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1955 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 53-109
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 586
Runs Allowed: 930
Exp W-L: 49-113
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 917,200
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
A: 68-69, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
2B *Gene Stephens 22 156 568 65 115 21 5 10 38 0 0 70 76 .202 .293 .310 .603 54.9 4.1 6.7
CF  Al Kaline 20 151 523 60 140 30 0 19 60 1 1 57 55 .268 .341 .434 .775 71.1 10.7 3.1
LF  Dick Gernert 26 150 493 67 100 26 1 27 67 0 0 67 115 .203 .296 .424 .720 63.9 7.4 2.9
3B  Harmon Killebrew 19 127 442 64 85 20 3 29 82 0 0 66 137 .192 .298 .448 .746 61.4 7.9 2.4
C *Yogi Berra 30 143 462 49 124 26 2 13 48 0 0 37 46 .268 .323 .418 .740 55.2 7.6 3.8
CF  Bill Tuttle 25 130 416 26 92 15 3 8 36 0 0 31 55 .221 .275 .329 .604 37.6 2.7 2.7
1B *Harry Agganis 26 127 373 55 96 24 4 10 39 13 2 40 44 .257 .328 .424 .751 49.4 7.1 1.9
SS  Tony Roig 27 96 288 23 47 14 3 0 23 8 1 20 72 .163 .217 .233 .449 10.9 0.0 2.5
CF  Jim Busby 28 119 279 34 89 10 0 8 36 0 2 6 28 .319 .331 .441 .772 35.4 5.4 1.4
C  Andy Seminick 34 114 244 23 46 6 4 6 23 0 0 34 70 .189 .286 .320 .605 23.8 1.5 1.5
SS *Wally Flager 33 95 227 20 52 1 2 1 11 0 0 27 29 .229 .311 .264 .575 19.3 1.0 1.8
3B  Ray Jablonski 28 77 146 17 33 5 2 7 23 0 0 16 15 .226 .299 .432 .730 19.2 2.4 0.7
RF  Carlos Paula 27 55 151 15 37 10 1 4 25 0 0 12 27 .245 .301 .404 .705 16.8 1.9 0.5
C  Hardy Peterson 25 32 102 10 23 2 0 0 11 0 0 14 13 .225 .316 .245 .561 7.5 0.1 0.8
SS  Vic Barnhart 32 49 100 8 26 5 0 0 5 0 0 6 9 .260 .306 .310 .616 8.4 0.4 1.1
P  Bob Buhl 26 34 86 5 13 5 0 0 2 0 0 3 28 .151 .189 .209 .398 2.4 0.0 0.0
LF  Johnny Blatnik 34 68 85 8 21 6 0 0 9 0 0 9 15 .247 .316 .318 .633 8.9 1.1 0.1
P  Don Larsen 25 25 66 7 13 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 10 .197 .194 .288 .482 4.0 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 26 34 54 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 20 .185 .214 .204 .418 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Jones 25 26 51 0 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .157 .173 .216 .389 1.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Leon Culberson 35 62 55 14 10 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 11 .182 .224 .236 .461 0.8 0.0 0.3
P *Herb Score 22 23 50 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .060 .059 .100 .159 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Erskine 28 14 32 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .094 .121 .219 .340 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Art Ditmar 26 11 23 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .043 .043 .043 .087 -1.3 0.0 0.0
C *Toby Atwell 31 9 23 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .217 .333 .261 .594 2.5 0.4 0.2
3B  Gene Baker 30 13 21 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.1 0.0 0.2
P #Cal McLish 29 41 13 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .308 .615 1.2 0.1 0.0
P  Al Worthington 26 77 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.4 0.4 0.0
P  Ray Narleski 26 59 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Lapalme 31 44 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Babe Birrer 25 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.3 2171 5396 586 1205 236 32 144 568 22 6 526 923 .223 .292 .359 .651 555.0 62.1 34.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 7 8 5 3 4 7 6 2 6 8 8 8 6 7 7  
* - 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
 Bob Buhl 26 9 19 .321 34 34 0 247.3 257 147 25 129 135 5.35 9.4
*Joe Nuxhall 26 4 20 .167 34 26 0 197.0 194 126 21 131 113 5.76 4.3
 Don Larsen 25 11 11 .500 25 25 0 194.0 188 86 13 65 108 3.99 18.0
 Gordon Jones 25 3 11 .214 26 26 0 164.7 168 95 30 61 95 5.19 5.9
*Herb Score 22 4 10 .286 23 23 0 143.7 101 67 16 89 178 4.20 10.3
 Carl Erskine 28 5 8 .385 14 14 0 97.3 94 54 11 65 47 4.99 4.0
 Al Worthington 26 5 9 .357 77 0 2 94.0 115 65 17 58 47 6.22 0.7
 Art Ditmar 26 1 8 .111 11 11 0 76.7 87 53 13 28 44 6.22 0.0
 Cal McLish 29 3 0 1.000 41 2 0 69.3 80 33 13 24 10 4.28 6.2
 Ray Narleski 26 3 10 .231 59 1 11 66.0 79 52 9 48 42 7.09 0.0
*Paul Lapalme 31 4 2 .667 44 0 0 60.0 85 41 17 20 25 6.15 1.6
 Babe Birrer 25 1 1 .500 10 0 0 14.7 16 7 3 1 6 4.30 1.4
Team Totals 26.3 53 109 .327 398 162 13 1424.6 1464 826 188 719 850 5.22 62.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 7 7 8 5 7 8 8 3 8  
* - 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 .992 32.3
Y.Berra 772.0 87 92 468 33 2 4 .996 40.6
A.Seminick 356.3 40 45 223 5 2 1 .991 9.5
H.Peterson 241.3 29 29 131 12 1 0 .993 11.1
T.Atwell 55.0 6 6 46 2 1 0 .980 50.0
Team Total 1424.7 162 172 868 52 6 5 .994 27.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.09
H.Agganis 840.0 96 115 1032 81 10 92 .991 11.93
D.Gernert 437.0 55 56 557 53 3 68 .995 12.56
A.Seminick 135.7 11 30 185 13 3 18 .985 13.14
Y.Berra 7.0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 7.71
H.Killebrew 5.0 0 2 7 1 0 2 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1424.7 162 204 1786 149 16 181 .992 12.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.12
G.Stephens 1273.0 149 152 281 599 14 134 .984 6.22
V.Barnhart 106.0 10 17 31 59 1 12 .989 7.64
G.Baker 35.3 3 8 9 13 2 1 .917 5.60
T.Roig 7.0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 7.71
Y.Berra 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1424.7 162 180 324 675 17 147 .983 6.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.93
H.Killebrew 1038.3 120 121 56 254 14 17 .957 2.69
R.Jablonski 300.3 34 45 21 73 8 5 .922 2.82
V.Barnhart 66.0 7 11 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.23
G.Baker 13.0 1 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 5.54
W.Flager 7.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1424.7 162 181 82 341 22 23 .951 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.32
T.Roig 740.0 92 93 132 324 20 77 .958 5.55
W.Flager 600.0 64 90 95 264 25 68 .935 5.39
V.Barnhart 82.7 6 22 10 36 2 4 .958 5.01
R.Jablonski 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.7 162 206 237 624 48 149 .947 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.92
D.Gernert 760.0 90 93 145 3 0 1 1.000 1.75
C.Paula 293.3 36 40 54 0 7 0 .885 1.66
Y.Berra 208.7 22 30 50 2 0 0 1.000 2.24
J.Blatnik 93.0 9 14 17 0 2 0 .895 1.65
B.Tuttle 37.0 4 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
L.Culberson 19.0 1 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
R.Jablonski 7.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
H.Killebrew 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Stephens 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Busby 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1424.7 162 204 279 5 9 1 .969 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.40
B.Tuttle 921.3 117 119 198 12 6 4 .972 2.05
J.Busby 473.3 45 96 101 3 0 3 1.000 1.98
L.Culberson 12.7 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
A.Kaline 9.0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00
G.Stephens 8.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1424.7 162 229 306 16 6 8 .982 2.03
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.94
A.Kaline 1210.0 142 143 238 8 5 3 .980 1.83
L.Culberson 93.7 8 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 1.83
C.Paula 62.7 7 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
Y.Berra 49.0 5 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Tuttle 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Blatnik 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Stephens 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Roig 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.7 162 186 273 9 5 4 .983 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.32
B.Buhl 247.3 34 34 22 53 5 8 .938 2.73
J.Nuxhall 197.0 26 34 9 37 1 6 .979 2.10
D.Larsen 194.0 25 25 11 38 0 0 1.000 2.27
G.Jones 164.7 26 26 14 43 1 4 .983 3.12
H.Score 143.7 23 23 7 13 1 1 .952 1.25
C.Erskine 97.3 14 14 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.31
A.Worthington 94.0 0 77 8 19 1 1 .964 2.59
A.Ditmar 76.7 11 11 7 19 1 1 .963 3.05
C.McLish 69.3 2 41 5 14 0 3 1.000 2.47
R.Narleski 66.0 1 59 2 14 0 2 1.000 2.18
P.Lapalme 60.0 0 44 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.55
B.Birrer 14.7 0 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1424.6 162 398 95 286 10 28 .974 2.41
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kaline .268
On-Base Pct Kaline .341
Slugging Pct Killebrew .448
OPS Kaline .775
XR Kaline 71.1
Games Stephens 156
At-Bats Stephens 568
Runs Gernert 67
Hits Kaline 140
Total Bases Kaline 227
Singles Kaline 91
Doubles Kaline 30
Triples Stephens 5
Homeruns Killebrew 29
RBIs Killebrew 82
Stolen Bases Agganis 13
Caught Stealing Agganis, Busby 2
Walks Stephens 70
Strikeouts Killebrew 137
ERA Larsen 3.99
Wins Larsen 11
Losses Nuxhall 20
Winning Pct Larsen .500
Saves Narleski 11
Games Pitched Worthington 77
Games Started Buhl 34
Complete Games Larsen 11
Shutouts Larsen 2
Innings Pitched Buhl 247.3
Hits Allowed Buhl 257
Homeruns Allowed Jones 30
Strikeouts Score 178
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 131
Walks per 9IP Larsen 3.0
Hits per 9IP Larsen 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Jones 5.2
WHiP Larsen 1.30
OAVG Larsen .254
OOBP Larsen .313
OSLG Larsen .367
OOPS Larsen .680
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Yogi Berra $ 7,750,000
Vic Barnhart $ 558,000
Cal McLish $ 520,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 500,000
Jim Busby $ 471,429
Johnny Blatnik $ 350,000
Toby Atwell $ 350,000
Leon Culberson $ 350,000
Paul Lapalme $ 350,000
Wally Flager $ 350,000
Babe Birrer $ 300,000
Al Kaline $ 300,000
Gene Baker $ 300,000
Dick Gernert $ 300,000
Art Ditmar $ 300,000
Carl Erskine $ 300,000
Bob Buhl $ 300,000
Harry Agganis $ 300,000
Gordon Jones $ 300,000
Al Worthington $ 300,000
Harmon Killebrew $ 300,000
Don Larsen $ 300,000
Vinegar Bend Mizell $ 300,000
Ray Narleski $ 300,000
Carlos Paula $ 300,000
Hardy Peterson $ 300,000
Tony Roig $ 300,000
Herb Score $ 300,000
Gene Stephens $ 300,000
Bill Tuttle $ 300,000
Ray Jablonski $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Andy Seminick
4/2 Signed     George Case
7/31 Traded Brandy Davis
$5,000,000		 Detroit Bob Schultz
10/3 Released Al Lakeman    
10/3 Released Andy Seminick    
 
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