1952 St. Louis Cardinals

88-66 • .571 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
66 Losses
.571 Win %
3rd Rank
677 R 630 RA
Diff +47

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⚡ Quick Stats

677 Runs Scored
630 Runs Allowed
+47 Run Diff
913K Attendance

📈 vs. 1952 NL Average

Batting Avg .266 5% above the 1952 league average (.252)
OBP .340 5% above the 1952 league average (.323)
SLG .390 5% above the 1952 league average (.373)
Team ERA 3.66 2% better than the 1952 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 677 5% above the 1952 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 913,422
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Avg per Game 11,862

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1952

Batting Avg

1 Stan Musial 0.336 2 Red Schoendienst 0.303 3 Enos Slaughter 0.300 4 Hal Rice 0.288 5 Peanuts Lowrey 0.286

Home Runs

1 Stan Musial 21 2 Solly Hemus 15 3 Dick Sisler 13 4 Del Rice 11 5 Enos Slaughter 11

RBI

1 Enos Slaughter 101 2 Stan Musial 91 3 Red Schoendienst 67 4 Del Rice 65 5 Dick Sisler 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Red Schoendienst 152 620 91 188 40 7 7 67 42 30 9 0.303
Stan Musial 154 578 105 194 42 6 21 91 96 29 7 0.336
Solly Hemus 151 570 105 153 28 8 15 52 96 55 1 0.268
Enos Slaughter 140 510 73 153 17 12 11 101 70 25 6 0.300
Del Rice 147 495 43 128 27 2 11 65 33 38 0 0.259
Dick Sisler 119 418 48 109 14 5 13 60 29 35 3 0.261
Peanuts Lowrey 132 374 48 107 18 2 1 48 34 13 3 0.286
Hal Rice 98 295 37 85 14 5 7 45 16 26 1 0.288
Billy Johnson 94 282 23 71 10 2 2 34 34 21 1 0.252
Tommy Glaviano 80 162 30 39 5 1 3 19 27 26 0 0.241
Larry Miggins 42 96 7 22 5 1 2 10 3 19 0 0.229
Gerry Staley 35 85 6 13 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.153
Eddie Stanky 53 83 13 19 4 0 0 7 19 9 0 0.229
Wally Westlake 21 74 7 16 3 0 0 10 8 11 1 0.216
Steve Bilko 20 72 7 19 6 1 1 6 4 15 0 0.264
Vinegar Bend Mizell 30 68 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 31 0 0.044
Les Fusselman 32 63 5 10 3 0 1 3 0 9 0 0.159
Vern Benson 20 47 6 9 2 0 2 5 5 9 0 0.191
Joe Presko 28 43 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 14 0 0.093
Cloyd Boyer 24 38 2 8 2 1 0 5 2 8 0 0.211
Al Brazle 46 32 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.125
Cliff Chambers 26 32 4 9 3 0 0 1 3 8 0 0.281
Virgil Stallcup 29 31 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.129
Harry Brecheen 25 29 3 6 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0.207
Stu Miller 12 25 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.120
Eddie Yuhas 54 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.190
Harvey Haddix 9 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0.214
Bill Werle 19 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.111
Willard Schmidt 18 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.125
Neal Hertweck 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Mike Clark 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bill Sarni 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Gene Mauch 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Eddie Kazak 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Red Munger 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Crimian 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Herb Gorman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Tiefenauer 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Bokelmann 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jackie Collum 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Hahn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1952

ERA

1 Stu Miller 2.05 2 Al Brazle 2.72 3 Eddie Yuhas 2.72 4 Harvey Haddix 2.79 5 Gerry Staley 3.27

Wins

1 Gerry Staley 17 2 Al Brazle 12 3 Eddie Yuhas 12 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell 10 5 Harry Brecheen 7

Strikeouts

1 Vinegar Bend Mizell 146 2 Gerry Staley 93 3 Stu Miller 64 4 Joe Presko 63 5 Al Brazle 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gerry Staley 17 14 3.27 35 33 0 239.2 238 87 52 93
Vinegar Bend Mizell 10 8 3.65 30 30 0 190.0 171 77 103 146
Joe Presko 7 10 4.05 28 18 0 146.2 140 66 57 63
Cloyd Boyer 6 6 4.24 23 14 0 110.1 108 52 47 44
Al Brazle 12 5 2.72 46 6 16 109.1 75 33 42 55
Harry Brecheen 7 5 3.32 25 13 2 100.1 82 37 28 54
Eddie Yuhas 12 2 2.72 54 2 6 99.1 90 30 35 39
Cliff Chambers 4 4 4.12 26 13 1 98.1 110 45 33 47
Stu Miller 6 3 2.05 12 11 0 88.0 63 20 26 64
Harvey Haddix 2 2 2.79 7 6 0 42.0 31 13 10 31
Bill Werle 1 2 4.85 19 0 1 39.0 40 21 15 23
Willard Schmidt 2 3 5.19 18 3 1 34.2 36 20 18 30
Mike Clark 2 0 6.04 12 4 0 25.1 32 17 14 10
Dick Bokelmann 0 1 9.24 11 0 0 12.2 20 13 7 5
Jack Crimian 0 0 9.72 5 0 0 8.1 15 9 4 4
Bobby Tiefenauer 0 0 7.88 6 0 0 8.0 12 7 7 3
Red Munger 0 1 12.46 1 1 0 4.1 7 6 1 1
Jackie Collum 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 0 1 0
Fred Hahn 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 0
Stan Musial 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (41)

Vern Benson Steve Bilko Dick Bokelmann Cloyd Boyer Al Brazle Harry Brecheen Cliff Chambers Mike Clark Jackie Collum Jack Crimian Les Fusselman Tommy Glaviano +29 more

41 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1952 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the 1952 St. Louis Cardinals record?
The 1952 St. Louis Cardinals finished 88-66 (.571 win pct).
Who led the 1952 St. Louis Cardinals in home runs?
Stan Musial led the 1952 St. Louis Cardinals with 21 home runs.
What was the 1952 St. Louis Cardinals team ERA?
The 1952 St. Louis Cardinals posted a team ERA of 3.66.
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