1952 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 50-104
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 1,026,966, Avg. 15,102
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Red Rolfe (23-49)
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (27-55)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1952 Detroit Tigers Roster
1952 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1952 season with a record of 50 wins and 104 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Tigers plated 557 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 738 runs, most in the league. Walt Dropo paced Detroit with 23 home runs, while Vic Wertz walloped 20 or more as well. Walt Dropo drove in 70 runs. Johnny Groth led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .284. Ted Gray topped the squad with 12 wins, and Hal Newhouser recorded a 3.74 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Red Rolfe and Fred Hutchinson coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Ted Gray1217.4144.14353221320224.0212118103211010138304967
Hal Newhouser99.5003.7425192800154.014872641347057003643
Art Houtteman820.2864.36352851021221.021811610719650109503945
Bill Wight59.3573.8823190830143.71677162755065035637
Virgil Trucks519.2083.9735295831197.0190998712820129715858
Marlin Stuart32.6004.933091220191.3916050848032303405
Fred Hutchinson21.6673.38121600037.340161449012100157
Billy Hoeft27.2224.3234109104125.012366601463067505553
Ned Garver101.0002.001101009.0922130300037
Dave Madison11.5007.80101500015.01614131100710166
Dizzy Trout15.1675.33102400127.0301616419020002128
Hal White18.1113.694103100563.3532926139018002270
Ken Johnson006.3591600011.31211811101000155
Wayne McLeland0010.134000002.7433060000118
Bud Black01.00010.132200008.014119050000042
Dick Marlowe02.0007.3641100011.021109130300053
Dick Littlefield03.0004.342811700147.7462423425032002212
Totals50104.3254.253381561055110141388.313947386561115910702254376046

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Johnny Groth141580524561492224512105139.284.348.357.705187110500
Walt Dropo115488459561281732370222663.279.320.479.800220172100
Fred Hatfield11248944142104122225223552.236.301.286.587126136700
Jerry Priddy753232793779233420184229.283.379.430.80912041100
Vic Wertz8533228546701531751104644.246.352.498.85114261000
Joe Ginsberg1133643072968132636115121.221.338.336.67310393300
Bud Souchock9228626540661641345102128.249.304.487.791129170000
Pat Mullin972892552964135735423130.251.332.424.75610890300
Al Federoff74255231145642014101613.242.294.277.5716441700
George Kell39171152114580117011513.296.359.368.7285620400
Johnny Pesky6922317726454019124111.254.394.294.6885220500
Neil Berry73216189224343013132219.228.311.280.5925331400
Don Kolloway6518617319429022102719.243.280.329.6105752400
Matt Batts56190173114141313101422.237.298.324.6225651200
Cliff Mapes86221193263870923012742.197.295.373.6697220100
Jim Delsing3312711314312131510118.274.344.389.7334411200
Johnny Lipon3915413617304201231166.221.303.279.5823830200
Don Lenhardt45174144182721313012818.188.320.278.5984050200
Harvey Kuenn19858022622082121.325.349.400.7493231200
Russ Sullivan15565271721351035.327.375.577.9523001000
Ted Gray368676313000200119.171.192.171.3631301800
Virgil Trucks356764312001310111.188.200.234.4341520200
Bill Wight23535021120040017.220.235.260.4951310200
Johnny Hopp42534651010030067.217.308.239.5471110100
Hal Newhouser265746510100400109.217.357.239.5961120100
Bob Swift2866583810040077.138.242.155.398951000
Don Lund826231700010133.304.385.304.689700000
Art Houtteman36776927000200210.101.127.101.228740600
Bill Tuttle725252600020001.240.240.240.480620000
Billy Hoeft34434036100100215.150.190.175.365710100
George Lerchen14393215101310710.156.308.281.589910000
Dizzy Trout101091300000003.333.333.333.667300100
Ben Taylor718180300000005.167.167.167.333310000
Hal White4111110200000005.182.182.182.364210000
Marlin Stuart3029233200020036.087.192.087.279210300
Hoot Evers11101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000100000
Ken Johnson9330100020000.333.333.333.667100000
Dick Littlefield28771100000002.143.143.143.286100000
Fred Hutchinson1721180100000030.056.190.056.246110000
Carl Linhart3220000000000.000.000.000.000010000
Ned Garver1320000000010.000.333.000.333000000
Dave Madison10320000000010.000.333.000.333000000
Bud Black2330000000000.000.000.000.000010000
Dick Marlowe4220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Alex Garbowski2000000000000000000
Wayne McLeland4000000000000000000
Totals1901591452585571278190371035292738553603.243.318.352.6701851146238000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Ben Taylor1B400.0362041.0009.5000000
Bud Souchock1B900.081614.9899.6670000
Don Kolloway1B3200.025228615.9798.7500000
Johnny Hopp1B100.010001.0001.0000000
Walt Dropo1B11500.010057812104.9899.4170000
Jerry Priddy2B7500.02112091448.9685.6000000
Johnny Pesky2B2200.02736212.9692.8640000
Don Kolloway2B800.0141614.9683.7500000
Al Federoff2B7000.0136184842.9764.5710000
Bud Souchock3B1300.0112131.9142.4620000
Johnny Pesky3B300.025001.0002.3330000
George Kell3B3900.0387857.9592.9740000
Fred Hatfield3B10700.01142531232.9683.4300000
Neil Berry3B200.012001.0001.5000000
Bob SwiftC2800.01181231.9774.6431000
Joe GinsbergC10100.04424187.9844.7828000
Matt BattsC5500.02623654.9835.4184000
Vic WertzOF7900.0134823.9861.7970000
Bill TuttleOF600.0190001.0003.1670000
Russ SullivanOF1400.017240.8261.3570000
Bud SouchockOF5600.0103442.9641.9110000
Pat MullinOF6500.0131632.9792.1080000
Cliff MapesOF6300.086331.9671.4130000
Don LundOF700.0101001.0001.5710000
George LerchenOF700.0150001.0002.1430000
Don LenhardtOF4300.089511.9892.1860000
Johnny HoppOF400.060001.0001.5000000
Johnny GrothOF13900.03291453.9862.4680000
Jim DelsingOF3200.067130.9582.1250000
Bill WightP2300.044030.9361.9130000
Hal WhiteP4100.0318001.000.5120000
Virgil TrucksP3500.0213721.9671.6570000
Dizzy TroutP1000.04710.9171.1000000
Marlin StuartP3000.071630.885.7670000
Hal NewhouserP2500.0103132.9321.6400000
Wayne McLelandP400.00000.0000000
Dick MarloweP400.010001.000.2500000
Dave MadisonP1000.00111.500.1000000
Dick LittlefieldP2800.033001.000.2140000
Ken JohnsonP900.012001.000.3330000
Fred HutchinsonP1200.0115011.0001.3330000
Art HouttemanP3500.0164013.9821.6000000
Billy HoeftP3400.052524.938.8820000
Ted GrayP3500.0144023.9641.5430000
Ned GarverP100.032011.0005.0000000
Bud BlackP200.001001.000.5000000
Johnny PeskySS4100.078101925.9524.3660000
Johnny LiponSS3900.080101412.9784.6410000
Harvey KuennSS1900.04457412.9625.3160000
Fred HatfieldSS900.0111323.9232.6670000
Al FederoffSS700.0121913.9694.4290000
Neil BerrySS6600.090158926.9653.7580000
Totals171800.041651778152394.9753.45913000




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