1952 St. Louis Browns season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = St. Louis Browns

| season = 1952

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Sportsman's Park

| city = St. Louis, Missouri

| record = 64–90 (.416)

| league_place = 7th

| owners = Bill Veeck

| general_managers = Bill Veeck

| managers = Rogers Hornsby, Marty Marion

| television = KSD
(Buddy Blattner)

| radio = WIL
(Buddy Blattner, Dizzy Dean)

|}}

The 1952 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses. This was the franchise's penultimate season in St. Louis.

Offseason

November 27, 1951: Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar, and Tom Upton were traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos, and Jim Rivera.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri] at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

In 1952, Rogers Hornsby, an alleged former member of the Ku Klux Klan, took over as manager of the Browns. Despite past accusations of racism, Hornsby was less hesitant to use pitcher Satchel Paige than Indians manager Lou Boudreau had been four years before. Paige was so effective that when Hornsby was fired by Browns owner Bill Veeck, his successor Marty Marion seemed not to want to risk going more than three games without using Paige in some form. By July 4, with Paige having worked in 25 games, Casey Stengel named him to the American League All-Star team, making him the first black pitcher on an AL All-Star team. The All-Star game was cut short after five innings due to rain and Paige never got in. Stengel resolved to name him to the team the following year. Paige finished the year 12–10 with a 3.07 ERA for a team that lost ninety games.

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

July 28, 1952: Darrell Johnson and Jim Rivera were traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Jay Porter and Ray Coleman.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml Jay Porter] at Baseball-Reference
August 14, 1952: Jim Delsing, Ned Garver, Bud Black and Dave Madison were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart, Don Lenhardt and Vic Wertz.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blackbu01.shtml Bud Black] at Baseball-Reference

=Roster=

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1952 St. Louis Browns
colspan="10" style="background-color: #F87217; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|30\|Gene Bearden}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Tommy Byrne}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Bob Cain}} {{MLBplayer\|20,28\|Cliff Fannin}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Ned Garver}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Earl Harrist}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Johnny Hetki}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Bobby Hogue}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Ken Holcombe}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Hal Hudson}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Dick Littlefield}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Dave Madison}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Bob Mahoney}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Stubby Overmire}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Satchel Paige}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Duane Pillette}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Lou Sleater}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Marlin Stuart}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Pete Taylor}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|11\|Clint Courtney}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Darrell Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Les Moss}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Hank Arft}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Joe DeMaestri}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Jim Dyck}} {{MLBplayer\|8,14\|Gordon Goldsberry}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Mike Goliat}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Dick Kryhoski}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Marty Marion}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Fred Marsh}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Cass Michaels}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Willy Miranda}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Stan Rojek}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Roy Sievers}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Leo Thomas}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Bobby Young}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|17\|Ray Coleman}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Jake Crawford}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Jim Delsing}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Don Lenhardt}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Bob Nieman}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Jay Porter}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Earl Rapp}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Jim Rivera}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|George Schmees}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Vic Wertz}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Tom Wright}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Al Zarilla}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|42\|Rogers Hornsby}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Marty Marion}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Marty Marion}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Bill Norman}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Bob Scheffing}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1952 St. Louis Browns

colspan="10" style="background-color: #F87217; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

style="background:#fc0; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = Indicates team leader

= 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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Clint Courtney	119	413	118	.286	5	50
align=center \| 1B	Dick Kryhoski	111	342	83	.243	11	42
align=center \| 2B	Bobby Young	style="background:#fc0;\|149	style="background:#fc0;\|575	style="background:#fc0;\|142	.247	4	39
align=center \| SS	{{sortname\|Joe\|DeMaestri}}	81	186	42	.226	1	18
align="center" \| 3B	Jim Dyck	122	402	108	.269	15	64
align=center \| OF	Jim Rivera	97	336	86	.256	4	30
align=center \| OF	Bob Nieman	131	478	138	style="background:#fc0;\|.289	style="background:#fc0;\|18	style="background:#fc0;\| 74
align=center \| OF	Jim Delsing	93	298	76	.255	1	34

==Other batters==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Fred Marsh	87	247	69	.279	2	27
align=center \| {{sortname\|Gordon\|Goldsberry}}	86	227	52	.229	3	17
align="center" \| Marty Marion	67	186	46	.247	2	19
align=center \| Cass Michaels	55	166	44	.265	3	25
align=center \| Al Zarilla	48	130	31	.238	1	9
align=center \| Vic Wertz	37	130	45	.346	6	19
align=center \| Leo Thomas	41	124	29	.234	0	12
align=center \| Les Moss	52	118	29	.246	3	12
align=center \| Jay Porter	33	104	26	.250	0	7
align=center \| Darrell Johnson	29	78	22	.282	0	9
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Wright\|Tom Wright (baseball)}}	29	66	16	.242	1	6
align="center" \| George Schmees	34	61	8	.131	0	3
align=center \| Earl Rapp	30	49	7	.143	0	4
align=center \| Don Lenhardt	18	48	13	.271	1	5
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ray\|Coleman\|Ray Coleman (baseball)}}	20	46	9	.196	0	1
align="center" \| Roy Sievers	11	30	6	.200	0	5
align=center \| Hank Arft	15	28	4	.143	0	4
align=center \| Willy Miranda	7	11	1	.091	0	1
align=center \| Jake Crawford	7	11	2	.182	0	0
align=center \| Stan Rojek	9	7	1	.143	0	0
align=center \| Mike Goliat	3	4	0	.000	0	0

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Duane Pillette	30	style="background:#fc0;\|205.1	10	13	3.59	62
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tommy\|Byrne\|Tommy Byrne (baseball)}}	29	176.0	9	style="background:#fc0;\|14	4.68	style="background:#fc0;\|91
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Cain}}	29	170.0	style="background:#fc0;\| 12	10	4.13	70
align="center" \| Ned Garver	21	148.2	7	10	3.69	60
align=center \| {{sortname\|Dick\|Littlefield}}	7	46.1	2	3	2.72	34

==Other pitchers==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Gene\|Bearden}}	34	150.2	7	8	4.30	45
align="center" \| Earl Harrist	36	116.2	2	8	4.01	49
align=center \| Stubby Overmire	17	41.0	0	3	3.73	10
align=center \| Marlin Stuart	12	26.0	1	2	4.15	13
align=center \| Bobby Hogue	8	16.1	0	1	2.76	2
align=center \| Cliff Fannin	10	16.1	0	2	12.67	6
align=center \| Johnny Hetki	3	9.1	0	1	3.86	4
align=center \| Lou Sleater	4	8.2	0	1	7.27	1

==Relief pitchers==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SV ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Satchel Paige	style="background:#fc0;\|46	style="background:#fc0;\| 12	10	style="background:#fc0;\| 10	3.07	style="background:#fc0;\| 91
align=center \| Dave Madison	31	4	2	0	4.38	35
align=center \| Ken Holcombe	12	0	2	0	3.86	7
align=center \| Hal Hudson	3	0	0	0	12.71	0
align=center \| Bob Mahoney	3	0	0	0	18.00	1
align=center \| Pete Taylor	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level9=AAA|team9=Toronto Maple Leafs|league9=International League|manager9=Joe Becker and Burleigh Grimes

|level10=AA |team10=San Antonio Missions|league10=Texas League|manager10=Jo-Jo White

|level11=A|team11=Scranton Miners|league11=Eastern League|manager11=Zack Taylor

|level12=B|team12=York White Roses|league12=Interstate League|manager12=Jim Crandall

|level13=B|team13=Anderson Rebels|league13=Tri-State League|manager13=George Hausmann

|level14=C|team14=Stockton Ports|league14=California League|manager14=Harry Clements and Tony Freitas

|level15=C|team15=Pine Bluff Judges|league15=Cotton States League|manager15=Hillis Layne

|level16=C|team16=Aberdeen Pheasants|league16=Northern League|manager16=Bruce Ogrodowski

|level17=C|team17=Pocatello Bannocks|league17=Pioneer League|manager17=Ed Fernandes

|level18=D|team18=Independence Browns|league18=Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League|manager18=Fred Collins

|level19=D|team19=Wellsville Rockets|league19=PONY League|manager19=Gene Crumling and Rocco Sgro

|level20=D|team20=Ada Herefords|league20=Sooner State League|manager20=Bill Enos, Virl Loman and James England

}}

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1952.shtml 1952 St. Louis Browns team] at Baseball-Reference
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1952&t=SLA 1952 St. Louis Browns season] at baseball-almanac.com

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