1952 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1952
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Paul Richards
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio:	WCFL (Bob Elson, Dick Bingham)

The 1952 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 52nd season in the major leagues, and its 53rd season overall. They finished with a record of 81–73, good enough for third place in the American League, 14 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• October 10, 1951: Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke, Bill Fischer, and Dick Duffy (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the Seattle Rainiers for Marv Grissom and Hal Brown.^[1]
• November 27, 1951: Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos, and Jim Rivera were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar, and Tom Upton.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Chico Carrasquel, SS
• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Minnie Miñoso, LF
• Eddie Robinson, 1B
• Ray Coleman, RF
• Sherm Lollar, C
• Jim Busby, CF
• Héctor Rodríguez, 3B
• Billy Pierce, P

Notable transactions

• July 28, 1952: Jay Porter and Ray Coleman were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Darrell Johnson and Jim Rivera.^[3]

Roster

1952 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jim Busby, CF	16	39	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	7	.128	0
Chico Carrasquel, SS	100	359	69	89	7	4	1	42	33	27	.248	2
Ray Coleman, OF	85	195	19	42	7	1	2	14	13	17	.215	0
Sam Dente, SS,3B,2B,LF	62	145	12	32	0	1	0	11	5	8	.221	0
Hank Edwards, LF	8	18	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	0
Sammy Esposito, SS	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	152	648	76	192	25	10	0	39	34	14	.296	5
Darrell Johnson, C	22	37	3	4	0	0	0	1	5	9	.108	1
Rocky Krsnich, 3B	40	91	11	21	7	2	1	15	12	9	.231	0
Ken Landenberger, 1B	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Sherm Lollar, C	132	375	35	90	15	0	13	50	54	34	.240	1
Phil Masi, C	30	63	9	16	1	1	0	7	10	10	.254	0
Sam Mele, RF	123	423	46	105	18	2	14	59	48	40	.248	1
Minnie Miñoso, LF,CF,RF,3B	147	569	96	160	24	9	13	61	71	46	.281	22
Willy Miranda, SS	70	150	14	33	4	1	0	7	13	14	.220	1
Don Nicholas, PH	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jim Rivera, CF	53	201	27	50	7	3	3	18	21	27	.249	13
Eddie Robinson, 1B	155	594	79	176	33	1	22	104	70	49	.296	2
Héctor Rodríguez, 3B	124	407	55	108	14	0	1	40	47	22	.265	7
Bud Sheely, C	36	75	1	18	2	0	0	3	12	7	.240	0
Bud Stewart, LF,RF	92	225	23	60	10	0	5	30	28	17	.267	3
Leo Thomas, 3B	19	24	1	4	0	0	0	6	6	4	.167	0
George Wilson, RF	8	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.111	0
Red Wilson, C	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tom Wright, RF,LF	77	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	12	21	.250	0
Al Zarilla, RF,LF	39	99	14	23	4	1	2	7	14	6	.232	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aloma, P	25	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Hal Brown, P	51	19	6	3	1	0	1	3	1	8	.158	0
Joe Dobson, P	29	63	3	12	0	0	0	3	4	20	.190	0
Fritz Dorish, P	39	22	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	.091	0
Marv Grissom, P	28	53	1	8	4	0	0	4	1	19	.151	0
Ken Holcombe, P	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Howie Judson, P	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Bill Kennedy, P	47	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	0
Lou Kretlow, P	19	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	14	.050	0
Billy Pierce, P	35	91	11	17	1	0	0	3	6	20	.187	0
Saul Rogovin, P	33	84	6	17	3	0	1	7	4	18	.202	1
Chuck Stobbs, P	38	38	1	3	0	0	0	3	6	11	.079	0
	156	5316	610	1337	199	38	80	560	541	519	.252	61

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Luis Aloma	3	1	4.28	25	0	6	40.0	42	20	19	5	11	18
Hal Brown	2	3	4.23	24	8	0	72.1	82	39	34	8	21	31
Joe Dobson	14	10	2.51	29	25	1	200.2	164	66	56	11	60	101
Fritz Dorish	8	4	2.47	39	1	11	91.0	66	28	25	4	42	47
Marv Grissom	12	10	3.74	28	24	0	166.0	156	79	69	6	79	97
Ken Holcombe	0	5	6.17	7	7	0	35.0	38	24	24	3	18	12
Hal Hudson	0	0	2.25	2	0	0	4.0	7	2	1	0	1	4
Howie Judson	0	1	4.24	21	0	1	34.0	30	17	16	4	22	15
Bill Kennedy	2	2	2.80	47	1	5	70.2	54	27	22	4	38	46
Lou Kretlow	4	4	2.96	19	11	1	79.0	52	31	26	5	56	63
Billy Pierce	15	12	2.57	33	32	1	255.1	214	76	73	12	79	144
Saul Rogovin	14	9	3.85	33	30	1	231.2	224	104	99	14	79	121
Chuck Stobbs	7	12	3.13	38	17	1	135.0	118	54	47	9	72	73
Al Widmar	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	4	1	1	1	0	2
	81	73	3.25	156	156	28	1416.2	1251	568	512	86	578	774

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Memphis, Superior, Madisonville^[4]

References

• 1952 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grissma01.shtml Marv Grisson
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml J. W. Porter
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997