1952 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 55-107
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 714
Runs Allowed: 985
Exp W-L: 58-104
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,409,376
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 2nd in the NL
AA: 69-68, 5th in the NL
A: 72-65, 3rd 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
CF *Cal Abrams 28 155 585 81 148 27 5 7 50 8 7 95 102 .253 .359 .352 .711 77.2 11.1 1.0
CF  Willie Mays 21 156 583 104 176 34 4 34 106 25 10 89 77 .302 .392 .549 .941 120.0 25.1 1.3
1B *Dale Long 26 152 561 89 152 28 2 29 112 0 2 67 81 .271 .347 .483 .830 92.5 16.3 1.9
CF *Gus Bell 23 152 566 76 150 29 4 12 68 6 4 47 56 .265 .321 .394 .715 70.3 9.1 2.3
LF *Charlie Maxwell 25 153 517 75 108 20 5 29 83 11 1 88 110 .209 .325 .435 .760 78.8 11.0 1.1
C  Del Crandall 22 135 500 50 115 16 1 14 60 1 2 24 44 .230 .267 .350 .617 41.1 0.3 3.9
SS  Jerry Coleman 27 140 451 53 109 14 1 2 44 13 6 55 26 .242 .322 .290 .612 44.4 2.6 4.5
3B *Ralph Hodgin 36 126 432 48 118 9 5 6 41 0 0 18 74 .273 .305 .359 .664 44.8 4.4 3.6
SS  Johnny Logan 25 72 249 28 57 13 2 3 17 0 0 25 25 .229 .300 .333 .633 25.0 1.8 3.3
C *Hal Peck 35 102 233 22 54 6 3 4 22 1 2 11 32 .232 .264 .335 .599 20.2 0.6 1.2
SS  Creepy Crespi 34 92 222 22 60 8 0 2 33 1 0 15 32 .270 .318 .333 .651 23.7 2.5 1.9
P *Whitey Ford 23 37 93 6 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 .161 .161 .161 .323 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Thurman Tucker 34 93 88 22 22 2 0 2 14 11 2 17 8 .250 .371 .341 .712 13.7 2.1 0.1
P *Willard Nixon 24 37 83 6 24 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 16 .289 .306 .301 .607 7.6 0.3 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 22 38 82 8 21 4 1 1 6 0 0 2 20 .256 .274 .366 .640 8.3 0.7 0.0
3B  Dick Williams 23 25 85 8 21 7 0 2 9 0 0 1 9 .247 .264 .400 .664 7.3 0.4 0.4
P  Mike Fornieles 20 30 57 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .175 .203 .175 .379 1.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Felix Mackiewicz 34 31 46 3 8 1 2 0 4 0 1 5 9 .174 .255 .283 .538 2.8 0.0 0.1
2B  Bill Sommers 29 31 27 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .333 .455 .370 .825 4.4 0.9 0.3
3B  Dick Groat 21 13 27 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .296 .296 .407 .704 3.0 0.3 0.2
RF *Charlie Mead 31 14 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .087 .125 .087 .212 -0.6 0.0 0.3
P  Bob Turley 21 12 16 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 .125 .176 .250 .426 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Windy McCall 26 61 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Bickford 31 26 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Wilson 30 56 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 24 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 32 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Spec Shea 31 24 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Bokelmann 25 78 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 27.0 2069 5570 714 1394 222 37 147 691 78 37 573 777 .250 .320 .383 .703 687.1 89.7 27.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 7 8 7 3 5 7 2 7 7 6 8 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
*Whitey Ford 23 12 15 .444 37 37 0 277.7 263 123 40 129 122 3.99 16.6
 Willard Nixon 24 12 18 .400 37 37 0 259.0 304 139 27 123 112 4.83 12.0
 Tom Poholsky 22 5 19 .208 38 36 0 241.7 313 167 39 92 134 6.22 1.0
 Mike Fornieles 20 8 16 .333 30 30 0 187.0 256 139 25 69 78 6.69 0.0
 Dick Bokelmann 25 6 10 .375 78 0 8 90.3 106 46 3 47 30 4.58 6.2
*Windy McCall 26 2 2 .500 61 0 1 89.7 104 59 14 60 35 5.92 1.8
 Jim Wilson 30 6 2 .750 56 0 2 82.0 83 37 12 48 40 4.06 6.4
 Bob Turley 21 1 6 .143 12 10 0 55.0 58 41 4 46 34 6.71 0.0
 Vern Bickford 31 0 8 .000 26 10 0 46.0 61 48 9 45 23 9.39 0.0
 Phil Paine 22 0 9 .000 33 0 8 36.0 36 25 3 25 25 6.25 0.8
 Spec Shea 31 1 0 1.000 24 0 0 34.0 48 23 5 21 9 6.09 0.4
 Johnny Klippstein 24 1 0 1.000 15 2 1 29.3 27 12 3 18 22 3.68 2.2
 Dan Bankhead 32 0 2 .000 13 0 1 16.7 17 10 3 17 11 5.40 0.1
 Gus Keriazakos 20 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 4.3 6 3 0 5 3 6.24 0.2
*Bob Wiesler 21 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 24.8 55 107 .340 465 162 21 1449.0 1682 872 187 745 678 5.42 47.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 7 8 5 8 7 8 7 6 8  
* - 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.Crandall 1122.7 128 130 557 43 5 1 .992 28.9
H.Peck 316.3 33 50 147 15 2 0 .988 27.3
D.Williams 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Tucker 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.0 162 182 708 58 7 1 .991 28.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.90
D.Long 1297.7 144 151 1526 135 20 173 .988 11.52
J.Coleman 59.0 7 7 62 7 0 8 1.000 10.53
H.Peck 50.0 6 6 47 3 1 7 .980 9.00
G.Bell 16.0 2 2 23 1 1 2 .960 13.50
D.Williams 13.0 2 2 13 1 0 0 1.000 9.69
C.Crespi 10.7 1 1 12 2 0 0 1.000 11.82
C.Mead 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1449.0 162 170 1684 149 22 190 .988 11.39
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.98
G.Bell 1237.0 141 141 358 339 25 130 .965 5.07
J.Coleman 93.0 11 11 27 45 1 10 .986 6.97
C.Crespi 87.7 10 13 16 42 2 9 .967 5.95
B.Sommers 15.3 0 7 7 10 0 4 1.000 9.98
C.Mead 10.0 0 2 2 5 0 2 1.000 6.30
F.Mackiewicz 6.0 0 2 2 2 0 2 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 176 412 443 28 157 .968 5.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.03
R.Hodgin 961.0 109 115 59 266 14 23 .959 3.04
C.Crespi 248.3 27 33 20 79 1 9 .990 3.59
J.Coleman 123.0 13 14 9 37 8 2 .852 3.37
D.Williams 71.0 9 9 5 22 2 0 .931 3.42
B.Sommers 40.7 4 9 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.43
F.Mackiewicz 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
C.Mead 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 182 94 416 25 36 .953 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.40
J.Coleman 692.7 74 94 117 318 18 79 .960 5.65
J.Logan 620.0 72 72 110 280 14 54 .965 5.66
C.Crespi 62.3 8 10 8 26 0 5 1.000 4.91
D.Groat 41.0 5 5 7 13 0 2 1.000 4.39
C.Mead 31.3 3 6 5 16 0 3 1.000 6.03
B.Sommers 1.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27
Team Total 1449.0 162 188 249 654 32 143 .966 5.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.01
C.Maxwell 1292.0 148 150 322 4 0 0 1.000 2.27
T.Tucker 52.0 5 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Peck 40.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
D.Williams 37.7 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
W.Mays 11.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Hodgin 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
G.Bell 7.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Mead 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Mackiewicz 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 179 358 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.57
W.Mays 1318.7 147 149 386 4 12 3 .970 2.66
F.Mackiewicz 79.0 10 10 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.51
T.Tucker 32.0 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
C.Crespi 18.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
C.Mead 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 169 419 5 12 4 .972 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
C.Abrams 1348.7 151 152 287 9 8 1 .974 1.98
D.Williams 48.0 6 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
H.Peck 34.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Tucker 18.3 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
Team Total 1449.0 162 166 307 9 8 1 .975 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
W.Ford 277.7 37 37 22 49 0 3 1.000 2.30
W.Nixon 259.0 37 37 18 50 0 6 1.000 2.36
T.Poholsky 241.7 36 38 16 42 3 1 .951 2.16
M.Fornieles 187.0 30 30 12 54 2 7 .971 3.18
D.Bokelmann 90.3 0 78 11 29 1 0 .976 3.99
W.McCall 89.7 0 61 4 21 1 2 .962 2.51
J.Wilson 82.0 0 56 3 21 0 1 1.000 2.63
B.Turley 55.0 10 12 6 16 0 2 1.000 3.60
V.Bickford 46.0 10 26 1 12 0 2 1.000 2.54
P.Paine 36.0 0 33 0 12 0 2 1.000 3.00
S.Shea 34.0 0 24 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Klippstein 29.3 2 15 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.68
D.Bankhead 16.7 0 13 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.78
G.Keriazakos 4.3 0 4 1 1 1 0 .667 4.16
B.Wiesler 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 465 99 328 8 26 .982 2.65
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mays .302
On-Base Pct Mays .392
Slugging Pct Mays .549
OPS Mays .941
XR Mays 120.0
Games Mays 156
At-Bats Abrams 585
Runs Mays 104
Hits Mays 176
Total Bases Mays 320
Singles Abrams 109
Doubles Mays 34
Triples Abrams, Hodgin, Maxwell 5
Homeruns Mays 34
RBIs Long 112
Stolen Bases Mays 25
Caught Stealing Mays 10
Walks Abrams 95
Strikeouts Maxwell 110
ERA Ford 3.99
Wins Ford, Nixon 12
Losses Poholsky 19
Winning Pct Ford .444
Saves Bokelmann, Paine 8
Games Pitched Bokelmann 78
Games Started Ford, Nixon 37
Complete Games Ford 7
Shutouts Nixon 3
Innings Pitched Ford 277.7
Hits Allowed Poholsky 313
Homeruns Allowed Ford 40
Strikeouts Poholsky 134
Walks Allowed Ford 129
Walks per 9IP Fornieles 3.3
Hits per 9IP Ford 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Poholsky 5.0
WHiP Ford 1.41
OAVG Ford .248
OOBP Ford .328
OSLG Ford .403
OOPS Ford .731
Team All-Stars
Dale Long
Willie Mays
Player Salaries
Ralph Hodgin $ 3,400,000
Creepy Crespi $ 1,500,000
Thurman Tucker $ 364,286
Dan Bankhead $ 350,000
Babe Barna $ 350,000
Vern Bickford $ 350,000
Jim Wilson $ 350,000
Felix Mackiewicz $ 350,000
Windy McCall $ 350,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 300,000
Dick Groat $ 300,000
Mike Fornieles $ 300,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 300,000
Del Crandall $ 300,000
Jerry Coleman $ 300,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 300,000
Gus Bell $ 300,000
Whitey Ford $ 300,000
Cal Abrams $ 300,000
Dale Long $ 300,000
Charlie Maxwell $ 300,000
Willie Mays $ 300,000
Charlie Mead $ 300,000
Willard Nixon $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Hal Peck $ 300,000
Tom Poholsky $ 300,000
Spec Shea $ 300,000
Bill Sommers $ 300,000
Bob Turley $ 300,000
Bob Wiesler $ 300,000
Dick Williams $ 300,000
Johnny Logan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Murray Wall Boston (N) Harry Chiti
Johnny Logan
Charlie Maxwell
2/21 Traded Hoyt Wilhelm
$3,000,000
Tampa Bay Spec Shea
4/2 Traded Ted Gray
$6,000,000
Montreal Chuck Connors