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1952 Boston Braves season

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Major League Baseball team season

1952 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston,Massachusetts
Record	64–89 (.418)
League place	7th
Owners	Louis R. Perini
General managers	John J. Quinn
Managers	Tommy Holmes,Charlie Grimm
Television	WNAC WBZ-TV (Jim Britt,Bump Hadley)
Radio	WNAC (Jim Britt, Les Smith)
← 1951 1953 →

The1952Boston Braves season was the 82nd season of the franchise; the team went64–89 (.418) and was seventh in the eight-teamNational League, 32 games behind thepennant-winningBrooklyn Dodgers. Home attendance for the season atBraves Field was under 282,000.^[1]

This was the final season for the franchise inBoston,Massachusetts, and the last home game at Braves Field was played on September 21. Several weeks prior to the1953 season, the team moved toMilwaukee, Wisconsin,^[2]^[3]^[4] which was the first franchise relocation in themajors in a half century.^[1] By1958, four other teams had moved. The Braves stayed for thirteen years in Milwaukee, and then went toAtlanta prior to the1966 season.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	57	.627	—	45‍–‍33	51‍–‍24
New York Giants	92	62	.597	4½	50‍–‍27	42‍–‍35
St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	.571	8½	48‍–‍29	40‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies	87	67	.565	9½	47‍–‍29	40‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	77	77	.500	19½	42‍–‍35	35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds	69	85	.448	27½	38‍–‍39	31‍–‍46
Boston Braves	64	89	.418	32	31‍–‍45	33‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	112	.273	54½	23‍–‍54	19‍–‍58

1952 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BSN	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	3–18–1	12–10	9–13	9–13	9–13	15–7–1	7–15
Brooklyn	18–3–1	—	13–9–1	17–5	8–14	10–12	19–3	11–11
Chicago	10–12	9–13–1	—	13–9	10–12	10–12	14–8	11–11
Cincinnati	13–9	5–17	9–13	—	6–16	10–12	16–6	10–12
New York	13–9	14–8	12–10	16–6	—	10–12	15–7	12–10
Philadelphia	13–9	12–10	12–10	12–10	12–10	—	16–6	10–12
Pittsburgh	7–15–1	3–19	8–14	6–16	7–15	6–16	—	5–17
St. Louis	15–7	11–11	11–11	12–10	10–12	12–10	17–5	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Walker Cooper	102	349	82	.235	10	55
1B	Earl Torgeson	122	382	88	.230	5	34
2B	Jack Dittmer	93	326	63	.193	7	41
SS	Johnny Logan	117	456	129	.283	4	42
3B	Eddie Mathews	145	528	128	.242	25	58
OF	Sid Gordon	144	522	151	.289	25	75
OF	Bob Thorpe	81	292	76	.260	3	26
OF	Sam Jethroe	151	608	141	.232	13	58

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Sibby Sisti	90	245	52	.212	4	24
Jack Daniels	106	219	41	.187	2	14
George Crowe	73	217	56	.258	4	20
Paul Burris	55	168	37	.220	2	21
Ebba St. Claire	39	108	23	.213	2	4
Roy Hartsfield	38	107	28	.262	0	4
Jack Cusick	49	78	13	.167	0	6
Willard Marshall	21	66	15	.227	2	11
Pete Whisenant	24	52	10	.192	0	7
Billy Reed	15	52	13	.250	0	0
Buzz Clarkson	14	25	5	.200	0	1
Billy Klaus	7	4	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Warren Spahn	40	290.0	14	19	2.98	183
Jim Wilson	33	234.0	12	14	4.23	104
Max Surkont	31	215.0	12	13	3.77	125
Vern Bickford	26	161.1	7	12	3.74	62

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ernie Johnson Sr.	29	92.0	6	3	4.11	45
Virgil Jester	19	73.0	3	5	3.33	25
Dick Donovan	7	13.0	0	2	5.54	6
Gene Conley	4	12.2	0	3	7.82	6

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lew Burdette	47	6	11	7	3.61	47
Sheldon Jones	39	1	4	1	4.76	40
Bob Chipman	29	1	1	0	2.81	16
Dave Cole	22	1	1	0	4.03	22
Bert Thiel	4	1	1	0	7.71	6
Dick Hoover	2	0	0	0	7.71	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Milwaukee Brewers	American Association	Charlie Grimm,Red Smith andBucky Walters
AA	Atlanta Crackers	Southern Association	Dixie Walker
A	Hartford Chiefs	Eastern League	Del Bissonette
B	Wichita Falls Spudders	Big State League	Frank Mancuso
B	Evansville Braves	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
B	Hagerstown Braves	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman
C	Ventura Braves	California League	Bobby Sturgeon andJose Perez
C	Eau Claire Bears	Northern League	Bill Adair
C	Quebec Braves	Provincial League	George McQuinn
D	Welch Miners	Appalachian League	Jack Crosswhite
D	Danville Dans	Mississippi–Ohio Valley League	Virl Minnis
D	Harlan Smokies	Mountain States League	Rex Carr
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Travis Jackson

v t e 1952 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1952 All-Star Game 1952 World Series

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