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1952 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 55-107
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 673
Runs Allowed: 947
Exp W-L: 56-106
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,682,345
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 6th in the AL
AA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
A: 65-72, 5th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Ned Harris 35 156 566 86 173 33 5 15 76 9 0 85 53 .306 .395 .461 .856 99.3 21.0 1.6
SS  Cass Michaels 26 155 550 62 140 28 4 14 86 2 1 59 58 .255 .326 .396 .722 73.8 11.5 3.8
C *Yogi Berra 27 147 499 78 132 21 1 32 107 0 0 45 36 .265 .324 .503 .827 78.7 13.4 5.3
1B  Connie Ryan 32 147 430 60 111 23 4 3 45 2 0 70 71 .258 .363 .351 .714 56.0 8.8 1.6
SS *Benny McCoy 36 139 415 42 86 14 2 3 33 1 0 46 65 .207 .287 .272 .559 33.2 0.8 3.5
CF  Peanuts Lowrey 34 140 397 68 100 25 4 4 45 3 0 39 13 .252 .318 .365 .683 41.2 4.7 1.6
CF *Stan Spence 37 127 319 38 77 11 2 2 28 0 0 47 33 .241 .336 .307 .643 35.4 4.0 1.1
LF  Johnny Blatnik 31 124 335 35 82 27 4 5 56 0 0 18 56 .245 .281 .394 .675 35.9 4.2 0.7
CF  Jim Busby 25 110 314 42 83 12 1 6 29 4 1 23 37 .264 .313 .366 .679 37.5 5.1 1.4
SS *Wally Flager 30 104 297 23 63 7 0 1 21 0 0 37 16 .212 .301 .246 .546 22.4 0.0 3.4
2B  Dutch Meyer 36 121 247 36 71 10 2 5 30 0 0 13 26 .287 .322 .405 .727 31.0 4.7 2.1
CF  Leon Culberson 32 122 206 27 55 6 1 1 17 3 1 15 22 .267 .315 .320 .636 19.2 1.6 0.6
1B *Joe Lafata 30 66 196 12 35 4 0 3 13 0 0 14 43 .179 .236 .245 .481 11.5 0.0 0.8
3B  Joe Orengo 37 72 149 13 28 7 1 1 19 0 0 15 38 .188 .262 .268 .531 10.2 0.0 1.3
C *Toby Atwell 28 43 114 16 29 5 0 5 16 0 1 12 7 .254 .325 .430 .755 15.3 2.4 1.3
P *Bob Lemon 31 40 99 6 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 .152 .157 .162 .318 1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Rutherford 27 34 92 9 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 31 .130 .149 .152 .301 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Rigney 37 44 63 2 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .238 .258 .238 .496 4.7 0.0 0.0
C  Al Lakeman 33 35 75 8 16 0 3 1 8 0 0 1 12 .213 .221 .333 .554 5.1 0.0 0.7
P  Larry Jansen 31 14 36 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .278 .289 .333 .623 4.0 0.3 0.0
P *Red Webb 27 43 33 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .152 .176 .182 .358 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Lopat 34 41 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .069 .067 .069 .136 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Byerly 31 72 27 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .074 .074 .074 .148 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Lapalme 28 77 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.1 0.0
P *Tommy Byrne 32 37 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 31.5 2210 5500 673 1346 240 34 101 650 24 4 545 683 .245 .312 .356 .668 614.9 82.7 30.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 5 5 8 8 4 3 6 7 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Bob Lemon 31 8 24 .250 40 40 0 298.3 299 166 33 173 109 5.01 11.2
 Johnny Rutherford 27 11 17 .393 34 34 0 272.7 336 168 31 100 70 5.55 7.3
 Johnny Rigney 37 7 21 .250 44 34 0 235.0 232 135 38 124 141 5.17 8.8
 Bud Byerly 31 9 9 .500 72 10 9 133.7 143 70 14 64 52 4.71 9.2
 Red Webb 27 3 10 .231 43 14 1 128.0 158 106 17 72 28 7.45 0.0
*Ed Lopat 34 3 15 .167 41 16 3 113.7 140 80 17 72 38 6.33 0.0
 Larry Jansen 31 6 3 .667 14 6 0 110.0 108 42 14 23 60 3.44 10.3
*Paul Lapalme 28 7 6 .538 77 0 2 92.3 116 53 13 43 33 5.17 4.8
*Tommy Byrne 32 1 2 .333 37 0 2 48.7 63 42 12 35 22 7.77 0.0
Team Totals 30.9 55 107 .340 402 154 17 1432.3 1595 862 189 706 553 5.42 51.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 5 8 8  
* - 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
Y.Berra 1066.3 121 126 430 44 5 0 .990 33.3
T.Atwell 242.7 28 30 99 13 2 0 .982 30.0
A.Lakeman 123.3 13 18 52 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1432.3 162 174 581 60 7 0 .989 33.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
C.Ryan 921.7 100 121 1130 84 5 121 .996 11.85
J.Lafata 460.7 58 62 603 62 3 70 .996 12.99
A.Lakeman 44.0 4 10 53 5 0 6 1.000 11.86
B.McCoy 5.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.3 162 199 1792 151 8 197 .996 12.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
B.McCoy 967.0 119 120 251 456 21 102 .971 6.58
D.Meyer 233.0 19 52 49 123 4 28 .977 6.64
J.Busby 180.0 21 22 68 67 5 28 .964 6.75
C.Ryan 37.0 3 10 5 16 1 3 .955 5.11
J.Orengo 13.3 0 7 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.40
C.Michaels 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1432.3 162 212 376 668 31 161 .971 6.56
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
C.Michaels 1264.3 144 147 102 333 14 37 .969 3.10
P.Lowrey 102.0 11 14 9 30 3 4 .929 3.44
C.Ryan 32.0 4 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Orengo 31.0 3 5 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.61
J.Blatnik 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.3 162 171 116 373 17 41 .966 3.07
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
W.Flager 807.7 98 102 160 364 23 72 .958 5.84
J.Orengo 293.7 36 47 62 115 9 35 .952 5.42
D.Meyer 268.3 23 54 46 129 5 28 .972 5.87
B.McCoy 52.7 5 11 15 23 0 1 1.000 6.49
C.Michaels 7.0 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43
L.Culberson 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Blatnik 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1432.3 162 221 284 638 37 137 .961 5.79
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
J.Blatnik 678.7 84 91 130 2 7 0 .950 1.75
S.Spence 550.0 67 71 124 6 2 0 .985 2.13
P.Lowrey 90.0 6 21 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Culberson 79.7 5 32 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
Y.Berra 27.0 0 13 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Lafata 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.3 162 232 299 9 9 0 .972 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
P.Lowrey 616.7 61 95 177 7 2 2 .989 2.69
J.Busby 454.7 60 66 134 2 2 1 .986 2.69
L.Culberson 183.0 22 40 49 0 2 0 .961 2.41
S.Spence 167.0 19 33 51 0 1 0 .981 2.75
J.Orengo 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Blatnik 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1432.3 162 239 417 9 7 3 .984 2.68
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
N.Harris 1320.3 148 155 297 9 18 0 .944 2.09
L.Culberson 85.0 11 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
J.Orengo 26.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
Y.Berra 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.3 162 173 330 9 18 0 .950 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
B.Lemon 298.3 40 40 23 61 1 6 .988 2.53
J.Rutherford 272.7 34 34 7 51 3 1 .951 1.91
J.Rigney 235.0 34 44 13 37 2 3 .962 1.91
B.Byerly 133.7 10 72 15 27 1 5 .977 2.83
R.Webb 128.0 14 43 9 23 2 5 .941 2.25
E.Lopat 113.7 16 41 5 30 1 1 .972 2.77
L.Jansen 110.0 6 14 6 25 1 1 .969 2.54
P.Lapalme 92.3 0 77 11 17 0 0 1.000 2.73
T.Byrne 48.7 0 37 2 13 1 3 .938 2.77
Team Total 1432.3 154 402 91 284 12 25 .969 2.36
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Harris .306
On-Base Pct Harris .395
Slugging Pct Berra .503
OPS Harris .856
XR Harris 99.3
Games Harris 156
At-Bats Harris 566
Runs Harris 86
Hits Harris 173
Total Bases Harris 261
Singles Harris 120
Doubles Harris 33
Triples Harris 5
Homeruns Berra 32
RBIs Berra 107
Stolen Bases Harris 9
Caught Stealing Atwell, Busby, Culberson, Michaels 1
Walks Harris 85
Strikeouts Ryan 71
ERA Lemon 5.01
Wins Rutherford 11
Losses Lemon 24
Winning Pct Byerly .500
Saves Byerly 9
Games Pitched Lapalme 77
Games Started Lemon 40
Complete Games Rutherford 13
Shutouts Lemon 2
Innings Pitched Lemon 298.3
Hits Allowed Rutherford 336
Homeruns Allowed Rigney 38
Strikeouts Rigney 141
Walks Allowed Lemon 173
Walks per 9IP Rutherford 3.3
Hits per 9IP Rigney 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Rigney 5.4
WHiP Rigney 1.51
OAVG Rigney .256
OOBP Rigney .346
OSLG Lemon .400
OOPS Lemon .764
Team All-Stars
Yogi Berra
Player Salaries
Bud Byerly $ 6,410,000
Stan Spence $ 5,000,000
Ned Harris $ 5,000,000
Joe Orengo $ 4,260,000
Connie Ryan $ 4,000,000
Yogi Berra $ 3,221,429
Johnny Rigney $ 2,079,000
Dutch Meyer $ 2,000,000
Cass Michaels $ 1,900,000
Peanuts Lowrey $ 1,500,000
Benny McCoy $ 1,000,000
Tommy Byrne $ 785,714
Ed Lopat $ 750,000
Vic Barnhart $ 558,000
Bob Lemon $ 411,429
Cal McLish $ 350,000
Johnny Blatnik $ 300,000
Jim Busby $ 300,000
Leon Culberson $ 300,000
Wally Flager $ 300,000
Joe Lafata $ 300,000
Toby Atwell $ 300,000
Paul Lapalme $ 300,000
Red Webb $ 300,000
Johnny Rutherford $ 300,000
Al Lakeman $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Eddie Lukon Seattle Cass Michaels
2/1 Traded Don Lenhardt
Mike Garcia		 Brooklyn Ben Taylor
2/1 Traded Jackie Robinson Boston (N) Ray Noble
2/4 Signed     Ed Lopat
2/6 Signed     Vic Barnhart
2/7 Traded Charlie Keller San Diego Joe Orengo
2/7 Signed     Ned Harris
2/21 Traded Buddy Blattner
Mel Parnell		 St. Louis Dutch Meyer
2/21 Traded Joe Dobson Tampa Bay Paul Lapalme
2/22 Signed     Stan Spence
2/23 Signed     Johnny Rigney
6/1 Traded Larry Jansen Seattle Cal Mclish
 
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