1953 Boston Red Sox season

1953 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912);
	Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
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 1953 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses.

Offseason

February 9, 1953: Vern Stephens was traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Marv Grissom, Hal Brown and Bill Kennedy.^[1]

Regular season

June 18, 1953: Sammy White scored three runs in one inning for the Red Sox.^[2]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.604	8.5
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23.5
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.325	40.5
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41.5
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46.5

Opening Day lineup

10	Billy Goodman	2B
37	Jimmy Piersall	RF
38	Gene Stephens	LF
3	Dick Gernert	1B
1	George Kell	3B
22	Sammy White	C
38	Tom Umphlett	CF
2	Milt Bolling	SS
17	Mel Parnell	P

Notable transactions

July 1, 1953: Marv Grissom was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Giants.^[1]

Roster

1953 Boston Red Sox roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

7 Dom DiMaggio
30 Clyde Vollmer

Manager

4 Lou Boudreau

Coaches

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	White, SammySammy White	136	476	130	.273	13	64

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

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
Brown, HalHal Brown	30	166.1	11	6	4.65	62
Grissom, MarvMarv Grissom	13	59.1	2	6	4.70	31

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

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
Kennedy, BillBill Kennedy	16	0	0	2	3.70	14

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Roanoke club folded, July 24, 1953

Notes

^ ^a ^b Marv Grissom page at Baseball Reference
^ Baseball Digest, April 1984 http://books.google.com/books?id=jS8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72#v=onepage&q=&f=false

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1953 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1953 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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[grissom-1] Marv Grissom page at Baseball Reference

[2] Baseball Digest, April 1984 http://books.google.com/books?id=jS8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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