1957 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1957 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 82–72 (.532) 3rd Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Joe Cronin Pinky Higgins WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 WHDH-AM 850(Curt Gowdy, Don Gillis, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley) bos BOS The 1957 Boston Red Sox season was the 57th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, 16 games behind the New York Yankees. Offseason December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1956 rule 5 draft.Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup 11 Frank Malzone 3B35 Billy Klaus SS  9 Ted Williams LF25 Dick Gernert 1B37 Jimmy Piersall     CF 38 Gene Stephens RF24 Gene Mauch 2B22 Sammy White C23 Tom Brewer P Notable transactions April 29, 1957: Faye Throneberry, Milt Bolling and Russ Kemmerer were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Chakales and Dean Stone.Faye Throneberry at Baseball-Reference Roster 1957 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 15 Frank Baumann 23 Tom Brewer 40 Bob Chakales 14 Ike Delock 20 Mike Fornieles 28 Russ Kemmerer 20 Russ Meyer 29 Rudy Minarcin 21 Willard Nixon 19 Bob Porterfield 39 Dave Sisler 36 Jack Spring 28 Dean Stone 18 Frank Sullivan 27 George Susce 26 Murray Wall Catchers  8 Pete Daley 16 Haywood Sullivan 22 Sammy White Infielders  7 Ken Aspromonte  1 Billy Consolo 25 Dick Gernert 35 Billy Klaus 12 Ted Lepcio 11 Frank Malzone 24 Gene Mauch  6 Mickey Vernon  3 Norm Zauchin Outfielders  4 Jackie Jensen 41 Marty Keough 37 Jimmy Piersall 38 Gene Stephens  9 Ted Williams Other batters  2 Milt Bolling 10 Billy Goodman 26 Faye Throneberry Manager  5 Pinky Higgins Coaches 32 Del Baker (First base) 31 Jack Burns (Third base) 33 Dave Ferriss (Pitching) 34 Paul Schreiber (Hitting) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 111 340 73 .215 3 31 1B Dick Gernert 99 316 75 .237 14 58 2B Ted Lepcio 79 232 56 .241 9 37 SS Billy Klaus 127 477 120 .252 10 42 3B Frank Malzone 153 634 185 .292 15 103 LF Ted Williams 132 420 163 .388 38 87 CF Jim Piersall 151 609 159 .261 19 63 RF Jackie Jensen 145 544 153 .281 23 103 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 Mickey Vernon 102 270 65 .241 7 38 Gene Mauch 65 222 60 .270 2 28 Billy Consolo 68 196 53 .270 4 19 Pete Daley 78 191 43 .225 3 25 Gene Stephens 120 173 46 .266 3 26 Norm Zauchin 52 91 24 .264 3 14 Ken Aspromonte 24 78 21 .269 0 4 Marty Keough 9 17 1 .059 0 0 Billy Goodman 18 16 1 .063 0 0 Haywood Sullivan 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Faye Throneberry 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Milt Bolling 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 31 240.2 14 11 2.73 127 Tom Brewer 32 238.1 16 13 3.85 128 Willard Nixon 29 191.0 12 13 3.68 96 Mike Fornieles 25 125.1 8 7 3.52 64 Dave Sisler 22 122.1 7 8 4.71 55 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 Bob Porterfield 28 102.1 4 4 4.05 28 George Susce 29 88.1 7 3 4.28 40 Dean Stone 17 51.1 1 3 5.08 32 Frank Baumann Frank Baumann (baseball) 4 12.0 1 0 3.75 7 Russ Meyer 2 5.0 0 0 5.40 1 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 Ike Delock 49 9 8 11 3.83 62 Rudy Minarcin 26 0 0 2 4.43 20 Bob Chakales 18 0 2 3 8.16 16 Murray Wall 11 3 0 1 3.33 13 Russ Kemmerer 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Jack Spring 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Awards and honors Ted Williams, Associated Press Athlete of the Year.Bradlee, Jr. Ben The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams Little, Brown and Company 2013 978-0-316-61435-1 New York, New York 429 Frank Malzone, Gold Glove.Redmount Robert S. The Red Sox Encyclopedia Sports Publishing 1998 1-58261-012-6 Champaign, Illinois 22 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Joe Gordon AA Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Sheriff Robinson A Albany Senators Eastern League Eddie Popowski B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Len Okrie D Lafayette Red Sox Midwest League Ken Deal D Lexington Red Sox Nebraska State League Jack Kaiser D Corning Red Sox New York–Penn League Elmer Yoter LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxpres1957bost/page/2/mode/2up Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide January 15, 1957 2 March 13, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links 1957 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference 1957 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1950s in Boston Category:Long stubs with short prose