1951 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1951 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1951 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 1951 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1951 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1951 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1951 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1951 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

25 Bill Evans 6-02 180 Right Right 1919-03-25
36 Ben Flowers 6-04 195 Right Right 1927-06-15
24 Paul Hinrichs 6-00 180 Right Right 1925-08-31
24 Harley Hisner 6-01 185 Right Right 1926-11-06
25, 27 Leo Kiely 6-02 180 Left Left 1929-11-30
16 Ellis Kinder 6-00 195 Right Right 1914-07-26
20 Walt Masterson 6-02 189 Right Right 1920-06-22
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 Ray Scarborough 6-00 185 Right Right 1917-07-23
22 Chuck Stobbs 6-01 185 Left Left 1929-07-02
12, 35 Harry Taylor 6-01 175 Right Right 1919-05-20
15 Bill Wight 6-01 180 Left Left 1922-04-12
14 Matt Batts 5-11 200 Right Right 1921-10-16
2 Al Evans 5-11 190 Right Right 1916-09-28
8 Mike Guerra 5-09 162 Right Right 1912-10-11
14 Les Moss 5-11 205 Right Right 1925-05-14
8, 24, 28 Aaron Robinson 6-02 205 Right Left 1915-06-23
11 Buddy Rosar 5-09 190 Right Right 1914-07-03
38 Sammy White 6-03 195 Right Right 1928-07-07
4 Lou Boudreau 5-11 185 Right Right 1917-07-17
1 Bobby Doerr 5-11 175 Right Right 1918-04-07
3 Walt Dropo 6-05 220 Right Right 1923-01-30
10 Billy Goodman 5-11 165 Right Left 1926-03-22
27 Fred Hatfield 6-01 171 Right Left 1925-03-18
2, 28 Mel Hoderlein 5-10 185 Right Both 1923-06-24
6 Johnny Pesky 5-09 168 Right Left 1919-09-27
34 Al Richter 5-11 165 Right Right 1927-02-07
5 Vern Stephens 5-10 185 Right Right 1920-10-23
35 Norm Zauchin 6-04½ 220 Right Right 1929-11-17
7 Dom DiMaggio 5-09 168 Right Right 1917-02-12
39 Bob DiPietro 5-11 185 Right Right 1927-09-01
26 Charlie Maxwell 5-11 185 Left Left 1927-04-08
21, 28 Karl Olson 6-03 205 Right Right 1930-07-06
23 Clyde Vollmer 6-01 190 Right Right 1921-09-24
9 Ted Williams 6-03 205 Right Left 1918-08-30
8, 28 Tom Wright 5-11½ 180 Right Left 1923-09-22
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The 1951 Boston Red Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 87 games, lost 67 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 110/108) where 1,312,282 fans witnessed their 1951 Red Sox finish the season with a .565 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 1951 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1951 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1951 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1951 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1951 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1951 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Les Moss (69)
1B Walt Dropo (93)
2B Bobby Doerr (106)
3B Vern Stephens (89)
SS Johnny Pesky (106)
LF Ted Williams (147)
CF Dom DiMaggio (146)
RF Clyde Vollmer (97)
  
SP Leo Kiely
SP Mickey McDermott
SP Mel Parnell
SP Ray Scarborough
SP Chuck Stobbs
SP Bill Wight
  
RP Walt Masterson
RP Harry Taylor
CL Ellis Kinder


1951 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Ted Williams $125,000.00


1951 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 Bobby Doerr
#2 Al Evans
#2 Mel Hoderlein
#3 Walt Dropo
#4 Lou Boudreau
#5 Vern Stephens
#6 Johnny Pesky
#7 Dom DiMaggio
#8 Mike Guerra
#8 Aaron Robinson
#8 Tom Wright
#9 Ted Williams
#10 Billy Goodman
#11 Buddy Rosar
#12 Harry Taylor
#14 Matt Batts
#14 Les Moss
#15 Bill Wight
#16 Ellis Kinder
#17 Mel Parnell
#18 Ray Scarborough
#19 Mickey McDermott
#20 Walt Masterson
#21 Willard Nixon
#21 Karl Olson
#22 Chuck Stobbs
#23 Clyde Vollmer
#24 Paul Hinrichs
#24 Harley Hisner
#24 Aaron Robinson
#25 Bill Evans
#25 Leo Kiely
#26 Charlie Maxwell
#27 Fred Hatfield
#27 Leo Kiely
#28 Mel Hoderlein
#28 Karl Olson
#28 Aaron Robinson
#28 Tom Wright
#34 Al Richter
#35 Harry Taylor
#35 Norm Zauchin
#36 Ben Flowers
#38 Sammy White
#39 Bob DiPietro

Did you know that a 1951 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)?