1952 BOSTON RED SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Boston,MA
Team Record: 76-78 .494
Result: 6th in American League
Manager(s): Lou Boudreau
General Manager: Joe Cronin
Stadium: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,115,750
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Al Benton (41)
Youngest Player: Gene Stephens (19)
Longest Tenure: Ted Williams (11)
Top Hitter: Walt Dropo (10)
Top Pitcher: Mel Parnell (17)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 77.53%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	95	59	.617	--
Cleveland	93	61	.604	2.0
Chi White Sox	81	73	.526	14.0
Philadelphia	79	75	.513	16.0
Washington	78	76	.506	17.0
Boston	76	78	.494	19.0
St. Louis	64	90	.416	31.0
Detroit	50	104	.325	45.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
10	Billy Goodman	2b-1b	15	26	-	MLB	138	513	79	157	27	3	4	56	8	2	48	23	4		14		7	.306	.000	.394	394	202			-	-
7	Dom DiMaggio	of	31	35	-	MLB	128	486	81	143	20	1	6	33	6	8	57	61	2		4		10	.294	.000	.377	377	183			-	-
31	Hoot Evers	of	51	31	-	MLB	106	401	53	105	17	4	14	59	5	2	29	55	4		7		11	.262	.000	.429	429	172			-	-
22	Sammy White	c	-	23	-	MLB	115	381	35	107	20	2	10	49	2	3	16	43	0		2		13	.281	.000	.423	423	161			-	-
14	Dick Gernert	1b	35	23	-	MLB	102	367	58	89	20	2	19	67	4	1	35	83	5		0		6	.243	.000	.463	463	170			-	-
2,37	Faye Throneberry	of	37	21	-	MLB	98	310	38	80	11	3	5	23	16	7	33	67	1		0		1	.258	.000	.361	361	112			-	-
5	Vern Stephens	ss-3b	-	31	-	MLB	92	295	35	75	13	2	7	44	2	2	39	31	1		2		8	.254	.000	.383	383	113			-	-
1	George Kell	3b	59	29	-	MLB	75	276	41	88	15	2	6	40	0	1	31	10	1		4		11	.319	.000	.453	453	125			-	-
12	Ted Lepcio	2b-3b	-	21	-	MLB	84	274	34	72	17	2	5	26	3	3	24	41	3		2		4	.263	.000	.394	394	108			-	-
30	Clyde Vollmer	of	-	30	-	MLB	90	250	35	66	12	4	11	50	2	2	39	47	3		1		14	.264	.000	.476	476	119			-	-
6	Johnny Lipon	ss	42	29	-	MLB	79	234	25	48	8	1	0	18	1	1	32	20	0		12		4	.205	.000	.248	248	58			-	-
2	Jim Piersall	of	-	22	-	MLB	56	161	28	43	8	0	1	16	3	3	28	26	1		4		2	.267	.000	.335	335	54			-	-
33	Del Wilber	c	-	33	-	MLB	47	135	7	36	10	1	3	23	1	0	7	20	1		0		4	.267	.000	.422	422	57			-	-
3	Walt Dropo	1b	10	29	-	MLB	37	132	13	35	7	1	6	27	0	0	11	22	2		0		9	.265	.000	.470	470	62			-	-
31	Don Lenhardt	of-1b	-	29	-	MLB	30	105	18	31	4	0	7	24	0	1	15	18	0		1		3	.295	.000	.533	533	56			-	-
17	Mel Parnell	p	-	30	-	MLB	35	84	4	8	0	1	1	4	0	0	6	12	0		0		4	.095	.000	.155	155	13			-	-
6	Johnny Pesky	ss-3b	-	32	-	MLB	25	67	10	10	2	0	0	2	0	3	15	5	1		1		1	.149	.000	.179	179	12			-	-
37	George Schmees	of	-	27	-	MLB	42	64	8	13	3	0	0	3	0	1	10	11	0		1		1	.203	.000	.250	250	16			-	-
19	Mickey McDermott	p	-	23	-	MLB	36	62	10	14	1	1	1	7	0	0	4	11	0		3		0	.226	.000	.323	323	20			-	-
32	Al Zarilla	of	-	33	-	MLB	21	60	9	11	0	1	2	8	2	0	7	8	0		0		0	.183	.000	.317	317	19			-	-
11	Gus Niarhos	c	-	31	-	MLB	29	58	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	9	1		1		1	.103	.000	.103	103	6			-	-
38	Gene Stephens	of	-	19	-	MLB	21	53	10	12	5	0	0	5	4	2	3	8	0		1		1	.226	.000	.321	321	17			-	-
21	Willard Nixon	p	-	24	-	MLB	33	53	3	11	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	8	0		0		0	.208	.000	.264	264	14			-	-
20	Sid Hudson	p	-	37	-	MLB	21	46	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	0		0		2	.174	.000	.174	174	8			-	-
25	Dizzy Trout	p	-	37	-	MLB	26	44	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	18	0		0		1	.136	.000	.205	205	9			-	-
24,27	Dick Brodowski	p	-	19	-	MLB	20	39	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	0		1		1	.205	.000	.308	308	12			-	-
32	Archie Wilson	of	-	28	-	MLB	18	38	1	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0		1		2	.263	.000	.342	342	13			-	-
18	Milt Bolling	ss	-	21	-	MLB	11	36	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	5	0		0		0	.222	.000	.333	333	12			-	-
16	Ellis Kinder	p	-	37	-	MLB	23	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0		0		1	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
26	Bill Henry	p	-	24	-	MLB	14	31	2	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	6	0		0		2	.258	.000	.387	387	12			-	-
1	Fred Hatfield	3b-2b	33	27	-	MLB	19	25	6	8	1	1	1	3	0	3	4	2	1		0		2	.320	.000	.560	560	14			-	-
29	Ike Delock	p	-	22	-	MLB	39	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0		1		3	.045	.000	.045	45	1			-	-
32,33	Ken Wood	of	54	27	-	MLB	15	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0		0		0	.100	.000	.100	100	2			-	-
18	Ray Scarborough	p	-	34	-	MLB	28	18	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	0		0		1	.222	.000	.222	222	4			-	-
37	Charlie Maxwell	of	-	25	-	MLB	8	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0		0		0	.067	.000	.133	133	2			-	-
9	Ted Williams	of	-	33	-	MLB	6	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	0		0		0	.400	.000	.900	900	9			-	-
27	Al Benton	p	-	41	-	MLB	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		2		2	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
26,39	Ralph Brickner	p	-	27	-	MLB	14	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.250	.000	.375	375	3			-	-
15	Bill Wight	p	-	30	-	MLB	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0		0		0	.143	.000	.143	143	1			-	-
24	Randy Gumpert	p	-	34	-	MLB	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
23	Harry Taylor	p	-	33	-	MLB	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
28	Hersh Freeman	p	-	23	-	MLB	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	.500	.000	.500	500	2			-	-
37	Paul Lehner	of	-	31	-	MLB	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	.667	.000	.667	667	2			-	-
25	James Atkins	p	-	31	-	MLB	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.667	.000	.667	667	2			-	-
20	Walt Masterson	p	61	32	-	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
4	Lou Boudreau	ss	-	34	-	MLB	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
33,34	Len Okrie	c	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
8	Hal Bevan	3b	-	21	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
17	Mel Parnell	17	30	-	MLB	12	12	3.62	33	29	15	3	3	2	214.0	207	94	86	13	89	107	5	0	1.38	8.71	0.55	3.74	4.50	0.83	--	1.38
19	Mickey McDermott	21	23	-	MLB	10	9	3.72	30	21	7	2	4	0	162.0	139	70	67	14	92	117	2	0	1.43	7.72	0.78	5.11	6.50	0.79	--	1.04
20	Sid Hudson	26	37	-	MLB	7	9	3.62	21	18	7	0	2	0	134.1	145	64	54	9	36	50	0	0	1.35	9.71	0.60	2.41	3.35	0.72	--	1.48
25	Dizzy Trout	33	37	-	MLB	9	8	3.64	26	17	2	0	7	1	133.2	133	62	54	3	68	57	3	0	1.50	8.96	0.20	4.58	3.84	1.19	--	1.25
24,27	Dick Brodowski	-	19	-	MLB	5	5	4.40	20	12	4	0	4	0	114.2	111	66	56	12	50	42	1	0	1.40	8.71	0.94	3.92	3.30	1.19	--	1.21
21	Willard Nixon	-	24	-	MLB	5	4	4.86	23	13	5	0	6	0	103.2	115	64	56	12	61	50	4	1	1.70	9.98	1.04	5.30	4.34	1.22	--	1.23
16	Ellis Kinder	52	37	-	MLB	5	6	2.58	23	10	4	0	8	4	97.2	85	33	28	11	28	50	0	0	1.16	7.83	1.01	2.58	4.61	0.56	--	0.68
29	Ike Delock	35	22	-	MLB	4	9	4.26	39	7	1	1	18	5	95.0	88	50	45	9	50	46	3	1	1.45	8.34	0.85	4.74	4.36	1.09	--	0.72
18	Ray Scarborough	45	34	-	MLB	1	5	4.81	28	8	1	1	13	4	76.2	79	47	41	8	35	29	3	0	1.49	9.27	0.94	4.11	3.40	1.21	--	1.07
26	Bill Henry	-	24	-	MLB	5	4	3.87	13	10	5	0	0	0	76.2	75	40	33	7	36	23	1	0	1.45	8.80	0.82	4.23	2.70	1.57	--	0.71
27	Al Benton	38	41	-	MLB	4	3	2.39	24	0	0	0	17	6	37.2	37	11	10	1	17	20	0	0	1.43	8.84	0.24	4.06	4.78	0.85	--	1.02
26,39	Ralph Brickner	-	27	-	MLB	3	1	2.18	14	1	0	0	6	1	33.0	32	8	8	1	11	9	1	0	1.30	8.73	0.27	3.00	2.45	1.22	--	1.11
15	Bill Wight	42	30	-	MLB	2	1	2.96	10	2	0	0	3	0	24.1	14	11	8	3	14	5	3	1	1.15	5.18	1.11	5.18	1.85	2.80	--	2.14
24	Randy Gumpert	55	34	-	MLB	1	0	4.12	10	1	0	0	5	1	19.2	15	11	9	1	5	6	0	0	1.02	6.86	0.46	2.29	2.75	0.83	--	1.08
28	Hersh Freeman	-	23	-	MLB	1	0	3.29	4	1	1	0	1	0	13.2	13	5	5	1	5	5	0	0	1.32	8.56	0.66	3.29	3.29	1.00	--	1.00
25	James Atkins	-	31	-	MLB	0	1	3.48	3	1	0	0	2	0	10.1	11	6	4	0	7	2	0	0	1.74	9.58	0.00	6.10	1.74	3.50	--	0.93
23	Harry Taylor	-	33	-	MLB	1	0	1.80	2	1	1	0	1	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	0	1.20	5.40	0.90	5.40	0.90	6.00	--	1.25
20	Walt Masterson	39	32	-	MLB	1	1	11.57	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	18	12	12	1	11	3	0	0	3.11	17.36	0.96	10.61	2.89	3.67	--	0.86
37	George Schmees	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	3.00	2	1	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	1.83	13.50	0.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	--	1.14
Totals: (48 players)						76	78	3.80	154	154	53	7	101	24	1,372	1332	658	580	113	623	624	27	3	1.37	8.74	0.70	4.09	4.09	1.00	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sammy White	C	110		464	59	9	7	.983	0.00
Del Wilber	C	39		160	22	1	5	.995	0.00
Gus Niarhos	C	25		107	12	1	2	.992	0.00
Len Okrie	C	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Gernert	1B	99		877	67	12	104	.987	0.00
Walt Dropo	1B	35		319	21	2	31	.994	0.00
Billy Goodman	1B	23		184	17	3	17	.985	0.00
Charlie Maxwell	1B	3		24	4	1	1	.966	0.00
George Schmees	1B	2		15	1	1	0	.941	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Goodman	2B	103		284	340	16	95	.975	0.00
Ted Lepcio	2B	57		139	169	9	39	.972	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Kell	3B	73		75	138	9	14	.959	0.00
Vern Stephens	3B	29		21	73	5	8	.949	0.00
Ted Lepcio	3B	25		25	43	5	7	.932	0.00
Johnny Pesky	3B	19		16	28	4	0	.917	0.00
Fred Hatfield	3B	17		7	23	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny Lipon	3B	7		4	11	1	2	.937	0.00
Billy Goodman	3B	5		3	10	1	0	.929	0.00
Hal Bevan	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lou Boudreau	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Piersall	3B	1		0	1	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Lipon	SS	69		118	218	6	53	.982	0.00
Vern Stephens	SS	53		89	154	11	40	.957	0.00
Jim Piersall	SS	30		41	75	9	13	.928	0.00
Milt Bolling	SS	11		22	41	1	6	.984	0.00
Johnny Pesky	SS	2		3	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Lou Boudreau	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ted Lepcio	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dom DiMaggio	OF	123		303	12	8	4	.975	0.00
Hoot Evers	OF	105		219	8	6	3	.974	0.00
Faye Throneberry	OF	86		141	9	7	5	.955	0.00
Clyde Vollmer	OF	70		143	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
George Schmees	OF	29		30	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Lenhardt	OF	27		52	0	1	0	.981	0.00
Jim Piersall	OF	22		38	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Al Zarilla	OF	19		29	3	2	0	.941	0.00
Gene Stephens	OF	13		24	1	1	0	.962	0.00
Archie Wilson	OF	13		16	1	1	1	.944	0.00
Ken Wood	OF	13		8	0	1	0	.889	0.00
Billy Goodman	OF	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Charlie Maxwell	OF	3		6	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Paul Lehner	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ted Williams	OF	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ike Delock	P	39	95	1	16	0	1	1.000	1.61
Mel Parnell	P	33	214	15	38	0	4	1.000	2.23
Mickey McDermott	P	30	162	10	24	2	1	.944	1.89
Ray Scarborough	P	28	76	11	12	1	0	.958	2.72
Dizzy Trout	P	26	133	9	28	1	2	.974	2.50
Al Benton	P	24	37	3	5	1	0	.889	1.94
Ellis Kinder	P	23	97	4	16	0	2	1.000	1.85
Willard Nixon	P	23	103	7	18	0	4	1.000	2.18
Sid Hudson	P	21	134	13	38	3	6	.944	3.42
Dick Brodowski	P	20	114	11	20	1	1	.969	2.44
Ralph Brickner	P	14	33	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.36
Bill Henry	P	13	76	5	7	0	1	1.000	1.42
Randy Gumpert	P	10	19	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.88
Bill Wight	P	10	24	3	4	1	1	.875	2.61
Walt Masterson	P	5	9	2	3	0	0	1.000	4.95
Hersh Freeman	P	4	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.73
James Atkins	P	3	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.67
George Schmees	P	2	6	0	4	0	1	1.000	6.00
Harry Taylor	P	2	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.70

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