1954 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1954 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 69–85 (.448) 4th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Joe Cronin Lou Boudreau WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 WHDH-AM 850(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy,Ed Costello. “Murphy of Tulsa to Assist Gowdy on Radio-TV During Red Sox Games.” Boston Herald, 21 January 1954, p. 23. Tom Hussey) bos BOS The 1954 Boston Red Sox season was the 54th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, 42 games behind the Cleveland Indians. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   8 Billy Consolo 2B37 Jimmy Piersall     CF 30 Jackie Jensen RF  1 George Kell 3B10 Billy Goodman     LF  3 Dick Gernert 1B22 Sammy White C  5 Ted Lepcio SS17 Mel Parnell P Roster 1954 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 23 Tom Brewer 27 Hal Brown 26 Tex Clevenger 15 Joe Dobson 29 Bill Henry 24 Tom Herrin 20 Sid Hudson 28 Tom Hurd 24 Russ Kemmerer 19 Leo Kiely 16 Ellis Kinder 21 Willard Nixon 17 Mel Parnell 18 Frank Sullivan 14 Bill Werle Catchers 11 Mickey Owen 22 Sammy White 33 Del Wilber Infielders  6 Harry Agganis 12 Floyd Baker  2 Milt Bolling  8 Billy Consolo  3 Dick Gernert 10 Billy Goodman  1 Grady Hatton  1 George Kell  5 Ted Lepcio 31 Sam Mele Outfielders 31 Hoot Evers 30 Jackie Jensen 32 Don Lenhardt 35 Charlie Maxwell 34 Karl Olson 37 Jimmy Piersall  9 Ted Williams Other batters 39 Guy Morton Manager  4 Lou Boudreau Coaches 41 Del Baker (First base) 15 Joe Dobson (Pitching) 40 Buster Mills (Third base) 45 Paul Schreiber (Hitting) 43 George Susce (Bullpen) 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 C Sammy White 137 493 139 .282 14 75 1B Harry Agganis 132 434 109 .251 11 57 2B Ted Lepcio 116 398 102 .256 8 45 SS Milt Bolling 113 370 92 .249 6 36 3B Grady Hatton 99 302 85 .281 5 33 LF Ted Williams 117 386 133 .345 29 89 CF Jackie Jensen 152 580 160 .276 25 117 RF Jimmy 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 Billy Goodman 127 489 148 .303 1 36 Billy Consolo 91 242 55 .227 1 11 Karl Olson 101 227 59 .260 1 20 Sam Mele 42 132 42 .318 7 23 Charlie Maxwell 74 104 26 .250 0 5 George Kell 26 93 24 .258 0 10 Mickey Owen 32 68 16 .235 1 11 Don Lenhardt 44 66 18 .273 3 17 Del Wilber 24 61 8 .131 1 7 Dick Gernert 14 23 6 .261 0 1 Floyd Baker 21 20 4 .200 0 3 Hoot Evers 6 8 0 .000 0 0 Guy Morton Jr. 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 Frank Sullivan 36 206.1 15 12 3.14 124 Willard Nixon 31 199.2 11 12 4.06 102 Tom Brewer 33 162.2 10 9 4.65 69 Leo Kiely 28 131.0 5 8 3.50 59 Mel Parnell 19 92.1 3 7 3.70 38 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 Bill Henry 24 95.2 3 7 4.52 38 Russ Kemmerer 19 75.1 5 3 3.82 37 Tex Clevenger 23 67.2 2 4 4.79 43 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 Ellis Kinder 48 8 8 15 3.62 67 Hal Brown 40 1 8 0 4.12 66 Sid Hudson 33 3 4 5 4.42 27 Tom Hurd 16 2 0 1 3.03 14 Tom Herrin 14 1 2 0 7.31 8 Bill Werle 14 0 1 0 4.38 14 Joe Dobson 2 0 0 0 6.75 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Pinky Higgins A Albany Senators Eastern League Jack Burns B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Eddie Popowski C San Jose Red Sox California League Red Marion D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Len Okrie D Corning Red Sox PONY League Sheriff RobinsonLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, CorningJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1954 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1954 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1950s in Boston