1953 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,026,133, Avg. 15,559
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Lou Boudreau (84-69)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1953 Boston Red Sox Roster
1953 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Red Sox plated 656 runs and allowed 632 runs. Dick Gernert paced Boston with 21 home runs George Kell drove in 73 runs. Billy Goodman led all regular batters by hitting .313. Mel Parnell topped the squad with 21 wins, while Mickey McDermott also added 15 or more victories also Mickey McDermott registered a 3.01 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Boudreau coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mel Parnell	21	8	.724	3.06	38	34	2	12	5	0	241.0	217	98	82	15	116	136	4	0	7	1036
Mickey McDermott	18	10	.643	3.01	32	30	1	8	4	0	206.3	169	82	69	9	109	92	2	1	5	876
Hal Brown	11	6	.647	4.65	30	25	3	6	1	0	166.3	177	94	86	16	57	62	0	0	7	722
Ellis Kinder	10	6	.625	1.85	69	0	51	0	0	27	107.0	84	30	22	8	38	39	2	1	1	441
Sid Hudson	6	9	.400	3.52	30	17	6	4	0	2	156.0	164	65	61	13	49	60	4	0	0	665
Bill Henry	5	5	.500	3.26	21	12	3	4	1	1	85.7	86	39	31	4	33	56	4	0	1	372
Willard Nixon	4	8	.333	3.93	23	15	2	5	1	0	116.7	114	57	51	6	59	57	1	0	1	516
Ike Delock	3	1	.750	4.44	23	1	9	0	0	1	48.7	60	27	24	2	20	22	2	1	0	223
Marv Grissom	2	6	.250	4.70	13	11	1	1	1	0	59.3	61	34	31	5	30	31	1	0	2	263
Ken Holcombe	1	0	1.000	6.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	30
Frank Sullivan	1	1	.500	5.61	14	0	1	0	0	0	25.7	24	16	16	3	11	17	1	0	0	104
Ben Flowers	1	4	.200	3.86	32	6	13	1	1	3	79.3	87	39	34	6	24	36	1	0	2	345
Hersh Freeman	1	4	.200	5.54	18	2	7	0	0	0	39.0	50	31	24	2	17	15	0	0	1	179
Bill Kennedy	0	0		3.70	16	0	9	0	0	2	24.3	24	13	10	2	17	14	1	0	0	116
Bill Werle	0	1	.000	1.54	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.7	7	3	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	42
Totals	84	69	.549	3.59	367	153	112	41	14	37	1373.0	1333	632	547	92	584	642	23	3	28	5930

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Billy Goodman	128	581	514	73	161	33	5	2	41	1	4	57	11	.313	.384	.409	.793	210	2	2	8
Jim Piersall	151	654	585	76	159	21	9	3	52	11	10	41	52	.272	.329	.354	.683	207	12	9	19
George Kell	134	520	460	68	141	41	2	12	73	5	2	52	22	.307	.383	.483	.866	222	10	5	3
Tom Umphlett	137	538	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	.283	.331	.376	.707	186	11	2	7
Sammy White	136	515	476	59	130	34	2	13	64	3	2	29	48	.273	.318	.435	.752	207	15	2	8
Dick Gernert	139	590	494	73	125	15	1	21	71	0	7	88	82	.253	.371	.415	.786	205	9	5	3
Milt Bolling	109	362	323	30	85	12	1	5	28	1	4	23	41	.263	.318	.353	.671	114	4	3	13
Hoot Evers	99	330	300	39	72	10	1	11	31	2	1	23	41	.240	.301	.390	.691	117	9	3	4
Floyd Baker	81	199	172	22	47	4	2	0	24	0	2	24	10	.273	.365	.320	.685	55	5	1	2
Gene Stephens	78	254	221	30	45	6	2	3	18	3	3	29	56	.204	.302	.290	.591	64	1	2	2
Ted Lepcio	66	181	161	17	38	4	2	4	11	0	0	17	24	.236	.313	.360	.673	58	5	1	2
Ted Williams	37	110	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	0	1	19	10	.407	.509	.901	1.410	82	1	0	0
Johnny Lipon	60	166	145	18	31	7	0	0	13	1	0	14	16	.214	.283	.262	.545	38	5	0	7
Mickey McDermott	45	95	93	9	28	8	0	1	13	0	1	2	13	.301	.316	.419	.735	39	2	0	0
Del Wilber	58	120	112	16	27	6	1	7	29	0	0	6	21	.241	.286	.500	.786	56	5	1	1
Mel Parnell	38	104	94	7	21	4	0	0	9	1	0	4	16	.223	.255	.266	.521	25	0	0	6
Hal Brown	30	65	58	5	17	5	0	1	10	0	1	2	5	.293	.328	.431	.759	25	0	1	4
Billy Consolo	47	67	65	9	14	2	1	1	6	1	2	2	23	.215	.239	.323	.562	21	0	0	0
Al Zarilla	57	81	67	11	13	2	0	0	4	0	1	14	13	.194	.333	.224	.557	15	3	0	0
Ellis Kinder	69	30	29	3	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.379	.379	.414	.793	12	0	0	1
Willard Nixon	23	48	42	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	9	.190	.277	.214	.491	9	0	0	1
Gus Niarhos	16	41	35	6	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	4	.200	.300	.286	.586	10	0	1	1
Sid Hudson	30	54	50	3	7	0	1	0	6	0	1	2	4	.140	.173	.180	.353	9	3	0	2
Karl Olson	25	58	57	5	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	9	.123	.138	.211	.348	12	4	0	0
Bill Henry	21	32	32	2	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	.188	.188	.281	.469	9	1	0	0
Ben Flowers	32	20	19	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.158	.158	.263	.421	5	1	0	1
Bill Kennedy	16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1
Dom DiMaggio	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Ike Delock	23	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	18	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1	0	0
Ken Holcombe	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Bill Werle	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Jack Merson	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Marv Grissom	13	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2
Clyde Vollmer	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Al Richter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1944	5878	5246	656	1385	255	37	101	614	33	45	495	600	.264	.332	.384	.716	2017	109	38	99

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Del Wilber	1B	2	18	0	0	2	1.000	9.000	0
Billy Goodman	1B	20	151	13	6	18	.965	8.200	0
Dick Gernert	1B	136	1223	84	19	139	.986	9.610	0
Jack Merson	2B	1	3	4	1	0	.875	7.000	0
Ted Lepcio	2B	34	71	85	3	25	.981	4.588	0
Billy Goodman	2B	112	267	306	15	88	.974	5.116	0
Billy Consolo	2B	11	23	29	1	10	.981	4.727	0
Floyd Baker	2B	16	45	36	1	12	.988	5.063	0
Ted Lepcio	3B	11	10	18	2	2	.933	2.545	0
George Kell	3B	124	114	231	10	23	.972	2.782	0
Billy Consolo	3B	16	3	18	5	3	.808	1.313	0
Floyd Baker	3B	37	22	57	3	6	.963	2.135	0
Del Wilber	C	28	90	7	2	0	.980	3.464	2
Sammy White	C	131	588	68	9	9	.986	5.008	5
Gus Niarhos	C	16	61	5	1	2	.985	4.125	1
Al Zarilla	OF	18	17	1	1	0	.947	1.000	0
Ted Williams	OF	26	31	1	1	1	.970	1.231	0
Tom Umphlett	OF	136	382	12	7	1	.983	2.897	0
Gene Stephens	OF	72	113	2	4	0	.966	1.597	0
Jim Piersall	OF	151	352	15	5	7	.987	2.430	0
Karl Olson	OF	24	31	1	1	0	.970	1.333	0
George Kell	OF	7	4	0	0	0	1.000	.571	0
Hoot Evers	OF	93	161	3	2	0	.988	1.763	0
Bill Werle	P	5	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.200	0
Frank Sullivan	P	14	4	2	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Mel Parnell	P	38	10	27	2	4	.949	.974	0
Willard Nixon	P	23	7	18	2	1	.926	1.087	0
Mickey McDermott	P	32	5	40	2	3	.957	1.406	0
Ellis Kinder	P	69	10	18	0	0	1.000	.406	0
Bill Kennedy	P	16	2	3	2	0	.714	.313	0
Sid Hudson	P	30	13	26	1	2	.975	1.300	0
Ken Holcombe	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Bill Henry	P	21	4	11	1	0	.938	.714	0
Marv Grissom	P	13	3	5	0	1	1.000	.615	0
Hersh Freeman	P	18	0	7	0	0	1.000	.389	0
Ben Flowers	P	32	4	15	1	2	.950	.594	0
Ike Delock	P	23	1	5	0	0	1.000	.261	0
Hal Brown	P	30	8	27	1	2	.972	1.167	0
Al Richter	SS	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Johnny Lipon	SS	58	85	150	12	26	.951	4.052	0
Ted Lepcio	SS	20	15	52	1	10	.985	3.350	0
Milt Bolling	SS	109	174	321	23	71	.956	4.541	0
Totals		1777	4127	1731	147	472	.976	3.297	8

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