1956 Boston Red Sox

Major League Baseball

Record: 84-70 .545.... 4th in AL
Manager(s): Pinky Higgins
Stadium: Fenway Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,137,158

HR: Ted Williams [24]
RBI: Jackie Jensen [97]
2B: Jim Piersall [40]
SB: Jackie Jensen [11]

W: Tom Brewer [19]
SV: Ike Delock [9]
SO: Tom Brewer [127]

Oldest Player: Mickey Vernon [38]
Youngest Player: Marty Keough [21]
Longest Tenure: Ted Williams [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Don Buddin (Apr 17) Marty Keough (Apr 21)
Pitchers: Dave Sisler (Apr 21)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C		Sammy White	27	114	392	28	96	15	2	5	44	2	1	35	40	0	7	2	4	18	.245	.304	.332	636
1B		Mickey Vernon	38	119	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	1	0	57	40	7	6	2	2	12	.310	.403	.511	914
2B	10	Billy Goodman	30	105	399	61	117	22	8	2	38	0	3	40	22	0	1	7	2	3	.293	.356	.404	760
3B	35	Billy Klaus	27	135	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	1	0	90	43	1	0	6	3	7	.271	.378	.387	765
SS	24	Don Buddin	22	114	377	49	90	24	0	5	37	2	0	65	62	4	1	2	6	14	.239	.352	.342	694
OF		Jim Piersall	26	155	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	7	7	58	48	1	2	9	12	19	.293	.350	.449	799
OF		Jackie Jensen	29	151	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	11	3	89	43	1	5	1	4	23	.315	.405	.497	902
OF		Ted Williams	37	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	0	102	39	1	11	0	0	13	.345	.479	.605	1084

OF-1B		Dick Gernert	27	106	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	1	0	56	57	2	1	2	4	7	.291	.399	.484	883
P	23	Tom Brewer	24	38	94	14	28	0	1	1	13	0	0	5	19	0	0	1	1	2	.298	.330	.351	681
2B-3B		Ted Lepcio	25	83	284	34	74	10	0	15	51	1	3	30	77	3	1	2	2	4	.261	.335	.454	789
P	18	Frank Sullivan	26	34	85	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	0	0	7	1	3	.141	.159	.153	312
C		Pete Daley	26	59	187	22	50	11	3	5	29	1	0	18	30	2	5	1	0	11	.267	.338	.439	777
P		Willard Nixon	28	23	54	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	1	1	.204	.241	.222	463
SS		Milt Bolling	25	45	118	19	25	3	2	3	8	0	1	18	20	1	1	3	1	3	.212	.319	.347	666
P		Mel Parnell	34	21	46	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	4	0	0	.152	.188	.174	362
3B	11	Frank Malzone	26	27	103	15	17	3	1	2	11	1	0	9	8	0	0	2	1	5	.165	.230	.272	502
P		Ike Delock	26	48	29	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	7	0	0	.103	.161	.138	299
1B		Norm Zauchin	26	44	84	12	18	2	0	2	11	0	0	14	22	1	0	0	0	4	.214	.333	.310	643
P	27	George Susce	24	21	18	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.333	697
OF	38	Gene Stephens	23	104	63	22	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	.270	.387	.349	736
P		Tom Hurd	32	40	12	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
OF	26	Faye Throneberry	25	24	50	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	16	0	0	1	0	1	.220	.264	.320	584
P	40	Frank Baumann	22	7	9	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.556	889
P	16	Bob Porterfield	32	25	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	1	0	1	1	1	.326	.348	.395	743
P		Leo Kiely	26	23	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334
P	39	Dave Sisler	24	39	42	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	0	0	4	1	0	.119	.191	.119	310
2B	24	Gene Mauch	30	7	25	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.320	.393	.320	713
2B	7	Billy Consolo	21	48	11	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.182	539
	1	Grady Hatton	33	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	800
		Marty Keough	21	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333
P		Rudy Minarcin	26	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167
P	21	Johnny Schmitz	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
Batting Totals:				154	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	25	41	68	46	153	.275	.362	.419	781

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