1952 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 50-104
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 1,026,846, Avg. 15,102
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Red Rolfe (23-49)
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (27-55)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1952 Detroit Tigers Roster
1952 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1952 season with a record of 50 wins and 104 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Tigers plated 557 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 738 runs, most in the league. Walt Dropo paced Detroit with 23 home runs, while Vic Wertz walloped 20 or more as well. Walt Dropo drove in 70 runs. Johnny Groth led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .284. Ted Gray topped the squad with 12 wins, and Hal Newhouser recorded a 3.74 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Red Rolfe and Fred Hutchinson 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
Ted Gray	12	17	.414	4.14	35	32	2	13	2	0	224.0	212	118	103	21	101	138	3	0	4	967
Hal Newhouser	9	9	.500	3.74	25	19	2	8	0	0	154.0	148	72	64	13	47	57	0	0	3	643
Art Houtteman	8	20	.286	4.36	35	28	5	10	2	1	221.0	218	116	107	19	65	109	5	0	3	945
Bill Wight	5	9	.357	3.88	23	19	0	8	3	0	143.7	167	71	62	7	55	65	0	3	5	637
Virgil Trucks	5	19	.208	3.97	35	29	5	8	3	1	197.0	190	99	87	12	82	129	7	1	5	858
Marlin Stuart	3	2	.600	4.93	30	9	12	2	0	1	91.3	91	60	50	8	48	32	3	0	3	405
Fred Hutchinson	2	1	.667	3.38	12	1	6	0	0	0	37.3	40	16	14	4	9	12	1	0	0	157
Billy Hoeft	2	7	.222	4.32	34	10	9	1	0	4	125.0	123	66	60	14	63	67	5	0	5	553
Ned Garver	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	37
Dave Madison	1	1	.500	7.80	10	1	5	0	0	0	15.0	16	14	13	1	10	7	1	0	1	66
Dizzy Trout	1	5	.167	5.33	10	2	4	0	0	1	27.0	30	16	16	4	19	20	0	0	2	128
Hal White	1	8	.111	3.69	41	0	31	0	0	5	63.3	53	29	26	1	39	18	0	0	2	270
Ken Johnson	0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.3	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55
Wayne McLeland	0	0		10.13	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	4	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	1	18
Bud Black	0	1	.000	10.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	14	11	9	0	5	0	0	0	0	42
Dick Marlowe	0	2	.000	7.36	4	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	21	10	9	1	3	3	0	0	0	53
Dick Littlefield	0	3	.000	4.34	28	1	17	0	0	1	47.7	46	24	23	4	25	32	0	0	2	212
Totals	50	104	.325	4.25	338	156	105	51	10	14	1388.3	1394	738	656	111	591	702	25	4	37	6046

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Johnny Groth	141	580	524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	51	39	.284	.348	.357	.705	187	11	0	5
Walt Dropo	115	488	459	56	128	17	3	23	70	2	2	26	63	.279	.320	.479	.800	220	17	2	1
Fred Hatfield	112	489	441	42	104	12	2	2	25	2	2	35	52	.236	.301	.286	.587	126	13	6	7
Jerry Priddy	75	323	279	37	79	23	3	4	20	1	8	42	29	.283	.379	.430	.809	120	4	1	1
Vic Wertz	85	332	285	46	70	15	3	17	51	1	0	46	44	.246	.352	.498	.851	142	6	1	0
Joe Ginsberg	113	364	307	29	68	13	2	6	36	1	1	51	21	.221	.338	.336	.673	103	9	3	3
Bud Souchock	92	286	265	40	66	16	4	13	45	1	0	21	28	.249	.304	.487	.791	129	17	0	0
Pat Mullin	97	289	255	29	64	13	5	7	35	4	2	31	30	.251	.332	.424	.756	108	9	0	3
Al Federoff	74	255	231	14	56	4	2	0	14	1	0	16	13	.242	.294	.277	.571	64	4	1	7
George Kell	39	171	152	11	45	8	0	1	17	0	1	15	13	.296	.359	.368	.728	56	2	0	4
Johnny Pesky	69	223	177	26	45	4	0	1	9	1	2	41	11	.254	.394	.294	.688	52	2	0	5
Neil Berry	73	216	189	22	43	4	3	0	13	1	3	22	19	.228	.311	.280	.592	53	3	1	4
Don Kolloway	65	186	173	19	42	9	0	2	21	0	2	7	19	.243	.280	.329	.610	57	5	2	4
Matt Batts	56	190	173	11	41	4	1	3	13	1	0	14	22	.237	.298	.324	.622	56	5	1	2
Cliff Mapes	86	221	193	26	38	7	0	9	23	0	1	27	42	.197	.295	.373	.669	72	2	0	1
Jim Delsing	33	127	113	14	31	2	1	3	15	1	0	11	8	.274	.344	.389	.733	44	1	1	2
Johnny Lipon	39	154	136	17	30	4	2	0	12	3	1	16	6	.221	.303	.279	.582	38	3	0	2
Don Lenhardt	45	174	144	18	27	2	1	3	13	0	1	28	18	.188	.320	.278	.598	40	5	0	2
Harvey Kuenn	19	85	80	2	26	2	2	0	8	2	1	2	1	.325	.349	.400	.749	32	3	1	2
Russ Sullivan	15	56	52	7	17	2	1	3	5	1	0	3	5	.327	.375	.577	.952	30	0	1	0
Ted Gray	36	86	76	3	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.171	.192	.171	.363	13	0	1	8
Virgil Trucks	35	67	64	3	12	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	11	.188	.200	.234	.434	15	2	0	2
Bill Wight	23	53	50	2	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.220	.235	.260	.495	13	1	0	2
Johnny Hopp	42	53	46	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	.217	.308	.239	.547	11	1	0	1
Hal Newhouser	26	57	46	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	9	.217	.357	.239	.596	11	2	0	1
Bob Swift	28	66	58	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	7	.138	.242	.155	.398	9	5	1	0
Don Lund	8	26	23	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	.304	.385	.304	.689	7	0	0	0
Art Houtteman	36	77	69	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.101	.127	.101	.228	7	4	0	6
Bill Tuttle	7	25	25	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.240	.240	.240	.480	6	2	0	0
Billy Hoeft	34	43	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.150	.190	.175	.365	7	1	0	1
George Lerchen	14	39	32	1	5	1	0	1	3	1	0	7	10	.156	.308	.281	.589	9	1	0	0
Dizzy Trout	10	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	0	0	1
Ben Taylor	7	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	1	0	0
Hal White	41	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	0	0
Marlin Stuart	30	29	23	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.087	.192	.087	.279	2	1	0	3
Hoot Evers	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Ken Johnson	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	28	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	17	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.056	.190	.056	.246	1	1	0	0
Carl Linhart	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Ned Garver	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Dave Madison	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Bud Black	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Dick Marlowe	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Alex Garbowski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Wayne McLeland	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1901	5914	5258	557	1278	190	37	103	529	27	38	553	603	.243	.318	.352	.670	1851	146	23	80

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ben Taylor	1B	4	36	2	0	4	1.000	9.500	0
Bud Souchock	1B	9	81	6	1	4	.989	9.667	0
Don Kolloway	1B	32	252	28	6	15	.979	8.750	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Walt Dropo	1B	115	1005	78	12	104	.989	9.417	0
Jerry Priddy	2B	75	211	209	14	48	.968	5.600	0
Johnny Pesky	2B	22	27	36	2	12	.969	2.864	0
Don Kolloway	2B	8	14	16	1	4	.968	3.750	0
Al Federoff	2B	70	136	184	8	42	.976	4.571	0
Bud Souchock	3B	13	11	21	3	1	.914	2.462	0
Johnny Pesky	3B	3	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
George Kell	3B	39	38	78	5	7	.959	2.974	0
Fred Hatfield	3B	107	114	253	12	32	.968	3.430	0
Neil Berry	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Bob Swift	C	28	118	12	3	1	.977	4.643	1
Joe Ginsberg	C	101	442	41	8	7	.984	4.782	8
Matt Batts	C	55	262	36	5	4	.983	5.418	4
Vic Wertz	OF	79	134	8	2	3	.986	1.797	0
Bill Tuttle	OF	6	19	0	0	0	1.000	3.167	0
Russ Sullivan	OF	14	17	2	4	0	.826	1.357	0
Bud Souchock	OF	56	103	4	4	2	.964	1.911	0
Pat Mullin	OF	65	131	6	3	2	.979	2.108	0
Cliff Mapes	OF	63	86	3	3	1	.967	1.413	0
Don Lund	OF	7	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.571	0
George Lerchen	OF	7	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.143	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	43	89	5	1	1	.989	2.186	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Johnny Groth	OF	139	329	14	5	3	.986	2.468	0
Jim Delsing	OF	32	67	1	3	0	.958	2.125	0
Bill Wight	P	23	4	40	3	0	.936	1.913	0
Hal White	P	41	3	18	0	0	1.000	.512	0
Virgil Trucks	P	35	21	37	2	1	.967	1.657	0
Dizzy Trout	P	10	4	7	1	0	.917	1.100	0
Marlin Stuart	P	30	7	16	3	0	.885	.767	0
Hal Newhouser	P	25	10	31	3	2	.932	1.640	0
Wayne McLeland	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dick Marlowe	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Dave Madison	P	10	0	1	1	1	.500	.100	0
Dick Littlefield	P	28	3	3	0	0	1.000	.214	0
Ken Johnson	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Fred Hutchinson	P	12	1	15	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Art Houtteman	P	35	16	40	1	3	.982	1.600	0
Billy Hoeft	P	34	5	25	2	4	.938	.882	0
Ted Gray	P	35	14	40	2	3	.964	1.543	0
Ned Garver	P	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Bud Black	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Johnny Pesky	SS	41	78	101	9	25	.952	4.366	0
Johnny Lipon	SS	39	80	101	4	12	.978	4.641	0
Harvey Kuenn	SS	19	44	57	4	12	.962	5.316	0
Fred Hatfield	SS	9	11	13	2	3	.923	2.667	0
Al Federoff	SS	7	12	19	1	3	.969	4.429	0
Neil Berry	SS	66	90	158	9	26	.965	3.758	0
Totals		1718	4165	1778	152	394	.975	3.459	13

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