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The1953 Boston Red Sox season was the 53rd season in the franchise'sMajor League Baseball history. TheRed Sox finished fourth in theAmerican League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, 16games behind theNew York Yankees, who went on to win the1953 World Series.

Offseason

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November 28, 1952:Harry Agganis signs with the Red Sox.^[1]
December 1, 1952: The Red Sox draftJack Merson from theHollywood Stars for $15,000.^[2]
January 7, 1953: PitcherAl Benton is assigned by the Red Sox to theSan Diego Padres.^[3]
February 9, 1953:Vern Stephens was traded by the Red Sox to theChicago White Sox forMarv Grissom,Hal Brown andBill Kennedy.^[4]

Regular season

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May 12, 1953: OutfielderDom DiMaggio retires from professional baseball after managerLou Boudreau decided to promoteTom Umphlett to be the regularRed Sox centerfielder; weeks earlier, according to DiMaggio, he had informed General ManagerJoe Cronin that he should be traded or made regular centerfielder otherwise he would retire, after Cronin refused to do either, DiMaggio decided to retire.^[5]
June 18, 1953:Sammy White scored three runs in one inning for the Red Sox.^[6] The Red Sox defeated theDetroit Tigers, 23–3 atFenway Park.

Transactions

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April 23, 1953: TheWashington Senators purchase outfielderClyde Vollmer from the Red Sox.^[7]
May 13, 1953: The Red Sox purchase infielder Floyd Baker from theWashington Senators.^[8]
July 1, 1953:Marv Grissom was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by theNew York Giants.^[4]
September 8, 1953: ShortstopJohnny Lipon is sold by the Red Sox to theSt. Louis Browns on a waiver deal.^[9]

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	—	50‍–‍27	49‍–‍25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	8½	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11½	41‍–‍36	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16	38‍–‍38	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23½	39‍–‍36	37‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.390	40½	30‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41½	27‍–‍50	32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46½	23‍–‍54	31‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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1953 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	13–9	10–11	15–7	17–5	10–12
Chicago	16–6	—	11–11–1	14–8–1	9–13	10–12	17–5	12–10
Cleveland	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8	11–11	19–3	17–5	11–11
Detroit	9–13	8–14–1	8–14	—	6–16	11–11–3	7–15	11–11
New York	11–10	13–9	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	17–5	14–6
Philadelphia	7–15	12–10	3–19	11–11–3	5–17	—	13–9	8–14
St. Louis	5–17	5–17	5–17	15–7	5–17	9–13	—	10–12
Washington	12–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	6–14	14–8	12–10	—

Opening Day lineup

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10	Billy Goodman	2B
37	Jimmy Piersall	RF
36	Gene Stephens	LF
3	Dick Gernert	1B
1	George Kell	3B
22	Sammy White	C
38	Tom Umphlett	CF
2	Milt Bolling	SS
17	Mel Parnell	P

Roster

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1953 Boston Red Sox roster
Roster
Pitchers 27Hal Brown 15Ike Delock 25Ben Flowers 23Hersh Freeman 15Marv Grissom 28Bill Henry 14Ken Holcombe 20Sid Hudson 18Bill Kennedy 16Ellis Kinder 19Mickey McDermott 21Willard Nixon 17Mel Parnell 18Frank Sullivan 28Bill Werle		Catchers 11Gus Niarhos 22Sammy White 33Del Wilber Infielders 29Floyd Baker 2Milt Bolling 8Billy Consolo 3Dick Gernert 10Billy Goodman 1George Kell 5Ted Lepcio 6Johnny Lipon 12Jack Merson 35Al Richter		Outfielders 31Hoot Evers 34Karl Olson 37Jimmy Piersall 36Gene Stephens 38Tom Umphlett 9Ted Williams 32Al Zarilla Other batters 7Dom DiMaggio 30Clyde Vollmer		Manager 4Lou Boudreau Coaches 41Del Baker(First base) 40Bill McKechnie(Pitching) 42Ski Melillo(Third base) 45Paul Schreiber(Hitting) 43George Susce(Bullpen)

1953 Boston Red Sox roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

4Lou Boudreau

Coaches

41Del Baker(First base)
40Bill McKechnie(Pitching)
42Ski Melillo(Third base)
45Paul Schreiber(Hitting)
43George Susce(Bullpen)

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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	136	476	130	.273	13	64
1B	Dick Gernert	139	494	125	.253	21	71
2B	Billy Goodman	128	514	161	.313	2	41
SS	Milt Bolling	109	323	85	.263	5	28
3B	George Kell	134	460	141	.307	12	73
OF	Hoot Evers	99	300	72	.240	11	31
OF	Jim Piersall	151	585	159	.272	3	52
OF	Tom Umphlett	137	495	140	.283	3	59

Other batters

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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
Gene Stephens	78	221	45	.204	3	18
Floyd Baker	81	172	47	.273	0	24
Ted Lepcio	66	161	38	.236	4	11
Johnny Lipon	60	145	31	.214	0	13
Del Wilber	58	112	27	.241	7	29
Ted Williams	37	91	37	.407	13	34
Al Zarilla	57	67	13	.194	0	4
Billy Consolo	47	65	14	.215	1	6
Karl Olson	25	57	7	.123	1	6
Gus Niarhos	16	35	7	.200	0	2
Jack Merson	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Dom DiMaggio	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	1	0	0	----	0	0
Al Richter	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mel Parnell	38	241.0	21	8	3.06	136
Mickey McDermott	32	206.1	18	10	3.01	92
Hal Brown	30	166.1	11	6	4.65	62
Willard Nixon	23	116.2	4	8	3.93	57
Marv Grissom	13	59.1	2	6	4.70	31

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sid Hudson	30	156.0	6	9	3.52	60
Bill Henry	21	85.2	5	5	3.26	56
Ben Flowers	32	79.1	1	4	3.86	36

Relief pitchers

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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	69	10	6	27	1.85	39
Ike Delock	23	3	1	1	4.44	22
Hersh Freeman	18	1	4	0	5.54	15
Bill Kennedy	16	0	0	2	3.70	14
Frank Sullivan	14	1	1	0	5.61	17
Bill Werle	5	0	1	0	1.54	4
Ken Holcombe	3	1	0	1	6.00	1

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Pinky Higgins
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Jack Burns andElmer Yoter
B	Greensboro Patriots	Carolina League	Eddie Popowski
B	Roanoke Ro-Sox	Piedmont League	Elmer Yoter
C	San Jose Red Sox	California League	Red Marion andJoe Stephenson
D	Salisbury Rocots	Tar Heel League	Sheriff Robinson

References

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^"BoSox Ink Grid Star".St. Petersburg Times. November 29, 1952. p. 10. RetrievedJune 2, 2023.
^"Major Draft Selects 11 Players".The Spokesman-Review. p. 13. RetrievedJune 2, 2023.
^"Padres Get Pitcher".Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 7, 1953. p. 17. RetrievedJune 2, 2023.
^^a ^bMarv Grissom atBaseball-Reference
^Golenbock, Peter (2015).Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox (4th ed.). Chicago, Illinois:Triumph Books. pp. 195–196.ISBN 978-1-62937-050-7.
^Baseball Digest, April 1984
^"Senators Buy Clyde Vollmer".The Vancouver Sun. April 23, 1953. p. 14. RetrievedJune 2, 2023.
^"Players Shifted To Meet Deadline".The Southeast Missourian. May 13, 1953. p. 5. RetrievedJune 2, 2023.
^"Red Sox Sell Lipon".The Montreal Gazette. September 9, 1953. p. 19. RetrievedJune 2, 2023.

External links

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Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1953 Boston Red Sox team atBaseball-Reference
1953 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1953 All-Star Game 1953 World Series

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General manager:vacant
Manager:Alex Cora

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