1954 Boston Red Sox season

The 1954 Boston Red Sox season was the 54th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, 42 games behind the Cleveland Indians.

1954 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–85 (.448)
League place4th (42 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 Murphy,[1] Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 11143 0.721 — 59–18 52–25
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 8 54–23 49–28
Chicago White Sox 9460 0.610 17 45–32 49–28
Boston Red Sox 6985 0.448 42 38–39 31–46
Detroit Tigers 6886 0.442 43 35–42 33–44
Washington Senators 6688 0.429 45 37–41 29–47
Baltimore Orioles 54100 0.351 57 32–45 22–55
Philadelphia Athletics 51103 0.331 60 29–47 22–56

Record vs. opponents
1954 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI WSH
Baltimore —11–117–153–198–145–1710–1210–12
Boston 11–11—5–172–20–214–89–1315–713–9
Chicago 15–717–5—11–1112–10–17–1517–515–7
Cleveland 19–320–2–211–11—14–811–1118–418–4
Detroit 14–88–1410–12–18–14—6–1613–99–13
New York 17–513–915–711–1116–6—18–4–113–9
Philadelphia 12–107–155–174–189–134–18–1—10–12–1
Washington 12–109–137–154–1813–99–1312–10–1—

Opening Day lineup
  8Billy Consolo2B
37Jimmy Piersall    CF
30Jackie JensenRF
  1George Kell3B
10Billy Goodman    LF
  3Dick Gernert1B
22Sammy WhiteC
  5Ted LepcioSS
17Mel ParnellP

Roster
1954 Boston Red Sox
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
RFJimmy Piersall133474135.285838

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
Billy Consolo9124255.227111

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
Tom Brewer33162.21094.6569

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

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

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
B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Eddie Popowski
C San Jose Red Sox California League Red Marion
D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Len Okrie
D Corning Red Sox PONY League Sheriff Robinson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, Corning[2]

Notes
  1. Ed Costello. “Murphy of Tulsa to Assist Gowdy on Radio-TV During Red Sox Games.” Boston Herald, 21 January 1954, p. 23.
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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