1954 Boston Red Sox season

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1954 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record69–85 (.448)
League place4th (42 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersJoe Cronin
ManagersLou Boudreau
TelevisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy,[1] Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
← 1953 Seasons 1955 →

The 1954 Boston Red Sox season was the 54th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, 42 games behind the Cleveland Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 111 43 0.721 59–18 52–25
New York Yankees 103 51 0.669 8 54–23 49–28
Chicago White Sox 94 60 0.610 17 45–32 49–28
Boston Red Sox 69 85 0.448 42 38–39 31–46
Detroit Tigers 68 86 0.442 43 35–42 33–44
Washington Senators 66 88 0.429 45 37–41 29–47
Baltimore Orioles 54 100 0.351 57 32–45 22–55
Philadelphia Athletics 51 103 0.331 60 29–47 22–56

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA WSH
Baltimore 11–11 7–15 3–19 8–14 5–17 10–12 10–12
Boston 11–11 5–17 2–20–2 14–8 9–13 15–7 13–9
Chicago 15–7 17–5 11–11 12–10–1 7–15 17–5 15–7
Cleveland 19–3 20–2–2 11–11 14–8 11–11 18–4 18–4
Detroit 14–8 8–14 10–12–1 8–14 6–16 13–9 9–13
New York 17–5 13–9 15–7 11–11 16–6 18–4–1 13–9
Philadelphia 12–10 7–15 5–17 4–18 9–13 4–18–1 10–12–1
Washington 12–10 9–13 7–15 4–18 13–9 9–13 12–10–1


Opening Day lineup

  8 Billy Consolo 2B
37 Jimmy Piersall     CF
30 Jackie Jensen RF
  1 George Kell 3B
10 Billy Goodman     LF
  3 Dick Gernert 1B
22 Sammy White C
  5 Ted Lepcio SS
17 Mel Parnell P

Roster

1954 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Sammy White 137 493 139 .282 14 75
1B Harry Agganis 132 434 109 .251 11 57
2B Ted Lepcio 116 398 102 .256 8 45
SS Milt Bolling 113 370 92 .249 6 36
3B Grady Hatton 99 302 85 .281 5 33
LF Ted Williams 117 386 133 .345 29 89
CF Jackie Jensen 152 580 160 .276 25 117
RF Jimmy Piersall 133 474 135 .285 8 38

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Billy Goodman 127 489 148 .303 1 36
Billy Consolo 91 242 55 .227 1 11
Karl Olson 101 227 59 .260 1 20
Sam Mele 42 132 42 .318 7 23
Charlie Maxwell 74 104 26 .250 0 5
George Kell 26 93 24 .258 0 10
Mickey Owen 32 68 16 .235 1 11
Don Lenhardt 44 66 18 .273 3 17
Del Wilber 24 61 8 .131 1 7
Dick Gernert 14 23 6 .261 0 1
Floyd Baker 21 20 4 .200 0 3
Hoot Evers 6 8 0 .000 0 0
Guy Morton Jr. 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Sullivan 36 206.1 15 12 3.14 124
Willard Nixon 31 199.2 11 12 4.06 102
Tom Brewer 33 162.2 10 9 4.65 69
Leo Kiely 28 131.0 5 8 3.50 59
Mel Parnell 19 92.1 3 7 3.70 38

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Henry 24 95.2 3 7 4.52 38
Russ Kemmerer 19 75.1 5 3 3.82 37
Tex Clevenger 23 67.2 2 4 4.79 43

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ellis Kinder 48 8 8 15 3.62 67
Hal Brown 40 1 8 0 4.12 66
Sid Hudson 33 3 4 5 4.42 27
Tom Hurd 16 2 0 1 3.03 14
Tom Herrin 14 1 2 0 7.31 8
Bill Werle 14 0 1 0 4.38 14
Joe Dobson 2 0 0 0 6.75 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Pinky Higgins
A Albany Senators Eastern League Jack Burns
B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Eddie Popowski
C San Jose Red Sox California League Red Marion
D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Len Okrie
D Corning Red Sox PONY League Sheriff Robinson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, Corning[2]

References

  1. ^ Ed Costello. “Murphy of Tulsa to Assist Gowdy on Radio-TV During Red Sox Games.” Boston Herald, 21 January 1954, p. 23.
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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