1952 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 1,115,750, Avg. 16,170
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Lou Boudreau (76-78)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1952 Boston Red Sox Roster
1952 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1952 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Red Sox plated 668 runs and conceded 658 runs. Dick Gernert paced Boston with 19 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Billy Goodman led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .306. Mel Parnell topped the squad with 12 wins, while Sid Hudson and Mel Parnell registered a 3.62 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Boudreau coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mel Parnell	12	12	.500	3.62	33	29	3	15	3	2	214.0	207	94	86	13	89	107	5	0	5	920
Mickey McDermott	10	9	.526	3.72	30	21	4	7	2	0	162.0	139	70	67	14	92	117	3	0	2	693
Dizzy Trout	9	8	.529	3.64	26	17	7	2	0	1	133.7	133	62	54	3	68	57	3	0	3	591
Sid Hudson	7	9	.438	3.62	21	18	2	7	0	0	134.3	145	64	54	9	36	50	7	0	0	578
Bill Henry	5	4	.556	3.87	13	10	0	5	0	0	76.7	75	40	33	7	36	23	2	0	1	337
Willard Nixon	5	4	.556	4.86	23	13	6	5	0	0	103.7	115	64	56	12	61	50	4	1	4	468
Dick Brodowski	5	5	.500	4.40	20	12	4	4	0	0	114.7	111	66	56	12	50	42	3	0	1	500
Ellis Kinder	5	6	.455	2.58	23	10	8	4	0	4	97.7	85	33	28	11	28	50	1	0	0	400
Al Benton	4	3	.571	2.39	24	0	17	0	0	6	37.7	37	11	10	1	17	20	0	0	0	158
Ike Delock	4	9	.308	4.26	39	7	18	1	1	5	95.0	88	50	45	9	50	46	2	1	3	418
Ralph Brickner	3	1	.750	2.18	14	1	6	0	0	1	33.0	32	8	8	1	11	9	0	0	1	135
Bill Wight	2	1	.667	2.96	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.3	14	11	8	3	14	5	1	1	3	99
Harry Taylor	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	1	0	0	41
Hersh Freeman	1	0	1.000	3.29	4	1	1	1	0	0	13.7	13	5	5	1	5	5	1	0	0	56
Randy Gumpert	1	0	1.000	4.12	10	1	5	0	0	1	19.7	15	11	9	1	5	6	1	0	0	81
Walt Masterson	1	1	.500	11.57	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.3	18	12	12	1	11	3	0	0	0	57
Ray Scarborough	1	5	.167	4.81	28	8	13	1	1	4	76.7	79	47	41	8	35	29	4	0	3	342
George Schmees	0	0		3.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	28
James Atkins	0	1	.000	3.48	3	1	2	0	0	0	10.3	11	6	4	0	7	2	0	0	0	48
Totals	76	78	.494	3.80	330	154	101	53	7	24	1372.3	1332	658	580	107	623	624	38	3	27	5950

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Billy Goodman	138	579	513	79	157	27	3	4	56	8	2	48	23	.306	.370	.394	.764	202	7	4	14
Dom DiMaggio	128	549	486	81	143	20	1	6	33	6	8	57	61	.294	.371	.377	.747	183	10	2	4
Sammy White	115	399	381	35	107	20	2	10	49	2	3	16	43	.281	.310	.423	.732	161	13	0	2
Hoot Evers	106	441	401	53	105	17	4	14	59	5	2	29	55	.262	.318	.429	.747	172	11	4	7
Dick Gernert	102	407	367	58	89	20	2	19	67	4	1	35	83	.243	.317	.463	.780	170	6	5	0
George Kell	75	312	276	41	88	15	2	6	40	0	1	31	10	.319	.390	.453	.843	125	11	1	4
Faye Throneberry	98	344	310	38	80	11	3	5	23	16	7	33	67	.258	.331	.361	.693	112	1	1	0
Vern Stephens	92	337	295	35	75	13	2	7	44	2	2	39	31	.254	.343	.383	.726	113	8	1	2
Ted Lepcio	84	303	274	34	72	17	2	5	26	3	3	24	41	.263	.329	.394	.723	108	4	3	2
Clyde Vollmer	90	293	250	35	66	12	4	11	50	2	2	39	47	.264	.370	.476	.846	119	14	3	1
Johnny Lipon	79	278	234	25	48	8	1	0	18	1	1	32	20	.205	.301	.248	.549	58	4	0	12
Jim Piersall	56	194	161	28	43	8	0	1	16	3	3	28	26	.267	.379	.335	.714	54	2	1	4
Del Wilber	47	143	135	7	36	10	1	3	23	1	0	7	20	.267	.308	.422	.730	57	4	1	0
Walt Dropo	37	145	132	13	35	7	1	6	27	0	0	11	22	.265	.331	.470	.801	62	9	2	0
Don Lenhardt	30	121	105	18	31	4	0	7	24	0	1	15	18	.295	.383	.533	.917	56	3	0	1
Mickey McDermott	36	69	62	10	14	1	1	1	7	0	0	4	11	.226	.273	.323	.595	20	0	0	3
George Schmees	42	75	64	8	13	3	0	0	3	0	1	10	11	.203	.311	.250	.561	16	1	0	1
Gene Stephens	21	57	53	10	12	5	0	0	5	4	2	3	8	.226	.268	.321	.589	17	1	0	1
Willard Nixon	33	57	53	3	11	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	8	.208	.263	.264	.527	14	0	0	0
Al Zarilla	21	67	60	9	11	0	1	2	8	2	0	7	8	.183	.269	.317	.585	19	0	0	0
Archie Wilson	18	41	38	1	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.263	.300	.342	.642	13	2	0	1
Johnny Pesky	25	84	67	10	10	2	0	0	2	0	3	15	5	.149	.313	.179	.492	12	1	1	1
Fred Hatfield	19	30	25	6	8	1	1	1	3	0	3	4	2	.320	.433	.560	.993	14	2	1	0
Bill Henry	14	33	31	2	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	6	.258	.303	.387	.690	12	2	0	0
Milt Bolling	11	39	36	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	5	.222	.282	.333	.615	12	0	0	0
Dick Brodowski	20	41	39	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.205	.225	.308	.533	12	1	0	1
Sid Hudson	21	49	46	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.174	.224	.174	.398	8	2	0	0
Mel Parnell	35	90	84	4	8	0	1	1	4	0	0	6	12	.095	.156	.155	.310	13	4	0	0
Dizzy Trout	26	45	44	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	18	.136	.156	.205	.360	9	1	0	0
Gus Niarhos	29	72	58	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	9	.103	.268	.103	.371	6	1	1	1
Ted Williams	6	12	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	.400	.500	.900	1.400	9	0	0	0
Ray Scarborough	28	20	18	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.222	.300	.222	.522	4	1	0	0
James Atkins	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0
Paul Lehner	3	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.667	.800	.667	1.467	2	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	4	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2	1	0	0
Ralph Brickner	14	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0	0	0
Ken Wood	15	23	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.100	.217	.100	.317	2	0	0	0
Harry Taylor	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Bill Wight	10	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	8	18	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.067	.222	.133	.356	2	0	0	0
Ike Delock	39	29	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.045	.250	.045	.295	1	3	0	1
Randy Gumpert	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	23	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Lou Boudreau	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Walt Masterson	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Hal Bevan	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Len Okrie	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Benton	24	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	2
Totals	1848	5885	5246	668	1338	233	34	113	628	59	47	542	737	.255	.328	.377	.705	1978	133	31	66

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George Schmees	1B	2	15	1	1	0	.941	8.000	0
Charlie Maxwell	1B	3	24	4	1	1	.966	9.333	0
Billy Goodman	1B	23	184	17	3	17	.985	8.739	0
Dick Gernert	1B	99	877	67	12	104	.987	9.535	0
Walt Dropo	1B	35	319	21	2	31	.994	9.714	0
Ted Lepcio	2B	57	139	169	9	39	.972	5.404	0
Billy Goodman	2B	103	284	340	16	95	.975	6.058	0
Vern Stephens	3B	29	21	73	5	8	.949	3.241	0
Jim Piersall	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Johnny Pesky	3B	19	16	28	4	0	.917	2.316	0
Johnny Lipon	3B	7	4	11	1	2	.938	2.143	0
Ted Lepcio	3B	25	25	43	5	7	.932	2.720	0
George Kell	3B	73	75	138	9	14	.959	2.918	0
Fred Hatfield	3B	17	7	23	0	0	1.000	1.765	0
Billy Goodman	3B	5	3	10	1	0	.929	2.600	0
Lou Boudreau	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hal Bevan	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Del Wilber	C	39	160	22	1	5	.995	4.667	6
Sammy White	C	110	464	59	9	7	.983	4.755	4
Len Okrie	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gus Niarhos	C	25	107	12	1	2	.992	4.760	0
Al Zarilla	OF	19	29	3	2	0	.941	1.684	0
Ken Wood	OF	13	8	0	1	0	.889	.615	0
Archie Wilson	OF	13	16	1	1	1	.944	1.308	0
Ted Williams	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Clyde Vollmer	OF	70	143	3	0	1	1.000	2.086	0
Faye Throneberry	OF	86	141	9	7	5	.955	1.744	0
Gene Stephens	OF	13	24	1	1	0	.962	1.923	0
George Schmees	OF	29	30	1	0	0	1.000	1.069	0
Jim Piersall	OF	22	38	3	0	0	1.000	1.864	0
Charlie Maxwell	OF	3	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	27	52	0	1	0	.981	1.926	0
Paul Lehner	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Billy Goodman	OF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Hoot Evers	OF	105	219	8	6	3	.974	2.162	0
Dom DiMaggio	OF	123	303	12	8	4	.975	2.561	0
Bill Wight	P	10	3	4	1	1	.875	.700	0
Dizzy Trout	P	26	9	28	1	2	.974	1.423	0
Harry Taylor	P	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
George Schmees	P	2	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Ray Scarborough	P	28	11	12	1	0	.958	.821	0
Mel Parnell	P	33	15	38	0	4	1.000	1.606	0
Willard Nixon	P	23	7	18	0	4	1.000	1.087	0
Mickey McDermott	P	30	10	24	2	1	.944	1.133	0
Walt Masterson	P	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ellis Kinder	P	23	4	16	0	2	1.000	.870	0
Sid Hudson	P	21	13	38	3	6	.944	2.429	0
Bill Henry	P	13	5	7	0	1	1.000	.923	0
Randy Gumpert	P	10	0	4	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Hersh Freeman	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ike Delock	P	39	1	16	0	1	1.000	.436	0
Dick Brodowski	P	20	11	20	1	1	.969	1.550	0
Ralph Brickner	P	14	2	3	0	0	1.000	.357	0
Al Benton	P	24	3	5	1	0	.889	.333	0
James Atkins	P	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Vern Stephens	SS	53	89	154	11	40	.957	4.585	0
Jim Piersall	SS	30	41	75	9	13	.928	3.867	0
Johnny Pesky	SS	2	3	2	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Johnny Lipon	SS	69	118	218	6	53	.982	4.870	0
Ted Lepcio	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Milt Bolling	SS	11	22	41	1	6	.984	5.727	0
Totals		1703	4116	1820	145	483	.976	3.486	10

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