1952 Boston Red Sox season

The 1952 Boston Red Sox season was the 52nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 19 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1952 World Series.

Spring Training

The Red Sox also faced the Braves as a Boston-based team for the final time. At Braves Field on April 10 the Braves beat the Red Sox by a score of 5─4. At Fenway Park on April 12 the Red Sox beat the Braves by a score of 12─7.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 3, 1952: Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers.
Roster

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		115	381	107	.281	10	49
1B		102	367	89	.243	19	67
2B	Billy Goodman	138	513	157	.306	4	56
SS	Johnny Lipon	79	234	48	.205	0	18
3B	George Kell	75	276	88	.319	6	40
OF	Faye Throneberry	98	310	80	.258	5	23
OF	Hoot Evers	106	401	105	.262	14	59
OF		128	486	143	.294	6	33

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
Vern Stephens	92	295	75	.254	7	44
Ted Lepcio	84	274	72	.263	5	26
Clyde Vollmer	90	250	66	.264	11	50
Jim Piersall	56	161	43	.267	1	16
Del Wilber	47	135	36	.267	3	23
Walt Dropo	37	132	35	.265	6	27
Don Lenhardt	30	105	31	.295	7	24
	25	67	10	.149	0	2
George Schmees	42	64	13	.203	0	3
Al Zarilla	21	60	11	.183	2	8
Gus Niarhos	29	58	6	.103	0	4
Gene Stephens	21	53	12	.226	0	5
Archie Wilson	18	38	10	.263	0	2
Milt Bolling	11	36	8	.222	1	3
Fred Hatfield	19	25	8	.320	1	3
Ken Wood	15	20	2	.100	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	8	15	1	.067	0	0
Ted Williams	6	10	4	.400	1	3
Paul Lehner	3	3	2	.667	0	2
Lou Boudreau	4	2	0	.000	0	2
Hal Bevan	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Len Okrie	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Mel Parnell	33	214.0	12	12	3.62	107
Mickey McDermott	30	162.0	10	9	3.72	117
Sid Hudson	21	134.1	7	9	3.62	50

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
Dizzy Trout	26	133.2	9	8	3.64	57
Dick Brodowski	20	114.2	5	5	4.40	42
Willard Nixon	23	103.2	5	4	4.86	50
Ellis Kinder	23	97.2	5	6	2.58	50
Ike Delock	39	95.0	4	9	4.26	46
Ray Scarborough	28	76.2	1	5	4.81	29
Bill Henry	13	76.2	5	4	3.87	23
Bill Wight	10	24.1	2	1	2.96	5
Hersh Freeman	4	13.2	1	0	3.29	5
	3	10.1	0	1	3.48	2
Harry Taylor	2	10.0	1	0	1.80	1
Walt Masterson	5	9.1	1	1	11.57	3
George Schmees	2	6.0	0	0	3.00	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Benton	24	4	3	6	2.39	20
Ralph Brickner	14	3	1	1	2.18	9
Randy Gumpert	10	1	0	1	4.12	6

Farm system