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1952 Philadelphia Phillies Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
87-67, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 657 runs, Allowed 552 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65
Manager: Eddie Sawyer (28-35) and Steve O'Neill (59-32)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 755,417 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
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1951 / 1953 Batting Statistics

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 Smoky Burgess* 25 110 424 371 49 110 27 2 6 56 3 1 49 21 .296 .380 .429 .809 125 159 4 1 3
2 1B Eddie Waitkus* 32 146 568 499 51 144 29 4 2 49 2 2 64 23 .289 .371 .375 .745 108 187 6 1 4
3 2B Connie Ryan 32 154 656 577 81 139 24 6 12 49 13 5 69 72 .241 .327 .366 .693 93 211 13 5 5
4 SS Granny Hamner 25 151 640 596 74 164 30 5 17 87 7 3 27 51 .275 .307 .428 .734 102 255 18 0 17
5 3B Willie Jones 26 147 611 541 60 135 12 3 18 72 5 3 53 36 .250 .323 .383 .706 96 207 14 6 11
6 OF Del Ennis 27 151 644 592 90 171 30 10 20 107 6 4 47 65 .289 .341 .475 .816 125 281 17 0 5
7 OF Johnny Wyrostek* 32 98 371 321 45 88 16 3 1 37 1 7 44 26 .274 .363 .352 .715 100 113 6 1 5
8 OF Richie Ashburn* 25 154 701 613 93 173 31 6 1 42 16 11 75 30 .282 .362 .357 .720 101 219 7 2 11
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 C Stan Lopata 26 57 217 179 25 49 9 1 4 27 1 1 36 33 .274 .395 .402 .798 123 72 5 0 2
10 OF Mel Clark 25 47 167 155 20 52 6 4 1 15 2 1 6 13 .335 .364 .445 .809 124 69 4 1 5
11 OF Jackie Mayo* 26 50 132 119 13 29 5 0 1 4 1 3 12 17 .244 .313 .311 .624 74 37 4 0 1
12 OF Bill Nicholson* 37 55 106 88 17 24 3 0 6 19 0 0 14 26 .273 .390 .511 .902 149 45 0 3 1
13 IF Putsy Caballero 24 35 45 42 10 10 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 3 .238 .273 .310 .582 62 13 5 0 1
14 IF Jack Lohrke 28 25 33 29 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .207 .303 .207 .510 44 6 0 0 0
15 1B Nippy Jones 27 8 30 30 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .267 .433 19 8 2 0 0
16 UT Tommy Brown 24 18 29 25 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .160 .276 .320 .596 65 8 0 0 0
17 2B Dick Young* 24 5 10 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .222 .300 .333 .633 76 3 0 0 0
18 Del Wilber 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
19 P Robin Roberts# 25 39 137 112 3 14 6 1 0 7 0 0 11 19 .125 .210 .196 .406 14 22 4 1 13
20 P Karl Drews 32 33 89 82 2 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 29 .110 .161 .122 .283 -20 10 1 0 2
21 P Russ Meyer# 28 37 88 79 4 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 23 .089 .133 .139 .272 -24 11 4 1 5
22 P Curt Simmons* 23 28 78 67 4 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 6 17 .164 .233 .224 .457 28 15 0 0 5
23 P Steve Ridzik 23 24 27 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .136 .240 .136 .376 7 3 0 0 2
24 P Howie Fox 31 13 25 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .048 .091 .048 .139 -60 1 1 0 3
25 P Jim Konstanty 35 42 16 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .071 .133 .143 .276 -23 2 0 0 1
26 P Andy Hansen 27 43 16 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .182 .357 .182 .539 54 2 0 0 2
27 P Ken Heintzelman 36 23 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3
28 P Paul Stuffel 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
29 P Lou Possehl 26 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 P Bob Miller 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Kent Peterson 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Bubba Church 27 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 154 5874 5205 657 1353 237 45 93 606 60 41 540 534 .260 .332 .376 .708 97 1959 115 22 107
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 4 4 2 3 7 2 3 2 7 4 3 5 4 5
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Richie Ashburn 25 701 469 78 4.4 96 .296 .282 .260 .362 .333 .357 .387 .720 .720 101 .532 3.8 0.4 .657 .206 .075 1.9 *O
Tommy Brown 24 29 21 2 2.6 96 .143 .160 .260 .276 .333 .320 .387 .596 .721 65 .291 -1.2 -0.1 .571 .320 .160 .0 /3O
*Smoky Burgess 25 424 269 60 6.0 96 .302 .296 .260 .380 .333 .429 .387 .809 .720 125 .660 14.6 1.5 .793 .270 .132 4.0 *2
Putsy Caballero 24 45 38 4 2.8 96 .256 .238 .260 .273 .333 .310 .387 .582 .720 62 .330 -2.2 -0.2 .432 .143 .071 .0 /645
Bubba Church 27 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .387 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Mel Clark 25 167 113 25 5.9 96 .362 .335 .260 .364 .333 .445 .387 .809 .720 124 .657 4.3 0.4 .713 .155 .110 1.3 O/5
Karl Drews 32 89 76 2 0.7 96 .170 .110 .260 .161 .333 .122 .387 .283 .721 -20 .037 -13.5 -1.4 .216 .085 .012 .0 1
Del Ennis 27 644 447 95 5.7 96 .298 .289 .260 .341 .333 .475 .387 .816 .721 125 .641 17.6 1.8 .747 .269 .186 9.2 *O
Howie Fox 31 25 24 0 0.0 96 .067 .048 .260 .091 .333 .048 .387 .139 .720 -60 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .095 .048 .000 1
Granny Hamner 25 640 470 78 4.4 96 .278 .275 .260 .307 .333 .428 .387 .734 .720 102 .531 -0.9 -0.1 .631 .205 .153 9.9 *6
Andy Hansen 27 16 11 1 2.4 96 .200 .182 .260 .357 .333 .182 .387 .539 .720 54 .273 -0.5 -0.1 .556 .273 .000 1
Ken Heintzelman 36 5 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .388 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Nippy Jones 27 30 27 1 1.0 96 .160 .167 .260 .167 .333 .267 .387 .433 .720 19 .068 -3.5 -0.4 .296 .100 .100 .0 /3
Willie Jones 26 611 434 65 4.0 96 .240 .250 .260 .323 .333 .383 .387 .706 .720 96 .484 -3.9 -0.4 .634 .235 .133 7.8 *5
Jim Konstanty 35 16 14 0 0.0 96 .083 .071 .260 .133 .333 .143 .387 .276 .720 -23 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .231 .143 .071 1
Jack Lohrke 28 33 23 2 2.3 96 .231 .207 .260 .303 .333 .207 .387 .510 .721 44 .258 -2.1 -0.2 .435 .138 .000 /654
Stan Lopata 26 217 138 28 5.4 96 .317 .274 .260 .395 .333 .402 .387 .798 .720 123 .621 7.5 0.8 .794 .330 .128 1.6 2
*Jackie Mayo 26 132 98 11 3.0 96 .277 .244 .260 .313 .333 .311 .387 .624 .721 74 .356 -3.9 -0.4 .485 .151 .067 1.0 O/3
#Russ Meyer 28 88 81 1 0.3 96 .109 .089 .260 .133 .333 .139 .387 .272 .721 -24 .010 -13.6 -1.4 .197 .089 .051 .0 1
Bob Miller 26 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .387 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Bill Nicholson 37 106 65 17 7.0 96 .321 .273 .260 .390 .333 .511 .387 .902 .721 149 .722 6.3 0.7 .969 .398 .239 .0 O
Kent Peterson 26 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .387 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Lou Possehl 26 2 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .388 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Steve Ridzik 23 27 21 1 1.3 96 .176 .136 .260 .240 .333 .136 .387 .376 .721 7 .103 -2.7 -0.3 .316 .136 .000 1
#Robin Roberts 25 137 115 4 0.9 96 .151 .125 .260 .210 .333 .196 .387 .406 .720 14 .061 -13.2 -1.4 .333 .170 .071 1
Connie Ryan 32 656 461 69 4.0 96 .258 .241 .260 .327 .333 .366 .387 .693 .721 93 .484 -5.1 -0.5 .643 .258 .125 12.5 *4
*Curt Simmons 23 78 61 3 1.3 96 .204 .164 .260 .233 .333 .224 .387 .457 .720 28 .109 -6.7 -0.7 .375 .149 .060 .0 1
Paul Stuffel 25 2 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .388 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Eddie Waitkus 32 568 367 69 5.0 96 .300 .289 .260 .371 .333 .375 .387 .745 .721 108 .587 8.2 0.9 .694 .214 .086 2.0 *3
Del Wilber 33 2 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .388 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
*Johnny Wyrostek 32 371 251 39 4.2 96 .296 .274 .260 .363 .333 .352 .387 .715 .720 100 .501 1.9 0.2 .618 .196 .078 1.0 O
*Dick Young 24 10 7 1 3.8 96 .333 .222 .260 .300 .333 .333 .387 .633 .721 76 .462 -0.2 0.0 .714 .333 .111 .0 /4
League Average 4.1 97 .271 .253 .262 .323 .335 .373 .389 .696 .724 92 .497 .617 .221 .120
Team Total 5874 4115 656 4.3 96 .275 .260 .260 .332 .333 .376 .387 .708 .720 97 .513 -18.8 -2.0 .634 .224 .116 72.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Richie Ashburn 25 161 732 648 104 188 34 7 1 47 17 82 31 .290 .372 .369 .740 88 154 154
Tommy Brown 24 83 253 236 28 72 13 0 4 28 1 17 28 .305 .352 .411 .763 34 79 79
*Smoky Burgess 25 115 449 394 55 121 30 2 7 63 3 54 22 .307 .392 .447 .839 68 110 110
Putsy Caballero 24 37 46 44 11 11 3 0 0 7 1 2 3 .250 .283 .318 .601 4 35 35
Bubba Church 27 36 56 55 6 14 2 0 1 2 0 1 7 .255 .268 .345 .613 5 34 34
Mel Clark 25 49 173 165 23 57 7 4 1 17 2 7 14 .345 .376 .455 .830 28 47 47
Karl Drews 32 34 93 87 2 11 1 0 0 2 1 6 30 .126 .183 .138 .321 2 33 33
Del Ennis 27 158 677 626 101 186 33 11 22 120 7 51 68 .297 .350 .490 .840 107 151 151
Howie Fox 31 14 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 13 13
Granny Hamner 25 158 660 631 83 179 33 5 19 98 8 29 53 .284 .315 .442 .757 88 151 151
Andy Hansen 27 45 16 12 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 .250 .438 .250 .688 1 43 43
Ken Heintzelman 36 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23 23
Nippy Jones 27 8 31 31 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8 8
Willie Jones 26 154 636 571 67 147 13 3 20 81 5 58 38 .257 .333 .396 .729 73 147 147
Jim Konstanty 35 44 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 42 42
Jack Lohrke 28 26 36 31 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 .226 .333 .226 .559 2 25 25
Stan Lopata 26 60 228 189 28 53 10 1 4 30 1 39 34 .280 .404 .407 .811 31 57 57
*Jackie Mayo 26 52 138 125 15 31 5 0 1 5 1 13 18 .248 .319 .312 .631 13 50 50
#Russ Meyer 28 39 85 81 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 3 24 .074 .118 .123 .241 1 37 37
Bob Miller 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
*Bill Nicholson 37 57 111 93 19 26 3 0 6 21 0 15 27 .280 .396 .505 .902 19 55 55
Kent Peterson 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Lou Possehl 26 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Steve Ridzik 23 25 28 24 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 24 24
#Robin Roberts 25 41 132 118 4 16 7 1 0 8 0 13 20 .136 .227 .212 .439 5 39 39
Connie Ryan 32 161 690 610 90 152 26 7 13 55 14 75 75 .249 .336 .379 .715 76 154 154
*Curt Simmons 23 29 78 71 5 12 1 0 1 10 0 7 18 .169 .244 .225 .469 4 28 28
Paul Stuffel 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Eddie Waitkus 32 153 599 528 57 157 32 4 2 55 2 70 24 .297 .381 .384 .765 77 146 146
Del Wilber 33 51 152 144 7 38 11 1 3 23 1 7 22 .264 .303 .417 .719 18 49 49
*Johnny Wyrostek 32 134 515 448 64 120 18 6 2 52 2 66 34 .268 .363 .348 .711 56 128 128
*Dick Young 24 5 10 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .222 .300 .333 .633 1 5 5
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Richie Ashburn 25 5 3341 730 3341 2975 431 916 122 40 10 223 100 17 306 159 .308 .374 .386 .760 107 1148 30 8 52
Tommy Brown 24 8 1230 429 1230 1142 132 282 32 6 29 146 6 4 72 125 .247 .293 .362 .655 78 413 30 3 13
*Smoky Burgess 25 3 724 250 724 646 74 180 31 4 9 88 5 1 74 37 .279 .354 .381 .734 101 246 15 1 3
Putsy Caballero 24 8 706 322 706 658 81 150 21 3 1 40 10 2 41 34 .228 .273 .274 .547 49 180 22 0 7
Bubba Church 27 3 195 112 195 181 17 42 7 0 2 10 0 0 2 32 .232 .245 .304 .548 48 55 4 1 11
Mel Clark 25 2 198 57 198 186 22 62 7 4 2 18 2 2 6 16 .333 .358 .446 .804 121 83 4 1 5
Karl Drews 32 6 205 141 205 179 5 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 20 69 .067 .161 .073 .233 -35 13 3 0 6
Del Ennis 27 7 4379 1034 4379 3999 577 1171 218 50 150 665 30 6 353 401 .293 .353 .485 .838 127 1939 105 17 10
Howie Fox 31 8 370 215 370 333 28 62 10 0 2 24 1 0 9 46 .186 .212 .234 .446 20 78 8 2 26 0 0
Granny Hamner 25 9 3263 780 3263 3062 348 805 136 27 46 353 27 8 147 217 .263 .298 .370 .668 80 1133 85 4 50
Andy Hansen 27 8 139 241 139 111 11 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 48 .090 .205 .099 .304 -15 11 1 1 12
Ken Heintzelman 36 13 504 321 504 440 25 56 5 0 0 33 0 0 22 113 .127 .169 .139 .307 -15 61 12 0 42 0 0
Nippy Jones 27 7 1387 382 1387 1302 141 348 58 11 23 201 4 2 68 95 .267 .305 .382 .687 81 497 58 3 14
Willie Jones 26 6 2674 636 2674 2369 324 623 105 16 86 337 21 5 249 194 .263 .337 .430 .766 106 1018 64 14 42
Jim Konstanty 35 7 139 263 139 126 4 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 29 .167 .186 .183 .369 1 23 3 0 10
Jack Lohrke 28 6 1032 342 1032 901 122 219 38 9 22 96 9 0 110 84 .243 .328 .378 .707 88 341 26 4 17
Stan Lopata 26 5 649 207 649 568 68 143 21 5 13 67 3 1 79 106 .252 .343 .375 .718 95 213 16 0 2
*Jackie Mayo 26 5 264 134 264 236 25 51 10 1 1 12 2 3 25 34 .216 .297 .280 .576 59 66 5 2 1
#Russ Meyer 28 7 371 190 371 320 16 39 4 2 1 18 0 0 12 90 .122 .156 .156 .312 -15 50 6 1 38
Bob Miller 26 4 72 58 72 69 5 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 14 .203 .214 .217 .432 15 15 1 0 2 0 0
*Bill Nicholson 37 15 6344 1639 6344 5484 825 1471 267 59 233 932 27 1 788 808 .268 .365 .466 .831 132 2555 59 52 20
Kent Peterson 26 7 114 132 114 103 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 29 .097 .114 .097 .211 -43 10 4 0 9 0 0
Lou Possehl 26 5 12 16 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 1 0 1
Steve Ridzik 23 2 27 25 27 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .136 .240 .136 .376 7 3 0 0 2 0 0
#Robin Roberts 25 5 508 187 508 412 15 57 11 1 1 27 2 0 52 119 .138 .238 .177 .415 15 73 10 2 42
Connie Ryan 32 10 4250 1076 4250 3681 482 903 166 36 51 349 62 11 478 467 .245 .334 .352 .686 89 1294 84 14 77
*Curt Simmons 23 5 267 133 267 238 19 38 2 0 1 16 0 0 16 47 .160 .216 .181 .396 9 43 2 1 12
Paul Stuffel 25 2 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Eddie Waitkus 32 8 3849 893 3849 3504 457 1002 183 37 19 301 25 5 303 139 .286 .344 .376 .720 97 1316 59 9 33
Del Wilber 33 6 585 217 585 547 49 139 27 5 11 79 1 1 34 69 .254 .299 .382 .681 81 209 18 1 3
*Johnny Wyrostek 32 9 4036 1004 4036 3572 455 976 183 39 49 406 33 10 415 355 .273 .352 .387 .740 101 1384 64 20 29
*Dick Young 24 2 81 20 81 77 10 18 6 0 0 2 1 1 4 9 .234 .272 .312 .583 58 24 2 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1951 / 1953 Batting Statistics