1955 Boston Red Sox season
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
1955 Boston Red Sox season
| 1955 Boston Red Sox |
||
| Major league affiliations | ||
|
||
| Location | ||
|
||
| 1955 Information | ||
| Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey | |
| General manager(s) | Joe Cronin | |
| Manager(s) | Pinky Higgins | |
| Local television | WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 | |
| Local radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Tom Hussey) |
|
| Previous season Next season | ||
The 1955 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses.
|
Contents
|
Offseason
- October 14, 1954: Owen Friend was purchased by the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.[1]
Regular season
After finishing fourth — but 42 games behind the pennant-winning Cleveland Indians — in 1954, the 1955 Red Sox improved substantially, gaining 15 games in the win column (although again finishing fourth). The Red Sox played especially well throughout the early and middle parts of the season, seemingly in pennant contention for the first time since 1950. Much of the improvement was ascribed to rookie manager Pinky Higgins, promoted to Boston after eight years as a skipper in the team's farm system.
But the Red Sox' improvement on the field was overshadowed by the sudden illness and death, on June 27, of the team's sophomore first baseman, Harry Agganis. Perhaps the most celebrated Boston-area athlete of the 20th century, the Lynn, Massachusetts, native had starred in football as the quarterback of the Boston University Terriers before signing a professional baseball contract with the Red Sox. He was batting .313 in 83 at bats on June 2 when he was initially taken ill with pneumonia. He died less than four weeks later, at 26, of a massive pulmonary embolism.
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 96 | 58 | .623 | -- |
| Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | .604 | 3 |
| Chicago White Sox | 91 | 63 | .591 | 5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | .513 | 17 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 63 | 91 | .409 | 33 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 97 | .370 | 39 |
| Washington Senators | 53 | 101 | .344 | 43 |
Opening Day lineup
| 10 | Billy Goodman | 2B |
| 20 | Eddie Joost | SS |
| 26 | Faye Throneberry | LF |
| 4 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
| 8 | Sammy White | C |
| 3 | Norm Zauchin | 1B |
| 12 | Ted Lepcio | 3B |
| 37 | Jimmy Piersall | CF |
| 18 | Frank Sullivan | P |
Notable transactions
- June 12, 1955: Owen Friend was purchased from the Red Sox by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Roster
| 1955 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2B | Billy Goodman | 149 | 599 | 176 | .294 | 0 | 52 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Agganis | 25 | 83 | 26 | .313 | 0 | 10 |
| Owen Friend | 14 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brewer | 31 | 192.2 | 11 | 10 | 4.20 | 91 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Baumann | 7 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Brodowski | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 10 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAA | Louisville Colonels | American Association | Red Marion |
| A | Montgomery Rebels | Sally League | Eddie Popowski and Fred Maguire |
| B | Greensboro Patriots | Carolina League | Elmer Yoter |
| C | San Jose Red Sox | California League | Sheriff Robinson |
| D | Bluefield Blue-Grays | Appalachian League | Len Okrie |
| D | Corning Red Sox | PONY League | Glenn Wright |
Notes
- ^ a b Owen Friend page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 1955 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1955 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
|
|||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article 1955 Boston Red Sox season.
Read more