1952 NL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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National
Team W L WPct GB
Montreal 107 55 .660 --
Pittsburgh 94 68 .580 13
St. Louis 93 69 .574 14
San Diego 84 78 .519 23
Brooklyn 83 79 .512 24
Boston (N) 81 81 .500 26
New York (N) 57 105 .352 50
Cincinnati 55 107 .340 52
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers
NL League Series (4-1) Pittsburgh Pirates over Montreal Expos
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
MON 6.0 975 162 5601 1566 237 34 215 788 677 .280 .368 .449 .818
PIT 5.5 890 162 5515 1459 270 24 193 765 736 .265 .354 .427 .781
BSN 5.3 859 162 5553 1521 246 30 143 628 602 .274 .348 .406 .754
STL 5.2 839 162 5559 1478 273 31 156 678 677 .266 .346 .410 .756
BRK 5.1 829 162 5578 1467 207 40 160 709 790 .263 .346 .401 .747
SDP 4.6 747 162 5614 1513 261 44 92 667 775 .270 .347 .381 .728
CIN 4.4 714 162 5570 1394 222 37 147 573 777 .250 .320 .383 .703
NYG 3.7 601 162 5578 1432 250 26 94 351 861 .257 .301 .361 .662
Totals 5.0 6454 1296 44568 11830 1966 266 1200 5159 5895 .265 .342 .402 .744
Average   807 162 5571 1479 246 33 150 645 737  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SDP 4.2 675 162 3.69 1460.7 1486 9.2 382 2.4 590 3.6 24
MON 4.3 689 162 3.95 1456.3 1368 8.4 659 4.1 823 5.1 33
STL 4.4 711 162 4.00 1455.3 1402 8.7 587 3.6 810 5.0 23
PIT 4.5 735 162 4.11 1453.3 1508 9.3 591 3.6 716 4.4 32
BRK 5.1 821 162 4.61 1445.3 1560 9.6 613 3.8 589 3.6 25
BSN 5.2 841 162 4.74 1430.3 1429 8.8 646 4.0 722 4.5 24
NYG 5.8 935 162 5.30 1423.0 1467 9.1 795 4.9 709 4.4 19
CIN 6.1 985 162 5.42 1447.3 1682 10.4 745 4.6 678 4.2 21
Totals 4.9 6392 1296 4.48 11571.6 11902 9.2 5018 3.9 5637 4.3 201
Average   799 162   1446 1488   627   705   25
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
STL 93 69 0 6 13 2 12 3 16 0.98 1.13 1,825,792   Joel Roltgen
BSN 83 79 -2 4 18 0 1 3 22 1.04 1.13 1,972,206   Ben Thompson
MON 106 56 1 4 13 2 2 1 12 0.96 0.89 2,374,066   Hyram the Camel Jockey
BRK 82 80 1 3 11 9 0 0 21 0.93 0.95 1,153,815   Ty Kubick
PIT 95 67 -1 3 16 1 1 3 31 0.97 1.02 1,371,817   Jay Zorn
CIN 58 104 -3 2 11 1 0 0 13 1.02 1.20 1,409,376   Freddy Wills
SDP 88 74 -4 2 13 0 9 2 21 0.91 0.84 2,406,622   Jamie D'Agostini
NYG 50 112 7 0 9 0 0 1 10 1.13 1.18 1,681,966   Matt Ida
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
MON 321 169.17 105.35 46.45 13.79 3.88 7.92 2.08 6.83 11.96
PIT 282 142.70 98.73 40.55 3.15 5.98 7.05 5.93 10.14 8.31
STL 279 128.82 105.91 44.25 3.98 4.51 9.81 4.12 9.15 12.69
SDP 252 102.54 106.77 42.66 6.81 1.85 3.20 4.98 11.68 14.16
BRK 249 136.29 75.59 37.09 6.64 2.70 10.21 5.78 1.72 10.04
BSN 243 130.95 75.41 36.61 8.07 2.00 7.17 2.97 4.68 11.74
NYG 171 56.13 65.99 48.85 9.84 1.61 7.79 6.27 5.31 18.04
CIN 165 89.65 47.92 27.39 5.02 2.08 3.03 5.69 7.88 3.71
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Mickey Mantle BRK .306, 42 HR, 114 RBI
Platinum Arm: Warren Spahn STL 25-12, 2.43, 371.0 IP, 326 K
Bronze Rookie: Harvey Haddix BSN 21-14, 3.12, 366.3 IP, 203 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Dave Ferriss SDP .988, 15 PO, 69 A, 1 E
C Carl Sawatski BSN .991, 502 PO, 36 A, 5 E
32.4% (12-37) Runners Thrown Out
1B Joe Adcock PIT .995, 567 PO, 46 A, 3 E
2B Bobby Morgan BRK .975, 237 PO, 457 A, 18 E
3B Eddie Bockman NYG .972, 90 PO, 362 A, 13 E
SS Lou Boudreau SDP .969, 166 PO, 495 A, 21 E
LF Charlie Maxwell CIN 1.000, 322 PO, 4 A, 0 E
CF Sam Mele STL .997, 317 PO, 15 A, 1 E
RF Larry Doby BSN .985, 254 PO, 8 A, 4 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
ReeseMON.338
StringerSDP.323
Silvera .312
FainMON.311
MantleBRK.306
On-Base Pct
MantleBRK.447
FainMON.430
ClarySDP.423
TorgesonSTL.418
ReeseMON.417
Slugging Pct
MantleBRK.623
ZernialPIT.553
DobyBSN.550
MaysCIN.549
TorgesonSTL.542
OPS
MantleBRK1.070
TorgesonSTL.960
MaysCIN.941
KokosBSN.939
DobyBSN.939
XR
MaysCIN120.0
MantleBRK118.7
ZernialPIT115.5
TorgesonSTL114.9
ReeseMON113.5
Games
KinerSTL158
ZernialPIT158
BockmanNYG157
BlattnerSTL156
MaysCIN156
At-Bats
ReeseMON616
RizzutoBSN608
MalloryNYG589
AbramsCIN585
MaysCIN583
Runs
YostPIT121
FainMON119
MantleBRK116
IrvinMON115
KinerSTL111
Hits
ReeseMON208
StringerSDP184
MaysCIN176
RizzutoBSN176
ZernialPIT175
Total Bases
MaysCIN320
ZernialPIT320
IrvinMON299
DobyBSN297
ReeseMON288
Singles
ReeseMON160
RizzutoBSN144
MalloryNYG133
KurowskiBRK130
ClarySDP129
Doubles
FainMON48
StringerSDP43
KellSTL36
MaysCIN34
RepassNYG34
Triples
HofmanBRK9
HolmesSDP8
DillingerBSN7
IrvinMON6
JacksonBRK6
Homeruns
MantleBRK42
KinerSTL39
ZernialPIT39
DobyBSN37
RosenMON36
RBIs
ZernialPIT149
IrvinMON144
DobyBSN115
MantleBRK114
LongCIN112
Stolen Bases
DillingerBSN37
AshburnBSN35
HoppBRK35
RizzutoBSN34
Valo 29
Caught Stealing
DillingerBSN23
AshburnBSN17
HoppBRK14
Valo 13
MaysCIN10
Walks
YostPIT130
FainMON118
KinerSTL114
MantleBRK114
TorgesonSTL113
Strikeouts
LopataPIT132
KellerSDP126
DobyBSN121
ZernialPIT118
MaxwellCIN110
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
SpahnSTL2.43
JohnsonMON2.75
RobertsSDP2.93
HaddixBSN3.12
PetersonPIT3.16
Wins
SpahnSTL 25
JohnsonMON 24
WightMON 24
OvermireBSN 23
PetersonPIT 23
Losses
JaveryNYG 23
Brissie  22
AntonelliNYG 19
PoholskyCIN 19
NixonCIN 18
Winning Pct
WightMON.750
JohnsonMON.727
PetersonPIT.719
GrayMON.700
SpahnSTL.676
Saves
LittlefieldMON 19
VoiselleBSN 16
HerbertPIT 15
TiefenauerBRK 13
HetkiNYG 10
Games Pitched
KuzavaMON 92
McDermottSTL 85
TiefenauerBRK 81
BokelmannCIN 78
DrewsPIT 78
Games Started
AntonelliNYG 44
HaddixBSN 44
ParnellSTL 44
PetersonPIT 44
SpahnSTL 44
Complete Games
SpahnSTL 25
HaddixBSN 23
GarciaBRK 19
RobertsSDP 17
LawSDP 16
Shutouts
SpahnSTL 8
HaddixBSN 4
RobertsSDP 4
WightMON 4
JohnsonMON 3
Innings Pitched
SpahnSTL371.0
HaddixBSN366.3
ParnellSTL337.3
GarciaBRK331.3
OvermireBSN326.0
Hits Allowed
ParnellSTL 389
FriendPIT 344
OvermireBSN 335
GarciaBRK 334
MorganBRK 323
Homeruns Allowed
AntonelliNYG 46
Brissie  42
FordCIN 40
JaveryNYG 40
PoholskyCIN 39
Strikeouts
SpahnSTL 326
PetersonPIT 256
GrayMON 240
AntonelliNYG 231
HaddixBSN 203
Walks Allowed
AntonelliNYG 183
SainBSN 153
PetersonPIT 150
HanyzewskiBRK 145
JaveryNYG 145
Walks per 9IP
StobbsSDP0.9
RobertsSDP1.2
SpahnSTL2.4
HerbertPIT2.4
FriendPIT2.5
Hits per 9IP
PetersonPIT6.8
GrayMON7.1
SpahnSTL7.1
HaddixBSN7.4
AntonelliNYG7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
SpahnSTL7.9
GrayMON7.8
PetersonPIT7.3
AntonelliNYG6.6
SainBSN6.2
WHiP
SpahnSTL1.06
StobbsSDP1.08
RobertsSDP1.13
HaddixBSN1.16
JohnsonMON1.21
OAVG
PetersonPIT.209
GrayMON.212
SpahnSTL.213
HaddixBSN.224
AntonelliNYG.225
OOBP
SpahnSTL.266
StobbsSDP.271
RobertsSDP.282
HaddixBSN.291
JohnsonMON.300
OSLG
SpahnSTL.301
PetersonPIT.313
WightMON.315
JohnsonMON.326
StobbsSDP.333
OOPS
SpahnSTL.567
StobbsSDP.604
PetersonPIT.616
JohnsonMON.626
WightMON.639
   
League All-Stars
Ed Albosta Buddy Blattner Bobby Brown
Larry Doby Harvey Haddix Bobby Hofman
Monte Irvin Ralph Kiner Whitey Kurowski
Dale Long Stan Lopata Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays Stubby Overmire Kent Peterson
Pee Wee Reese Robin Roberts Warren Spahn
Chuck Stobbs Earl Torgeson Bill Voiselle
Dick Wakefield Bill Wight Eddie Yost
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Warren Spahn STL $ 29,426,120  
2.    Kent Peterson PIT $ 18,000,000  
3.    Whitey Kurowski BRK $ 13,500,000  
4.    Dave Koslo NYG $ 11,500,000  
5.    Lou Boudreau SDP $ 10,100,000  
6.    Earl Johnson MON $ 9,500,000  
7.    Buddy Blattner STL $ 9,180,000  
8.    Monte Irvin MON $ 8,300,000  
9.    Johnny Sain BSN $ 7,000,000  
10.    Chuck Stobbs SDP $ 6,992,857  
11.    Pee Wee Reese MON $ 6,650,000  
12.    Robin Roberts SDP $ 6,535,714  
13.    Sherry Robertson MON $ 6,500,000  
14.    Elbie Fletcher BRK $ 6,300,000  
15.    Johnny Vander Meer BSN $ 6,000,000  
16.    Ferris Fain MON $ 5,900,000  
17.    Charlie Keller SDP $ 5,500,000  
  Stubby Overmire BSN $ 5,500,000  
19.    Johnny Hopp BRK $ 5,350,000  
20.    Ralph Kiner STL $ 5,300,000  
21.    Russ Meyer PIT $ 5,280,000  
22.    Earl Torgeson STL $ 4,742,857  
23.    Larry Doby BSN $ 4,642,857  
24.    Tommy Hughes BSN $ 4,500,000  
  Lou Stringer SDP $ 4,500,000