1956 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,137,158, Avg. 16,023
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1956 Boston Red Sox Roster
1956 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 780 runs and allowed 751 runs. Ted Williams led Boston with 24 home runs, while Mickey Vernon, Dick Gernert, Jackie Jensen and Ted Lepcio each walloped 20 or more also. Jackie Jensen drove in 97 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Tom Brewer paced the team with 19 wins, and Frank Sullivan registered a 3.42 earned run average, best 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
Tom Brewer	19	9	.679	3.50	32	32	0	15	4	0	244.3	200	103	95	14	112	6	127	5	0	5	1039
Frank Sullivan	14	7	.667	3.42	34	33	1	12	1	0	242.0	253	112	92	22	82	6	116	8	1	4	1048
Ike Delock	13	7	.650	4.21	48	8	28	1	0	9	128.3	122	65	60	12	80	3	105	5	0	4	584
Willard Nixon	9	8	.529	4.21	23	22	0	9	1	0	145.3	142	79	68	9	57	2	74	8	0	6	631
Dave Sisler	9	8	.529	4.62	39	14	15	3	0	3	142.3	120	81	73	13	72	2	93	7	0	1	619
Mel Parnell	7	6	.538	3.77	21	20	0	6	1	0	131.3	129	71	55	13	59	2	41	0	0	2	567
Tom Hurd	3	4	.429	5.33	40	0	18	0	0	5	76.0	84	52	45	5	47	2	34	3	0	5	352
Bob Porterfield	3	12	.200	5.14	25	18	3	4	1	0	126.0	127	82	72	21	64	4	53	1	0	2	557
Frank Baumann	2	1	.667	3.28	7	1	3	0	0	0	24.7	22	11	9	3	14	0	18	0	0	2	108
Leo Kiely	2	2	.500	5.17	23	0	16	0	0	3	31.3	47	25	18	1	14	5	9	2	0	0	155
George Susce	2	4	.333	6.20	21	6	7	0	0	0	69.7	71	54	48	14	44	1	26	4	0	0	324
Rudy Minarcin	1	0	1.000	2.79	3	1	2	0	0	0	9.7	9	4	3	2	8	0	5	1	0	0	45
Johnny Schmitz	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	22
Fritz Dorish	0	2	.000	3.57	15	0	11	0	0	0	22.7	23	10	9	1	10	1	11	0	0	0	99
Totals	84	70	.545	4.17	333	155	105	50	8	20	1398.0	1354	751	647	130	667	34	712	44	2	31	6150

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
Jackie Jensen	151	673	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	11	3	89	43	.315	.405	.497	.901	287	23	1	1	4	5
Jim Piersall	155	681	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	7	7	58	48	.293	.350	.449	.799	270	19	1	9	12	2
Billy Klaus	135	620	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	1	0	90	43	.271	.378	.387	.764	201	7	1	6	3	0
Ted Williams	136	503	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	0	102	39	.345	.479	.605	1.084	242	13	1	0	0	11
Mickey Vernon	119	471	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	1	0	57	40	.310	.403	.511	.914	206	12	7	2	2	6
Billy Goodman	105	448	399	61	117	22	8	2	38	0	3	40	22	.293	.356	.404	.760	161	3	0	7	2	1
Sammy White	114	433	392	28	96	15	2	5	44	2	1	35	40	.245	.304	.332	.636	130	18	0	2	4	7
Don Buddin	114	454	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	.239	.352	.342	.694	129	14	4	2	6	1
Dick Gernert	106	370	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	1	0	56	57	.291	.399	.484	.883	148	7	2	2	4	1
Ted Lepcio	83	321	284	34	74	10	0	15	51	1	3	30	77	.261	.335	.454	.790	129	4	3	2	2	1
Pete Daley	59	208	187	22	50	11	3	5	29	1	0	18	30	.267	.338	.439	.777	82	11	2	1	0	5
Tom Brewer	38	101	94	14	28	0	1	1	13	0	0	5	19	.298	.330	.351	.681	33	2	0	1	1	0
Milt Bolling	45	141	118	19	25	3	2	3	8	0	1	18	20	.212	.319	.347	.666	41	3	1	3	1	1
Norm Zauchin	44	99	84	12	18	2	0	2	11	0	0	14	22	.214	.333	.310	.643	26	4	1	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	104	75	63	22	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	12	12	.270	.387	.349	.736	22	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Malzone	27	115	103	15	17	3	1	2	11	1	0	9	8	.165	.230	.272	.502	28	5	0	2	1	0
Bob Porterfield	25	47	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	.326	.348	.395	.743	17	1	1	1	1	0
Frank Sullivan	34	95	85	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.141	.159	.153	.312	13	3	0	7	1	0
Faye Throneberry	24	54	50	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	16	.220	.264	.320	.584	16	1	0	1	0	0
Willard Nixon	23	60	54	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	.204	.241	.222	.464	12	1	0	2	1	0
Gene Mauch	7	28	25	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.320	.393	.320	.713	8	1	0	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	21	52	46	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.152	.188	.174	.361	8	0	0	4	0	0
Tom Hurd	40	13	12	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Sisler	39	51	42	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.119	.191	.119	.311	5	0	0	4	1	0
George Susce	21	22	18	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.222	.364	.333	.697	6	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Baumann	7	10	9	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.556	.889	5	0	0	1	0	0
Ike Delock	48	38	29	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.103	.161	.138	.299	4	0	0	7	0	0
Grady Hatton	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	48	14	11	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.182	.357	.182	.539	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy Minarcin	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	23	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Keough	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fritz Dorish	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1923	6215	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	.275	.362	.419	.781	2241	153	25	68	46	41

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Mickey Vernon	1B	108	102	898.7	930	58	11	96	.989	9.895	9.148	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	1B	37	35	313.3	307	37	3	36	.991	9.881	9.297	0	0	0	0
Norm Zauchin	1B	31	18	186.0	189	10	2	18	.990	9.629	6.419	0	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	2B	95	95	787.0	215	266	17	69	.966	5.501	5.063	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	2B	57	52	500.0	143	166	11	47	.966	5.562	5.421	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	2B	25	2	58.7	9	14	2	4	.920	3.528	.920	0	0	0	0
Gene Mauch	2B	6	6	48.3	12	17	2	4	.935	5.400	4.833	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	2B	1	0	4.0	1	2	1	0	.750	6.750	3.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Klaus	3B	106	105	944.0	120	242	21	18	.945	3.451	3.415	0	0	0	0
Frank Malzone	3B	26	25	220.7	24	57	6	4	.931	3.304	3.115	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	3B	22	17	147.0	27	40	2	4	.971	4.102	3.045	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	3B	11	8	86.3	6	20	3	2	.897	2.710	2.364	0	0	0	0
Sammy White	C	114	112	973.0	547	60	10	13	.984	5.615	5.325	6	21	24	26	52.0
Pete Daley	C	57	43	425.0	228	14	2	1	.992	5.125	4.246	4	9	14	5	26.3
Jim Piersall	OF	155	155	1373.0	455	10	4	1	.991	3.048	3.000	0	0	0	0
Jackie Jensen	OF	151	150	1351.0	291	13	12	2	.962	2.025	2.013	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	OF	110	110	859.7	174	7	5	2	.973	1.895	1.645	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	OF	50	40	346.3	60	4	1	2	.985	1.663	1.280	0	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	OF	71	2	177.7	57	2	1	0	.983	2.989	.831	0	0	0	0
Faye Throneberry	OF	13	8	86.3	20	0	2	0	.909	2.085	1.538	0	0	0	0
Tom Brewer	P	32	32	244.3	28	52	1	2	.988	2.947	2.500	0	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	P	34	33	242.0	16	37	1	5	.981	1.971	1.559	0	0	0	0
Willard Nixon	P	23	22	145.3	7	31	1	4	.974	2.353	1.652	0	0	0	0
Dave Sisler	P	39	14	142.3	9	22	0	0	1.000	1.960	.795	0	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	P	21	20	131.3	7	19	2	2	.929	1.782	1.238	0	0	0	0
Ike Delock	P	48	8	129.3	10	18	2	1	.933	1.948	.583	0	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	P	25	18	125.0	8	14	2	1	.917	1.584	.880	0	0	0	0
Tom Hurd	P	40	0	75.7	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.427	.300	0	0	0	0
George Susce	P	21	6	69.7	3	11	1	1	.933	1.809	.667	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	P	23	0	31.3	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.298	.348	0	0	0	0
Frank Baumann	P	7	1	25.0	1	1	1	0	.667	.720	.286	0	0	0	0
Fritz Dorish	P	15	0	22.7	3	8	0	1	1.000	4.368	.733	0	0	0	0
Rudy Minarcin	P	3	1	9.7	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.793	1.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	2	0	4.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.154	1.000	0	0	0	0
Don Buddin	SS	113	113	988.3	213	370	29	98	.953	5.309	5.159	0	0	0	0
Billy Klaus	SS	26	25	228.7	35	64	6	8	.943	3.897	3.808	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	SS	26	17	181.0	31	59	5	11	.947	4.475	3.462	0	0	0	0
Totals		1744	1395	12582.0	4192	1764	169	457	.972	4.260	3.415	10	30	38	31	44.9

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