1957 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record82–72 (.532)
League place3rd (16 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersJoe Cronin
ManagersPinky Higgins
TelevisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Don Gillis, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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

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
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

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
Source:[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Faye Throneberry at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Bradlee, Jr., Ben (2013). The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams. New York, New York: Little, Brown and Company. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-316-61435-1.
  4. ^ Redmount, Robert S. (1998). The Red Sox Encyclopedia. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 1-58261-012-6.
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ^ Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide. January 15, 1957. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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