1955 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,203,200, Avg. 17,954
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1955 Boston Red Sox Roster
1955 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1955 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 755 runs and allowed 652 runs. Ted Williams paced Boston with 28 home runs, while Jackie Jensen and Norm Zauchin walloped 20 or more, too. Jackie Jensen drove in 116 runs. Billy Goodman led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Frank Sullivan topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.91 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Pinky Higgins 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
Frank Sullivan	18	13	.581	2.91	35	35	0	16	3	0	260.0	235	103	84	23	100	5	129	2	1	1	1100
Willard Nixon	12	10	.545	4.07	31	31	0	7	3	0	208.0	207	102	94	10	85	2	95	3	0	4	903
Tom Brewer	11	10	.524	4.20	31	28	1	9	2	0	192.7	198	101	90	21	87	3	91	8	0	7	856
George Susce	9	7	.563	3.06	29	15	10	6	1	1	144.3	123	54	49	12	49	4	60	8	1	1	599
Ike Delock	9	7	.563	3.76	29	18	5	6	0	3	143.7	136	67	60	16	61	2	88	4	0	4	622
Tom Hurd	8	6	.571	3.01	43	0	26	0	0	5	80.7	72	32	27	7	38	10	48	1	0	3	344
Ellis Kinder	5	5	.500	2.84	43	0	38	0	0	18	66.7	57	22	21	5	15	4	31	1	0	1	275
Leo Kiely	3	3	.500	2.80	33	4	13	0	0	6	90.0	91	31	28	5	37	5	36	0	1	1	384
Frank Baumann	2	1	.667	5.82	7	5	2	0	0	0	34.0	38	28	22	2	17	0	27	1	0	2	156
Mel Parnell	2	3	.400	7.83	13	9	2	0	0	1	46.0	62	44	40	12	25	1	18	1	0	0	227
Bill Henry	2	4	.333	3.32	17	7	2	0	0	0	59.7	56	28	22	7	21	2	23	0	0	1	254
Hal Brown	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	16
Dick Brodowski	1	0	1.000	5.63	16	0	6	0	0	0	32.0	36	25	20	5	25	2	10	1	1	1	153
Russ Kemmerer	1	1	.500	7.27	7	2	2	0	0	0	17.3	18	14	14	3	15	1	13	0	0	2	82
Bob Smith	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Hersh Freeman	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
Joe Trimble	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	8
Totals	84	70	.545	3.72	341	154	110	44	9	34	1384.3	1333	652	572	128	582	42	674	30	4	28	5991

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 Goodman	149	715	599	100	176	31	2	0	52	5	5	99	44	.294	.394	.352	.747	211	13	3	10	4	1
Jackie Jensen	152	681	574	95	158	27	6	26	116	16	7	89	63	.275	.369	.479	.848	275	20	3	3	12	8
Billy Klaus	135	610	541	83	153	26	2	7	60	6	0	60	44	.283	.351	.377	.729	204	4	0	4	5	0
Jim Piersall	149	599	515	68	146	25	5	13	62	6	1	67	52	.283	.364	.427	.792	220	16	2	9	6	7
Sammy White	143	603	544	65	142	30	4	11	64	1	2	44	58	.261	.323	.392	.714	213	23	7	5	3	4
Ted Williams	98	417	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	2	0	91	24	.356	.496	.703	1.200	225	8	2	0	4	17
Norm Zauchin	130	556	477	65	114	10	0	27	93	3	0	69	105	.239	.335	.430	.765	205	8	3	1	6	1
Grady Hatton	126	465	380	48	93	11	4	4	49	0	1	76	28	.245	.367	.326	.693	124	8	0	4	5	3
Gene Stephens	109	183	157	25	46	9	4	3	18	0	0	20	34	.293	.374	.459	.832	72	1	2	1	3	0
Faye Throneberry	60	161	144	20	37	7	3	6	27	0	0	14	31	.257	.323	.472	.795	68	2	1	0	2	1
Ted Lepcio	51	151	134	19	31	9	0	6	15	1	1	12	36	.231	.313	.433	.746	58	2	4	1	0	0
Harry Agganis	25	94	83	11	26	10	1	0	10	2	0	10	10	.313	.383	.458	.841	38	3	0	0	1	0
Eddie Joost	55	138	119	15	23	2	0	5	17	0	0	17	21	.193	.299	.336	.635	40	2	1	1	0	2
Willard Nixon	31	81	69	7	18	4	1	0	7	0	0	8	20	.261	.338	.348	.685	24	2	0	4	0	0
Karl Olson	26	50	48	7	12	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	10	.250	.265	.354	.619	17	3	0	1	0	0
Owen Friend	14	46	42	3	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	.262	.326	.333	.659	14	2	0	0	0	0
Pete Daley	17	53	50	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.220	.264	.300	.564	15	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Brewer	33	80	73	9	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.151	.195	.164	.359	12	0	1	3	0	0
Frank Sullivan	35	105	89	6	10	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	33	.112	.151	.146	.297	13	2	0	12	0	0
Frank Malzone	6	21	20	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.350	.381	.400	.781	8	0	0	0	0	0
George Susce	29	53	49	0	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.143	.160	.163	.323	8	1	0	3	0	0
Ike Delock	29	56	49	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	15	.143	.222	.163	.385	8	0	0	2	0	0
Mel Parnell	14	19	19	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.316	.316	.368	.684	7	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Brodowski	16	10	10	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.900	1.400	9	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	33	28	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.192	.222	.231	.453	6	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Consolo	8	23	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	.222	.391	.222	.614	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	7	21	20	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.300	.538	6	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	14	32	31	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	.129	.125	.194	.319	6	1	0	0	1	0
Ellis Kinder	43	14	12	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	1	0	1	0	0
Frank Baumann	7	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Henry	17	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Brown	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	6	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	2	0	0
Tom Hurd	43	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.143	.214	2	1	0	1	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	2	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Trimble	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pagliaroni	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1827	6131	5273	755	1392	241	39	137	709	43	17	707	730	.264	.351	.402	.753	2122	125	29	69	53	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Norm Zauchin	1B	126	125	1120.3	1137	84	6	106	.995	9.809	9.690	0	0	0	0
Harry Agganis	1B	20	20	181.0	208	14	3	15	.987	11.039	11.100	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	1B	5	5	43.0	47	5	1	3	.981	1.884	1.400	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	1B	5	4	40.0	35	3	1	2	.974	8.550	7.600	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	2B	143	143	1260.3	348	373	23	93	.969	5.149	5.042	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	2B	17	7	81.0	18	19	4	4	.902	4.111	2.176	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	2B	4	4	41.0	11	5	2	1	.889	3.512	4.000	0	0	0	0
Owen Friend	2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	2B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	3B	111	109	954.3	97	225	8	22	.976	3.037	2.901	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	3B	45	33	320.0	48	84	8	6	.943	3.713	2.933	0	0	0	0
Billy Klaus	3B	8	8	68.0	7	20	3	0	.900	3.574	3.375	0	0	0	0
Frank Malzone	3B	4	4	41.0	2	15	0	1	1.000	3.732	4.250	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	3B	2	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Sammy White	C	143	142	1255.7	671	71	12	8	.984	5.318	5.189	5	28	39	35	47.3
Pete Daley	C	14	10	111.7	75	4	0	0	1.000	6.367	5.643	0	2	4	1	20.0
Haywood Sullivan	C	2	2	15.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	7.200	6.000	0	0	1	0	0.0
Jim Pagliaroni	C	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jackie Jensen	OF	150	149	1339.3	281	11	7	3	.977	1.962	1.947	0	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	OF	147	144	1294.3	425	7	3	2	.993	3.004	2.939	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	OF	93	93	730.7	170	5	2	0	.989	2.156	1.882	0	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	OF	75	29	340.3	82	7	5	1	.947	2.354	1.187	0	0	0	0
Faye Throneberry	OF	34	31	280.7	69	3	3	0	.960	2.309	2.118	0	0	0	0
Karl Olson	OF	21	10	113.7	27	1	0	0	1.000	2.217	1.333	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	OF	7	6	54.0	14	3	0	0	1.000	2.833	2.429	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	OF	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	P	35	35	260.0	22	41	1	5	.984	2.181	1.800	0	0	0	0
Willard Nixon	P	31	31	208.0	18	43	1	3	.984	2.639	1.968	0	0	0	0
Tom Brewer	P	31	28	192.7	15	44	1	4	.983	2.756	1.903	0	0	0	0
George Susce	P	29	15	144.3	9	22	0	2	1.000	1.933	1.069	0	0	0	0
Ike Delock	P	29	18	143.7	6	19	1	1	.962	1.566	.862	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	P	33	4	90.0	6	19	0	4	1.000	2.500	.758	0	0	0	0
Tom Hurd	P	43	0	80.7	4	12	0	1	1.000	1.785	.372	0	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	P	43	0	66.7	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.215	.209	0	0	0	0
Bill Henry	P	17	7	59.7	4	11	0	1	1.000	2.263	.882	0	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	P	13	9	46.0	2	9	1	0	.917	2.152	.846	0	0	0	0
Frank Baumann	P	7	5	34.0	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.588	.857	0	0	0	0
Dick Brodowski	P	16	0	32.0	5	7	0	0	1.000	3.375	.750	0	0	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	P	7	2	17.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.038	.286	0	0	0	0
Hal Brown	P	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Trimble	P	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	.500	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	P	2	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Klaus	SS	126	121	1099.7	207	391	28	55	.955	4.894	4.746	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	SS	20	18	164.0	37	72	8	19	.932	5.982	5.450	0	0	0	0
Owen Friend	SS	14	14	109.7	20	38	3	5	.951	4.760	4.143	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	SS	2	1	11.0	1	3	1	0	.800	3.273	2.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1683	1386	12459.0	4141	1708	136	368	.977	4.225	3.475	5	30	44	36	45.0

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