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1959 Boston Red Sox (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
Managed by Pinky Higgins, Rudy York, and Billy Jurges

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sammy White         30  119  377   34  107  13  4   1   42  23   39  .284  .324  .347   4   2  14   1   1   3   6   82
1B  Dick Gernert        30  117  298   41   78  14  1  11   42  52   49  .262  .369  .426   1   2  11   0   0   2   3  115
2B *Pete Runnels        31  147  560   95  176  33  6   6   57  95   48  .314  .415  .427   6   5  17   1   5   0   1  129
3B  Frank Malzone       29  154  604   90  169  34  2  19   92  42   58  .280  .323  .437   6   0  15   1   3  10   6  104
SS  Don Buddin          25  151  485   75  117  24  1  10   53  92   99  .241  .366  .357   6   1   7   5   5   2   0   97
LF *Ted Williams        40  103  272   32   69  15  0  10   43  52   27  .254  .372  .419   0   0   7   2   0   5   6  114
CF *Marty Keough        24   96  251   40   61  13  5   7   27  26   40  .243  .320  .418   3   1   3   3   4   1   0   98
RF  Jackie Jensen       32  148  535  101  148  31  0  28  112  88   67  .277  .372  .492  20   5  20   0   1  12   3  132
   *Gary Geiger         22  120  335   45   82  10  4  11   48  21   55  .245  .289  .397   9   3   5   0   3   1   0   84
   *Gene Stephens       26   92  270   34   75  13  1   3   39  29   33  .278  .353  .367   5   2   3   4   4   3   0   95
   *Vic Wertz           34   94  247   38   68  13  0   7   49  22   32  .275  .337  .413   0   0   5   2   0   2   5  102
   #Pumpsie Green       25   50  172   30   40   6  3   1   10  29   22  .233  .350  .320   4   2   1   2   4   0   0   83
    Pete Daley          29   65  169    9   38   7  0   1   11  13   31  .225  .279  .284   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   53
    Jim Busby           32   61  102   16   23   8  0   1    5   5   18  .225  .266  .333   0   1   3   1   1   1   0   61
    Bobby Avila         35   22   45    7   11   0  0   3    6   6   11  .244  .333  .444   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  109
    Jim Mahoney         25   31   23   10    3   0  0   1    4   3    7  .130  .231  .261   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   33
    Bill Renna          34   14   22    2    2   0  0   0    2   5    9  .091  .259  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -1
    Jerry Mallett       23    4   15    1    4   0  0   0    1   1    3  .267  .313  .267   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   59
    Billy Consolo       24   10   14    3    3   1  0   0    0   2    5  .214  .313  .286   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   63
   *Herb Plews          31   13   12    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    4  .083  .083  .167   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -34
    Don Gile            24    3   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    2  .200  .250  .300   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   48
    Ted Lepcio          28    3    3    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    2  .333  .333  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  164
    Haywood Sullivan    28    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -1

    Tom Brewer          27   47   72    7    8   0  0   1    5   1   16  .111  .123  .153   2   0   2   0   7   0   0  -26
    Frank Sullivan      29   30   60    2   12   1  0   0    4   1   15  .200  .210  .217   0   0   1   0   7   1   0   16
    Jerry Casale        25   31   59    7   10   2  0   3    9   5   21  .169  .234  .356   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   57
    Ike Delock          29   28   47    1    3   0  0   1    2   3   24  .064  .120  .128   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -33
    Bill Monbouquette   22   35   46    1    3   0  0   0    1   2   28  .065  .104  .065   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -53
   *Frank Baumann       25   26   29    0    6   0  1   0    3   2   13  .207  .258  .276   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   45
    Mike Fornieles      27   46   19    0    3   1  0   0    1   0    7  .158  .158  .211   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -1
   *Ted Wills           25    9   16    0    4   2  0   0    0   1    5  .250  .294  .375   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   80
    Al Schroll          27   14    9    0    1   1  0   0    1   2    4  .111  .273  .222   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   36
   *Leo Kiely           29   41    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Earl Wilson         24    9    8    0    4   2  0   0    4   0    1  .500  .500  .750   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  234
   *Jack Harshman       31    9    7    1    1   0  0   0    2   2    2  .143  .300  .143   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   24
    Murray Wall         32   15    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Nelson Chittum      26   21    5    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    1  .200  .200  .400   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   58
   *Billy Hoeft         27    7    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Murray Wall         32   11    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dave Sisler         27    3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  172
    Ted Bowsfield       24    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Herb Moford         30    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  154 5225  726 1335 248 28 125  678 626  810  .256  .335  .385  68  25 120  23  65  46  31  102
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    2    5   1  6   5        1    3     5     1     5   2   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Tom Brewer          27  36   3.76  10  12  2  32   2  11   3  215.3  219   96   90  14   88  121  927  11   2  0   5 107
SP  Jerry Casale        25  31   4.31  13   8  0  26   1   9   3  179.7  162   89   86  20   89   93  779   7   5  0   3  93
SP  Frank Sullivan      29  30   3.95   9  11  1  26   1   5   2  177.7  172   86   78  17   67  107  751   2   7  1   2 102
SP  Ike Delock          29  28   2.95  11   6  0  17   5   4   0  134.3  120   53   44  12   62   55  585   2   2  1   1 136
SP *Ted Wills           25   9   5.27   2   6  0   8   1   2   0   56.3   68   35   33   9   24   24  254   3   1  0   2  76

CL  Mike Fornieles      27  46   3.07   5   3 11   0  26   0   0   82.0   77   29   28   6   29   54  342   2   1  0   3 131
RP *Leo Kiely           29  41   4.20   3   3  7   0  23   0   0   55.7   67   26   26   8   18   30  249   1   1  0   3  96
RP  Nelson Chittum      26  21   1.19   3   0  0   0  13   0   0   30.3   29    9    4   0   11   12  124   0   0  1   2 338
RP  Bill Monbouquette   22  34   4.15   7   7  0  17   3   4   0  151.7  165   86   70  15   33   87  631   3   3  0   1  97
RP *Frank Baumann       25  26   4.05   6   4  1  10   8   2   0   95.7   96   47   43  11   55   48  432   2   1  0   3  99

    Al Schroll          27  14   4.70   1   4  0   5   4   1   0   46.0   47   29   24   3   22   26  203   2   1  0   1  86
    Murray Wall         32  15   5.40   1   4  3   0  11   0   0   31.7   31   21   19   5   15    8  135   1   1  0   4  74
   *Jack Harshman       31   8   6.57   2   3  0   2   3   0   0   24.7   29   19   18   2   10   14  114   0   0  0   0  61
    Earl Wilson         24   9   6.08   1   1  0   4   3   0   0   23.7   21   17   16   2   31   17  122   1   0  0   0  66
   *Billy Hoeft         27   5   5.60   0   3  0   3   0   0   0   17.7   22   12   11   1    8    8   83   0   1  0   1  72
    Murray Wall         32  11   5.71   1   1  0   0   8   0   0   17.3   26   11   11   2   11    6   86   1   0  0   2  70
   *Ted Bowsfield       24   5  15.00   0   1  0   2   1   0   0    9.0   16   15   15   2    9    4   50   0   0  0   0  27
    Herb Moford         30   4  11.42   0   2  0   2   1   0   0    8.7   10   11   11   3    6    7   41   0   0  0   0  35
    Dave Sisler         27   3   6.75   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    9    5    5   3    1    3   30   0   0  0   0  60
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7 154   4.17  75  79 25 154 116  38   9 1364.0 1386  696  632 135  589  724 5938  38  26  3  33  96
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   5   4  4           7   5      5    7    5        5    6    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SWhite 940 111 119 557 56 6 8 .990 7 29 30 24 PDaley 394 41 58 245 28 1 5 .996 6 6 5 10 DGile 25 2 3 17 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 HSullivan 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1364 154 154 823 85 7 13 .992 13 35 37 34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGernert 526 54 75 552 49 3 54 .995 10.28 VWertz 456 56 64 440 38 4 44 .992 9.42 PRunnels 363 42 44 387 28 0 48 1.000 10.28 MKeough 18 2 3 17 0 0 1 1.000 8.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 1396 115 7 147 .995 9.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRunnels 872 101 101 273 272 10 82 .982 5.62 PGreen 389 43 45 109 132 7 38 .972 5.57 BAvila 88 9 11 19 20 1 8 .975 3.99 HPlews 3 0 2 3 2 1 1 .833 15.00 TLepcio 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 404 427 19 129 .978 5.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMalzone 1364 154 154 134 357 24 40 .953 3.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 134 357 24 40 .953 3.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBuddin 1225 145 150 235 412 35 89 .949 4.75 JMahoney 95 6 30 24 39 4 5 .940 5.97 PRunnels 25 1 9 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.60 BConsolo 18 2 2 6 3 2 1 .818 4.50 PGreen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 268 461 41 96 .947 4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TWilliams 549 75 76 91 4 3 0 .969 1.56 GStephens 408 40 61 81 7 2 0 .978 1.94 GGeiger 219 18 47 51 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 DGernert 110 13 21 29 1 1 0 .968 2.45 BRenna 40 5 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 JBusby 37 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 265 13 6 0 .979 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MKeough 491 52 69 149 5 1 1 .994 2.82 GGeiger 474 58 61 128 4 2 1 .985 2.51 JBusby 158 16 26 40 1 1 0 .976 2.33 GStephens 147 17 17 41 2 1 0 .977 2.63 JJensen 56 7 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.24 JMallett 37 4 4 11 2 0 2 1.000 3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 383 14 5 4 .988 2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JJensen 1232 139 142 288 12 6 4 .980 2.19 GStephens 71 8 8 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.65 DGernert 56 7 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 JBusby 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGeiger 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 315 15 6 4 .982 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JJensen 1288 146 146 311 12 6 4 .982 2.26 GGeiger 695 76 95 173 5 2 1 .989 2.30 GStephens 626 65 85 141 11 3 0 .981 2.18 TWilliams 549 75 76 94 4 3 0 .970 1.61 MKeough 491 52 69 147 5 1 1 .993 2.78 JBusby 197 19 34 49 1 1 0 .980 2.28 DGernert 166 20 25 36 2 1 0 .974 2.06 BRenna 40 5 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JMallett 37 4 4 14 2 0 2 1.000 3.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1364 154 154 970 42 17 8 .983 2.23 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TBrewer 215 32 36 23 49 2 1 .973 3.01 JCasale 179 26 31 8 12 3 1 .870 1.00 FSullivan 177 26 30 15 20 2 4 .946 1.77 BMonbouquet 151 17 34 11 22 0 3 1.000 1.96 IDelock 134 17 28 8 15 1 1 .958 1.54 FBaumann 95 10 26 5 20 3 1 .893 2.35 MFornieles 82 0 46 5 13 1 0 .947 1.98 TWills 56 8 9 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.60 LKiely 55 0 41 7 12 0 1 1.000 3.07 ASchroll 46 5 14 0 7 1 0 .875 1.37 MWall 31 0 15 3 10 2 0 .867 3.69 NChittum 30 0 21 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.97 JHarshman 24 2 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.09 EWilson 23 4 9 2 5 1 0 .875 2.66 BHoeft 17 3 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.56 MWall 17 0 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 TBowsfield 9 2 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 HMoford 8 2 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.07 DSisler 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1364 154 154 97 212 16 13 .951 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Runnels .314

On-base % Runnels .415

Slugging % Jensen .492

OPS Jensen .864

Games Malzone 154

At Bats Malzone 604

Plate Appearances (approx.) Runnels 661

Runs Jensen 101

Hits Runnels 176

Total Bases Malzone 264

Doubles Malzone 34

Triples Runnels 6

Home Runs Jensen 28

RBI Jensen 112

Bases on Balls Runnels 95

Strikeouts Buddin 99

Stolen Bases Jensen 20

Singles Runnels 131

Adjusted OPS+ Jensen 132

Runs Created Runnels 102

Adjusted Batting Runs Runnels and Jensen 27

Batting Wins Jensen and Runnels 2.7

Extra-Base Hits Jensen 59

Times on Base Runnels 272

Offensive Win% Runnels .682

Hit By Pitch Buddin 5

Sac. Hits Brewer and Sullivan 7

Sac. Flies Jensen 12

Intentional Walks Malzone, White, and Williams 6

Grounded into Double Plays Jensen 20

Caught Stealing Jensen and Runnels 5

Power/Speed Number Jensen 23.3

At Bats per Strikeout Runnels 11.7

At Bats per Home Run Jensen 19.1

Outs Malzone 463

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Brewer 3.76

Wins Casale 13

Won-Loss % Delock .647

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sullivan 1.345

Hits Allowed/9IP Casale 8.12

Bases on Balls/9IP Sullivan 3.39

Strikeouts/9IP Sullivan 5.42

Games Fornieles 46

Saves Fornieles 11

Innings Brewer 215.3

Strikeouts Brewer 121

Games Started Brewer 32

Comp. Games Brewer 11

Shutouts Brewer and Casale 3

Home Runs Allow. Casale 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Casale 89

Hits Allowed Brewer 219

SO to Walk Sullivan 1.60

Losses Brewer 12

Earned Runs Allow. Brewer 90

Wild Pitches Brewer 11

Hit Batsmen Sullivan 7

Batters Faced Brewer 927

Games Finished Fornieles 26

Adjusted ERA+ Brewer 107

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