1952 Chicago White Sox season

Summary

The 1952 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 52nd season in the major leagues, and its 53rd season overall. They finished with a record of 81–73, good enough for third place in the American League, 14 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

1952 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersGrace Comiskey
General managersFrank Lane
ManagersPaul Richards
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
RadioWCFL
(Bob Elson, Dick Bingham)
← 1951 Seasons 1953 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 59 0.617 49–28 46–31
Cleveland Indians 93 61 0.604 2 49–28 44–33
Chicago White Sox 81 73 0.526 14 44–33 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 79 75 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Washington Senators 78 76 0.506 17 42–35 36–41
Boston Red Sox 76 78 0.494 19 50–27 26–51
St. Louis Browns 64 90 0.416 31 42–35 22–55
Detroit Tigers 50 104 0.325 45 32–45 18–59

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 12–10 9–13 16–6 8–14 12–10 11–11 8–14
Chicago 10–12 8–14–1 17–5 8–14 11–11 14–8 13–9–1
Cleveland 13–9 14–8–1 16–6 10–12 13–9 15–7 12–10
Detroit 6–16 5–17 6–16 9–13 5–17–1 8–14 11–11–1
New York 14–8 14–8 12–10 13–9 13–9 14–8 15–7
Philadelphia 10–12 11–11 9–13 17–5–1 9–13 14–8 9–13
St. Louis 11–11 8–14 7–15 14–8 8–14 8–14 8–14–1
Washington 14–8 9–13–1 10–12 11–11–1 7–15 13–9 14–8–1


Opening Day lineup edit

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1952 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Jim Busby, CF 16 39 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 7 .128 0
Chico Carrasquel, SS 100 359 69 89 7 4 1 42 33 27 .248 2
Ray Coleman, OF 85 195 19 42 7 1 2 14 13 17 .215 0
Sam Dente, SS,3B,2B,LF 62 145 12 32 0 1 0 11 5 8 .221 0
Hank Edwards, LF 8 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 0
Sammy Esposito, SS 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 0
Nellie Fox, 2B 152 648 76 192 25 10 0 39 34 14 .296 5
Darrell Johnson, C 22 37 3 4 0 0 0 1 5 9 .108 1
Rocky Krsnich, 3B 40 91 11 21 7 2 1 15 12 9 .231 0
Ken Landenberger, 1B 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 0
Sherm Lollar, C 132 375 35 90 15 0 13 50 54 34 .240 1
Phil Masi, C 30 63 9 16 1 1 0 7 10 10 .254 0
Sam Mele, RF 123 423 46 105 18 2 14 59 48 40 .248 1
Minnie Miñoso, LF,CF,RF,3B 147 569 96 160 24 9 13 61 71 46 .281 22
Willy Miranda, SS 70 150 14 33 4 1 0 7 13 14 .220 1
Don Nicholas, PH 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jim Rivera, CF 53 201 27 50 7 3 3 18 21 27 .249 13
Eddie Robinson, 1B 155 594 79 176 33 1 22 104 70 49 .296 2
Héctor Rodríguez, 3B 124 407 55 108 14 0 1 40 47 22 .265 7
Bud Sheely, C 36 75 1 18 2 0 0 3 12 7 .240 0
Bud Stewart, LF,RF 92 225 23 60 10 0 5 30 28 17 .267 3
Leo Thomas, 3B 19 24 1 4 0 0 0 6 6 4 .167 0
George Wilson, RF 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .111 0
Red Wilson, C 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Tom Wright, RF,LF 77 132 14 33 5 3 2 25 12 21 .250 0
Al Zarilla, RF,LF 39 99 14 23 4 1 2 7 14 6 .232 1
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Luis Aloma, P 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Hal Brown, P 51 19 6 3 1 0 1 3 1 8 .158 0
Joe Dobson, P 29 63 3 12 0 0 0 3 4 20 .190 0
Fritz Dorish, P 39 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 .091 0
Marv Grissom, P 28 53 1 8 4 0 0 4 1 19 .151 0
Ken Holcombe, P 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0
Howie Judson, P 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Bill Kennedy, P 47 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .231 0
Lou Kretlow, P 19 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 14 .050 0
Billy Pierce, P 35 91 11 17 1 0 0 3 6 20 .187 0
Saul Rogovin, P 33 84 6 17 3 0 1 7 4 18 .202 1
Chuck Stobbs, P 38 38 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 11 .079 0
Team Totals
156 5316 610 1337 199 38 80 560 541 519 .252 61

Pitching edit

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Luis Aloma 3 1 4.28 25 0 6 40.0 42 20 19 5 11 18
Hal Brown 2 3 4.23 24 8 0 72.1 82 39 34 8 21 31
Joe Dobson 14 10 2.51 29 25 1 200.2 164 66 56 11 60 101
Fritz Dorish 8 4 2.47 39 1 11 91.0 66 28 25 4 42 47
Marv Grissom 12 10 3.74 28 24 0 166.0 156 79 69 6 79 97
Ken Holcombe 0 5 6.17 7 7 0 35.0 38 24 24 3 18 12
Hal Hudson 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 7 2 1 0 1 4
Howie Judson 0 1 4.24 21 0 1 34.0 30 17 16 4 22 15
Bill Kennedy 2 2 2.80 47 1 5 70.2 54 27 22 4 38 46
Lou Kretlow 4 4 2.96 19 11 1 79.0 52 31 26 5 56 63
Billy Pierce 15 12 2.57 33 32 1 255.1 214 76 73 12 79 144
Saul Rogovin 14 9 3.85 33 30 1 231.2 224 104 99 14 79 121
Chuck Stobbs 7 12 3.13 38 17 1 135.0 118 54 47 9 72 73
Al Widmar 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 1 0 2
Team Totals
81 73 3.25 156 156 28 1416.2 1251 568 512 86 578 774

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AA Memphis Chicks Southern Association Luke Appling
A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Western League Don Gutteridge
B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Skeeter Webb
B Gastonia Rockets Tri-State League Hal VanPelt
C Superior Blues Northern League Wally Millies
D Madisonville Miners KITTY League Franklin Robinson
D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Ira Hutchinson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Memphis, Superior, Madisonville[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Marv Grisson at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ J. W. Porter at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References edit

  • 1952 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference