1952 St. Louis Browns Statistics and Roster

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1952 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953)
64-90, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 604 runs, Allowed 733 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Managed by Rogers Hornsby and Marty Marion

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 518,796 (8th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Clint Courtney      25  119  413   38  118  24  3   5   50  39   26  .286  .349  .395   0   2   9   1   5          104
1B *Dick Kryhoski       27  111  342   38   83  13  1  11   42  23   42  .243  .296  .383   2   0   8   3   4           86
2B *Bobby Young         27  149  575   59  142  15  9   4   39  56   48  .247  .314  .325   3   3   7   0   5           76
3B  Jim Dyck            30  122  402   60  108  22  3  15   64  50   68  .269  .354  .450   0   4   4   3   3          120
SS  Joe DeMaestri       23   81  186   13   42   9  1   1   18   8   25  .226  .258  .301   0   1   4   0   4           53
OF  Bob Nieman          25  131  478   66  138  22  2  18   74  46   73  .289  .352  .456   0   4  14   1   8          121
OF *Jim Rivera          29   97  336   45   86  13  6   4   30  29   59  .256  .319  .366   8   7   3   2   4           88
OF *Jim Delsing         26   93  298   34   76  13  6   1   34  25   29  .255  .323  .349   3   3  10   5   4           85
   *Gordon Goldsberry   24   86  227   30   52   9  3   3   17  34   37  .229  .330  .335   0   2   3   0   7           83
    Fred Marsh          28   76  223   25   64   8  1   2   26  22   29  .287  .351  .359   3   2   4   0   4           95
    Marty Marion        34   67  186   16   46  11  0   2   19  19   17  .247  .320  .339   0   2   6   1   4           81
    Cass Michaels       26   55  166   21   44   8  2   3   25  23   16  .265  .354  .392   1   0   3   0   1          105
   *Vic Wertz           27   37  130   22   45   5  0   6   19  23   20  .346  .444  .523   0   0   2   0   1          165
   *Al Zarilla          33   48  130   20   31   6  0   1    9  27   15  .238  .373  .308   2   1   2   1   0           89
    Leo Thomas          28   41  124   12   29   5  1   0   12  17    7  .234  .336  .290   2   0   4   2   3           73
    Les Moss            27   52  118   11   29   3  0   3   12  15   13  .246  .331  .347   0   1   6   0   2           87
    Jay Porter          19   33  104   12   26   4  1   0    7  10   10  .250  .316  .308   4   0   4   0   1           72
    Darrell Johnson     23   29   78    9   22   2  1   0    9  11    4  .282  .371  .333   0   0   2   0   0           94
   *Tom Wright          28   29   66    6   16   0  0   1    6  12   20  .242  .359  .288   1   1   2   0   0           79
   *George Schmees      27   34   61    9    8   1  1   0    3   2   18  .131  .159  .180   0   0   0   0   0           -7
   *Earl Rapp           31   30   49    3    7   4  0   0    4   0    8  .143  .143  .224   0   0   2   0   0            0
    Don Lenhardt        29   18   48    5   13   4  1   1    5   4    8  .271  .327  .458   0   0   1   0   1          114
   *Ray Coleman         30   20   46    5    9   3  0   0    1   5    4  .196  .288  .261   0   0   0   1   0           52
    Roy Sievers         25   11   30    3    6   3  0   0    5   1    4  .200  .226  .300   0   0   1   0   1           44
   *Hank Arft           30   15   28    1    4   3  1   0    4   5    7  .143  .273  .321   0   0   1   0   0           63
    Fred Marsh          28   11   24    3    5   1  0   0    1   5    4  .208  .345  .250   0   1   0   0   0       0   65
    Jake Crawford       24    7   11    1    2   1  0   0    0   1    5  .182  .250  .273   1   0   0   0   0           44
   #Willy Miranda       26    7   11    2    1   0  1   0    1   3    1  .091  .286  .273   0   0   0   0   1           54
    Stan Rojek          33    9    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    0  .143  .333  .143   0   0   1   0   0           34
    Mike Goliat         30    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -42

   *Tommy Byrne         32   40   84    9   21   5  1   1   12   5   18  .250  .292  .369   0   0   1   0   0           81
    Duane Pillette      29   35   66    7   12   2  0   0    7   4   15  .182  .239  .212   0   0   2   1   6           25
   *Gene Bearden        31   45   65    6   23   3  0   0    8   2   10  .354  .373  .400   0   0   2   0   1          112
   *Bob Cain            27   35   58    7    8   0  1   0    1   4   14  .138  .194  .172   0   0   1   0   5            1
    Ned Garver          26   24   49    5    9   2  0   0    5   3    8  .184  .245  .224   0   0   0   1   1           30
    Satchel Paige       45   46   39    0    5   0  0   0    2   1   10  .128  .150  .128   0   0   1   0   4          -23
    Earl Harrist        32   36   31    0    3   0  0   0    2   0    8  .097  .097  .097   0   0   0   0   4          -47
    Dave Madison        31   31   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .118  .118  .118   0   0   0   0   2          -35
   *Dick Littlefield    26    7   16    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    6  .063  .063  .063   0   0   0   0   0          -66
    Stubby Overmire     33   17   11    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    3  .182  .182  .273   0   0   0   0   0           24
   *Marlin Stuart       33   12    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -58
    Ken Holcombe        33   12    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           84
    Bobby Hogue         31    8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Lou Sleater         25    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Cliff Fannin        28   11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   1   0   0           45
    Johnny Hetki        30    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   1   0   0           45
   *Hal Hudson          25    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  155 5353  604 1340 225 46  82  574 540  720  .250  .319  .356  30  34 112  22  86           91
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    6    3   2  3   6        8    3     6     6     5   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Duane Pillette      29  30   3.59  10  13  0  30   0   9   1  205.3  222   94   82  14   55   62  880   2   7  0     108
SP *Bob Cain            27  29   4.13  12  10  2  27   2   8   1  170.0  169   79   78  15   62   70  718   1   2  0      94
SP *Tommy Byrne         32  29   4.68   7  14  0  24   5  14   0  196.0  182  117  102  16  112   91  876   5  10  1      83
SP  Ned Garver          26  21   3.69   7  10  0  21   0   7   2  148.7  130   67   61  14   55   60  614   1   4  1     105
SP *Dick Littlefield    26   7   2.72   2   3  0   5   2   3   0   46.3   35   18   14   4   17   34  190   0   0  0     143

CL  Satchel Paige       45  46   3.07  12  10 10   6  35   3   2  138.0  116   51   47   5   57   91  582   2   3  0     127
RP  Earl Harrist        32  36   4.01   2   8  5   9  13   1   0  116.7  119   61   52   7   47   49  506   1  10  0      97
RP  Dave Madison        31  31   4.38   4   2  0   4  12   0   0   78.0   78   46   38   7   48   35  357   2   4  0      89
RP *Gene Bearden        31  34   4.30   7   8  0  16  10   3   0  150.7  158   89   72  13   78   45  676  10   1  1      91
RP *Stubby Overmire     33  17   3.73   0   3  0   4   4   0   0   41.0   44   21   17   3    7   10  172   0   0  0     104

    Marlin Stuart       33  12   4.15   1   2  1   2   7   0   0   26.0   26   18   12   3    9   13  113   0   0  0      94
    Ken Holcombe        33  12   3.86   0   2  0   1   6   0   0   21.0   20   10    9   1    9    7   89   0   0  0     101
    Bobby Hogue         31   8   2.76   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   16.3   10    5    5   1   13    2   70   0   0  0     141
    Cliff Fannin        28  10  12.67   0   2  0   2   2   0   0   16.3   34   25   23   5    9    6   85   2   0  0      31
    Johnny Hetki        30   3   3.86   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    9.3   15    7    4   2    2    4   45   0   0  0     101
   *Lou Sleater         25   4   7.27   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    8.7    9    8    7   1    5    1   40   0   0  1      54
   *Hal Hudson          25   3  12.71   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.7    9    8    8   0    6    0   32   0   0  0      31
    Bob Mahoney         24   3  18.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    8    6    6   0    4    1   21   0   0  0      22
    Pete Taylor         24   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   0    3    0   11   0   0  0      29
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.9 155   4.12  64  90 18 155 107  48   6 1399.0 1388  733  640 111  598  581 6077  26  41  4      95
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   7   2  4           8   8      4    5    7        6    7    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CCourtney 113 487 69 2 7 .996 9 LMoss 39 118 17 6 3 .957 3 DJohnson 22 86 14 1 3 .990 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 691 100 9 13 .989 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .988 8.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKryhoski 86 680 49 8 80 .989 8.48 GGoldsberry 72 524 40 10 56 .983 7.83 HArft 10 63 4 1 11 .985 6.70 RSievers 7 58 3 2 8 .968 8.71 DLenhardt 2 11 2 0 5 1.000 6.50 GSchmees 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1342 98 21 160 .986 9.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BYoung 149 380 407 13 127 .984 5.28 FMarsh 9 12 14 1 3 .963 2.89 CMichaels 8 14 12 0 4 1.000 3.25 MGoliat 3 4 4 0 3 1.000 2.67 JDeMaestri 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 SRojek 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 LThomas 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 412 438 14 138 .984 5.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDyck 74 79 152 9 14 .962 3.12 CMichaels 42 43 88 12 12 .916 3.12 LThomas 37 46 81 9 9 .934 3.43 FMarsh 21 15 45 6 7 .909 2.86 JPorter 2 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 JDeMaestri 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 187 369 37 43 .938 3.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .962 4.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDeMaestri 77 105 156 17 29 .939 3.39 MMarion 63 105 138 5 41 .980 3.86 FMarsh 57 65 107 10 27 .945 3.02 WMiranda 7 6 12 2 1 .900 2.57 SRojek 4 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.00 FMarsh 3 7 10 1 5 .944 5.67 LThomas 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 294 434 35 105 .954 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BNieman 125 230 10 6 5 .976 1.92 32 0 94 JRivera 88 273 7 7 1 .976 3.18 8 81 0 JDelsing 85 206 4 3 2 .986 2.47 34 44 10 JDyck 48 118 2 2 0 .984 2.50 39 8 2 VWertz 36 64 0 3 0 .955 1.78 0 0 36 AZarilla 35 77 5 2 0 .976 2.34 21 10 8 JPorter 29 70 3 2 0 .973 2.52 3 26 0 GSchmees 19 40 1 3 0 .932 2.16 9 2 8 TWright 18 38 2 1 0 .976 2.22 18 0 0 RColeman 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 5 5 6 DLenhardt 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 10 1 0 ERapp 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 7 JCrawford 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 2 1 GGoldsberry 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1190 34 29 8 .977 2.62 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DPillette 30 14 25 0 4 1.000 1.71 TByrne 29 10 15 2 1 .926 1.15 BCain 29 7 21 1 1 .966 1.48 GBearden 34 12 32 2 0 .957 2.63 NGarver 21 9 24 1 6 .971 2.00 SPaige 46 5 23 0 2 1.000 1.83 EHarrist 36 3 25 1 4 .966 2.16 DMadison 31 2 16 0 1 1.000 2.08 DLittlefiel 7 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.39 SOvermire 17 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.63 MStuart 12 2 1 3 0 .500 1.04 KHolcombe 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.57 CFannin 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.55 BHogue 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.21 JHetki 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.90 LSleater 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.07 HHudson 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BMahoney 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PTaylor 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 69 208 10 22 .965 1.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Nieman .289

On-base % Nieman .352

Slugging % Nieman .456

OPS Nieman .808

Games Young 149

At Bats Young 575

Plate Appearances (approx.) Young 636

Runs Nieman 66

Hits Young 142

Total Bases Nieman 218

Doubles Courtney 24

Triples Young 9

Home Runs Nieman 18

RBI Nieman 74

Bases on Balls Young 56

Strikeouts Nieman 73

Stolen Bases Rivera 8

Singles Young 114

Adjusted OPS+ Nieman 121

Runs Created Nieman 75

Adjusted Batting Runs Wertz 13

Batting Wins Nieman and Wertz 1.3

Extra-Base Hits Nieman 42

Times on Base Young 198

Offensive Win% Nieman .628

Hit By Pitch Delsing 5

Sac. Hits Nieman 8

Grounded into Double Plays Nieman 14

Caught Stealing Rivera 7

Power/Speed Number Rivera 5.3

At Bats per Strikeout Young 12.0

At Bats per Home Run Nieman 26.6

Outs Young 448

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ERA Pillette 3.59

Wins Cain and Paige 12

Won-Loss % Cain and Paige .545

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Pillette 1.349

Hits Allowed/9IP Byrne 8.36

Bases on Balls/9IP Pillette 2.41

Strikeouts/9IP Byrne 4.18

Games Paige 46

Saves Paige 10

Innings Pillette 205.3

Strikeouts Byrne and Paige 91

Games Started Pillette 30

Comp. Games Byrne 14

Shutouts Garver and Paige 2

Home Runs Allow. Byrne 16

Bases On Balls Allow. Byrne 112

Hits Allowed Pillette 222

SO to Walk Cain and Pillette 1.13

Losses Byrne 14

Earned Runs Allow. Byrne 102

Wild Pitches Bearden 10

Hit Batsmen Byrne and Harrist 10

Batters Faced Pillette 880

Games Finished Paige 35

Adjusted ERA+ Pillette 108

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