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1952 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
64-89, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 569 runs, Allowed 651 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-86
Manager: Tommy Holmes (13-22) and Charlie Grimm (51-67)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 281,278 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 97

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1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Walker Cooper 37 102 375 349 33 82 12 1 10 55 1 0 22 32 .235 .282 .361 .643 79 126 7 1 3
2 1B Earl Torgeson* 28 122 471 382 49 88 17 0 5 34 11 7 81 38 .230 .366 .314 .681 93 120 8 1 7
3 2B Jack Dittmer* 24 93 355 326 26 63 7 2 7 41 1 0 26 26 .193 .255 .291 .546 53 95 9 1 2
4 SS Johnny Logan 25 117 500 456 56 129 21 3 4 42 1 2 31 33 .283 .334 .368 .702 97 168 10 4 9
5 3B Eddie Mathews* 20 145 593 528 80 128 23 5 25 58 6 4 59 115 .242 .320 .447 .767 113 236 9 1 5
6 OF Sid Gordon 34 144 606 522 69 151 22 2 25 75 0 4 77 49 .289 .384 .483 .866 142 252 10 3 4
7 OF Sam Jethroe# 34 151 688 608 79 141 23 7 13 58 28 9 68 112 .232 .318 .357 .675 89 217 8 9 3
8 OF Jack Daniels* 24 106 256 219 31 41 5 1 2 14 3 3 28 30 .187 .288 .247 .535 51 54 1 3 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Bob Thorpe 25 81 302 292 20 76 8 2 3 26 3 1 5 42 .260 .275 .332 .607 70 97 7 1 4
10 UT Sibby Sisti 31 90 269 245 19 52 10 1 4 24 2 0 14 43 .212 .255 .310 .565 58 76 9 0 10
11 1B George Crowe* 29 73 240 217 25 56 13 1 4 20 0 1 18 25 .258 .329 .382 .712 99 83 5 5 0
12 C Paul Burris 28 55 178 168 14 37 4 0 2 21 0 0 7 19 .220 .256 .280 .535 50 47 9 1 2
13 C Ebba St. Claire# 30 39 117 108 5 23 2 0 2 4 0 1 8 12 .213 .267 .287 .554 56 31 3 0 1
14 2B Roy Hartsfield 26 38 116 107 13 28 4 3 0 4 0 0 5 12 .262 .295 .355 .650 82 38 2 0 4
15 SS Jack Cusick 24 49 84 78 5 13 1 0 0 6 0 1 6 9 .167 .226 .179 .406 15 14 6 0 0
16 OF Willard Marshall* 31 21 70 66 5 15 4 1 2 11 0 0 4 4 .227 .271 .409 .681 89 27 3 0 0
17 OF Pete Whisenant 22 24 56 52 3 10 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 13 .192 .250 .231 .481 36 12 2 0 0
18 2B Billy Reed* 29 15 55 52 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .250 .264 .250 .514 45 13 2 1 2
19 IF Buzz Clarkson 37 14 28 25 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 39 5 0 0 0
20 SS Billy Klaus* 23 7 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Warren Spahn* 31 52 118 112 10 18 2 1 2 9 1 0 4 23 .161 .190 .250 .440 23 28 0 0 2
22 P Jim Wilson 30 33 91 86 4 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 15 .163 .182 .186 .368 3 16 0 0 3
23 P Max Surkont 30 31 73 63 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 .111 .152 .159 .310 -13 10 1 0 7
24 P Vern Bickford 31 26 56 51 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .176 .176 .196 .373 4 10 2 0 5
25 P Lew Burdette 25 45 45 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .114 .205 .114 .319 -8 4 2 1 6
26 P Ernie Johnson 28 29 28 22 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .091 .167 .136 .303 -14 3 1 0 4
27 P Virgil Jester 24 19 22 19 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .211 .250 .316 .566 58 6 0 0 2
28 P Sheldon Jones 30 39 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 1
29 P Dave Cole 21 22 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 P Bob Chipman* 33 29 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 156 2 0 0 0
31 P Gene Conley 21 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 125 2 1 0 0
32 P Dick Donovan* 24 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 155 5828 5221 569 1214 187 31 110 530 58 34 483 711 .233 .301 .343 .645 81 1793 117 32 92 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 7 7 6 7 3 3 6 6 3 7 7 7 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Warren Spahn* 31 14 19 .424 2.98 40 35 5 19 5 3 290.0 263 109 96 19 73 183 6 0 5 1190 121 1.159 8.2 0.6 2.3 5.7 2.51
2 SP Jim Wilson 30 12 14 .462 4.23 33 33 0 14 0 0 234.0 234 114 110 19 90 104 4 0 1 998 86 1.385 9.0 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
3 SP Max Surkont 30 12 13 .480 3.77 31 29 1 12 3 0 215.0 201 95 90 19 76 125 3 0 7 914 96 1.288 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.64
4 SP Vern Bickford 31 7 12 .368 3.74 26 22 3 7 1 0 161.1 165 73 67 7 64 62 2 0 4 690 97 1.419 9.2 0.4 3.6 3.5 0.97
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Lew Burdette 25 6 11 .353 3.61 45 9 22 5 0 7 137.0 138 58 55 8 47 47 2 2 2 579 100 1.350 9.1 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.00
6 RP Ernie Johnson 28 6 3 .667 4.11 29 10 10 2 1 1 92.0 100 53 42 7 31 45 2 1 2 405 88 1.424 9.8 0.7 3.0 4.4 1.45
7 RP Sheldon Jones 30 1 4 .200 4.76 39 1 18 0 0 1 70.0 81 45 37 8 31 40 1 0 3 321 76 1.600 10.4 1.0 4.0 5.1 1.29
8 RP Dave Cole 21 1 1 .500 4.03 22 3 10 0 0 0 44.2 38 21 20 2 42 22 3 0 3 207 90 1.791 7.7 0.4 8.5 4.4 0.52
9 RP Bob Chipman* 33 1 1 .500 2.81 29 0 12 0 0 0 41.2 28 15 13 5 20 16 0 0 1 172 129 1.152 6.0 1.1 4.3 3.5 0.80
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Virgil Jester 24 3 5 .375 3.33 19 8 5 4 1 0 73.0 80 31 27 5 23 25 1 1 0 312 109 1.411 9.9 0.6 2.8 3.1 1.09
11 Dick Donovan 24 0 2 .000 5.54 7 2 3 0 0 1 13.0 18 10 8 1 12 6 2 0 0 70 65 2.308 12.5 0.7 8.3 4.2 0.50
12 Gene Conley 21 0 3 .000 7.82 4 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 23 16 11 4 9 6 2 0 0 72 46 2.526 16.3 2.8 6.4 4.3 0.67
13 Bert Thiel 26 1 1 .500 7.71 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 7 6 1 4 6 2 0 0 39 47 2.143 14.1 1.3 5.1 7.7 1.50
14 Dick Hoover* 26 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 26 47 2.357 15.4 1.9 5.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.0 64 89 .418 3.78 155 155 92 63 11 13 1396.0 1388 651 586 106 525 687 30 4 28 5995 96 1.370 8.9 0.7 3.4 4.4 1.31
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 2 5 6 2 7 6 6 3 4 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Vern Bickford 31 26 45 12 32 1 4 .978 1.69 P
Lew Burdette 25 45 39 9 29 1 3 .974 0.84 P
Paul Burris 28 50 224 208 16 0 3 1.000 4.48 6 C
Bob Chipman 33 29 12 3 8 1 1 .917 0.38 P
Buzz Clarkson 37 8 24 11 11 2 0 .917 2.75 SS-3B
Dave Cole 21 22 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 0.45 P
Gene Conley 21 4 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Walker Cooper 37 89 480 417 55 8 8 .983 5.30 5 C
George Crowe 29 55 526 476 42 8 40 .985 9.42 1B
Jack Cusick 24 31 100 45 52 3 4 .970 3.13 SS-3B
Jack Daniels 24 87 13 0 75 128 119 6 3 2 .977 1.44 OF
Jack Dittmer 24 90 504 228 267 9 60 .982 5.50 2B
Dick Donovan 24 7 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.86 P
Sid Gordon 34 144 142 0 0 280 266 13 1 0 .996 1.94 OF-3B
Roy Hartsfield 26 29 141 61 73 7 10 .950 4.62 2B
Dick Hoover 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Virgil Jester 24 19 15 6 8 1 1 .933 0.74 P
Sam Jethroe 34 151 1 150 0 436 413 10 13 3 .970 2.80 OF
Ernie Johnson 28 29 31 9 21 1 3 .968 1.03 P
Sheldon Jones 30 39 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.44 P
Billy Klaus 23 4 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 SS
Johnny Logan 25 117 650 247 385 18 81 .972 5.40 SS
Willard Marshall 31 16 0 0 16 32 27 3 2 3 .938 1.88 OF
Eddie Mathews 20 142 438 160 259 19 21 .957 2.95 3B
Billy Reed 29 14 58 22 32 4 6 .931 3.86 2B
Sibby Sisti 31 83 8 0 16 287 142 129 16 22 .944 3.27 2B-OF-SS-3B
Warren Spahn 31 40 79 18 56 5 4 .937 1.85 P
Ebba St. Claire 30 34 177 151 21 5 4 .972 5.06 6 C
Max Surkont 30 31 52 9 38 5 3 .904 1.52 P
Bert Thiel 26 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Bob Thorpe 25 72 8 0 70 145 132 9 4 3 .972 1.96 OF
Earl Torgeson 28 110 2 0 3 1021 935 74 12 86 .988 9.17 1B-OF
Pete Whisenant 22 14 9 5 0 37 34 2 1 2 .973 2.57 OF
Jim Wilson 30 33 54 21 32 1 4 .981 1.61 P
Team Totals 28.3 155 6057 4189 1714 154 383 .975 3.53 17
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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