1954 Boston Red Sox season

1954 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	Tom Yawkey
Managers	Lou Boudreau
Television	WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
Seasons

The 1954 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	111	43	0.721	—	59–18	52–25
New York Yankees	103	51	0.669	8	54–23	49–28
Chicago White Sox	94	60	0.610	17	45–32	49–28
Boston Red Sox	69	85	0.448	42	38–39	31–46
Detroit Tigers	68	86	0.442	43	35–42	33–44
Washington Senators	66	88	0.429	45	37–41	29–47
Baltimore Orioles	54	100	0.351	57	32–45	22–55
Philadelphia Athletics	51	103	0.331	60	29–47	22–56

Record vs. opponents

1954 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	WSH
Baltimore	—	11–11	7–15	3–19	8–14	5–17	10–12	10–12
Boston	11–11	—	5–17	2–20–2	14–8	9–13	15–7	13–9
Chicago	15–7	17–5	—	11–11	12–10–1	7–15	17–5	15–7
Cleveland	19–3	20–2–2	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4	18–4
Detroit	14–8	8–14	10–12–1	8–14	—	6–16	13–9	9–13
New York	17–5	13–9	15–7	11–11	16–6	—	18–4–1	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10	7–15	5–17	4–18	9–13	4–18–1	—	10–12–1
Washington	12–10	9–13	7–15	4–18	13–9	9–13	12–10–1	—

Opening Day lineup

8	Billy Consolo	2B
37	Jimmy Piersall	CF
30	Jackie Jensen	RF
1	George Kell	3B
10	Billy Goodman	LF
3	Dick Gernert	1B
22	Sammy White	C
5	Ted Lepcio	SS
17	Mel Parnell	P

Roster

1954 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 23 Tom Brewer 27 Hal Brown 26 Tex Clevenger 15 Joe Dobson 29 Bill Henry 24 Tom Herrin 20 Sid Hudson 28 Tom Hurd 24 Russ Kemmerer 19 Leo Kiely 16 Ellis Kinder 21 Willard Nixon 17 Mel Parnell 18 Frank Sullivan 14 Bill Werle		Catchers 11 Mickey Owen 22 Sammy White 33 Del Wilber Infielders  6 Harry Agganis 12 Floyd Baker  2 Milt Bolling  8 Billy Consolo  3 Dick Gernert 10 Billy Goodman  1 Grady Hatton  1 George Kell  5 Ted Lepcio 31 Sam Mele		Outfielders 31 Hoot Evers 30 Jackie Jensen 32 Don Lenhardt 35 Charlie Maxwell 34 Karl Olson 37 Jimmy Piersall  9 Ted Williams Other batters 39 Guy Morton		Manager  4 Lou Boudreau Coaches 41 Del Baker 15 Joe Dobson 40 Buster Mills 45 Paul Schreiber 43 George Susce

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
RF	Jimmy Piersall	133	474	135	.285	8	38

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
Billy Consolo	91	242	55	.227	1	11

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
Tom Brewer	33	162.2	10	9	4.65	69

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

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Pinky Higgins
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Jack Burns
B	Greensboro Patriots	Carolina League	Eddie Popowski
C	San Jose Red Sox	California League	Red Marion
D	Bluefield Blue-Grays	Appalachian League	Len Okrie
D	Corning Red Sox	PONY League	Sheriff Robinson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Albany, Bluefield, Corning

References

• 1954 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1954 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com