1952 St. Louis Cardinals season

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 3rd in the National League.

1952 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–66 (.571)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Saigh
General manager(s)William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s)Eddie Stanky
Local televisionKSD
Local radioWIL
(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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

Regular season

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 St. Louis Cardinals
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
CDel Rice147495128.2591165
1BDick Sisler119418109.2611360
2BRed Schoendienst152620188.303767
SSSolly Hemus151570153.2681552
3BBilly Johnson9428271.252234
OFStan Musial154578194.3362191
OFPeanuts Lowrey132374107.286148
OFEnos Slaughter140510153.30011101

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
Hal Rice9829585.288745
Tommy Glaviano8016239.241319
Larry Miggins429622.229210
Eddie Stanky538319.22907
Wally Westlake217416.216010
Steve Bilko207219.26416
Les Fusselman326310.15913
Vern Benson20479.19125
Virgil Stallcup29314.12901
Neal Hertweck260.00000
Bill Sarni351.20000
Gene Mauch730.00000
Eddie Kazak320.00000
Herb Gorman110.00000

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
Gerry Staley35239.217143.2793
Vinegar Bend Mizell301901083.65146
Stu Miller1288632.0564
Harvey Haddix742222.7931
Red Munger14.10112.461

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
Joe Presko28146.27104.0563
Cloyd Boyer23110.1664.2444
Harry Breechen25100.1753.3254
Cliff Chambers2698.1444.1247
Willard Schmidt1834.2235.1930
Mike Clark1225.1206.0410

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
Eddie Yuhas5412262.7239
Al Brazle46125162.7255
Bill Werle191214.8523
Dick Bokelmann110109.245
Bob Tiefenauer60007.883
Jack Crimian50009.724
Jackie Collum20000.000
Fred Hahn10000.000
Stan Musial1000---0

Farm system

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

  1. "Eddie Stanky page at Baseball Library". Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
  2. Eddie Stanky at Baseball-Reference
  3. Bobby Gene Smith at Baseball-Reference
  4. Dick Sisler at Baseball-Reference
  5. Tommy Glaviano at Baseball-Reference
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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