# 1954 Boston Red Sox season

The 1954 Boston Red Sox season was the 54th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, 42 games behind the Cleveland Indians.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 111 | 43 | .721 | — | 59‍–‍18 | 52‍–‍25 |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | 8 | 54‍–‍23 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | 17 | 45‍–‍32 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Boston Red Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 42 | 38‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 43 | 35‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 88 | .429 | 45 | 37‍–‍41 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 100 | .351 | 57 | 32‍–‍45 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 103 | .331 | 60 | 29‍–‍47 | 22‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1954 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Sammy White | 137 | 493 | 139 | .282 | 14 | 75 |
| 1B | Harry Agganis | 132 | 434 | 109 | .251 | 11 | 57 |
| 2B | Ted Lepcio | 116 | 398 | 102 | .256 | 8 | 45 |
| SS | Milt Bolling | 113 | 370 | 92 | .249 | 6 | 36 |
| 3B | Grady Hatton | 99 | 302 | 85 | .281 | 5 | 33 |
| LF | Ted Williams | 117 | 386 | 133 | .345 | 29 | 89 |
| CF | Jackie Jensen | 152 | 580 | 160 | .276 | 25 | 117 |
| 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 Goodman | 127 | 489 | 148 | .303 | 1 | 36 |
| Billy Consolo | 91 | 242 | 55 | .227 | 1 | 11 |
| Karl Olson | 101 | 227 | 59 | .260 | 1 | 20 |
| Sam Mele | 42 | 132 | 42 | .318 | 7 | 23 |
| Charlie Maxwell | 74 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| George Kell | 26 | 93 | 24 | .258 | 0 | 10 |
| Mickey Owen | 32 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 1 | 11 |
| Don Lenhardt | 44 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 3 | 17 |
| Del Wilber | 24 | 61 | 8 | .131 | 1 | 7 |
| Dick Gernert | 14 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 1 |
| Floyd Baker | 21 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Hoot Evers | 6 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Morton Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Frank Sullivan | 36 | 206.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.14 | 124 |
| Willard Nixon | 31 | 199.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.06 | 102 |
| Tom Brewer | 33 | 162.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.65 | 69 |
| Leo Kiely | 28 | 131.0 | 5 | 8 | 3.50 | 59 |
| Mel Parnell | 19 | 92.1 | 3 | 7 | 3.70 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Henry | 24 | 95.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.52 | 38 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 19 | 75.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.82 | 37 |
| Tex Clevenger | 23 | 67.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.79 | 43 |

#### 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 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 3.62 | 67 |
| Hal Brown | 40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4.12 | 66 |
| Sid Hudson | 33 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4.42 | 27 |
| Tom Hurd | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.03 | 14 |
| Tom Herrin | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.31 | 8 |
| Bill Werle | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 14 |
| Joe Dobson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |

## Farm system

| 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