1957 Boston Red Sox season

The 1957 Boston Red Sox season was the 57th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

1957 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Joe Cronin
Manager(s)Pinky Higgins
Local televisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Don Gillis, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 48–29 50–27
Chicago White Sox 9064 0.584 8 45–32 45–32
Boston Red Sox 8272 0.532 16 44–33 38–39
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 7676 0.500 21 42–33 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7677 0.497 21½ 40–37 36–40
Kansas City Athletics 5994 0.386 38½ 37–40 22–54
Washington Senators 5599 0.357 43 28–49 27–50

Record vs. opponents
1957 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–1410–12–19–129–1316–5–19–1315–7
Boston 14–8—8–1412–1010–1216–68–1414–8
Chicago 12–10–114–8—14–811–1114–88–1417–5
Cleveland 12–910–128–14—11–1111–119–1315–7
Detroit 13–912–1011–1111–11—8–1410–1213–9
Kansas City 5–16–16–168–1411–1114–8—3–1912–10
New York 13–914–814–813–912–1019–3—13–9
Washington 7–158–145–177–159–1310–129–13—

Opening Day lineup
11Frank Malzone3B
35Billy KlausSS
  9Ted WilliamsLF
25Dick Gernert1B
37Jimmy Piersall    CF
38Gene StephensRF
24Gene Mauch2B
22Sammy WhiteC
23Tom BrewerP

Notable transactions

Roster
1957 Boston Red Sox
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
3BFrank Malzone153634185.29215103
SSBilly Klaus127477120.2521042

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

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
Frank Baumann412103.757

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

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Open San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Joe Gordon
AA Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Sheriff Robinson
A Albany Senators Eastern League Eddie Popowski
B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Len Okrie
D Lafayette Red Sox Midwest League Ken Deal
D Lexington Red Sox Nebraska State League Jack Kaiser
D Corning Red Sox New York–Penn League Elmer Yoter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco[3]

Notes
  1. Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
  2. Faye Throneberry at Baseball-Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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