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, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1956 rule 5 draft.Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup 11 Frank Malzone 3B35 Billy Klaus SS 9 Ted Williams LF25 Dick Gernert 1B37 Jimmy Piersall CF 38 Gene Stephens RF24 Gene Mauch 2B22 Sammy White C23 Tom Brewer P
Notable transactions April 29, 1957: Faye Throneberry, Milt Bolling and Russ Kemmerer were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Chakales and Dean Stone.Faye Throneberry at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1957 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (First base) (Third base) (Pitching) (Hitting)
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 111 340 73 .215 3 31 1B Dick Gernert 99 316 75 .237 14 58 2B Ted Lepcio 79 232 56 .241 9 37 SS Billy Klaus 127 477 120 .252 10 42 3B 153 634 185 .292 15 103 LF Ted Williams 132 420 163 .388 38 87 CF Jim Piersall 151 609 159 .261 19 63 RF Jackie Jensen 145 544 153 .281 23 103
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 Mickey Vernon 102 270 65 .241 7 38 Gene Mauch 65 222 60 .270 2 28 Billy Consolo 68 196 53 .270 4 19 Pete Daley 78 191 43 .225 3 25 Gene Stephens 120 173 46 .266 3 26 Norm Zauchin 52 91 24 .264 3 14 Ken Aspromonte 24 78 21 .269 0 4 Marty Keough 9 17 1 .059 0 0 Billy Goodman 18 16 1 .063 0 0 Haywood Sullivan 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Faye Throneberry 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Milt Bolling 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 31 240.2 14 11 2.73 127 Tom Brewer 32 238.1 16 13 3.85 128 Willard Nixon 29 191.0 12 13 3.68 96 Mike Fornieles 25 125.1 8 7 3.52 64 Dave Sisler 22 122.1 7 8 4.71 55
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 Bob Porterfield 28 102.1 4 4 4.05 28 George Susce 29 88.1 7 3 4.28 40 Dean Stone 17 51.1 1 3 5.08 32 4 12.0 1 0 3.75 7 Russ Meyer 2 5.0 0 0 5.40 1
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 Ike Delock 49 9 8 11 3.83 62 Rudy Minarcin 26 0 0 2 4.43 20 Bob Chakales 18 0 2 3 8.16 16 Murray Wall 11 3 0 1 3.33 13 Russ Kemmerer 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Jack Spring 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
Awards and honors Ted Williams, Associated Press Athlete of the Year. Frank Malzone, Gold Glove.
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco
Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1957 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference 1957 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com