1952 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Bobby Avila	2B	Deceased	Cleveland	150	597	102	179	26	11	7	45	12	10	67	36	1	19		16	.300	.371	.415	786
2	Eddie Robinson	1B	Retired	Chi White Sox	155	594	79	176	33	1	22	104	2	0	70	49	12	5		8	.296	.382	.466	848
3	Mickey Mantle	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	142	549	94	171	37	7	23	87	4	1	75	111	0	2		5	.311	.394	.530	924
4	Al Rosen	3B	Retired	Cleveland	148	567	101	171	32	5	28	105	8	6	75	54	4	3		18	.302	.387	.524	911
5	Larry Doby	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	140	519	104	143	26	8	32	104	5	2	90	111	0	2		6	.276	.383	.541	924
6	Jackie Jensen	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	7	19	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	4	0	0		1	.105	.261	.263	524
		OF	Deceased	Washington	144	570	80	163	29	5	10	80	17	6	63	40	3	5		15	.286	.360	.407	767
7	Eddie Joost	SS	Deceased	Philadelphia	146	540	94	132	26	3	20	75	5	8	122	94	5	2		6	.244	.388	.415	803
8	Minnie Minoso	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	147	569	96	160	24	9	13	61	22	16	71	46	14	14		15	.281	.375	.424	799
9	Nellie Fox	2B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	152	648	76	192	25	10	0	39	5	5	34	14	3	15		11	.296	.334	.366	700
10	Walt Dropo	1B	Retired	Boston	37	132	13	35	7	1	6	27	0	0	11	22	2	0		9	.265	.331	.470	801
		1B	Retired	Detroit	115	459	56	128	17	3	23	70	2	2	26	63	2	1		17	.279	.320	.479	799
11	Ferris Fain	1B	Deceased	Philadelphia	145	538	82	176	43	3	2	59	3	5	105	26	1	4		19	.327	.438	.429	867
12	Eddie Yost	3B	Deceased	Washington	157	587	92	137	32	3	12	49	4	3	129	73	8	10		9	.233	.378	.359	737
13	Phil Rizzuto	SS	Deceased	NY Yankees	152	578	89	147	24	10	2	43	17	6	67	42	5	23		9	.254	.337	.341	678
14	Luke Easter	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	127	437	63	115	10	3	31	97	1	1	44	84	5	0		5	.263	.337	.513	850
15	Billy Goodman	2B-1B	Deceased	Boston	138	513	79	157	27	3	4	56	8	2	48	23	4	14		7	.306	.370	.394	764
16	Hank Bauer	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	141	553	86	162	31	6	17	74	6	7	50	61	3	9		10	.293	.355	.463	818
17	Yogi Berra	C	Retired	NY Yankees	142	534	97	146	17	1	30	98	2	3	66	24	4	1		8	.273	.358	.478	836
18	Mickey Vernon	1B	Deceased	Washington	154	569	71	143	33	9	10	80	7	7	89	66	0	5		11	.251	.353	.394	747
19	Dave Philley	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	151	586	80	154	25	4	7	71	11	4	59	35	4	17		29	.263	.334	.355	689
20	Gil McDougald	2B-3B	Retired	NY Yankees	152	555	65	146	16	5	11	78	6	5	57	73	4	16		14	.263	.336	.369	705
21	Gus Zernial	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	145	549	76	144	15	1	29	100	5	1	70	87	1	1		13	.262	.347	.452	799
22	Jim Rivera	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	53	201	27	50	7	3	3	18	13	2	21	27	0	2		1	.249	.320	.358	678
		OF	Retired	St. Louis	97	336	45	86	13	6	4	30	8	7	29	59	2	4		3	.256	.319	.366	685
23	Elmer Valo	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	129	388	69	109	26	4	5	47	12	11	101	16	2	4		10	.281	.432	.407	839
24	Dale Mitchell	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	134	511	61	165	26	3	5	58	6	6	52	9	1	7		14	.323	.387	.415	802
25	Bobby Young	2B	Deceased	St. Louis	149	575	59	142	15	9	4	39	3	3	56	48	0	5		0	.247	.314	.325	639
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Pete Runnels	1B-2B	Deceased	Washington	152	555	70	158	18	3	1	64	0	10	72	55	1	4		14	.285	.368	.333	701
27	Vic Wertz	OF-1B	Deceased	Detroit	85	285	46	70	15	3	17	51	1	0	46	44	1	0		6	.246	.352	.498	850
		OF-1B	Deceased	St. Louis	37	130	22	45	5	0	6	19	0	0	23	20	0	1		2	.346	.444	.523	967
28	Joe Collins	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	122	428	69	120	16	8	18	59	4	2	55	47	1	5		11	.280	.364	.481	845
29	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	Deceased	Cleveland	146	545	66	145	21	10	10	65	5	3	56	82	2	4		10	.266	.337	.396	733
30	Johnny Groth	OF	Retired	Detroit	141	524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	51	39	0	5		11	.284	.348	.357	705
31	Dom DiMaggio	OF	Deceased	Boston	128	486	81	143	20	1	6	33	6	8	57	61	2	4		10	.294	.371	.377	748
32	Bob Nieman	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	131	478	66	138	22	2	18	74	0	4	46	73	1	8		14	.289	.352	.456	808
33	Fred Hatfield	3B-2B	Retired	Detroit	112	441	42	104	12	2	2	25	2	2	35	52	6	7		13	.236	.301	.286	587
		3B-2B	Retired	Boston	19	25	6	8	1	1	1	3	0	3	4	2	1	0		2	.320	.433	.560	993
34	Sam Mele	OF	Retired	Washington	9	28	2	12	3	0	2	10	0	0	1	2	0	0		0	.429	.448	.750	1198
		OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	123	423	46	105	18	2	14	59	1	2	48	40	2	1		18	.248	.328	.400	728
35	Dick Gernert	1B	Retired	Boston	102	367	58	89	20	2	19	67	4	1	35	83	5	0		6	.243	.317	.463	780
36	Jim Busby	OF	Deceased	Washington	129	512	58	125	24	4	2	47	5	6	22	48	4	8		11	.244	.281	.318	599
		OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	16	39	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	0	2		1	.128	.171	.128	299
37	Faye Throneberry	OF	Deceased	Boston	98	310	38	80	11	3	5	23	16	7	33	67	1	0		1	.258	.331	.361	692
38	Jim Delsing	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	93	298	34	76	13	6	1	34	3	3	25	29	5	4		0	.255	.323	.349	672
		OF	Deceased	Detroit	33	113	14	31	2	1	3	15	1	0	11	8	1	2		1	.274	.344	.389	733
39	Sherm Lollar	C	Deceased	Chi White Sox	132	375	35	90	15	0	13	50	1	0	54	34	12	6		15	.240	.354	.384	738
40	Billy Martin	2B	Deceased	NY Yankees	109	363	32	97	13	3	3	33	3	6	22	31	8	8		8	.267	.323	.344	667
41	Gil Coan	OF	Retired	Washington	107	332	50	68	11	6	5	20	9	4	32	35	1	0		2	.205	.277	.319	596
42	Johnny Lipon	SS	Deceased	Boston	79	234	25	48	8	1	0	18	1	1	32	20	0	12		4	.205	.301	.248	549
		SS	Deceased	Detroit	39	136	17	30	4	2	0	12	3	1	16	6	0	2		3	.221	.303	.279	582
43	Cass Michaels	2B-SS	Deceased	St. Louis	55	166	21	44	8	2	3	25	1	0	23	16	0	1		3	.265	.354	.392	746
		2B-SS	Deceased	Washington	22	86	10	20	4	1	1	7	0	0	7	15	0	0		5	.233	.290	.337	627
		2B-SS	Deceased	Philadelphia	55	200	22	50	4	5	1	18	3	0	23	11	1	4		5	.250	.330	.335	665
44	Jim Dyck	OF-3B	Retired	St. Louis	122	402	60	108	22	3	15	64	0	4	50	68	3	3		0	.269	.354	.450	804
45	Irv Noren	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	93	272	36	64	13	2	5	21	4	2	26	34	6	2		1	.235	.316	.353	669
		OF	Retired	Washington	12	49	4	12	3	1	0	2	1	0	6	3	0	1		1	.245	.327	.347	674
46	Bobby Shantz	P	Retired	Philadelphia	34	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	0	2	5	9	2	13		0	.198	.252	.260	512
47	Billy Hitchcock	3B-2B	Deceased	Philadelphia	119	407	45	100	8	4	1	56	1	1	39	45	4	10		8	.246	.318	.292	610
48	Mike Garcia	P	Deceased	Cleveland	46	95	6	13	3	0	0	10	0	0	5	26	0	10		4	.137	.180	.168	348
49	Hector Rodriguez	3B	Retired	Chi White Sox	124	407	55	108	14	0	1	40	7	6	47	22	3	5		10	.265	.346	.307	653
50	Joe Dobson	P	Deceased	Chi White Sox	29	63	3	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	20	0	10		0	.190	.239	.190	429
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Hoot Evers	OF	Deceased	Boston	106	401	53	105	17	4	14	59	5	2	29	55	4	7		11	.262	.318	.429	747
		OF	Deceased	Detroit	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000
52	Gene Woodling	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	122	408	58	126	19	6	12	63	1	4	59	31	1	3		5	.309	.397	.473	870
53	Vic Raschi	P	Deceased	NY Yankees	31	69	4	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	27	0	10		1	.188	.273	.217	490
54	Ken Wood	OF	Retired	Boston	15	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0		0	.100	.217	.100	317
		OF	Retired	Washington	61	210	26	50	8	6	6	32	0	1	30	21	0	0		6	.238	.333	.419	752
55	Willy Miranda	SS	Deceased	Chi White Sox	12	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.455	.375	830
		SS	Deceased	Chi White Sox	58	142	13	31	3	1	0	7	1	0	10	14	1	6		2	.218	.275	.254	529
		SS	Deceased	St. Louis	7	11	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1		0	.091	.286	.273	559
56	Pete Suder	2B-3B	Deceased	Philadelphia	74	228	22	55	7	2	1	20	1	1	16	17	0	8		4	.241	.291	.303	594
57	Clint Courtney	C	Deceased	St. Louis	119	413	38	118	24	3	5	50	0	2	39	26	1	5		0	.286	.349	.395	744
58	Skeeter Kell	2B	Retired	Philadelphia	75	213	24	47	8	3	0	17	5	1	14	18	2	7		4	.221	.275	.286	561
59	George Kell	3B	Retired	Boston	75	276	41	88	15	2	6	40	0	1	31	10	1	4		11	.319	.390	.453	843
		3B	Retired	Detroit	39	152	11	45	8	0	1	17	0	1	15	13	0	4		2	.296	.359	.368	727
60	Steve Souchock	OF-1B	Deceased	Detroit	92	265	40	66	16	4	13	45	1	0	21	28	0	0		17	.249	.304	.487	791
61	Walt Masterson	P	Deceased	Boston	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	.000	.333	.000	333
		P	Deceased	Washington	24	50	5	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	21	0	8		0	.120	.185	.140	325

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