1955 BOSTON RED SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Boston,MA
Team Record: 84-70 .545
Result: 4th in American League
Manager(s): Pinky Higgins
General Manager: Joe Cronin
Stadium: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,203,200
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ellis Kinder (40)
Youngest Player: Jim Pagliaroni (17)
Longest Tenure: Ted Williams (14)
Top Hitter: Jackie Jensen (4)
Top Pitcher: Frank Sullivan (4)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 83.82%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	96	58	.623	--
Cleveland	93	61	.604	3.0
Chi White Sox	91	63	.591	5.0
Boston	84	70	.545	12.0
Detroit	79	75	.513	17.0
KC Athletics	63	91	.409	33.0
Baltimore	57	97	.370	39.0
Washington	53	101	.344	43.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
10	Billy Goodman	2b-1b	8	29	-	MLB	149	599	100	176	31	2	0	52	5	5	99	44	3	1	10	4	13	.294	.394	.352	747	211	715	455	100	6.0	.315
4	Jackie Jensen	of	4	28	-	MLB	152	574	95	158	27	6	26	116	16	7	89	63	3	8	3	12	20	.275	.369	.479	848	275	681	458	113	6.7	.266
8	Sammy White	c	32	26	-	MLB	143	544	65	142	30	4	11	64	1	2	44	58	7	4	5	3	23	.261	.323	.392	714	213	603	435	73	4.5	.274
35	Billy Klaus	ss-3b	27	26	-	MLB	135	541	83	153	26	2	7	60	6	0	60	44	0	0	4	5	4	.283	.351	.377	729	204	610	401	86	5.8	.295
37	Jim Piersall	of	18	25	-	MLB	149	515	68	146	25	5	13	62	6	1	67	52	2	7	9	6	16	.283	.364	.427	792	220	599	401	90	6.1	.292
3	Norm Zauchin	1b	24	25	-	MLB	130	477	65	114	10	0	27	93	3	0	69	105	3	1	1	6	8	.239	.335	.430	765	205	556	378	73	5.2	.248
1	Grady Hatton	3b	56	32	-	MLB	126	380	48	93	11	4	4	49	0	1	76	28	0	3	4	5	8	.245	.367	.326	693	124	465	305	57	5.0	.252
9	Ted Williams	of	26	36	-	MLB	98	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	2	0	91	24	2	17	0	4	8	.356	.496	.703	1200	225	417	218	118	14.6	.316
38	Gene Stephens	of	-	22	-	MLB	109	157	25	46	9	4	3	18	0	0	20	34	2	0	1	3	1	.293	.374	.459	832	72	183	116	30	7.0	.350
26	Faye Throneberry	of	-	24	-	MLB	60	144	20	37	7	3	6	27	0	0	14	31	1	1	0	2	2	.257	.323	.472	795	68	161	111	24	5.8	.284
12	Ted Lepcio	2b-3b	60	24	-	MLB	51	134	19	31	9	0	6	15	1	1	12	36	4	0	1	0	2	.231	.313	.433	746	58	151	107	19	4.7	.272
20	Eddie Joost	ss	-	39	-	MLB	55	119	15	23	2	0	5	17	0	0	17	21	1	2	1	0	2	.193	.299	.336	635	40	138	99	13	3.4	.194
18	Frank Sullivan	p	48	25	-	MLB	35	89	6	10	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	33	0	0	12	0	2	.112	.151	.146	297	13	105	93	-4	-1.1	.179
6	Harry Agganis	1b	-	26	-	MLB	25	83	11	26	10	1	0	10	2	0	10	10	0	0	0	1	3	.313	.383	.458	841	38	94	61	17	7.4	.351
23	Tom Brewer	p	-	23	-	MLB	33	73	9	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	1	0	3	0	0	.151	.195	.164	359	12	80	65	0	-0.0	.193
15	Willard Nixon	p	-	27	-	MLB	31	69	7	18	4	1	0	7	0	0	8	20	0	0	4	0	2	.261	.338	.348	685	24	81	57	8	3.7	.367
24	Pete Daley	c	-	25	-	MLB	17	50	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.300	564	15	53	39	4	3.1	.250
27,41	George Susce	p	-	23	-	MLB	29	49	0	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	0	0	3	0	1	.143	.160	.163	323	8	53	46	-2	-0.9	.212
14	Ike Delock	p	-	25	-	MLB	29	49	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	15	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.222	.163	385	8	56	44	0	0.1	.206
21,34	Karl Olson	of	-	24	-	MLB	26	48	7	12	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.265	.354	619	17	50	40	4	2.4	.316
22	Owen Friend	2b	-	28	-	MLB	14	42	3	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	2	.262	.326	.333	659	14	46	33	4	3.2	.355
7	Sam Mele	of	-	32	-	MLB	14	31	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	1	.129	.125	.194	319	6	32	29	-1	-0.5	.160
19	Leo Kiely	p	-	25	-	MLB	33	26	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.222	.231	453	6	28	22	1	0.6	.294
43	Frank Malzone	3b	-	25	-	MLB	6	20	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.381	.400	781	8	21	13	3	6.7	.412
41	Dick Gernert	1b	-	26	-	MLB	7	20	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.238	.300	538	6	21	17	1	1.6	.267
29	Bill Henry	p	-	27	-	MLB	17	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.105	255	2	20	17	-1	-2.1	.200
17	Mel Parnell	p	-	33	-	MLB	14	19	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.368	684	7	19	13	2	4.7	.375
11	Billy Consolo	ss-2b	-	20	-	MLB	8	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.391	.222	614	4	23	15	2	3.1	.286
28	Tom Hurd	p	-	31	-	MLB	43	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	.071	.071	.143	214	2	15	15	-	-	.091
40	Frank Baumann	p	-	21	-	MLB	7	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	462	3	13	10	0	0.9	.300
16	Ellis Kinder	p	-	40	-	MLB	43	12	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.308	.250	558	3	14	11	1	1.4	.300
42	Dick Brodowski	p	-	22	-	MLB	16	10	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.900	1400	9	10	5	4	21.4	.571
44	Haywood Sullivan	c	-	24	-	MLB	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
2	Milt Bolling	ss	-	24	-	MLB	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	1	7	6	0	0.5	.250
40	Russ Kemmerer	p	-	23	-	MLB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
27	Hal Brown	p	-	30	-	MLB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
22	Jim Pagliaroni	c	-	17	-	MLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (37 players)							154	5273	755	1392	241	39	137	709	43	17	707	730	29	44	69	53	125	.264	.351	.402	753	2122	6131	4145	833	5.4	.281

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
18	Frank Sullivan	4	25	-	MLB	18	13	2.91	35	35	16	3	0	0	260.0	235	103	84	23	100	129	1	1	1.29	8.13	0.80	3.46	4.47	0.78	--	1.11
15	Willard Nixon	17	27	-	MLB	12	10	4.07	31	31	7	3	0	0	208.0	207	102	94	10	85	95	4	0	1.40	8.96	0.43	3.68	4.11	0.89	--	1.43
23	Tom Brewer	20	23	-	MLB	11	10	4.20	31	28	9	2	1	0	192.2	198	101	90	21	87	91	7	0	1.48	9.25	0.98	4.06	4.25	0.96	--	1.10
27,41	George Susce	-	23	-	MLB	9	7	3.06	29	15	6	1	10	1	144.1	123	54	49	12	49	60	1	1	1.19	7.67	0.75	3.06	3.74	0.82	--	0.59
14	Ike Delock	55	25	-	MLB	9	7	3.76	29	18	6	0	5	3	143.2	136	67	60	16	61	88	4	0	1.37	8.52	1.00	3.82	5.51	0.69	--	0.65
19	Leo Kiely	48	25	-	MLB	3	3	2.80	33	4	0	0	13	6	90.0	91	31	28	5	37	36	1	1	1.42	9.10	0.50	3.70	3.60	1.03	--	1.86
28	Tom Hurd	34	31	-	MLB	8	6	3.01	43	0	0	0	26	5	80.2	72	32	27	7	38	48	3	0	1.36	8.03	0.78	4.24	5.36	0.79	--	0.72
16	Ellis Kinder	28	40	-	MLB	5	5	2.83	43	0	0	0	38	18	66.2	57	22	21	5	15	31	1	0	1.08	7.69	0.67	2.02	4.18	0.48	--	0.50
29	Bill Henry	-	27	-	MLB	2	4	3.32	17	7	0	0	2	0	59.2	56	28	22	7	21	23	1	0	1.29	8.45	1.06	3.17	3.47	0.91	--	0.57
17	Mel Parnell	-	33	-	MLB	2	3	7.83	13	9	0	0	2	1	46.0	62	44	40	12	25	18	0	0	1.89	12.13	2.35	4.89	3.52	1.39	--	0.90
40	Frank Baumann	-	21	-	MLB	2	1	5.82	7	5	0	0	2	0	34.0	38	28	22	2	17	27	2	0	1.62	10.06	0.53	4.50	7.15	0.63	--	1.03
42	Dick Brodowski	-	22	-	MLB	1	0	5.63	16	0	0	0	6	0	32.0	36	25	20	5	25	10	1	1	1.91	10.13	1.41	7.03	2.81	2.50	--	0.98
40	Russ Kemmerer	-	23	-	MLB	1	1	7.27	7	2	0	0	2	0	17.1	18	14	14	3	15	13	2	0	1.90	9.35	1.56	7.79	6.75	1.15	--	0.64
27	Hal Brown	-	30	-	MLB	1	0	2.25	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	4.50	1.00	--	0.25
44	Joe Trimble	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.50	0.00	0.00	13.50	4.50	3.00	--	1.00
25	Hersh Freeman	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	5.40	0.00	5.40	5.40	1.00	--	--
39	Bob Smith	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	5.40	0.00	5.40	5.40	1.00	--	0.33
Totals: (37 players)						84	70	3.72	154	154	44	9	110	34	1,384	1333	652	572	137	582	674	28	4	1.52	8.67	0.83	3.78	4.38	0.86	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sammy White	C	143		671	71	12	8	.984	0.00
Pete Daley	C	14		75	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Haywood Sullivan	C	2		11	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Pagliaroni	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Norm Zauchin	1B	126		1137	84	6	106	.995	0.00
Harry Agganis	1B	20		208	14	3	15	.987	0.00
Dick Gernert	1B	5		35	3	1	2	.974	0.00
Billy Goodman	1B	5		47	5	1	3	.981	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Goodman	2B	143		348	373	23	93	.969	0.00
Eddie Joost	2B	17		18	19	4	4	.902	0.00
Billy Consolo	2B	4		11	5	2	1	.889	0.00
Owen Friend	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Grady Hatton	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Grady Hatton	3B	111		97	225	8	22	.976	0.00
Ted Lepcio	3B	45		48	84	8	6	.943	0.00
Billy Klaus	3B	8		7	20	3	0	.900	0.00
Frank Malzone	3B	4		2	15	0	1	1.000	0.00
Eddie Joost	3B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Klaus	SS	126		207	391	28	55	.955	0.00
Eddie Joost	SS	20		37	72	8	19	.932	0.00
Owen Friend	SS	14		20	38	3	5	.951	0.00
Milt Bolling	SS	2		1	3	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jackie Jensen	OF	150		281	11	7	3	.977	0.00
Jim Piersall	OF	147		425	7	3	2	.993	0.00
Ted Williams	OF	93		170	5	2	0	.989	0.00
Gene Stephens	OF	75		82	7	5	1	.947	0.00
Faye Throneberry	OF	34		69	3	3	0	.960	0.00
Karl Olson	OF	21		27	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sam Mele	OF	7		14	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Billy Goodman	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Hurd	P	43	80	4	12	0	1	1.000	1.80
Ellis Kinder	P	43	66	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.22
Frank Sullivan	P	35	260	22	41	1	5	.984	2.18
Leo Kiely	P	33	90	6	19	0	4	1.000	2.50
Tom Brewer	P	31	192	15	44	1	4	.983	2.76
Willard Nixon	P	31	208	18	43	1	3	.984	2.64
Ike Delock	P	29	143	6	19	1	1	.962	1.57
George Susce	P	29	144	9	22	0	2	1.000	1.94
Bill Henry	P	17	59	4	11	0	1	1.000	2.28
Dick Brodowski	P	16	32	5	7	0	0	1.000	3.38
Mel Parnell	P	13	46	2	9	1	0	.917	2.15
Frank Baumann	P	7	34	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.59
Russ Kemmerer	P	7	17	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.05
Hal Brown	P	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Hersh Freeman	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Joe Trimble	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Bob Smith	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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