# 1952 Chicago White Sox season

The 1952 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 52nd season in the major leagues, and its 53rd season overall. They finished with a record of 81–73, good enough for third place in the American League, 14 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* October 10, 1951: Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke, Bill Fischer, and Dick Duffy (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the Seattle Rainiers for Marv Grissom and Hal Brown.
* November 27, 1951: Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos, and Jim Rivera were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar, and Tom Upton.

## 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Chico Carrasquel, SS
* Nellie Fox, 2B
* Minnie Miñoso, LF
* Eddie Robinson, 1B
* Ray Coleman, RF
* Sherm Lollar, C
* Jim Busby, CF
* Héctor Rodríguez, 3B
* Billy Pierce, P

### Notable transactions

* July 28, 1952: Jay Porter and Ray Coleman were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Darrell Johnson and Jim Rivera.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Jim Busby, CF | 16 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .128 | 0 |
| Chico Carrasquel, SS | 100 | 359 | 69 | 89 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 33 | 27 | .248 | 2 |
| Ray Coleman, OF | 85 | 195 | 19 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 17 | .215 | 0 |
| Sam Dente, SS,3B,2B,LF | 62 | 145 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | .221 | 0 |
| Hank Edwards, LF | 8 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
| Sammy Esposito, SS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B | 152 | 648 | 76 | 192 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 34 | 14 | .296 | 5 |
| Darrell Johnson, C | 22 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .108 | 1 |
| Rocky Krsnich, 3B | 40 | 91 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | .231 | 0 |
| Ken Landenberger, 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Sherm Lollar, C | 132 | 375 | 35 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 54 | 34 | .240 | 1 |
| Phil Masi, C | 30 | 63 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | .254 | 0 |
| Sam Mele, RF | 123 | 423 | 46 | 105 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 48 | 40 | .248 | 1 |
| Minnie Miñoso, LF,CF,RF,3B | 147 | 569 | 96 | 160 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 71 | 46 | .281 | 22 |
| Willy Miranda, SS | 70 | 150 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | .220 | 1 |
| Don Nicholas, PH | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Rivera, CF | 53 | 201 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 27 | .249 | 13 |
| Eddie Robinson, 1B | 155 | 594 | 79 | 176 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 104 | 70 | 49 | .296 | 2 |
| Héctor Rodríguez, 3B | 124 | 407 | 55 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 47 | 22 | .265 | 7 |
| Bud Sheely, C | 36 | 75 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | .240 | 0 |
| Bud Stewart, LF,RF | 92 | 225 | 23 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 28 | 17 | .267 | 3 |
| Leo Thomas, 3B | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .167 | 0 |
| George Wilson, RF | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .111 | 0 |
| Red Wilson, C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Tom Wright, RF,LF | 77 | 132 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 21 | .250 | 0 |
| Al Zarilla, RF,LF | 39 | 99 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 6 | .232 | 1 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Luis Aloma, P | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Hal Brown, P | 51 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .158 | 0 |
| Joe Dobson, P | 29 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | .190 | 0 |
| Fritz Dorish, P | 39 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | 0 |
| Marv Grissom, P | 28 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | .151 | 0 |
| Ken Holcombe, P | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
| Howie Judson, P | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Bill Kennedy, P | 47 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | 0 |
| Lou Kretlow, P | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .050 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce, P | 35 | 91 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | .187 | 0 |
| Saul Rogovin, P | 33 | 84 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | .202 | 1 |
| Chuck Stobbs, P | 38 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | .079 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 156 | 5316 | 610 | 1337 | 199 | 38 | 80 | 560 | 541 | 519 | .252 | 61 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Luis Aloma | 3 | 1 | 4.28 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| Hal Brown | 2 | 3 | 4.23 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 72.1 | 82 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| Joe Dobson | 14 | 10 | 2.51 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 200.2 | 164 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 60 | 101 |
| Fritz Dorish | 8 | 4 | 2.47 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 91.0 | 66 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 42 | 47 |
| Marv Grissom | 12 | 10 | 3.74 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 166.0 | 156 | 79 | 69 | 6 | 79 | 97 |
| Ken Holcombe | 0 | 5 | 6.17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 12 |
| Hal Hudson | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Howie Judson | 0 | 1 | 4.24 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 15 |
| Bill Kennedy | 2 | 2 | 2.80 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 70.2 | 54 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 46 |
| Lou Kretlow | 4 | 4 | 2.96 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 79.0 | 52 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 56 | 63 |
| Billy Pierce | 15 | 12 | 2.57 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 255.1 | 214 | 76 | 73 | 12 | 79 | 144 |
| Saul Rogovin | 14 | 9 | 3.85 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 231.2 | 224 | 104 | 99 | 14 | 79 | 121 |
| Chuck Stobbs | 7 | 12 | 3.13 | 38 | 17 | 1 | 135.0 | 118 | 54 | 47 | 9 | 72 | 73 |
| Al Widmar | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 73 | 3.25 | 156 | 156 | 28 | 1416.2 | 1251 | 568 | 512 | 86 | 578 | 774 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern Association | Luke Appling |
| A | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Western League | Don Gutteridge |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Skeeter Webb |
| B | Gastonia Rockets | Tri-State League | Hal VanPelt |
| C | Superior Blues | Northern League | Wally Millies |
| D | Madisonville Miners | KITTY League | Franklin Robinson |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Ira Hutchinson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Memphis, Superior, Madisonville