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1952 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 81-81
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 859
Runs Allowed: 841
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,972,206
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 1st in the NL
AA: 76-61, 3rd in the NL
A: 68-69, 6th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Phil Rizzuto 34 154 608 96 176 25 5 2 59 34 10 31 62 .289 .326 .357 .683 67.3 8.2 4.0
RF *Larry Doby 28 154 540 100 154 30 1 37 115 2 2 92 121 .285 .389 .550 .939 109.6 22.2 3.5
3B  Jackie Robinson 33 154 560 79 168 27 3 9 83 10 4 63 43 .300 .374 .407 .781 82.1 13.8 5.8
3B  Bob Dillinger 33 148 531 88 154 22 7 2 61 37 23 41 8 .290 .339 .369 .708 62.6 7.8 2.5
CF *Richie Ashburn 25 147 474 67 137 21 2 5 71 35 17 51 10 .289 .361 .373 .734 63.4 9.8 3.4
RF *Dick Kokos 24 142 423 87 125 18 1 27 86 0 1 81 71 .296 .405 .534 .939 89.2 18.3 2.6
C *Carl Sawatski 24 136 418 74 113 19 3 21 85 0 0 74 63 .270 .377 .481 .858 76.8 14.3 5.1
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 24 118 356 54 106 13 2 6 47 0 0 65 22 .298 .401 .396 .797 60.7 11.1 1.5
LF  Bob Nieman 25 125 271 40 72 22 3 11 58 0 0 27 33 .266 .328 .491 .819 43.1 7.4 1.0
LF  Walt Dropo 29 81 207 32 51 5 0 12 38 0 1 23 31 .246 .320 .444 .765 30.4 4.5 0.8
2B *Pete Runnels 24 61 175 25 50 11 2 1 22 0 0 21 13 .286 .365 .389 .754 22.9 3.6 1.3
SS  Al Cuccinello 37 55 163 21 41 7 0 2 23 1 0 10 29 .252 .303 .331 .634 15.9 1.6 1.0
C *Clint Courtney 25 53 124 15 39 8 0 2 16 0 1 13 3 .315 .387 .427 .815 20.3 3.9 1.6
P *Harvey Haddix 26 44 126 12 28 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 27 .222 .233 .230 .463 6.4 0.0 0.0
P  Stubby Overmire 33 41 118 10 12 2 1 1 5 1 0 2 11 .102 .115 .161 .276 0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Frank Mancuso 34 44 102 16 21 7 0 2 15 0 0 14 15 .206 .302 .333 .635 10.9 1.1 1.4
2B *Billy Goodman 26 37 91 12 25 3 0 3 16 1 0 9 3 .275 .340 .407 .747 12.3 1.9 0.6
P  Johnny Sain 34 40 91 5 13 0 0 0 6 1 0 3 2 .143 .168 .143 .311 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Brown 27 37 57 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 12 .140 .155 .158 .313 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Hal Jeffcoat 27 15 28 7 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 5 .321 .367 .393 .760 4.1 0.9 0.2
CF #Sam Jethroe 34 31 28 8 6 1 0 0 2 6 2 1 6 .214 .241 .250 .491 2.0 0.0 0.1
1B *Harry Simpson 26 26 23 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .261 .320 .261 .581 1.9 0.1 0.2
P  Tommy Hughes 32 8 16 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .313 .353 .375 .728 2.2 0.5 0.0
P  Bill Voiselle 33 30 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 31 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 32 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Cuddles Marshall 27 21 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 37 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Buddy Lively 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 2045 5553 859 1521 246 30 143 826 130 62 628 602 .274 .347 .406 .754 784.1 130.9 36.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 3 2 5 6 6 3 1 8 6 1 2 3 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Harvey Haddix 26 21 14 .600 44 44 0 366.3 301 127 28 124 203 3.12 34.8
*Stubby Overmire 33 23 13 .639 41 41 0 326.0 335 144 20 107 91 3.98 23.7
 Johnny Sain 34 10 17 .370 40 40 0 259.3 270 172 39 153 178 5.97 2.2
 Hal Brown 27 8 13 .381 37 23 0 185.7 227 125 28 53 54 6.06 1.1
 Dick Conger 31 12 10 .545 70 0 8 73.3 68 42 10 42 50 5.15 6.0
 Tommy Hughes 32 2 2 .500 8 8 0 53.7 40 20 4 44 43 3.35 4.6
 Bill Voiselle 33 2 8 .200 30 6 16 50.3 58 45 11 37 42 8.05 0.0
 Early Wynn 32 1 2 .333 39 0 0 45.3 65 36 5 22 18 7.15 0.0
*Johnny Vander Meer 37 2 1 .667 29 0 0 32.0 27 13 5 23 22 3.66 3.0
 Cuddles Marshall 27 0 0 .000 21 0 0 30.3 28 22 2 35 18 6.53 0.0
 Buddy Lively 27 0 1 .000 5 0 0 8.0 10 8 2 6 3 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.8 81 81 .500 364 162 24 1430.3 1429 754 154 646 722 4.74 75.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 4 6 7 3 5 6 5 3 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.5
C.Sawatski 959.0 106 122 502 36 5 0 .991 32.4
C.Courtney 244.0 29 32 141 11 0 0 1.000 28.6
F.Mancuso 226.3 27 29 109 15 2 1 .984 58.3
H.Simpson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.3 162 184 753 62 7 1 .991 36.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.90
G.Goldsberry 664.0 76 85 799 56 5 65 .994 11.59
W.Dropo 458.0 52 61 536 41 3 52 .995 11.34
P.Runnels 161.2 20 23 186 16 1 16 .995 11.28
A.Cuccinello 21.0 2 5 25 1 0 3 1.000 11.14
B.Goodman 15.0 1 4 21 1 0 1 1.000 13.20
H.Simpson 12.7 2 6 11 0 0 1 1.000 7.82
B.Dillinger 8.0 0 3 12 1 0 0 1.000 14.63
J.Robinson 8.0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Jethroe 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1348.9 153 189 1598 117 9 138 .995 11.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.98
J.Robinson 1153.0 135 135 293 473 16 106 .980 5.98
P.Runnels 186.5 22 27 45 72 1 19 .992 5.65
A.Cuccinello 141.3 15 19 42 51 6 12 .939 5.92
B.Goodman 53.0 5 8 12 21 1 4 .971 5.60
R.Ashburn 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1537.8 177 190 392 619 24 141 .977 5.92
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.03
B.Dillinger 1029.0 120 121 75 268 22 19 .940 3.00
A.Cuccinello 163.7 17 21 9 49 1 3 .983 3.19
J.Robinson 125.3 14 15 6 29 1 3 .972 2.51
B.Goodman 112.3 11 17 9 31 0 4 1.000 3.20
Team Total 1430.3 162 174 99 377 24 29 .952 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.40
P.Rizzuto 1210.7 140 142 163 510 16 90 .977 5.00
B.Dillinger 152.7 16 22 22 64 4 8 .956 5.07
P.Runnels 42.5 4 7 9 20 3 3 .906 6.14
A.Cuccinello 5.0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1410.8 160 173 195 597 23 101 .972 5.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.01
D.Kokos 929.7 106 121 228 3 8 2 .967 2.24
B.Nieman 436.7 51 57 88 0 3 0 .967 1.81
W.Dropo 30.0 2 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.30
B.Goodman 26.0 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
H.Simpson 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Mancuso 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 196 336 3 11 2 .969 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.57
R.Ashburn 1070.0 123 131 304 5 9 3 .972 2.60
L.Doby 221.3 26 28 59 2 3 1 .953 2.48
H.Jeffcoat 60.0 5 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
S.Jethroe 51.0 5 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
H.Simpson 28.0 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.89
Team Total 1430.3 162 193 398 7 12 4 .971 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
L.Doby 1043.0 121 124 254 8 4 4 .985 2.26
G.Goldsberry 211.7 25 26 48 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
B.Nieman 94.0 8 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Kokos 53.0 5 8 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.23
H.Simpson 11.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
H.Jeffcoat 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Cuccinello 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.7 162 183 342 10 4 5 .989 2.22
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
H.Haddix 366.3 44 44 15 61 2 3 .974 1.87
S.Overmire 326.0 41 41 21 59 0 6 1.000 2.21
J.Sain 259.3 40 40 16 36 1 1 .981 1.80
H.Brown 185.7 23 37 15 38 2 3 .964 2.57
D.Conger 73.3 0 70 5 16 0 1 1.000 2.58
T.Hughes 53.7 8 8 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.01
B.Voiselle 50.3 6 30 3 8 1 0 .917 1.97
E.Wynn 45.3 0 39 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.19
J.Vander Meer 32.0 0 29 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.84
C.Marshall 30.3 0 21 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.26
B.Lively 8.0 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.3 162 364 86 243 6 17 .982 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Robinson .300
On-Base Pct Kokos .405
Slugging Pct Doby .550
OPS Kokos .939
XR Doby 109.6
Games Rizzuto, Robinson, Doby 154
At-Bats Rizzuto 608
Runs Doby 100
Hits Rizzuto 176
Total Bases Doby 297
Singles Rizzuto 144
Doubles Doby 30
Triples Dillinger 7
Homeruns Doby 37
RBIs Doby 115
Stolen Bases Dillinger 37
Caught Stealing Dillinger 23
Walks Doby 92
Strikeouts Doby 121
ERA Haddix 3.12
Wins Overmire 23
Losses Sain 17
Winning Pct Overmire .639
Saves Voiselle 16
Games Pitched Conger 70
Games Started Haddix 44
Complete Games Haddix 23
Shutouts Haddix 4
Innings Pitched Haddix 366.3
Hits Allowed Overmire 335
Homeruns Allowed Sain 39
Strikeouts Haddix 203
Walks Allowed Sain 153
Walks per 9IP Brown 2.6
Hits per 9IP Haddix 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Sain 6.2
WHiP Haddix 1.16
OAVG Haddix .224
OOBP Haddix .291
OSLG Haddix .350
OOPS Haddix .641
Team All-Stars
Larry Doby
Harvey Haddix
Stubby Overmire
Bill Voiselle
Player Salaries
Johnny Sain $ 7,000,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 6,000,000
Stubby Overmire $ 5,500,000
Larry Doby $ 4,642,857
Tommy Hughes $ 4,500,000
Bill Voiselle $ 4,460,000
Jackie Robinson $ 4,070,000
Early Wynn $ 3,100,000
Randy Gumpert $ 2,730,000
Bob Dillinger $ 2,635,714
Richie Ashburn $ 2,142,857
Preacher Roe $ 2,000,000
Phil Rizzuto $ 1,300,000
Dick Conger $ 900,000
Allie Reynolds $ 780,000
Al Cuccinello $ 700,000
Dick Fowler $ 600,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 570,000
Frank Biscan $ 510,000
Jimmy Pofahl $ 480,000
Roberto Ortiz $ 480,000
Murry Dickson $ 450,000
Hank Wyse $ 400,000
Hugh East $ 350,000
Pete Suder $ 350,000
Jack Bolling $ 350,000
Ray Boone $ 350,000
Sam Dente $ 350,000
Walt Dropo $ 300,000
Clint Courtney $ 300,000
Sam Jethroe $ 300,000
Hal Brown $ 300,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 300,000
Billy Goodman $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
Harvey Haddix $ 300,000
Hal Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Dick Kokos $ 300,000
Buddy Lively $ 300,000
Frank Mancuso $ 300,000
Cuddles Marshall $ 300,000
Bob Nieman $ 300,000
Carl Sawatski $ 300,000
Ken Silvestri $ 300,000
Harry Simpson $ 300,000
Virgil Trucks $ 300,000
Tex Hughson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Harry Chiti
Johnny Logan
Charlie Maxwell		 Cincinnati Murray Wall
2/1 Traded Vern Law San Diego Larry Doby
Stubby Overmire
Dick Conger
Bob Dillinger
Ray Boone
2/1 Traded Johnny Pramesa
Johnny Mize
Ken Keltner
$7,000,000		 Tampa Bay Bill Voiselle
Early Wynn
Phil Rizzuto
2/1 Traded Ray Noble Boston (A) Jackie Robinson
2/2 Signed     Jimmy Pofahl
2/2 Signed     Jack Bolling
2/3 Signed     Johnny Sain
2/3 Signed     Murry Dickson
2/5 Signed     Tex Hughson
2/6 Signed     Al Epperly
2/8 Signed     Virgil Trucks
2/9 Signed     Roberto Ortiz
2/10 Signed     Ken Silvestri
2/21 Traded Don Wheeler Tampa Bay Walt Dropo
7/31 Traded Pete Runnels
Willard Schmidt		 Oakland Tommy Hughes
 
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