Английская Википедия:1953 Boston Red Sox season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1953 Boston Red Sox season was the 53rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, 16 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1953 World Series.

Offseason

• November 28, 1952: Harry Agganis signs with the Red Sox.
• December 1, 1952: The Red Sox draft Jack Merson from the Hollywood Stars for $15,000.
• January 7, 1953: Pitcher Al Benton is assigned by the Red Sox to the San Diego Padres.
• February 9, 1953: Vern Stephens was traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Marv Grissom, Hal Brown and Bill Kennedy.

Regular season

• May 12, 1953: Outfielder Dom DiMaggio retires from professional baseball after manager Lou Boudreau decided to promote Tom Umphlett to be the regular Red Sox centerfielder; weeks earlier, according to DiMaggio, he had informed General Manager Joe Cronin that he should be traded or made regular centerfielder otherwise he would retire, after Cronin refused to do either, DiMaggio decided to retire.
• June 18, 1953: Sammy White scored three runs in one inning for the Red Sox. The Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers, 23–3 at Fenway Park.

Transactions

• April 23, 1953: The Washington Senators purchase outfielder Clyde Vollmer from the Red Sox.
• May 13, 1953: The Red Sox purchase infielder Floyd Baker from the Washington Senators.
• July 1, 1953: Marv Grissom was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the New York Giants.
• September 8, 1953: Shortstop Johnny Lipon is sold by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns on a waiver deal.

Opening Day lineup

10	Billy Goodman	2B
37	Jimmy Piersall	RF
36	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

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	Шаблон:Sortname	136	476	130	.273	13	64
1B	Dick Gernert	139	494	125	.253	21	71
2B	Billy Goodman	128	514	161	.313	2	41
SS	Milt Bolling	109	323	85	.263	5	28
3B	George Kell	134	460	141	.307	12	73
OF	Hoot Evers	99	300	72	.240	11	31
OF	Jim Piersall	151	585	159	.272	3	52
OF	Tom Umphlett	137	495	140	.283	3	59

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
Gene Stephens	78	221	45	.204	3	18
Floyd Baker	81	172	47	.273	0	24
Ted Lepcio	66	161	38	.236	4	11
Johnny Lipon	60	145	31	.214	0	13
Del Wilber	58	112	27	.241	7	29
Ted Williams	37	91	37	.407	13	34
Al Zarilla	57	67	13	.194	0	4
Billy Consolo	47	65	14	.215	1	6
Karl Olson	25	57	7	.123	1	6
Gus Niarhos	16	35	7	.200	0	2
Jack Merson	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Dom DiMaggio	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	1	0	0	----	0	0
Al Richter	1	0	0	----	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
Mel Parnell	38	241.0	21	8	3.06	136
Mickey McDermott	32	206.1	18	10	3.01	92
Шаблон:Sortname	30	166.1	11	6	4.65	62
Willard Nixon	23	116.2	4	8	3.93	57
Шаблон:Sortname	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
Sid Hudson	30	156.0	6	9	3.52	60
Bill Henry	21	85.2	5	5	3.26	56
Ben Flowers	32	79.1	1	4	3.86	36

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
Ellis Kinder	69	10	6	27	1.85	39
Ike Delock	23	3	1	1	4.44	22
Hersh Freeman	18	1	4	0	5.54	15
Шаблон:Sortname	16	0	0	2	3.70	14
Frank Sullivan	14	1	1	0	5.61	17
Bill Werle	5	0	1	0	1.54	4
Ken Holcombe	3	1	0	1	6.00	1

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Roanoke club folded, July 24, 1953

External links

• Шаблон:Cite book
• 1953 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference
• 1953 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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