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1952 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 93-69
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 839
Runs Allowed: 711
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,825,792
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 6th in the NL
AA: 78-59, 2nd in the NL
A: 68-69, 5th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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
LF  Ralph Kiner 29 158 541 111 134 18 1 39 109 0 0 114 94 .248 .378 .501 .879 102.3 18.4 3.4
SS  Buddy Blattner 32 156 553 108 161 31 4 19 87 9 4 87 52 .291 .391 .465 .856 100.8 19.3 8.4
1B *Earl Torgeson 28 155 530 109 156 32 6 29 97 10 2 113 58 .294 .418 .542 .960 114.9 23.9 4.0
CF  Sam Mele 29 156 568 80 172 21 3 21 81 0 0 47 64 .303 .355 .461 .816 86.5 14.8 4.6
1B *Bobby Brown 27 143 477 94 144 21 2 10 60 14 4 81 14 .302 .402 .417 .819 81.8 15.4 6.5
SS  George Kell 29 140 467 64 134 36 4 3 71 2 1 35 13 .287 .337 .400 .738 58.2 8.2 4.1
C  Del Rice 29 113 409 55 90 18 1 20 83 0 0 37 63 .220 .284 .416 .699 47.5 4.4 2.5
2B  Tommy Glaviano 28 138 359 46 83 11 0 4 27 2 0 56 85 .231 .340 .295 .635 38.7 3.5 3.0
C  Matt Batts 30 117 293 42 80 22 0 3 44 0 0 29 30 .273 .333 .379 .712 38.1 5.2 1.6
CF  Chuck Diering 29 90 298 33 91 17 3 0 43 0 0 24 38 .305 .352 .383 .734 39.1 5.8 1.6
CF  Johnny Groth 25 102 237 29 56 18 1 5 33 0 0 21 25 .236 .300 .384 .684 26.1 2.8 2.2
1B *Bob Addis 26 94 231 27 70 12 2 1 34 1 0 16 9 .303 .345 .385 .731 29.3 4.4 1.4
P *Warren Spahn 31 44 132 6 18 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 37 .136 .142 .159 .301 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Mel Parnell 30 44 110 5 23 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 17 .209 .219 .236 .456 6.4 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 23 35 98 4 14 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 24 .143 .143 .194 .337 0.8 0.0 0.0
RF *Al Zarilla 33 49 95 10 26 7 2 1 9 1 0 8 16 .274 .327 .421 .748 12.4 1.9 0.6
P  Stu Miller 24 39 84 5 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 27 .083 .103 .095 .199 -1.9 0.0 0.0
C  Al Evans 35 44 69 10 17 2 1 0 10 0 0 5 9 .246 .297 .304 .602 6.5 0.6 0.4
P *Mickey McDermott 23 85 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill McCahan 31 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Albosta 33 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Perkowski 29 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2027 5559 839 1478 273 31 156 815 39 11 678 677 .266 .345 .410 .756 787.6 128.8 44.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 4 4 1 5 4 4 7 2 4 3 4 6 3 3 3  
* - 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
*Warren Spahn 31 25 12 .676 44 44 0 371.0 293 100 11 99 326 2.43 40.5
*Mel Parnell 30 17 16 .515 44 44 0 337.3 389 187 19 138 135 4.99 14.0
*Curt Simmons 23 18 12 .600 35 35 0 274.7 263 108 22 105 92 3.54 22.0
 Stu Miller 24 14 13 .519 39 39 0 261.0 261 125 26 107 117 4.31 14.0
*Mickey McDermott 23 7 8 .467 85 0 10 84.3 75 52 14 55 53 5.55 4.8
 Ed Albosta 33 7 2 .778 50 0 7 60.3 42 20 9 44 57 2.98 9.0
*Harry Perkowski 29 5 4 .556 47 0 5 52.3 51 37 9 32 26 6.36 1.6
 Bill McCahan 31 0 2 .000 15 0 1 14.7 28 18 5 7 4 11.05 0.0
Team Totals 28.0 93 69 .574 359 162 23 1455.6 1402 647 115 587 810 4.00 105.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 6 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3  
* - 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
D.Rice 907.3 101 107 540 30 6 1 .990 23.1
M.Batts 454.0 50 54 240 21 4 1 .985 37.5
A.Evans 92.3 11 11 59 2 1 0 .984 20.0
A.Zarilla 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1455.7 162 173 840 53 11 2 .988 27.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.90
E.Torgeson 1279.7 141 153 1571 130 14 164 .992 11.96
M.Batts 123.0 15 15 147 10 2 13 .987 11.49
B.Addis 26.0 4 5 22 3 0 1 1.000 8.65
J.Groth 26.0 2 3 36 4 1 1 .976 13.85
B.Blattner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 177 1776 147 17 179 .991 11.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.98
B.Blattner 1235.3 138 148 278 522 14 121 .983 5.83
T.Glaviano 155.0 18 20 42 65 4 13 .964 6.21
J.Groth 53.0 6 10 16 20 0 4 1.000 6.11
B.Brown 6.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.50
G.Kell 5.3 0 3 5 2 0 2 1.000 11.82
B.Addis 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 185 342 614 18 141 .982 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.03
G.Kell 753.3 91 91 32 201 10 21 .959 2.78
T.Glaviano 609.3 65 94 36 168 16 17 .927 3.01
A.Evans 47.3 4 12 6 7 0 2 1.000 2.47
B.Brown 45.0 2 15 1 14 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 212 75 390 26 41 .947 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.40
B.Brown 1010.7 113 122 157 437 10 82 .983 5.29
G.Kell 339.0 39 39 52 134 4 20 .979 4.94
J.Groth 62.0 8 10 12 32 2 10 .957 6.39
T.Glaviano 24.0 2 4 8 12 1 4 .952 7.50
B.Blattner 20.0 0 6 4 10 1 3 .933 6.30
Team Total 1455.7 162 181 233 625 18 119 .979 5.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.01
R.Kiner 1302.3 144 151 278 11 12 2 .960 2.00
B.Addis 76.7 9 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 1.41
J.Groth 65.0 8 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
A.Zarilla 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Diering 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 176 301 13 12 2 .963 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.57
S.Mele 1220.7 140 146 317 15 1 8 .997 2.45
B.Addis 105.0 12 16 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.83
J.Groth 64.0 6 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
A.Zarilla 48.0 4 7 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.88
T.Glaviano 17.0 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
M.Batts 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 193 380 16 1 9 .997 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
C.Diering 712.7 81 85 140 2 2 2 .986 1.79
B.Addis 294.3 32 46 60 0 1 0 .984 1.83
J.Groth 262.0 28 43 63 1 0 1 1.000 2.20
A.Zarilla 136.7 16 21 31 3 2 0 .944 2.24
S.Mele 47.0 5 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
M.Batts 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Kell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.7 162 203 307 6 5 3 .984 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
W.Spahn 371.0 44 44 25 59 4 4 .955 2.04
M.Parnell 337.3 44 44 20 62 3 6 .965 2.19
C.Simmons 274.7 35 35 16 49 5 1 .929 2.13
S.Miller 261.0 39 39 22 54 1 8 .987 2.62
M.McDermott 84.3 0 85 5 12 1 2 .944 1.81
E.Albosta 60.3 0 50 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.34
H.Perkowski 52.3 0 47 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.24
B.McCahan 14.7 0 15 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.84
Team Total 1455.6 162 359 95 254 14 23 .961 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mele .303
On-Base Pct Torgeson .418
Slugging Pct Torgeson .542
OPS Torgeson .960
XR Torgeson 114.9
Games Kiner 158
At-Bats Mele 568
Runs Kiner 111
Hits Mele 172
Total Bases Torgeson 287
Singles Mele 127
Doubles Kell 36
Triples Torgeson 6
Homeruns Kiner 39
RBIs Kiner 109
Stolen Bases Brown 14
Caught Stealing Blattner, Brown 4
Walks Kiner 114
Strikeouts Kiner 94
ERA Spahn 2.43
Wins Spahn 25
Losses Parnell 16
Winning Pct Spahn .676
Saves McDermott 10
Games Pitched McDermott 85
Games Started Parnell, Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 25
Shutouts Spahn 8
Innings Pitched Spahn 371.0
Hits Allowed Parnell 389
Homeruns Allowed Miller 26
Strikeouts Spahn 326
Walks Allowed Parnell 138
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.4
Hits per 9IP Spahn 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 7.9
WHiP Spahn 1.06
OAVG Spahn .213
OOBP Spahn .266
OSLG Spahn .301
OOPS Spahn .567
Team All-Stars
Ed Albosta
Buddy Blattner
Bobby Brown
Ralph Kiner
Warren Spahn
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 29,426,120
Buddy Blattner $ 9,180,000
Ralph Kiner $ 5,300,000
Earl Torgeson $ 4,742,857
Mel Parnell $ 3,828,571
Del Rice $ 3,592,857
Sam Mele $ 3,085,714
Curt Simmons $ 2,078,571
George Kell $ 1,378,571
Matt Batts $ 1,068,571
Joe Nuxhall $ 500,000
Bill Sayles $ 400,000
Frank Fanovich $ 350,000
Al Evans $ 350,000
Ed Albosta $ 300,000
Bobby Brown $ 300,000
Chuck Diering $ 300,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 300,000
Johnny Groth $ 300,000
Bob Addis $ 300,000
Mickey McDermott $ 300,000
Al Zarilla $ 300,000
Stu Miller $ 300,000
Harry Perkowski $ 300,000
Bill McCahan $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Traded Dutch Meyer Boston (A) Buddy Blattner
Mel Parnell
 
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