1952 Boston Red Sox Statistics and Roster

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1952 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953)
76-78, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 668 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Managed by Lou Boudreau

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,115,750 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 107
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sammy White         23  115  381   35  107  20  2  10   49  16   43  .281  .310  .423   2   3  13   0   2           96
1B  Dick Gernert        23  102  367   58   89  20  2  19   67  35   83  .243  .317  .463   4   1   6   5   0          108
2B *Billy Goodman       26  138  513   79  157  27  3   4   56  48   23  .306  .370  .394   8   2   7   4  14          106
3B  George Kell         29   75  276   41   88  15  2   6   40  31   10  .319  .390  .453   0   1  11   1   4          126
SS  Johnny Lipon        29   79  234   25   48   8  1   0   18  32   20  .205  .301  .248   1   1   4   0  12           49
OF  Dom DiMaggio        35  128  486   81  143  20  1   6   33  57   61  .294  .371  .377   6   8  10   2   4          102
OF  Hoot Evers          31  106  401   53  105  17  4  14   59  29   55  .262  .318  .429   5   2  11   4   7          100
OF *Faye Throneberry    21   98  310   38   80  11  3   5   23  33   67  .258  .331  .361  16   7   1   1   0           87
    Vern Stephens       31   92  295   35   75  13  2   7   44  39   31  .254  .343  .383   2   2   8   1   2           95
    Ted Lepcio          21   84  274   34   72  17  2   5   26  24   41  .263  .329  .394   3   3   4   3   2           94
    Clyde Vollmer       30   90  250   35   66  12  4  11   50  39   47  .264  .370  .476   2   2  14   3   1          127
    Jim Piersall        22   56  161   28   43   8  0   1   16  28   26  .267  .379  .335   3   3   2   1   4           94
    Del Wilber          33   47  135    7   36  10  1   3   23   7   20  .267  .308  .422   1   0   4   1   0           95
    Walt Dropo          29   37  132   13   35   7  1   6   27  11   22  .265  .331  .470   0   0   9   2   0          114
    Don Lenhardt        29   30  105   18   31   4  0   7   24  15   18  .295  .383  .533   0   1   3   0   1          145
   *Johnny Pesky        32   25   67   10   10   2  0   0    2  15    5  .149  .313  .179   0   3   1   1   1           35
   *George Schmees      27   42   64    8   13   3  0   0    3  10   11  .203  .311  .250   0   1   1   0   1           52
   *Al Zarilla          33   21   60    9   11   0  1   2    8   7    8  .183  .269  .317   2   0   0   0   0           57
    Gus Niarhos         31   29   58    4    6   0  0   0    4  12    9  .103  .268  .103   0   0   1   1   1            3
   *Gene Stephens       19   21   53   10   12   5  0   0    5   3    8  .226  .268  .321   4   2   1   0   1           58
    Archie Wilson       28   18   38    1   10   3  0   0    2   2    3  .263  .300  .342   0   0   2   0   1           73
    Milt Bolling        21   11   36    4    8   1  0   1    3   3    5  .222  .282  .333   0   1   0   0   0           65
   *Fred Hatfield       27   19   25    6    8   1  1   1    3   4    2  .320  .433  .560   0   3   2   1   0          166
    Ken Wood            27   15   20    0    2   0  0   0    0   3    4  .100  .217  .100   0   0   0   0   0          -13
   *Charlie Maxwell     25    8   15    0    1   1  0   0    0   3   11  .067  .222  .133   0   0   0   0   0           -3
   *Ted Williams        33    6   10    2    4   0  1   1    3   2    2  .400  .500  .900   0   0   0   0   0          272
   *Paul Lehner         31    3    3    0    2   0  0   0    2   2    0  .667  .800  .667   0   0   0   0   0          298
    Lou Boudreau        34    4    2    1    0   0  0   0    2   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Hal Bevan           21    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Len Okrie           28    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Mel Parnell         30   35   84    4    8   0  1   1    4   6   12  .095  .156  .155   0   0   4   0   0          -16
   *Mickey McDermott    23   36   62   10   14   1  1   1    7   4   11  .226  .273  .323   0   0   0   0   3           60
   *Willard Nixon       24   33   53    3   11   3  0   0    7   4    8  .208  .263  .264   0   0   0   0   0           42
    Sid Hudson          37   21   46    4    8   0  0   0    2   3    8  .174  .224  .174   0   0   2   0   0            8
    Dizzy Trout         37   26   44    3    6   0  0   1    3   1   18  .136  .156  .205   0   0   1   0   0           -4
    Dick Brodowski      19   20   39    4    8   1  0   1    3   1    7  .205  .225  .308   0   0   1   0   1           43
    Ellis Kinder        37   23   32    0    0   0  0   0    0   0   10  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
   *Bill Henry          24   14   31    2    8   2  1   0    5   2    6  .258  .303  .387   0   0   2   0   0           85
    Ike Delock          22   39   22    1    1   0  0   0    0   6    6  .045  .250  .045   0   0   3   0   1          -17
    Ray Scarborough     34   28   18    1    4   0  0   0    4   2    5  .222  .300  .222   0   0   1   0   0           42
    Al Benton           41   24    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   2   0   2         -100
    Ralph Brickner      27   14    8    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0           67
   *Bill Wight          30   10    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   0   0            8
    Randy Gumpert       34   10    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Hersh Freeman       23    4    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .600  .500   0   0   1   0   0          198
    Harry Taylor        33    2    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           35
   *James Atkins        31    3    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0          260
    Walt Masterson      32    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   1   0   0   0           -5
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  154 5246  668 1338 233 34 113  628 542  739  .255  .325  .377  59  47 133  31  66           97
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    3    4   1  8   3        6    2     3     4     3   2   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Mel Parnell         30  33   3.62  12  12  2  29   3  15   3  214.0  207   94   86  13   89  107  920   5   5  0     109
SP *Mickey McDermott    23  30   3.72  10   9  0  21   4   7   2  162.0  139   70   67  14   92  117  693   2   3  0     106
SP  Sid Hudson          37  21   3.62   7   9  0  18   2   7   0  134.3  145   64   54   9   36   50  578   0   7  0     109
SP  Dizzy Trout         37  26   3.64   9   8  1  17   7   2   0  133.7  133   62   54   3   68   57  591   3   3  0     108
SP  Willard Nixon       24  23   4.86   5   4  0  13   6   5   0  103.7  115   64   56  12   61   50  468   4   4  1      81
SP  Dick Brodowski      19  20   4.40   5   5  0  12   4   4   0  114.7  111   66   56  12   50   42  500   1   3  0      89
SP *Bill Henry          24  13   3.87   5   4  0  10   0   5   0   76.7   75   40   33   7   36   23  337   1   2  0     101

CL  Al Benton           41  24   2.39   4   3  6   0  17   0   0   37.7   37   11   10   1   17   20  158   0   0  0     165
RP  Ike Delock          22  39   4.26   4   9  5   7  18   1   1   95.0   88   50   45   9   50   46  418   3   2  1      92
RP  Ray Scarborough     34  28   4.81   1   5  4   8  13   1   1   76.7   79   47   41   8   35   29  342   3   4  0      82
RP  Ralph Brickner      27  14   2.18   3   1  1   1   6   0   0   33.0   32    8    8   1   11    9  135   1   0  0     180
RP  Ellis Kinder        37  23   2.58   5   6  4  10   8   4   0   97.7   85   33   28  11   28   50  400   0   1  0     152

   *Bill Wight          30  10   2.96   2   1  0   2   3   0   0   24.3   14   11    8   3   14    5   99   3   1  1     133
    Randy Gumpert       34  10   4.12   1   0  1   1   5   0   0   19.7   15   11    9   1    5    6   81   0   1  0      95
    Hersh Freeman       23   4   3.29   1   0  0   1   1   1   0   13.7   13    5    5   1    5    5   56   0   1  0     119
    James Atkins        31   3   3.48   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   10.3   11    6    4   0    7    2   48   0   0  0     113
    Harry Taylor        33   2   1.80   1   0  0   1   1   1   0   10.0    6    2    2   1    6    1   41   0   1  0     218
    Walt Masterson      32   5  11.57   1   1  0   1   0   0   0    9.3   18   12   12   1   11    3   57   0   0  0      34
   *George Schmees      27   2   3.00   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    6.0    9    2    2   0    2    2   28   1   0  0     131
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5 154   3.80  76  78 24 154 101  53   7 1372.0 1332  658  579 107  623  624 5950  27  38  3     103
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   6   3  3           5   7      8    4    5        5    8    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SWhite 110 464 59 9 7 .983 4 DWilber 39 160 22 1 5 .995 6 GNiarhos 25 107 12 1 2 .992 0 LOkrie 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 732 93 11 14 .987 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .988 8.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGernert 99 877 67 12 104 .987 9.54 WDropo 35 319 21 2 31 .994 9.71 BGoodman 23 184 17 3 17 .985 8.74 CMaxwell 3 24 4 1 1 .966 9.33 GSchmees 2 15 1 1 0 .941 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1419 110 19 153 .988 10.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGoodman 103 284 340 16 95 .975 6.06 TLepcio 57 139 169 9 39 .972 5.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 423 509 25 134 .974 6.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 73 75 138 9 14 .959 2.92 VStephens 29 21 73 5 8 .949 3.24 TLepcio 25 25 43 5 7 .932 2.72 JPesky 19 16 28 4 0 .917 2.32 FHatfield 17 7 23 0 0 1.000 1.76 JLipon 7 4 11 1 2 .937 2.14 BGoodman 5 3 10 1 0 .929 2.60 HBevan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LBoudreau 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JPiersall 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 151 327 26 31 .948 3.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .962 4.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLipon 69 118 218 6 53 .982 4.87 VStephens 53 89 154 11 40 .957 4.58 JPiersall 30 41 75 9 13 .928 3.87 MBolling 11 22 41 1 6 .984 5.73 JPesky 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 LBoudreau 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 TLepcio 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 273 491 27 113 .966 5.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DDiMaggio 123 303 12 8 4 .975 2.56 0 123 0 HEvers 105 219 8 6 3 .974 2.16 90 12 20 FThroneberr 86 141 9 7 5 .955 1.74 11 4 71 CVollmer 70 143 3 0 1 1.000 2.09 43 9 21 GSchmees 29 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.07 0 18 11 DLenhardt 27 52 0 1 0 .981 1.93 27 0 0 JPiersall 22 38 3 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 1 21 AZarilla 19 29 3 2 0 .941 1.68 0 6 14 GStephens 13 24 1 1 0 .962 1.92 2 0 11 AWilson 13 16 1 1 1 .944 1.31 2 2 9 KWood 13 8 0 1 0 .889 0.62 1 0 12 BGoodman 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 4 0 0 CMaxwell 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 1 2 PLehner 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 2 TWilliams 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1020 42 27 14 .975 2.32 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MParnell 33 15 38 0 4 1.000 2.23 MMcDermott 30 10 24 2 1 .944 1.89 SHudson 21 13 38 3 6 .944 3.42 DTrout 26 9 28 1 2 .974 2.49 DBrodowski 20 11 20 1 1 .969 2.43 WNixon 23 7 18 0 4 1.000 2.17 EKinder 23 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.84 IDelock 39 1 16 0 1 1.000 1.61 BHenry 13 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.41 RScarboroug 28 11 12 1 0 .958 2.70 ABenton 24 3 5 1 0 .889 1.91 RBrickner 14 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.36 BWight 10 3 4 1 1 .875 2.59 RGumpert 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.83 HFreeman 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.63 JAtkins 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.62 HTaylor 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 WMasterson 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.84 GSchmees 2 0 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 98 248 10 24 .972 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Goodman .306

On-base % DiMaggio .371

Slugging % Goodman .394

OPS Goodman .764

Games Goodman 138

At Bats Goodman 513

Plate Appearances (approx.) Goodman 579

Runs DiMaggio 81

Hits Goodman 157

Total Bases Goodman 202

Doubles Goodman 27

Triples Evers and Vollmer 4

Home Runs Gernert 19

RBI Gernert 67

Bases on Balls DiMaggio 57

Strikeouts Gernert 83

Stolen Bases Throneberry 16

Singles Goodman 123

Adjusted OPS+ Goodman 106

Runs Created Goodman 75

Adjusted Batting Runs Kell 11

Batting Wins Kell 1.1

Extra-Base Hits Gernert 41

Times on Base Goodman 209

Offensive Win% Goodman .613

Hit By Pitch Gernert 5

Sac. Hits Goodman 14

Grounded into Double Plays Vollmer 14

Caught Stealing DiMaggio 8

Power/Speed Number Throneberry 7.6

At Bats per Strikeout Goodman 22.3

At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 81.0

Outs Goodman 379

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Parnell 3.62

Wins Parnell 12

Won-Loss % Trout .529

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Parnell 1.383

Hits Allowed/9IP McDermott 7.72

Bases on Balls/9IP Parnell 3.74

Strikeouts/9IP McDermott 6.50

Games Delock 39

Saves Benton 6

Innings Parnell 214.0

Strikeouts McDermott 117

Games Started Parnell 29

Comp. Games Parnell 15

Shutouts Parnell 3

Home Runs Allow. McDermott 14

Bases On Balls Allow. McDermott 92

Hits Allowed Parnell 207

SO to Walk McDermott 1.27

Losses Parnell 12

Earned Runs Allow. Parnell 86

Wild Pitches Parnell 5

Hit Batsmen Hudson 7

Batters Faced Parnell 920

Games Finished Delock 18

Adjusted ERA+ Parnell 109

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