1957 Boston Red Sox season

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1957 Boston Red Sox
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
OwnersTom Yawkey
ManagersPinky Higgins
TelevisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Don Gillis, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
← 1956 Seasons 1958 →

The 1957 Boston Red Sox season was the 57th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 56 0.636 — 48–29 50–27
Chicago White Sox 90 64 0.584 8 45–32 45–32
Boston Red Sox 82 72 0.532 16 44–33 38–39
Detroit Tigers 78 76 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 76 76 0.500 21 42–33 34–43
Cleveland Indians 76 77 0.497 21½ 40–37 36–40
Kansas City Athletics 59 94 0.386 38½ 37–40 22–54
Washington Senators 55 99 0.357 43 28–49 27–50

Record vs. opponents

1957 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore — 8–14 10–12–1 9–12 9–13 16–5–1 9–13 15–7
Boston 14–8 — 8–14 12–10 10–12 16–6 8–14 14–8
Chicago 12–10–1 14–8 — 14–8 11–11 14–8 8–14 17–5
Cleveland 12–9 10–12 8–14 — 11–11 11–11 9–13 15–7
Detroit 13–9 12–10 11–11 11–11 — 8–14 10–12 13–9
Kansas City 5–16–1 6–16 8–14 11–11 14–8 — 3–19 12–10
New York 13–9 14–8 14–8 13–9 12–10 19–3 — 13–9
Washington 7–15 8–14 5–17 7–15 9–13 10–12 9–13 —


Opening Day lineup

11 Frank Malzone 3B
35 Billy Klaus SS
  9 Ted Williams LF
25 Dick Gernert 1B
37 Jimmy Piersall     CF
38 Gene Stephens RF
24 Gene Mauch 2B
22 Sammy White C
23 Tom Brewer P

Notable transactions

Roster

1957 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
3B Frank Malzone 153 634 185 .292 15 103
SS Billy Klaus 127 477 120 .252 10 42

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

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

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
Frank Baumann 4 12 1 0 3.75 7

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

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Open San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Joe Gordon
AA Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Sheriff Robinson
A Albany Senators Eastern League Eddie Popowski
B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Len Okrie
D Lafayette Red Sox Midwest League Ken Deal
D Lexington Red Sox Nebraska State League Jack Kaiser
D Corning Red Sox New York–Penn League Elmer Yoter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Faye Throneberry at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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