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1952 Detroit Tigers
Record: 97-65
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 913
Runs Allowed: 722
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,427,995
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
AA: 60-77, 6th in the AL
A: 61-76, 7th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Pittsburgh Pirates
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Seattle Mariners
 
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 *Johnny Wyrostek 32 153 629 116 214 41 6 8 68 3 5 74 35 .340 .410 .463 .873 108.0 20.3 3.9
RF *Ted Williams 33 157 551 138 193 41 5 39 149 2 0 143 67 .350 .479 .655 1.135 156.7 35.0 5.4
CF *Wally Judnich 35 153 623 88 188 29 5 20 118 0 0 60 87 .302 .361 .461 .822 96.0 15.7 7.0
2B  Billy Cox 32 154 618 84 169 36 3 15 97 0 0 56 36 .273 .332 .414 .747 75.7 9.1 8.0
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 33 148 580 99 176 36 5 6 79 47 18 68 70 .303 .376 .414 .790 86.9 13.4 6.6
2B  Billy Johnson 33 152 564 92 189 35 4 11 76 0 0 60 7 .335 .398 .470 .868 94.3 17.0 5.9
C *Butch Nieman 34 143 531 82 145 16 7 29 130 14 6 66 44 .273 .347 .493 .840 89.4 12.9 3.6
1B *Ray Sanders 35 105 270 45 73 19 2 3 34 0 0 46 32 .270 .375 .389 .764 42.0 6.8 1.6
3B  Frankie Zak 30 70 139 20 37 1 1 1 12 0 0 23 14 .266 .368 .309 .677 17.4 1.8 1.2
LF  Tommy O'Brien 33 62 145 16 34 8 1 1 9 0 0 12 12 .234 .293 .324 .617 12.4 0.5 1.0
LF *Irv Noren 27 38 138 23 42 10 2 4 21 1 1 16 12 .304 .374 .493 .867 23.4 4.2 1.0
1B *Cliff Mapes 30 67 116 19 22 6 1 2 15 0 0 25 15 .190 .329 .310 .639 14.5 1.1 1.0
CF *Willard Marshall 31 40 120 21 32 2 0 1 14 0 0 13 8 .267 .333 .308 .642 12.7 0.8 1.0
P  Walt Masterson 32 41 116 7 22 4 0 1 8 0 0 2 31 .190 .202 .250 .452 5.4 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 31 42 94 8 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 22 .117 .149 .117 .266 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Red Embree 34 48 86 8 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 20 .209 .236 .233 .469 4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 21 26 75 8 18 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 14 .240 .256 .307 .563 6.3 0.0 0.0
C  Eddie Malone 32 29 61 12 21 6 0 1 10 0 0 10 3 .344 .437 .492 .928 10.8 2.0 0.4
2B  Eddie Stanky 35 27 46 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 5 .239 .386 .239 .625 5.3 0.4 0.7
3B *Joe Garagiola 26 19 47 8 12 0 0 3 9 0 0 2 4 .255 .286 .447 .733 5.6 0.7 0.3
SS *Merl Combs 32 17 45 5 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .244 .292 .311 .603 4.1 0.2 0.6
P  Bobby Shantz 26 10 23 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .130 .167 .130 .297 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Werle 31 71 23 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .174 .208 .261 .469 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Gene Hermanski 32 20 9 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .300 .444 .744 1.1 0.1 0.0
P  Jim Hearn 31 52 8 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .500 .875 0.9 0.1 0.0
C  Mickey Grasso 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 37 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Hughes 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Harris 35 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.5 1930 5664 913 1651 302 42 146 880 67 30 702 560 .291 .368 .437 .805 874.9 142.0 49.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 2 1 2 3 6 2 2 7 1 1 1 1 3 2 2  
* - 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
 Walt Masterson 32 18 14 .563 41 41 0 331.7 313 129 40 100 165 3.50 26.3
*Howie Pollet 31 21 12 .636 42 42 0 288.7 210 128 28 196 252 3.99 18.1
 Red Embree 34 17 13 .567 48 32 2 257.0 219 111 26 110 198 3.89 18.3
 Gene Conley 21 16 5 .762 26 26 0 202.7 216 89 18 66 93 3.95 14.9
*Bill Werle 31 11 2 .846 71 9 11 127.0 133 69 14 45 62 4.89 8.5
*Bobby Shantz 26 5 3 .625 10 10 0 69.3 72 36 8 19 25 4.67 3.3
 Bob Harris 35 3 5 .375 62 0 9 69.0 69 35 6 22 35 4.57 6.1
 Jim Hearn 31 3 6 .333 52 2 4 67.7 80 41 11 30 20 5.45 2.2
*Jack Harshman 24 2 3 .400 23 0 4 28.3 31 17 4 21 13 5.40 1.2
*Marius Russo 37 0 2 .000 17 0 1 13.0 15 9 3 4 6 6.23 0.0
 Jim Hughes 29 0 0 .000 2 0 0 5.3 4 1 1 3 3 1.69 0.6
 Eddie Malone 32 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 30.3 97 65 .599 395 162 31 1460.6 1363 665 159 617 872 4.10 99.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 2 4 1 2  
* - 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
B.Nieman 1196.0 132 135 765 40 5 1 .994 19.2
E.Malone 159.7 18 19 75 7 0 1 1.000 13.3
J.Garagiola 83.9 13 14 47 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
M.Grasso 8.3 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1447.9 166 172 891 50 5 2 .995 18.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
J.Wyrostek 788.7 86 92 889 71 13 67 .987 10.96
R.Sanders 624.7 72 72 717 57 2 66 .997 11.15
F.Zak 35.0 4 4 42 2 1 2 .978 11.31
J.Garagiola 4.7 1 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 11.49
C.Mapes 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
G.Hermanski 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Judnich 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
M.Grasso 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1460.6 163 174 1661 132 16 137 .991 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
B.Johnson 1322.0 146 149 226 519 15 95 .980 5.07
E.Stanky 88.7 10 12 25 42 0 9 1.000 6.80
F.Zak 48.0 6 6 17 13 0 4 1.000 5.63
S.Stirnweiss 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Cox 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1460.7 162 169 269 575 15 109 .983 5.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
S.Stirnweiss 1287.7 142 144 89 309 7 27 .983 2.78
F.Zak 166.0 20 20 9 43 2 6 .963 2.82
J.Garagiola 6.4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.81
B.Johnson 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
M.Combs 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1467.1 163 170 100 356 9 34 .981 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
B.Cox 1356.7 151 152 206 516 24 87 .968 4.79
M.Combs 97.0 11 13 13 37 1 6 .980 4.64
F.Zak 6.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
I.Noren 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 168 219 557 25 93 .969 4.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
J.Wyrostek 545.0 61 64 132 2 3 0 .978 2.21
T.Williams 322.0 35 41 81 3 2 2 .977 2.35
I.Noren 302.5 33 35 68 1 3 0 .958 2.05
C.Mapes 90.0 11 12 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.60
W.Marshall 53.8 7 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
T.O'Brien 8.5 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
B.Nieman 6.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Hermanski 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1329.8 148 167 312 7 8 2 .976 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
W.Judnich 1342.0 150 150 398 8 3 3 .993 2.72
W.Marshall 203.7 28 28 56 0 1 0 .982 2.47
C.Mapes 92.7 9 12 34 1 1 0 .972 3.40
I.Noren 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1640.8 187 190 488 9 5 3 .990 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
T.Williams 1021.7 113 116 236 9 1 3 .996 2.16
T.O'Brien 301.6 35 38 67 2 4 2 .945 2.06
C.Mapes 58.0 7 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
R.Sanders 24.0 0 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
I.Noren 11.1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
G.Hermanski 6.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
W.Marshall 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.2 156 180 322 11 5 5 .985 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
W.Masterson 331.7 41 41 16 41 2 0 .966 1.55
H.Pollet 288.7 42 42 27 46 2 4 .973 2.28
R.Embree 257.0 32 48 22 34 0 3 1.000 1.96
G.Conley 202.7 26 26 9 37 2 3 .958 2.04
B.Werle 127.0 9 71 10 17 1 3 .964 1.91
B.Shantz 69.3 10 10 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.34
B.Harris 69.0 0 62 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.48
J.Hearn 67.7 2 52 2 12 1 1 .933 1.86
J.Harshman 28.3 0 23 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.86
M.Russo 13.0 0 17 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38
J.Hughes 5.3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Malone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.6 162 395 101 222 8 16 .976 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .350
On-Base Pct Williams .479
Slugging Pct Williams .655
OPS Williams 1.135
XR Williams 156.7
Games Williams 157
At-Bats Wyrostek 629
Runs Williams 138
Hits Wyrostek 214
Total Bases Williams 361
Singles Wyrostek 159
Doubles Williams, Wyrostek 41
Triples Nieman 7
Homeruns Williams 39
RBIs Williams 149
Stolen Bases Stirnweiss 47
Caught Stealing Stirnweiss 18
Walks Williams 143
Strikeouts Judnich 87
ERA Masterson 3.50
Wins Pollet 21
Losses Masterson 14
Winning Pct Conley .762
Saves Werle 11
Games Pitched Werle 71
Games Started Pollet 42
Complete Games Masterson 17
Shutouts Masterson 4
Innings Pitched Masterson 331.7
Hits Allowed Masterson 313
Homeruns Allowed Masterson 40
Strikeouts Pollet 252
Walks Allowed Pollet 196
Walks per 9IP Masterson 2.7
Hits per 9IP Pollet 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Pollet 7.9
WHiP Masterson 1.25
OAVG Pollet .203
OOBP Masterson .302
OSLG Pollet .346
OOPS Pollet .675
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Billy Johnson
Wally Judnich
Howie Pollet
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Ted Williams
Johnny Wyrostek
Player Salaries
Ted Williams $ 15,340,000
Howie Pollet $ 8,500,000
Wally Judnich $ 7,500,000
Billy Cox $ 5,240,000
Bobby Shantz $ 4,071,429
Red Embree $ 3,700,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 3,490,000
Bill Werle $ 2,600,000
Butch Nieman $ 2,500,000
Billy Johnson $ 2,400,000
Frankie Zak $ 2,290,000
Walt Masterson $ 2,250,000
Willard Marshall $ 2,000,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,000,000
Johnny Wyrostek $ 1,350,000
Jim Hearn $ 1,250,000
Bob Harris $ 1,250,000
Joe Garagiola $ 1,070,000
Gene Hermanski $ 350,000
Merl Combs $ 350,000
Cliff Mapes $ 350,000
Jack Harshman $ 300,000
Jim Hughes $ 300,000
Irv Noren $ 300,000
Eddie Malone $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Ray Sanders
2/21 Traded Whitey Wietelmann New York (N) Billy Johnson
7/31 Traded Gene Conley
Eddie Stanky
Marius Russo		 Oakland Joe Garagiola
Bobby Shantz
Irv Noren
7/31 Traded Jim Waugh
Tommy O'Brien
Mickey Grasso		 Oakland Willard Marshall
 
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