1953 Boston Red Sox

84-69 • 0.549 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
69 Losses
0.549 Win %
4th Rank
656 R 632 RA
Diff +24

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⚡ Quick Stats

656 Runs Scored
632 Runs Allowed
+24 Run Diff
1,026K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 AL Average

Batting Avg .264 1% above the 1953 league average (.262)
OBP .327 2% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .321 1% below the 1953 league average (.324)
Team ERA 3.58 10% better than the 1953 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 656 5% below the 1953 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 1,026,914
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Avg per Game 13,512

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.407 2 Billy Goodman 0.313 3 George Kell 0.307 4 Mickey McDermott 0.301 5 Hal Brown 0.293

Home Runs

1 Dick Gernert 21 2 Sammy White 13 3 Ted Williams 13 4 George Kell 12 5 Hoot Evers 11

RBI

1 George Kell 73 2 Dick Gernert 71 3 Sammy White 64 4 Tom Umphlett 59 5 Jim Piersall 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Piersall 151 585 76 159 0 0 3 52 41 52 11 0.272
Billy Goodman 128 514 73 161 0 0 2 41 57 11 1 0.313
Tom Umphlett 137 495 53 140 0 0 3 59 34 30 4 0.283
Dick Gernert 139 494 73 125 0 0 21 71 88 82 0 0.253
Sammy White 136 476 59 130 0 0 13 64 29 48 3 0.273
George Kell 134 460 68 141 0 0 12 73 52 22 5 0.307
Milt Bolling 109 323 30 85 0 0 5 28 23 41 1 0.263
Hoot Evers 99 300 39 72 0 0 11 31 23 41 2 0.240
Gene Stephens 78 221 30 45 0 0 3 18 29 56 3 0.204
Floyd Baker 81 172 22 47 0 0 0 24 24 10 0 0.273
Ted Lepcio 66 161 17 38 0 0 4 11 17 24 0 0.236
Johnny Lipon 60 145 18 31 0 0 0 13 14 16 1 0.214
Del Wilber 58 112 16 27 0 0 7 29 6 21 0 0.241
Mel Parnell 38 94 7 21 0 0 0 9 4 16 1 0.223
Mickey McDermott 45 93 9 28 0 0 1 13 2 13 0 0.301
Ted Williams 37 91 17 37 0 0 13 34 19 10 0 0.407
Al Zarilla 57 67 11 13 0 0 0 4 14 13 0 0.194
Billy Consolo 47 65 9 14 0 0 1 6 2 23 1 0.215
Hal Brown 30 58 5 17 0 0 1 10 2 5 0 0.293
Karl Olson 25 57 5 7 0 0 1 6 1 9 0 0.123
Sid Hudson 30 50 3 7 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 0.140
Willard Nixon 23 42 4 8 0 0 0 3 5 9 0 0.190
Gus Niarhos 16 35 6 7 0 0 0 2 4 4 0 0.200
Bill Henry 21 32 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 0.188
Ellis Kinder 69 29 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.379
Ben Flowers 32 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.158
Marv Grissom 13 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Hersh Freeman 18 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.091
Ike Delock 23 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.100
Jack Merson 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Sullivan 14 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Dom DiMaggio 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ken Holcombe 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Kennedy 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Bill Werle 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Al Richter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clyde Vollmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ellis Kinder 1.85 2 Mickey McDermott 3.01 3 Mel Parnell 3.06 4 Bill Henry 3.26 5 Sid Hudson 3.52

Wins

1 Mel Parnell 21 2 Mickey McDermott 18 3 Hal Brown 11 4 Ellis Kinder 10 5 Sid Hudson 6

Strikeouts

1 Mel Parnell 136 2 Mickey McDermott 92 3 Hal Brown 62 4 Sid Hudson 60 5 Willard Nixon 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Parnell 21 8 3.06 38 34 0 241.0 116 136
Mickey McDermott 18 10 3.01 32 30 0 206.1 109 92
Hal Brown 11 6 4.65 30 25 0 166.1 57 62
Sid Hudson 6 9 3.52 30 17 2 156.0 49 60
Willard Nixon 4 8 3.93 23 15 0 116.2 59 57
Ellis Kinder 10 6 1.85 69 0 27 107.0 38 39
Bill Henry 5 5 3.26 21 12 1 85.2 33 56
Ben Flowers 1 4 3.86 32 6 3 79.1 24 36
Marv Grissom 2 6 4.70 13 11 0 59.1 30 31
Ike Delock 3 1 4.44 23 1 1 48.2 20 22
Hersh Freeman 1 4 5.54 18 2 0 39.0 17 15
Frank Sullivan 1 1 5.61 14 0 0 25.2 11 17
Bill Kennedy 0 0 3.70 16 0 2 24.1 17 14
Bill Werle 0 1 1.54 5 0 0 11.2 1 4
Ken Holcombe 1 0 6.00 3 0 1 6.0 3 1

👥 Roster (37)

Floyd Baker Milt Bolling Hal Brown Billy Consolo Ike Delock Dom DiMaggio Hoot Evers Ben Flowers Hersh Freeman Dick Gernert Billy Goodman Marv Grissom +25 more

37 players

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