1952 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1952 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Joe Cronin
Manager(s)Lou Boudreau
Local televisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4, and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9559 0.617 — 49–28 46–31
Cleveland Indians 9361 0.604 2 49–28 44–33
Chicago White Sox 8173 0.526 14 44–33 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7975 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Washington Senators 7876 0.506 17 42–35 36–41
Boston Red Sox 7678 0.494 19 50–27 26–51
St. Louis Browns 6490 0.416 31 42–35 22–55
Detroit Tigers 50104 0.325 45 32–45 18–59

Record vs. opponents
1952 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–109–1316–68–1412–1011–118–14
Chicago 10–12—8–14–117–58–1411–1114–813–9–1
Cleveland 13–914–8–1—16–610–1213–915–712–10
Detroit 6–165–176–16—9–135–17–18–1411–11–1
New York 14–814–812–1013–9—13–914–815–7
Philadelphia 10–1211–119–1317–5–19–13—14–89–13
St. Louis 11–118–147–1514–88–148–14—8–14–1
Washington 14–89–13–110–1211–11–17–1513–914–8–1—

Opening Day lineup
  7Dom DiMaggio    CF
  6Johnny Pesky3B
  9Ted WilliamsLF
  3Walt Dropo1B
37Faye Throneberry    RF
  2Jimmy PiersallSS
17Mel ParnellP
12Ted Lepcio2B
11Gus NiarhosC

Notable transactions

Roster
1952 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 23 Harry Taylor
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CSammy White115381107.2811049
1BDick Gernert10236789.2431967
OFDom DiMaggio128486143.294633

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
Johnny Pesky256710.14902

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

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
James Atkins310.1013.482

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

Notes
  1. Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference

References


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