1952 Detroit Tigers season

The 1952 Detroit Tigers had a record of 50–104 (.325) — the worst record in Tigers' history until the 2003 Tigers lost 119 games. Virgil Trucks became the third pitcher in major league history to throw two no-hitters in one season.[1]

1952 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter Briggs, Sr., Walter Briggs, Jr.
General manager(s)Charlie Gehringer
Manager(s)Red Rolfe, Fred Hutchinson
Local televisionWWJ
(Van Patrick)
Local radioWJBK/WXYZ
(Van Patrick)
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Regular season

The 1952 Tigers winning percentage ranks as the second worst in the Tigers' history, as shown in this chart. The club was managed by Red Rolfe (April 15 through July 4), who compiled a win-loss record of 23–49 (.319), then by pitcher-manager Fred Hutchinson, who had a record of 27–55 (.329) from July 5 through closing day, September 28.[2]

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
RankYearWinsLossesWin %
1 2003 43 119 .265
2 1952 50 104 .325
3 1996 53 109 .327
4 2002 55 106 .342
5 1975 57 102 .358

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 10–12—8–14–117–58–1411–1114–813–9–1
Cleveland 13–914–8–1—16–610–1213–915–712–10
Detroit 6–165–176–16—9–135–17–18–1411–11–1
New York 14–814–812–1013–9—13–914–815–7
Philadelphia 10–1211–119–1317–5–19–13—14–89–13
St. Louis 11–118–147–1514–88–148–14—8–14–1
Washington 14–89–13–110–1211–11–17–1513–914–8–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1952 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CJoe Ginsberg11330768.221636
1BWalt Dropo115459128.2792370
2BJerry Priddy7527979.283420
3BFred Hatfield112441104.236225
SSNeil Berry7318943.228013
OFJohnny Groth141524149.284451
OFVic Wertz8528570.2461751
OFPat Mullin9725564.251735

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
Steve Souchock9226566.2491345
Al Federoff7423156.242014
Cliff Mapes8619326.197923
Johnny Pesky6917745.25419
Matt Batts5617341.237313
George Kell3915245.296117
Don Lenhardt4514427.188313
Johnny Lipon3913630.221012
Harvey Kuenn198026.32508
Ben Taylor7183.16700
Hoot Evers1111.00000

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Gray3522412174.14138
Art Houtteman352218204.36109
Virgil Trucks351975193.97129
Hal Newhouser25154993.7457
Bill Wight23143.7593.8857
Ned Garver19102.003
Bud Black280110.130

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
Billy Hoeft34125274.3265
Dizzy Trout1027155.3320

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
Dick Littlefield280314.3432
Fred Hutchinson122103.3812

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Players ranking among top 100 of all time at position

The following members of the 1952 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their positions, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

  • Jerry Priddy: 73rd best second baseman of all time
  • Johnny Pesky: 20th best shortstop of all time (played 69 games for 1952 Tigers)
  • George Kell: 30th best third baseman of all time (played only 39 games for 1952 Tigers)
  • Vic Wertz: 61st best right fielder of all time
  • Harvey Kuenn: 62nd best right fielder of all time (played only 19 games for 1952 Tigers)
  • Hal Newhouser: 36th best pitcher of all time
  • Virgil Trucks: 61st best pitcher of all time

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Jack Tighe and Schoolboy Rowe
AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Willis Hudlin
A Williamsport Tigers Eastern League Paul Campbell
B Durham Bulls Carolina League Ace Parker
B Davenport Tigers Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Marv Olson
D Kinston Eagles Coastal Plain League Wayne Blackburn
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Tony Lupien
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Mike Tresh

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

Notes
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 139, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Retrosheet.org
  3. Walt Dropo at Baseball Reference
  4. Bud Black at Baseball Reference

References
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