1953 Boston Red Sox season

The 1953 Boston Red Sox season was the 53rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, 16 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1953 World Series.

1953 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–69 (.549)
League place4th (16 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Joe Cronin
Manager(s)Lou Boudreau
Local televisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9952 0.656 — 50–27 49–25
Cleveland Indians 9262 0.597 8½ 53–24 39–38
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 11½ 41–36 48–29
Boston Red Sox 8469 0.549 16 38–38 46–31
Washington Senators 7676 0.500 23½ 39–36 37–40
Detroit Tigers 6094 0.390 40½ 30–47 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5995 0.383 41½ 27–50 32–45
St. Louis Browns 54100 0.351 46½ 23–54 31–46

Record vs. opponents
1953 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —6–1613–913–910–1115–717–510–12
Chicago 16–6—11–11–114–8–19–1310–1217–512–10
Cleveland 9–1311–11–1—14–811–1119–317–511–11
Detroit 9–138–14–18–14—6–1611–11–37–1511–11
New York 11–1013–911–1116–6—17–517–514–6
Philadelphia 7–1512–103–1911–11–35–17—13–98–14
St. Louis 5–175–175–1715–75–179–13—10–12
Washington 12–1010–1211–1111–116–1414–812–10—

Opening Day lineup
10Billy Goodman2B
37Jimmy Piersall    RF
36Gene StephensLF
  3Dick Gernert1B
  1George Kell3B
22Sammy WhiteC
38Tom UmphlettCF
  2Milt BollingSS
17Mel ParnellP

Notable transactions
  • July 1, 1953: Marv Grissom was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Giants.[1]

Roster
1953 Boston Red Sox roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CSammy White136476130.2731364
1BDick Gernert139494125.2532171
2BBilly Goodman128514161.313241
SSMilt Bolling10932385.263528
3BGeorge Kell134460141.3071273
OFHoot Evers9930072.2401131
OFJim Piersall151585159.272352
OFTom Umphlett137495140.283359

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gene Stephens7822145.204318
Floyd Baker8117247.273024
Ted Lepcio6616138.236411
Johnny Lipon6014531.214013
Del Wilber5811227.241729
Ted Williams379137.4071334
Al Zarilla576713.19404
Billy Consolo476514.21516
Karl Olson25577.12316
Gus Niarhos16357.20002
Jack Merson140.00000
Dom DiMaggio331.33300
Clyde Vollmer100.00000
Al Richter100---00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mel Parnell382412183.06136
Mickey McDermott32206.118103.0192
Hal Brown30166.11164.6562
Willard Nixon23116.2483.9357
Marv Grissom1359.1264.7031

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sid Hudson30156693.5260
Bill Henry2185.2553.2656
Ben Flowers3279.1143.8636

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ellis Kinder69106271.8539
Ike Delock233114.4422
Hersh Freeman181405.5415
Bill Kennedy160023.7014
Frank Sullivan141105.6117
Bill Werle50101.544
Ken Holcombe31016.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Pinky Higgins
A Albany Senators Eastern League Jack Burns and Elmer Yoter
B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Eddie Popowski
B Roanoke Ro-Sox Piedmont League Elmer Yoter
C San Jose Red Sox California League Red Marion and Joe Stephenson
D Salisbury Rocots Tar Heel League Sheriff Robinson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Roanoke club folded, July 24, 1953

Notes
  1. Marv Grissom at Baseball-Reference
  2. Baseball Digest, April 1984

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1953 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference
  • 1953 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com


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