1952 St. Louis Browns season

The 1952 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses. This was the franchise's penultimate season in St. Louis.

1952 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–90 (.416)
League place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Bill Veeck
General manager(s)Bill Veeck
Manager(s)Rogers Hornsby, Marty Marion
Local televisionKSD
(Buddy Blattner)
Local radioWIL
(Buddy Blattner, Dizzy Dean)
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Offseason

Regular season

In 1952, Rogers Hornsby, an alleged former member of the Ku Klux Klan, took over as manager of the Browns. Despite past accusations of racism, Hornsby was less hesitant to use pitcher Satchel Paige than Indians manager Lou Boudreau had been four years before. Paige was so effective that when Hornsby was fired by Browns owner Bill Veeck, his successor Marty Marion seemed not to want to risk going more than three games without using Paige in some form. By July 4, with Paige having worked in 25 games, Casey Stengel named him to the American League All-Star team, making him the first black pitcher on an AL All-Star team. The All-Star game was cut short after five innings due to rain and Paige never got in. Stengel resolved to name him to the team the following year. Paige finished the year 12–10 with a 3.07 ERA for a team that lost ninety games.

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 St. Louis Browns
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
SSJoe DeMaestri8118642.226118

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
Gordon Goldsberry8622752.229317
Tom Wright296616.24216
Ray Coleman20469.19601

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
Tommy Byrne291769144.6891
Bob Cain2917012104.1370
Dick Littlefield746.1232.7234

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
Gene Bearden34150.2784.3045

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Joe Becker and Burleigh Grimes
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Jo-Jo White
A Scranton Miners Eastern League Zack Taylor
B York White Roses Interstate League Jim Crandall
B Anderson Rebels Tri-State League George Hausmann
C Stockton Ports California League Harry Clements and Tony Freitas
C Pine Bluff Judges Cotton States League Hillis Layne
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Bruce Ogrodowski
C Pocatello Bannocks Pioneer League Ed Fernandes
D Independence Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Fred Collins
D Wellsville Rockets PONY League Gene Crumling and Rocco Sgro
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Bill Enos, Virl Loman and James England

Notes
  1. Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference
  2. Jay Porter at Baseball-Reference
  3. Bud Black at Baseball-Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1952 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference
  • 1952 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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