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.
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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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Offseason
- February 9, 1953: Vern Stephens was traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Marv Grissom, Hal Brown and Bill Kennedy.[1]
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 | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | 0.656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
Opening Day lineup
10 | Billy Goodman | 2B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | RF |
36 | Gene Stephens | LF |
3 | Dick Gernert | 1B |
1 | George Kell | 3B |
22 | Sammy White | C |
38 | Tom Umphlett | CF |
2 | Milt Bolling | SS |
17 | Mel Parnell | P |
Notable transactions
- July 1, 1953: Marv Grissom was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Giants.[1]
Roster
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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 |
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C | Sammy White | 136 | 476 | 130 | .273 | 13 | 64 |
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 |
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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 |
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Hal Brown | 30 | 166.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.65 | 62 |
Marv Grissom | 13 | 59.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.70 | 31 |
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 |
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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 |
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Bill Kennedy | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.70 | 14 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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
- Marv Grissom at Baseball-Reference
- 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