1952 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1952 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 88–66 (.571) 3rd Fred Saigh William Walsingham Jr. Eddie Stanky KSD WIL(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller) stl stl The 1952 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 71st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 61st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 88–66 during the season and finished third in the National League. Following his acquisition during the offseason, Eddie Stanky was named player-manager and eased himself out of the lineup over the course of the season.https://baseballbiography.com/eddie-stanky-1916 Eddie Stanky August 11, 2008 mdy-all Offseason December 11, 1951: Chuck Diering and Max Lanier were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Eddie Stanky.Eddie Stanky at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1952 season: Bob Smith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Bobby Gene Smith at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions May 13, 1952: Eddie Kazak and Wally Westlake were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Dick Sisler and Virgil Stallcup.Dick Sisler at Baseball-Reference August 30, 1952: Tommy Glaviano was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Philadelphia Phillies.Tommy Glaviano at Baseball-Reference Roster 1952 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 25 Dick Bokelmann 24 Cloyd Boyer 27 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 28 Cliff Chambers 22 Mike Clark 32 Jackie Collum 25 Jack Crimian 42 Harvey Haddix 41 Fred Hahn 36 Stu Miller 33 Vinegar Bend Mizell 20 Red Munger 21 Joe Presko 44 Willard Schmidt 14 Jerry Staley 44 Bobby Tiefenauer 20,22 Bill Werle 43 Eddie Yuhas Catchers 17 Les Fusselman 18 Del Rice 16 Bill Sarni Infielders 25 Vern Benson  5 Steve Bilko 11 Tommy Glaviano  7 Solly Hemus 40 Neal Hertweck  1 Billy Johnson  3 Eddie Kazak 36 Gene Mauch  2 Red Schoendienst 15 Dick Sisler  3 Virgil Stallcup 12 Eddie Stanky Outfielders 37 Peanuts Lowrey 23 Larry Miggins  6 Stan Musial 39 Hal Rice  9 Enos Slaughter 17 Wally Westlake Other batters 38 Herb Gorman Manager 12 Eddie Stanky Coaches  8 Terry Moore 29 Johnny Riddle 35 Mike Ryba 26 Buzzy Wares 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 Del Rice 147 495 128 .259 11 65 1B Dick Sisler 119 418 109 .261 13 60 2B Red Schoendienst 152 620 188 .303 7 67 SS Solly Hemus 151 570 153 .268 15 52 3B Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 94 282 71 .252 2 34 OF Stan Musial 154 578 194 .336 21 91 OF Peanuts Lowrey 132 374 107 .286 1 48 OF Enos Slaughter 140 510 153 .300 11 101 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 Hal Rice 98 295 85 .288 7 45 Tommy Glaviano 80 162 39 .241 3 19 Larry Miggins 42 96 22 .229 2 10 Eddie Stanky 53 83 19 .229 0 7 Wally Westlake 21 74 16 .216 0 10 Steve Bilko 20 72 19 .264 1 6 Les Fusselman 32 63 10 .159 1 3 Vern Benson 20 47 9 .191 2 5 Virgil Stallcup 29 31 4 .129 0 1 Neal Hertweck 2 6 0 .000 0 0 Bill Sarni 3 5 1 .200 0 0 Gene Mauch 7 3 0 .000 0 0 Eddie Kazak 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Herb Gorman 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Gerry Staley 35 239.2 17 14 3.27 93 Vinegar Bend Mizell 30 190.0 10 8 3.65 146 Stu Miller 12 88.0 6 3 2.05 64 Harvey Haddix 7 42.0 2 2 2.79 31 Red Munger 1 4.1 0 1 12.46 1 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 Joe Presko 28 146.2 7 10 4.05 63 Cloyd Boyer 23 110.1 6 6 4.24 44 Harry Breechen 25 100.1 7 5 3.32 54 Cliff Chambers 26 98.1 4 4 4.12 47 Willard Schmidt 18 34.2 2 3 5.19 30 Mike Clark Mike Clark (baseball) 12 25.1 2 0 6.04 10 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 Brazle 46 12 5 16 2.72 55 Eddie Yuhas 54 12 2 6 2.72 39 Bill Werle 19 1 2 1 4.85 23 Dick Bokelmann 11 0 1 0 9.24 5 Bob Tiefenauer 6 0 0 0 7.88 3 Jack Crimian 5 0 0 0 9.72 4 Jackie Collum 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Fred Hahn 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Stan Musial 1 0 0 0 ---- 0 Awards and honors Eddie Stanky, Sporting News Manager of the Year All-Star Game Stan Musial, Outfield, Starter Enos Slaughter, Outfield, Starter Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Johnny Keane AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Harry Walker AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Al Hollingsworth A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Sheldon "Chief" Bender A Omaha Cardinals Western League George Kissell B Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Harold Olt and Jimmy Brown B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Whitey Kurowski B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Jimmy Brown and Harold Olt C Fresno Cardinals California League Roland LeBlanc D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Jim Hercinger D Goldsboro Jets Coastal Plain League Wes Livengood D Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals Georgia State League Arnie Riesgo D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Gene Corbett D Paducah Chiefs KITTY League Bob Stanton and Greg Masson D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League Harold Contini LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, AlbanyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1952 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1952 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:1952 in sports in Missouri