1951 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,312,282, Avg. 20,179
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Steve O'Neill (87-67)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1951 Boston Red Sox Roster
1951 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1951 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Red Sox led the league with 804 runs. Boston yielded 725 runs. Ted Williams walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Clyde Vollmer and Vern Stephens swatted 20 or more, too. Ted Williams drove in 126 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .318. Mel Parnell paced the team with 18 wins, and Ellis Kinder recorded a 2.55 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Steve O'Neill 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	18	11	.621	3.26	36	29	4	11	3	2	221.0	229	99	80	11	77	77	0	0	2	930
Ray Scarborough	12	9	.571	5.09	37	22	6	8	0	0	184.0	201	106	104	21	61	71	14	1	4	812
Ellis Kinder	11	2	.846	2.55	63	2	41	1	0	14	127.0	108	42	36	9	46	84	0	0	2	526
Chuck Stobbs	10	9	.526	4.76	34	25	2	6	0	0	170.0	180	100	90	15	74	75	5	0	3	754
Mickey McDermott	8	8	.500	3.35	34	19	10	9	1	3	172.0	141	72	64	10	92	127	5	0	2	729
Willard Nixon	7	4	.636	4.90	33	14	9	2	1	1	125.0	136	79	68	12	56	70	7	0	4	551
Leo Kiely	7	7	.500	3.34	17	16	0	4	0	0	113.3	106	48	42	9	39	46	2	0	3	474
Bill Wight	7	7	.500	5.10	34	17	8	4	2	0	118.3	128	77	67	5	63	38	0	0	2	525
Harry Taylor	4	9	.308	5.75	31	8	13	1	0	2	81.3	100	59	52	6	42	22	1	1	3	378
Walt Masterson	3	0	1.000	3.34	30	1	10	0	0	2	59.3	53	24	22	1	32	39	0	0	0	266
Ben Flowers	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11
Bill Evans	0	0		4.11	9	0	4	0	0	0	15.3	15	8	7	0	8	3	0	0	2	66
Paul Hinrichs	0	0		21.60	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.3	7	8	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	21
Harley Hisner	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	28
Totals	87	67	.565	4.14	364	154	108	46	7	24	1399.0	1413	725	643	100	599	658	34	2	27	6071

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Dom DiMaggio	146	718	639	113	189	34	4	12	72	4	7	73	53	.296	.370	.418	.788	267	13	2	4
Ted Williams	148	675	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	1	1	144	45	.318	.464	.556	1.019	295	10	0	0
Billy Goodman	141	638	546	92	162	34	4	0	50	7	4	79	37	.297	.388	.374	.761	204	12	2	11
Johnny Pesky	131	573	480	93	150	20	6	3	41	2	2	84	15	.313	.417	.398	.815	191	10	2	7
Bobby Doerr	106	463	402	60	116	21	2	13	73	2	1	57	33	.289	.378	.448	.826	180	10	1	3
Vern Stephens	109	415	377	62	113	21	2	17	78	1	2	38	33	.300	.364	.501	.865	189	22	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	115	445	386	66	97	9	2	22	85	0	0	55	66	.251	.346	.456	.802	176	20	1	3
Walt Dropo	99	398	360	37	86	14	0	11	57	0	0	38	52	.239	.312	.369	.681	133	16	0	0
Lou Boudreau	82	313	273	37	73	18	1	5	47	1	0	30	12	.267	.353	.396	.748	108	10	6	4
Les Moss	71	232	202	18	40	6	0	3	26	0	0	25	34	.198	.289	.272	.562	55	9	1	4
Buddy Rosar	58	191	170	11	39	7	0	1	13	0	0	19	14	.229	.307	.288	.595	49	3	0	2
Fred Hatfield	80	187	163	23	28	4	2	2	14	1	0	22	27	.172	.274	.258	.532	42	1	1	1
Mel Parnell	37	92	81	12	25	1	1	0	5	0	0	7	10	.309	.364	.346	.709	28	1	0	4
Mickey McDermott	43	71	66	8	18	1	1	1	6	0	1	3	14	.273	.314	.364	.678	24	3	1	1
Aaron Robinson	26	91	74	9	15	1	1	2	7	0	0	17	10	.203	.352	.324	.676	24	1	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	49	89	80	8	15	1	0	3	12	0	1	9	18	.188	.270	.313	.582	25	1	0	0
Tom Wright	28	76	63	8	14	1	1	1	9	0	0	11	8	.222	.347	.317	.664	20	4	1	1
Willard Nixon	34	49	45	7	13	3	0	1	8	0	0	3	9	.289	.333	.422	.756	19	3	0	1
Ray Scarborough	37	75	68	10	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	.191	.236	.206	.442	14	2	0	3
Chuck Stobbs	34	71	61	7	11	2	0	0	7	0	0	5	12	.180	.242	.213	.456	13	3	0	5
Mel Hoderlein	9	21	14	1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	.357	.550	.571	1.121	8	1	0	1
Mike Guerra	10	39	32	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	5	.156	.289	.156	.446	5	3	0	1
Leo Kiely	18	42	35	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	9	.143	.286	.143	.429	5	2	0	0
Matt Batts	11	30	29	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.138	.167	.172	.339	5	1	0	0
Ellis Kinder	63	35	34	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.118	.143	.147	.290	5	0	0	0
Al Evans	12	28	24	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	.125	.250	.167	.417	4	0	0	0
Harry Taylor	31	31	29	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.103	.133	.138	.271	4	2	0	1
Bill Wight	34	44	41	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	16	.073	.136	.073	.210	3	0	0	0
Walt Masterson	30	12	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	1
Sammy White	4	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0
Norm Zauchin	5	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.167	.167	.250	.417	3	1	0	0
Harley Hisner	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Karl Olson	5	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	1	0	1
Al Richter	5	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	1	3	0	0
Bob DiPietro	4	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	1	0	0
Bill Evans	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Hinrichs	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1830	6211	5378	804	1428	233	32	127	757	20	21	756	594	.266	.358	.392	.750	2106	169	18	59

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Norm Zauchin	1B	4	20	2	1	8	.957	5.500	0
Billy Goodman	1B	62	554	29	3	61	.995	9.403	0
Walt Dropo	1B	93	878	63	12	91	.987	1.118	0
Lou Boudreau	1B	2	4	1	1	1	.833	2.500	0
Johnny Pesky	2B	5	5	11	0	3	1.000	3.200	0
Mel Hoderlein	2B	3	9	6	0	4	1.000	5.000	0
Billy Goodman	2B	44	117	129	9	32	.965	5.591	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	106	303	311	12	99	.981	5.792	0
Vern Stephens	3B	89	105	207	7	19	.978	3.506	0
Johnny Pesky	3B	11	14	19	4	2	.892	3.000	0
Mel Hoderlein	3B	3	3	4	2	0	.778	2.333	0
Fred Hatfield	3B	49	40	124	7	15	.959	3.347	0
Billy Goodman	3B	1	1	3	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Lou Boudreau	3B	15	10	27	2	5	.949	2.467	0
Sammy White	C	4	15	1	0	2	1.000	4.000	0
Buddy Rosar	C	56	235	20	1	6	.996	4.554	1
Aaron Robinson	C	25	101	14	2	3	.983	4.600	1
Les Moss	C	69	285	28	5	4	.984	4.536	6
Mike Guerra	C	10	46	4	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Al Evans	C	10	40	1	0	0	1.000	4.100	0
Matt Batts	C	11	32	7	1	0	.975	3.545	2
Tom Wright	OF	18	19	0	1	0	.950	1.056	0
Ted Williams	OF	147	315	12	4	6	.988	2.224	0
Clyde Vollmer	OF	106	206	5	3	0	.986	1.991	0
Karl Olson	OF	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.600	0
Charlie Maxwell	OF	13	25	0	2	0	.926	1.923	0
Billy Goodman	OF	38	70	9	2	2	.975	2.079	0
Bob DiPietro	OF	3	4	1	1	1	.833	1.667	0
Dom DiMaggio	OF	146	376	15	11	1	.973	2.678	0
Bill Wight	P	34	1	29	3	2	.909	.882	0
Harry Taylor	P	31	6	20	0	0	1.000	.839	0
Chuck Stobbs	P	34	9	20	1	1	.967	.853	0
Ray Scarborough	P	37	18	30	1	4	.980	1.297	0
Mel Parnell	P	36	8	42	3	2	.943	1.389	0
Willard Nixon	P	33	2	23	1	1	.962	.758	0
Mickey McDermott	P	34	4	34	2	5	.950	1.118	0
Walt Masterson	P	30	1	12	1	0	.929	.433	0
Ellis Kinder	P	63	5	13	0	1	1.000	.286	0
Leo Kiely	P	17	4	29	2	0	.943	1.941	0
Harley Hisner	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Paul Hinrichs	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Ben Flowers	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Evans	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Vern Stephens	SS	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Al Richter	SS	3	8	10	0	5	1.000	6.000	0
Johnny Pesky	SS	106	204	340	22	74	.961	5.132	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	52	80	153	12	45	.951	4.481	0
Totals		1675	4191	1814	141	508	.977	3.585	10

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