1954 Boston Red Sox season

1954  Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	69–85 (.448)
League place	4th (42 GB)
Owners	Tom Yawkey
President	Tom Yawkey
General managers	Joe Cronin
Managers	Lou Boudreau
Television	WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, [1] Tom Hussey)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	111	43	0.721	—	59–18	52–25
New York Yankees	103	51	0.669	8	54–23	49–28
Chicago White Sox	94	60	0.610	17	45–32	49–28
Boston Red Sox	69	85	0.448	42	38–39	31–46
Detroit Tigers	68	86	0.442	43	35–42	33–44
Washington Senators	66	88	0.429	45	37–41	29–47
Baltimore Orioles	54	100	0.351	57	32–45	22–55
Philadelphia Athletics	51	103	0.331	60	29–47	22–56

Record vs. opponents

1954 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	WSH
Baltimore	—	11–11	7–15	3–19	8–14	5–17	10–12	10–12
Boston	11–11	—	5–17	2–20–2	14–8	9–13	15–7	13–9
Chicago	15–7	17–5	—	11–11	12–10–1	7–15	17–5	15–7
Cleveland	19–3	20–2–2	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4	18–4
Detroit	14–8	8–14	10–12–1	8–14	—	6–16	13–9	9–13
New York	17–5	13–9	15–7	11–11	16–6	—	18–4–1	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10	7–15	5–17	4–18	9–13	4–18–1	—	10–12–1
Washington	12–10	9–13	7–15	4–18	13–9	9–13	12–10–1	—

Opening Day lineup

8	Billy Consolo	2B
37	Jimmy Piersall	CF
30	Jackie Jensen	RF
1	George Kell	3B
10	Billy Goodman	LF
3	Dick Gernert	1B
22	Sammy White	C
5	Ted Lepcio	SS
17	Mel Parnell	P

Roster

1954 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 23 Tom Brewer 27 Hal Brown 26 Tex Clevenger 15 Joe Dobson 29 Bill Henry 24 Tom Herrin 20 Sid Hudson 28 Tom Hurd 24 Russ Kemmerer 19 Leo Kiely 16 Ellis Kinder 21 Willard Nixon 17 Mel Parnell 18 Frank Sullivan 14 Bill Werle		Catchers 11 Mickey Owen 22 Sammy White 33 Del Wilber Infielders  6 Harry Agganis 12 Floyd Baker  2 Milt Bolling  8 Billy Consolo  3 Dick Gernert 10 Billy Goodman  1 Grady Hatton  1 George Kell  5 Ted Lepcio 31 Sam Mele		Outfielders 31 Hoot Evers 30 Jackie Jensen 32 Don Lenhardt 35 Charlie Maxwell 34 Karl Olson 37 Jimmy Piersall  9 Ted Williams Other batters 39 Guy Morton		Manager  4 Lou Boudreau Coaches 41 Del Baker (First base) 15 Joe Dobson (Pitching) 40 Buster Mills (Third base) 45 Paul Schreiber (Hitting) 43 George Susce (Bullpen)

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
C	Sammy White	137	493	139	.282	14	75
1B	Harry Agganis	132	434	109	.251	11	57
2B	Ted Lepcio	116	398	102	.256	8	45
SS	Milt Bolling	113	370	92	.249	6	36
3B	Grady Hatton	99	302	85	.281	5	33
LF	Ted Williams	117	386	133	.345	29	89
CF	Jackie Jensen	152	580	160	.276	25	117
RF	Jimmy Piersall	133	474	135	.285	8	38

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 Goodman	127	489	148	.303	1	36
Billy Consolo	91	242	55	.227	1	11
Karl Olson	101	227	59	.260	1	20
Sam Mele	42	132	42	.318	7	23
Charlie Maxwell	74	104	26	.250	0	5
George Kell	26	93	24	.258	0	10
Mickey Owen	32	68	16	.235	1	11
Don Lenhardt	44	66	18	.273	3	17
Del Wilber	24	61	8	.131	1	7
Dick Gernert	14	23	6	.261	0	1
Floyd Baker	21	20	4	.200	0	3
Hoot Evers	6	8	0	.000	0	0
Guy Morton Jr.	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Frank Sullivan	36	206.1	15	12	3.14	124
Willard Nixon	31	199.2	11	12	4.06	102
Tom Brewer	33	162.2	10	9	4.65	69
Leo Kiely	28	131.0	5	8	3.50	59
Mel Parnell	19	92.1	3	7	3.70	38

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
Bill Henry	24	95.2	3	7	4.52	38
Russ Kemmerer	19	75.1	5	3	3.82	37
Tex Clevenger	23	67.2	2	4	4.79	43

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
Ellis Kinder	48	8	8	15	3.62	67
Hal Brown	40	1	8	0	4.12	66
Sid Hudson	33	3	4	5	4.42	27
Tom Hurd	16	2	0	1	3.03	14
Tom Herrin	14	1	2	0	7.31	8
Bill Werle	14	0	1	0	4.38	14
Joe Dobson	2	0	0	0	6.75	1

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]

References

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

External links

• 1954 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1954 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com