en 1952 Washington Senators season

1952 Washington Senators
1952 Washington Senators
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)

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Sherry Robertson

Manager

50 Bucky Harris

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

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