1952 Cleveland Indians
Record: 72-90
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 777
Runs Allowed: 889
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 968,006
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
AA: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
A: 77-60, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
2B  Gil McDougald 24 155 566 116 178 25 5 34 124 0 0 83 50 .314 .399 .557 .955 114.6 20.2 4.9
1B *Dick Sisler 31 154 589 83 144 27 1 14 75 0 1 53 51 .244 .310 .365 .675 64.8 5.5 2.7
CF *Whitey Lockman 25 156 605 79 179 25 2 17 90 0 1 35 15 .296 .334 .428 .762 78.1 9.8 6.3
RF  Jackie Jensen 25 152 544 76 161 24 6 15 91 0 0 75 66 .296 .381 .445 .826 89.4 14.1 4.1
C  Gus Niarhos 31 142 433 54 110 9 3 4 42 0 0 86 38 .254 .379 .316 .695 56.7 6.1 7.1
2B *Solly Hemus 29 117 409 67 101 25 2 8 37 2 0 59 55 .247 .347 .377 .724 56.3 7.0 3.9
3B *Chuck Workman 37 124 412 45 102 11 1 15 61 0 1 27 60 .248 .298 .388 .686 44.8 3.4 2.4
2B  Al Kozar 30 112 322 49 81 13 2 1 33 0 1 44 10 .252 .339 .314 .652 38.3 3.8 2.8
RF *Joe Frazier 29 118 317 58 100 18 1 18 58 1 1 41 43 .315 .396 .549 .945 63.3 11.5 2.2
CF *Danny Gardella 32 125 278 45 76 13 0 11 44 0 1 37 37 .273 .361 .439 .799 43.0 6.0 1.4
CF  Clint Conatser 30 106 286 27 73 14 0 8 29 0 0 25 26 .255 .315 .388 .703 33.7 3.5 1.5
SS  Damon Phillips 33 67 161 15 42 14 0 0 14 0 0 6 15 .261 .287 .348 .635 11.6 0.2 1.4
C  Bobby Bragan 34 62 140 13 27 6 0 1 14 0 1 8 8 .193 .236 .257 .494 7.2 0.0 1.3
C  Ray Murray 34 41 111 9 23 4 1 1 13 0 0 9 21 .207 .267 .288 .555 7.1 0.0 1.9
P  Jim Suchecki 25 42 99 9 16 3 0 0 14 0 0 2 23 .162 .175 .192 .367 3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Henry 24 37 87 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 36 .126 .136 .149 .286 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Black 28 36 75 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 30 .120 .132 .147 .278 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Johnson 28 31 64 9 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 15 .203 .215 .266 .481 3.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Jack Graham 35 33 42 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 .167 .255 .167 .422 1.6 0.0 0.1
RF  Jose Zardon 29 36 23 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 .261 .320 .391 .711 2.6 0.3 0.2
P  Red Munger 33 47 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Hal Newhouser 31 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Lucier 34 56 11 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .545 .909 1.9 0.3 0.0
P  George Zuverink 27 55 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.1 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 32 61 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 35 79 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 2151 5616 777 1468 237 26 148 756 3 9 601 623 .261 .334 .392 .726 719.7 91.9 44.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 6 6 8 5 6 8 4 4 3 6 5 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
 Jim Suchecki 25 17 13 .567 42 42 0 309.7 296 157 33 138 137 4.56 20.8
*Bill Henry 24 10 17 .370 37 37 0 272.3 254 116 26 91 129 3.83 21.7
 Joe Black 28 11 11 .500 36 36 0 236.3 244 121 37 89 108 4.61 14.9
 Ernie Johnson 28 10 10 .500 31 31 0 197.7 204 124 30 123 95 5.65 7.7
 Lou Lucier 34 2 5 .286 56 4 1 88.7 108 68 13 67 17 6.90 0.4
 Red Munger 33 3 4 .429 47 5 0 83.7 86 40 4 45 30 4.30 6.2
 Junior Thompson 35 5 11 .313 79 0 10 83.0 99 62 9 73 24 6.72 1.4
*Hooks Iott 32 5 5 .500 59 0 6 66.3 69 42 11 37 61 5.70 4.3
 George Zuverink 27 8 9 .471 55 0 9 60.3 78 46 4 28 16 6.86 2.2
*Hal Newhouser 31 1 5 .167 7 7 0 44.0 56 37 4 36 20 7.57 0.0
 Marlin Stuart 33 0 0 .000 8 0 0 6.7 3 4 2 2 1 5.41 0.2
Team Totals 30.0 72 90 .444 457 162 26 1448.6 1497 817 173 729 638 5.08 79.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 5 6  
* - 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
G.Niarhos 1109.3 123 138 527 37 7 2 .988 31.0
R.Murray 282.0 33 40 126 12 1 3 .993 50.0
B.Bragan 57.3 6 13 27 2 0 0 1.000 40.0
Team Total 1448.7 162 191 680 51 8 5 .989 34.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
D.Sisler 1293.3 149 151 1578 130 9 164 .995 11.89
D.Gardella 95.0 9 18 109 12 1 12 .992 11.46
J.Graham 51.3 4 12 63 6 0 7 1.000 12.10
W.Lockman 9.0 0 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 186 1762 148 10 183 .995 11.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
A.Kozar 664.3 76 82 156 306 11 75 .977 6.26
S.Hemus 534.3 61 65 136 232 5 54 .987 6.20
B.Bragan 234.3 25 41 54 93 5 18 .967 5.65
G.McDougald 15.7 0 5 4 7 1 2 .917 6.32
Team Total 1448.7 162 193 350 638 22 149 .978 6.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
C.Workman 857.7 101 101 61 212 14 19 .951 2.86
G.McDougald 437.3 48 51 39 114 13 12 .922 3.15
D.Phillips 135.0 12 26 6 35 2 5 .953 2.73
S.Hemus 18.7 1 4 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1448.7 162 182 110 365 29 36 .942 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
G.McDougald 802.7 91 95 143 354 22 67 .958 5.57
S.Hemus 372.7 42 42 81 149 11 37 .954 5.55
D.Phillips 239.7 26 32 37 93 2 19 .985 4.88
B.Bragan 33.7 3 7 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.01
Team Total 1448.6 162 176 265 607 35 124 .961 5.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
J.Frazier 703.3 80 88 148 3 0 1 1.000 1.93
C.Conatser 465.0 56 61 89 5 0 2 1.000 1.82
D.Gardella 230.7 23 39 42 1 6 0 .878 1.68
C.Workman 21.0 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
J.Zardon 10.7 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
W.Lockman 10.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Sisler 8.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1448.7 162 206 286 11 6 3 .980 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
W.Lockman 1266.0 143 144 390 13 3 3 .993 2.86
D.Gardella 123.7 14 16 44 1 1 0 .978 3.28
C.Conatser 38.0 4 5 10 0 1 0 .909 2.37
J.Zardon 15.0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Jensen 6.0 0 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50
Team Total 1448.7 162 174 450 14 6 3 .987 2.88
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
J.Jensen 1239.0 141 142 288 8 7 4 .977 2.15
D.Gardella 112.7 12 14 18 1 3 0 .864 1.52
C.Workman 26.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Conatser 25.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
J.Frazier 22.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Zardon 16.0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.81
J.Graham 8.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 174 324 10 10 4 .971 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
J.Suchecki 309.7 42 42 22 66 2 8 .978 2.56
B.Henry 272.3 37 37 22 56 4 6 .951 2.58
J.Black 236.3 36 36 21 41 1 3 .984 2.36
E.Johnson 197.7 31 31 14 41 0 8 1.000 2.50
L.Lucier 88.7 4 56 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.22
R.Munger 83.7 5 47 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.58
J.Thompson 83.0 0 79 4 22 2 2 .929 2.82
H.Iott 66.3 0 59 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.04
G.Zuverink 60.3 0 55 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.54
H.Newhouser 44.0 7 7 6 11 0 1 1.000 3.48
M.Stuart 6.7 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1448.6 162 457 104 291 9 33 .978 2.45
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McDougald .314
On-Base Pct McDougald .399
Slugging Pct McDougald .557
OPS McDougald .955
XR McDougald 114.6
Games Lockman 156
At-Bats Lockman 605
Runs McDougald 116
Hits Lockman 179
Total Bases McDougald 315
Singles Lockman 135
Doubles Sisler 27
Triples Jensen 6
Homeruns McDougald 34
RBIs McDougald 124
Stolen Bases Hemus 2
Caught Stealing Bragan, Frazier, Gardella, Henry, Kozar, Lockman, Sisler, Workman, Zardon 1
Walks Niarhos 86
Strikeouts Jensen 66
ERA Henry 3.83
Wins Suchecki 17
Losses Henry 17
Winning Pct Suchecki .567
Saves Thompson 10
Games Pitched Thompson 79
Games Started Suchecki 42
Complete Games Suchecki 9
Shutouts Suchecki 2
Innings Pitched Suchecki 309.7
Hits Allowed Suchecki 296
Homeruns Allowed Black 37
Strikeouts Suchecki 137
Walks Allowed Suchecki 138
Walks per 9IP Henry 3.0
Hits per 9IP Henry 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 4.3
WHiP Henry 1.27
OAVG Henry .243
OOBP Henry .307
OSLG Henry .393
OOPS Henry .700
Team All-Stars
Whitey Lockman
Gil McDougald
George Zuverink
Player Salaries
Red Munger $ 3,410,000
Junior Thompson $ 2,500,000
Chuck Workman $ 2,390,000
Hooks Iott $ 2,000,000
Danny Gardella $ 1,810,000
Dick Sisler $ 1,800,000
Whitey Lockman $ 1,528,571
Hal Newhouser $ 1,390,000
Gus Niarhos $ 1,100,000
Lou Lucier $ 1,034,286
Steve Roser $ 750,000
Emil Kush $ 750,000
Bobby Bragan $ 600,000
Rex Cecil $ 535,714
Jose Zardon $ 350,000
George Hausmann $ 350,000
Clyde King $ 350,000
Damon Phillips $ 350,000
Ernie Johnson $ 300,000
Clint Conatser $ 300,000
Joe Frazier $ 300,000
Jack Graham $ 300,000
Solly Hemus $ 300,000
Bill Henry $ 300,000
Jackie Jensen $ 300,000
Al Kozar $ 300,000
Joe Black $ 300,000
Marlin Stuart $ 300,000
George Zuverink $ 300,000
Gil McDougald $ 300,000
Ray Murray $ 300,000
Woody Rich $ 300,000
Jim Suchecki $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Buddy Lewis New York (A) Bob Kelly
2/3 Signed     Hooks Iott
2/4 Signed     Emil Kush
2/8 Signed     Junior Thompson
2/10 Signed     Steve Roser