1959 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 -0.2 $
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 -0.8 $
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 2.7 $
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 1.9 $
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 -0.1 $
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 1.6 $
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 0.6 $
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 -0.3 $
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 0.5 $
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 2.2 $
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 1.1 $
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 1.3 $
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 2.1 $
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 -0.1 $
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 1.1 $
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 -0.4 $
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 5.0 $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 1.4 $
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 0.0 $
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 0.0 $
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 0.0 $
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 2.7 $ 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 5.7 $ 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 -0.2 $
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 -0.1 $
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 1.5 $
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 1.4 $
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 -0.3 $
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 1.1 $
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 0.6 $
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 $125,000 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 0.0 $
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 -0.2 $
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

Billy Consolo
Jim Mahoney
Herb Plews

Marty Keough

Pete Runnels

Jackie Jensen

Vic Wertz

Jim Busby

Pete Daley

Ted Williams

Gene Stephens

Frank Malzone

Bobby Avila
Pumpsie Green

Ike Delock

Frank Baumann
Ted Lepcio

Haywood Sullivan

Leo Kiely

Frank Sullivan

Jerry Casale

Mike Fornieles

Sammy White

Tom Brewer

Don Buddin

Dick Gernert

Murray Wall
Earl Wilson

Bill Monbouquette

Ted Bowsfield
Nelson Chittum
Ted Wills

Bill Renna
Al Schroll

Don Gile
Herb Moford

Gary Geiger

Gene Stephens

Jack Harshman
Billy Hoeft
Jerry Mallett
Dave Sisler

Herb Moford

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers