1952_St._Louis_Cardinals_season Knowpia

1952 St. Louis Cardinals
1952 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	88–66 (.571)
League place	3rd
Owners	Fred Saigh
General managers	William Walsingham Jr.
Managers	Eddie Stanky
Television	KSD
Radio	WIL; (Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

The 1952 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 71st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 61st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 88–66 during the season and finished third in the National League.

Following his acquisition during the offseason, Eddie Stanky was named player-manager and eased himself out of the lineup over the course of the season.^[1]

Offseason edit

December 11, 1951: Chuck Diering and Max Lanier were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Eddie Stanky.^[2]
Prior to 1952 season: Bob Smith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.^[3]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	57	0.627	—	45–33	51–24
New York Giants	92	62	0.597	4½	50–27	42–35
St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	0.571	8½	48–29	40–37
Philadelphia Phillies	87	67	0.565	9½	47–29	40–38
Chicago Cubs	77	77	0.500	19½	42–35	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	69	85	0.448	27½	38–39	31–46
Boston Braves	64	89	0.418	32	31–45	33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	112	0.273	54½	23–54	19–58

Record vs. opponents edit

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team

BOS

BR

CHC

CIN

NYG

PHI

PIT

STL

Boston

—

3–18–1

12–10

9–13

15–7–1

7–15

Brooklyn

18–3–1

—

13–9–1

17–5

8–14

10–12

19–3

11–11

Chicago

10–12

9–13–1

—

13–9

10–12

14–8

11–11

Cincinnati

13–9

5–17

9–13

—

6–16

10–12

16–6

10–12

New York

13–9

14–8

12–10

16–6

—

10–12

15–7

12–10

Philadelphia

13–9

12–10

—

16–6

10–12

Pittsburgh

7–15–1

3–19

8–14

6–16

7–15

6–16

—

5–17

St. Louis 15–7 11–11 11–11 12–10 10–12 12–10 17–5 — Notable transactions edit

May 13, 1952: Eddie Kazak and Wally Westlake were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Dick Sisler and Virgil Stallcup.^[4]
August 30, 1952: Tommy Glaviano was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[5]

Roster edit

1952 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

38 Herb Gorman

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Del Rice	147	495	128	.259	11	65
1B	Dick Sisler	119	418	109	.261	13	60
2B	Red Schoendienst	152	620	188	.303	7	67
SS	Solly Hemus	151	570	153	.268	15	52
3B	Billy Johnson	94	282	71	.252	2	34
OF	Stan Musial	154	578	194	.336	21	91
OF	Peanuts Lowrey	132	374	107	.286	1	48
OF	Enos Slaughter	140	510	153	.300	11	101

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Hal Rice	98	295	85	.288	7	45
Tommy Glaviano	80	162	39	.241	3	19
Larry Miggins	42	96	22	.229	2	10
Eddie Stanky	53	83	19	.229	0	7
Wally Westlake	21	74	16	.216	0	10
Steve Bilko	20	72	19	.264	1	6
Les Fusselman	32	63	10	.159	1	3
Vern Benson	20	47	9	.191	2	5
Virgil Stallcup	29	31	4	.129	0	1
Neal Hertweck	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Bill Sarni	3	5	1	.200	0	0
Gene Mauch	7	3	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Kazak	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Herb Gorman	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gerry Staley	35	239.2	17	14	3.27	93
Vinegar Bend Mizell	30	190.0	10	8	3.65	146
Stu Miller	12	88.0	6	3	2.05	64
Harvey Haddix	7	42.0	2	2	2.79	31
Red Munger	1	4.1	0	1	12.46	1

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Presko	28	146.2	7	10	4.05	63
Cloyd Boyer	23	110.1	6	6	4.24	44
Harry Breechen	25	100.1	7	5	3.32	54
Cliff Chambers	26	98.1	4	4	4.12	47
Willard Schmidt	18	34.2	2	3	5.19	30
Mike Clark	12	25.1	2	0	6.04	10

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Brazle	46	12	5	16	2.72	55
Eddie Yuhas	54	12	2	6	2.72	39
Bill Werle	19	1	2	1	4.85	23
Dick Bokelmann	11	0	1	0	9.24	5
Bob Tiefenauer	6	0	0	0	7.88	3
Jack Crimian	5	0	0	0	9.72	4
Jackie Collum	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
Fred Hahn	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Stan Musial	1	0	0	0	----	0

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Johnny Keane
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Harry Walker
AA	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Al Hollingsworth
A	Columbus Cardinals	Sally League	Sheldon "Chief" Bender
A	Omaha Cardinals	Western League	George Kissell
B	Winston-Salem Cardinals	Carolina League	Harold Olt and Jimmy Brown
B	Allentown Cardinals	Interstate League	Whitey Kurowski
B	Lynchburg Cardinals	Piedmont League	Jimmy Brown and Harold Olt
C	Fresno Cardinals	California League	Roland LeBlanc
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Jim Hercinger
D	Goldsboro Jets	Coastal Plain League	Wes Livengood
D	Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals	Georgia State League	Arnie Riesgo
D	Albany Cardinals	Georgia–Florida League	Gene Corbett
D	Paducah Chiefs	KITTY League	Bob Stanton and Greg Masson
D	Hamilton Cardinals	PONY League	Harold Contini

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Albany^[6]

References edit

^ "Eddie Stanky". Retrieved August 11, 2008.
^ Eddie Stanky at Baseball-Reference
^ Bobby Gene Smith at Baseball-Reference
^ Dick Sisler at Baseball-Reference
^ Tommy Glaviano at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007