The 1952 Boston Red Sox season was the 52nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1952 World Series.
Spring Training Boston Win Boston Loss Tie Game
|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 1 || March 8 || Vs. Reds || 0─5 || 1─0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || March 9 || Vs. Phillies || 13─4 || 1─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 3 || March 10 || @ Yankees || 4─7 || 1─2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || March 11 || Vs. Yankees || 7─6 || 1─3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || March 12 || Vs. Cardinals || 7─6 || 1─4 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || March 13 || Vs. Senators || 4─1 || 1─5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || March 14 || Vs. Tigers || 7─5 || 1─6 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 8 || March 15 || Vs. Braves || 12─2 || 1─7 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || March 16 || @ Reds || 10─6 || 2─7 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 10 || March 17 || @ Braves || 1─2 || 2─8 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 11 || March 19 || @ Cardinals || 3─2 || 3─8 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 12 || March 20 || @ Senators || 14─8 || 4─8 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 12 || March 21 || @ Athletics || 5─3 || 5─8 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 13 || March 22 || @ Dodgers || 5─2 || 6─8 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 14 || March 23 || @ Dodgers || 2─14 || 6─9 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 15 || March 27 || Vs. Reds || 9─1 || 6─10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 16 || March 28 || @ Phillies || 9─7 || 7─10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || March 29 || @ Yankees || 8─5 || 8─10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 18 || March 30 || @ Barons || 5─2 || 9─10 ||
|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 1 || @ Sports || 4─2 || 10─10 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 2 || @ Buffaloes || 13─2 || 11─10 || |- | 21 || April 3 || @ Eagles || 1─1 || 11─10─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 4 || @ Cats || 9─3 || 12─10─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 5 || @ Oilers || 5─3 || 13─10─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 6 || @ Indians || 8─4 || 14─10─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 25 || April 7 || @ Athletics || 6─12 || 14─11─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || April 8 || Vs. Athletics || 4─3 || 14─12─1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 27 || April 9 || @ Cubs || 6─1 || 15─12─1 ||
The Red Sox also faced the Braves as a Boston-based team for the final time. At Braves Field on April 10 the Braves beat the Red Sox by a score of 5─4. At Fenway Park on April 12 the Red Sox beat the Braves by a score of 12─7.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup 7 Dom DiMaggio CF 6 Johnny Pesky 3B 9 Ted Williams LF 3 Walt Dropo 1B37 Faye Throneberry RF 2 Jimmy Piersall SS17 Mel Parnell P 12 Ted Lepcio 2B11 Gus Niarhos C
Notable transactions June 3, 1952: Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers.Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1952 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Manager
Coaches (First base) (Pitching) (Third base) (Hitting) (Bullpen)
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 115 381 107 .281 10 49 1B 102 367 89 .243 19 67 2B Billy Goodman 138 513 157 .306 4 56 SS Johnny Lipon 79 234 48 .205 0 18 3B George Kell 75 276 88 .319 6 40 OF Faye Throneberry 98 310 80 .258 5 23 OF Hoot Evers 106 401 105 .262 14 59 OF 128 486 143 .294 6 33
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 Vern Stephens 92 295 75 .254 7 44 Ted Lepcio 84 274 72 .263 5 26 Clyde Vollmer 90 250 66 .264 11 50 Jim Piersall 56 161 43 .267 1 16 Del Wilber 47 135 36 .267 3 23 Walt Dropo 37 132 35 .265 6 27 Don Lenhardt 30 105 31 .295 7 24 25 67 10 .149 0 2 George Schmees 42 64 13 .203 0 3 Al Zarilla 21 60 11 .183 2 8 Gus Niarhos 29 58 6 .103 0 4 Gene Stephens 21 53 12 .226 0 5 Archie Wilson 18 38 10 .263 0 2 Milt Bolling 11 36 8 .222 1 3 Fred Hatfield 19 25 8 .320 1 3 Ken Wood 15 20 2 .100 0 0 Charlie Maxwell 8 15 1 .067 0 0 Ted Williams 6 10 4 .400 1 3 Paul Lehner 3 3 2 .667 0 2 Lou Boudreau 4 2 0 .000 0 2 Hal Bevan 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Len Okrie 1 1 0 .000 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 Mel Parnell 33 214.0 12 12 3.62 107 Mickey McDermott 30 162.0 10 9 3.72 117 Sid Hudson 21 134.1 7 9 3.62 50
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 Dizzy Trout 26 133.2 9 8 3.64 57 Dick Brodowski 20 114.2 5 5 4.40 42 Willard Nixon 23 103.2 5 4 4.86 50 Ellis Kinder 23 97.2 5 6 2.58 50 Ike Delock 39 95.0 4 9 4.26 46 Ray Scarborough 28 76.2 1 5 4.81 29 Bill Henry 13 76.2 5 4 3.87 23 Bill Wight 10 24.1 2 1 2.96 5 Hersh Freeman 4 13.2 1 0 3.29 5 3 10.1 0 1 3.48 2 Harry Taylor 2 10.0 1 0 1.80 1 Walt Masterson 5 9.1 1 1 11.57 3 George Schmees 2 6.0 0 0 3.00 2
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 Al Benton 24 4 3 6 2.39 20 Ralph Brickner 14 3 1 1 2.18 9 Randy Gumpert 10 1 0 1 4.12 6
Farm system
References
External links 1952 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1952 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com