1952 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1952 Cincinnati Reds season was the franchise's 63rd year as a member of the National League and its 71st consecutive year of operation in Major League Baseball. The Reds won 69 games, lost 85, and finished sixth, drawing 604,197 spectators to Crosley Field, next-to-last in the eight-team league.

1952 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Luke Sewell, Rogers Hornsby
Local televisionWCPO-TV
(Waite Hoyt, Bob Gilmore)
Local radioWCPO
(Waite Hoyt, Bob Gilmore)
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Offseason

Regular season

  • July 29, 1952: Manager Luke Sewell, in his third full year at the helm, is fired with Cincinnati 39–59 (.398) and in seventh place, 26 games out of the league lead. Coach Earle Brucker Sr. takes control as interim manager and the Reds win three of five decisions under him.
  • August 5, 1952: Baseball Hall of Fame batsman Rogers Hornsby, 56, is named permanent manager. He leads the Reds to a 27–24 (.529) record for the remainder of the year, enabling them to climb to sixth place.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9657 0.627 45–33 51–24
New York Giants 9262 0.597 50–27 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 8866 0.571 48–29 40–37
Philadelphia Phillies 8767 0.565 47–29 40–38
Chicago Cubs 7777 0.500 19½ 42–35 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6985 0.448 27½ 38–39 31–46
Boston Braves 6489 0.418 32 31–45 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 42112 0.273 54½ 23–54 19–58

Record vs. opponents

1952 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 3–18–112–109–139–139–1315–7–17–15
Brooklyn 18–3–113–9–117–58–1410–1219–311–11
Chicago 10–129–13–113–910–1210–1214–811–11
Cincinnati 13–95–179–136–1610–1216–610–12
New York 13–914–812–1016–610–1215–712–10
Philadelphia 13–912–1012–1012–1012–1016–610–12
Pittsburgh 7–15–13–198–146–167–156–165–17
St. Louis 15–711–1111–1112–1010–1212–1017–5

Notable transactions

Roster

1952 Cincinnati Reds roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CAndy Seminick10833686.2561450
1BTed Kluszewski135497159.3201686
2BGrady Hatton12843392.212957
SSRoy McMillan154540132.244757
3BBobby Adams154637180.283648
OFWillard Marshall107397106.267846
OFBob Borkowski12637795.252424
OFJoe Adcock117378105.2781352

Other batters

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
Hank Edwards7418452.283628
Wally Westlake4918337.202314
Cal Abrams7115844.278213
Joe Rossi5514532.22116
Johnny Wyrostek3010625.236110
Eddie Pellagrini4610017.17013
Johnny Temple309719.19615
Jim Greengrass186821.309524
Wally Post19589.15527
Hobie Landrith155013.26004
Dixie Howell17377.18924
Dick Sisler11275.18504
Eddie Kazak13151.06700
Virgil Stallcup210.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ken Raffensberger3824717132.8193
Harry Perkowski3319412103.8086
Herm Wehmeier33190.19115.1583
Bubba Church29153.1594.3447
Ewell Blackwell231023125.3848

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Hiller28124584.6350
Bud Podbielan2486.2452.8022
Niles Jordan36.1019.952

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Smith53121173.7577
Joe Nuxhall371413.2252
Bud Byerly120115.1114
Phil Haugstad90006.752
Johnny Schmitz31000.003
Ed Blake20000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Joe Schultz
A Columbia Reds Sally League Ernie White
B Burlington Flints Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Len Schulte
B Salisbury Reds Interstate League Mike Blazo and Dick Porter
C Ogden Reds Pioneer League Dee Moore
D Dublin Green Sox Georgia State League Cyril Pfeifer, George Hearn
and Jack Bearden
D Mattoon Indians Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Walt Dunkovich, Charlie Popovich
and Bob Carson
D Lawton Reds Sooner State League Tuck McWilliams

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References


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