The 1952 Boston Braves season was the 82nd season of the franchise; the team went 64–89 (.418) and was seventh in the eight-team National League, 32 games behind the pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers. Home attendance for the season at Braves Field was under 282,000.[1]
1952 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 64–89 (.418) |
League place | 7th |
Owners | Louis R. Perini |
General managers | John J. Quinn |
Managers | Tommy Holmes, Charlie Grimm |
Television | WNAC WBZ-TV (Jim Britt, Bump Hadley) |
Radio | WNAC (Jim Britt, Les Smith) |
This was the final season for the franchise in Boston, Massachusetts, and the last home game at Braves Field was played on September 21. Several weeks prior to the 1953 season, the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[2][3][4] which was the first franchise relocation in the majors in a half century.[1] By 1958, four other teams had moved. The Braves stayed for thirteen years in Milwaukee, and then went to Atlanta prior to the 1966 season.
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | 0.627 | — | 45–33 | 51–24 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 4½ | 50–27 | 42–35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 8½ | 48–29 | 40–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 9½ | 47–29 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 19½ | 42–35 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 27½ | 38–39 | 31–46 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 32 | 31–45 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | 0.273 | 54½ | 23–54 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — |
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Walker Cooper | 102 | 349 | 82 | .235 | 10 | 55 |
1B | Earl Torgeson | 122 | 382 | 88 | .230 | 5 | 34 |
2B | Jack Dittmer | 93 | 326 | 63 | .193 | 7 | 41 |
SS | Johnny Logan | 117 | 456 | 129 | .283 | 4 | 42 |
3B | Eddie Mathews | 145 | 528 | 128 | .242 | 25 | 58 |
OF | Sid Gordon | 144 | 522 | 151 | .289 | 25 | 75 |
OF | Bob Thorpe | 81 | 292 | 76 | .260 | 3 | 26 |
OF | Sam Jethroe | 151 | 608 | 141 | .232 | 13 | 58 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Sibby Sisti | 90 | 245 | 52 | .212 | 4 | 24 |
Jack Daniels | 106 | 219 | 41 | .187 | 2 | 14 |
George Crowe | 73 | 217 | 56 | .258 | 4 | 20 |
Paul Burris | 55 | 168 | 37 | .220 | 2 | 21 |
Ebba St. Claire | 39 | 108 | 23 | .213 | 2 | 4 |
Roy Hartsfield | 38 | 107 | 28 | .262 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Cusick | 49 | 78 | 13 | .167 | 0 | 6 |
Willard Marshall | 21 | 66 | 15 | .227 | 2 | 11 |
Pete Whisenant | 24 | 52 | 10 | .192 | 0 | 7 |
Billy Reed | 15 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Buzz Clarkson | 14 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Klaus | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Warren Spahn | 40 | 290.0 | 14 | 19 | 2.98 | 183 |
Jim Wilson | 33 | 234.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.23 | 104 |
Max Surkont | 31 | 215.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.77 | 125 |
Vern Bickford | 26 | 161.1 | 7 | 12 | 3.74 | 62 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ernie Johnson Sr. | 29 | 92.0 | 6 | 3 | 4.11 | 45 |
Virgil Jester | 19 | 73.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.33 | 25 |
Dick Donovan | 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.54 | 6 |
Gene Conley | 4 | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.82 | 6 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lew Burdette | 47 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3.61 | 47 |
Sheldon Jones | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.76 | 40 |
Bob Chipman | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 16 |
Dave Cole | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.03 | 22 |
Bert Thiel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 6 |
Dick Hoover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hagerstown, Quebec, Harlan
References edit
- ^ a b Hand, Jack (March 19, 1953). "Transfer of Braves to Milwaukee viewed as first in series of future changes". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 38.
- ^ Larson, Lloyd (March 14, 1953). "Big league ball here this year!". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
- ^ "Boston Braves go to Milwaukee". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. March 18, 1953. p. 1.
- ^ Thisted, Red (March 19, 1953). "We're home of the Braves!". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
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