1959 Boston Red Sox
75 - 79
1958 / 1960 (Organization)
5th place in the AL (19 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		43 - 34 (.558)
32 - 45 (.416)		 +1.4 wins
-3.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 726 / 707 ( +19 )
Allowed/Expected: 696 / 706 ( +10 )
Pyth Record: 80 - 74 (-5)
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Attendance: 984,102 Avg Att: 12,781 (0.86)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,805
       
Park Factor: 1.06    
HR Factor: 1.04 R/L HR: 1.11 / 0.93
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Ted Williams
LF
40.8
-0.2
8.6
2.8
18
Y
1
1
1936
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Sammy White
C
31.0
0.3
11.1
1.1
9
Y
1
1
1949
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Dick Gernert
1B
30.8
1.7
9.1
3.0
8
Y
1
1
1950
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Ted Lepcio
2B
28.9
0.1
0.1
0.1
8
Y
1
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Ike Delock
SP
29.6
2.3
11.3
6.6
7
Y
1
1
1948
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Frank Sullivan
SP
29.4
1.6
9.9
3.8
7
Y
1
1
1948
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Gene Stephens
LF
26.4
1.3
7.4
1.6
7
Y
1
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Billy Consolo
SS
24.9
-0.2
0.1
-0.2
7
Y
2
2
1953
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
9 Leo Kiely
RP
29.6
0.4
3.8
1.4
6
Y
1
1
1948
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Tom Brewer
SP
27.8
2.6
13.4
6.0
6
Y
1
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Jackie Jensen
RF
32.3
4.5
21.3
9.7
6
N
12
9
1953
 Trade WS1 AL
12 Frank Malzone
3B
29.3
2.5
18.8
5.6
5
Y
1
1
1947
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Pete Daley
C
29.5
0.3
4.0
-0.4
5
Y
1
1
1948
 Free Agency (Amateur)
14 Frank Baumann
SP
26.0
0.7
5.6
2.1
5
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Marty Keough
CF
24.2
1.2
7.3
1.6
4
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Dave Sisler
RP
27.7
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
4
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
17 Haywood Sullivan
C
28.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
3
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Don Buddin
SS
25.2
1.4
15.4
2.1
3
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Mike Fornieles
RP
27.5
2.1
9.3
5.8
3
N
6
14
1957
 Trade BAL AL
20 Murray Wall
RP
32.8
-0.6
0.7
-0.6
3
N
6
14
1959
 Returned after Trade WS1 AL
21 Jerry Casale
SP
25.8
1.9
10.1
3.9
2
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
22 Ted Bowsfield
SP
24.5
-0.5
0.0
-0.3
2
Y
1
1
1954
 Free Agency (Amateur)
23 Bill Monbouquette
SP
22.9
-0.4
6.6
1.2
2
Y
6
21
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
24 Bill Renna
LF
34.7
-0.3
0.0
-0.4
2
N
3
14
1957
 Trade NYA AL
25 Pete Runnels
2B
31.4
5.3
23.5
10.2
2
N
1
23
1958
 Trade WS1 AL
26 Al Schroll
SP
27.3
-0.2
1.0
-0.6
2
Y
5
7
1959
 Returned to original Tm PHI NL
27 Earl Wilson
SP
24.7
-0.1
0.7
-0.1
1
Y
5
11
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
28 Jim Mahoney
SS
25.1
-0.1
0.5
-0.3
1
N
6
1
1953
 Unknown PHI NL
29 Don Gile
C
24.2
0.0
0.2
-0.1
1
Y
1
1
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
30 Ted Wills
SP
25.4
-0.1
1.2
-0.7
1
Y
1
1
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 Pumpsie Green
2B
25.7
0.9
4.6
0.2
1
Y
2
8
1956
 Purchased Stockton (California)
32 Jerry Mallett
CF
23.8
0.0
0.3
-0.0
1
Y
5
27
1957
 Free Agency (Amateur)
33 Vic Wertz
1B
34.4
0.9
6.2
1.6
1
N
12
2
1958
 Trade CLE AL
34 Herb Moford
SP
30.9
-0.7
0.0
-0.3
1
N
12
2
1958
 Trade DET AL
35 Gary Geiger
CF
22.2
1.2
6.4
-0.6
1
N
12
2
1958
 Trade CLE AL
36 Jim Busby
CF
32.5
-0.2
0.6
-1.5
1
N
12
15
1958
 Trade BAL AL
37 Nelson Chittum
RP
26.3
0.9
3.8
2.5
1
N
3
15
1959
 Trade SLN NL
38 Billy Hoeft
SP
27.1
-0.3
0.0
-0.6
1
N
5
2
1959
 Trade DET AL
39 Bobby Avila
2B
35.2
-0.1
1.1
0.0
1
N
5
21
1959
 Waivers BAL AL
40 Herb Plews
2B
31.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
1
N
6
11
1959
 Trade WS1 AL
41 Murray Wall
RP
32.8
0.0
0.3
-0.4
1
N
6
14
1959
 Returned after Trade WS1 AL
42 Jack Harshman
SW
32.0
-0.3
0.0
-0.9
1
N
6
15
1959
 Trade BAL AL
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Player Pos Hometown
Bobby Avila 2B Veracruz, 30 (Mexico)
Frank Baumann SP St. Louis, MO (US)
Ted Bowsfield SP Vernon, BC (CAN)
Tom Brewer SP Cheraw, NC (US)
Don Buddin SS Olanta, SC (US)
Jim Busby CF Kenedy, TX (USA)
Jerry Casale SP Brooklyn, NY (USA)
Nelson Chittum RP Elizabethtown, VA (US)
Billy Consolo SS Los Angeles, CA (US)
Pete Daley C Grass Valley, CA (USA)
Ike Delock SP Highland Park, MI (USA)
Mike Fornieles RP Havana (Cuba)
Gary Geiger CF Gorham, IL (US)
Dick Gernert 1B Reading, PA (US)
Don Gile C Modesto, CA (USA)
Pumpsie Green 2B Richmond, CA (US)
Jack Harshman SW San Diego, CA (US)
Billy Hoeft SP Oshkosh, WI (US)
Jackie Jensen RF Oakland, CA (US)
Marty Keough CF Pomona, CA (US)
Leo Kiely RP Hoboken, NJ (US)
Ted Lepcio 2B Proctor, NY (US)
Jim Mahoney SS Englewood, NJ (US)
Jerry Mallett CF Beaumont, TX (US)
Frank Malzone 3B Bronx, NY (US)
Herb Moford SP Brooksville, KY (USA)
Bill Monbouquette SP Medford, MA (US)
Herb Plews 2B Helena, MT (USA)
Bill Renna LF Hanford, CA (USA)
Pete Runnels 2B Lufkin, TX (US)
Al Schroll SP New Orleans, LA (USA)
Dave Sisler RP St. Louis, MO (USA)
Gene Stephens LF Gravette, AR (USA)
Frank Sullivan SP Burbank, CA (US)
Haywood Sullivan C Donalsonville, GA (USA)
Murray Wall RP Dallas, TX (USA)
Murray Wall RP Dallas, TX (USA)
Vic Wertz 1B Reading, PA (US)
Sammy White C Seattle, WA (US)
Ted Williams LF San Diego, CA (US)
Ted Wills SP Fresno, CA (US)
Earl Wilson SP Greenville Park, LA (US)

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