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1955 Boston Red Sox  (1954)  (1956) 73-81, 5th in American League Scored 760 runs, Allowed 773 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .691 Park Factor: Batting - 112 / Pitching - 112 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 84-70 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         36  124  349   84  124  24   4  27   80   1   0  101   25  .355  .502  .679  126  14.6  5(+2)e4   -18  
 OF  Jim Piersall         25  140  566  107  178  30   5  27  102  11   3   65   61  .314  .388  .528  114   7.5  1(-1)e4   124  
 OF  Jackie Jensen        28  154  611  119  157  29   7  31  119  11   5   92   71  .257  .350  .480   99   5.4  1(-3)e8   -18  
 1B *Billy Goodman        29  154  570   77  173  34   1   0   67   2   6   85   46  .304  .392  .367   85   5.1  3e30       12  
 2B  Bobby Morgan         29  145  530   71  134  21   2   6   43  12   9   87   77  .253  .356  .334   68   4.5  4e18       16  
 SS  Roy McMillan         25  135  510   66  141  24   3   2   35   5   1   70   30  .276  .364  .347   68   4.7  1e26       19  
 C   Sammy White          28  126  471   46  133  26   4  11   75   2   3   28   54  .282  .336  .425   62   4.6  2(-1)e5    46  
 3B  Andy Carey           23  140  545   58  128  23  12  10   70   3   3   41   63  .235  .286  .376   55   3.3  1e25      -29  
 OF #Dave Philley         35  120  285   45   88  10   7   4   52   0   1   32   39  .309  .375  .435   45   5.9  3(-2)e9    21  
 2B  Johnny O'Brien       24   67  166   13   44   8   0   0   19   1   0   10   10  .265  .303  .313   15   3.2  4e28     -107  
 C   Hank Foiles          26   41  129   13   34   8   0   1   17   0   0   19   27  .264  .356  .349   14   3.8  4(+1)e7   -19  
 1B *Harry Agganis        26   55   86   12   24  10   0   0    8   1   0   11   13  .279  .361  .395   12   5.3  2e22      -85  
 2B  Billy Martin         27   65   46   17   11   2   0   1    3   1   2    3    9  .239  .286  .348    3   2.8  2e21      -92  
 SS  Eddie Joost          39   15   21    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    7  .190  .414  .238    2   4.7  4e60       16  
 PH *Dale Mitchell        33   10    9    1    4   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .444  .500  .667    2  11.3            537  
 2B  Owen Friend          28   11   28    3    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    7  .179  .281  .179    1   2.0  4e41     -114  
 C   Tom Gastall          23    7    5    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .400  .500  .400    1  10.2  4(+3)e14  481  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           782                   12

     * - 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  Art Fowler           33  11  12  .478  37  31   2   3   1   0   1  206.2  236  121  116  30   69  114  5.05  133   5.7   94  
  P  Tom Brewer           23  11  15  .423  33  32   4   1   1   0   3  207.1  209  122  107  29  106   95  4.64  121   5.2   -6  
  P  Willard Nixon        27  11  16  .407  32  32   8   0   0   0   0  213.0  257  129  116  23   88  113  4.90  140   5.9   77  
  P  Ron Negray           25   8   1  .889  28   7   2  11   2   1   1   83.2   77   33   33   9   30   44  3.55   32   3.4 -121  
  P  George Susce         24   8   5  .615  30  15   5   9   1   0   0  130.1  113   54   50  14   35   57  3.45   53   3.7  -23  
  P  Johnny Kucks         22   8   6  .571  46  13   1  14   2   3   0  136.0  156   68   62   9   53   63  4.10   79   5.2   49  
  P  Ike Delock           25   6   8  .429  26  18   2   3   0   0   0  138.2  132   74   71  16   58   96  4.61   69   4.5  -30  
  P *Don Gross            24   4   1  .800  51   0   0  19   5   4   0   72.1   90   38   36   8   31   36  4.48   48   6.0  -31  
  P  Jose Santiago        26   3   1  .750  29   0   0  11   1   1   0   41.1   47   24   21   3   26   35  4.57   26   5.7   40  
  P  Tom Hurd             31   2   2  .500  30   0   0  12   0   0   0   48.2   55   26   21  10   16   29  3.88   30   5.4  112  
  P  Jim Konstanty        38   1   8  .111  49   0   0  40  24  10   0   57.1   66   31   28  10   20   20  4.40   36   5.8  125  
  P  Steve Ridzik         26   0   1  .000  12   0   0   3   0   0   0   17.0   26   19   17   3   18   10  9.00   20  10.3  202  
  P *Mel Parnell          33   0   2  .000   7   2   0   3   0   0   0   11.2   19   11   11   2    8    3  8.49   12   9.8  -29  
  P  Ted Abernathy        22   0   3  .000   6   4   0   1   0   0   0   17.1   30   23   22   2   14   12 11.42   22  11.6  217  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      828         33

     * - 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 1073 120 125 678 44 4 7 .994 20 13 Hank Foiles 305 34 38 177 7 5 1 .974 10 4 Tom Gastall 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 1236 140 141 1353 159 33 134 .979 11.01 Harry Agganis 143 14 27 130 27 0 11 1.000 9.90 Bobby Morgan 3 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Morgan 943 110 110 276 342 12 85 .981 5.90 Johnny O'Brien 340 38 43 101 125 10 30 .958 5.99 Owen Friend 54 6 6 19 15 0 3 1.000 5.67 Billy Martin 38 0 23 11 20 1 4 .969 7.41 Billy Goodman 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 Eddie Joost 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Carey 1256 140 140 83 313 19 25 .954 2.84 Bobby Morgan 125 14 14 8 18 0 3 1.000 1.87 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy McMillan 1146 130 131 244 443 25 90 .965 5.40 Bobby Morgan 180 19 24 41 62 1 12 .990 5.16 Eddie Joost 52 5 8 8 13 0 3 1.000 3.63 Billy Martin 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Williams 827 96 96 117 3 1 1 .992 1.31 Dave Philley 444 46 57 89 3 5 0 .948 1.87 Billy Goodman 109 12 13 23 0 2 0 .920 1.90 Dale Mitchell 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Piersall 1255 140 140 365 16 2 2 .995 2.73 Dave Philley 126 14 15 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Jensen 1380 154 154 249 9 8 3 .970 1.68 Dave Philley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Dale Mitchell
Round 2 (#20):	Bobby Morgan
Round 3 (#34):	Dave Philley
Round 4 (#47):	Jim Konstanty
Round 5 (#60):	Hank Foiles
Round 6 (#73):	Jose Santiago

Transactions

• 1955-01: acquired Steve Ridzik as a free agent
• 1955-11: traded Eddie Joost to KCA for PHA#2
• 1955-11: acquired Tom Gastall as a free agent
• 1955-14: acquired Ted Abernathy as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Tom Herrin

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