1956 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,137,658, Avg. 16,023
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1956 Boston Red Sox Roster
1956 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 780 runs and allowed 751 runs. Ted Williams led Boston with 24 home runs, while Mickey Vernon, Dick Gernert, Jackie Jensen and Ted Lepcio each walloped 20 or more also. Jackie Jensen drove in 97 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Tom Brewer paced the team with 19 wins, and Frank Sullivan registered a 3.42 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Pinky Higgins coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Tom Brewer199.6793.50323201540244.3200103951411261275051039
Frank Sullivan147.6673.42343311210242.025311292228261168141048
Ike Delock137.6504.2148828109128.3122656012803105504584
Willard Nixon98.5294.2123220910145.31427968957274806631
Dave Sisler98.5294.62391415303142.312081731372293701619
Mel Parnell76.5383.7721200610131.312971551359241002567
Tom Hurd34.4295.334001800576.0845245547234305352
Bob Porterfield312.2005.1425183410126.012782722164453102557
Frank Baumann21.6673.2871300024.722119314018002108
Leo Kiely22.5005.172301600331.347251811459200155
George Susce24.3336.20216700069.77154481444126400324
Rudy Minarcin101.0002.793120009.7943280510045
Johnny Schmitz000.002010004.3520040001022
Fritz Dorish02.0003.571501100022.72310911011100099
Totals8470.5454.17333155105508201398.0135475164713066734712442316150

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Jackie Jensen15167357880182231120971138943.315.405.497.901287231145
Jim Piersall155681601911764061487775848.293.350.449.7992701919122
Billy Klaus13562052091141295759109043.271.378.387.76420171630
Ted Williams1365034007113828224820010239.345.479.6051.0842421310011
Mickey Vernon119471403671252841584105740.310.403.511.914206127226
Billy Goodman10544839961117228238034022.293.356.404.76016130721
Sammy White1144333922896152544213540.245.304.332.636130180247
Don Buddin1144543774990240537206562.239.352.342.694129144261
Dick Gernert10637030653891101668105657.291.399.484.88314872241
Ted Lepcio8332128434741001551133077.261.335.454.79012943221
Pete Daley592081872250113529101830.267.338.439.77782112105
Tom Brewer381019414280111300519.298.330.351.6813320110
Milt Bolling4514111819253238011820.212.319.347.6664131311
Norm Zauchin449984121820211001422.214.333.310.6432641000
Gene Stephens104756322172017011212.270.387.349.7362210000
Frank Malzone271151031517312111098.165.230.272.5022850210
Bob Porterfield254743414001500110.326.348.395.7431711110
Frank Sullivan349585412100300221.141.159.153.3121330710
Faye Throneberry245450611201300316.220.264.320.5841610100
Willard Nixon23605441110050036.204.241.222.4641210210
Gene Mauch728254800010033.320.393.320.713810000
Mel Parnell21524647100000211.152.188.174.361800400
Tom Hurd4013122600010002.500.500.5001.000600100
Dave Sisler39514245000200413.119.191.119.311500410
George Susce2122182420000046.222.364.333.697600000
Frank Baumann71091320000002.333.333.556.889500100
Ike Delock48382923100200211.103.161.138.299400700
Grady Hatton5550200020000.400.400.400.800200000
Billy Consolo48141113200010035.182.357.182.539200000
Rudy Minarcin3320100000010.500.667.5001.167100000
Leo Kiely23660100000000.167.167.167.333100000
Johnny Schmitz2110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Marty Keough3321000010010.000.333.000.333000000
Fritz Dorish15000000000000000000
Totals1923621553497801473261451397522819727689.275.362.419.781224115325684641


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Mickey Vernon1B108102898.7930581196.9899.8959.1480000
Dick Gernert1B3735313.330737336.9919.8819.2970000
Norm Zauchin1B3118186.018910218.9909.6296.4190000
Billy Goodman2B9595787.02152661769.9665.5015.0630000
Ted Lepcio2B5752500.01431661147.9665.5625.4210000
Billy Consolo2B25258.791424.9203.528.9200000
Gene Mauch2B6648.3121724.9355.4004.8330000
Milt Bolling2B104.01210.7506.7503.0000000
Billy Klaus3B106105944.01202422118.9453.4513.4150000
Frank Malzone3B2625220.7245764.9313.3043.1150000
Ted Lepcio3B2217147.0274024.9714.1023.0450000
Milt Bolling3B11886.362032.8972.7102.3640000
Sammy WhiteC114112973.0547601013.9845.6155.325621242652.0
Pete DaleyC5743425.02281421.9925.1254.2464914526.3
Jim PiersallOF1551551373.04551041.9913.0483.0000000
Jackie JensenOF1511501351.029113122.9622.0252.0130000
Ted WilliamsOF110110859.7174752.9731.8951.6450000
Dick GernertOF5040346.360412.9851.6631.2800000
Gene StephensOF712177.757210.9832.989.8310000
Faye ThroneberryOF13886.320020.9092.0851.5380000
Tom BrewerP3232244.3285212.9882.9472.5000000
Frank SullivanP3433242.0163715.9811.9711.5590000
Willard NixonP2322145.373114.9742.3531.6520000
Dave SislerP3914142.3922001.0001.960.7950000
Mel ParnellP2120131.371922.9291.7821.2380000
Ike DelockP488129.3101821.9331.948.5830000
Bob PorterfieldP2518125.081421.9171.584.8800000
Tom HurdP40075.739001.0001.427.3000000
George SusceP21669.731111.9331.809.6670000
Leo KielyP23031.335001.0002.298.3480000
Frank BaumannP7125.01110.667.720.2860000
Fritz DorishP15022.738011.0004.368.7330000
Rudy MinarcinP319.703001.0002.7931.0000000
Johnny SchmitzP204.302001.0004.1541.0000000
Don BuddinSS113113988.32133702998.9535.3095.1590000
Billy KlausSS2625228.7356468.9433.8973.8080000
Milt BollingSS2617181.03159511.9474.4753.4620000
Totals1744139512582.041921764169457.9724.2603.4151030383144.9




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