1952 Boston Red Sox roster

29 players appeared for the Boston Red Sox in the 1952 MLB season.

1952 Red Sox roster: batting

1952 Boston Red Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Billy Goodman138513791574568.306.370.764
Dom Dimaggio128486811436336.294.371.747
Sammy White1153813510710492.281.310.732
Dick Gernert102367588919674.243.317.780
Faye Throneberry98310388052316.258.331.693
Vern Stephens9229535757442.254.343.726
Ted Lepcio8427434725263.263.329.723
Clyde Vollmer90250356611502.264.370.846
Jim Piersall5616128431163.267.379.714
Gus Niarhos295846040.103.268.371
Gene Stephens21531012054.226.268.589
Milt Bolling113648130.222.282.615
Charlie Maxwell81501000.067.222.356
Ted Williams61024130.400.5001.400
Paul Lehner3302020.667.8001.467
Lou Boudreau4210020.000.000.000
Len Okrie1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1952 Red Sox roster: pitching

1952 Boston Red Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Mel ParnellP332912123.62214.01071.382
Mickey McDermottP30211093.72162.01171.430
Dick BrodowskiP2012554.40114.2421.400
Willard NixonP2313544.86103.2501.700
Ellis KinderP2310562.5897.2501.164
Ike DelockP397494.2695.0461.455
Bill HenryP1310543.8776.2231.450
Al BentonP240432.3937.2201.436
Ralph BricknerP141312.1833.091.301
Hersh FreemanP41103.2913.251.320
James AtkinsP31013.4810.121.740
Harry TaylorP21101.8010.011.200

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.