1952 Cincinnati Reds Season

The 1952 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

October 4, 1951: Johnny Pramesa and Bob Usher were traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Smoky Burgess and Bob Borkowski.^[1]
October 14, 1951: Jim Bolger was traded by the Reds to the Buffalo Bisons for Tom Acker and Moe Savransky.^[2]
December 10, 1951: Smoky Burgess, Howie Fox and Connie Ryan were traded by the Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler, and Niles Jordan.^[1]
Prior to 1952 season: Charlie Rabe was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	57	--	.627
New York Giants	92	62	4.5	.597
St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	8.5	.571
Philadelphia Phillies	87	67	9.5	.565
Chicago Cubs	77	77	19.5	.500
Cincinnati Reds	69	85	27.5	.448
Boston Braves	64	89	32	.418
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	112	54.5	.273

Notable transactions

May 13, 1952: Dick Sisler and Virgil Stallcup were traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Eddie Kazak and Wally Westlake.^[4]
May 23, 1952: Kent Peterson and Johnny Wyrostek were traded by the Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bubba Church.^[5]
August 7, 1952: Wally Westlake was purchased from the Reds by the Cleveland Indians.^[6]
August 28, 1952: Ewell Blackwell was traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Jim Greengrass, Bob Marquis, Ernie Nevel, Johnny Schmitz and $35,000.^[7]

Roster

1952 Cincinnati Reds roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

50 Rogers Hornsby
50 Luke Sewell

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Seminick, AndyAndy Seminick	108	336	86	.256	14	50
OF	Borkowski, BobBob Borkowski	126	377	95	.252	4	24

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Westlake, WallyWally Westlake	49	183	37	.202	3	14
Rossi, JoeJoe Rossi	55	145	32	.221	1	6
Wyrostek, JohnnyJohnny Wyrostek	30	106	25	.236	1	10
Pellagrini, EddieEddie Pellagrini	46	100	17	.170	1	3
Greengrass, JimJim Greengrass	18	68	21	.309	5	24
Sisler, DickDick Sisler	11	27	5	.185	0	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Church, BubbaBubba Church	29	153.1	5	9	4.34	47
Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell	23	102	3	12	5.38	48

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	SV	ERA	SO
Byerly, BudBud Byerly	12	1	1	5.11	14
Haugstad, PhilPhil Haugstad	9	0	0	6.75	2
Blake, EdEd Blake	2	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Tulsa Oilers	Texas League	Joe Schultz
A	Columbia Reds	Sally League	Ernie White
B	Burlington Flints	Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League	Len Schulte
B	Salisbury Reds	Interstate League	Mike Blazo and Dick Porter
C	Ogden Reds	Pioneer League	Dee Moore
D	Dublin Green Sox	Georgia State League	Cyril Pfeifer, George Hearn and Jack Bearden
D	Mattoon Indians	Mississippi-Ohio Valley League	Walt Dunkovich, Charlie Popovich and Bob Carson
D	Lawton Reds	Sooner State League	Tuck McWilliams

^[8]

References

External links

1952 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

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

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rosie Reds
Mr. Red
The Big Red Machine
Tom Browning's perfect game
The Nasty Boys
Dowd Report
1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
General Manager: Walt Jocketty
Manager: Dusty Baker

Championships (5)

National League
pennants (9)

Other titles

American Association pennants: 1882
National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Louisville Bats (AAA)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Bakersfield Blaze (A)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Rojos (Rookie)

Media

Seasons (131)

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