1952 Boston Red Sox

76-78 • 0.494 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
78 Losses
0.494 Win %
6th Rank
668 R 658 RA
Diff +10

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

668 Runs Scored
658 Runs Allowed
+10 Run Diff
1,115K Attendance

📈 vs. 1952 AL Average

Batting Avg .255 1% above the 1952 league average (.252)
OBP .324 equal to the 1952 league average (.326)
SLG .319 3% above the 1952 league average (.308)
Team ERA 3.80 3% worse than the 1952 league average (3.67)
Runs Scored 668 3% above the 1952 league average (649 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,115,741
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Avg per Game 14,490

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Kell 0.319 2 Billy Goodman 0.306 3 Don Lenhardt 0.295 4 Dom DiMaggio 0.294 5 Sammy White 0.281

Home Runs

1 Dick Gernert 19 2 Hoot Evers 14 3 Clyde Vollmer 11 4 Sammy White 10 5 Don Lenhardt 7

RBI

1 Dick Gernert 67 2 Hoot Evers 59 3 Billy Goodman 56 4 Clyde Vollmer 50 5 Sammy White 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Billy Goodman 138 513 79 157 0 0 4 56 48 23 8 0.306
Dom DiMaggio 128 486 81 143 0 0 6 33 57 61 6 0.294
Hoot Evers 106 401 53 105 0 0 14 59 29 55 5 0.262
Sammy White 115 381 35 107 0 0 10 49 16 43 2 0.281
Dick Gernert 102 367 58 89 0 0 19 67 35 83 4 0.243
Faye Throneberry 98 310 38 80 0 0 5 23 33 67 16 0.258
Vern Stephens 92 295 35 75 0 0 7 44 39 31 2 0.254
George Kell 75 276 41 88 0 0 6 40 31 10 0 0.319
Ted Lepcio 84 274 34 72 0 0 5 26 24 41 3 0.263
Clyde Vollmer 90 250 35 66 0 0 11 50 39 47 2 0.264
Johnny Lipon 79 234 25 48 0 0 0 18 32 20 1 0.205
Jim Piersall 56 161 28 43 0 0 1 16 28 26 3 0.267
Del Wilber 47 135 7 36 0 0 3 23 7 20 1 0.267
Walt Dropo 37 132 13 35 0 0 6 27 11 22 0 0.265
Don Lenhardt 30 105 18 31 0 0 7 24 15 18 0 0.295
Mel Parnell 35 84 4 8 0 0 1 4 6 12 0 0.095
Johnny Pesky 25 67 10 10 0 0 0 2 15 5 0 0.149
George Schmees 42 64 8 13 0 0 0 3 10 11 0 0.203
Mickey McDermott 36 62 10 14 0 0 1 7 4 11 0 0.226
Al Zarilla 21 60 9 11 0 0 2 8 7 8 2 0.183
Gus Niarhos 29 58 4 6 0 0 0 4 12 9 0 0.103
Willard Nixon 33 53 3 11 0 0 0 7 4 8 0 0.208
Gene Stephens 21 53 10 12 0 0 0 5 3 8 4 0.226
Sid Hudson 21 46 4 8 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 0.174
Dizzy Trout 26 44 3 6 0 0 1 3 1 18 0 0.136
Dick Brodowski 20 39 4 8 0 0 1 3 1 7 0 0.205
Archie Wilson 18 38 1 10 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.263
Milt Bolling 11 36 4 8 0 0 1 3 3 5 0 0.222
Ellis Kinder 23 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.000
Bill Henry 14 31 2 8 0 0 0 5 2 6 0 0.258
Fred Hatfield 19 25 6 8 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0.320
Ike Delock 39 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0.045
Ken Wood 15 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.100
Ray Scarborough 28 18 1 4 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0.222
Charlie Maxwell 8 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0.067
Ted Williams 6 10 2 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0.400
Al Benton 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Ralph Brickner 14 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Bill Wight 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.143
Randy Gumpert 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hersh Freeman 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Harry Taylor 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
James Atkins 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Paul Lehner 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.667
Lou Boudreau 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.000
Walt Masterson 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hal Bevan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Okrie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ralph Brickner 2.18 2 Al Benton 2.39 3 Ellis Kinder 2.58 4 Sid Hudson 3.62 5 Mel Parnell 3.62

Wins

1 Mel Parnell 12 2 Mickey McDermott 10 3 Dizzy Trout 9 4 Sid Hudson 7 5 Dick Brodowski 5

Strikeouts

1 Mickey McDermott 117 2 Mel Parnell 107 3 Dizzy Trout 57 4 Sid Hudson 50 5 Ellis Kinder 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Parnell 12 12 3.62 33 29 2 214.0 89 107
Mickey McDermott 10 9 3.72 30 21 0 162.0 92 117
Sid Hudson 7 9 3.62 21 18 0 134.1 36 50
Dizzy Trout 9 8 3.64 26 17 1 133.2 68 57
Dick Brodowski 5 5 4.40 20 12 0 114.2 50 42
Willard Nixon 5 4 4.86 23 13 0 103.2 61 50
Ellis Kinder 5 6 2.58 23 10 4 97.2 28 50
Ike Delock 4 9 4.26 39 7 5 95.0 50 46
Bill Henry 5 4 3.87 13 10 0 76.2 36 23
Ray Scarborough 1 5 4.81 28 8 4 76.2 35 29
Al Benton 4 3 2.39 24 0 6 37.2 17 20
Ralph Brickner 3 1 2.18 14 1 1 33.0 11 9
Bill Wight 2 1 2.96 10 2 0 24.1 14 5
Randy Gumpert 1 0 4.12 10 1 1 19.2 5 6
Hersh Freeman 1 0 3.29 4 1 0 13.2 5 5
James Atkins 0 1 3.48 3 1 0 10.1 7 2
Harry Taylor 1 0 1.80 2 1 0 10.0 6 1
Walt Masterson 1 1 11.57 5 1 0 9.1 11 3
George Schmees 0 0 3.00 2 1 0 6.0 2 2

👥 Roster (48)

James Atkins Al Benton Hal Bevan Milt Bolling Lou Boudreau Ralph Brickner Dick Brodowski Ike Delock Dom DiMaggio Walt Dropo Hoot Evers Hersh Freeman +36 more

48 players

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