1957 Boston Red Sox season

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 with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1956 rule 5 draft.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 29, 1957: Faye Throneberry, Milt Bolling and Russ Kemmerer were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Chakales and Dean Stone.

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		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
	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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco
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