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1959 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
75-79, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 726 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Manager: Pinky Higgins (31-42), Rudy York (0-1) and Billy Jurges (44-36)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Bobby Avila 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 11 22 9 22 22 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Frank Baumann 25 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 1, 1933 5 26 10 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Tom Brewer 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 3, 1931 6 47 32 47 47 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Don Buddin 25 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 3 151 146 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Busby 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 10 61 19 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 1 34 20 15
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
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
Billy Consolo 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 7 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1
Pete Daley 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 14, 1930 5 65 41 65 65 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
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
Mike Fornieles 27 R R 5' 11" 172 Jan 18, 1932 8 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Geiger 22 L R 6' 0" 168 Apr 4, 1937 2 120 76 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 61 1 95 26 5
Dick Gernert 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 28, 1928 8 117 74 117 117 0 0 75 0 0 0 21 0 7 25 26 2
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
Pumpsie Green 25 B R 6' 0" 175 Oct 27, 1933 1st 50 43 50 50 0 0 0 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
Jack Harshman 31 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1927 9 9 2 9 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Hoeft 27 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 8 7 3 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jackie Jensen 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 9, 1927 10 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 142 146 2 0
Marty Keough 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1935 4 96 54 96 96 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 29 5
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
Ted Lepcio 28 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 28, 1930 8 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Mahoney 25 R R 6' 0" 175 May 26, 1934 1st 31 6 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 11
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
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 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
Bill Monbouquette 22 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 11, 1936 2 35 17 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Herb Plews 31 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 14, 1928 4 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Bill Renna 34 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 6 14 5 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 8 1
Pete Runnels 31 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 9 147 144 147 147 0 0 44 101 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 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
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
Gene Stephens 26 L R 175 Jan 20, 1933 7 92 65 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 17 8 85 10 7
Frank Sullivan 29 R R 215 Jan 23, 1930 7 30 26 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haywood Sullivan 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 15, 1930 3 4 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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
Vic Wertz 34 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 13 94 56 94 94 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
Sammy White 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 7, 1928 9 119 111 119 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ted Williams HOF 40 L R 6' 3" 205 Aug 30, 1918 18 103 75 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 76 28 0 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
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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