1954 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 60-102
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 627
Runs Allowed: 856
Exp W-L: 59-103
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,118,591
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 2nd in the AL
AA: 81-56, 1st in the AL
A: 62-75, 5th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
C *Yogi Berra 29 152 553 74 138 32 5 20 77 0 0 37 40 .250 .300 .434 .734 66.8 9.5 8.1
3B  Ray Jablonski 27 155 561 59 137 26 5 13 73 0 0 30 57 .244 .284 .378 .661 54.7 5.6 1.1
1B *Harry Agganis 25 144 505 85 119 17 5 17 59 6 0 57 69 .236 .313 .390 .703 60.4 8.5 1.8
CF  Al Kaline 19 138 476 64 122 25 1 18 73 1 0 60 31 .256 .340 .426 .767 65.6 11.1 3.1
LF  Dick Gernert 25 131 477 55 112 28 1 21 64 0 0 46 108 .235 .301 .430 .730 61.2 8.7 2.6
CF  Jim Busby 27 140 480 54 129 20 2 6 40 3 1 25 30 .269 .310 .356 .666 49.1 6.3 3.5
SS  Vic Barnhart 31 129 399 26 104 15 2 1 32 1 0 15 23 .261 .284 .316 .600 32.2 1.8 5.5
3B  Joe Orengo 39 105 284 22 48 9 1 0 17 0 0 20 84 .169 .225 .208 .433 11.5 0.0 2.1
SS *Wally Flager 32 109 251 31 74 6 2 5 37 0 0 24 24 .295 .356 .394 .751 35.5 7.1 2.1
C *Toby Atwell 30 76 209 21 54 7 1 3 15 0 0 18 8 .258 .320 .344 .665 23.8 3.6 3.3
CF  Bill Tuttle 24 52 197 30 51 10 1 4 15 0 0 19 16 .259 .330 .381 .711 25.1 4.5 1.4
LF  Johnny Blatnik 33 107 166 23 46 6 2 3 28 0 0 11 22 .277 .328 .392 .719 19.5 2.9 0.4
CF  Leon Culberson 34 85 157 20 41 7 2 2 17 0 4 10 23 .261 .305 .369 .675 15.4 1.9 0.7
SS  Tony Roig 26 55 127 14 29 9 2 0 10 5 1 16 21 .228 .315 .331 .646 13.8 1.5 1.8
3B  Gene Baker 29 86 130 13 29 3 2 1 11 0 0 9 15 .223 .273 .300 .573 9.9 0.4 1.3
P  Don Larsen 24 36 94 5 23 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 25 .245 .253 .266 .519 5.9 0.0 0.0
3B  Whitey Kurowski 36 83 92 8 21 2 0 0 5 0 0 9 17 .228 .304 .250 .554 5.2 0.0 0.2
C  Al Lakeman 35 36 89 11 16 6 0 3 12 0 0 4 26 .180 .215 .348 .563 5.7 0.0 0.7
P *Joe Nuxhall 25 33 76 4 16 1 1 0 6 0 0 4 19 .211 .247 .250 .497 5.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Buhl 25 35 75 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 27 .067 .091 .080 .171 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Al Worthington 25 36 54 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 16 .130 .161 .185 .346 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Hal Newhouser 33 29 49 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .122 .140 .122 .262 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Cal McLish 28 36 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Rutherford 29 6 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Lapalme 30 51 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Narleski 25 81 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dale Matthewson 31 44 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2170 5542 626 1334 233 36 117 607 17 6 422 716 .241 .296 .359 .655 565.9 73.4 39.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 8 8 6 2 6 8 6 2 8 6 8 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Larsen 24 8 15 .348 36 36 0 290.0 284 141 38 105 169 4.38 17.5
 Bob Buhl 25 11 17 .393 35 35 0 241.7 247 131 24 140 124 4.88 8.0
*Joe Nuxhall 25 12 16 .429 33 33 0 240.0 206 118 24 145 115 4.43 15.0
 Al Worthington 25 8 19 .296 36 30 3 189.7 186 116 18 113 98 5.50 3.5
*Hal Newhouser 33 5 13 .278 29 21 0 157.3 167 106 25 93 91 6.06 0.0
 Ray Narleski 25 6 10 .375 81 0 13 95.3 104 49 11 68 53 4.63 6.7
 Cal McLish 28 3 0 1.000 36 2 0 74.0 74 26 6 19 15 3.16 7.6
*Paul Lapalme 30 4 2 .667 51 0 2 70.0 65 32 13 27 29 4.11 5.9
 Dale Matthewson 31 3 5 .375 39 0 2 48.3 55 31 9 29 18 5.77 1.2
 Johnny Rutherford 29 0 5 .000 6 5 0 41.7 39 22 8 24 12 4.75 1.4
Team Totals 27.5 60 102 .370 382 162 20 1448.0 1427 772 176 763 724 4.80 66.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 5 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 32.3
Y.Berra 930.7 105 105 487 41 3 1 .994 43.6
T.Atwell 462.3 51 53 240 19 3 0 .989 40.7
A.Lakeman 55.0 6 8 23 4 0 0 1.000 40.0
Team Total 1448.0 162 166 750 64 6 1 .993 42.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
H.Agganis 1109.0 127 133 1386 117 15 143 .990 12.20
A.Lakeman 154.0 15 26 192 16 0 21 1.000 12.16
D.Gernert 141.0 15 20 177 20 3 23 .985 12.57
J.Orengo 44.0 5 8 52 7 1 8 .983 12.07
Team Total 1448.0 162 187 1807 160 19 195 .990 12.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
V.Barnhart 1011.7 123 123 273 505 13 106 .984 6.92
G.Baker 228.3 15 65 61 104 2 30 .988 6.50
T.Roig 182.0 22 27 53 94 4 22 .974 7.27
J.Orengo 25.0 2 6 6 10 0 1 1.000 5.76
T.Atwell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 222 394 713 19 159 .983 6.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
R.Jablonski 1240.7 143 144 91 282 41 31 .901 2.71
G.Baker 118.0 13 17 11 27 1 4 .974 2.90
W.Kurowski 74.7 6 14 9 23 2 2 .941 3.86
W.Flager 5.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
V.Barnhart 5.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
J.Orengo 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 182 112 335 44 38 .910 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
J.Orengo 624.3 77 80 105 275 24 59 .941 5.48
W.Flager 622.7 62 97 112 285 15 55 .964 5.74
T.Roig 182.3 22 23 38 95 7 24 .950 6.57
V.Barnhart 13.0 1 5 6 5 0 2 1.000 7.62
W.Kurowski 5.7 0 3 3 4 1 2 .875 11.13
Team Total 1448.0 162 208 264 664 47 142 .952 5.77
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
D.Gernert 932.7 108 110 177 4 0 3 1.000 1.75
Y.Berra 241.0 25 34 49 2 0 0 1.000 1.90
J.Blatnik 209.3 23 29 39 0 2 0 .951 1.68
L.Culberson 31.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
R.Jablonski 15.0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.40
J.Orengo 13.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
B.Tuttle 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Busby 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Kurowski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 186 279 7 2 4 .993 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
J.Busby 931.0 101 123 237 8 1 3 .996 2.37
B.Tuttle 421.0 52 52 91 5 2 0 .980 2.05
L.Culberson 89.0 9 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
A.Kaline 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Orengo 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.0 162 196 346 13 3 3 .992 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
A.Kaline 1134.7 128 132 230 6 4 1 .983 1.87
L.Culberson 213.3 24 28 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.39
Y.Berra 57.3 7 8 12 2 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Orengo 35.7 3 8 6 0 1 0 .857 1.51
J.Blatnik 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Busby 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Kurowski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 179 280 9 5 1 .983 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
D.Larsen 290.0 36 36 22 57 1 3 .988 2.45
B.Buhl 241.7 35 35 10 56 4 2 .943 2.46
J.Nuxhall 240.0 33 33 13 41 2 1 .964 2.03
A.Worthington 189.7 30 36 13 45 2 6 .967 2.75
H.Newhouser 157.3 21 29 14 42 2 3 .966 3.20
R.Narleski 95.3 0 81 7 20 0 3 1.000 2.55
C.McLish 74.0 2 36 2 15 0 1 1.000 2.07
P.Lapalme 70.0 0 51 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.29
D.Matthewson 48.3 0 39 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.68
J.Rutherford 41.7 5 6 6 6 0 0 1.000 2.59
Team Total 1448.0 162 382 93 295 11 21 .972 2.41
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Busby .269
On-Base Pct Kaline .340
Slugging Pct Berra .434
OPS Kaline .767
XR Berra 66.8
Games Jablonski 155
At-Bats Jablonski 561
Runs Agganis 85
Hits Berra 138
Total Bases Berra 240
Singles Busby 101
Doubles Berra 32
Triples Agganis, Jablonski, Berra 5
Homeruns Gernert 21
RBIs Berra 77
Stolen Bases Agganis 6
Caught Stealing Culberson 4
Walks Kaline 60
Strikeouts Gernert 108
ERA Larsen 4.38
Wins Nuxhall 12
Losses Worthington 19
Winning Pct Nuxhall .429
Saves Narleski 13
Games Pitched Narleski 81
Games Started Larsen 36
Complete Games Nuxhall 12
Shutouts Worthington 1
Innings Pitched Larsen 290.0
Hits Allowed Larsen 284
Homeruns Allowed Larsen 38
Strikeouts Larsen 169
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 145
Walks per 9IP Larsen 3.3
Hits per 9IP Nuxhall 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Larsen 5.2
WHiP Larsen 1.34
OAVG Nuxhall .233
OOBP Larsen .322
OSLG Nuxhall .368
OOPS Nuxhall .712
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Yogi Berra $ 7,750,000
Joe Orengo $ 4,260,000
Vic Barnhart $ 558,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 500,000
Hal Newhouser $ 370,000
Leon Culberson $ 350,000
Al Lakeman $ 350,000
Cal McLish $ 350,000
Johnny Blatnik $ 350,000
Al Kaline $ 300,000
Carl Erskine $ 300,000
Bob Buhl $ 300,000
Jim Busby $ 300,000
Gene Baker $ 300,000
Toby Atwell $ 300,000
Brandy Davis $ 300,000
Wally Flager $ 300,000
Harry Agganis $ 300,000
Ray Jablonski $ 300,000
Al Worthington $ 300,000
Paul Lapalme $ 300,000
Don Larsen $ 300,000
Dale Matthewson $ 300,000
Ray Narleski $ 300,000
Tony Roig $ 300,000
Johnny Rutherford $ 300,000
Bill Tuttle $ 300,000
Dick Gernert $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Dick Starr Montreal Gene Stephens
3/3 Traded Cass Michaels Brooklyn Whitey Kurowski
10/13 Released Whitey Kurowski