1952 Seattle Mariners
Record: 100-62
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 1000
Runs Allowed: 764
Exp W-L: 101-61
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,381,518
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 84-53, 1st in the AL
AA: 72-65, 2nd in the AL
A: 71-66, 2nd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Detroit Tigers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
1B *Vic Wertz 27 155 601 129 174 26 4 45 124 0 0 68 67 .290 .360 .571 .930 115.6 21.3 1.9
SS  Vern Stephens 31 151 578 87 173 33 5 18 93 1 0 66 50 .299 .371 .467 .838 92.0 16.3 5.5
SS  Danny O'Connell 25 155 530 73 145 25 3 9 60 0 0 58 32 .274 .345 .383 .728 62.6 7.2 4.9
3B  Bill Serena 27 132 488 116 138 36 5 31 96 0 0 94 78 .283 .397 .568 .964 105.1 21.0 6.2
RF *Phil Cavarretta 35 140 500 71 141 40 4 7 59 16 4 45 33 .282 .342 .420 .762 71.5 11.6 2.2
1B *Eddie Lukon 31 132 446 99 137 16 7 31 98 0 0 55 42 .307 .381 .583 .964 93.7 18.1 2.0
CF *Stan Musial 31 134 446 88 126 34 7 32 110 0 0 50 41 .283 .358 .605 .963 87.1 16.5 3.2
C *Smoky Burgess 25 113 376 54 116 30 1 11 74 0 0 53 20 .309 .391 .481 .872 67.5 12.5 5.3
C *Joe Schultz 33 97 307 51 87 10 2 0 32 0 0 42 17 .283 .369 .329 .698 39.4 5.4 3.4
RF  Wally Post 22 81 231 40 66 17 2 12 48 0 0 22 40 .286 .346 .532 .879 39.6 7.1 1.6
1B *Ted Kluszewski 27 53 209 53 69 16 0 17 54 0 0 22 8 .330 .392 .651 1.043 46.3 9.9 0.5
LF  Dino Restelli 27 58 168 28 48 9 0 9 30 0 0 24 22 .286 .391 .500 .891 32.2 6.3 1.2
P  Joe Haynes 34 44 119 9 31 3 0 1 12 0 0 7 21 .261 .302 .311 .613 11.9 0.6 0.0
2B  Granny Hamner 25 50 131 12 27 4 1 2 12 0 0 11 19 .206 .266 .298 .563 9.2 0.0 1.7
LF *Jeff Heath 37 71 118 21 31 6 1 7 21 0 0 12 18 .263 .331 .508 .839 19.3 3.3 0.6
3B *Bobby Young 27 51 97 23 25 6 1 0 9 0 0 5 14 .258 .291 .340 .631 9.8 1.1 0.9
P *Fred Hutchinson 32 29 86 13 20 3 0 1 8 0 0 0 3 .233 .239 .302 .541 6.1 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Scheib 25 27 72 8 21 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .292 .307 .292 .598 7.2 0.4 0.0
P *Dick Donovan 24 33 60 5 7 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 21 .117 .127 .167 .294 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Warren Hacker 27 39 53 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .151 .151 .170 .321 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Fannin 28 79 27 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .185 .185 .222 .407 0.5 0.0 0.0
RF  Cliff Aberson 30 14 23 5 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 6 .348 .400 .652 1.052 5.4 1.2 0.1
1B *George Vico 28 17 21 5 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 .524 .560 .571 1.131 6.2 1.6 0.0
P  Lew Burdette 25 33 14 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .357 .400 .500 .900 2.5 0.5 0.0
P  Larry Jansen 31 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
1B  Jack Phillips 30 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Cal McLish 26 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Necciai 20 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 1948 5723 1000 1619 321 44 235 967 17 4 643 580 .283 .355 .478 .833 930.1 162.0 41.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Joe Haynes 34 21 10 .677 44 44 0 349.7 404 137 16 77 87 3.53 29.4
 Fred Hutchinson 32 14 7 .667 29 29 0 220.3 244 113 21 49 73 4.62 13.1
 Carl Scheib 25 11 10 .524 27 27 0 205.3 185 94 23 68 147 4.12 13.7
 Dick Donovan 24 14 6 .700 33 24 1 198.7 234 98 28 53 66 4.44 10.5
 Warren Hacker 27 15 6 .714 39 19 2 172.3 199 82 24 31 62 4.28 12.4
 Cliff Fannin 28 14 11 .560 79 9 13 142.7 156 71 24 47 72 4.48 10.8
 Lew Burdette 25 4 4 .500 33 5 3 69.7 88 48 6 27 21 6.20 1.8
 Larry Jansen 31 5 4 .556 27 13 2 59.7 60 29 8 19 19 4.37 4.2
 Ron Necciai 20 1 2 .333 21 0 1 26.0 27 15 5 13 16 5.19 1.0
 Cal McLish 26 1 2 .333 10 0 1 17.7 30 20 2 16 6 10.19 0.0
Team Totals 27.2 100 62 .617 342 170 23 1462.0 1627 707 157 400 569 4.35 96.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 7 1 1 8 3 4 1 7 4  
* - 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 30.3
S.Burgess 923.7 101 108 392 39 6 2 .986 32.4
J.Schultz 536.3 61 67 215 17 1 1 .996 36.8
J.Heath 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1462.0 162 176 609 56 7 3 .990 33.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
V.Wertz 887.0 100 102 1218 106 7 105 .995 13.43
T.Kluszewski 443.6 52 52 546 42 5 45 .992 11.93
P.Cavarretta 48.3 5 7 70 3 0 10 1.000 13.59
G.Vico 35.0 4 6 56 5 0 5 1.000 15.69
J.Phillips 16.0 2 2 21 0 0 0 1.000 11.81
W.Post 10.7 0 2 16 1 1 1 .944 14.35
E.Lukon 7.0 0 2 12 2 0 2 1.000 18.00
B.Young 4.0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
S.Musial 2.3 0 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 19.31
Team Total 1453.9 163 179 1949 160 13 169 .994 13.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
B.Serena 1113.0 124 129 270 559 18 101 .979 6.70
G.Hamner 240.3 28 29 64 118 3 26 .984 6.82
B.Young 108.7 10 19 24 55 0 10 1.000 6.54
Team Total 1462.0 162 177 358 732 21 137 .981 6.71
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
V.Stephens 1307.7 144 148 90 401 16 28 .968 3.38
J.Schultz 93.3 11 11 3 33 1 1 .973 3.47
B.Young 33.0 4 4 2 7 3 0 .750 2.45
G.Hamner 24.0 3 3 5 5 0 0 1.000 3.75
G.Vico 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Serena 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.0 162 168 100 447 20 29 .965 3.37
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
D.O'Connell 1331.0 153 155 202 613 16 108 .981 5.51
B.Young 78.7 9 9 8 35 3 6 .935 4.92
G.Hamner 49.3 0 18 9 22 3 6 .912 5.66
V.Stephens 3.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.0 162 185 219 673 22 120 .976 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
E.Lukon 887.3 97 106 159 5 0 2 1.000 1.66
D.Restelli 352.0 42 42 79 4 0 0 1.000 2.12
P.Cavarretta 127.0 15 17 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
V.Wertz 82.7 8 13 14 0 1 0 .933 1.52
S.Musial 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Heath 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1462.0 162 182 280 10 1 2 .997 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
S.Musial 940.7 104 109 233 9 0 3 1.000 2.32
W.Post 362.0 41 47 103 3 0 0 1.000 2.64
J.Heath 86.0 9 15 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.41
D.Restelli 65.0 8 8 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
E.Lukon 8.3 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32
Team Total 1462.0 162 183 376 14 0 4 1.000 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
P.Cavarretta 820.7 93 97 145 11 2 2 .987 1.71
V.Wertz 347.0 38 40 68 3 4 1 .947 1.84
W.Post 131.3 17 18 22 1 1 0 .958 1.58
J.Heath 89.7 9 12 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.21
C.Aberson 37.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
E.Lukon 19.0 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
S.Musial 14.0 0 9 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Restelli 3.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.0 162 193 272 17 7 3 .976 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
J.Haynes 349.7 44 44 30 76 2 8 .981 2.73
F.Hutchinson 220.3 29 29 13 42 0 2 1.000 2.25
C.Scheib 205.3 27 27 18 36 1 3 .982 2.37
D.Donovan 198.7 24 33 21 40 2 3 .968 2.76
W.Hacker 172.3 19 39 15 47 0 3 1.000 3.24
C.Fannin 142.7 9 79 8 30 0 0 1.000 2.40
L.Burdette 69.7 5 33 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.58
L.Jansen 59.7 13 27 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.72
R.Necciai 26.0 0 21 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.73
C.McLish 17.7 0 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.53
Team Total 1462.0 170 342 115 307 5 21 .988 2.60
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lukon .307
On-Base Pct Serena .397
Slugging Pct Musial .605
OPS Serena .964
XR Wertz 115.6
Games O'Connell, Wertz 155
At-Bats Wertz 601
Runs Wertz 129
Hits Wertz 174
Total Bases Wertz 343
Singles Stephens 117
Doubles Cavarretta 40
Triples Lukon, Musial 7
Homeruns Wertz 45
RBIs Wertz 124
Stolen Bases Cavarretta 16
Caught Stealing Cavarretta 4
Walks Serena 94
Strikeouts Serena 78
ERA Haynes 3.53
Wins Haynes 21
Losses Fannin 11
Winning Pct Hacker .714
Saves Fannin 13
Games Pitched Fannin 79
Games Started Haynes 44
Complete Games Haynes 13
Shutouts Haynes 3
Innings Pitched Haynes 349.7
Hits Allowed Haynes 404
Homeruns Allowed Donovan 28
Strikeouts Scheib 147
Walks Allowed Haynes 77
Walks per 9IP Hacker 1.6
Hits per 9IP Scheib 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Scheib 6.4
WHiP Scheib 1.23
OAVG Scheib .241
OOBP Scheib .306
OSLG Haynes .375
OOPS Scheib .696
Team All-Stars
Joe Haynes
Carl Scheib
Vic Wertz
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 13,000,000
Phil Cavarretta $ 7,000,000
Vern Stephens $ 6,000,000
Joe Schultz $ 6,000,000
Joe Haynes $ 5,800,000
Jeff Heath $ 5,000,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 4,742,857
Fred Hutchinson $ 4,400,000
Vic Wertz $ 3,364,286
Cliff Fannin $ 2,928,571
Eddie Lukon $ 2,800,000
Larry Jansen $ 2,600,000
Ron Necciai $ 300,000
Bobby Young $ 300,000
Danny O'Connell $ 300,000
Cliff Aberson $ 300,000
Jack Phillips $ 300,000
Wally Post $ 300,000
Dino Restelli $ 300,000
Granny Hamner $ 300,000
Warren Hacker $ 300,000
Bill Serena $ 300,000
Dick Donovan $ 300,000
George Vico $ 300,000
Smoky Burgess $ 300,000
Lew Burdette $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Cass Michaels Boston (A) Eddie Lukon
6/1 Traded Cal Mclish Boston (A) Larry Jansen
7/31 Traded Carl Scheib
Jim Brideweser
Oakland Ted Kluszewski
9/22 Released Mike Goliat    
9/22 Released Johnny Bero