# 1952 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1952 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 70th season in the history of the franchise, and the 15th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park.

## Offseason

In March 1952, during spring training, shortstop Granny Hamner was named captain of the team by manager Eddie Sawyer.

### Notable transactions

* December 10, 1951: Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler, and Niles Jordan were traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Smoky Burgess, Howie Fox and Connie Ryan.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | .627 | — | 45‍–‍33 | 51‍–‍24 |
| New York Giants | 92 | 62 | .597 | 4½ | 50‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 8½ | 48‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | .565 | 9½ | 47‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | .500 | 19½ | 42‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | .448 | 27½ | 38‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | .418 | 32 | 31‍–‍45 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | .273 | 54½ | 23‍–‍54 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1952 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 |
| Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 |
| New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 |
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 29, 1952: John Anderson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
* May 23, 1952: Bubba Church was traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Kent Peterson and Johnny Wyrostek.
* August 30, 1952: Tommy Glaviano was selected off waivers by the Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1952 Game Log Overall Record: 87–67 :
April (4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–April 15@ GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 4
1April 16@ Giants3–5Sal Maglie (1–0)Robin Roberts (0–1)None17,4720–1
2April 17@ Giants5–3 (11)Jim Konstanty (1–0)George Spencer (0–1)None13,6971–1
3April 18Braves2–3Lew Burdette (1–0)Russ Meyer (0–1)None15,9111–2
4April 19Braves7–9Bert Thiel (1–0)Andy Hansen (0–1)Lew Burdette (1)9,4661–3
5April 20 (1)Braves4–3 (10)Robin Roberts (1–1)Lew Burdette (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game2–3
6April 20 (2)Braves1–2Dave Cole (1–0)Karl Drews (0–1)Dick Donovan (1)26,0112–4
7April 21Giants4–10Jim Hearn (1–0)Howie Fox (0–1)Dave Koslo (1)14,6092–5
8April 22Giants1–4Larry Jansen (1–0)Russ Meyer (0–2)None12,4052–6
–April 23DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 9 as a traditional double-header
–April 24DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 11 as a traditional double-header
–April 25@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 3
9April 26@ Braves8–0Robin Roberts (2–1)Vern Bickford (0–1)None1,8933–6
–April 27 (1)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 5 as a traditional double-header
–April 27 (2)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 6 as a traditional double-header
10April 29@ Cubs8–2Curt Simmons (1–0)Bob Rush (1–2)None8,4844–6
11April 30@ Cubs8–9 (12)Dutch Leonard (1–0)Howie Fox (0–2)None7,2214–7 :
May (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1@ Cardinals6–3Robin Roberts (3–1)Cliff Chambers (1–1)None5,5965–7
13May 2@ Cardinals2–3Vinegar Bend Mizell (1–2)Russ Meyer (0–3)None9,4625–8
14May 3@ Cardinals0–3Cloyd Boyer (1–0)Karl Drews (0–2)None5,6765–9
15May 4 (1)@ Reds4–5Ewell Blackwell (1–3)Curt Simmons (1–1)Frank Smith (3)see 2nd game5–10
16May 4 (2)@ Reds7–8Harry Perkowski (2–1)Howie Fox (0–3)Frank Smith (4)19,7805–11
17May 6@ Pirates6–0Robin Roberts (4–1)Don Carlsen (0–1)None9,0086–11
18May 7@ Pirates1–5Howie Pollet (1–3)Russ Meyer (0–4)None7,2916–12
–May 8@ PiratesPostponed (rain, wet grounds); Makeup: July 17 as a traditional double-header
19May 10 (1)@ Dodgers4–0Karl Drews (1–2)Ralph Branca (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game7–12
20May 10 (2)@ Dodgers8–1Robin Roberts (5–1)Clem Labine (0–1)None31,7778–12
21May 11@ Dodgers3–4 (10)Carl Erskine (2–0)Howie Fox (0–4)None9,1048–13
–May 12@ DodgersPostponed (cold, wet grounds); Makeup: July 2 as a traditional double-header
22May 13Cubs6–0Curt Simmons (2–1)Joe Hatten (2–2)None5,7029–13
23May 14Cubs9–2Russ Meyer (1–4)Bob Kelly (1–3)None3,21210–13
24May 15Reds5–1Robin Roberts (6–1)Ewell Blackwell (1–5)None14,75211–13
25May 16Reds3–2 (10)Ken Heintzelman (1–0)Herm Wehmeier (3–2)None19,31312–13
26May 17Reds3–7Frank Hiller (4–2)Howie Fox (0–5)None5,28512–14
27May 18Cardinals3–4Gerry Staley (7–1)Russ Meyer (1–5)Al Brazle (6)12,38012–15
–May 19CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 17 as a traditional double-header
–May 20PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 16
28May 21Pirates7–3Robin Roberts (7–1)Murry Dickson (1–7)None6,20213–15
29May 22Pirates6–0Curt Simmons (3–1)Red Munger (0–2)None3,06514–15
30May 23Dodgers1–5Ben Wade (3–1)Karl Drews (1–3)None30,32314–16
31May 24Dodgers0–5Billy Loes (5–0)Russ Meyer (1–6)None15,89414–17
–May 25DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 2
–May 26BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 27 as a traditional double-header
32May 27 (1)Braves2–4 (12)Warren Spahn (4–3)Ken Heintzelman (1–1)Lew Burdette (4)see 2nd game14–18
33May 27 (2)Braves5–4 (10)Andy Hansen (1–1)Sheldon Jones (0–1)None27,22515–18
34May 29Giants6–5Karl Drews (2–3)Hoyt Wilhelm (4–1)Ken Heintzelman (1)3,91916–18
35May 30 (1)Giants3–0Russ Meyer (2–6)Max Lanier (1–3)Nonesee 2nd game17–18
36May 30 (2)Giants2–4Larry Jansen (4–1)Robin Roberts (7–2)None31,27317–19
37May 31@ Pirates3–5Joe Muir (2–1)Lou Possehl (0–1)Woody Main (1)6,42517–20 :
June (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
38June 1 (1)@ Pirates5–1Curt Simmons (4–1)Murry Dickson (2–8)Nonesee 2nd game18–20
39June 1 (2)@ Pirates1–2Ted Wilks (2–2)Karl Drews (2–4)None15,52918–21
40June 3@ Reds1–2Frank Smith (2–1)Robin Roberts (7–3)None6,44118–22
41June 4@ Reds8–10Frank Smith (3–1)Ken Heintzelman (1–2)None6,07518–23
42June 5@ Reds3–5Harry Perkowski (5–2)Karl Drews (2–5)None2,45918–24
43June 6@ Cardinals4–5Al Brazle (3–0)Jim Konstanty (1–1)None7,51218–25
44June 7@ Cardinals4–3Jim Konstanty (2–1)Bill Werle (0–1)None10,39119–25
45June 8@ Cardinals3–5Willard Schmidt (1–2)Russ Meyer (2–7)Eddie Yuhas (1)10,39919–26
46June 10@ Cubs5–10Paul Minner (6–1)Karl Drews (2–6)None10,12519–27
47June 11@ Cubs2–3Turk Lown (3–2)Curt Simmons (4–2)Dutch Leonard (3)10,76519–28
48June 12@ Cubs1–3Warren Hacker (4–1)Robin Roberts (7–4)None9,64619–29
49June 14Pirates4–2Russ Meyer (3–7)Bob Friend (3–8)Jim Konstanty (1)5,03320–29
50June 15 (1)Pirates0–6Howie Pollet (2–7)Karl Drews (2–7)Nonesee 2nd game20–30
51June 15 (2)Pirates6–3Howie Fox (1–5)Murry Dickson (4–9)Jim Konstanty (2)12,52521–30
52June 16Pirates5–4Jim Konstanty (3–1)Paul LaPalme (1–1)None2,21022–30
53June 17 (1)Cardinals2–1Curt Simmons (5–2)Bill Werle (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game23–30
54June 17 (2)Cardinals0–4Al Brazle (4–1)Robin Roberts (7–5)Eddie Yuhas (2)22,85423–31
55June 18Cardinals1–7Joe Presko (4–3)Russ Meyer (3–8)None9,97323–32
56June 19Cardinals4–6Cloyd Boyer (3–3)Howie Fox (1–6)Al Brazle (10)7,75123–33
57June 20Reds3–1Robin Roberts (8–5)Ewell Blackwell (2–8)None6,36724–33
–June 21RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 29 as a traditional double-header
58June 22 (1)Reds3–5Frank Smith (6–3)Andy Hansen (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game24–34
59June 22 (2)Reds3–0 (7)Karl Drews (3–7)Herm Wehmeier (4–4)None6,89125–34
–June 23CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 24 as a traditional double-header
60June 24 (1)Cubs6–0Robin Roberts (9–5)Bob Rush (9–4)Nonesee 2nd game26–34
61June 24 (2)Cubs2–1Russ Meyer (4–8)Johnny Klippstein (4–5)Jim Konstanty (3)13,10227–34
62June 25Cubs1–4Bob Kelly (2–4)Karl Drews (3–8)Dutch Leonard (4)5,12827–35
63June 27Giants6–0Curt Simmons (6–2)Larry Jansen (6–4)None13,56928–35
64June 28Giants7–2Robin Roberts (10–5)Jim Hearn (8–2)None17,18229–35
65June 29Giants3–12Hoyt Wilhelm (6–2)Russ Meyer (4–9)Max Lanier (4)12,03429–36
66June 30@ Dodgers4–0Karl Drews (4–8)Carl Erskine (7–2)None21,37730–36 :
July (22–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 1@ Dodgers3–4Clem Labine (5–2)Jim Konstanty (3–2)None7,18430–37
68July 2 (1)@ Dodgers4–3Robin Roberts (11–5)Chris Van Cuyk (5–5)Nonesee 2nd game31–37
69July 2 (2)@ Dodgers2–1Russ Meyer (5–9)Ben Wade (6–5)Andy Hansen (1)17,21632–37
70July 3@ Braves2–0Curt Simmons (7–2)Jim Wilson (7–6)None1,23233–37
71July 4 (1)@ Braves1–2 (11)Lew Burdette (4–3)Karl Drews (4–9)Nonesee 2nd game33–38
72July 4 (2)@ Braves2–3Vern Bickford (3–9)Ken Heintzelman (1–3)None7,61033–39
73July 5@ Giants3–2Howie Fox (2–6)Larry Jansen (7–5)None12,69134–39
74July 6 (1)@ Giants0–2Max Lanier (3–4)Robin Roberts (11–6)Nonesee 2nd game34–40
75July 6 (2)@ Giants4–1Russ Meyer (6–9)Sal Maglie (11–4)None24,23835–40
–July 81952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
76July 10@ Cardinals3–10Gerry Staley (12–6)Curt Simmons (7–3)None13,41635–41
77July 11@ Cardinals4–3 (10)Robin Roberts (12–6)Al Brazle (6–2)None13,02036–41
78July 12@ Cardinals2–3Harry Brecheen (4–3)Russ Meyer (6–10)Eddie Yuhas (4)10,35536–42
79July 13 (1)@ Cubs7–3Karl Drews (5–9)Warren Hacker (6–3)Andy Hansen (2)see 2nd game37–42
80July 13 (2)@ Cubs9–2Steve Ridzik (1–0)Bob Rush (9–7)Jim Konstanty (4)29,06538–42
–July 14@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 24 as a traditional double-header
81July 15@ Pirates10–3Curt Simmons (8–3)Howie Pollet (3–10)None10,24439–42
82July 16@ Pirates8–7Robin Roberts (13–6)Murry Dickson (6–14)Andy Hansen (3)2,56940–42
83July 17 (1)@ Pirates1–2Cal Hogue (1–0)Russ Meyer (6–11)Nonesee 2nd game40–43
84July 17 (2)@ Pirates2–4Ted Wilks (5–4)Karl Drews (5–10)None5,30440–44
85July 18@ Reds7–5Jim Konstanty (4–2)Frank Hiller (4–6)Russ Meyer (1)6,42441–44
86July 19@ Reds7–5Karl Drews (6–10)Bud Podbielan (0–1)None2,21542–44
87July 20 (1)@ Reds5–6 (10)Frank Smith (8–7)Russ Meyer (6–12)Nonesee 2nd game42–45
88July 20 (2)@ Reds4–3Robin Roberts (14–6)Bubba Church (1–6)None9,17043–45
89July 22 (1)Pirates14–4Russ Meyer (7–12)Cal Hogue (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game44–45
90July 22 (2)Pirates8–1Karl Drews (7–10)Woody Main (2–8)Andy Hansen (4)11,21345–45
91July 23Pirates4–1Steve Ridzik (2–0)Bob Friend (4–15)Robin Roberts (1)4,61146–45
92July 25Cubs3–8Warren Hacker (8–3)Curt Simmons (8–4)None10,80246–46
93July 26Cubs7–2Robin Roberts (15–6)Johnny Klippstein (6–8)None4,31247–46
94July 27 (1)Cubs12–8Andy Hansen (2–2)Paul Minner (9–7)Jim Konstanty (5)see 2nd game48–46
95July 27 (2)Cubs3–0Karl Drews (8–10)Bob Rush (10–8)None11,13449–46
96July 29 (1)Reds6–1Curt Simmons (9–4)Ewell Blackwell (2–11)Nonesee 2nd game50–46
97July 29 (2)Reds4–3Andy Hansen (3–2)Ken Raffensberger (10–9)None19,05551–46
98July 30Reds7–3Robin Roberts (16–6)Frank Smith (8–9)None7,50552–46 :
August (18–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1Cardinals5–10Eddie Yuhas (8–2)Andy Hansen (3–3)None18,77852–47
100August 2Cardinals6–2Karl Drews (9–10)Gerry Staley (13–10)Robin Roberts (2)12,88953–47
101August 3Cardinals6–0Curt Simmons (10–4)Joe Presko (6–6)None13,71554–47
–August 5 (1)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 7 as a traditional double-header
–August 5 (2)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 31 as a traditional double-header
–August 6 (1)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header
–August 6 (2)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 6 in Philadelphia as a traditional double-header
102August 7 (1)@ Braves2–1Robin Roberts (17–6)Vern Bickford (7–11)Nonesee 2nd game55–47
103August 7 (2)@ Braves10–2Russ Meyer (8–12)Jim Wilson (10–9)None4,82956–47
104August 8Dodgers3–6 (10)Preacher Roe (8–1)Curt Simmons (10–5)None16,16356–48
105August 9 (1)Dodgers0–6Billy Loes (10–5)Karl Drews (9–11)Nonesee 2nd game56–49
106August 9 (2)Dodgers2–4Johnny Rutherford (4–2)Steve Ridzik (2–1)None34,60656–50
–August 10DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 2 as a traditional double-header
107August 11 (1)Dodgers7–2Robin Roberts (18–6)Ben Wade (11–7)Nonesee 2nd game57–50
108August 11 (2)Dodgers5–9Joe Black (8–2)Howie Fox (2–7)None39,70557–51
–August 12BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 13 as a traditional double-header
109August 13 (1)Braves3–0Karl Drews (10–11)Vern Bickford (7–12)Nonesee 2nd game58–51
110August 13 (2)Braves3–9Max Surkont (8–10)Curt Simmons (10–6)None11,28058–52
111August 14Braves5–3Russ Meyer (9–12)Warren Spahn (11–12)None3,39159–52
112August 15@ Dodgers8–3Robin Roberts (19–6)Joe Landrum (1–1)None18,18260–52
113August 16@ Dodgers0–15 (7)Billy Loes (11–6)Curt Simmons (10–7)None7,21960–53
114August 17@ Dodgers2–1Karl Drews (11–11)Carl Erskine (11–5)None18,86361–53
115August 19@ Pirates10–5Robin Roberts (20–6)Ron Necciai (0–2)None11,20762–53
116August 20@ Pirates3–1Russ Meyer (10–12)Cal Hogue (1–5)None2,75563–53
117August 22@ Reds2–3Bud Podbielan (1–2)Andy Hansen (3–4)None9,91563–54
118August 23@ Reds2–3Frank Smith (9–9)Karl Drews (11–12)None3,61763–55
119August 24 (1)@ Cubs0–3Warren Hacker (11–6)Robin Roberts (20–7)Nonesee 2nd game63–56
120August 24 (2)@ Cubs14–4Russ Meyer (11–12)Paul Minner (11–9)None33,82064–56
121August 25@ Cubs6–3 (10)Andy Hansen (4–4)Turk Lown (4–9)None6,50565–56
122August 26@ Cubs2–3 (13)Bob Schultz (4–2)Andy Hansen (4–5)None7,01965–57
123August 27@ Cardinals7–2Curt Simmons (11–7)Vinegar Bend Mizell (8–6)None9,12966–57
124August 28@ Cardinals10–6Robin Roberts (21–7)Harry Brecheen (6–5)None7,63267–57
125August 30 (1)@ Braves4–2Karl Drews (12–12)Lew Burdette (6–8)Nonesee 2nd game68–57
126August 30 (2)@ Braves8–6Andy Hansen (5–5)Warren Spahn (12–15)None5,27769–57
127August 31 (1)@ Braves0–1Virgil Jester (2–4)Steve Ridzik (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game69–58
128August 31 (2)@ Braves4–0Jim Konstanty (5–2)Max Surkont (10–11)None6,92070–58 :
September (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–September 1 (1)DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 23 in Brooklyn as a traditional double-header
–September 1 (2)DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 24 in Brooklyn
129September 2 (1)Dodgers8–2Robin Roberts (22–7)Ben Wade (11–8)Nonesee 2nd game71–58
130September 2 (2)Dodgers9–3Karl Drews (13–12)Ray Moore (1–1)None28,58272–58
131September 3@ Giants3–4 (10)Bill Connelly (3–0)Andy Hansen (5–6)None15,98472–59
132September 4@ Giants3–4 (11)Al Corwin (4–0)Russ Meyer (11–13)None5,21972–60
133September 5@ Giants4–5Al Corwin (5–0)Jim Konstanty (5–3)Sal Maglie (1)5,39172–61
134September 6 (1)Braves7–6 (17)Robin Roberts (23–7)Bob Chipman (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game73–61
135September 6 (2)Braves1–3Ernie Johnson (5–1)Karl Drews (13–13)Lew Burdette (7)12,47473–62
136September 7Braves2–1Steve Ridzik (3–2)Lew Burdette (6–9)None6,01174–62
137September 9Cardinals4–7Eddie Yuhas (9–2)Curt Simmons (11–8)Harry Brecheen (2)9,25474–63
138September 10Cardinals6–3Steve Ridzik (4–2)Vinegar Bend Mizell (10–7)Jim Konstanty (6)7,15775–63
139September 11Cardinals3–2Robin Roberts (24–7)Cliff Chambers (4–4)None9,17776–63
140September 12 (1)Cubs1–5Paul Minner (13–9)Karl Drews (13–14)Nonesee 2nd game76–64
141September 12 (2)Cubs0–7Bob Kelly (4–9)Bob Miller (0–1)None8,57176–65
142September 14 (1)Pirates5–2Curt Simmons (12–8)Cal Hogue (1–7)Nonesee 2nd game77–65
143September 14 (2)Pirates2–1Russ Meyer (12–13)Jim Waugh (1–6)None7,23878–65
144September 16Reds4–2Robin Roberts (25–7)Niles Jordan (0–1)None8,69079–65
145September 17Reds7–4Karl Drews (14–14)Frank Hiller (5–8)None3,08980–65
146September 19Giants1–0Curt Simmons (13–8)Sal Maglie (17–8)None10,88281–65
147September 20Giants3–2Robin Roberts (26–7)Al Corwin (6–1)None21,71282–65
148September 21Giants6–2Russ Meyer (13–13)Jim Hearn (14–7)None12,89183–65
149September 23 (1)@ Dodgers4–5Johnny Rutherford (7–7)Karl Drews (14–15)Nonesee 2nd game83–66
150September 23 (2)@ Dodgers1–0(12)Curt Simmons (14–8)Jim Hughes (2–1)Kent Peterson (1)24,40884–66
151September 24@ Dodgers9–7Robin Roberts (27–7)Clem Labine (8–4)None2,13685–66
152September 26@ Giants0–8Sal Maglie (18–8)Russ Meyer (13–14)Hoyt Wilhelm (11)1,68485–67
153September 27@ Giants7–3Paul Stuffel (1–0)Mario Picone (0–1)Kent Peterson (2)3,53586–67
154September 28@ Giants7–4Robin Roberts (28–7)Jack Harshman (0–2)None5,93387–67 :
The second game on June 22, 1952, was called after 7 innings due to darkness. Contemporary newspaper accounts, as well as Retrosheet, indicate that the Cincinnati Reds protested the game, but Baseball-Reference.com does not indicate that an official protest had occurred.
The original game schedule indicated Pittsburgh at Philadelphia for single games on July 22, 23, and 24.
The second game on September 6 was suspended (Pennsylvania curfew) in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score 1–3 and was completed September 7, 1952.
The original game schedule indicated Chicago at Philadelphia for single games on September 12 and 13. :

### 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 | Smoky Burgess | 110 | 371 | 110 | .296 | 6 | 56 |
| 1B | Eddie Waitkus | 146 | 499 | 144 | .289 | 2 | 49 |
| 2B | Connie Ryan | 154 | 577 | 139 | .241 | 12 | 49 |
| SS | Granny Hamner | 151 | 596 | 164 | .275 | 17 | 87 |
| 3B | Willie Jones | 147 | 541 | 135 | .250 | 18 | 72 |
| OF | Del Ennis | 151 | 592 | 171 | .289 | 20 | 107 |
| OF | Johnny Wyrostek | 98 | 321 | 88 | .274 | 1 | 37 |
| OF | Richie Ashburn | 154 | 613 | 173 | .282 | 1 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Stan Lopata | 57 | 179 | 49 | .274 | 4 | 27 |
| Mel Clark | 47 | 155 | 52 | .335 | 1 | 15 |
| Jackie Mayo | 50 | 119 | 29 | .244 | 1 | 4 |
| Bill Nicholson | 55 | 88 | 24 | .273 | 6 | 19 |
| Putsy Caballero | 35 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 6 |
| Nippy Jones | 8 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 1 | 5 |
| Jack Lohrke | 25 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Brown | 18 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 1 | 2 |
| Dick Young | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Wilber | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Robin Roberts | 39 | 330.0 | 28 | 7 | 2.59 | 148 |
| Russ Meyer | 37 | 232.1 | 13 | 14 | 3.14 | 92 |
| Karl Drews | 33 | 228.2 | 14 | 15 | 2.72 | 96 |
| Curt Simmons | 28 | 201.1 | 14 | 8 | 2.82 | 141 |
| Howie Fox | 13 | 62.0 | 2 | 7 | 5.08 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Ridzik | 24 | 92.2 | 4 | 2 | 3.01 | 43 |
| Lou Possehl | 4 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.97 | 4 |
| Bob Miller | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
| Paul Stuffel | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
| Bubba Church | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Konstanty | 42 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3.94 | 16 |
| Andy Hansen | 43 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3.26 | 18 |
| Ken Heintzelman | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.16 | 20 |
| Kent Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 |

## Awards and honors
### League leaders

* Robin Roberts, National League Leader, Wins (28)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Don Heffner |
| A | Schenectady Blue Jays | Eastern League | Dan Carnevale |
| A | Tri-City Braves | Western International League | Charlie Gassaway |
| B | Terre Haute Phillies | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Skeeter Newsome |
| B | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Interstate League | Leon Riley |
| C | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Eddie Murphy |
| C | Salt Lake City Bees | Pioneer League | Hub Kittle |
| C | Granby Phillies | Provincial League | Al Barillari |
| C | Salina Blue Jays | Western Association | Floyd "Pat" Patterson |
| D | Pulaski Phillies | Appalachian League | Al Gardella |
| D | Miami Eagles | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | John Davenport |
| D | Bradford Phillies | PONY League | Dick Carter |
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