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1952 Philadelphia Phillies

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .798 122 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 6 1
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
* - 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 Robin Roberts 25 28 7 .800 2.59 39 37 2 30 3 2 330.0 292 104 95 22 45 148 5 0 3 1310 141 1.021 8.0 0.6 1.2 4.0 3.29
2 SP Russ Meyer 28 13 14 .481 3.14 37 32 3 14 1 1 232.1 235 99 81 10 65 92 2 0 2 982 117 1.291 9.1 0.4 2.5 3.6 1.42
3 SP Karl Drews 32 14 15 .483 2.72 33 30 1 15 5 0 228.2 213 79 69 13 52 96 4 0 4 917 135 1.159 8.4 0.5 2.0 3.8 1.85
4 SP Curt Simmons* 23 14 8 .636 2.82 28 28 0 15 6 0 201.1 170 72 63 11 70 141 1 1 2 830 130 1.192 7.6 0.5 3.1 6.3 2.01
5 SP Howie Fox 31 2 7 .222 5.08 13 11 1 2 0 0 62.0 70 41 35 8 26 16 0 0 1 275 72 1.548 10.2 1.2 3.8 2.3 0.62
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
6 CL Jim Konstanty 35 5 3 .625 3.94 42 2 25 2 1 6 80.0 87 44 35 9 21 16 0 0 1 342 93 1.350 9.8 1.0 2.4 1.8 0.76
7 RP Steve Ridzik 23 4 2 .667 3.01 24 9 5 2 0 0 92.2 74 37 31 11 37 43 1 0 0 381 122 1.198 7.2 1.1 3.6 4.2 1.16
8 RP Andy Hansen 27 5 6 .455 3.26 43 0 19 0 0 4 77.1 76 36 28 6 27 18 3 0 1 329 113 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.1 2.1 0.67
9 RP Ken Heintzelman* 36 1 3 .250 3.16 23 1 13 0 0 1 42.2 41 16 15 1 12 20 0 0 0 170 117 1.242 8.6 0.2 2.5 4.2 1.67
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 Lou Possehl 26 0 1 .000 4.97 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 12 9 7 3 7 4 0 0 0 58 76 1.500 8.5 2.1 5.0 2.8 0.57
11 Bob Miller 26 0 1 .000 6.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 13 6 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 38 64 1.556 13.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
12 Kent Peterson* 26 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 2 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 24 0.571 2.6 0.0 2.6 9.0 3.50
13 Paul Stuffel 25 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 2 0 7 3 0 0 0 31 130 2.000 7.5 0.0 10.5 4.5 0.43
14 Bubba Church 27 0 0 10.80 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 6 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 28 37 2.400 19.8 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
Team Totals 27.6 87 67 .565 3.07 154 154 74 80 16 16 1386.2 1301 552 473 96 373 609 17 1 14 5715 120 1.207 8.4 0.6 2.4 4.0 1.63
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 5 1 1 1 1 6
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Richie Ashburn 25 154 152 152 460 428 23 9 5 .980 2.93 OF
Tommy Brown 24 6 5 3 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 4.17 1B-OF
Smoky Burgess 25 104 102 99 497 439 47 11 6 .978 4.67 2 6 29 27 48% 0 C
Putsy Caballero 24 22 7 5 51 24 23 4 5 .922 2.14 3B-SS-2B
Bubba Church 27 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 100% 0 P
Mel Clark 25 39 36 27 87 81 6 0 1 1.000 2.23 OF-3B
Karl Drews 32 33 30 15 62 15 44 3 3 .952 1.79 7 6 46% 5 P
Del Ennis 27 149 149 145 297 277 11 9 1 .970 1.93 OF
Howie Fox 31 13 11 2 23 3 19 1 2 .957 1.69 4 2 33% 0 P
Granny Hamner 25 151 150 143 775 267 470 38 102 .951 4.88 SS
Andy Hansen 27 43 0 0 26 6 19 1 2 .962 0.58 2 1 33% 0 P
Ken Heintzelman 36 23 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.22 4 0 0% 0 P
Nippy Jones 27 8 8 5 82 73 7 2 8 .976 10.00 1B
Willie Jones 26 147 147 144 513 216 281 16 31 .969 3.38 3B
Jim Konstanty 35 42 2 2 25 6 16 3 1 .880 0.52 3 1 25% 0 P
Jack Lohrke 28 9 4 3 23 7 15 1 3 .957 2.44 SS-3B-2B
Stan Lopata 26 55 52 50 299 274 21 4 6 .987 5.36 1 4 20 7 26% 0 C
Jackie Mayo 26 33 29 26 118 108 10 0 4 1.000 3.58 OF-1B
Russ Meyer 28 37 32 14 49 8 37 4 6 .918 1.22 4 7 64% 0 P
Bob Miller 26 3 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 1 1 50% 0 P
Bill Nicholson 37 19 13 13 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 OF
Kent Peterson 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Lou Possehl 26 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 1 0 0% 0 P
Steve Ridzik 23 24 9 2 12 4 7 1 1 .917 0.46 5 4 44% 0 P
Robin Roberts 25 39 37 30 71 26 44 1 1 .986 1.79 5 3 38% 0 P
Connie Ryan 32 154 154 144 833 348 462 23 95 .972 5.26 2B
Curt Simmons 23 28 28 15 28 3 25 0 0 1.000 1.00 7 3 30% 0 P
Paul Stuffel 25 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 0 P
Eddie Waitkus 32 143 139 137 1388 1281 95 12 119 .991 9.42 1B
Johnny Wyrostek 32 88 85 82 218 202 10 6 1 .972 2.41 OF
Dick Young 24 2 0 0 10 5 4 1 1 .900 4.50 2B
Team Totals 27.9 154 1386 1258 6020 4160 1710 150 405 .975 3.71 3 10 49 34 41% 5
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Richie Ashburn* 25 701 4 1 0 0 2 -1 22 28 2.8 26 2.7 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Tommy Brown 24 29 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /37O
Smoky Burgess* 25 424 14 0 0 0 0 3 15 32 3.3 32 3.3 0.0 $ Traded *2
Putsy Caballero 24 45 -2 1 0 0 -2 1 2 0 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent /645
Bubba Church 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Mel Clark 25 167 5 1 0 0 2 -2 6 12 1.2 10 1.0 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O97/5
Karl Drews 32 89 -14 0 0 0 0 7 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Del Ennis 27 644 18 2 0 0 -2 -7 21 32 3.4 34 3.5 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *O79
Howie Fox 31 25 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Granny Hamner 25 640 0 1 0 0 6 10 21 38 3.8 32 3.3 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Andy Hansen 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Ken Heintzelman 36 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Nippy Jones 27 30 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /3
Willie Jones 26 611 -2 -1 0 0 -1 0 21 17 1.6 18 1.8 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Jim Konstanty 35 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Jack Lohrke 28 33 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /654
Stan Lopata 26 217 7 0 0 0 2 2 8 19 1.9 17 1.7 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Jackie Mayo* 26 132 -4 -1 0 0 2 -1 5 1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Rule 5 returned O7/398
Russ Meyer# 28 88 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bob Miller 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bill Nicholson* 37 106 6 0 0 0 0 -1 4 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ Traded O9
Kent Peterson 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Lou Possehl 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Steve Ridzik 23 27 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Robin Roberts# 25 137 -13 -1 0 0 0 10 4 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Connie Ryan 32 656 -5 2 0 0 5 7 22 31 3.0 26 2.7 0.3 $ Traded *4
Curt Simmons* 23 78 -7 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Paul Stuffel 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Eddie Waitkus* 32 568 8 -2 0 0 2 -7 20 21 2.1 19 1.9 0.2 $ Traded *3
Del Wilber 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Johnny Wyrostek* 32 371 2 -2 0 0 6 -4 13 15 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $ Traded O9/78
Dick Young* 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /4
Team Total 27.7 5874 -16 1 0 0 22 36 199 242 23.6 220 22.5 1.1 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bubba Church 27 5.0 1 6 3 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Karl Drews 32 228.2 30 79 127 3 1.0 48 4.7 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Howie Fox 31 62.0 11 41 34 1 1.0 -7 -0.9 $ Traded
Andy Hansen 27 77.1 0 36 43 1 1.0 7 0.6 $ Rule 5 Draft
Ken Heintzelman* 36 42.2 1 16 24 0 1.0 8 0.7 $ Purchased
Jim Konstanty 35 80.0 2 44 44 1 1.0 0 -0.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Russ Meyer 28 232.1 32 99 129 3 1.0 30 2.7 $ Purchased
Bob Miller 26 9.0 1 6 5 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Kent Peterson* 26 7.0 0 0 4 0 1.0 4 0.4 $ Traded
Lou Possehl 26 12.2 1 9 7 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Steve Ridzik 23 92.2 9 37 51 1 1.0 14 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Robin Roberts 25 330.0 37 104 183 4 1.0 79 7.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Curt Simmons* 23 201.1 28 72 111 2 1.0 39 3.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Paul Stuffel 25 6.0 1 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 27.6 1386.2 154 552 768 16 1.0 216 20.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics