1955 Boston Red Sox season
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The 1955 Boston Red Sox season was the 55th season of franchise of Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, 12 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
- October 14, 1954: Cleveland Indians.[1]
Regular season
After finishing fourth — but 42 games behind the
But the Red Sox' improvement on the field was overshadowed by the sudden illness and death, on June 27, of the team's sophomore first baseman, Harry Agganis. Perhaps the most celebrated Boston-area athlete of the 20th century, the Lynn, Massachusetts, native had starred in football as the quarterback of the Boston University Terriers before signing a professional baseball contract with the Red Sox. He was batting .313 in 83 at bats on June 2 when he was initially taken ill with pneumonia. He died less than four weeks later, at 26, of a massive pulmonary embolism.[2]
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | — | 52–25 | 44–33 |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 3 | 49–28 | 44–33 |
Chicago White Sox | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 5 | 49–28 | 42–35 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 12 | 47–31 | 37–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 17 | 46–31 | 33–44 |
Kansas City Athletics | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 33 | 33–43 | 30–48 |
Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 97 | 0.370 | 39 | 30–47 | 27–50 |
Washington Senators | 53 | 101 | 0.344 | 43 | 28–49 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | 14–8 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Kansas City | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 19–3 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | |||||
Washington | 8–14 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — |
Opening Day lineup
10 | Billy Goodman | 2B |
20 | Eddie Joost | SS |
26 | Faye Throneberry | LF |
4 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
8 | Sammy White | C |
3 | Norm Zauchin | 1B |
12 | Ted Lepcio | 3B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | CF |
18 | Frank Sullivan | P |
Notable transactions
- June 12, 1955: Owen Friend was purchased from the Red Sox by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Sammy White | 143 | 544 | 142 | .261 | 11 | 64 |
1B | Norm Zauchin | 130 | 477 | 114 | .239 | 27 | 93 |
2B | Billy Goodman | 149 | 599 | 176 | .294 | 0 | 52 |
SS | Billy Klaus | 135 | 541 | 153 | .283 | 7 | 60 |
3B | Grady Hatton | 126 | 380 | 93 | .245 | 4 | 49 |
LF | Ted Williams | 98 | 320 | 114 | .356 | 28 | 83 |
CF | Jim Piersall |
149 | 515 | 146 | .283 | 13 | 62 |
RF | Jackie Jensen | 152 | 574 | 158 | .275 | 26 | 116 |
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 |
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Gene Stephens | 109 | 157 | 46 | .293 | 3 | 18 |
Faye Throneberry | 60 | 144 | 37 | .257 | 6 | 27 |
Ted Lepcio | 51 | 134 | 31 | .231 | 6 | 15 |
Eddie Joost | 55 | 119 | 23 | .193 | 5 | 17 |
Harry Agganis | 25 | 83 | 26 | .313 | 0 | 10 |
Pete Daley | 17 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 5 |
Karl Olson | 26 | 48 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Owen Friend | 14 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 0 | 2 |
Sam Mele | 14 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Malzone | 6 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Gernert | 7 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Consolo | 8 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Haywood Sullivan | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Bolling | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Pagliaroni | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Frank Sullivan | 35 | 260.0 | 18 | 13 | 2.91 | 129 |
Willard Nixon | 31 | 208.0 | 12 | 10 | 4.07 | 95 |
Tom Brewer | 31 | 192.2 | 11 | 10 | 4.20 | 91 |
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 |
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George Susce | 29 | 144.1 | 9 | 7 | 3.06 | 60 |
Ike Delock | 29 | 143.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.76 | 88 |
Bill Henry | 17 | 59.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.32 | 23 |
Mel Parnell | 13 | 46.0 | 2 | 3 | 7.83 | 18 |
Frank Baumann | 7 | 34.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.82 | 27 |
Russ Kemmerer | 7 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.27 | 13 |
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 |
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Ellis Kinder | 43 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 2.84 | 31 |
Tom Hurd | 43 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3.01 | 48 |
Leo Kiely | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.80 | 36 |
Dick Brodowski | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 10 |
Hal Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
Joe Trimble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Hersh Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Bob Smith |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Louisville Colonels | American Association
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Red Marion |
A
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Montgomery Rebels
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Sally League | Eddie Popowski and Fred Maguire |
B
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Greensboro Patriots
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Carolina League | Elmer Yoter |
C
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San Jose Red Sox | California League | Sheriff Robinson |
D
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Bluefield Blue-Grays
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Appalachian League | Len Okrie |
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Corning Red Sox
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PONY League
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Glenn Wright |
References
- ^ a b Owen Friend page at Baseball Reference
- ISBN 978-1-62937-050-7.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007