1953 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,026,914, 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Mel Parnell218.7243.06383421250241.021798821511601364071036
Mickey McDermott1810.6433.0132301840206.316982699109092215876
Hal Brown116.6474.6530253610166.317794861657062007722
Ellis Kinder106.6251.85690510027107.0843022838039211441
Sid Hudson69.4003.5230176402156.016465611349060400665
Bill Henry55.5003.262112341185.7863931433056401372
Willard Nixon48.3333.9323152510116.71145751659057101516
Ike Delock31.7504.44231900148.7602724220022210223
Marv Grissom26.2504.701311111059.3613431530031102263
Ken Holcombe101.0006.003020016.0944030100130
Frank Sullivan11.5005.61140100025.7241616311017100104
Ben Flowers14.2003.863261311379.3873934624036102345
Hersh Freeman14.2005.54182700039.0503124217015001179
Bill Kennedy003.70160900224.3241310217014100116
Bill Werle01.0001.5450200011.7732110400042
Totals8469.5493.593671531124114371373.01333632547925840642233285930

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Billy Goodman12858151473161335241145711.313.384.409.79321022800
Jim Piersall1516545857615921935211104152.272.329.354.6832071291900
George Kell134520460681414121273525222.307.383.483.866222105300
Tom Umphlett13753849553140275359423430.283.331.376.707186112700
Sammy White136515476591303421364322948.273.318.435.752207152800
Dick Gernert139590494731251512171078882.253.371.415.78620595300
Milt Bolling1093623233085121528142341.263.318.353.671114431300
Hoot Evers9933030039721011131212341.240.301.390.69111793400
Floyd Baker81199172224742024022410.273.365.320.6855551200
Gene Stephens78254221304562318332956.204.302.290.5916412200
Ted Lepcio66181161173842411001724.236.313.360.6735851200
Ted Williams37110911737601334011910.407.509.9011.4108210000
Johnny Lipon60166145183170013101416.214.283.262.5453850700
Mickey McDermott4595939288011301213.301.316.419.7353920000
Del Wilber5812011216276172900621.241.286.500.7865651100
Mel Parnell3810494721400910416.223.255.266.5212500600
Hal Brown306558517501100125.293.328.431.7592501400
Billy Consolo476765914211612223.215.239.323.5622100000
Al Zarilla57816711132004011413.194.333.224.5571530000
Ellis Kinder69302931110020006.379.379.414.7931200100
Willard Nixon2348424810030059.190.277.214.491900100
Gus Niarhos1641356711020144.200.300.286.5861001100
Sid Hudson3054503701060124.140.173.180.353930200
Karl Olson2558575720160019.123.138.211.3481240000
Bill Henry21323226110400010.188.188.281.469910000
Ben Flowers3220190320010008.158.158.263.421510100
Bill Kennedy16320100000001.500.500.5001.000100100
Dom DiMaggio3330100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Frank Sullivan14440100000001.250.250.250.500100000
Ike Delock2311101100000015.100.182.100.282100000
Hersh Freeman1811110100000003.091.091.091.182110000
Ken Holcombe3320000000001.000.000.000.000000100
Bill Werle5320000000010.000.333.000.333000000
Jack Merson1440000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Marv Grissom1320180000000004.000.000.000.000000200
Clyde Vollmer11000000000101.000000000
Al Richter1000000000000000000
Totals1944587852466561385255371016143345495600.264.332.384.7162017109389900


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Del Wilber1B200.0180021.0009.0000000
Billy Goodman1B2000.015113618.9658.2000000
Dick Gernert1B13600.012238419139.9869.6100000
Jack Merson2B100.03410.8757.0000000
Ted Lepcio2B3400.07185325.9814.5880000
Billy Goodman2B11200.02673061588.9745.1160000
Billy Consolo2B1100.02329110.9814.7270000
Floyd Baker2B1600.04536112.9885.0630000
Ted Lepcio3B1100.0101822.9332.5450000
George Kell3B12400.01142311023.9722.7820000
Billy Consolo3B1600.031853.8081.3130000
Floyd Baker3B3700.0225736.9632.1350000
Del WilberC2800.090720.9803.4642000
Sammy WhiteC13100.05886899.9865.0085000
Gus NiarhosC1600.061512.9854.1251000
Al ZarillaOF1800.017110.9471.0000000
Ted WilliamsOF2600.031111.9701.2310000
Tom UmphlettOF13600.03821271.9832.8970000
Gene StephensOF7200.0113240.9661.5970000
Jim PiersallOF15100.03521557.9872.4300000
Karl OlsonOF2400.031110.9701.3330000
George KellOF700.040001.000.5710000
Hoot EversOF9300.0161320.9881.7630000
Bill WerleP500.006011.0001.2000000
Frank SullivanP1400.042001.000.4290000
Mel ParnellP3800.0102724.949.9740000
Willard NixonP2300.071821.9261.0870000
Mickey McDermottP3200.054023.9571.4060000
Ellis KinderP6900.01018001.000.4060000
Bill KennedyP1600.02320.714.3130000
Sid HudsonP3000.0132612.9751.3000000
Ken HolcombeP300.011001.000.6670000
Bill HenryP2100.041110.938.7140000
Marv GrissomP1300.035011.000.6150000
Hersh FreemanP1800.007001.000.3890000
Ben FlowersP3200.041512.950.5940000
Ike DelockP2300.015001.000.2610000
Hal BrownP3000.082712.9721.1670000
Al RichterSS100.011011.0002.0000000
Johnny LiponSS5800.0851501226.9514.0520000
Ted LepcioSS2000.01552110.9853.3500000
Milt BollingSS10900.01743212371.9564.5410000
Totals177700.041271731147472.9763.2978000




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