1952 San Diego Padres
Record: 84-78
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 675
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Field
Attendance: 2,406,622
Manager: Jamie D'Agostini

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 8th in the NL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
A: 71-66, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Lou Stringer 35 155 569 92 184 43 5 14 83 0 0 76 81 .323 .403 .490 .894 104.0 19.8 2.8
CF  Wally Westlake 31 149 565 94 162 20 2 23 90 0 0 70 86 .287 .368 .451 .819 92.4 15.2 3.5
3B  Ellis Clary 35 154 511 78 153 19 1 4 51 0 0 109 86 .299 .423 .364 .787 84.5 14.6 4.6
1B *Charlie Keller 35 149 480 72 110 20 6 18 78 0 0 81 126 .229 .338 .408 .746 71.0 9.4 1.6
SS  Lou Boudreau 34 136 483 60 139 23 5 1 58 0 1 33 48 .288 .333 .362 .696 50.5 5.7 7.7
LF *Eddie Waitkus 32 136 447 64 131 20 5 2 57 1 0 44 14 .293 .355 .374 .729 54.5 7.2 2.6
CF *Tommy Holmes 35 138 456 51 135 26 8 4 69 0 0 24 13 .296 .331 .414 .746 52.1 6.1 4.4
C *Bill Salkeld 35 114 373 62 96 13 2 9 42 0 0 92 66 .257 .403 .375 .779 64.1 10.6 4.4
CF  Mike McCormick 35 81 233 25 52 5 0 6 22 0 0 18 24 .223 .275 .322 .596 20.5 0.3 2.3
C  Phil Masi 36 93 167 24 53 18 4 1 33 0 0 27 18 .317 .409 .491 .900 32.1 6.2 1.1
C  Del Wilber 33 70 174 21 45 14 2 6 31 0 1 9 23 .259 .290 .466 .756 22.1 2.6 1.2
SS  Eddie Lake 36 66 139 14 34 2 0 0 10 2 1 26 30 .245 .364 .259 .623 15.6 1.4 1.8
3B  Buddy Kerr 29 80 129 13 23 7 1 0 11 0 0 23 14 .178 .297 .248 .545 11.5 0.0 1.8
P #Robin Roberts 25 40 112 6 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 25 .143 .179 .152 .331 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Law 22 40 104 6 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 28 .192 .198 .221 .419 3.8 0.0 0.0
RF *Herb Adams 24 45 106 12 33 6 1 1 12 0 0 3 4 .311 .327 .415 .742 13.0 1.9 0.6
P *Chuck Stobbs 22 33 89 5 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .180 .198 .202 .400 2.3 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Ferriss 30 37 99 13 30 4 0 1 17 0 0 1 9 .303 .310 .374 .684 10.3 1.1 0.0
CF  Danny Litwhiler 35 35 95 7 19 3 1 1 15 0 0 7 19 .200 .252 .284 .537 7.1 0.0 0.6
SS  Jerry Priddy 32 37 77 6 18 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 12 .234 .306 .312 .618 5.5 0.0 0.5
LF  Tommy Tatum 32 57 76 13 17 4 1 0 4 0 0 2 11 .224 .244 .303 .546 4.5 0.0 0.7
P *Billy Hoeft 20 18 45 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 15 .200 .213 .200 .413 2.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Bruce Konopka 32 27 25 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .320 .520 1.1 0.0 0.0
C *Frank House 22 6 20 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .300 .440 .300 .740 3.4 0.5 0.4
2B *Charlie Gilbert 32 14 18 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .167 .250 .278 .528 0.9 0.0 0.1
P  Jack Kramer 34 36 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 36 55 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Al Aber 24 53 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Mauney 32 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Consuegra 31 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.9 2085 5614 747 1513 261 44 92 722 3 3 667 775 .270 .346 .381 .727 729.3 102.5 42.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 6 3 3 1 8 6 8 1 5 5 3 4 7 6 6  
* - 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
 Robin Roberts 25 19 13 .594 40 40 0 320.0 322 104 20 41 139 2.93 28.4
 Vern Law 22 11 17 .393 40 38 0 301.3 303 119 35 93 82 3.55 19.6
*Chuck Stobbs 22 17 11 .607 33 33 0 258.7 253 91 7 26 115 3.17 22.7
 Dave Ferriss 30 17 10 .630 37 29 0 244.7 252 111 31 71 123 4.08 17.6
*Billy Hoeft 20 3 8 .273 18 18 0 130.3 139 67 11 56 56 4.63 4.4
 Butch Wensloff 36 4 3 .571 55 0 6 62.7 56 29 11 30 34 4.17 5.7
*Al Aber 24 8 8 .500 53 0 8 58.3 61 32 10 24 17 4.94 4.2
 Jack Kramer 34 3 5 .375 36 2 2 46.0 46 21 5 24 9 4.11 2.6
 Sandy Consuegra 31 1 3 .250 29 1 8 27.7 42 22 3 15 8 7.16 0.0
 Dick Mauney 32 1 0 1.000 2 1 0 11.3 12 3 0 2 7 2.38 1.4
Team Totals 27.6 84 78 .519 343 162 24 1461.0 1486 599 133 382 590 3.69 106.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 5 4 1 5 4 1 1 7 1  
* - 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
B.Salkeld 799.0 89 97 354 31 0 2 1.000 30.0
D.Wilber 321.0 40 41 116 6 1 1 .992 16.7
P.Masi 290.0 27 50 114 10 4 0 .969 28.6
F.House 51.0 6 6 33 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 162 194 617 49 5 3 .993 27.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.90
C.Keller 987.3 111 116 1273 94 19 95 .986 12.46
L.Stringer 310.7 34 35 415 24 5 37 .989 12.72
P.Masi 62.0 7 12 70 9 1 7 .988 11.47
E.Waitkus 48.0 5 8 63 4 1 4 .985 12.56
D.Litwhiler 24.0 3 4 29 2 0 3 1.000 11.63
J.Priddy 21.0 2 5 23 2 0 3 1.000 10.71
W.Westlake 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1.000 3.60
L.Boudreau 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 185 1876 135 26 150 .987 12.39
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.98
L.Stringer 989.7 112 114 246 434 21 84 .970 6.18
J.Priddy 114.3 12 17 26 55 7 9 .920 6.38
E.Lake 81.1 13 14 17 36 2 7 .964 5.88
B.Kerr 42.3 4 9 10 26 0 5 1.000 7.65
C.Keller 32.0 4 4 9 13 3 5 .880 6.19
B.Salkeld 18.0 2 2 5 6 0 1 1.000 5.50
L.Boudreau 11.0 1 2 5 7 0 1 1.000 9.82
E.Clary 0.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1288.8 148 163 318 578 33 112 .964 6.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.03
E.Clary 1245.0 142 144 87 355 19 29 .959 3.20
B.Kerr 125.7 12 26 8 30 1 3 .974 2.72
J.Priddy 29.0 4 4 2 5 2 1 .778 2.17
C.Gilbert 29.0 4 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.55
C.Keller 14.0 0 6 0 6 1 0 .857 3.86
D.Wilber 12.3 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.92
E.Lake 1.9 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.9 162 191 99 403 23 33 .956 3.10
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.40
L.Boudreau 1091.0 127 132 166 495 21 77 .969 5.45
E.Lake 215.7 35 42 41 96 6 18 .958 5.72
B.Kerr 163.0 19 25 27 77 5 12 .954 5.74
T.Holmes 63.7 5 14 10 36 2 8 .958 6.50
J.Priddy 30.3 3 8 7 10 0 3 1.000 5.04
B.Salkeld 28.0 4 4 7 8 2 5 .882 4.82
H.Adams 26.0 3 3 6 7 0 1 1.000 4.50
E.Clary 9.7 0 6 0 5 0 1 1.000 4.66
D.Litwhiler 9.0 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Masi 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1637.4 196 240 265 737 36 125 .965 5.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.01
W.Westlake 1242.3 139 142 281 3 1 1 .996 2.06
H.Adams 129.0 16 17 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.74
C.Keller 36.0 3 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.McCormick 22.0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
D.Litwhiler 19.7 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
E.Waitkus 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Gilbert 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Konopka 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 175 327 5 2 1 .994 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.57
T.Holmes 862.3 99 103 242 13 3 4 .988 2.66
M.McCormick 511.3 60 67 158 5 2 4 .988 2.87
E.Waitkus 31.3 0 12 11 0 2 0 .846 3.16
T.Tatum 23.0 1 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
E.Clary 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Adams 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Gilbert 6.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Litwhiler 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 197 429 18 7 8 .985 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
E.Waitkus 884.7 101 104 199 8 5 2 .976 2.11
D.Litwhiler 179.0 21 22 41 1 2 1 .955 2.11
T.Tatum 168.7 20 23 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.40
T.Holmes 95.0 10 16 26 1 1 0 .964 2.56
H.Adams 73.0 8 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
M.McCormick 25.0 2 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44
C.Keller 22.7 0 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
W.Westlake 7.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.71
C.Gilbert 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Konopka 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 199 337 12 8 3 .978 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
R.Roberts 320.0 40 40 17 60 3 4 .963 2.17
V.Law 301.3 38 40 22 69 1 3 .989 2.72
C.Stobbs 258.7 33 33 16 39 1 2 .982 1.91
D.Ferriss 244.7 29 37 15 69 1 2 .988 3.09
B.Hoeft 130.3 18 18 9 34 3 3 .935 2.97
B.Wensloff 62.7 0 55 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.87
A.Aber 58.3 0 53 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.70
J.Kramer 46.0 2 36 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.35
S.Consuegra 27.7 1 29 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.25
D.Mauney 11.3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1461.0 162 343 90 308 9 15 .978 2.45
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Stringer .323
On-Base Pct Clary .423
Slugging Pct Stringer .490
OPS Stringer .894
XR Stringer 104.0
Games Stringer 155
At-Bats Stringer 569
Runs Westlake 94
Hits Stringer 184
Total Bases Stringer 279
Singles Clary 129
Doubles Stringer 43
Triples Holmes 8
Homeruns Westlake 23
RBIs Westlake 90
Stolen Bases Lake 2
Caught Stealing Boudreau, Lake, Wilber 1
Walks Clary 109
Strikeouts Keller 126
ERA Roberts 2.93
Wins Roberts 19
Losses Law 17
Winning Pct Ferriss .630
Saves Aber, Consuegra 8
Games Pitched Wensloff 55
Games Started Roberts 40
Complete Games Roberts 17
Shutouts Roberts 4
Innings Pitched Roberts 320.0
Hits Allowed Roberts 322
Homeruns Allowed Law 35
Strikeouts Roberts 139
Walks Allowed Law 93
Walks per 9IP Stobbs 0.9
Hits per 9IP Stobbs 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Ferriss 4.5
WHiP Stobbs 1.08
OAVG Stobbs .251
OOBP Stobbs .271
OSLG Stobbs .333
OOPS Stobbs .604
Team All-Stars
Robin Roberts
Chuck Stobbs
Player Salaries
Lou Boudreau $ 10,100,000
Chuck Stobbs $ 6,992,857
Robin Roberts $ 6,535,714
Charlie Keller $ 5,500,000
Lou Stringer $ 4,500,000
Eddie Lake $ 4,000,000
Wally Westlake $ 4,000,000
Bill Salkeld $ 4,000,000
Dave Ferriss $ 3,000,000
Eddie Waitkus $ 2,500,000
Tommy Holmes $ 2,500,000
Ellis Clary $ 2,000,000
Butch Wensloff $ 1,960,000
Jack Kramer $ 1,750,000
Sandy Consuegra $ 1,300,000
Phil Masi $ 700,000
Buddy Kerr $ 350,000
Al Aber $ 300,000
Frank House $ 300,000
Del Wilber $ 300,000
Billy Hoeft $ 300,000
Charlie Gilbert $ 300,000
Vern Law $ 300,000
Jerry Priddy $ 300,000
Herb Adams $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Larry Doby
Stubby Overmire
Dick Conger
Bob Dillinger
Ray Boone
Boston (N) Vern Law
2/3 Signed     Jack Kramer
2/3 Signed     Mike Mccormick
2/7 Traded Joe Orengo Boston (A) Charlie Keller
2/17 Signed     Butch Wensloff
2/21 Signed     Jerry Priddy
3/3 Traded Julio Gonzalez New York (N) Ellis Clary
Lou Stringer
Del Wilber
7/1 Traded Danny Litwhiler Brooklyn Eddie Lake
10/19 Released Tommy Tatum    
10/19 Released Mike Mccormick    
10/19 Released Bruce Konopka    
10/19 Released Dick Mauney    
10/19 Released Joe Ostrowski