1952 Boston Braves Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-89
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 281,278, Avg. 4,693
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Tommy Holmes (13-22)
Manager: Charlie Grimm (51-67)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1952 Boston Braves RosterTeam Record: 64-89
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 281,278, Avg. 4,693
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Tommy Holmes (13-22)
Manager: Charlie Grimm (51-67)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1952 Boston Braves Results
The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1952 season with a record of 64 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Braves tallied 569 runs and allowed 651 runs. Sid Gordon and Eddie Mathews paced Boston with 25 home runs apiece. Sid Gordon drove in 75 runs and topped all regular batters with a .289 average. Warren Spahn led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.98 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Tommy Holmes and Charlie Grimm 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Spahn | 14 | 19 | .424 | 2.98 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 290.0 | 263 | 109 | 96 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 183 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1190 |
| Max Surkont | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.77 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 215.0 | 201 | 95 | 90 | 19 | 76 | 0 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 914 |
| Jim Wilson | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.23 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 234.0 | 234 | 114 | 110 | 19 | 90 | 0 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 998 |
| Vern Bickford | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.74 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 161.3 | 165 | 73 | 67 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 690 |
| Ernie Johnson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.11 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92.0 | 100 | 53 | 42 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 405 |
| Lew Burdette | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.61 | 45 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 137.0 | 138 | 58 | 55 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 579 |
| Virgil Jester | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.33 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 80 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 312 |
| Bob Chipman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.81 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 172 |
| Dave Cole | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.03 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 38 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 207 |
| Bert Thiel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Sheldon Jones | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.76 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 81 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 321 |
| Dick Hoover | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Dick Donovan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.54 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Gene Conley | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.82 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Totals | 64 | 89 | .418 | 3.78 | 330 | 155 | 92 | 63 | 11 | 13 | 1396.0 | 1388 | 651 | 586 | 106 | 525 | 0 | 687 | 30 | 4 | 28 | 5995 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Gordon | 144 | 606 | 522 | 69 | 151 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 49 | .289 | .384 | .483 | .866 | 252 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Jethroe | 151 | 688 | 608 | 79 | 141 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 28 | 9 | 68 | 112 | .232 | .318 | .357 | .675 | 217 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Logan | 117 | 500 | 456 | 56 | 129 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 33 | .283 | .334 | .368 | .702 | 168 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mathews | 145 | 593 | 528 | 80 | 128 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 115 | .242 | .320 | .447 | .767 | 236 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Torgeson | 122 | 471 | 382 | 49 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 81 | 38 | .230 | .366 | .314 | .681 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Cooper | 102 | 375 | 349 | 33 | 82 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 32 | .235 | .282 | .361 | .643 | 126 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Thorpe | 81 | 302 | 292 | 20 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 42 | .260 | .275 | .332 | .607 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Dittmer | 93 | 355 | 326 | 26 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | .193 | .255 | .291 | .546 | 95 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Crowe | 73 | 240 | 217 | 25 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 25 | .258 | .329 | .382 | .712 | 83 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sibby Sisti | 90 | 269 | 245 | 19 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 43 | .212 | .255 | .310 | .565 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Daniels | 106 | 256 | 219 | 31 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 30 | .187 | .288 | .247 | .535 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Burris | 55 | 178 | 168 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .220 | .256 | .280 | .535 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Hartsfield | 38 | 116 | 107 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .262 | .295 | .355 | .650 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebba St. Claire | 39 | 117 | 108 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .213 | .267 | .287 | .554 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Spahn | 52 | 118 | 112 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .161 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Marshall | 21 | 70 | 66 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .227 | .271 | .409 | .681 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Wilson | 33 | 91 | 86 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .163 | .182 | .186 | .368 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Reed | 15 | 55 | 52 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .264 | .250 | .514 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Cusick | 49 | 84 | 78 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .167 | .226 | .179 | .406 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Whisenant | 24 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .192 | .250 | .231 | .481 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Bickford | 26 | 56 | 51 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .176 | .176 | .196 | .373 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Surkont | 31 | 73 | 63 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .111 | .152 | .159 | .310 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzz Clarkson | 14 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Jester | 19 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .211 | .250 | .316 | .566 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Burdette | 45 | 45 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .114 | .205 | .114 | .319 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Conley | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Chipman | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Johnson | 29 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .136 | .303 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Jones | 39 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Donovan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Klaus | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Cole | 22 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hoover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bert Thiel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1828 | 5828 | 5221 | 569 | 1214 | 187 | 31 | 110 | 530 | 58 | 34 | 483 | 711 | .233 | .301 | .343 | .645 | 1793 | 117 | 32 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Torgeson | 1B | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 931 | 73 | 11 | 86 | .989 | 9.562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Crowe | 1B | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 476 | 42 | 8 | 40 | .985 | 9.418 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | 2B | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 70 | 5 | 14 | .966 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Reed | 2B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 6 | .931 | 3.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Hartsfield | 2B | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 73 | 7 | 10 | .950 | 4.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dittmer | 2B | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 228 | 267 | 9 | 60 | .982 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .879 | 3.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mathews | 3B | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 160 | 259 | 19 | 21 | .957 | 2.951 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Gordon | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cusick | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Clarkson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ebba St. Claire | C | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | 21 | 5 | 4 | .972 | 5.059 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walker Cooper | C | 89 | 0 | 0.0 | 417 | 55 | 8 | 8 | .983 | 5.303 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Burris | C | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.480 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Whisenant | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Torgeson | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thorpe | OF | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .972 | 1.958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | OF | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willard Marshall | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Jethroe | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 413 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .970 | 2.801 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Gordon | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 263 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 1.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Daniels | OF | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 1.437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wilson | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 32 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 1.606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Thiel | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Surkont | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 3 | .904 | 1.516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Spahn | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 56 | 5 | 4 | .937 | 1.850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheldon Jones | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Johnson | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 1.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Jester | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hoover | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Donovan | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Conley | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Cole | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chipman | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Burdette | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .974 | .844 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Bickford | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 1.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 6 | .929 | 3.611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Logan | SS | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 385 | 18 | 81 | .972 | 5.402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Klaus | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cusick | SS | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 50 | 3 | 4 | .969 | 3.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Clarkson | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1670 | 0 | 0.0 | 4189 | 1714 | 154 | 383 | .975 | 3.535 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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