1952 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 64-98
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 927
Exp W-L: 61-101
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 951,167
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
A: 67-70, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Buddy Lewis 35 156 595 68 150 27 9 16 73 5 2 56 73 .252 .316 .408 .725 76.9 9.4 3.0
DH  Pat Seerey 29 158 530 82 133 19 1 27 77 0 0 106 142 .251 .375 .443 .819 91.6 14.1 2.8
LF  Frank Thomas 23 155 567 75 154 19 2 30 103 0 0 37 74 .272 .314 .471 .785 81.4 10.4 2.6
C  Gil Hodges 28 147 525 85 136 28 1 31 90 0 1 62 71 .259 .335 .493 .828 84.8 12.0 3.6
1B  Nap Reyes 32 153 556 59 154 25 3 10 53 1 2 21 28 .277 .307 .387 .694 60.1 5.8 8.0
2B  Roy Hartsfield 26 156 531 59 119 11 2 7 39 11 0 29 61 .224 .263 .292 .555 40.6 0.0 6.6
1B  Joe Adcock 24 104 394 61 111 16 0 21 54 0 0 37 60 .282 .344 .482 .826 61.4 9.3 2.7
CF  Bob Cerv 26 132 371 49 100 24 3 13 50 3 4 39 48 .270 .337 .456 .793 56.0 8.3 2.6
LF *Bill Howerton 30 125 328 56 79 27 1 7 40 0 1 47 63 .241 .334 .393 .728 43.4 5.1 1.7
C *Hal Wagner 36 65 195 20 50 3 3 3 19 0 0 18 24 .256 .319 .349 .668 21.5 1.6 1.1
C  Joe Tipton 30 59 128 7 33 8 0 1 23 0 0 14 15 .258 .331 .344 .675 15.0 1.7 0.8
3B *Don Bollweg 31 50 105 7 18 6 2 3 7 0 0 7 11 .171 .223 .352 .576 7.6 0.0 0.8
P *Don Newcombe 26 40 101 7 28 3 0 0 12 0 0 1 22 .277 .284 .307 .591 8.0 0.4 0.0
3B  Clem Koshorek 27 58 98 8 21 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 12 .214 .243 .245 .488 5.1 0.0 1.5
LF *Rocky Nelson 27 58 78 8 19 2 2 1 6 0 0 11 6 .244 .337 .359 .696 10.0 1.1 0.3
CF *Augie Bergamo 35 44 63 7 16 3 1 0 5 0 0 10 10 .254 .356 .333 .689 8.4 1.1 0.4
P  Ed Head 34 52 61 5 14 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 13 .230 .250 .279 .529 4.7 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Koslo 32 26 60 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .050 .079 .050 .129 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Saul Rogovin 28 32 51 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 15 .176 .250 .176 .426 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Wade 29 52 51 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .157 .189 .176 .365 1.2 0.0 0.0
DH *Joe Collins 29 40 38 13 9 0 1 4 10 1 1 3 3 .237 .293 .605 .898 6.7 1.1 0.1
2B  Johnny Temple 24 16 31 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .129 .206 .129 .335 0.8 0.0 0.4
P  Ron Kline 20 77 24 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .208 .375 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 23 83 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Eddie Robinson 31 24 21 3 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 .238 .273 .524 .797 3.3 0.4 0.1
P  Eddie Yuhas 27 12 21 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 .286 .286 .476 .762 2.8 0.4 0.0
P  Ben Flowers 25 7 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .188 .235 .188 .423 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Chris Van Cuyk 25 34 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Lloyd Merriman 27 14 9 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .444 .545 .667 1.212 2.7 0.7 0.1
CF *Elmer Valo 31 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 .250 .571 .750 1.321 1.8 0.5 0.1
2B  Owen Friend 25 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 28.2 2148 5592 703 1395 232 33 177 691 22 11 522 819 .249 .313 .398 .711 695.7 83.4 39.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 7 7 7 7 2 7 5 5 8 8 7 7 6 7 7  
* - 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
 Don Newcombe 26 15 17 .469 40 40 0 273.3 264 139 28 130 189 4.58 18.4
 Ed Head 34 4 13 .235 52 23 2 198.7 224 122 32 103 105 5.53 6.9
*Dave Koslo 32 6 11 .353 26 26 0 188.3 190 97 21 72 90 4.64 9.8
 Ben Wade 29 8 14 .364 52 20 2 183.7 175 112 35 115 118 5.49 6.9
 Saul Rogovin 28 12 8 .600 32 23 4 163.7 170 69 11 47 74 3.79 16.2
 Joe Landrum 23 7 5 .583 83 3 5 128.0 177 92 19 48 43 6.47 2.6
 Ron Kline 20 4 13 .235 77 8 7 124.0 143 89 18 89 32 6.46 0.9
*Chris Van Cuyk 25 3 8 .273 34 8 3 81.0 95 54 14 52 42 6.00 2.1
 Eddie Yuhas 27 3 5 .375 12 7 0 52.7 47 34 7 38 24 5.81 1.9
 Ben Flowers 25 2 3 .400 7 7 0 48.3 46 23 4 17 15 4.28 3.7
 Johnny Temple 24 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 2 0 13.53 0.0
Team Totals 26.6 64 98 .395 416 165 23 1443.0 1533 833 190 713 732 5.20 69.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 6 7 6 6 8 7 6 3 7  
* - 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.Hodges 1173.3 131 133 617 54 15 1 .978 28.3
J.Tipton 166.3 19 19 91 6 2 0 .980 60.0
H.Wagner 103.3 12 12 41 3 1 0 .978 33.3
Team Total 1443.0 162 164 749 63 18 1 .978 31.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
J.Adcock 866.7 97 98 1116 91 5 102 .996 12.53
H.Wagner 205.0 26 26 274 19 0 24 1.000 12.86
D.Bollweg 155.0 17 21 181 17 0 20 1.000 11.50
J.Tipton 90.0 10 16 117 7 0 8 1.000 12.40
R.Nelson 72.7 7 14 91 13 0 15 1.000 12.88
J.Collins 40.3 4 8 43 6 0 6 1.000 10.93
F.Thomas 8.3 0 2 6 0 0 3 1.000 6.48
G.Hodges 7.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Seerey 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
E.Robinson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 161 190 1836 154 5 178 .997 12.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
R.Hartsfield 1285.0 149 156 314 598 24 127 .974 6.39
C.Koshorek 109.3 9 31 27 54 1 7 .988 6.67
J.Temple 38.3 4 8 11 13 0 5 1.000 5.64
O.Friend 9.7 0 5 1 5 1 1 .857 5.59
N.Reyes 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 201 353 670 26 140 .975 6.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
F.Thomas 1253.0 142 152 72 306 22 20 .945 2.72
H.Wagner 111.0 14 16 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.27
D.Bollweg 48.0 5 10 3 22 0 1 1.000 4.69
B.Lewis 10.0 0 7 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.60
C.Koshorek 10.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
N.Reyes 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Merriman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Friend 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Robinson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Valo 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.2 162 191 83 355 22 24 .952 2.74
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
N.Reyes 1265.0 146 151 215 565 16 122 .980 5.55
C.Koshorek 131.7 13 24 16 61 2 12 .975 5.26
J.Temple 31.0 3 5 7 14 0 3 1.000 6.10
O.Friend 11.0 0 6 3 5 0 0 1.000 6.55
R.Nelson 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Tipton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 162 188 241 646 18 137 .980 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
P.Seerey 826.7 95 96 154 1 7 0 .957 1.69
B.Howerton 502.7 59 63 97 2 1 1 .990 1.77
B.Cerv 38.0 3 10 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Nelson 32.0 3 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
A.Bergamo 21.0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hodges 14.3 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
L.Merriman 6.3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
B.Lewis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Adcock 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1445.0 162 194 267 5 8 1 .971 1.69
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
B.Cerv 776.0 90 98 206 1 1 0 .995 2.40
P.Seerey 450.0 52 58 112 2 5 1 .958 2.28
B.Howerton 131.7 11 26 31 1 2 0 .941 2.19
A.Bergamo 71.0 8 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
E.Valo 12.3 6 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
L.Merriman 10.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
F.Thomas 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Collins 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.0 168 205 379 5 8 1 .980 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
B.Lewis 1282.3 149 150 264 5 7 0 .975 1.89
B.Howerton 89.3 7 19 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.81
A.Bergamo 36.0 4 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Collins 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
E.Robinson 8.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Seerey 6.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
L.Merriman 5.3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Adcock 1.5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
E.Valo 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.2 162 186 301 6 7 0 .978 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
D.Newcombe 273.3 40 40 16 67 2 3 .976 2.73
E.Head 198.7 23 52 11 45 1 4 .982 2.54
D.Koslo 188.3 26 26 13 25 0 2 1.000 1.82
B.Wade 183.7 20 52 15 35 1 0 .980 2.45
S.Rogovin 163.7 23 32 11 26 2 2 .949 2.03
J.Landrum 128.0 3 83 7 19 0 3 1.000 1.83
R.Kline 124.0 8 77 10 27 1 2 .974 2.69
C.Van Cuyk 81.0 8 34 3 20 1 2 .958 2.56
E.Yuhas 52.7 7 12 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.73
B.Flowers 48.3 7 7 5 9 2 0 .875 2.61
J.Temple 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 165 416 95 285 10 19 .974 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Reyes .277
On-Base Pct Seerey .375
Slugging Pct Hodges .493
OPS Hodges .828
XR Seerey 91.6
Games Seerey 158
At-Bats Lewis 595
Runs Hodges 85
Hits Thomas, Reyes 154
Total Bases Thomas 267
Singles Reyes 116
Doubles Hodges 28
Triples Lewis 9
Homeruns Hodges 31
RBIs Thomas 103
Stolen Bases Hartsfield 11
Caught Stealing Cerv 4
Walks Seerey 106
Strikeouts Seerey 142
ERA Rogovin 3.79
Wins Newcombe 15
Losses Newcombe 17
Winning Pct Rogovin .600
Saves Kline 7
Games Pitched Landrum 83
Games Started Newcombe 40
Complete Games Rogovin 9
Shutouts Newcombe, Rogovin, Wade 1
Innings Pitched Newcombe 273.3
Hits Allowed Newcombe 264
Homeruns Allowed Wade 35
Strikeouts Newcombe 189
Walks Allowed Newcombe 130
Walks per 9IP Rogovin 2.6
Hits per 9IP Wade 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 6.2
WHiP Rogovin 1.33
OAVG Wade .250
OOBP Rogovin .318
OSLG Rogovin .390
OOPS Rogovin .709
Team All-Stars
Gil Hodges
Saul Rogovin
Player Salaries
Elmer Valo $ 12,785,000
Ed Head $ 10,000,000
Pat Seerey $ 8,000,000
Buddy Lewis $ 7,800,000
Gil Hodges $ 5,290,000
Eddie Robinson $ 3,000,000
Augie Bergamo $ 1,500,000
Nap Reyes $ 1,200,000
Hal Wagner $ 416,000
Joe Tipton $ 350,000
Joe Collins $ 300,000
Ben Flowers $ 300,000
Bob Cerv $ 300,000
Bill Howerton $ 300,000
Hersh Freeman $ 300,000
Owen Friend $ 300,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 300,000
Don Bollweg $ 300,000
Ron Kline $ 300,000
Clem Koshorek $ 300,000
Lloyd Merriman $ 300,000
Eddie Yuhas $ 300,000
Rocky Nelson $ 300,000
Don Newcombe $ 300,000
Johnny Temple $ 300,000
Frank Thomas $ 300,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 300,000
Ben Wade $ 300,000
Joe Landrum $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bob Kelly Cleveland Buddy Lewis
2/3 Signed     Augie Bergamo
2/13 Traded Crash Davis Oakland Ed Head
Dave Koslo
3/3 Traded Wayne Belardi
Sammy Esposito
New York (N) Pat Seerey
4/2 Released Carl Erskine    
4/2 Signed     Hal Wagner
7/31 Traded Joe Adcock
Saul Rogovin
Dave Koslo
Pittsburgh Hersh Freeman
Norm Zauchin
Elmer Valo