1952 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Red Rolfe, Fred Hutchinson

29 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1952 MLB season.

1952 Tigers roster: batting

1952 Detroit Tigers 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.
Johnny Groth25141524561494512.284.348.705
Joe Ginsberg2511330729686361.221.338.673
Jerry Priddy327527937794201.283.379.809
Steve Souchock3392265406613451.249.304.791
Pat Mullin349725529647354.251.332.756
Al Federoff277423114560141.242.294.571
Cliff Mapes308619326389230.197.295.669
Neil Berry307318922430131.228.311.592
Don Kolloway336517319422210.243.280.610
Matt Batts305617311413131.237.298.622
Harvey Kuenn211980226082.325.349.749
Bob Swift37285838040.138.242.398
Russ Sullivan291552717351.327.375.952
George Lerchen29143215131.156.308.589
Bill Tuttle2272526020.240.240.480
Don Lund2982317010.304.385.689
Ben Taylor2471803000.167.167.333
Carl Linhart223200000.000.000.000

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

1952 Tigers roster: pitching

1952 Detroit Tigers 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.
Ted GrayP27353212174.14224.01381.400
Art HouttemanP2435288204.36221.01091.281
Virgil TrucksP3535295193.97197.01291.381
Hal NewhouserP312519993.74154.0571.270
Billy HoeftP203410274.32125.0671.494
Hal WhiteP33410183.6963.1181.455
Fred HutchinsonP32121213.3837.1121.310
Ken JohnsonP2991006.3511.1102.030
Dick MarloweP2341027.3611.032.180
Bud BlackP19220110.138.002.380
Wayne McLelandP27400010.132.203.750

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.