1952 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 83-79
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 829
Runs Allowed: 821
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,153,815
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 7th in the NL
AA: 60-77, 8th in the NL
A: 59-78, 8th 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
3B  Whitey Kurowski 34 148 569 93 169 16 4 19 89 1 0 60 76 .297 .370 .439 .810 86.3 16.0 4.7
1B  Don Lenhardt 29 152 504 88 117 19 2 20 65 0 0 110 89 .232 .366 .397 .763 79.1 12.9 2.4
C  Bobby Hofman 26 145 527 83 150 14 9 22 105 0 0 50 60 .285 .346 .471 .816 82.7 15.0 5.6
CF #Mickey Mantle 20 129 435 116 133 8 2 42 114 7 5 114 82 .306 .447 .623 1.070 118.7 29.2 3.3
1B  Randy Jackson 26 129 486 69 138 18 6 14 77 24 7 35 65 .284 .331 .432 .764 65.5 11.1 2.0
1B *Johnny Hopp 35 143 441 72 125 22 2 6 47 35 14 61 50 .283 .371 .383 .754 67.1 12.2 1.9
SS  Bobby Morgan 26 131 424 51 99 16 1 10 41 1 0 51 87 .233 .316 .347 .663 47.3 5.3 6.1
SS  Eddie Lake 36 77 300 59 89 11 3 8 42 4 1 68 42 .297 .427 .433 .860 58.8 13.2 1.6
LF  Wayne Terwilliger 27 93 293 39 66 17 2 3 34 0 0 30 38 .225 .297 .328 .625 26.8 2.2 1.5
CF  Mel Clark 25 77 238 22 59 13 2 4 42 0 0 16 14 .248 .294 .370 .664 24.2 2.6 1.4
3B  Jim Dyck 30 79 216 24 54 13 0 5 32 0 0 26 30 .250 .332 .380 .712 26.4 3.6 1.5
RF *Barney McCosky 35 117 215 29 68 12 2 3 25 1 0 25 12 .316 .388 .433 .820 33.3 7.1 1.2
LF *Red Treadway 32 99 189 26 52 6 2 2 26 0 1 17 15 .275 .332 .360 .692 21.9 2.9 0.6
C *Aaron Robinson 37 48 130 15 26 4 0 1 10 0 0 17 15 .200 .293 .254 .546 9.4 0.0 1.4
P  Mike Garcia 28 41 113 12 19 2 2 0 4 0 0 7 24 .168 .215 .221 .436 5.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bubba Church 27 41 111 5 23 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 24 .207 .233 .243 .476 6.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Morgan 22 40 89 7 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 26 .169 .196 .180 .375 2.1 0.0 0.0
3B *Jack Dittmer 24 46 96 7 22 5 0 1 13 0 0 8 8 .229 .288 .313 .601 7.2 0.2 1.0
C *Bill Drescher 31 42 91 10 33 3 0 0 13 0 0 7 2 .363 .410 .396 .806 13.6 2.7 0.8
P  Ed Hanyzewski 31 38 89 2 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 24 .090 .090 .146 .236 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucab 32 29 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Niles Jordan 26 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Rex Barney 27 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 22 81 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 35 72 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2043 5578 829 1467 207 40 160 796 73 28 709 790 .263 .346 .401 .747 779.1 136.3 37.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 5 5 8 2 3 5 3 5 3 7 6 5 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Mike Garcia 28 17 17 .500 41 41 0 331.3 334 151 24 117 168 4.10 19.8
 Bubba Church 27 22 14 .611 41 41 0 308.7 298 134 34 130 128 3.91 21.7
 Tom Morgan 22 19 15 .559 40 40 0 266.0 323 158 34 80 70 5.35 8.5
 Ed Hanyzewski 31 10 14 .417 38 34 0 255.7 276 144 31 145 135 5.07 7.2
 Bobby Tiefenauer 22 5 6 .455 81 0 13 96.0 112 49 15 45 23 4.59 5.7
 Hal Manders 35 7 6 .538 72 0 8 77.0 81 34 6 25 33 3.97 8.0
 Johnny Kucab 32 3 4 .429 29 2 2 47.7 57 20 5 25 9 3.78 3.2
*Niles Jordan 26 0 1 .000 30 2 1 41.3 46 22 6 17 10 4.79 1.4
 Rex Barney 27 0 2 .000 16 2 1 24.7 33 29 5 29 13 10.58 0.0
Team Totals 27.8 83 79 .512 388 162 25 1448.3 1560 741 160 613 589 4.60 75.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 3 5 6 7 6 5 4 8 5  
* - 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.Hofman 1001.3 112 112 425 39 7 0 .985 28.1
A.Robinson 257.0 29 31 114 12 1 2 .992 50.0
B.Drescher 190.0 21 26 72 6 0 0 1.000 22.2
Team Total 1448.3 162 169 611 57 8 2 .988 30.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.90
R.Jackson 1040.3 118 125 1357 104 7 135 .995 12.64
J.Dyck 270.7 33 33 349 27 8 34 .979 12.50
J.Hopp 104.3 11 20 138 11 0 11 1.000 12.85
M.Mantle 16.0 0 7 24 6 0 3 1.000 16.88
B.Hofman 8.0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.Treadway 5.0 0 2 7 1 1 0 .889 14.40
D.Lenhardt 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1448.3 162 194 1886 149 16 183 .992 12.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.98
B.Morgan 984.3 121 124 237 457 18 98 .975 6.35
E.Lake 181.2 15 17 39 79 4 17 .967 5.86
J.Dittmer 148.7 16 20 38 67 4 17 .963 6.36
B.Hofman 147.0 16 18 36 75 2 20 .982 6.80
B.McCosky 79.7 0 38 15 43 2 4 .967 6.55
W.Terwilliger 77.7 8 15 21 37 0 9 1.000 6.72
M.Clark 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1620.5 176 233 386 758 30 165 .974 6.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.03
W.Kurowski 1235.3 138 144 101 318 14 22 .968 3.05
J.Dyck 194.0 23 24 14 62 3 6 .962 3.53
B.Hofman 10.0 1 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Jackson 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Lake 4.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Morgan 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1452.4 162 175 117 385 17 29 .967 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.40
W.Terwilliger 643.3 77 78 100 317 16 66 .963 5.83
E.Lake 482.0 40 49 91 214 14 39 .956 5.70
J.Dittmer 101.3 8 26 26 41 0 11 1.000 5.95
B.Morgan 39.3 3 11 6 14 1 3 .952 4.58
R.Treadway 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Dyck 3.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1272.0 128 166 225 589 31 119 .963 5.76
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.01
D.Lenhardt 1256.0 144 147 253 10 5 0 .981 1.88
R.Treadway 147.3 17 19 37 1 2 0 .950 2.32
B.McCosky 28.0 0 12 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Hopp 9.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
M.Clark 8.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1448.3 162 184 299 11 7 0 .978 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.57
M.Mantle 1071.3 120 122 308 11 1 4 .997 2.68
B.McCosky 175.0 19 22 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Treadway 143.0 17 18 31 2 5 1 .868 2.08
J.Hopp 50.0 5 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
M.Clark 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 171 387 15 6 5 .985 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
J.Hopp 768.3 84 95 167 5 0 1 1.000 2.01
M.Clark 550.7 67 68 132 5 0 0 1.000 2.24
B.McCosky 101.0 11 17 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
R.Treadway 27.3 0 17 3 0 1 0 .750 0.99
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 198 326 10 1 1 .997 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
M.Garcia 331.3 41 41 20 73 3 7 .969 2.53
B.Church 308.7 41 41 29 59 6 4 .936 2.57
T.Morgan 266.0 40 40 17 43 4 2 .938 2.03
E.Hanyzewski 255.7 34 38 10 48 0 2 1.000 2.04
B.Tiefenauer 96.0 0 81 6 19 2 1 .926 2.34
H.Manders 77.0 0 72 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.22
J.Kucab 47.7 2 29 3 10 0 3 1.000 2.45
N.Jordan 41.3 2 30 3 11 1 3 .933 3.05
R.Barney 24.7 2 16 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.82
Team Total 1448.3 162 388 97 278 16 22 .959 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mantle .306
On-Base Pct Mantle .447
Slugging Pct Mantle .623
OPS Mantle 1.070
XR Mantle 118.7
Games Lenhardt 152
At-Bats Kurowski 569
Runs Mantle 116
Hits Kurowski 169
Total Bases Mantle 271
Singles Kurowski 130
Doubles Hopp 22
Triples Hofman 9
Homeruns Mantle 42
RBIs Mantle 114
Stolen Bases Hopp 35
Caught Stealing Hopp 14
Walks Mantle 114
Strikeouts Lenhardt 89
ERA Church 3.91
Wins Church 22
Losses Garcia 17
Winning Pct Church .611
Saves Tiefenauer 13
Games Pitched Tiefenauer 81
Games Started Church, Garcia 41
Complete Games Garcia 19
Shutouts Garcia 2
Innings Pitched Garcia 331.3
Hits Allowed Garcia 334
Homeruns Allowed Church, Morgan 34
Strikeouts Garcia 168
Walks Allowed Hanyzewski 145
Walks per 9IP Morgan 2.7
Hits per 9IP Church 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Hanyzewski 4.8
WHiP Garcia 1.36
OAVG Church .252
OOBP Garcia .323
OSLG Garcia .369
OOPS Garcia .692
Team All-Stars
Bobby Hofman
Whitey Kurowski
Mickey Mantle
Player Salaries
Whitey Kurowski $ 13,500,000
Elbie Fletcher $ 6,300,000
Johnny Hopp $ 5,350,000
Rex Barney $ 3,300,000
Mike Garcia $ 2,957,143
Hal Manders $ 1,750,000
Danny Litwhiler $ 1,750,000
Barney McCosky $ 1,600,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 1,500,000
Red Treadway $ 1,414,286
Ray Poat $ 900,000
Aaron Robinson $ 510,000
Bill Drescher $ 400,000
Bob Gillespie $ 400,000
Hank Behrman $ 350,000
Johnny Kucab $ 300,000
Jack Dittmer $ 300,000
Mel Clark $ 300,000
Bubba Church $ 300,000
Jim Dyck $ 300,000
Bobby Hofman $ 300,000
Niles Jordan $ 300,000
Don Lenhardt $ 300,000
Mickey Mantle $ 300,000
Bobby Morgan $ 300,000
Tom Morgan $ 300,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 300,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 300,000
Randy Jackson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ben Taylor Boston (A) Don Lenhardt
Mike Garcia
2/4 Signed     Eddie Lake
2/9 Signed     Whitey Kurowski
2/20 Signed     Aaron Robinson
7/1 Traded Eddie Lake San Diego Danny Litwhiler
9/22 Released Adrian Zabala