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 1952 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = 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 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 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 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 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 30 6 0 5 3.05 19 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte
External links 1952 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1952 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com