1956 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: 1,137,158
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Mickey Vernon (38)
Youngest Player: Marty Keough (21)
Longest Tenure: Ted Williams (15)
Top Hitter: Jackie Jensen (4)
Top Pitcher: Tom Brewer (10)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 86.32%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland	88	66	.571	9.0
Chi White Sox	85	69	.552	12.0
Boston	84	70	.545	13.0
Detroit	82	72	.532	15.0
Baltimore	69	85	.448	28.0
Washington	59	95	.383	38.0
KC Athletics	52	102	.338	45.0

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
37	Jim Piersall	of	11	26	-	MLB	155	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	7	7	58	48	1	2	9	12	19	.293	.350	.449	799	270	681	472	106	6.1	.294
4	Jackie Jensen	of	4	29	-	MLB	151	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	11	3	89	43	1	5	1	4	23	.315	.405	.497	901	287	673	427	127	8.1	.312
35	Billy Klaus	ss-3b	23	27	-	MLB	135	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	1	0	90	43	1	0	6	3	7	.271	.378	.387	764	201	620	395	94	6.4	.283
6	Mickey Vernon	1b	32	38	-	MLB	119	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	1	0	57	40	7	6	2	2	12	.310	.403	.511	914	206	471	294	92	8.4	.314
9	Ted Williams	of	12	37	-	MLB	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	0	102	39	1	11	0	0	13	.345	.479	.605	1084	242	503	275	124	12.1	.338
10	Billy Goodman	2b-1b	48	30	-	MLB	105	399	61	117	22	8	2	38	0	3	40	22	0	1	7	2	3	.293	.356	.404	760	161	448	297	69	6.2	.305
22	Sammy White	c	56	27	-	MLB	114	392	28	96	15	2	5	44	2	1	35	40	0	7	2	4	18	.245	.304	.332	636	130	433	321	40	3.3	.259
24	Don Buddin	ss	40	22	-	MLB	114	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	4	1	2	6	14	.239	.352	.342	694	129	454	309	51	4.5	.269
25	Dick Gernert	1b	-	27	-	MLB	106	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	1	0	56	57	2	1	2	4	7	.291	.399	.484	883	148	370	230	64	7.5	.308
12	Ted Lepcio	2b-3b	50	25	-	MLB	83	284	34	74	10	0	15	51	1	3	30	77	3	1	2	2	4	.261	.335	.454	790	129	321	221	43	5.2	.304
8	Pete Daley	c	70	26	-	MLB	59	187	22	50	11	3	5	29	1	0	18	30	2	5	1	0	11	.267	.338	.439	777	82	208	149	27	5.0	.296
2	Milt Bolling	ss	-	25	-	MLB	45	118	19	25	3	2	3	8	0	1	18	20	1	1	3	1	3	.212	.319	.347	666	41	141	101	14	3.7	.229
11	Frank Malzone	3b	-	26	-	MLB	27	103	15	17	3	1	2	11	1	0	9	8	0	0	2	1	5	.165	.230	.272	502	28	115	94	6	1.7	.160
23	Tom Brewer	p	-	24	-	MLB	38	94	14	28	0	1	1	13	0	0	5	19	0	0	1	1	2	.298	.330	.351	681	33	101	70	10	3.9	.360
18	Frank Sullivan	p	75	26	-	MLB	34	85	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	0	0	7	1	3	.141	.159	.153	312	13	95	84	-3	-0.9	.185
3	Norm Zauchin	1b	-	26	-	MLB	44	84	12	18	2	0	2	11	0	0	14	22	1	0	0	0	4	.214	.333	.310	643	26	99	70	8	3.0	.267
38	Gene Stephens	of	-	23	-	MLB	104	63	22	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	.270	.387	.349	736	22	75	48	9	5.1	.320
15	Willard Nixon	p	-	28	-	MLB	23	54	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	1	1	.204	.241	.222	464	12	60	47	2	1.4	.224
26	Faye Throneberry	of	-	25	-	MLB	24	50	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	16	0	0	1	0	1	.220	.264	.320	584	16	54	41	3	2.1	.303
17	Mel Parnell	p	-	34	-	MLB	21	46	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	4	0	0	.152	.187	.174	361	8	52	43	0	0.0	.200
20	Bob Porterfield	p	-	32	-	MLB	25	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	1	0	1	1	1	.326	.348	.395	743	17	47	32	5	4.6	.394
39	Dave Sisler	p	-	24	-	MLB	39	42	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	0	0	4	1	0	.119	.191	.119	311	5	51	42	-1	-0.6	.167
14	Ike Delock	p	63	26	-	MLB	48	29	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	7	0	0	.103	.161	.138	299	4	38	33	-1	-0.7	.167
24	Gene Mauch	2b-ss	-	30	-	MLB	7	25	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.320	.393	.320	713	8	28	18	3	4.8	.364
27	George Susce	p	-	24	-	MLB	21	18	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.333	697	6	22	14	3	4.8	.333
28	Tom Hurd	p	-	32	-	MLB	40	12	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	6	13	7	3	10.6	.600
7	Billy Consolo	ss-2b	-	21	-	MLB	48	11	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.182	539	2	14	9	1	1.8	.333
40	Frank Baumann	p	-	22	-	MLB	7	9	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.556	889	5	10	7	2	7.5	.429
19	Leo Kiely	p	-	26	-	MLB	23	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	0.3	.167
1	Grady Hatton	3b	-	33	-	MLB	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	800	2	5	3	1	7.8	.400
20	Marty Keough	of-1b	-	21	-	MLB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	1.6	.000
29	Rudy Minarcin	p	-	26	-	MLB	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167	1	3	1	1	22.9	.500
21	Johnny Schmitz	p	-	35	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (33 players)							154	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	25	41	68	46	153	.275	.362	.419	781	2241	6215	4162	898	5.8	.292

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
23	Tom Brewer	10	24	-	MLB	19	9	3.50	32	32	15	4	0	0	244.1	200	103	95	14	112	127	5	0	1.28	7.37	0.52	4.13	4.68	0.88	--	1.28
18	Frank Sullivan	16	26	-	MLB	14	7	3.42	34	33	12	1	1	0	242.0	253	112	92	22	82	116	4	1	1.38	9.41	0.82	3.05	4.31	0.71	--	1.16
15	Willard Nixon	51	28	-	MLB	9	8	4.21	23	22	9	1	0	0	145.1	142	79	68	9	57	74	6	0	1.37	8.79	0.56	3.53	4.58	0.77	--	1.09
39	Dave Sisler	45	24	-	MLB	9	8	4.62	39	14	3	0	15	3	142.1	120	81	73	13	72	93	1	0	1.35	7.59	0.82	4.55	5.88	0.77	--	0.88
17	Mel Parnell	-	34	-	MLB	7	6	3.77	21	20	6	1	0	0	131.1	129	71	55	13	59	41	2	0	1.43	8.84	0.89	4.04	2.81	1.44	--	1.40
14	Ike Delock	23	26	-	MLB	13	7	4.21	48	8	1	0	28	9	128.1	122	65	60	12	80	105	4	0	1.57	8.56	0.84	5.61	7.36	0.76	--	0.59
20	Bob Porterfield	37	32	-	MLB	3	12	5.14	25	18	4	1	3	0	126.0	127	82	72	21	64	53	2	0	1.52	9.07	1.50	4.57	3.79	1.21	--	0.96
28	Tom Hurd	33	32	-	MLB	3	4	5.33	40	0	0	0	18	5	76.0	84	52	45	5	47	34	5	0	1.72	9.95	0.59	5.57	4.03	1.38	--	0.85
27	George Susce	-	24	-	MLB	2	4	6.20	21	6	0	0	7	0	69.2	71	54	48	14	44	26	0	0	1.65	9.17	1.81	5.68	3.36	1.69	--	0.85
19	Leo Kiely	52	26	-	MLB	2	2	5.17	23	0	0	0	16	3	31.1	47	25	18	1	14	9	0	0	1.95	13.50	0.29	4.02	2.59	1.56	--	1.24
40	Frank Baumann	-	22	-	MLB	2	1	3.28	7	1	0	0	3	0	24.2	22	11	9	3	14	18	2	0	1.46	8.03	1.09	5.11	6.57	0.78	--	0.62
16	Harry Dorish	59	34	-	MLB	0	2	3.57	15	0	0	0	11	0	22.2	23	10	9	1	10	11	0	0	1.46	9.13	0.40	3.97	4.37	0.91	--	1.24
29	Rudy Minarcin	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	2.79	3	1	0	0	2	0	9.2	9	4	3	2	8	5	0	0	1.76	8.38	1.86	7.45	4.66	1.60	--	2.00
21	Johnny Schmitz	-	35	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.1	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	2.08	10.38	0.00	8.31	0.00	--	--	1.17
Totals: (33 players)						84	70	4.17	154	154	50	8	104	20	1,398	1354	751	647	139	667	712	31	2	1.57	8.72	0.84	4.29	4.58	0.94	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sammy White	C	114		547	60	10	13	.984	0.00
Pete Daley	C	57		228	14	2	1	.992	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mickey Vernon	1B	108		930	58	11	96	.989	0.00
Dick Gernert	1B	37		307	37	3	36	.991	0.00
Norm Zauchin	1B	31		189	10	2	18	.990	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Goodman	2B	95		215	266	17	69	.966	0.00
Ted Lepcio	2B	57		143	166	11	47	.966	0.00
Billy Consolo	2B	25		9	14	2	4	.920	0.00
Gene Mauch	2B	6		12	17	2	4	.935	0.00
Milt Bolling	2B	1		1	2	1	0	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Klaus	3B	106		120	242	21	18	.945	0.00
Frank Malzone	3B	26		24	57	6	4	.931	0.00
Ted Lepcio	3B	22		27	40	2	4	.971	0.00
Milt Bolling	3B	11		6	20	3	2	.897	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Buddin	SS	113		213	370	29	98	.953	0.00
Milt Bolling	SS	26		31	59	5	11	.947	0.00
Billy Klaus	SS	26		35	64	6	8	.943	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Piersall	OF	155		455	10	4	1	.991	0.00
Jackie Jensen	OF	151		291	13	12	2	.962	0.00
Ted Williams	OF	110		174	7	5	2	.973	0.00
Gene Stephens	OF	71		57	2	1	0	.983	0.00
Dick Gernert	OF	50		60	4	1	2	.985	0.00
Faye Throneberry	OF	13		20	0	2	0	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ike Delock	P	48	128	10	18	2	1	.933	1.97
Tom Hurd	P	40	76	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.42
Dave Sisler	P	39	142	9	22	0	0	1.000	1.96
Frank Sullivan	P	34	242	16	37	1	5	.981	1.97
Tom Brewer	P	32	244	28	52	1	2	.988	2.95
Bob Porterfield	P	25	126	8	14	2	1	.917	1.57
Leo Kiely	P	23	31	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.32
Willard Nixon	P	23	145	7	31	1	4	.974	2.36
Mel Parnell	P	21	131	7	19	2	2	.929	1.78
George Susce	P	21	69	3	11	1	1	.933	1.82
Harry Dorish	P	15	22	3	8	0	1	1.000	4.46
Frank Baumann	P	7	24	1	1	1	0	.667	0.74
Rudy Minarcin	P	3	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.93
Johnny Schmitz	P	2	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.39

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