1952 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 518,796, Avg. 7,777
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (22-29)
Manager: Marty Marion (42-61)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1952 St. Louis Browns Roster
1952 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1952 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Browns scored 604 runs and surrendered 733 runs. Bob Nieman led St. Louis with 18 home runs, and Jim Dyck walloped 20 or more as well. Bob Nieman drove in 74 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .289. Satchel Paige and Bob Cain paced the squad with 12 wins each, while Satchel Paige recorded a 3.07 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Rogers Hornsby and Marty Marion 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
Satchel Paige	12	10	.545	3.07	46	6	35	3	2	10	138.0	116	51	47	5	57	91	3	0	2	582
Bob Cain	12	10	.545	4.13	29	27	2	8	1	2	170.0	169	79	78	15	62	70	2	0	1	718
Duane Pillette	10	13	.435	3.59	30	30	0	9	1	0	205.3	222	94	82	14	55	62	7	0	2	880
Gene Bearden	7	8	.467	4.30	34	16	10	3	0	0	150.7	158	89	72	13	78	45	1	1	10	676
Ned Garver	7	10	.412	3.69	21	21	0	7	2	0	148.7	130	67	61	14	55	60	4	1	1	614
Tommy Byrne	7	14	.333	4.68	29	24	5	14	0	0	196.0	182	117	102	16	112	91	10	1	5	876
Dave Madison	4	2	.667	4.38	31	4	12	0	0	0	78.0	78	46	38	7	48	35	4	0	2	357
Dick Littlefield	2	3	.400	2.72	7	5	2	3	0	0	46.3	35	18	14	4	17	34	0	0	0	190
Earl Harrist	2	8	.200	4.01	36	9	13	1	0	5	116.7	119	61	52	7	47	49	10	0	1	506
Marlin Stuart	1	2	.333	4.15	12	2	7	0	0	1	26.0	26	18	12	3	9	13	0	0	0	113
Hal Hudson	0	0		12.71	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.7	9	8	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	32
Pete Taylor	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	11
Bob Mahoney	0	0		18.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	0	4	1	0	0	0	21
Bobby Hogue	0	1	.000	2.76	8	1	3	0	0	0	16.3	10	5	5	1	13	2	0	0	0	70
Johnny Hetki	0	1	.000	3.86	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.3	15	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	45
Lou Sleater	0	1	.000	7.27	4	2	0	0	0	0	8.7	9	8	7	1	5	1	0	1	0	40
Ken Holcombe	0	2	.000	3.86	12	1	6	0	0	0	21.0	20	10	9	1	9	7	0	0	0	89
Cliff Fannin	0	2	.000	12.67	10	2	2	0	0	0	16.3	34	25	23	5	9	6	0	0	2	85
Stubby Overmire	0	3	.000	3.73	17	4	4	0	0	0	41.0	44	21	17	3	7	10	0	0	0	172
Totals	64	90	.416	4.12	336	155	107	48	6	18	1399.0	1388	733	640	111	598	581	41	4	26	6077

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bobby Young	149	636	575	59	142	15	9	4	39	3	3	56	48	.247	.314	.325	.639	187	7	0	5
Bob Nieman	131	533	478	66	138	22	2	18	74	0	4	46	73	.289	.352	.456	.808	218	14	1	8
Clint Courtney	119	458	413	38	118	24	3	5	50	0	2	39	26	.286	.349	.395	.743	163	9	1	5
Jim Dyck	122	458	402	60	108	22	3	15	64	0	4	50	68	.269	.354	.450	.804	181	4	3	3
Jim Rivera	97	371	336	45	86	13	6	4	30	8	7	29	59	.256	.319	.366	.685	123	3	2	4
Dick Kryhoski	111	372	342	38	83	13	1	11	42	2	0	23	42	.243	.296	.383	.679	131	8	3	4
Jim Delsing	93	332	298	34	76	13	6	1	34	3	3	25	29	.255	.323	.349	.672	104	10	5	4
Fred Marsh	76	249	223	25	64	8	1	2	26	3	2	22	29	.287	.351	.359	.710	80	4	0	4
Gordon Goldsberry	86	268	227	30	52	9	3	3	17	0	2	34	37	.229	.330	.335	.664	76	3	0	7
Marty Marion	67	210	186	16	46	11	0	2	19	0	2	19	17	.247	.320	.339	.659	63	6	1	4
Vic Wertz	37	154	130	22	45	5	0	6	19	0	0	23	20	.346	.444	.523	.968	68	2	0	1
Cass Michaels	55	190	166	21	44	8	2	3	25	1	0	23	16	.265	.354	.392	.746	65	3	0	1
Joe DeMaestri	81	198	186	13	42	9	1	1	18	0	1	8	25	.226	.258	.301	.559	56	4	0	4
Al Zarilla	48	158	130	20	31	6	0	1	9	2	1	27	15	.238	.373	.308	.681	40	2	1	0
Les Moss	52	135	118	11	29	3	0	3	12	0	1	15	13	.246	.331	.347	.678	41	6	0	2
Leo Thomas	41	146	124	12	29	5	1	0	12	2	0	17	7	.234	.336	.290	.626	36	4	2	3
Jay Porter	33	115	104	12	26	4	1	0	7	4	0	10	10	.250	.316	.308	.623	32	4	0	1
Gene Bearden	45	68	65	6	23	3	0	0	8	0	0	2	10	.354	.373	.400	.773	26	2	0	1
Darrell Johnson	29	89	78	9	22	2	1	0	9	0	0	11	4	.282	.371	.333	.704	26	2	0	0
Tommy Byrne	40	89	84	9	21	5	1	1	12	0	0	5	18	.250	.292	.369	.661	31	1	0	0
Tom Wright	29	78	66	6	16	0	0	1	6	1	1	12	20	.242	.359	.288	.647	19	2	0	0
Don Lenhardt	18	53	48	5	13	4	1	1	5	0	0	4	8	.271	.327	.458	.785	22	1	0	1
Duane Pillette	35	77	66	7	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	15	.182	.239	.212	.452	14	2	1	6
Ray Coleman	20	52	46	5	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.196	.288	.261	.549	12	0	1	0
Ned Garver	24	54	49	5	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	8	.184	.245	.224	.470	11	0	1	1
Bob Cain	35	67	58	7	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	14	.138	.194	.172	.366	10	1	0	5
George Schmees	34	63	61	9	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	18	.131	.159	.180	.339	11	0	0	0
Earl Rapp	30	49	49	3	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.224	.367	11	2	0	0
Roy Sievers	11	32	30	3	6	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.200	.226	.300	.526	9	1	0	1
Fred Marsh	11	29	24	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	.208	.345	.250	.595	6	0	0	0
Satchel Paige	46	44	39	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.128	.150	.128	.278	5	1	0	4
Hank Arft	15	33	28	1	4	3	1	0	4	0	0	5	7	.143	.273	.321	.594	9	1	0	0
Earl Harrist	36	35	31	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.097	.097	.097	.194	3	0	0	4
Stubby Overmire	17	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	0
Jake Crawford	7	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.182	.250	.273	.523	3	0	0	0
Dave Madison	31	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	2
Ken Holcombe	12	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Stan Rojek	9	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	1	0	0
Willy Miranda	7	15	11	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	.091	.286	.273	.558	3	0	0	1
Dick Littlefield	7	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	0	0	0
Cliff Fannin	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1	0	0
Mike Goliat	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0
Marlin Stuart	12	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
Hal Hudson	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lou Sleater	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hetki	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1	0	0
Bobby Hogue	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pete Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Mahoney	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1994	6001	5353	604	1340	225	46	82	574	30	34	540	717	.250	.322	.356	.677	1903	112	22	86

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Roy Sievers	1B	7	58	3	2	8	.968	8.714	0
George Schmees	1B	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Don Lenhardt	1B	2	11	2	0	5	1.000	6.500	0
Dick Kryhoski	1B	86	680	49	8	80	.989	8.477	0
Gordon Goldsberry	1B	72	524	40	10	56	.983	7.833	0
Hank Arft	1B	10	63	4	1	11	.985	6.700	0
Bobby Young	2B	149	380	407	13	127	.984	5.282	0
Leo Thomas	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Stan Rojek	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Cass Michaels	2B	8	14	12	0	4	1.000	3.250	0
Fred Marsh	2B	9	12	14	1	3	.963	2.889	0
Mike Goliat	2B	3	4	4	0	3	1.000	2.667	0
Joe DeMaestri	2B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Leo Thomas	3B	37	46	81	9	9	.934	3.432	0
Jay Porter	3B	2	4	1	1	0	.833	2.500	0
Cass Michaels	3B	42	43	88	12	12	.916	3.119	0
Fred Marsh	3B	21	15	45	6	7	.909	2.857	0
Jim Dyck	3B	74	79	152	9	14	.963	3.122	0
Joe DeMaestri	3B	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Les Moss	C	39	118	17	6	3	.957	3.462	3
Darrell Johnson	C	22	86	14	1	3	.990	4.545	0
Clint Courtney	C	113	487	69	2	7	.996	4.920	9
Al Zarilla	OF	35	77	5	2	0	.976	2.343	0
Tom Wright	OF	18	38	2	1	0	.976	2.222	0
Vic Wertz	OF	36	64	0	3	0	.955	1.778	0
George Schmees	OF	19	40	1	3	0	.932	2.158	0
Jim Rivera	OF	88	273	7	7	1	.976	3.182	0
Earl Rapp	OF	7	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.714	0
Jay Porter	OF	29	70	3	2	0	.973	2.517	0
Bob Nieman	OF	125	230	10	6	5	.976	1.920	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	11	25	0	0	0	1.000	2.273	0
Gordon Goldsberry	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jim Dyck	OF	48	118	2	2	0	.984	2.500	0
Jim Delsing	OF	85	206	4	3	2	.986	2.471	0
Jake Crawford	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ray Coleman	OF	16	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.688	0
Pete Taylor	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Marlin Stuart	P	12	2	1	3	0	.500	.250	0
Lou Sleater	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Duane Pillette	P	30	14	25	0	4	1.000	1.300	0
Satchel Paige	P	46	5	23	0	2	1.000	.609	0
Stubby Overmire	P	17	2	10	0	1	1.000	.706	0
Bob Mahoney	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dave Madison	P	31	2	16	0	1	1.000	.581	0
Dick Littlefield	P	7	1	1	0	1	1.000	.286	0
Hal Hudson	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ken Holcombe	P	12	1	5	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bobby Hogue	P	8	0	4	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Johnny Hetki	P	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Earl Harrist	P	36	3	25	1	4	.966	.778	0
Ned Garver	P	21	9	24	1	6	.971	1.571	0
Cliff Fannin	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100	0
Bob Cain	P	29	7	21	1	1	.966	.966	0
Tommy Byrne	P	29	10	15	2	1	.926	.862	0
Gene Bearden	P	34	12	32	2	0	.957	1.294	0
Leo Thomas	SS	3	2	3	0	1	1.000	1.667	0
Stan Rojek	SS	4	4	8	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Willy Miranda	SS	7	6	12	2	1	.900	2.571	0
Fred Marsh	SS	57	65	107	10	27	.945	3.018	0
Fred Marsh	SS	3	7	10	1	5	.944	5.667	0
Marty Marion	SS	63	105	138	5	41	.980	3.857	0
Joe DeMaestri	SS	77	105	156	17	29	.939	3.390	0
Totals		1774	4185	1681	155	489	.974	3.307	12

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