1953 Boston Red Sox season

1953 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General manager(s) Joe Cronin
Manager(s) Lou Boudreau
Local television WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

  • June 18, 1953: Sammy White scored three runs in one inning for the Red Sox.[2]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9952.656--
Cleveland Indians9262.6048.5
Chicago White Sox8965.57811.5
Boston Red Sox8469.54916
Washington Senators7676.50023.5
Detroit Tigers6094.32540.5
Philadelphia Athletics5995.38341.5
St. Louis Browns54100.35146.5

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

Batting

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

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

Pitching

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
Hal Brown30166.11164.6562
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

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
Bill Kennedy160023.7014

Farm system

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. 1 2 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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