1952 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1952 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 64–90 (.416) 7th Bill Veeck Bill Veeck Rogers Hornsby, Marty Marion KSD (Buddy Blattner) WIL(Buddy Blattner, Dizzy Dean) 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 St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL 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 30 Gene Bearden 15 Tommy Byrne 33 Bob Cain 20,28 Cliff Fannin 31 Ned Garver 35 Earl Harrist 24 Johnny Hetki 24 Bobby Hogue 17 Ken Holcombe 34 Hal Hudson 18 Dick Littlefield 26 Dave Madison 24 Bob Mahoney 25 Stubby Overmire 29 Satchel Paige 12 Duane Pillette 25 Lou Sleater 26 Marlin Stuart 23 Pete Taylor Catchers 11 Clint Courtney 40 Darrell Johnson 10 Les Moss Infielders  3 Hank Arft  1 Joe DeMaestri 27 Jim Dyck 8,14 Gordon Goldsberry  6 Mike Goliat  9 Dick Kryhoski  4 Marty Marion  2 Fred Marsh  6 Cass Michaels 34 Willy Miranda 28 Stan Rojek 18 Roy Sievers  8 Leo Thomas  5 Bobby Young Outfielders 17 Ray Coleman 21 Jake Crawford 18 Jim Delsing 23 Don Lenhardt 19 Bob Nieman 22 Jay Porter 17 Earl Rapp  7 Jim Rivera 21 George Schmees 20 Vic Wertz 22 Tom Wright 14 Al Zarilla Manager 42 Rogers Hornsby  4 Marty Marion Coaches  4 Marty Marion 47 Bill Norman 44 Bob Scheffing 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 Joe DeMaestri 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 Gordon Goldsberry 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 Tom Wright Tom Wright (baseball) 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 Ray Coleman Ray Coleman (baseball) 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 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 29 176.0 9 14 4.68 91 Bob Cain 29 170.0 12 10 4.13 70 Ned Garver 21 148.2 7 10 3.69 60 Dick Littlefield 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 Gene Bearden 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Joe Becker and Burleigh Grimes AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Jo-Jo White A Scranton Miners Eastern League Zack Taylor B York White Roses Interstate League Jim Crandall B Anderson Rebels Tri-State League George Hausmann C Stockton Ports California League Harry Clements and Tony Freitas C Pine Bluff Judges Cotton States League Hillis Layne C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Bruce Ogrodowski C Pocatello Bannocks Pioneer League Ed Fernandes D Independence Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Fred Collins D Wellsville Rockets PONY League Gene Crumling and Rocco Sgro D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Bill Enos, Virl Loman and James England Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1952 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1952 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns