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1952 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1952
league	National League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	88–66 (.571)
league_place	3rd
owners	Fred Saigh
general_managers	William Walsingham Jr.
managers	Eddie Stanky
television	KSD
radio	WIL
(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller) The 1952 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 71st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 61st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 88–66 during the season and finished third in the National League.

Following his acquisition during the offseason, Eddie Stanky was named player-manager and eased himself out of the lineup over the course of the season.

Offseason

December 11, 1951: Chuck Diering and Max Lanier were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Eddie Stanky.
Prior to 1952 season: Bob Smith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 13, 1952: Eddie Kazak and Wally Westlake were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Dick Sisler and Virgil Stallcup.
August 30, 1952: Tommy Glaviano was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Roster

1952 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	147	495	128	.259	11	65
1B	119	418	109	.261	13	60
2B	152	620	188	.303	7	67
SS	151	570	153	.268	15	52
3B	94	282	71	.252	2	34
OF	154	578	194	.336	21	91
OF	132	374	107	.286	1	48
OF	140	510	153	.300	11	101

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
98	295	85	.288	7	45
80	162	39	.241	3	19
42	96	22	.229	2	10
53	83	19	.229	0	7
21	74	16	.216	0	10
20	72	19	.264	1	6
32	63	10	.159	1	3
20	47	9	.191	2	5
29	31	4	.129	0	1
2	6	0	.000	0	0
3	5	1	.200	0	0
7	3	0	.000	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	239.2	17	14	3.27	93
30	190.0	10	8	3.65	146
12	88.0	6	3	2.05	64
7	42.0	2	2	2.79	31
1	4.1	0	1	12.46	1

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
28	146.2	7	10	4.05	63
23	110.1	6	6	4.24	44
25	100.1	7	5	3.32	54
26	98.1	4	4	4.12	47
18	34.2	2	3	5.19	30
12	25.1	2	0	6.04	10

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
46	12	5	16	2.72	55
54	12	2	6	2.72	39
19	1	2	1	4.85	23
11	0	1	0	9.24	5
6	0	0	0	7.88	3
5	0	0	0	9.72	4
2	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	----	0

Awards and honors

Eddie Stanky, Sporting News Manager of the Year

All-Star Game

Stan Musial, Outfield, Starter
Enos Slaughter, Outfield, Starter

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Albany

References

"Eddie Stanky".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanked01.shtml Eddie Stanky] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml Bobby Gene Smith] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sisledi01.shtml Dick Sisler] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavito01.shtml Tommy Glaviano] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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