# 1952 Washington Senators season

The 1952 Washington Senators won 78 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 49‍–‍28 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | .604 | 2 | 49‍–‍28 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 73 | .526 | 14 | 44‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 78 | 76 | .506 | 17 | 42‍–‍35 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Boston Red Sox | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19 | 50‍–‍27 | 26‍–‍51 |
| St. Louis Browns | 64 | 90 | .416 | 31 | 42‍–‍35 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Detroit Tigers | 50 | 104 | .325 | 45 | 32‍–‍45 | 18‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1952 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 12–10 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | — | 8–14–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9–1 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 14–8–1 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| Detroit | 6–16 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 5–17–1 | 8–14 | 11–11–1 |
| New York | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 17–5–1 | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 9–13 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 8–14–1 |
| Washington | 14–8 | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 14–8–1 | — |

### 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 | Mickey Grasso | 115 | 361 | 78 | .216 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 154 | 569 | 143 | .251 | 10 | 80 |
| 2B | Floyd Baker | 79 | 263 | 69 | .262 | 0 | 33 |
| SS | Pete Runnels | 152 | 555 | 158 | .285 | 1 | 64 |
| 3B | Eddie Yost | 157 | 587 | 137 | .233 | 12 | 49 |
| OF | Jim Busby | 129 | 512 | 125 | .244 | 2 | 47 |
| OF | Jackie Jensen | 144 | 570 | 163 | .286 | 10 | 80 |
| OF | Gil Coan | 107 | 332 | 68 | .205 | 5 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Wood | 61 | 210 | 50 | .238 | 6 | 32 |
| Mel Hoderlein | 72 | 208 | 56 | .269 | 0 | 17 |
| Clyde Kluttz | 58 | 144 | 33 | .229 | 1 | 11 |
| Frank Campos | 53 | 112 | 29 | .259 | 0 | 8 |
| Archie Wilson | 26 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 0 | 14 |
| Cass Michaels | 22 | 86 | 20 | .233 | 1 | 7 |
| Earl Rapp | 46 | 67 | 19 | .284 | 0 | 9 |
| Jerry Snyder | 36 | 57 | 9 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Irv Noren | 12 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Mele | 9 | 28 | 12 | .429 | 2 | 10 |
| Fred Marsh | 9 | 24 | 1 | .042 | 0 | 1 |
| George Bradshaw | 10 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
| Hal Keller | 11 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Taylor | 10 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Upton | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Varner | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherry Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Bob Porterfield | 31 | 231.1 | 13 | 14 | 2.72 | 80 |
| Connie Marrero | 22 | 184.1 | 11 | 8 | 2.88 | 77 |
| Spec Shea | 22 | 169.0 | 11 | 7 | 2.93 | 65 |
| Walt Masterson | 24 | 160.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.70 | 89 |
| Julio Moreno | 26 | 147.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.97 | 62 |
| Sid Hudson | 7 | 62.2 | 3 | 4 | 2.73 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Randy Gumpert | 20 | 104.0 | 4 | 9 | 4.24 | 29 |
| Don Johnson | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 5 | 4.43 | 37 |
| Lou Sleater | 14 | 57.0 | 4 | 2 | 3.63 | 22 |
| Mike Fornieles | 4 | 26.1 | 2 | 2 | 1.37 | 12 |
| Raúl Sánchez | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.55 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Sandy Consuegra | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3.05 | 19 |
| Tom Ferrick | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.02 | 28 |
| Joe Haynes | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.50 | 18 |
| Bobo Newsom | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.97 | 5 |
| Mickey Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Bunky Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Harley Grossman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Cal Ermer |
| B | Danville Leafs | Carolina League | Morrie Aderholt |
| B | Havana Cubanos | Florida International League | Mike Guerra |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Ivan Kuester |
| C | Drummondville Cubs | Provincial League | Herb Crompton |
| D | Roanoke Rapids Jays | Coastal Plain League | Pete Appleton |
| D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | Ed Levy |
| D | Fulton Lookouts | KITTY League | Sam Lamitina |
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