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1952 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics
Team Record: 101-53
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Charlie Grimm (0-0), Richard Smith (0-0), Bucky Walters (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Borchert Field
Attendance: 195,839, Avg. 2,543
Playoffs - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, St. Paul Saints 0
Finals - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 3
The Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 101 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Brewers paced the league with 872 runs. Milwaukee surrendered 624 runs, fewest in the league. Hank Ertman led the squad with 17 home runs Luis Márquez drove in 99 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .345 clip. Don Liddle paced the team with 17 wins, while Murray Wall added 15 or more wins, too Don Liddle recorded a 2.7 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1952 Milwaukee Brewers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Estock, Roy Hartsfield, Billy Reed, Dick Hoover, Wally Post, Junior Wooten, Gene Mauch, Ed Blake, Virgil Jester, Murray Wall, Chuck Tanner, Johnny Logan, Al Unser, Billy Klaus, Don Liddle, Bert Thiel, Dewey Williams, Gene Conley, Dick Donovan, Jack Dittmer, Buddy Kerr, Bill Bruton, George Crowe, Pete Whisenant, Buzz Clarkson and Luis Márquez.
Charlie Grimm, Richard Smith and Bucky Walters served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Liddle | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2.70 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 197.0 | 179 | 73 | 59 | 68 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Murray Wall | 16 | 10 | .615 | 4.08 | 38 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 203.0 | 206 | 101 | 92 | 81 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||||
Gene Conley | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.15 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 160.0 | 143 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 143 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Ed Blake | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.96 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 134.0 | 132 | 66 | 59 | 39 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Dick Hoover | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.60 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 121.0 | 110 | 51 | 35 | 31 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Virgil Jester | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.50 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 84.0 | 91 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
William Allen | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.69 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 94.0 | 99 | 56 | 49 | 55 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Bert Thiel | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.36 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 99.0 | 109 | 52 | 48 | 31 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
George Estock | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.10 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 90.0 | 96 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Dick Donovan | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.55 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 91.0 | 111 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Don Schmidt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.50 | 12 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Alfred Dumouchelle | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Elmer Toth | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Howard Anderson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.54 | 11 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Totals | 101 | 53 | .656 | 3.68 | 292 | 152 | 0 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 1322.0 | 1326 | 619 | 540 | 6 | 484 | 0 | 709 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Bruton | 154 | 710 | 650 | 130 | 211 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 30 | 51 | 78 | .325 | .377 | .426 | .803 | 277 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |||
Luis Márquez | 136 | 587 | 521 | 100 | 180 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 99 | 24 | 51 | 91 | .345 | .413 | .537 | .951 | 280 | 12 | 9 | 6 | |||
Billy Klaus | 143 | 633 | 585 | 94 | 173 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 6 | 44 | 61 | .296 | .346 | .412 | .758 | 241 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
Hank Ertman | 127 | 487 | 433 | 75 | 126 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 76 | 2 | 49 | 55 | .291 | .368 | .464 | .833 | 201 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
Gene Mauch | 102 | 395 | 327 | 58 | 106 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 7 | 58 | 19 | .324 | .429 | .453 | .882 | 148 | 8 | 2 | 8 | |||
Dewey Williams | 84 | 316 | 272 | 33 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 39 | 49 | .294 | .385 | .379 | .763 | 103 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |||
Jack Dittmer | 57 | 247 | 222 | 40 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 14 | .356 | .419 | .545 | .964 | 121 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
Buzz Clarkson | 74 | 299 | 242 | 49 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 10 | 56 | 27 | .318 | .448 | .541 | .989 | 131 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
Al Unser | 84 | 296 | 263 | 36 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 31 | .259 | .334 | .437 | .772 | 115 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |||
Jim Basso | 59 | 251 | 239 | 31 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .243 | .276 | .331 | .607 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
Pete Whisenant | 68 | 209 | 180 | 30 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 28 | 38 | .256 | .356 | .367 | .722 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Johnny Logan | 42 | 164 | 146 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 7 | .301 | .378 | .507 | .885 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
Billy Reed | 50 | 141 | 134 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .313 | .338 | .433 | .771 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Wally Post | 51 | 165 | 149 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 36 | .242 | .307 | .436 | .743 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bob Montag | 69 | 192 | 162 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 49 | .210 | .333 | .438 | .772 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
George Crowe | 27 | 114 | 94 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 20 | 15 | .351 | .465 | .649 | 1.114 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gene Conley | 20 | 66 | 65 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .338 | .348 | .385 | .733 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roy Hartsfield | 23 | 94 | 84 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | .238 | .312 | .333 | .645 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Don Liddle | 34 | 78 | 67 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .194 | .289 | .254 | .543 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Ed Blake | 21 | 54 | 47 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .255 | .340 | .319 | .659 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Dick Donovan | 18 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .303 | .395 | .455 | .849 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Hoover | 25 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .233 | .250 | .256 | .506 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
William Allen | 29 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .333 | .407 | .333 | .741 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Murray Wall | 40 | 79 | 67 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .104 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Chuck Tanner | 11 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .148 | .207 | .259 | .466 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Virgil Jester | 19 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .172 | .286 | .458 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bert Thiel | 33 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
George Estock | 31 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Junior Wooten | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jerome Baranski | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Don Schmidt | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Buddy Kerr | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Jack Parks | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Howard Anderson | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 1673 | 5838 | 5183 | 870 | 1512 | 280 | 59 | 112 | 799 | 99 | 0 | 557 | 734 | .292 | .365 | .433 | .798 | 2246 | 104 | 38 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Ertman | 1B | 120 | 1040 | 51 | 12 | 111 | .989 | 9.092 | ||||
George Crowe | 1B | 27 | 205 | 19 | 4 | 19 | .982 | 8.296 | ||||
Bob Montag | 1B | 11 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 8.273 | ||||
Jack Dittmer | 2B | 57 | 146 | 181 | 7 | 49 | .979 | 5.737 | ||||
Gene Mauch | 2B | 47 | 106 | 121 | 8 | 30 | .966 | 4.830 | ||||
Billy Reed | 2B | 30 | 55 | 79 | 3 | 19 | .978 | 4.467 | ||||
Roy Hartsfield | 2B | 22 | 57 | 55 | 5 | 19 | .957 | 5.091 | ||||
Billy Klaus | 3B | 126 | 114 | 242 | 24 | 28 | .937 | 2.825 | ||||
Buzz Clarkson | 3B | 19 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 5 | .919 | 3.000 | ||||
Dewey Williams | C | 80 | 446 | 41 | 5 | 7 | .990 | 6.088 | 2 | |||
Al Unser | C | 80 | 338 | 37 | 8 | 7 | .979 | 4.688 | 8 | |||
Bill Bruton | OF | 154 | 419 | 22 | 5 | 6 | .989 | 2.864 | ||||
Luis Márquez | OF | 125 | 246 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .958 | 2.032 | ||||
Jim Basso | OF | 59 | 97 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.729 | ||||
Pete Whisenant | OF | 56 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Wally Post | OF | 44 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.523 | ||||
Bob Montag | OF | 35 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
Murray Wall | P | 38 | 21 | 46 | 1 | 8 | .985 | 1.763 | ||||
Don Liddle | P | 34 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 1.676 | ||||
Bert Thiel | P | 33 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .970 | ||||
George Estock | P | 31 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .806 | ||||
William Allen | P | 29 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .793 | ||||
Dick Hoover | P | 24 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.125 | ||||
Ed Blake | P | 21 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
Gene Conley | P | 20 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.450 | ||||
Virgil Jester | P | 19 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.105 | ||||
Dick Donovan | P | 16 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Don Schmidt | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
Howard Anderson | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .364 | ||||
Alfred Dumouchelle | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Elmer Toth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Gene Mauch | SS | 50 | 96 | 137 | 4 | 30 | .983 | 4.660 | ||||
Buzz Clarkson | SS | 48 | 79 | 127 | 8 | 24 | .963 | 4.292 | ||||
Johnny Logan | SS | 42 | 68 | 126 | 8 | 25 | .960 | 4.619 | ||||
Billy Klaus | SS | 17 | 28 | 52 | 5 | 13 | .941 | 4.706 | ||||
Totals | 1541 | 3936 | 1616 | 139 | 421 | .976 | 3.603 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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