| 1952 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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| 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) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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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.[1]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | — | |||||
| 1952 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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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 |
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| C | Del Rice | 147 | 495 | 128 | .259 | 11 | 65 |
| 1B | Dick Sisler | 119 | 418 | 109 | .261 | 13 | 60 |
| 2B | Red Schoendienst | 152 | 620 | 188 | .303 | 7 | 67 |
| SS | Solly Hemus | 151 | 570 | 153 | .268 | 15 | 52 |
| 3B | Billy Johnson | 94 | 282 | 71 | .252 | 2 | 34 |
| OF | Stan Musial | 154 | 578 | 194 | .336 | 21 | 91 |
| OF | Peanuts Lowrey | 132 | 374 | 107 | .286 | 1 | 48 |
| OF | Enos Slaughter | 140 | 510 | 153 | .300 | 11 | 101 |
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 |
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| Hal Rice | 98 | 295 | 85 | .288 | 7 | 45 |
| Tommy Glaviano | 80 | 162 | 39 | .241 | 3 | 19 |
| Larry Miggins | 42 | 96 | 22 | .229 | 2 | 10 |
| Eddie Stanky | 53 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 0 | 7 |
| Wally Westlake | 21 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 0 | 10 |
| Steve Bilko | 20 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 1 | 6 |
| Les Fusselman | 32 | 63 | 10 | .159 | 1 | 3 |
| Vern Benson | 20 | 47 | 9 | .191 | 2 | 5 |
| Virgil Stallcup | 29 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 1 |
| Neal Hertweck | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sarni | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Mauch | 7 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Kazak | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Gorman | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Gerry Staley | 35 | 239.2 | 17 | 14 | 3.27 | 93 |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 30 | 190.0 | 10 | 8 | 3.65 | 146 |
| Stu Miller | 12 | 88.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.05 | 64 |
| Harvey Haddix | 7 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 2.79 | 31 |
| Red Munger | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Joe Presko | 28 | 146.2 | 7 | 10 | 4.05 | 63 |
| Cloyd Boyer | 23 | 110.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.24 | 44 |
| Harry Breechen | 25 | 100.1 | 7 | 5 | 3.32 | 54 |
| Cliff Chambers | 26 | 98.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.12 | 47 |
| Willard Schmidt | 18 | 34.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.19 | 30 |
| Mike Clark | 12 | 25.1 | 2 | 0 | 6.04 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Al Brazle | 46 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 2.72 | 55 |
| Eddie Yuhas | 54 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2.72 | 39 |
| Bill Werle | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.85 | 23 |
| Dick Bokelmann | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.24 | 5 |
| Bob Tiefenauer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 3 |
| Jack Crimian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 4 |
| Jackie Collum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Fred Hahn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Stan Musial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Fresno, Albany[6]
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