1953 Boston Red Sox
84 - 69
1952 / 1954 (Organization)
4th place in the AL (16 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		38 - 38 (.500)
46 - 31 (.597)		 -2.0 wins
+9.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 656 / 739 ( -83 )
Allowed/Expected: 632 / 743 ( +111 )
Pyth Record: 79 - 74 (+5)
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Fenway Park II
Attendance: 1,026,133 Avg Att: 13,502 (1.20)
Att Rank: 4 / 8 Lg Avg: 11,269
       
Park Factor: 1.09    
HR Factor: 1.21 R/L HR: 1.31 / 1.03
Notes:


Batting

Filters
Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Ted Williams
LF
34.8
110
22.3
11.6
44.7
40.7
-1.6
1.5
-0.8
10.8
33.1
0.1
16.8
8.0
18.3
-0.7
8.1
-1.0
-0.8
-0.5
2 George Kell
3B
30.9
520
17.4
12.7
33.3
22.9
-11.1
26.0
-0.8
-1.2
20.6
26.1
13.7
-0.2
17.3
1.9
28.1
1.4
0.1
1.3
3 Billy Goodman
2B
27.3
581
8.0
17.7
-1.3
-24.0
17.8
9.3
0.6
-9.8
-19.0
43.0
15.7
-1.4
25.6
-1.5
45.1
-3.8
-4.0
-1.7
4 Dick Gernert
1B
24.8
590
2.3
-13.2
1.9
39.8
-22.3
-2.4
-2.3
6.1
15.1
-28.1
8.6
29.1
10.5
1.5
-1.5
-4.7
-1.8
-3.7
5 Clyde Vollmer
-
31.8
1
0.3
0.0
0.0
1.0
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.1
0.6
0.9
0.7
-0.0
1.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
6 Al Richter
SS
26.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7 Dom DiMaggio
-
36.4
3
-0.1
0.2
-0.2
-0.7
0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
-0.4
-0.7
-0.1
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
-1.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
8 Jack Merson
2B
31.5
4
-0.8
-1.1
-1.6
-1.0
-0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
-0.5
0.4
-1.4
-0.4
-1.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9 Del Wilber
C
34.4
120
-2.1
-4.3
10.0
7.4
-9.4
2.5
0.3
4.0
14.3
-10.0
-8.5
-6.1
-10.0
0.3
-17.0
-0.5
-1.0
0.0
10 Gus Niarhos
C
32.6
41
-2.7
-2.8
-4.4
-2.6
-2.7
-0.2
0.8
-1.0
-1.6
-0.2
-2.3
-0.1
-2.3
0.8
-0.4
-0.3
0.5
-0.5
11 Al Zarilla
RF
34.2
81
-5.9
-5.7
-12.6
-1.5
-3.4
-1.3
-0.6
-1.6
-6.8
-5.6
-1.9
5.9
-3.3
-0.5
-0.2
-0.7
-0.2
-0.5
12 Billy Consolo
3B
18.9
67
-5.9
-4.2
-5.7
-8.0
-2.5
0.0
0.6
-0.7
-1.6
-16.9
-7.9
-4.7
-7.8
-0.4
-23.3
0.7
2.4
-0.6
13 Floyd Baker
3B
36.7
199
-6.0
-1.1
-15.8
-12.5
5.6
-4.2
0.5
-4.0
-14.7
8.3
1.7
4.0
0.3
-0.2
13.1
-1.7
-1.3
-1.1
14 Ted Lepcio
2B
22.9
181
-7.2
-7.0
-8.2
-2.7
-5.8
-1.3
1.0
-0.6
-1.2
-7.4
-7.9
-1.2
-7.8
-0.1
-9.3
-1.2
-2.2
0.0
15 Sammy White
C
25.0
515
-9.4
-3.0
11.4
-10.4
-15.2
19.1
-0.8
-0.1
14.5
-0.6
-20.2
-23.0
-23.6
-1.1
-23.7
0.1
-0.4
0.4
16 Karl Olson
LF
23.0
58
-10.4
-8.9
-11.5
-8.1
-6.8
0.3
-0.3
-0.5
-2.5
-3.7
-12.7
-4.8
-14.9
-0.3
-8.9
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
17 Hoot Evers
LF
32.4
330
-12.5
-11.9
-6.4
-5.0
-11.6
0.3
-0.8
2.6
5.5
-10.7
-18.5
-10.2
-19.4
1.0
-22.0
0.1
-0.7
0.4
18 Johnny Lipon
SS
30.6
166
-13.5
-9.6
-21.7
-13.8
-7.0
2.2
-0.9
-4.2
-12.2
-0.7
-11.8
-2.7
-14.0
-1.0
-3.5
0.0
-0.8
0.5
19 Tom Umphlett
CF
23.1
538
-13.7
1.7
-17.7
-40.5
4.7
11.4
2.1
-10.8
-19.5
19.7
-13.7
-20.3
-11.9
-1.2
1.2
0.4
-0.8
0.8
20 Gene Stephens
LF
20.4
254
-14.5
-16.8
-27.0
-6.5
-11.3
-4.4
0.1
-2.1
-10.2
-32.8
-14.0
3.5
-10.6
0.5
-32.6
1.3
2.8
-0.2
21 Milt Bolling
SS
22.9
362
-14.8
-5.3
-19.0
-30.9
-0.6
1.4
-1.0
-4.2
-13.7
-7.8
-13.7
-13.5
-14.7
0.8
-22.0
-1.4
0.5
-1.7
22 Jim Piersall
RF
23.6
654
-23.7
-4.5
-34.0
-55.0
4.0
2.0
5.5
-13.8
-29.6
8.3
-17.9
-25.1
-25.8
5.2
-16.0
6.6
12.6
-0.1
5375
-92.7
-55.6
-86.1
-111.5
-79.7
62.0
3.0
-31.3
-30.5
-19.2
-95.4
-62.7
-94.6
4.8
-84.8
-4.8
4.3
-7.1
 
#
R
H
K
1 Mickey McDermott
P
24.2
95
6.4
10.6
17.0
1.7
6.0
5.9
-0.2
0.5
6.4
6.5
7.7
-3.0
7.9
-0.2
-1.4
-0.2
0.7
-0.8
2 Hal Brown
P
28.6
65
5.0
6.1
11.2
2.6
1.9
3.7
-0.1
0.5
5.1
8.4
5.7
-1.4
5.9
0.9
0.7
-0.2
0.8
-0.8
3 Ellis Kinder
P
38.9
30
2.7
5.5
5.0
-2.2
5.8
0.4
-0.1
-0.2
-0.5
0.1
4.2
-1.6
4.9
-0.1
-1.5
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
4 Mel Parnell
P
31.1
104
1.4
3.2
2.4
-1.5
2.7
1.6
-0.3
-0.6
-0.9
5.3
1.9
-1.5
4.0
-0.2
-0.1
0.8
0.7
0.3
5 Bill Kennedy
P
32.3
3
0.4
0.6
0.5
-0.2
0.6
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.4
0.5
-0.2
0.4
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
6 Willard Nixon
P
25.0
48
0.3
0.0
-1.2
1.3
0.4
-0.2
-0.1
-0.3
-1.2
0.8
1.9
2.5
3.3
-0.1
2.7
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
7 Bill Werle
P
32.5
3
-0.0
-0.4
-0.5
0.8
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.6
0.3
0.8
0.4
-0.0
1.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
8 Frank Sullivan
P
23.4
4
-0.0
0.2
0.0
-0.4
0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.2
0.2
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
9 Ken Holcombe
P
34.9
3
-0.2
-0.4
-0.5
-0.2
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.4
-0.5
-0.2
-0.6
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
10 Ike Delock
P
23.6
11
-0.6
-0.9
-1.4
-0.1
-0.6
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.5
-2.8
-0.6
0.4
-0.2
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
11 Bill Henry
P
25.7
32
-0.6
-0.1
1.3
-0.6
-0.4
0.2
0.9
-0.2
1.4
-3.5
-1.6
-1.7
-1.5
-0.1
-2.6
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
12 Ben Flowers
P
26.0
20
-0.7
-0.6
0.4
-0.1
-1.8
1.6
-0.0
-0.1
1.0
-4.0
-1.5
-1.0
-2.1
-0.0
-2.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
13 Hersh Freeman
P
25.0
11
-0.7
-1.1
-1.7
-1.2
-0.6
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.6
-0.8
-1.6
-0.6
-2.2
-0.0
-0.8
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
14 Marv Grissom
P
35.3
20
-1.3
-3.4
-4.4
-2.0
-2.8
-0.4
-0.0
-0.1
-0.9
0.1
-4.3
-1.0
-4.1
-0.0
-1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
15 Sid Hudson
P
38.5
54
-3.2
-2.5
-3.1
-2.6
-1.6
-1.1
0.9
-0.4
-0.6
7.1
-3.3
-0.8
-6.1
-0.1
1.0
-0.1
0.9
-0.8
503
8.9
16.8
25.1
-4.8
9.2
11.0
0.9
-1.2
8.3
16.7
8.9
-9.3
10.0
-0.1
-5.1
-0.1
2.6
-2.1

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