1954 Boston Red Sox season
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Joe Cronin |
Manager(s) | Lou Boudreau |
Local television | WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 |
Local radio |
WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey) |
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The 1954 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Indians | 111 | 43 | .721 | -- |
New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | 8 |
Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | 17 |
Boston Red Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 42 |
Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 43 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 88 | .429 | 45 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 100 | .351 | 57 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 103 | .331 | 60 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Boston | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 2–20–2 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–5 | 15–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 20–2–2 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 18–4 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 18–4–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 4–18–1 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | — |
Opening Day lineup
8 | Billy Consolo | 2B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | CF |
30 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
1 | George Kell | 3B |
10 | Billy Goodman | LF |
3 | Dick Gernert | 1B |
22 | Sammy White | C |
5 | Ted Lepcio | SS |
17 | Mel Parnell | P |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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RF | Piersall, JimmyJimmy Piersall | 133 | 474 | 135 | .285 | 8 | 38 |
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 |
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Consolo, BillyBilly Consolo | 91 | 242 | 55 | .227 | 1 | 11 |
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 |
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Brewer, TomTom Brewer | 33 | 162.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.65 | 69 |
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 |
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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 |
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Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, Corning[1]
Notes
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 1954 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1954 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com