1957 Boston Red Sox season

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1957  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record82–72 (.532)
League place3rd
Owners Tom Yawkey
President Tom Yawkey
General managers Joe Cronin
Managers Pinky Higgins
Television WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Don Gillis, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
  1956 Seasons 1958  

The 1957 Boston Red Sox season was the 57th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856.63648295027
Chicago White Sox 9064.584845324532
Boston Red Sox 8272.5321644333839
Detroit Tigers 7876.5062045323344
Baltimore Orioles 7676.5002142333443
Cleveland Indians 7677.49721½40373640
Kansas City Athletics 5994.38638½37402254
Washington Senators 5599.3574328492750

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCANYYWSH
Baltimore 8–1410–12–19–129–1316–5–19–1315–7
Boston 14–88–1412–1010–1216–68–1414–8
Chicago 12–10–114–814–811–1114–88–1417–5
Cleveland 12–910–128–1411–1111–119–1315–7
Detroit 13–912–1011–1111–118–1410–1213–9
Kansas City 5–16–16–168–1411–1114–83–1912–10
New York 13–914–814–813–912–1019–313–9
Washington 7–158–145–177–159–1310–129–13

Opening Day lineup

11 Frank Malzone 3B
35 Billy Klaus SS
  9 Ted Williams LF
25 Dick Gernert 1B
37 Jimmy Piersall   CF
38 Gene Stephens RF
24 Gene Mauch 2B
22 Sammy White C
23 Tom Brewer P

Notable transactions

Roster

1957 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Sammy White 11134073.215331
1B Dick Gernert 9931675.2371458
2B Ted Lepcio 7923256.241937
SS Billy Klaus 127477120.2521042
3B Frank Malzone 153634185.29215103
LF Ted Williams 132420163.3883887
CF Jim Piersall 151609159.2611963
RF Jackie Jensen 145544153.28123103

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mickey Vernon 10227065.241738
Gene Mauch 6522260.270228
Billy Consolo 6819653.270419
Pete Daley 7819143.225325
Gene Stephens 12017346.266326
Norm Zauchin 529124.264314
Ken Aspromonte 247821.26904
Marty Keough 9171.05900
Billy Goodman 18161.06300
Haywood Sullivan 210.00000
Faye Throneberry 110.00000
Milt Bolling 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Sullivan 31240.214112.73127
Tom Brewer 32238.116133.85128
Willard Nixon 29191.012133.6896
Mike Fornieles 25125.1873.5264
Dave Sisler 22122.1784.7155

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Porterfield 28102.1444.0528
George Susce 2988.1734.2840
Dean Stone 1751.1135.0832
Frank Baumann 412.0103.757
Russ Meyer 25.0005.401

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ike Delock 4998113.8362
Rudy Minarcin 260024.4320
Bob Chakales 180238.1616
Murray Wall 113013.3313
Russ Kemmerer 10004.501
Jack Spring 10000.002

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Open San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Joe Gordon
AA Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Sheriff Robinson
A Albany Senators Eastern League Eddie Popowski
B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Len Okrie
D Lafayette Red Sox Midwest League Ken Deal
D Lexington Red Sox Nebraska State League Jack Kaiser
D Corning Red Sox New York–Penn League Elmer Yoter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco
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References

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  2. Faye Throneberry at Baseball-Reference
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