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1952 Philadelphia Phillies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

87-67, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Sawyer (28-35) and Steve O'Neill (59-32)
Scored 657 runs, Allowed 552 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65

Ballparks: Shibe Park · 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 - 102, Pitching - 100

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1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Richie Ashburn HOF 25 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 19, 1927 5 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 2 0 2.8
Tommy Brown 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 6, 1927 8 18 5 18 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 0.0
Smoky Burgess 25 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 3 110 102 110 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3.3
Putsy Caballero 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 5, 1927 8 35 7 35 22 0 0 0 7 7 8 0 0 0 0 1 13 -0.1
Bubba Church 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1924 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Mel Clark 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 7, 1926 2 47 36 47 39 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 27 38 9 1 1.2
Karl Drews 32 R R 6' 4" 192 Feb 22, 1920 6 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2
Del Ennis 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 7 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 31 149 2 0 3.4
Howie Fox 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 1, 1921 8 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Granny Hamner 25 R R 5' 10" 163 Apr 26, 1927 9 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8 All-Star
Andy Hansen 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 12, 1924 8 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Ken Heintzelman 36 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 13 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Nippy Jones 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 7 8 8 8 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Willie Jones 26 R R 6' 1" 188 Aug 16, 1925 6 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Jim Konstanty 35 R R 6' 1" 202 Mar 2, 1917 7 42 2 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jack Lohrke 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 25, 1924 6 25 4 25 9 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 15 2 -0.1
Stan Lopata 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 12, 1925 5 57 52 57 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.9
Jackie Mayo 26 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 26, 1925 5 50 29 50 33 0 0 6 0 0 0 24 1 2 27 15 2 0.0
Russ Meyer 28 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 7 37 32 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Bob Miller 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1926 4 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bill Nicholson 37 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 15 55 13 55 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 38 0 0.9
Kent Peterson 26 R L 5' 10" 170 Dec 21, 1925 7 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Lou Possehl 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 12, 1926 5 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Steve Ridzik 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1929 2 24 9 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Robin Roberts HOF 25 B R 6' 0" 190 Sep 30, 1926 5 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 All-Star
Connie Ryan 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 10 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Curt Simmons 23 L L 5' 11" 175 May 19, 1929 5 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 All-Star
Paul Stuffel 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 22, 1927 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Eddie Waitkus 32 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 8 146 139 146 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.1
Del Wilber 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Johnny Wyrostek 32 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 9 98 85 98 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 87 88 12 0 1.5
Dick Young 24 L R 5' 11" 175 Jun 3, 1928 2 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Richie Ashburn

Granny Hamner

Putsy Caballero

Eddie Waitkus

Tommy Brown
Dick Young

Willie Jones

Jack Lohrke

Connie Ryan

Nippy Jones

Bill Nicholson

Del Ennis

Jackie Mayo

Mel Clark

Johnny Wyrostek

Howie Fox

Bob Miller

Andy Hansen

Smoky Burgess

Karl Drews

Bubba Church

Ken Heintzelman

Curt Simmons

Stan Lopata

Kent Peterson

Russ Meyer

Jim Konstanty

Robin Roberts

Steve Ridzik

Lou Possehl
Paul Stuffel

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers