1952 Washington Senators season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Washington Senators

| season = 1952

| misc =

| image = Washington Senators Primary Logo (1948 to 1952).svg

| league = American League

| ballpark = Griffith Stadium

| city = Washington, D.C.

| owners = Clark Griffith (majority owner)

| managers = Bucky Harris

| television = WTTG
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)

| radio = WWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)

| season_list = List of Minnesota Twins seasons

}}

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 =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #072764; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1952 Washington Senators
colspan="10" style="background-color: #c6011f; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|30\|Sandy Consuegra}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Tom Ferrick}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Mike Fornieles}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Harley Grossman}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Randy Gumpert}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Mickey Harris}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Joe Haynes}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Sid Hudson}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Don Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Connie Marrero}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Walt Masterson}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Julio Moreno}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Bobo Newsom}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Bob Porterfield}} {{MLBplayer\|5,33\|Raúl Sánchez}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Spec Shea}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Lou Sleater}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Bunky Stewart}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 9\|George Bradshaw}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Mickey Grasso}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Hal Keller}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Clyde Kluttz}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Floyd Baker}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Mel Hoderlein}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Fred Marsh}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Cass Michaels}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Pete Runnels}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Jerry Snyder}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Fred Taylor}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Tom Upton}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Mickey Vernon}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Eddie Yost}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|14\|Jim Busby}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Frank Campos}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Gil Coan}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Jackie Jensen}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Sam Mele}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Irv Noren}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Earl Rapp}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Buck Varner}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Archie Wilson}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Ken Wood}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Sherry Robertson}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|50\|Bucky Harris}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|54\|Nick Altrock}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Joe Fitzgerald}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Clyde Milan}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|George Myatt}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #072764; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1952 Washington Senators

colspan="10" style="background-color: #c6011f; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

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| valign="top" | 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Mickey Grasso	115	361	78	.216	0	27
align="center" \| 1B	Mickey Vernon	154	569	143	.251	10	80
align="center" \| 2B	Floyd Baker	79	263	69	.262	0	33
align="center" \| SS	Pete Runnels	152	555	158	.285	1	64
align="center" \| 3B	Eddie Yost	157	587	137	.233	12	49
align="center" \| OF	Jim Busby	129	512	125	.244	2	47
align="center" \| OF	Jackie Jensen	144	570	163	.286	10	80
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ken\|Wood\|Ken Wood (baseball)}}	61	210	50	.238	6	32
align="center" \| Mel Hoderlein	72	208	56	.269	0	17
align="center" \| Clyde Kluttz	58	144	33	.229	1	11
align="center" \| Frank Campos	53	112	29	.259	0	8
align="center" \| Archie Wilson	26	96	20	.208	0	14
align="center" \| Cass Michaels	22	86	20	.233	1	7
align="center" \| Earl Rapp	46	67	19	.284	0	9
align="center" \| Jerry Snyder	36	57	9	.158	0	2
align="center" \| Irv Noren	12	49	12	.245	0	2
align="center" \| Sam Mele	9	28	12	.429	2	10
align="center" \| Fred Marsh	9	24	1	.042	0	1
align="center" \| George Bradshaw	10	23	5	.217	0	6
align="center" \| Hal Keller	11	23	4	.174	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Fred\|Taylor\|Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)}}	10	19	5	.263	0	4
align="center" \| Tom Upton	5	5	0	.000	0	0
align="center" \| Buck Varner	2	4	0	.000	0	0
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bob Porterfield	31	231.1	13	14	2.72	80
align="center" \| Connie Marrero	22	184.1	11	8	2.88	77
align="center" \| Spec Shea	22	169.0	11	7	2.93	65
align="center" \| Walt Masterson	24	160.2	9	8	3.70	89
align="center" \| Julio Moreno	26	147.1	9	9	3.97	62
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Randy Gumpert	20	104.0	4	9	4.24	29
align="center" \| Don Johnson	29	69.0	0	5	4.43	37
align="center" \| Lou Sleater	14	57.0	4	2	3.63	22
align="center" \| Mike Fornieles	4	26.1	2	2	1.37	12
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Raúl\|Sánchez\|Raúl Sánchez (baseball)}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Sandy\|Consuegra}}	30	6	0	5	3.05	19
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Ferrick\|Tom Ferrick (baseball)}}	27	4	3	1	3.02	28
align="center" \| Joe Haynes	22	0	3	3	4.50	18
align="center" \| Bobo Newsom	10	1	1	2	4.97	5
align="center" \| Mickey Harris	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
align="center" \| Bunky Stewart	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
align="center" \| Harley Grossman	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level13=AA |team13=Chattanooga Lookouts|league13=Southern Association|manager13=Cal Ermer

|level14=B|team14=Danville Leafs|league14=Carolina League|manager14=Morrie Aderholt

|level15=B|team15=Havana Cubanos|league15=Florida International League|manager15=Mike Guerra

|level16=B|team16=Charlotte Hornets|league16=Tri-State League|manager16=Ivan Kuester

|level17=C|team17=Drummondville Cubs|league17=Provincial League|manager17=Herb Crompton

|level18=D|team18=Roanoke Rapids Jays|league18=Coastal Plain League|manager18=Pete Appleton

|level19=D|team19=Orlando Senators|league19=Florida State League|manager19=Ed Levy

|level20=D|team20=Fulton Lookouts|league20=KITTY League|manager20=Sam Lamitina

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1952.shtml 1952 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1952&t=WS1 1952 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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