1954 Boston Red Sox season
The 1954 Boston Red Sox season was the 54th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, 42 games behind the Cleveland Indians.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
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 | 137 | 493 | 139 | .282 | 14 | 75 |
| 1B | Harry Agganis | 132 | 434 | 109 | .251 | 11 | 57 |
| 2B | Ted Lepcio | 116 | 398 | 102 | .256 | 8 | 45 |
| SS | Milt Bolling | 113 | 370 | 92 | .249 | 6 | 36 |
| 3B | Grady Hatton | 99 | 302 | 85 | .281 | 5 | 33 |
| LF | Ted Williams | 117 | 386 | 133 | .345 | 29 | 89 |
| CF | Jackie Jensen | 152 | 580 | 160 | .276 | 25 | 117 |
| RF | 133 | 474 | 135 | .285 | 8 | 38 |
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 |
| Billy Goodman | 127 | 489 | 148 | .303 | 1 | 36 |
| 91 | 242 | 55 | .227 | 1 | 11 | |
| Karl Olson | 101 | 227 | 59 | .260 | 1 | 20 |
| Sam Mele | 42 | 132 | 42 | .318 | 7 | 23 |
| Charlie Maxwell | 74 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| George Kell | 26 | 93 | 24 | .258 | 0 | 10 |
| Mickey Owen | 32 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 1 | 11 |
| Don Lenhardt | 44 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 3 | 17 |
| Del Wilber | 24 | 61 | 8 | .131 | 1 | 7 |
| Dick Gernert | 14 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 1 |
| Floyd Baker | 21 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Hoot Evers | 6 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Morton Jr. | 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 | 36 | 206.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.14 | 124 |
| Willard Nixon | 31 | 199.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.06 | 102 |
| 33 | 162.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.65 | 69 | |
| Leo Kiely | 28 | 131.0 | 5 | 8 | 3.50 | 59 |
| Mel Parnell | 19 | 92.1 | 3 | 7 | 3.70 | 38 |
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 |
| Bill Henry | 24 | 95.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.52 | 38 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 19 | 75.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.82 | 37 |
| Tex Clevenger | 23 | 67.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.79 | 43 |
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 |
| Ellis Kinder | 48 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 3.62 | 67 |
| Hal Brown | 40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4.12 | 66 |
| Sid Hudson | 33 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4.42 | 27 |
| Tom Hurd | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.03 | 14 |
| Tom Herrin | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.31 | 8 |
| Bill Werle | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 14 |
| Joe Dobson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |