1952 Boston Red Sox season

The 1952 Boston Red Sox season was the 52nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1952 World Series.

1952 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	76–78 (.494)
League place	6th (19 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Manager(s)	Lou Boudreau
Local television	WBZ-TV, Ch. 4, and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	59	0.617	—	49–28	46–31
Cleveland Indians	93	61	0.604	2	49–28	44–33
Chicago White Sox	81	73	0.526	14	44–33	37–40
Philadelphia Athletics	79	75	0.513	16	45–32	34–43
Washington Senators	78	76	0.506	17	42–35	36–41
Boston Red Sox	76	78	0.494	19	50–27	26–51
St. Louis Browns	64	90	0.416	31	42–35	22–55
Detroit Tigers	50	104	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	—	12–10	9–13	16–6	8–14	12–10	11–11	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	8–14–1	17–5	8–14	11–11	14–8	13–9–1
Cleveland	13–9	14–8–1	—	16–6	10–12	13–9	15–7	12–10
Detroit	6–16	5–17	6–16	—	9–13	5–17–1	8–14	11–11–1
New York	14–8	14–8	12–10	13–9	—	13–9	14–8	15–7
Philadelphia	10–12	11–11	9–13	17–5–1	9–13	—	14–8	9–13
St. Louis	11–11	8–14	7–15	14–8	8–14	8–14	—	8–14–1
Washington	14–8	9–13–1	10–12	11–11–1	7–15	13–9	14–8–1	—

Opening Day lineup

7	Dom DiMaggio	CF
6	Johnny Pesky	3B
9	Ted Williams	LF
3	Walt Dropo	1B
37	Faye Throneberry	RF
2	Jimmy Piersall	SS
17	Mel Parnell	P
12	Ted Lepcio	2B
11	Gus Niarhos	C

Notable transactions

• June 3, 1952: Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers.[1]

Roster

1952 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 25 James Atkins 27 Al Benton 26 Ralph Brickner 24 Dick Brodowski 29 Ike Delock 28 Hersh Freeman 24 Randy Gumpert 26 Bill Henry 20 Sid Hudson 16 Ellis Kinder 20 Walt Masterson 19 Mickey McDermott 21 Willard Nixon 17 Mel Parnell 18 Ray Scarborough 23 Harry Taylor 25 Dizzy Trout 15 Bill Wight		Catchers 11 Gus Niarhos 34 Len Okrie 22 Sammy White 33 Del Wilber Infielders  8 Hal Bevan 18 Milt Bolling  4 Lou Boudreau  3 Walt Dropo 14 Dick Gernert 10 Billy Goodman  1 Fred Hatfield  1 George Kell 12 Ted Lepcio  6 Johnny Lipon 37 Charlie Maxwell  6 Johnny Pesky  2 Jimmy Piersall  5 Vern Stephens		Outfielders  7 Dom DiMaggio 31 Hoot Evers 37 Paul Lehner 31 Don Lenhardt 37 George Schmees 38 Gene Stephens  2 Faye Throneberry 30 Clyde Vollmer  9 Ted Williams 32 Archie Wilson 33 Ken Wood 32 Al Zarilla		Manager  4 Lou Boudreau Coaches 41 Earle Combs (First base) 40 Bill McKechnie (Pitching) 42 Ski Melillo (Third base) 45 Paul Schreiber (Hitting) 43 George Susce (Bullpen)

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
C	Sammy White	115	381	107	.281	10	49
1B	Dick Gernert	102	367	89	.243	19	67
OF	Dom DiMaggio	128	486	143	.294	6	33

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
Johnny Pesky	25	67	10	.149	0	2

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

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
James Atkins	3	10.1	0	1	3.48	2

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Pinky Higgins
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Al Vincent and Red Mathis
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Jack Burns
B	Roanoke Ro-Sox	Piedmont League	Owen Scheetz
C	San Jose Red Sox	California League	Red Marion
D	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	North Carolina State League	Jim Gruzdis

Notes

1. Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1952 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1952 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com