1952 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1952  Philadelphia Phillies
League National League
Ballpark Shibe Park
City Philadelphia
Owners R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General managers R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
Managers Eddie Sawyer, Steve O'Neill
Television WPTZ
WCAU
WFIL
Radio WPEN
(Claude Haring, Gene Kelly)
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Offseason

In March 1952, during spring training, shortstop Granny Hamner was named captain of the team by manager Eddie Sawyer. [1]

Contents

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 96570.627—45–3351–24
New York Giants 92620.5974½50–2742–35
St. Louis Cardinals 88660.5718½48–2940–37
Philadelphia Phillies 87670.5659½47–2940–38
Chicago Cubs 77770.50019½42–3535–42
Cincinnati Reds 69850.44827½38–3931–46
Boston Braves 64890.4183231–4533–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 421120.27354½23–5419–58

Record vs. opponents

1952 National League record

Sources:

TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston —3–18–112–109–139–139–1315–7–17–15
Brooklyn 18–3–1—13–9–117–58–1410–1219–311–11
Chicago 10–129–13–1—13–910–1210–1214–811–11
Cincinnati 13–95–179–13—6–1610–1216–610–12
New York 13–914–812–1016–6—10–1215–712–10
Philadelphia 13–912–1012–1012–1012–10—16–610–12
Pittsburgh 7–15–13–198–146–167–156–16—5–17
St. Louis 15–711–1111–1112–1010–1212–1017–5—

Notable transactions

Game log

Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1952 Game Log [6]
Overall Record: 87–67
April (4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–April 15@ Giants Postponed (rain); [7] Makeup: September 4
1April 16@ Giants 3–5 Sal Maglie (1–0) Robin Roberts (0–1)None17,4720–1
2April 17@ Giants 5–3 (11) Jim Konstanty (1–0) George Spencer (0–1)None13,6971–1
3April 18 Braves 2–3 Lew Burdette (1–0) Russ Meyer (0–1)None15,9111–2
4April 19 Braves 7–9 Bert Thiel (1–0) Andy Hansen (0–1) Lew Burdette (1)9,4661–3
5April 20 (1) Braves 4–3 (10) Robin Roberts (1–1) Lew Burdette (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game2–3
6April 20 (2) Braves 1–2 Dave Cole (1–0) Karl Drews (0–1) Dick Donovan (1)26,0112–4
7April 21 Giants 4–10 Jim Hearn (1–0) Howie Fox (0–1) Dave Koslo (1)14,6092–5
8April 22 Giants 1–4 Larry Jansen (1–0) Russ Meyer (0–2)None12,4052–6
–April 23 Dodgers Postponed (rain); [8] Makeup: August 9 as a traditional double-header
–April 24 Dodgers Postponed (rain); [9] Makeup: August 11 as a traditional double-header
–April 25@ Braves Postponed (rain); [10] Makeup: July 3
9April 26@ Braves 8–0 Robin Roberts (2–1) Vern Bickford (0–1)None1,8933–6
–April 27 (1)@ Braves Postponed (rain); [11] Makeup: August 5 as a traditional double-header
–April 27 (2)@ Braves Postponed (rain); [11] Makeup: August 6 as a traditional double-header
10April 29@ Cubs 8–2 Curt Simmons (1–0) Bob Rush (1–2)None8,4844–6
11April 30@ Cubs 8–9 (12) Dutch Leonard (1–0) Howie Fox (0–2)None7,2214–7
May (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1@ Cardinals 6–3 Robin Roberts (3–1) Cliff Chambers (1–1)None5,5965–7
13May 2@ Cardinals 2–3 Vinegar Bend Mizell (1–2) Russ Meyer (0–3)None9,4625–8
14May 3@ Cardinals 0–3 Cloyd Boyer (1–0) Karl Drews (0–2)None5,6765–9
15May 4 (1)@ Reds 4–5 Ewell Blackwell (1–3) Curt Simmons (1–1) Frank Smith (3)see 2nd game5–10
16May 4 (2)@ Reds 7–8 Harry Perkowski (2–1) Howie Fox (0–3) Frank Smith (4)19,7805–11
17May 6@ Pirates 6–0 Robin Roberts (4–1) Don Carlsen (0–1)None9,0086–11
18May 7@ Pirates 1–5 Howie Pollet (1–3) Russ Meyer (0–4)None7,2916–12
–May 8@ Pirates Postponed (rain, wet grounds); [12] [13] Makeup: July 17 as a traditional double-header
19May 10 (1)@ Dodgers 4–0 Karl Drews (1–2) Ralph Branca (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game7–12
20May 10 (2)@ Dodgers 8–1 Robin Roberts (5–1) Clem Labine (0–1)None31,7778–12
21May 11@ Dodgers 3–4 (10) Carl Erskine (2–0) Howie Fox (0–4)None9,1048–13
–May 12@ Dodgers Postponed (cold, wet grounds); [14] [15] Makeup: July 2 as a traditional double-header
22May 13 Cubs 6–0 Curt Simmons (2–1) Joe Hatten (2–2)None5,7029–13
23May 14 Cubs 9–2 Russ Meyer (1–4) Bob Kelly (1–3)None3,21210–13
24May 15 Reds 5–1 Robin Roberts (6–1) Ewell Blackwell (1–5)None14,75211–13
25May 16 Reds 3–2 (10) Ken Heintzelman (1–0) Herm Wehmeier (3–2)None19,31312–13
26May 17 Reds 3–7 Frank Hiller (4–2) Howie Fox (0–5)None5,28512–14
27May 18 Cardinals 3–4 Gerry Staley (7–1) Russ Meyer (1–5) Al Brazle (6)12,38012–15
–May 19 Cardinals Postponed (rain); [16] Makeup: June 17 as a traditional double-header
–May 20 Pirates Postponed (rain); [17] [18] Makeup: June 16
28May 21 Pirates 7–3 Robin Roberts (7–1) Murry Dickson (1–7)None6,20213–15
29May 22 Pirates 6–0 Curt Simmons (3–1) Red Munger (0–2)None3,06514–15
30May 23 Dodgers 1–5 Ben Wade (3–1) Karl Drews (1–3)None30,32314–16
31May 24 Dodgers 0–5 Billy Loes (5–0) Russ Meyer (1–6)None15,89414–17
–May 25 Dodgers Postponed (rain); [19] Makeup: September 2
–May 26 Braves Postponed (rain); [20] Makeup: May 27 as a traditional double-header
32May 27 (1) Braves 2–4 (12) Warren Spahn (4–3) Ken Heintzelman (1–1) Lew Burdette (4)see 2nd game14–18
33May 27 (2) Braves 5–4 (10) Andy Hansen (1–1) Sheldon Jones (0–1)None27,22515–18
34May 29 Giants 6–5 Karl Drews (2–3) Hoyt Wilhelm (4–1) Ken Heintzelman (1)3,91916–18
35May 30 (1) Giants 3–0 Russ Meyer (2–6) Max Lanier (1–3)Nonesee 2nd game17–18
36May 30 (2) Giants 2–4 Larry Jansen (4–1) Robin Roberts (7–2)None31,27317–19
37May 31@ Pirates 3–5 Joe Muir (2–1) Lou Possehl (0–1) Woody Main (1)6,42517–20
June (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
38June 1 (1)@ Pirates 5–1 Curt Simmons (4–1) Murry Dickson (2–8)Nonesee 2nd game18–20
39June 1 (2)@ Pirates 1–2 Ted Wilks (2–2) Karl Drews (2–4)None15,52918–21
40June 3@ Reds 1–2 Frank Smith (2–1) Robin Roberts (7–3)None6,44118–22
41June 4@ Reds 8–10 Frank Smith (3–1) Ken Heintzelman (1–2)None6,07518–23
42June 5@ Reds 3–5 Harry Perkowski (5–2) Karl Drews (2–5)None2,45918–24
43June 6@ Cardinals 4–5 Al Brazle (3–0) Jim Konstanty (1–1)None7,51218–25
44June 7@ Cardinals 4–3 Jim Konstanty (2–1) Bill Werle (0–1)None10,39119–25
45June 8@ Cardinals 3–5 Willard Schmidt (1–2) Russ Meyer (2–7) Eddie Yuhas (1)10,39919–26
46June 10@ Cubs 5–10 Paul Minner (6–1) Karl Drews (2–6)None10,12519–27
47June 11@ Cubs 2–3 Turk Lown (3–2) Curt Simmons (4–2) Dutch Leonard (3)10,76519–28
48June 12@ Cubs 1–3 Warren Hacker (4–1) Robin Roberts (7–4)None9,64619–29
49June 14 Pirates 4–2 Russ Meyer (3–7) Bob Friend (3–8) Jim Konstanty (1)5,03320–29
50June 15 (1) Pirates 0–6 Howie Pollet (2–7) Karl Drews (2–7)Nonesee 2nd game20–30
51June 15 (2) Pirates 6–3 Howie Fox (1–5) Murry Dickson (4–9) Jim Konstanty (2)12,52521–30
52June 16 Pirates 5–4 Jim Konstanty (3–1) Paul LaPalme (1–1)None2,21022–30
53June 17 (1) Cardinals 2–1 Curt Simmons (5–2) Bill Werle (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game23–30
54June 17 (2) Cardinals 0–4 Al Brazle (4–1) Robin Roberts (7–5) Eddie Yuhas (2)22,85423–31
55June 18 Cardinals 1–7 Joe Presko (4–3) Russ Meyer (3–8)None9,97323–32
56June 19 Cardinals 4–6 Cloyd Boyer (3–3) Howie Fox (1–6) Al Brazle (10)7,75123–33
57June 20 Reds 3–1 Robin Roberts (8–5) Ewell Blackwell (2–8)None6,36724–33
–June 21 Reds Postponed (rain); [21] Makeup: July 29 as a traditional double-header
58June 22 (1) Reds 3–5 Frank Smith (6–3) Andy Hansen (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game24–34
59June 22 (2) Reds 3–0 (7) [a] Karl Drews (3–7) Herm Wehmeier (4–4)None6,89125–34
–June 23 Cubs Postponed (rain); [22] Makeup: June 24 as a traditional double-header
60June 24 (1) Cubs 6–0 Robin Roberts (9–5) Bob Rush (9–4)Nonesee 2nd game26–34
61June 24 (2) Cubs 2–1 Russ Meyer (4–8) Johnny Klippstein (4–5) Jim Konstanty (3)13,10227–34
62June 25 Cubs 1–4 Bob Kelly (2–4) Karl Drews (3–8) Dutch Leonard (4)5,12827–35
63June 27 Giants 6–0 Curt Simmons (6–2) Larry Jansen (6–4)None13,56928–35
64June 28 Giants 7–2 Robin Roberts (10–5) Jim Hearn (8–2)None17,18229–35
65June 29 Giants 3–12 Hoyt Wilhelm (6–2) Russ Meyer (4–9) Max Lanier (4)12,03429–36
66June 30@ Dodgers 4–0 Karl Drews (4–8) Carl Erskine (7–2)None21,37730–36
July (22–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 1@ Dodgers 3–4 Clem Labine (5–2) Jim Konstanty (3–2)None7,18430–37
68July 2 (1)@ Dodgers 4–3 Robin Roberts (11–5) Chris Van Cuyk (5–5)Nonesee 2nd game31–37
69July 2 (2)@ Dodgers 2–1 Russ Meyer (5–9) Ben Wade (6–5) Andy Hansen (1)17,21632–37
70July 3@ Braves 2–0 Curt Simmons (7–2) Jim Wilson (7–6)None1,23233–37
71July 4 (1)@ Braves 1–2 (11) Lew Burdette (4–3) Karl Drews (4–9)Nonesee 2nd game33–38
72July 4 (2)@ Braves 2–3 Vern Bickford (3–9) Ken Heintzelman (1–3)None7,61033–39
73July 5@ Giants 3–2 Howie Fox (2–6) Larry Jansen (7–5)None12,69134–39
74July 6 (1)@ Giants 0–2 Max Lanier (3–4) Robin Roberts (11–6)Nonesee 2nd game34–40
75July 6 (2)@ Giants 4–1 Russ Meyer (6–9) Sal Maglie (11–4)None24,23835–40
–July 8 1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
76July 10@ Cardinals 3–10 Gerry Staley (12–6) Curt Simmons (7–3)None13,41635–41
77July 11@ Cardinals 4–3 (10) Robin Roberts (12–6) Al Brazle (6–2)None13,02036–41
78July 12@ Cardinals 2–3 Harry Brecheen (4–3) Russ Meyer (6–10) Eddie Yuhas (4)10,35536–42
79July 13 (1)@ Cubs 7–3 Karl Drews (5–9) Warren Hacker (6–3) Andy Hansen (2)see 2nd game37–42
80July 13 (2)@ Cubs 9–2 Steve Ridzik (1–0) Bob Rush (9–7) Jim Konstanty (4)29,06538–42
–July 14@ Cubs Postponed (rain); [23] Makeup: August 24 as a traditional double-header
81July 15@ Pirates 10–3 Curt Simmons (8–3) Howie Pollet (3–10)None10,24439–42
82July 16@ Pirates 8–7 Robin Roberts (13–6) Murry Dickson (6–14) Andy Hansen (3)2,56940–42
83July 17 (1)@ Pirates 1–2 Cal Hogue (1–0) Russ Meyer (6–11)Nonesee 2nd game40–43
84July 17 (2)@ Pirates 2–4 Ted Wilks (5–4) Karl Drews (5–10)None5,30440–44
85July 18@ Reds 7–5 Jim Konstanty (4–2) Frank Hiller (4–6) Russ Meyer (1)6,42441–44
86July 19@ Reds 7–5 Karl Drews (6–10) Bud Podbielan (0–1)None2,21542–44
87July 20 (1)@ Reds 5–6 (10) Frank Smith (8–7) Russ Meyer (6–12)Nonesee 2nd game42–45
88July 20 (2)@ Reds 4–3 Robin Roberts (14–6) Bubba Church (1–6)None9,17043–45
89July 22 (1) [b] Pirates 14–4 Russ Meyer (7–12) Cal Hogue (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game44–45
90July 22 (2) [b] Pirates 8–1 Karl Drews (7–10) Woody Main (2–8) Andy Hansen (4)11,21345–45
91July 23 Pirates 4–1 Steve Ridzik (2–0) Bob Friend (4–15) Robin Roberts (1)4,61146–45
92July 25 Cubs 3–8 Warren Hacker (8–3) Curt Simmons (8–4)None10,80246–46
93July 26 Cubs 7–2 Robin Roberts (15–6) Johnny Klippstein (6–8)None4,31247–46
94July 27 (1) Cubs 12–8 Andy Hansen (2–2) Paul Minner (9–7) Jim Konstanty (5)see 2nd game48–46
95July 27 (2) Cubs 3–0 Karl Drews (8–10) Bob Rush (10–8)None11,13449–46
96July 29 (1) Reds 6–1 Curt Simmons (9–4) Ewell Blackwell (2–11)Nonesee 2nd game50–46
97July 29 (2) Reds 4–3 Andy Hansen (3–2) Ken Raffensberger (10–9)None19,05551–46
98July 30 Reds 7–3 Robin Roberts (16–6) Frank Smith (8–9)None7,50552–46
August (18–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1 Cardinals 5–10 Eddie Yuhas (8–2) Andy Hansen (3–3)None18,77852–47
100August 2 Cardinals 6–2 Karl Drews (9–10) Gerry Staley (13–10) Robin Roberts (2)12,88953–47
101August 3 Cardinals 6–0 Curt Simmons (10–4) Joe Presko (6–6)None13,71554–47
–August 5 (1)@ Braves Postponed (rain); [24] Makeup: August 7 as a traditional double-header
–August 5 (2)@ Braves Postponed (rain); [24] Makeup: August 31 as a traditional double-header
–August 6 (1)@ Braves Postponed (rain); [25] Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header
–August 6 (2)@ Braves Postponed (rain); [25] Makeup: September 6 in Philadelphia as a traditional double-header
102August 7 (1)@ Braves 2–1 Robin Roberts (17–6) Vern Bickford (7–11)Nonesee 2nd game55–47
103August 7 (2)@ Braves 10–2 Russ Meyer (8–12) Jim Wilson (10–9)None4,82956–47
104August 8 Dodgers 3–6 (10) Preacher Roe (8–1) Curt Simmons (10–5)None16,16356–48
105August 9 (1) Dodgers 0–6 Billy Loes (10–5) Karl Drews (9–11)Nonesee 2nd game56–49
106August 9 (2) Dodgers 2–4 Johnny Rutherford (4–2) Steve Ridzik (2–1)None34,60656–50
–August 10 Dodgers Postponed (rain); [26] Makeup: September 2 as a traditional double-header
107August 11 (1) Dodgers 7–2 Robin Roberts (18–6) Ben Wade (11–7)Nonesee 2nd game57–50
108August 11 (2) Dodgers 5–9 Joe Black (8–2) Howie Fox (2–7)None39,70557–51
–August 12 Braves Postponed (rain); [27] Makeup: August 13 as a traditional double-header
109August 13 (1) Braves 3–0 Karl Drews (10–11) Vern Bickford (7–12)Nonesee 2nd game58–51
110August 13 (2) Braves 3–9 Max Surkont (8–10) Curt Simmons (10–6)None11,28058–52
111August 14 Braves 5–3 Russ Meyer (9–12) Warren Spahn (11–12)None3,39159–52
112August 15@ Dodgers 8–3 Robin Roberts (19–6) Joe Landrum (1–1)None18,18260–52
113August 16@ Dodgers 0–15 (7) Billy Loes (11–6) Curt Simmons (10–7)None7,21960–53
114August 17@ Dodgers 2–1 Karl Drews (11–11) Carl Erskine (11–5)None18,86361–53
115August 19@ Pirates 10–5 Robin Roberts (20–6) Ron Necciai (0–2)None11,20762–53
116August 20@ Pirates 3–1 Russ Meyer (10–12) Cal Hogue (1–5)None2,75563–53
117August 22@ Reds 2–3 Bud Podbielan (1–2) Andy Hansen (3–4)None9,91563–54
118August 23@ Reds 2–3 Frank Smith (9–9) Karl Drews (11–12)None3,61763–55
119August 24 (1)@ Cubs 0–3 Warren Hacker (11–6) Robin Roberts (20–7)Nonesee 2nd game63–56
120August 24 (2)@ Cubs 14–4 Russ Meyer (11–12) Paul Minner (11–9)None33,82064–56
121August 25@ Cubs 6–3 (10) Andy Hansen (4–4) Turk Lown (4–9)None6,50565–56
122August 26@ Cubs 2–3 (13) Bob Schultz (4–2) Andy Hansen (4–5)None7,01965–57
123August 27@ Cardinals 7–2 Curt Simmons (11–7) Vinegar Bend Mizell (8–6)None9,12966–57
124August 28@ Cardinals 10–6 Robin Roberts (21–7) Harry Brecheen (6–5)None7,63267–57
125August 30 (1)@ Braves 4–2 Karl Drews (12–12) Lew Burdette (6–8)Nonesee 2nd game68–57
126August 30 (2)@ Braves 8–6 Andy Hansen (5–5) Warren Spahn (12–15)None5,27769–57
127August 31 (1)@ Braves 0–1 Virgil Jester (2–4) Steve Ridzik (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game69–58
128August 31 (2)@ Braves 4–0 Jim Konstanty (5–2) Max Surkont (10–11)None6,92070–58
September (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–September 1 (1) Dodgers Postponed (rain); [28] Makeup: September 23 in Brooklyn as a traditional double-header
–September 1 (2) Dodgers Postponed (rain); [28] Makeup: September 24 in Brooklyn
129September 2 (1) Dodgers 8–2 Robin Roberts (22–7) Ben Wade (11–8)Nonesee 2nd game71–58
130September 2 (2) Dodgers 9–3 Karl Drews (13–12) Ray Moore (1–1)None28,58272–58
131September 3@ Giants 3–4 (10) Bill Connelly (3–0) Andy Hansen (5–6)None15,98472–59
132September 4@ Giants 3–4 (11) Al Corwin (4–0) Russ Meyer (11–13)None5,21972–60
133September 5@ Giants 4–5 Al Corwin (5–0) Jim Konstanty (5–3) Sal Maglie (1)5,39172–61
134September 6 (1) Braves 7–6 (17) Robin Roberts (23–7) Bob Chipman (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game73–61
135September 6 (2) Braves 1–3 [c] Ernie Johnson (5–1) Karl Drews (13–13) Lew Burdette (7)12,47473–62
136September 7 Braves 2–1 Steve Ridzik (3–2) Lew Burdette (6–9)None6,01174–62
137September 9 Cardinals 4–7 Eddie Yuhas (9–2) Curt Simmons (11–8) Harry Brecheen (2)9,25474–63
138September 10 Cardinals 6–3 Steve Ridzik (4–2) Vinegar Bend Mizell (10–7) Jim Konstanty (6)7,15775–63
139September 11 Cardinals 3–2 Robin Roberts (24–7) Cliff Chambers (4–4)None9,17776–63
140September 12 (1) [d] Cubs 1–5 Paul Minner (13–9) Karl Drews (13–14)Nonesee 2nd game76–64
141September 12 (2) [d] Cubs 0–7 Bob Kelly (4–9) Bob Miller (0–1)None8,57176–65
142September 14 (1) Pirates 5–2 Curt Simmons (12–8) Cal Hogue (1–7)Nonesee 2nd game77–65
143September 14 (2) Pirates 2–1 Russ Meyer (12–13) Jim Waugh (1–6)None7,23878–65
144September 16 Reds 4–2 Robin Roberts (25–7) Niles Jordan (0–1)None8,69079–65
145September 17 Reds 7–4 Karl Drews (14–14) Frank Hiller (5–8)None3,08980–65
146September 19 Giants 1–0 Curt Simmons (13–8) Sal Maglie (17–8)None10,88281–65
147September 20 Giants 3–2 Robin Roberts (26–7) Al Corwin (6–1)None21,71282–65
148September 21 Giants 6–2 Russ Meyer (13–13) Jim Hearn (14–7)None12,89183–65
149September 23 (1)@ Dodgers 4–5 Johnny Rutherford (7–7) Karl Drews (14–15)Nonesee 2nd game83–66
150September 23 (2)@ Dodgers 1–0(12) Curt Simmons (14–8) Jim Hughes (2–1) Kent Peterson (1)24,40884–66
151September 24@ Dodgers 9–7 Robin Roberts (27–7) Clem Labine (8–4)None2,13685–66
152September 26@ Giants 0–8 Sal Maglie (18–8) Russ Meyer (13–14) Hoyt Wilhelm (11)1,68485–67
153September 27@ Giants 7–3 Paul Stuffel (1–0) Mario Picone (0–1) Kent Peterson (2)3,53586–67
154September 28@ Giants 7–4 Robin Roberts (28–7) Jack Harshman (0–2)None5,93387–67
^[a] The second game on June 22, 1952, was called after 7 innings due to darkness. [29] Contemporary newspaper accounts, [30] [31] [32] as well as Retrosheet, [29] indicate that the Cincinnati Reds protested the game, but Baseball-Reference.com does not indicate that an official protest had occurred. [33]
^[b] The original game schedule indicated Pittsburgh at Philadelphia for single games on July 22, 23, and 24. [34]
^[c] The second game on September 6 was suspended (Pennsylvania curfew [35] ) in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score 1–3 [36] and was completed September 7, 1952. [37] [38]
^[d] The original game schedule indicated Chicago at Philadelphia for single games on September 12 and 13. [34]

Roster

1952 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Smoky Burgess 110371110.296656
1B Eddie Waitkus 146499144.289249
2B Connie Ryan 154577139.2411249
SS Granny Hamner 151596164.2751787
3B Willie Jones 147541135.2501872
OF Del Ennis 151592171.28920107
OF Johnny Wyrostek 9832188.274137
OF Richie Ashburn 154613173.282142

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Stan Lopata 5717949.274427
Mel Clark 4715552.335115
Jackie Mayo 5011929.24414
Bill Nicholson 558824.273619
Putsy Caballero 354210.23806
Nippy Jones 8305.16715
Jack Lohrke 25296.20701
Tommy Brown 18254.16012
Dick Young 592.22200
Del Wilber 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Robin Roberts 39330.02872.59148
Russ Meyer 37232.113143.1492
Karl Drews 33228.214152.7296
Curt Simmons 28201.11482.82141
Howie Fox 1362.0275.0816

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve Ridzik 2492.2423.0143
Lou Possehl 412.2014.974
Bob Miller 39.0016.002
Paul Stuffel 26.0103.003
Bubba Church 25.00010.803

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jim Konstanty 425363.9416
Andy Hansen 435643.2618
Ken Heintzelman 231313.1620
Kent Peterson 30000.007

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Baltimore Orioles International League Don Heffner
A Schenectady Blue Jays Eastern League Dan Carnevale
A Tri-City Braves Western International League Charlie Gassaway
B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Skeeter Newsome
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Leon Riley
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Eddie Murphy
C Salt Lake City Bees Pioneer League Hub Kittle
C Granby Phillies Provincial League Al Barillari
C Salina Blue Jays Western Association Floyd "Pat" Patterson
D Pulaski Phillies Appalachian League Al Gardella
D Miami Eagles Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League John Davenport
D Bradford Phillies PONY League Dick Carter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Terre Haute, Miami [40]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Hamner is Given Authority as Team Captain of Phillies". Milwaukee Journal. March 18, 1952. p. 2.
  2. ↑ Smoky Burgess page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ John Anderson page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Kent Peterson page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Tommy Glaviano page at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ "1952 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
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