1952 Washington Senators season

1952  Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	78–76 (.506)
League place	5th
Owners	Clark Griffith (majority owner)
Managers	Bucky Harris
Television	WTTG (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Radio	WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
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The 1952 Washington Senators won 78 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

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

1952 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1952 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 30 Sandy Consuegra 21 Tom Ferrick  4 Mike Fornieles 15 Harley Grossman 33 Randy Gumpert 17 Mickey Harris 18 Joe Haynes 20 Sid Hudson 24 Don Johnson 22 Connie Marrero 20 Walt Masterson 23 Julio Moreno 12 Bobo Newsom 19 Bob Porterfield 5,33 Raúl Sánchez 17 Spec Shea 34 Lou Sleater 34 Bunky Stewart		Catchers  9 George Bradshaw 11 Mickey Grasso  9 Hal Keller 10 Clyde Kluttz Infielders  4 Floyd Baker 28 Mel Hoderlein  7 Fred Marsh  7 Cass Michaels 35 Pete Runnels 27 Jerry Snyder 34 Fred Taylor  4 Tom Upton  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Eddie Yost		Outfielders 14 Jim Busby 25 Frank Campos  2 Gil Coan  8 Jackie Jensen 14 Sam Mele  8 Irv Noren  7 Earl Rapp 15 Buck Varner 26 Archie Wilson 26 Ken Wood Other batters  5 Sherry Robertson		Manager 50 Bucky Harris Coaches 54 Nick Altrock 52 Joe Fitzgerald 51 Clyde Milan 53 George Myatt

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mickey Grasso	115	361	78	.216	0	27
1B	Mickey Vernon	154	569	143	.251	10	80
2B	Floyd Baker	79	263	69	.262	0	33
SS	Pete Runnels	152	555	158	.285	1	64
3B	Eddie Yost	157	587	137	.233	12	49
OF	Jim Busby	129	512	125	.244	2	47
OF	Jackie Jensen	144	570	163	.286	10	80
OF	Gil Coan	107	332	68	.205	5	20

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
Ken Wood	61	210	50	.238	6	32
Mel Hoderlein	72	208	56	.269	0	17
Clyde Kluttz	58	144	33	.229	1	11
Frank Campos	53	112	29	.259	0	8
Archie Wilson	26	96	20	.208	0	14
Cass Michaels	22	86	20	.233	1	7
Earl Rapp	46	67	19	.284	0	9
Jerry Snyder	36	57	9	.158	0	2
Irv Noren	12	49	12	.245	0	2
Sam Mele	9	28	12	.429	2	10
Fred Marsh	9	24	1	.042	0	1
George Bradshaw	10	23	5	.217	0	6
Hal Keller	11	23	4	.174	0	0
Fred Taylor	10	19	5	.263	0	4
Tom Upton	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Buck Varner	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Sherry Robertson	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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
Bob Porterfield	31	231.1	13	14	2.72	80
Connie Marrero	22	184.1	11	8	2.88	77
Spec Shea	22	169.0	11	7	2.93	65
Walt Masterson	24	160.2	9	8	3.70	89
Julio Moreno	26	147.1	9	9	3.97	62
Sid Hudson	7	62.2	3	4	2.73	24

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
Randy Gumpert	20	104.0	4	9	4.24	29
Don Johnson	29	69.0	0	5	4.43	37
Lou Sleater	14	57.0	4	2	3.63	22
Mike Fornieles	4	26.1	2	2	1.37	12
Raúl Sánchez	3	12.2	1	1	3.55	6

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
Sandy Consuegra	30	6	0	5	3.05	19
Tom Ferrick	27	4	3	1	3.02	28
Joe Haynes	22	0	3	3	4.50	18
Bobo Newsom	10	1	1	2	4.97	5
Mickey Harris	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Bunky Stewart	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
Harley Grossman	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Cal Ermer
B	Danville Leafs	Carolina League	Morrie Aderholt
B	Havana Cubanos	Florida International League	Mike Guerra
B	Charlotte Hornets	Tri-State League	Ivan Kuester
C	Drummondville Cubs	Provincial League	Herb Crompton
D	Roanoke Rapids Jays	Coastal Plain League	Pete Appleton
D	Orlando Senators	Florida State League	Ed Levy
D	Fulton Lookouts	KITTY League	Sam Lamitina

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

External links

• 1952 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1952 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com