- 1952 Detroit Tigers season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 1952
misc =
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = Briggs Stadium
y4 = 1912
city =Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners =Walter Briggs, Sr. ,Walter Briggs, Jr.
managers =Red Rolfe ,Fred Hutchinson
television = WWJ
(Van Patrick )
radio = WJBK/WXYZ
(Van Patrick )|The 1952
Detroit Tigers had a record of 50-104 (.325) -- the worst record in Tigers' history until the 2003 Tigers lost 119 games.American League final standings
Transactions
*June 3, 1952:
Walt Dropo was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, Johnny Pesky, and Bill Wight to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml]Roster
Regular season player stats
Batting
"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"
"Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included"
Pitching
"Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts"
Players Ranking Among Top 100 of All Time At Position
The following members of the 1950 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their positions, as ranked by
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract :
*Jerry Priddy : 73rd best second baseman of all time
*Johnny Pesky : 20th best shortstop of all time (played 69 games for 1952 Tigers)
*George Kell : 30th best third baseman of all time (played only 39 games for 1952 Tigers)
*Vic Wertz : 61st best right fielder of all time
*Harvey Kuenn : 62nd best right fielder of all time (played only 19 games for 1952 Tigers)
*Hal Newhouser : 36th best pitcher of all time
*Virgil Trucks : 61st best pitcher of all timeAward Winners and League Leaders
*
Art Houtteman : AL leader in losses (20)
*Virgil Trucks : #2 in AL in losses (19)
*Ted Gray : #3 in AL in losses (17)External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1952.shtml Baseball-Reference.com 1950 Detroit Tigers]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1952tigers.stm BaseballLibrary.com 1952 Detroit Tigers season summary]
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