# 1957 Boston Red Sox season

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, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1956 rule 5 draft.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 50‍–‍27 |
| Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 45‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | .500 | 21 | 42‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | .386 | 38½ | 37‍–‍40 | 22‍–‍54 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | .357 | 43 | 28‍–‍49 | 27‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1957 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* April 29, 1957: Faye Throneberry, Milt Bolling and Russ Kemmerer were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Chakales and Dean Stone.

### 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 | 111 | 340 | 73 | .215 | 3 | 31 |
| 1B | Dick Gernert | 99 | 316 | 75 | .237 | 14 | 58 |
| 2B | Ted Lepcio | 79 | 232 | 56 | .241 | 9 | 37 |
| SS | Billy Klaus | 127 | 477 | 120 | .252 | 10 | 42 |
| 3B | Frank Malzone | 153 | 634 | 185 | .292 | 15 | 103 |
| LF | Ted Williams | 132 | 420 | 163 | .388 | 38 | 87 |
| CF | Jim Piersall | 151 | 609 | 159 | .261 | 19 | 63 |
| RF | Jackie Jensen | 145 | 544 | 153 | .281 | 23 | 103 |

#### 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 |
| Mickey Vernon | 102 | 270 | 65 | .241 | 7 | 38 |
| Gene Mauch | 65 | 222 | 60 | .270 | 2 | 28 |
| Billy Consolo | 68 | 196 | 53 | .270 | 4 | 19 |
| Pete Daley | 78 | 191 | 43 | .225 | 3 | 25 |
| Gene Stephens | 120 | 173 | 46 | .266 | 3 | 26 |
| Norm Zauchin | 52 | 91 | 24 | .264 | 3 | 14 |
| Ken Aspromonte | 24 | 78 | 21 | .269 | 0 | 4 |
| Marty Keough | 9 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Goodman | 18 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Haywood Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Faye Throneberry | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Bolling | 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 | 31 | 240.2 | 14 | 11 | 2.73 | 127 |
| Tom Brewer | 32 | 238.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.85 | 128 |
| Willard Nixon | 29 | 191.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.68 | 96 |
| Mike Fornieles | 25 | 125.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.52 | 64 |
| Dave Sisler | 22 | 122.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.71 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Porterfield | 28 | 102.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.05 | 28 |
| George Susce | 29 | 88.1 | 7 | 3 | 4.28 | 40 |
| Dean Stone | 17 | 51.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.08 | 32 |
| Frank Baumann | 4 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.75 | 7 |
| Russ Meyer | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Ike Delock | 49 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3.83 | 62 |
| Rudy Minarcin | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.43 | 20 |
| Bob Chakales | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8.16 | 16 |
| Murray Wall | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.33 | 13 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Jack Spring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

* Ted Williams, Associated Press Athlete of the Year.
* Frank Malzone, Gold Glove.

## Farm system

| 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
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