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1952 Boston Red Sox  (1951)  (1953)
70-84, 4th in American League
Scored 600 runs, Allowed 695 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .687
Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 64-90   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-78
Manager(s): Rob Tomlinson

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Dale Mitchell        30  145  572   81  182  28   3   8   55  12   8   49   29  .318  .370  .420   89   5.7  3(+2)e2   -12  
 OF *Gus Bell             23  129  512   68  141  27   4  29   90   1   1   43   79  .275  .330  .514   82   5.6  2(-2)e7   118  
 1B  Walt Dropo           29  149  606   80  164  22   6  27   84   3   3   37   87  .271  .311  .460   82   4.7  3e14      -28  
 2B *Billy Goodman        26  147  567   64  170  39   3   3   41  17   9   45   26  .300  .351  .395   79   5.1  4e23      -17  
 OF  Dom Dimaggio         35  141  548   67  161  19   0  10   55  12   5   50   85  .294  .354  .383   75   4.9  2(-3)e10  -10  
 C   Sammy White          25  110  401   44  111  21   1  14   45   5   4   20   61  .277  .313  .439   51   4.5  2(-1)e6    19  
 3B  Hector Rodriguez     32   94  300   38   81  11   0   2   21  15   3   42   29  .270  .361  .327   39   4.7  1e21       35  
 SS  Dick Groat           21  124  390   27  109  14   0   1   29   6   3   14   32  .279  .307  .323   37   3.5  3e40       -2  
 OF  Clyde Vollmer        30   91  253   34   63  14   2  10   36   0   1   24   57  .249  .312  .439   34   4.7  4(+1)e7   -95  
 2B  Billy Martin         24   71  217   14   56  10   1   1   20   3   4   10   22  .258  .293  .327   19   3.0  3e13      -48  
 3B *Johnny Pesky         32   78  148   16   32   3   0   3   14   3   1   31   11  .216  .354  .297   17   3.9  2e27       17  
 1B  Dick Gernert         23   66   82   12   20   4   0   7   17   1   1   11   26  .244  .333  .549   15   6.4  4e18      102  
 C   Del Wilber           33   39  117    7   32   7   1   3   19   0   0    7   20  .274  .307  .427   14   4.3  3(-1)e6    15  
 SS  Roy McMillan         22   77  169   15   36   7   2   2   18   1   4   12   30  .213  .263  .314   13   2.5  1e23      -79  
 C   Birdie Tebbetts      39   32   50    3   13   1   0   0    3   1   0    5    5  .260  .321  .280    4   3.1  1(0)e6    -55  
 C   Les Moss             27   12   34    0   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    3  .294  .415  .294    4   4.0  4(+2)e11   30  
 3B  Johnny Lipon         29   19   30    4    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .200  .226  .233    1   1.5  4e25     -102  
 UT  Jim Piersall         22   18   19    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   2    0    4  .211  .211  .263    0    .8           -241  
 OF *George Schmees       27    7   16    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .062  .062  .062    0    .1  5(+3)e9  -332  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           663                   -1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Harry Byrd           27  16  12  .571  35  35   5   0   0   0   1  244.1  259  105   92  12  101  183  3.39  125   4.6  -50  
  P  Dizzy Trout          37  13   7  .650  37  19   0  10   3   3   0  158.1  149   90   74  14  104   90  4.21   86   4.8  -28  
  P *Mel Parnell          30  13  12  .520  34  33   5   0   0   0   0  225.1  245  110   99  18   92  136  3.95  123   4.9   24  
  P  Sid Hudson           37   5  16  .238  31  31   6   0   0   0   2  213.1  229  109   98  23   77  102  4.13  115   4.8   -3  
  P *Bill Kennedy         31   4   3  .571  45   1   0  27  20   5   0   46.0   49   24   23   4   34   36  4.50   30   5.8  132  
  P  Ralph Brickner       27   4   5  .444  31   0   0  20   7   2   0   35.0   35   17   15   2   12   16  3.86   17   4.4    8  
  P  Ike Delock           22   4   8  .333  50   7   0  20   4   3   0   96.1   83   47   40   5   56   41  3.74   44   4.1  -85  
  P  Al Benton            41   3   1  .750  26   1   0  12   2   1   0   38.1   37   11   10   0   17   23  2.35   13   3.2  -62  
  P  Willard Nixon        24   3  11  .214  24  20   0   2   0   1   0  118.2  136   65   63  10   66   87  4.78   74   5.6  -92  
  P  Don Johnson          25   2   2  .500  55   2   0  15   1   0   0   68.1   89   44   41   8   24   50  5.40   52   6.9   40  
  P  Jim McDonald         25   2   4  .333  54   1   0  23   3   2   0   76.2   78   37   35   5   38   29  4.11   39   4.7   -9  
  P *Joe Ostrowski        35   1   2  .333  10   4   0   2   0   0   0   31.1   31   15    9   3   11   14  2.59   17   5.1 -172  
  P  Hal Gregg            30   0   1  .000  25   0   0   7   1   1   0   34.2   35   21   20   7   17   18  5.19   24   6.2  -43  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      765        -23

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Sammy White           890  99 105  598   40  11   3  .983  29  15
 Del Wilber            257  29  31  165    9   2   0  .989   8   3
 Birdie Tebbetts       140  14  30   84   12   1   1  .990   5   6
 Les Moss               99  12  12   80    1   2   0  .976   8   1
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Dropo 1304 145 146 1305 115 10 125 .993 9.80 Dick Gernert 82 9 13 78 9 1 3 .989 9.55 Billy Goodman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 873 98 100 236 262 19 68 .963 5.13 Billy Martin 513 56 63 145 152 4 39 .987 5.21 Johnny Pesky 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hector Rodriguez 734 79 92 69 169 12 22 .952 2.92 Billy Goodman 341 39 39 29 75 4 9 .963 2.74 Johnny Pesky 254 29 37 19 73 4 6 .958 3.26 Johnny Lipon 56 7 9 11 8 2 1 .905 3.05 Billy Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Piersall 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Groat 871 104 107 180 307 17 51 .966 5.03 Roy McMillan 406 38 72 88 132 5 23 .978 4.88 Johnny Pesky 105 12 12 25 32 4 9 .934 4.87 Jim Piersall 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Lipon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Dale Mitchell        1226 136 137  302   11   3   1  .991  2.30
 Gus Bell               91  10  11   21    0   2   0  .913  2.08
 Billy Goodman          36   4   4   14    0   0   0 1.000  3.53
 Jim Piersall           17   2   4    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.06
 Clyde Vollmer          17   2   2    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.65
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dom Dimaggio 1177 132 134 298 17 5 2 .984 2.41 Clyde Vollmer 120 12 19 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.24 George Schmees 43 5 7 13 1 1 0 .933 2.95 Gus Bell 40 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Billy Goodman 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Piersall 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gus Bell 982 108 110 190 8 3 0 .985 1.81 Clyde Vollmer 379 44 46 75 3 2 0 .975 1.85 Dale Mitchell 18 2 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 2.50 George Schmees 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Johnny Lipon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Billy Goodman 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft


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