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Record | 64–90 (.416) |
League place | 7th |
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Owner(s) | Bill Veeck |
General manager(s) | Bill Veeck |
Manager(s) | Rogers Hornsby, Marty Marion |
Local television | KSD (Buddy Blattner) |
Local radio | WIL (Buddy Blattner, Dizzy Dean) |
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The 1952 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.
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Offseason[edit]
- November 27, 1951: Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar, and Tom Upton were traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos, and Jim Rivera.[1]
Regular season[edit]
In 1952, Rogers Hornsby, an alleged former member of the Ku Klux Klan, took over as manager of the Browns. Despite past accusations of racism, Hornsby was less hesitant to use pitcher Satchel Paige than Indians manager Lou Boudreau had been four years before. Paige was so effective that when Hornsby was fired by Browns owner Bill Veeck, his successor Marty Marion seemed not to want to risk going more than three games without using Paige in some form. By July 4, with Paige having worked in 25 games, Casey Stengel named him to the American League All-Star team, making him the first black pitcher on an AL All-Star team. The All-Star game was cut short after five innings due to rain and Paige never got in. Stengel resolved to name him to the team the following year. Paige finished the year 12–10 with a 3.07 ERA for a team that lost ninety games.
Season standings[edit]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | .617 | -- |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | .604 | 2 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 73 | .526 | 14 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 |
Washington Senators | 78 | 76 | .506 | 17 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19 |
St. Louis Browns | 64 | 90 | .416 | 31 |
Detroit Tigers | 50 | 104 | .325 | 45 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1952 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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 | — |
Notable transactions[edit]
- July 28, 1952: Darrell Johnson and Jim Rivera were traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Jay Porter and Ray Coleman.[2]
- August 14, 1952: Jim Delsing, Ned Garver, Bud Black and Dave Madison were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart, Don Lenhardt and Vic Wertz.[3]
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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 |
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SS | DeMaestri, JoeJoe DeMaestri | 81 | 186 | 42 | .226 | 1 | 18 |
Other batters[edit]
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 |
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Goldsberry, GordonGordon Goldsberry | 86 | 227 | 52 | .229 | 3 | 17 |
Wright, TomTom Wright | 29 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 1 | 6 |
Coleman, RayRay Coleman | 20 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Byrne, TommyTommy Byrne | 29 | 176 | 9 | 14 | 4.68 | 91 |
Caine, BobBob Caine | 29 | 170 | 12 | 10 | 4.13 | 70 |
Littlefield, DickDick Littlefield | 7 | 46.1 | 2 | 3 | 2.72 | 34 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bearden, GeneGene Bearden | 34 | 150.2 | 7 | 8 | 4.30 | 45 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Farm system[edit]
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References[edit]
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1952 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1952 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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