1956 Boston Red Sox

84-70 • 0.545 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
70 Losses
0.545 Win %
4th Rank
780 R 751 RA
Diff +29

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780 Runs Scored
751 Runs Allowed
+29 Run Diff
1,137K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .275 6% above the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .362 7% above the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .353 5% above the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 4.17 equal to the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 780 8% above the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,137,658
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Avg per Game 14,585

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.345 2 Jackie Jensen 0.315 3 Mickey Vernon 0.310 4 Tom Brewer 0.298 5 Billy Goodman 0.293

Home Runs

1 Ted Williams 24 2 Jackie Jensen 20 3 Dick Gernert 16 4 Ted Lepcio 15 5 Mickey Vernon 15

RBI

1 Jackie Jensen 97 2 Jim Piersall 87 3 Mickey Vernon 84 4 Ted Williams 82 5 Dick Gernert 68
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Piersall 155 601 91 176 0 0 14 87 58 48 7 0.293
Jackie Jensen 151 578 80 182 0 0 20 97 89 43 11 0.315
Billy Klaus 135 520 91 141 0 0 7 59 90 43 1 0.271
Mickey Vernon 119 403 67 125 0 0 15 84 57 40 1 0.310
Ted Williams 136 400 71 138 0 0 24 82 102 39 0 0.345
Billy Goodman 105 399 61 117 0 0 2 38 40 22 0 0.293
Sammy White 114 392 28 96 0 0 5 44 35 40 2 0.245
Don Buddin 114 377 49 90 0 0 5 37 65 62 2 0.239
Dick Gernert 106 306 53 89 0 0 16 68 56 57 1 0.291
Ted Lepcio 83 284 34 74 0 0 15 51 30 77 1 0.261
Pete Daley 59 187 22 50 0 0 5 29 18 30 1 0.267
Milt Bolling 45 118 19 25 0 0 3 8 18 20 0 0.212
Frank Malzone 27 103 15 17 0 0 2 11 9 8 1 0.165
Tom Brewer 38 94 14 28 0 0 1 13 5 19 0 0.298
Frank Sullivan 34 85 4 12 0 0 0 3 2 21 0 0.141
Norm Zauchin 44 84 12 18 0 0 2 11 14 22 0 0.214
Gene Stephens 104 63 22 17 0 0 1 7 12 12 0 0.270
Willard Nixon 23 54 4 11 0 0 0 5 3 6 0 0.204
Faye Throneberry 24 50 6 11 0 0 1 3 3 16 0 0.220
Mel Parnell 21 46 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0.152
Bob Porterfield 25 43 4 14 0 0 1 5 1 10 0 0.326
Dave Sisler 39 42 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 13 0 0.119
Ike Delock 48 29 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 0.103
Gene Mauch 7 25 4 8 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.320
George Susce 21 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0.222
Tom Hurd 40 12 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.500
Billy Consolo 48 11 13 2 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.182
Frank Baumann 7 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Leo Kiely 23 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Grady Hatton 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.400
Marty Keough 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.000
Rudy Minarcin 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Johnny Schmitz 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fritz Dorish 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Frank Sullivan 3.42 2 Tom Brewer 3.50 3 Mel Parnell 3.77 4 Ike Delock 4.21 5 Willard Nixon 4.21

Wins

1 Tom Brewer 19 2 Frank Sullivan 14 3 Ike Delock 13 4 Willard Nixon 9 5 Dave Sisler 9

Strikeouts

1 Tom Brewer 127 2 Frank Sullivan 116 3 Ike Delock 105 4 Dave Sisler 93 5 Willard Nixon 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tom Brewer 19 9 3.50 32 32 0 244.1 112 127
Frank Sullivan 14 7 3.42 34 33 0 242.0 82 116
Willard Nixon 9 8 4.21 23 22 0 145.1 57 74
Dave Sisler 9 8 4.62 39 14 3 142.1 72 93
Mel Parnell 7 6 3.77 21 20 0 131.1 59 41
Ike Delock 13 7 4.21 48 8 9 128.1 80 105
Bob Porterfield 3 12 5.14 25 18 0 126.0 64 53
Tom Hurd 3 4 5.33 40 0 5 76.0 47 34
George Susce 2 4 6.20 21 6 0 69.2 44 26
Leo Kiely 2 2 5.17 23 0 3 31.1 14 9
Frank Baumann 2 1 3.28 7 1 0 24.2 14 18
Fritz Dorish 0 2 3.57 15 0 0 22.2 10 11
Rudy Minarcin 1 0 2.79 3 1 0 9.2 8 5
Johnny Schmitz 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 4.1 4 0

👥 Roster (34)

Frank Baumann Milt Bolling Tom Brewer Don Buddin Billy Consolo Pete Daley Ike Delock Fritz Dorish Dick Gernert Billy Goodman Grady Hatton Tom Hurd +22 more

34 players

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