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.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.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.Bud Black at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1952 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Clint Courtney 119 413 118 .286 5 50 1B Dick Kryhoski 111 342 83 .243 11 42 2B Bobby Young 149 575 142 .247 4 39 SS 81 186 42 .226 1 18 3B Jim Dyck 122 402 108 .269 15 64 OF Jim Rivera 97 336 86 .256 4 30 OF Bob Nieman 131 478 138 .289 18 74 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Fred Marsh 87 247 69 .279 2 27 86 227 52 .229 3 17 Marty Marion 67 186 46 .247 2 19 Cass Michaels 55 166 44 .265 3 25 Al Zarilla 48 130 31 .238 1 9 Vic Wertz 37 130 45 .346 6 19 Leo Thomas 41 124 29 .234 0 12 Les Moss 52 118 29 .246 3 12 Jay Porter 33 104 26 .250 0 7 Darrell Johnson 29 78 22 .282 0 9 29 66 16 .242 1 6 George Schmees 34 61 8 .131 0 3 Earl Rapp 30 49 7 .143 0 4 Don Lenhardt 18 48 13 .271 1 5 20 46 9 .196 0 1 Roy Sievers 11 30 6 .200 0 5 Hank Arft 15 28 4 .143 0 4 Willy Miranda 7 11 1 .091 0 1 Jake Crawford 7 11 2 .182 0 0 Stan Rojek 9 7 1 .143 0 0 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Duane Pillette 30 205.1 10 13 3.59 62 29 176.0 9 14 4.68 91 29 170.0 12 10 4.13 70 Ned Garver 21 148.2 7 10 3.69 60 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 150.2 7 8 4.30 45 Earl Harrist 36 116.2 2 8 4.01 49 Stubby Overmire 17 41.0 0 3 3.73 10 Marlin Stuart 12 26.0 1 2 4.15 13 Bobby Hogue 8 16.1 0 1 2.76 2 Cliff Fannin 10 16.1 0 2 12.67 6 Johnny Hetki 3 9.1 0 1 3.86 4 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Satchel Paige 46 12 10 10 3.07 91 Dave Madison 31 4 2 0 4.38 35 Ken Holcombe 12 0 2 0 3.86 7 Hal Hudson 3 0 0 0 12.71 0 Bob Mahoney 3 0 0 0 18.00 1 Pete Taylor 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

Farm system

Notes

References

1952 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1952 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com