1953 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 84–69 (.549) | |
League place | 4th (16 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Joe Cronin | |
Managers | Lou Boudreau | |
Television | WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1953 Boston Red Sox season was the 53rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, 16 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1953 World Series.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | 0.656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
10 | Billy Goodman | 2B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | RF |
36 | Gene Stephens | LF |
3 | Dick Gernert | 1B |
1 | George Kell | 3B |
22 | Sammy White | C |
38 | Tom Umphlett | CF |
2 | Milt Bolling | SS |
17 | Mel Parnell | P |
1953 Boston Red Sox roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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Other batters | Manager Coaches
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Sammy White | 136 | 476 | 130 | .273 | 13 | 64 |
1B | Dick Gernert | 139 | 494 | 125 | .253 | 21 | 71 |
2B | Billy Goodman | 128 | 514 | 161 | .313 | 2 | 41 |
SS | Milt Bolling | 109 | 323 | 85 | .263 | 5 | 28 |
3B | George Kell | 134 | 460 | 141 | .307 | 12 | 73 |
OF | Hoot Evers | 99 | 300 | 72 | .240 | 11 | 31 |
OF | Jim Piersall | 151 | 585 | 159 | .272 | 3 | 52 |
OF | Tom Umphlett | 137 | 495 | 140 | .283 | 3 | 59 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Gene Stephens | 78 | 221 | 45 | .204 | 3 | 18 |
Floyd Baker | 81 | 172 | 47 | .273 | 0 | 24 |
Ted Lepcio | 66 | 161 | 38 | .236 | 4 | 11 |
Johnny Lipon | 60 | 145 | 31 | .214 | 0 | 13 |
Del Wilber | 58 | 112 | 27 | .241 | 7 | 29 |
Ted Williams | 37 | 91 | 37 | .407 | 13 | 34 |
Al Zarilla | 57 | 67 | 13 | .194 | 0 | 4 |
Billy Consolo | 47 | 65 | 14 | .215 | 1 | 6 |
Karl Olson | 25 | 57 | 7 | .123 | 1 | 6 |
Gus Niarhos | 16 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Jack Merson | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dom DiMaggio | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Vollmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Al Richter | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mel Parnell | 38 | 241.0 | 21 | 8 | 3.06 | 136 |
Mickey McDermott | 32 | 206.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.01 | 92 |
Hal Brown | 30 | 166.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.65 | 62 |
Willard Nixon | 23 | 116.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.93 | 57 |
Marv Grissom | 13 | 59.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.70 | 31 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sid Hudson | 30 | 156.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.52 | 60 |
Bill Henry | 21 | 85.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.26 | 56 |
Ben Flowers | 32 | 79.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.86 | 36 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ellis Kinder | 69 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 1.85 | 39 |
Ike Delock | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.44 | 22 |
Hersh Freeman | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.54 | 15 |
Bill Kennedy | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.70 | 14 |
Frank Sullivan | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.61 | 17 |
Bill Werle | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.54 | 4 |
Ken Holcombe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose
Roanoke club folded, July 24, 1953
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