1954 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 931,127, Avg. 14,126
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Lou Boudreau (69-85)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1954 Boston Red Sox Roster
1954 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1954 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 700 runs and conceded 728 runs. Ted Williams led Boston with 29 home runs, and Jackie Jensen walloped 20 or more, too. Jackie Jensen drove in 117 runs. Billy Goodman paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .303. Frank Sullivan topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.14 earned run average, best 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
Frank Sullivan	15	12	.556	3.14	36	26	6	11	3	1	206.3	185	81	72	18	66	124	6	2	1	857
Willard Nixon	11	12	.478	4.06	31	30	1	8	2	0	199.7	182	102	90	16	87	102	9	0	2	850
Tom Brewer	10	9	.526	4.65	33	23	3	7	0	0	162.7	152	90	84	15	95	69	7	0	6	727
Ellis Kinder	8	8	.500	3.62	48	2	34	0	0	15	107.0	106	47	43	7	36	67	0	0	1	457
Russ Kemmerer	5	3	.625	3.82	19	9	3	2	1	0	75.3	71	35	32	4	41	37	2	2	1	328
Leo Kiely	5	8	.385	3.50	28	19	0	4	1	0	131.0	153	74	51	12	58	59	1	1	0	589
Sid Hudson	3	4	.429	4.42	33	5	19	0	0	5	71.3	83	43	35	5	30	27	2	0	1	320
Mel Parnell	3	7	.300	3.70	19	15	2	4	1	0	92.3	104	45	38	7	35	38	1	0	5	409
Bill Henry	3	7	.300	4.52	24	13	8	3	1	0	95.7	104	56	48	9	49	38	1	1	4	442
Tom Hurd	2	0	1.000	3.03	16	0	4	0	0	1	29.7	21	11	10	2	12	14	0	0	0	119
Tex Clevenger	2	4	.333	4.79	23	8	6	1	0	0	67.7	67	42	36	9	29	43	2	0	1	298
Tom Herrin	1	2	.333	7.31	14	1	3	0	0	0	28.3	34	23	23	3	22	8	0	0	0	135
Hal Brown	1	8	.111	4.12	40	5	17	1	0	0	118.0	126	64	54	6	41	66	3	0	2	524
Joe Dobson	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	14
Bill Werle	0	1	.000	4.38	14	0	8	0	0	0	24.7	41	13	12	5	10	14	2	0	0	125
Totals	69	85	.448	4.01	380	156	115	41	9	22	1412.3	1434	728	630	118	612	707	36	6	24	6194

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
Jackie Jensen	152	673	580	92	160	25	7	25	117	22	7	79	52	.276	.359	.472	.831	274	32	2	1	11
Billy Goodman	127	552	489	71	148	25	4	1	36	3	3	51	15	.303	.370	.376	.746	184	10	2	9	1
Sammy White	137	530	493	46	139	25	2	14	75	1	3	21	50	.282	.307	.426	.732	210	15	0	8	8
Jim Piersall	133	520	474	77	135	24	2	8	38	5	1	36	42	.285	.338	.395	.732	187	13	3	5	2
Ted Williams	117	526	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	0	0	136	32	.345	.513	.635	1.148	245	10	1	0	3
Harry Agganis	132	493	434	54	109	13	8	11	57	6	3	47	57	.251	.321	.394	.715	171	6	0	7	5
Ted Lepcio	116	451	398	42	102	19	4	8	45	3	4	42	62	.256	.328	.384	.713	153	8	3	3	5
Milt Bolling	113	437	370	42	92	20	3	6	36	2	4	47	55	.249	.337	.368	.705	136	3	4	13	3
Grady Hatton	99	366	302	40	85	12	3	5	33	1	1	58	25	.281	.399	.391	.790	118	6	2	3	1
Karl Olson	101	245	227	25	59	12	2	1	20	2	1	12	23	.260	.293	.344	.637	78	11	0	3	3
Billy Consolo	91	279	242	23	55	7	1	1	11	2	1	33	69	.227	.324	.277	.601	67	4	2	1	1
Sam Mele	42	150	132	22	42	6	0	7	23	0	1	12	12	.318	.378	.523	.901	69	4	2	2	2
Charlie Maxwell	74	117	104	9	26	4	1	0	5	3	0	12	21	.250	.328	.308	.635	32	4	0	1	0
George Kell	26	109	93	15	24	3	0	0	10	0	0	15	3	.258	.361	.290	.651	27	2	0	1	0
Don Lenhardt	44	73	66	5	18	4	0	3	17	0	0	3	9	.273	.310	.470	.780	31	3	1	2	1
Willard Nixon	31	78	68	6	18	3	0	1	3	0	0	8	17	.265	.342	.353	.695	24	4	0	2	0
Tom Brewer	37	63	60	6	16	1	2	0	7	0	0	1	13	.267	.279	.350	.629	21	3	0	2	0
Mickey Owen	32	81	68	6	16	3	0	1	11	0	1	9	6	.235	.309	.324	.632	22	3	0	0	4
Leo Kiely	28	53	50	5	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	17	.180	.212	.260	.472	13	0	0	1	0
Del Wilber	24	68	61	2	8	2	1	1	7	0	0	4	6	.131	.179	.246	.425	15	1	0	1	2
Frank Sullivan	36	78	68	6	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	21	.103	.173	.147	.320	10	2	0	3	1
Dick Gernert	14	30	23	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.261	.414	.348	.762	8	2	0	1	0
Ellis Kinder	48	34	27	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.185	.241	.259	.501	7	0	0	5	0
Floyd Baker	21	20	20	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.300	.500	6	0	0	0	0
Bill Henry	25	37	34	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.118	.189	.118	.307	4	0	0	0	0
Tex Clevenger	25	14	14	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.286	.500	4	0	0	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	19	26	21	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.143	.250	.143	.393	3	1	0	2	0
Hal Brown	40	28	24	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	.125	.222	.167	.389	4	0	0	1	0
Mel Parnell	19	37	34	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.088	.139	.118	.257	4	0	1	1	0
Sid Hudson	33	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	1	0	0	0
Tom Hurd	16	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Herrin	14	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0
Hoot Evers	6	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Werle	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1989	6207	5399	700	1436	244	41	123	657	51	30	654	660	.266	.345	.395	.739	2131	148	23	78	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Harry Agganis	1B	119	109	1008.3	1064	89	12	101	.990	1.291	9.689	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	1B	27	22	202.7	195	16	3	26	.986	9.370	7.815	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	1B	22	21	159.3	168	8	1	17	.994	9.941	8.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	1B	6	4	40.0	47	1	0	5	1.000	1.800	8.000	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	1B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	2B	80	78	691.3	233	230	14	58	.971	6.027	5.788	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	2B	72	68	621.7	173	208	8	59	.979	5.516	5.292	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	2B	12	10	91.0	24	20	2	4	.957	4.352	3.667	0	0	0	0
Floyd Baker	2B	1	0	8.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.160	2.000	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	3B	93	80	734.3	77	204	10	20	.966	3.444	3.022	0	0	0	0
George Kell	3B	25	25	208.0	31	49	7	5	.920	3.462	3.200	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	3B	24	22	198.3	28	42	5	3	.933	3.176	2.917	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	3B	18	14	131.0	10	41	3	2	.944	3.504	2.833	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	3B	12	12	97.0	11	23	2	5	.944	3.155	2.833	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	3B	5	3	21.0	5	7	1	0	.923	5.143	2.400	0	0	0	0
Floyd Baker	3B	7	0	16.7	4	4	1	1	.889	4.320	1.143	0	0	0	0
Don Lenhardt	3B	1	0	6.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.000	0	0	0	0
Sammy White	C	133	124	1114.0	677	80	16	11	.979	6.116	5.692	11	15	45	30	40.0
Mickey Owen	C	30	16	172.0	85	8	1	4	.989	4.866	3.100	1	3	5	4	44.4
Del Wilber	C	18	16	126.3	49	8	3	2	.950	4.061	3.167	1	4	5	4	44.4
Jackie Jensen	OF	151	149	1335.3	331	12	5	0	.986	2.312	2.272	0	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	OF	126	112	1026.0	249	10	4	2	.985	2.272	2.056	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	OF	115	113	962.3	213	5	4	0	.982	2.039	1.896	0	0	0	0
Karl Olson	OF	78	44	469.0	122	10	6	1	.957	2.533	1.692	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	OF	27	18	144.3	25	1	0	0	1.000	1.621	.963	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	OF	13	11	110.0	20	1	1	1	.955	1.718	1.615	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	OF	13	12	101.0	14	1	1	0	.938	1.337	1.154	0	0	0	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	13	8	81.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.444	1.000	0	0	0	0
Hoot Evers	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	P	36	26	206.3	12	36	2	5	.960	2.094	1.333	0	0	0	0
Willard Nixon	P	31	30	199.7	17	34	1	6	.981	2.299	1.645	0	0	0	0
Tom Brewer	P	33	23	162.7	9	18	3	1	.900	1.494	.818	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	P	28	19	131.0	7	20	5	1	.844	1.855	.964	0	0	0	0
Hal Brown	P	40	5	118.0	4	23	2	4	.931	2.059	.675	0	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	P	48	2	107.0	2	11	2	0	.867	1.093	.271	0	0	0	0
Bill Henry	P	24	13	95.7	4	13	0	0	1.000	1.599	.708	0	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	P	19	15	92.3	3	17	1	1	.952	1.949	1.053	0	0	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	P	19	9	75.3	4	14	2	2	.900	2.150	.947	0	0	0	0
Sid Hudson	P	33	5	71.3	6	14	2	1	.909	2.523	.606	0	0	0	0
Tex Clevenger	P	23	8	67.7	6	11	2	0	.895	2.261	.739	0	0	0	0
Tom Hurd	P	16	0	29.7	3	6	0	0	1.000	2.730	.563	0	0	0	0
Tom Herrin	P	14	1	28.3	4	9	0	2	1.000	4.129	.929	0	0	0	0
Bill Werle	P	14	0	24.7	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.459	.286	0	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	P	2	0	2.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.375	.500	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	SS	107	103	922.7	186	370	32	73	.946	5.423	5.196	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	SS	50	44	394.7	79	123	10	24	.953	4.606	4.040	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	SS	14	9	86.7	15	25	2	3	.952	4.154	2.857	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	SS	1	0	8.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.320	4.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1795	1404	12711.0	4234	1832	176	450	.972	4.295	3.379	13	22	55	38	40.9

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