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1954 Boston Red Sox  (1953)  (1955) 64-90, 5th in American League Scored 611 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-95 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .694 Park Factor: Batting - 111 / Pitching - 113 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-85 Manager(s): Mike Petersen

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Ted Williams         35  132  458   92  154  24   1  30   84   0   0  115   47  .336  .466  .590  132  11.1  4(+2)e6   -92  
 SS  Bobby Morgan         28  136  465   66  116  25   6  12   54   3   3   65   69  .249  .339  .406   66   4.7  3e38      -29  
 OF  Jim Piersall         24  122  517   68  141  21   2  10   35   3   1   38   49  .273  .325  .379   64   4.4  1(0)e6    -28  
 C   Sammy White          27  134  529   48  149  29   1  19   80   0   3   20   70  .282  .307  .448   63   4.2  2(-1)e8    22  
 2B *Billy Goodman        28  147  578   66  152  26   4   1   48   2   4   53   31  .263  .324  .327   59   3.6  4e18      -95  
 3B  Andy Carey           22  126  424   63  108   8  10   9   50   4   5   64   63  .255  .360  .384   56   4.4  1e19      -52  
 1B *Harry Agganis        25  131  434   47  111  12   8  10   69   0   2   38   61  .256  .314  .389   54   4.4  3e16      -11  
 1B  Walt Dropo           31   75  202   25   65   6   0   2   29   0   0   21   22  .322  .386  .381   28   5.3  3e6        64  
 OF  Dick Hall            23  102  359   31   74   5   4   2   30   0   0   34   58  .206  .274  .259   26   2.4  2(0)e17   -80  
 SS  Roy McMillan         24  101  256   26   53   6   1   0    9   4   2   22   27  .207  .275  .238   18   2.3  1e34     -108  
 2B  Jim Brideweser       27   32  135   14   37   7   1   0   10   0   0   14   11  .274  .351  .341   16   4.3  4e50       56  
 3B  Chuck Harmon         30   36  134   14   35   6   0   0   13   5   1   13    7  .261  .329  .306   13   3.4  3e19       53  
 OF *Dale Mitchell        32   35   77    7   23   4   0   2   10   0   0    9    3  .299  .368  .429   12   6.2  4(+3)e25   70  
 OF  Don Lenhardt         31   72  133    8   22   6   0   3   13   0   0    9   26  .165  .229  .278    7   1.8  4(+2)e10 -147  
 C   Mickey Owen          38   35   46    6   11   2   0   2    5   0   0    9    4  .239  .364  .413    7   5.5  4(+1)e3   145  
 UT  George Kell          31   34   48    4   11   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .229  .321  .250    4   2.9           -125  
 OF *Tom Burgess          26   11   37    2    8   4   0   0    4   0   0    4   15  .216  .293  .324    3   3.6  4(+2)e25  355  
 OF  Carlos Paula         26   23   70    6   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    6   10  .171  .237  .186    3   1.5  4(0)e16   -17  
 C   Del Wilber           35   20   73    3   10   4   1   0    6   0   0    3    8  .137  .167  .219    2   1.0  4(+1)e16  -39  
 OF  Hoot Evers           33   27   23    2    5   3   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .217  .308  .348    2   3.4  2(0)e3    203  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           643                  -34

     * - 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  Willard Nixon        26  14  14  .500  34  34   5   0   0   0   0  229.1  213  114  107  28  112  120  4.20  114   4.4    6  
  P  George Zuverink      29  10  14  .417  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  203.1  240  120  102  29   63   77  4.51  124   5.4   43  
  P  Art Fowler           32  10  16  .385  38  38   2   0   0   0   0  246.0  271  113   93  17   89  106  3.40  123   4.4  -69  
  P  Harry Byrd           29   6   8  .429  23  19   2   3   3   0   1  122.0  120   57   49  15   44   52  3.61   55   4.0  -20  
  P *Mel Parnell          32   5   5  .500  56   1   1  28   2   3   0   80.1  100   55   47   6   34   38  5.27   52   5.8    1  
  P  Jim McDonald         27   5   6  .455  53   0   0  44  26   6   0   75.2   74   40   36   6   39   11  4.28   37   4.5   96  
  P  Tom Brewer           22   5  19  .208  29  28   1   0   0   0   0  180.0  188  136  117  23  123   93  5.85  119   5.9   23  
  P  Tex Clevenger        21   4   1  .800  40   0   0  21   3   0   0   64.1   54   21   17   5   30   41  2.38   27   3.9  -86  
  P  Bob Hooper           32   2   2  .500  22   0   0  10   0   1   0   36.1   50   27   23   2   14   15  5.70   28   7.1   69  
  P  Sid Hudson           39   2   3  .400  36   1   0  12   1   1   0   57.1   60   35   30   5   21   20  4.71   30   4.6  -86  
  P  Tom Hurd             30   1   0 1.000  20   0   0  11   2   0   0   25.0   24   14   14   2   10   15  5.04   13   4.8   79  
  P *Bill Werle           33   0   0  .000  18   0   0   7   1   0   0   25.2   37   20   19   2    5    9  6.66   18   6.7 -137  
  P  Dave Hoskins         28   0   2  .000  24   0   0   6   1   0   0   27.0   48   26   25   3   13    9  8.33   32  11.4  208  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      779          0

     * - 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 1149 128 133 630 32 12 2 .982 18 7 Del Wilber 164 19 20 84 1 6 1 .934 4 0 Mickey Owen 59 7 8 21 2 0 0 1.000 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harry Agganis 944 107 110 984 120 8 133 .993 10.52 Walt Dropo 421 47 55 474 56 2 52 .996 11.33 George Kell 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Don Lenhardt 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Dale Mitchell 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 942 105 107 301 356 15 98 .978 6.28 Jim Brideweser 289 32 32 111 95 17 35 .924 6.41 Bobby Morgan 141 17 17 44 60 2 19 .981 6.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Carey 1000 112 114 77 244 11 22 .967 2.89 Chuck Harmon 310 35 36 25 86 1 11 .991 3.22 George Kell 51 6 6 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.41 Billy Goodman 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 Harry Agganis 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 Don Lenhardt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Morgan 886 102 103 212 339 27 88 .953 5.60 Roy McMillan 487 52 66 117 192 13 49 .960 5.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 1103 127 127 228 10 7 0 .971 1.94 Carlos Paula 178 21 21 39 3 1 1 .977 2.13 Bobby Morgan 26 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 Don Lenhardt 12 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Dale Mitchell 12 1 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Billy Goodman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Hall 905 102 102 246 4 13 0 .951 2.49 Billy Goodman 298 33 33 77 1 7 0 .918 2.35 Jim Piersall 145 17 17 32 3 0 0 1.000 2.17 Don Lenhardt 17 2 2 7 0 1 0 .875 3.71 Hoot Evers 7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Piersall 904 102 104 199 6 5 1 .976 2.04 Don Lenhardt 175 20 20 25 0 2 0 .926 1.29 Dale Mitchell 153 18 18 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 Tom Burgess 102 11 11 17 0 3 0 .850 1.50 Hoot Evers 35 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.77 George Kell 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1954 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Walt Dropo
Round 2 (#18):	George Zuverink
Round 2 (#25):	Jim McDonald
Round 3 (#39):	Harry Byrd
Round 4 (#51):	Dave Hoskins
Round 5 (#63):	Bob Hooper
Round 6 (#74):	Hoot Evers

Transactions

• 1954-01: traded Jackie Jensen to CHA for George Kell, Dick Hall
• 1954-12: traded George Kell, Hoot Evers to DEA for DEA#1, DEA#2, Chuck Harmon, Jim Brideweser
• 1954-13: acquired Carlos Paula as a free agent
• 1954-16: acquired Tom Burgess as a free agent
• 1954 postseason: released Dick Hall, Bill Kennedy

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