1953 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1953 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1953 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1953 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1953 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1953 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1953 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1953 Boston Red Sox



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Roster
Schedule
27 Hal Brown 6-02 182 Right Right 1924-12-11
12, 15, 29 Ike Delock 5-11 175 Right Right 1929-11-11
25 Ben Flowers 6-04 195 Right Right 1927-06-15
23 Hersh Freeman 6-03 220 Right Right 1928-07-01
15 Marv Grissom 6-03 195 Right Right 1918-03-31
28 Bill Henry 6-02 180 Left Left 1927-10-15
14 Ken Holcombe 5-11½ 169 Right Right 1918-08-23
20 Sid Hudson 6-04 180 Right Right 1915-01-03
18 Bill Kennedy 6-02 195 Left Left 1921-03-14
16 Ellis Kinder 6-00 195 Right Right 1914-07-26
19 Mickey McDermott 6-02 170 Left Left 1929-04-29
21 Willard Nixon 6-02 195 Right Left 1928-06-17
17 Mel Parnell 6-00 180 Left Left 1922-06-13
18 Frank Sullivan 6-06½ 215 Right Right 1930-01-23
28 Bill Werle 6-02½ 182 Left Left 1920-12-21
11 Gus Niarhos 6-00 165 Right Right 1920-12-06
22 Sammy White 6-03 195 Right Right 1928-07-07
33 Del Wilber 6-03 200 Right Right 1919-02-24
29 Floyd Baker 5-09 160 Right Left 1916-10-10
2 Milt Bolling 6-01 180 Right Right 1930-08-09
8 Billy Consolo 5-11 180 Right Right 1934-08-18
3 Dick Gernert 6-03 210 Right Right 1928-09-28
10 Billy Goodman 5-11 165 Right Left 1926-03-22
1 George Kell 5-09 175 Right Right 1922-08-23
5 Ted Lepcio 5-10 177 Right Right 1930-07-28
6 Johnny Lipon 6-00 175 Right Right 1922-11-10
12 Jack Merson 5-11 175 Right Right 1922-01-17
35 Al Richter 5-11 165 Right Right 1927-02-07
31 Hoot Evers 6-02 185 Right Right 1921-02-08
34 Karl Olson 6-03 205 Right Right 1930-07-06
37 Jimmy Piersall 6-00 175 Right Right 1929-11-14
36 Gene Stephens 6-03½ 175 Right Left 1933-01-20
38 Tom Umphlett 6-02 180 Right Right 1930-05-12
9 Ted Williams 6-03 205 Right Left 1918-08-30
32 Al Zarilla 5-11 180 Right Left 1919-05-01
7 Dom DiMaggio 5-09 168 Right Right 1917-02-12
30 Clyde Vollmer 6-01 190 Right Right 1921-09-24
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The 1953 Boston Red Sox played 153 games during the regular season, won 84 games, lost 69 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 105/105) where 1,026,133 fans witnessed their 1953 Red Sox finish the season with a .549 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1953 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1953 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1953 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1953 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1953 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


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1953 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Sammy White (131)
1B Dick Gernert (136)
2B Billy Goodman (112)
3B George Kell (124)
SS Milt Bolling (109)
LF Hoot Evers (78)
CF Tom Umphlett (136)
RF Jimmy Piersall (150)
  
SP Hal Brown
SP Sid Hudson
SP Mickey McDermott
SP Willard Nixon
SP Mel Parnell
  
RP Ike Delock
RP Ben Flowers
CL Ellis Kinder


1953 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Ted Williams $125,000.00
Milt Bolling $5,000.00
Al Richter $500.00


1953 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 George Kell
#2 Milt Bolling
#3 Dick Gernert
#5 Ted Lepcio
#6 Johnny Lipon
#7 Dom DiMaggio
#8 Billy Consolo
#9 Ted Williams
#10 Billy Goodman
#11 Gus Niarhos
#12 Ike Delock
#12 Jack Merson
#14 Ken Holcombe
#15 Ike Delock
#15 Marv Grissom
#16 Ellis Kinder
#17 Mel Parnell
#18 Bill Kennedy
#18 Frank Sullivan
#19 Mickey McDermott
#20 Sid Hudson
#21 Willard Nixon
#22 Sammy White
#23 Hersh Freeman
#25 Ben Flowers
#27 Hal Brown
#28 Bill Henry
#28 Bill Werle
#29 Floyd Baker
#29 Ike Delock
#30 Clyde Vollmer
#31 Hoot Evers
#32 Al Zarilla
#33 Del Wilber
#34 Karl Olson
#35 Al Richter
#36 Gene Stephens
#37 Jimmy Piersall
#38 Tom Umphlett

Did you know that a 1953 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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