1954 Boston Red Sox season

Template:Short description Template:Infobox baseball team season 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

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		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
	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
	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

Template:MLB Farm SystemLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, Corning

External links

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

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