1952 Boston Red Sox season

1952 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	76–78 (.494)
League place	6th (19 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
President	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Manager(s)	Lou Boudreau
Local television	WBZ-TV, Ch. 4, and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1952 Boston Red Sox season was the 52nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1952 World Series.

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Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	59	0.617	—	49–28	46–31
Cleveland Indians	93	61	0.604	2	49–28	44–33
Chicago White Sox	81	73	0.526	14	44–33	37–40
Philadelphia Athletics	79	75	0.513	16	45–32	34–43
Washington Senators	78	76	0.506	17	42–35	36–41
Boston Red Sox	76	78	0.494	19	50–27	26–51
St. Louis Browns	64	90	0.416	31	42–35	22–55
Detroit Tigers	50	104	0.325	45	32–45	18–59

Record vs. opponents

1952 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	9–13	16–6	8–14	12–10	11–11	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	8–14–1	17–5	8–14	11–11	14–8	13–9–1
Cleveland	13–9	14–8–1	—	16–6	10–12	13–9	15–7	12–10
Detroit	6–16	5–17	6–16	—	9–13	5–17–1	8–14	11–11–1
New York	14–8	14–8	12–10	13–9	—	13–9	14–8	15–7
Philadelphia	10–12	11–11	9–13	17–5–1	9–13	—	14–8	9–13
St. Louis	11–11	8–14	7–15	14–8	8–14	8–14	—	8–14–1
Washington	14–8	9–13–1	10–12	11–11–1	7–15	13–9	14–8–1	—

Opening Day lineup

7	Dom DiMaggio	CF
6	Johnny Pesky	3B
9	Ted Williams	LF
3	Walt Dropo	1B
37	Faye Throneberry	RF
2	Jimmy Piersall	SS
17	Mel Parnell	P
12	Ted Lepcio	2B
11	Gus Niarhos	C

Notable transactions

June 3, 1952: Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers.^[1]

Roster

1952 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Lou Boudreau

Coaches

41 Earle Combs (First base)
40 Bill McKechnie (Pitching)
42 Ski Melillo (Third base)
45 Paul Schreiber (Hitting)
43 George Susce (Bullpen)

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	115	381	107	.281	10	49
1B	Dick Gernert	102	367	89	.243	19	67
2B	Billy Goodman	138	513	157	.306	4	56
SS	Johnny Lipon	79	234	48	.205	0	18
3B	George Kell	75	276	88	.319	6	40
OF	Faye Throneberry	98	310	80	.258	5	23
OF	Hoot Evers	106	401	105	.262	14	59
OF	Dom DiMaggio	128	486	143	.294	6	33

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
Vern Stephens	92	295	75	.254	7	44
Ted Lepcio	84	274	72	.263	5	26
Clyde Vollmer	90	250	66	.264	11	50
Jim Piersall	56	161	43	.267	1	16
Del Wilber	47	135	36	.267	3	23
Walt Dropo	37	132	35	.265	6	27
Don Lenhardt	30	105	31	.295	7	24
Johnny Pesky	25	67	10	.149	0	2
George Schmees	42	64	13	.203	0	3
Al Zarilla	21	60	11	.183	2	8
Gus Niarhos	29	58	6	.103	0	4
Gene Stephens	21	53	12	.226	0	5
Archie Wilson	18	38	10	.263	0	2
Milt Bolling	11	36	8	.222	1	3
Fred Hatfield	19	25	8	.320	1	3
Ken Wood	15	20	2	.100	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	8	15	1	.067	0	0
Ted Williams	6	10	4	.400	1	3
Paul Lehner	3	3	2	.667	0	2
Lou Boudreau	4	2	0	.000	0	2
Hal Bevan	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Len Okrie	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
Mel Parnell	33	214.0	12	12	3.62	107
Mickey McDermott	30	162.0	10	9	3.72	117
Sid Hudson	21	134.1	7	9	3.62	50

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
Dizzy Trout	26	133.2	9	8	3.64	57
Dick Brodowski	20	114.2	5	5	4.40	42
Willard Nixon	23	103.2	5	4	4.86	50
Ellis Kinder	23	97.2	5	6	2.58	50
Ike Delock	39	95.0	4	9	4.26	46
Ray Scarborough	28	76.2	1	5	4.81	29
Bill Henry	13	76.2	5	4	3.87	23
Bill Wight	10	24.1	2	1	2.96	5
Hersh Freeman	4	13.2	1	0	3.29	5
James Atkins	3	10.1	0	1	3.48	2
Harry Taylor	2	10.0	1	0	1.80	1
Walt Masterson	5	9.1	1	1	11.57	3
George Schmees	2	6.0	0	0	3.00	2

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
Al Benton	24	4	3	6	2.39	20
Ralph Brickner	14	3	1	1	2.18	9
Randy Gumpert	10	1	0	1	4.12	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Pinky Higgins
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Al Vincent and Red Mathis
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Jack Burns
B	Roanoke Ro-Sox	Piedmont League	Owen Scheetz
C	San Jose Red Sox	California League	Red Marion
D	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	North Carolina State League	Jim Gruzdis

References

^ Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference

External links

v t e 1952 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1952 All-Star Game 1952 World Series

Boston Red Sox

Established in 1901
Formerly the Boston Americans
Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Venues; West End Park; Majestic Park; Plant Field; Whittington Park; League Park; Heinemann Park; Ninth Street Park; Legion Field; Municipal Stadium; Payne Park; Oriole Park; Ansley Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Fenway environs	Green Monster Kenmore Square Citgo Sign Pesky's Pole Yawkey Way
Groups	The Jimmy Fund Red Sox Nation Royal Rooters Surviving Grady The Soxaholix BLOHARDS
Individuals	Carl Beane Sherm Feller "Nuf Ced" McGreevy Jerry Remy Victoria Snelgrove Golden Outfield Wally the Green Monster
Music	"Tessie" "Dirty Water" "Sweet Caroline" "Dream On" "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"
Entertainment	Films: The Babe Fear Strikes Out Fever Pitch Field of Dreams Game 6 Good Will Hunting Moneyball Patriots Day Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie The Town Wait 'til This Year TV series: Cheers Four Days in October Sox Appeal Books: Faithful Now I Can Die in Peace Red Sox Rule Theo-logy Art: The Rookie

Lore

Rivalries

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Sam Kennedy
Chief Baseball Officer: Chaim Bloom
General Manager: Brian O'Halloran
Manager: Alex Cora

World Series championships (9)

American League pennants (14)

Division championships (10)

Wild card berths (8)

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

Television	New England Sports Network (NESN)
Radio	WEEI-FM Radio network affiliates
Broadcasters	Dave O'Brien Dennis Eckersley Joe Castiglione Tom Caron

Seasons (123)
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