1952 Boston Braves | |
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Record | 64–89 (.418) |
League place | 7th |
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Owner(s) | Louis R. Perini |
General manager(s) | John J. Quinn |
Manager(s) | Tommy Holmes, Charlie Grimm |
Local television | WNAC WBZ-TV (Jim Britt, Bump Hadley) |
Local radio | WNAC (Jim Britt, Les Smith) |
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The 1952 Boston Braves season was the 82nd season of the franchise; the team went 64–89 (.418) and was seventh in the eight-team National League, 32 games behind the pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers. Home attendance for the season at Braves Field was under 282,000.[1]
This was the final season for the franchise in Boston, Massachusetts, and the last home game at Braves Field was played on September 21. Several weeks prior to the 1953 season, the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[2][3][4] which was the first franchise relocation in the majors in a half century.[1] By 1958, four other teams had moved. The Braves stayed for thirteen years in Milwaukee, and then went to Atlanta prior to the 1966 season.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | 0.627 | — | 45–33 | 51–24 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 4½ | 50–27 | 42–35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 8½ | 48–29 | 40–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 9½ | 47–29 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 19½ | 42–35 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 27½ | 38–39 | 31–46 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 32 | 31–45 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | 0.273 | 54½ | 23–54 | 19–58 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Walker Cooper | 102 | 349 | 82 | .235 | 10 | 55 |
1B | Earl Torgeson | 122 | 382 | 88 | .230 | 5 | 34 |
2B | Jack Dittmer | 93 | 326 | 63 | .193 | 7 | 41 |
SS | Johnny Logan | 117 | 456 | 129 | .283 | 4 | 42 |
3B | Eddie Mathews | 145 | 528 | 128 | .242 | 25 | 58 |
OF | Sid Gordon | 144 | 522 | 151 | .289 | 25 | 75 |
OF | Bob Thorpe | 81 | 292 | 76 | .260 | 3 | 26 |
OF | Sam Jethroe | 151 | 608 | 141 | .232 | 13 | 58 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Sibby Sisti | 90 | 245 | 52 | .212 | 4 | 24 |
Jack Daniels | 106 | 219 | 41 | .187 | 2 | 14 |
George Crowe | 73 | 217 | 56 | .258 | 4 | 20 |
Paul Burris | 55 | 168 | 37 | .220 | 2 | 21 |
Ebba St. Claire | 39 | 108 | 23 | .213 | 2 | 4 |
Roy Hartsfield | 38 | 107 | 28 | .262 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Cusick | 49 | 78 | 13 | .167 | 0 | 6 |
Willard Marshall | 21 | 66 | 15 | .227 | 2 | 11 |
Pete Whisenant | 24 | 52 | 10 | .192 | 0 | 7 |
Billy Reed | 15 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Buzz Clarkson | 14 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Klaus | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Warren Spahn | 40 | 290.0 | 14 | 19 | 2.98 | 183 |
Jim Wilson | 33 | 234.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.23 | 104 |
Max Surkont | 31 | 215.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.77 | 125 |
Vern Bickford | 26 | 161.1 | 7 | 12 | 3.74 | 62 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ernie Johnson Sr. | 29 | 92.0 | 6 | 3 | 4.11 | 45 |
Virgil Jester | 19 | 73.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.33 | 25 |
Dick Donovan | 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.54 | 6 |
Gene Conley | 4 | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.82 | 6 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lew Burdette | 47 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3.61 | 47 |
Sheldon Jones | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.76 | 40 |
Bob Chipman | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 16 |
Dave Cole | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.03 | 22 |
Bert Thiel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 6 |
Dick Hoover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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