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
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup 8 Billy Consolo 2B37 Jimmy Piersall CF 30 Jackie Jensen RF 1 George Kell 3B10 Billy Goodman LF 3 Dick Gernert 1B22 Sammy White C 5 Ted Lepcio SS17 Mel Parnell P
Roster 1954 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (First base) (Pitching) (Third base) (Hitting) (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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, CorningJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1954 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1954 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com