1952 Cleveland Indians season

The 1952 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, just two games behind the New York Yankees.

1952 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ellis Ryan
General manager(s)Hank Greenberg
Manager(s)Al López
Local televisionWXEL
(Bob Neal, Red Jones)
Local radioWERE
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9559 0.617 49–28 46–31
Cleveland Indians 9361 0.604 2 49–28 44–33
Chicago White Sox 8173 0.526 14 44–33 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7975 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Washington Senators 7876 0.506 17 42–35 36–41
Boston Red Sox 7678 0.494 19 50–27 26–51
St. Louis Browns 6490 0.416 31 42–35 22–55
Detroit Tigers 50104 0.325 45 32–45 18–59

Record vs. opponents

1952 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 12–109–1316–68–1412–1011–118–14
Chicago 10–128–14–117–58–1411–1114–813–9–1
Cleveland 13–914–8–116–610–1213–915–712–10
Detroit 6–165–176–169–135–17–18–1411–11–1
New York 14–814–812–1013–913–914–815–7
Philadelphia 10–1211–119–1317–5–19–1314–89–13
St. Louis 11–118–147–1514–88–148–148–14–1
Washington 14–89–13–110–1211–11–17–1513–914–8–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1952 Cleveland Indians
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
CJim Hegan11233375.225441
1BLuke Easter127437115.2633197
2BBobby Ávila150597179.300745
SSRay Boone10331683.263745
3BAl Rosen148567171.30228105
OFLarry Doby140519143.27632104
OFHarry Simpson146545145.2661065
OFDale Mitchell134511165.323558

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
Jim Fridley6217544.251416
Merl Combs5213923.165110
Joe Tipton4310526.248622
Birdie Tebbetts4210125.24818
Bill Glynn449225.27227
George Strickland318819.21618
Barney McCosky548017.21316
Wally Westlake296916.23219
Hank Majeski365416.29609
Pete Reiser34446.13637
Bob Kennedy224012.300012
Dave Pope123410.29414
Johnny Berardino35323.09402
Quincy Trouppe12101.10000
Snuffy Stirnweiss100---00

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
Bob Lemon42309.222112.50131
Mike Garcia46292.122112.37143
Early Wynn42285.223122.90153
Bob Feller30191.29134.7481

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
Steve Gromek29122.2773.6765
Sam Jones1436237.2528
Bob Chakales512129.757

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
Lou Brissie423223.4828
Mickey Harris293014.6323
Dick Rozek101004.975
Ted Wilks70013.866
Bill Abernathie100013.500
George Zuverink10000.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Gene Desautels
AA Dallas Eagles Texas League L. D. Meyer
A Reading Indians Eastern League Kerby Farrell
A Wichita Indians Western League Ralph Winegarner
B Cedar Rapids Indians Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jimmy Bloodworth
B Spartanburg Peaches Tri-State League Pinky May
C Bakersfield Indians California League Gene Lillard
C Fort Smith Indians Western Association Harry Griswold
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Red Kress
D Green Bay Blue Jays Wisconsin State League Phil Seghi

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Notes

  1. Herb Score at Baseball-Reference
  2. Wally Westlake at Baseball-Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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