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
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersEllis Ryan
General managersHank Greenberg
ManagersAl López
TelevisionWXEL
(Bob Neal, Red Jones)
RadioWERE
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
← 1951 Seasons 1953 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 59 .617 49‍–‍28 46‍–‍31
Cleveland Indians 93 61 .604 2 49‍–‍28 44‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 81 73 .526 14 44‍–‍33 37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics 79 75 .513 16 45‍–‍32 34‍–‍43
Washington Senators 78 76 .506 17 42‍–‍35 36‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox 76 78 .494 19 50‍–‍27 26‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns 64 90 .416 31 42‍–‍35 22‍–‍55
Detroit Tigers 50 104 .325 45 32‍–‍45 18‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1952 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Jim Hegan 112 333 75 .225 4 41
1B Luke Easter 127 437 115 .263 31 97
2B Bobby Ávila 150 597 179 .300 7 45
SS Ray Boone 103 316 83 .263 7 45
3B Al Rosen 148 567 171 .302 28 105
OF Larry Doby 140 519 143 .276 32 104
OF Harry Simpson 146 545 145 .266 10 65
OF Dale Mitchell 134 511 165 .323 5 58

Other batters

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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 Fridley 62 175 44 .251 4 16
Merl Combs 52 139 23 .165 1 10
Joe Tipton 43 105 26 .248 6 22
Birdie Tebbetts 42 101 25 .248 1 8
Bill Glynn 44 92 25 .272 2 7
George Strickland 31 88 19 .216 1 8
Barney McCosky 54 80 17 .213 1 6
Wally Westlake 29 69 16 .232 1 9
Hank Majeski 36 54 16 .296 0 9
Pete Reiser 34 44 6 .136 3 7
Bob Kennedy 22 40 12 .300 0 12
Dave Pope 12 34 10 .294 1 4
Johnny Berardino 35 32 3 .094 0 2
Quincy Trouppe 12 10 1 .100 0 0
Snuffy Stirnweiss 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Lemon 42 309.2 22 11 2.50 131
Mike Garcia 46 292.1 22 11 2.37 143
Early Wynn 42 285.2 23 12 2.90 153
Bob Feller 30 191.2 9 13 4.74 81

Other pitchers

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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 Gromek 29 122.2 7 7 3.67 65
Sam Jones 14 36.0 2 3 7.25 28
Bob Chakales 5 12.0 1 2 9.75 7

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lou Brissie 42 3 2 2 3.48 28
Mickey Harris 29 3 0 1 4.63 23
Dick Rozek 10 1 0 0 4.97 5
Ted Wilks 7 0 0 1 3.86 6
Bill Abernathie 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
George Zuverink 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

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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

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  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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