1952 San Francisco Giants roster

32 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1952 MLB season.

1952 Giants roster: batting

1952 San Francisco Giants 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.
Bobby Thomson15360889164241085.270.331.813
Whitey Lockman1546069917613582.290.363.759
Alvin Dark1515899217714736.301.357.788
Davey Williams1385407013713552.254.324.709
Don Mueller1264566112812492.281.333.754
Hank Thompson1284236711017674.260.344.798
Wes Westrum114322477114431.220.374.759
Bob Elliott98272336210351.228.323.698
Dusty Rhodes67176344410361.250.340.817
Sal Yvars6615115374180.245.296.641
Willie Mays3412717304234.236.326.736
Monte Irvin4612610394210.310.365.801
Bill Rigney609015271142.300.388.799
Bobby Hofman32631118240.286.375.851
Ray Katt92746010.222.250.472
Chuck Diering412324020.174.296.601
Ray Noble6500000.000.000.000
Dick Wakefield3200000.000.333.333

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

1952 Giants roster: pitching

1952 San Francisco Giants 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.
Jim HearnP37341473.78223.2891.361
Sal MaglieP35311882.92216.01121.271
Larry JansenP342711114.09167.1741.372
Dave KosloP41171073.19166.1671.215
Hoyt WilhelmP7101532.43159.11081.1511
Max LanierP37167123.94137.0471.385
Monte KennedyP316343.0283.1481.250
Al CorwinP217612.6667.2361.392
Hal GreggP164014.7136.1131.621
Bill ConnellyP114504.5531.2221.480
Mario PiconeP21017.009.031.780
Jack HarshmanP220214.216.162.840
George BambergerP50009.004.003.000
Roger BowmanP210012.003.033.000

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.