1952 St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] Summary
The 1952 St. Louis Cardinals finished with a record of 88-66. They scored 677 runs and belted 97 home runs to go along with a .267 batting average. The offense was powered by Stan Musial, who led the team with 21 home runs and 194 hits. Enos Slaughter was the best run producer with 101 RBI.
The team allowed 630 runs and had a team ERA of 3.66. Gerry Staley was the winningest pitcher, with 17 games won. Vinegar Bend Mizell led the team with 146 strikeouts. Al Brazle led the team with 16 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Vern Benson | 3B | 20 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .269 | .362 | .631 | .191 |
| Steve Bilko | 1B | 20 | 72 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .303 | .417 | .720 | .264 |
| Tommy Glaviano | 3B | 80 | 162 | 30 | 39 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .366 | .340 | .706 | .241 |
| Solly Hemus | SS | 151 | 570 | 105 | 153 | 15 | 52 | 1 | .392 | .425 | .817 | .268 |
| Neal Hertweck | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .000 | .143 | .000 |
| Billy Johnson | 3B | 94 | 282 | 23 | 71 | 2 | 34 | 1 | .339 | .323 | .662 | .252 |
| Eddie Kazak | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Gene Mauch | SS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
| Red Schoendienst | 2B | 152 | 620 | 91 | 188 | 7 | 67 | 9 | .347 | .424 | .771 | .303 |
| Dick Sisler | 1B | 119 | 418 | 48 | 109 | 13 | 60 | 3 | .312 | .411 | .723 | .261 |
| Virgil Stallcup | SS | 29 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .156 | .161 | .317 | .129 |
| Eddie Stanky | 2B | 53 | 83 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .373 | .277 | .650 | .229 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Peanuts Lowrey | OF | 132 | 374 | 48 | 107 | 1 | 48 | 3 | .352 | .353 | .705 | .286 |
| Larry Miggins | OF | 42 | 96 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .253 | .365 | .618 | .229 |
| Stan Musial | OF | 154 | 578 | 105 | 194 | 21 | 91 | 7 | .432 | .538 | .970 | .336 |
| Hal Rice | OF | 98 | 295 | 37 | 85 | 7 | 45 | 1 | .325 | .441 | .766 | .288 |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | 140 | 510 | 73 | 153 | 11 | 101 | 6 | .386 | .445 | .831 | .300 |
| Wally Westlake | OF | 21 | 74 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .293 | .257 | .550 | .216 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Les Fusselman | C | 32 | 63 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .159 | .254 | .413 | .159 |
| Del Rice | C | 147 | 495 | 43 | 128 | 11 | 65 | 0 | .313 | .388 | .701 | .259 |
| Bill Sarni | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .200 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Herb Gorman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5200 | 677 | 1386 | 97 | 643 | 33 | .336 | .391 | .727 | .267 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 11 | 0 | 12.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9.24 | 2.126 | |||
| Cloyd Boyer | 23 | 14 | 110.3 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 44 | 47 | 4.24 | 1.405 | |||
| Al Brazle | 46 | 6 | 109.3 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 16 | 55 | 42 | 2.72 | 1.070 | |||
| Harry Brecheen | 25 | 13 | 100.3 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | 54 | 28 | 3.32 | 1.097 | |||
| Cliff Chambers | 26 | 13 | 98.3 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 47 | 33 | 4.12 | 1.455 | |||
| Mike Clark | 12 | 4 | 25.3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 6.04 | 1.818 | |||
| Jackie Collum | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .00 | 1.000 | |||
| Jack Crimian | 5 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9.72 | 2.289 | |||
| Harvey Haddix | 7 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 2.79 | 0.976 | |||
| Fred Hahn | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .00 | 1.500 | |||
| Stu Miller | 12 | 11 | 88 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 64 | 26 | 2.05 | 1.011 | |||
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 30 | 30 | 190 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 0 | 146 | 103 | 3.65 | 1.442 | |||
| Red Munger | 1 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.46 | 1.860 | |||
| Stan Musial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0.000 | |||
| Joe Presko | 28 | 18 | 146.7 | 7 | 10 | .412 | 0 | 63 | 57 | 4.05 | 1.343 | |||
| Willard Schmidt | 18 | 3 | 34.7 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 5.19 | 1.556 | |||
| Gerry Staley | 35 | 33 | 239.7 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 0 | 93 | 52 | 3.27 | 1.210 | |||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7.88 | 2.375 | |||
| Bill Werle | 19 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 4.85 | 1.410 | |||
| Eddie Yuhas | 54 | 2 | 99.3 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 2.72 | 1.259 | |||
| Team Totals | 362 | 154 | 1361.2 | 88 | 66 | .571 | 27 | 712 | 501 | 3.66 | 1.304 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Stan Musial | 154 |
| At Bats | Red Schoendienst | 620 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Solly Hemus | 690 |
| Batting Average | Stan Musial | .336 |
| On-Base % | Stan Musial | .432 |
| Slugging % | Stan Musial | .538 |
| OPS | Stan Musial | .970 |
| Runs | Solly Hemus and Stan Musial | 105 |
| Hits | Stan Musial | 194 |
| Total Bases | Stan Musial | 311 |
| Doubles | Stan Musial | 42 |
| Triples | Enos Slaughter | 12 |
| Home Runs | Stan Musial | 21 |
| RBI | Enos Slaughter | 101 |
| Walks | Solly Hemus and Stan Musial | 96 |
| Strikeouts | Solly Hemus | 55 |
| Stolen Bases | Red Schoendienst | 9 |
| Caught Stealing | Stan Musial | 7 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Red Schoendienst | 11 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Red Schoendienst | 17 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Gerry Staley | 17 |
| Losses | Gerry Staley | 14 |
| Saves | Al Brazle | 16 |
| Won-Loss % | Eddie Yuhas | .857 |
| ERA | Gerry Staley | 3.27 |
| WHIP | Gerry Staley | 1.210 |
| Innings Pitched | Gerry Staley | 239.7 |
| Games | Eddie Yuhas | 54 |
| Games Started | Gerry Staley | 33 |
| Strikeouts | Vinegar Bend Mizell | 146 |
| Complete Games | Gerry Staley | 15 |
| Shutouts | Cloyd Boyer, Stu Miller, and Vinegar Bend Mizell | 2 |
| Batters Faced | Gerry Staley | 995 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Gerry Staley | 87 |
| Hits Allowed | Gerry Staley | 238 |
| Walks Allowed | Vinegar Bend Mizell | 103 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Gerry Staley | 21 |
| Wild Pitches | Eddie Yuhas | 4 |
| Hit Batsmen | Gerry Staley | 7 |
