
1952 Chicago White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,231,675, Avg. 20,287
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Paul Richards (81-73)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1952 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1952 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The White Sox scored 610 runs and conceded 568 runs. Eddie Robinson led Chicago with 22 home runs and accounted for 104 RBI. Nellie Fox and Eddie Robinson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Billy Pierce paced the team with 15 wins, while Joe Dobson recorded a 2.51 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Paul Richards 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 |
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Billy Pierce | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2.57 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 255.3 | 214 | 76 | 73 | 12 | 79 | 0 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1042 |
Saul Rogovin | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.85 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 231.7 | 224 | 104 | 99 | 14 | 79 | 0 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 980 |
Joe Dobson | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.51 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 200.7 | 164 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 60 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 805 |
Marv Grissom | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.74 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 166.0 | 156 | 79 | 69 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 715 |
Fritz Dorish | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.47 | 39 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 91.0 | 66 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 372 |
Chuck Stobbs | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.13 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 135.0 | 118 | 54 | 47 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 583 |
Lou Kretlow | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.96 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 79.0 | 52 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 344 |
Luis Aloma | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.28 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
Bill Kennedy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.80 | 47 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70.7 | 54 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 294 |
Hal Brown | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.23 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 82 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 314 |
Hal Hudson | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
Al Widmar | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Howie Judson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.24 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 153 |
Ken Holcombe | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 155 |
Totals | 81 | 73 | .526 | 3.25 | 346 | 156 | 103 | 53 | 13 | 28 | 1416.7 | 1251 | 568 | 512 | 86 | 578 | 0 | 774 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 5952 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nellie Fox | 152 | 700 | 648 | 76 | 192 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 14 | .296 | .334 | .366 | .700 | 237 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Robinson | 155 | 681 | 594 | 79 | 176 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 49 | .296 | .382 | .466 | .848 | 277 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Minnie Minoso | 147 | 668 | 569 | 96 | 160 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 22 | 16 | 71 | 46 | .281 | .375 | .424 | .798 | 241 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Hector Rodriguez | 124 | 462 | 407 | 55 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 22 | .265 | .346 | .307 | .653 | 125 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Mele | 123 | 474 | 423 | 46 | 105 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 40 | .248 | .328 | .400 | .727 | 169 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sherm Lollar | 132 | 447 | 375 | 35 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 34 | .240 | .354 | .384 | .738 | 144 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Chico Carrasquel | 100 | 397 | 359 | 36 | 89 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 27 | .248 | .315 | .298 | .613 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Stewart | 92 | 258 | 225 | 23 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 17 | .267 | .350 | .378 | .728 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Rivera | 53 | 224 | 201 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 27 | .249 | .320 | .358 | .678 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Coleman | 85 | 213 | 195 | 19 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | .215 | .264 | .292 | .557 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Wright | 60 | 151 | 132 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .258 | .342 | .386 | .729 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Dente | 62 | 155 | 145 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .221 | .257 | .234 | .491 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Willy Miranda | 58 | 159 | 142 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .218 | .275 | .254 | .528 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Al Zarilla | 39 | 116 | 99 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | .232 | .333 | .354 | .687 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky Krsnich | 40 | 104 | 91 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .231 | .327 | .385 | .712 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Sheely | 36 | 89 | 75 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | .240 | .352 | .267 | .619 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Saul Rogovin | 33 | 93 | 84 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .202 | .247 | .274 | .521 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Pierce | 35 | 102 | 91 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .187 | .237 | .198 | .435 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Masi | 30 | 73 | 63 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .254 | .356 | .302 | .658 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Dobson | 29 | 77 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .190 | .239 | .190 | .429 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Marv Grissom | 28 | 62 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .151 | .167 | .226 | .393 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Edwards | 8 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Busby | 16 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .128 | .171 | .128 | .299 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Thomas | 19 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .167 | .333 | .167 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Darrell Johnson | 22 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .108 | .214 | .108 | .322 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Kennedy | 47 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Brown | 51 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .158 | .200 | .368 | .568 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Stobbs | 38 | 48 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .079 | .205 | .079 | .283 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Willy Miranda | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .455 | .375 | .830 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fritz Dorish | 39 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .130 | .136 | .267 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sammy Esposito | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Landenberger | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Wilson | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Kretlow | 19 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .050 | .174 | .100 | .274 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Judson | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Wilson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Nicholas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Holcombe | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Luis Aloma | 25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Widmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hal Hudson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1956 | 6036 | 5316 | 610 | 1337 | 199 | 38 | 80 | 560 | 61 | 38 | 541 | 519 | .252 | .327 | .348 | .676 | 1852 | 121 | 58 | 121 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Eddie Robinson | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1329 | 89 | 14 | 145 | .990 | 9.148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Mele | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Landenberger | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Dente | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willy Miranda | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willy Miranda | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nellie Fox | 2B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 406 | 433 | 13 | 111 | .985 | 5.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Dente | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leo Thomas | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hector Rodriguez | 3B | 113 | 0 | 0.0 | 145 | 232 | 16 | 26 | .959 | 3.336 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willy Miranda | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willy Miranda | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Minnie Minoso | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rocky Krsnich | 3B | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 72 | 5 | 6 | .959 | 3.162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Dente | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Wilson | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud Sheely | C | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 3.774 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Masi | C | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .956 | 4.320 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sherm Lollar | C | 120 | 0 | 0.0 | 590 | 53 | 7 | 4 | .989 | 5.358 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Darrell Johnson | C | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .955 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Zarilla | OF | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Wright | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 1.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Wilson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud Stewart | OF | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.817 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Rivera | OF | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Minnie Minoso | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 322 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 2.329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Mele | OF | 112 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.473 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Edwards | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Dente | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Coleman | OF | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 130 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Busby | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Widmar | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chuck Stobbs | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | .895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Saul Rogovin | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 39 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Pierce | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Kretlow | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Kennedy | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Howie Judson | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Hudson | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ken Holcombe | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marv Grissom | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fritz Dorish | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Dobson | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Brown | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Luis Aloma | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willy Miranda | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willy Miranda | SS | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 129 | 5 | 26 | .975 | 3.940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Minnie Minoso | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sammy Esposito | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Dente | SS | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 56 | 6 | 14 | .942 | 3.630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chico Carrasquel | SS | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 176 | 248 | 16 | 50 | .964 | 4.283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1771 | 0 | 0.0 | 4248 | 1690 | 123 | 422 | .980 | 3.353 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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