1953 Boston Red Sox roster

32 players appeared for the Boston Red Sox in the 1953 MLB season.

1953 Red Sox roster: batting

1953 Boston Red Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Jim Piersall1515857615935211.272.329.683
Billy Goodman128514731612411.313.384.793
Tom Umphlett137495531403594.283.331.707
Dick Gernert1394947312521710.253.371.786
Sammy White1364765913013643.273.318.752
George Kell1344606814112735.307.383.866
Milt Bolling10932330855281.263.318.671
Hoot Evers99300397211312.240.301.691
Gene Stephens7822130453183.204.302.591
Ted Lepcio6616117384110.236.313.673
Del Wilber5811216277290.241.286.786
Ted Williams3791173713340.407.5091.410
Al Zarilla57671113040.194.333.557
Billy Consolo4765914161.215.239.562
Karl Olson255757160.123.138.348
Gus Niarhos163567020.200.300.586
Jack Merson1400000.000.000.000
Dom Dimaggio3301000.333.333.667

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1953 Red Sox roster: pitching

1953 Boston Red Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Mel ParnellP38342183.06241.01361.380
Mickey McDermottP323018103.01206.1921.350
Hal BrownP30251164.65166.1621.410
Sid HudsonP3017693.52156.0601.372
Willard NixonP2315483.93116.2571.480
Ellis KinderP6901061.85107.0391.1427
Bill HenryP2112553.2685.2561.391
Ben FlowersP326143.8679.1361.403
Ike DelockP231314.4448.2221.641
Hersh FreemanP182145.5439.0151.720
Frank SullivanP140115.6125.2171.360
Bill KennedyP160003.7024.1141.682
Bill WerleP50011.5411.240.690
Ken HolcombeP30106.006.012.001

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.