1953 Boston Red Sox

Roster of 35 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

84–69

Runs

656

Home runs

101

Team AVG

.264

Team ERA

3.59

Pitching K

642

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Jim PiersallCF	151	585	76	159	3	52	11	.272	.683	8.2
Billy Goodman2B	128	514	73	161	2	41	1	.313	.793	8.1
Tom UmphlettCF	137	495	53	140	3	59	4	.283	.707	7.1
Dick Gernert1B	139	494	73	125	21	71	0	.253	.786	10.8
Sammy WhiteC	136	476	59	130	13	64	3	.273	.753	8.7
George Kell3B	134	460	68	141	12	73	5	.307	.866	11.1
Milt BollingSS	109	323	30	85	5	28	1	.263	.671	4.3
Hoot EversLF	99	300	39	72	11	31	2	.240	.691	5.2
Gene StephensOF	78	221	30	45	3	18	3	.204	.592	2.7
Floyd Baker3B	81	172	22	47	0	24	0	.273	.685	—
Ted Lepcio2B	66	161	17	38	4	11	0	.236	.673	2.3
Johnny LiponSS	60	145	18	31	0	13	1	.214	.545	—
Del WilberC	58	112	16	27	7	29	0	.241	.786	3.3
Mel ParnellP	38	94	7	21	0	9	1	.223	.521	12.1
Mickey McDermottP	45	93	9	28	1	13	0	.301	.735	10.0
Ted WilliamsLF	37	91	17	37	13	34	0	.407	1.410	5.0
Al ZarillaOF	57	67	11	13	0	4	0	.194	.557	0.8
Billy ConsoloSS	47	65	9	14	1	6	1	.215	.562	0.6
Hal BrownP	30	58	5	17	1	10	0	.293	.759	6.4
Karl OlsonCF	25	57	5	7	1	6	0	.123	.349	—
Sid HudsonP	30	50	3	7	0	6	0	.140	.353	7.6
Willard NixonP	23	42	4	8	0	3	0	.190	.491	4.9
Gus NiarhosC	16	35	6	7	0	2	0	.200	.586	—
Bill HenryP	21	32	2	6	0	4	0	.188	.469	5.7
Ellis KinderP	69	29	3	11	0	2	0	.379	.793	13.9
Ben FlowersP	32	19	0	3	0	1	0	.158	.421	6.7
Marv GrissomP	13	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Hersh FreemanP	18	11	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.182	1.5
Ike DelockP	23	10	1	1	0	0	0	.100	.282	3.5
Frank SullivanP	14	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	2.0
Jack Merson2B	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Dom DiMaggioCF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.666	—
Bill KennedyP	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000	2.8
Bill WerleP	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	—
Ken HolcombeP	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Mel ParnellP	38	34	21	8	0	241.0	136	3.06	12.1
Mickey McDermottP	32	30	18	10	0	206.1	92	3.01	10.0
Hal BrownP	30	25	11	6	0	166.1	62	4.65	6.4
Sid HudsonP	30	17	6	9	2	156.0	60	3.52	7.6
Willard NixonP	23	15	4	8	0	116.2	57	3.93	4.9
Ellis KinderP	69	0	10	6	27	107.0	39	1.85	13.9
Bill HenryP	21	12	5	5	1	85.2	56	3.26	5.7
Ben FlowersP	32	6	1	4	3	79.1	36	3.86	6.7
Marv GrissomP	13	11	2	6	0	59.1	31	4.70	—
Ike DelockP	23	1	3	1	1	48.2	22	4.44	3.5
Hersh FreemanP	18	2	1	4	0	39.0	15	5.54	1.5
Frank SullivanP	14	0	1	1	0	25.2	17	5.61	2.0
Bill KennedyP	16	0	0	0	2	24.1	14	3.70	2.8
Bill WerleP	5	0	0	1	0	11.2	4	1.54	—
Ken HolcombeP	3	0	1	0	1	6.0	1	6.00	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Jim PiersallCF	151	585	76	159	3	52	11	.272	.683	8.2
Billy Goodman2B	128	514	73	161	2	41	1	.313	.793	8.1
Tom UmphlettCF	137	495	53	140	3	59	4	.283	.707	7.1
Dick Gernert1B	139	494	73	125	21	71	0	.253	.786	10.8
Sammy WhiteC	136	476	59	130	13	64	3	.273	.753	8.7
George Kell3B	134	460	68	141	12	73	5	.307	.866	11.1
Milt BollingSS	109	323	30	85	5	28	1	.263	.671	4.3
Hoot EversLF	99	300	39	72	11	31	2	.240	.691	5.2
Gene StephensOF	78	221	30	45	3	18	3	.204	.592	2.7
Floyd Baker3B	81	172	22	47	0	24	0	.273	.685	—
Ted Lepcio2B	66	161	17	38	4	11	0	.236	.673	2.3
Johnny LiponSS	60	145	18	31	0	13	1	.214	.545	—
Del WilberC	58	112	16	27	7	29	0	.241	.786	3.3
Mel ParnellP	38	94	7	21	0	9	1	.223	.521	12.1
Mickey McDermottP	45	93	9	28	1	13	0	.301	.735	10.0
Ted WilliamsLF	37	91	17	37	13	34	0	.407	1.410	5.0
Al ZarillaOF	57	67	11	13	0	4	0	.194	.557	0.8
Billy ConsoloSS	47	65	9	14	1	6	1	.215	.562	0.6
Hal BrownP	30	58	5	17	1	10	0	.293	.759	6.4
Karl OlsonCF	25	57	5	7	1	6	0	.123	.349	—
Sid HudsonP	30	50	3	7	0	6	0	.140	.353	7.6
Willard NixonP	23	42	4	8	0	3	0	.190	.491	4.9
Gus NiarhosC	16	35	6	7	0	2	0	.200	.586	—
Bill HenryP	21	32	2	6	0	4	0	.188	.469	5.7
Ellis KinderP	69	29	3	11	0	2	0	.379	.793	13.9
Ben FlowersP	32	19	0	3	0	1	0	.158	.421	6.7
Marv GrissomP	13	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Hersh FreemanP	18	11	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.182	1.5
Ike DelockP	23	10	1	1	0	0	0	.100	.282	3.5
Frank SullivanP	14	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	2.0
Jack Merson2B	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Dom DiMaggioCF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.666	—
Bill KennedyP	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000	2.8
Bill WerleP	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	—
Ken HolcombeP	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Mel ParnellP	38	34	21	8	0	241.0	136	3.06	12.1
Mickey McDermottP	32	30	18	10	0	206.1	92	3.01	10.0
Hal BrownP	30	25	11	6	0	166.1	62	4.65	6.4
Sid HudsonP	30	17	6	9	2	156.0	60	3.52	7.6
Willard NixonP	23	15	4	8	0	116.2	57	3.93	4.9
Ellis KinderP	69	0	10	6	27	107.0	39	1.85	13.9
Bill HenryP	21	12	5	5	1	85.2	56	3.26	5.7
Ben FlowersP	32	6	1	4	3	79.1	36	3.86	6.7
Marv GrissomP	13	11	2	6	0	59.1	31	4.70	—
Ike DelockP	23	1	3	1	1	48.2	22	4.44	3.5
Hersh FreemanP	18	2	1	4	0	39.0	15	5.54	1.5
Frank SullivanP	14	0	1	1	0	25.2	17	5.61	2.0
Bill KennedyP	16	0	0	0	2	24.1	14	3.70	2.8
Bill WerleP	5	0	0	1	0	11.2	4	1.54	—
Ken HolcombeP	3	0	1	0	1	6.0	1	6.00	—