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1952 Cleveland Indians
1952 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Ellis Ryan
General managers	Hank Greenberg
Managers	Al López
Television	WXEL; (Bob Neal, Red Jones)
Radio	WERE; (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)

The 1952 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, just two games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

1952 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

June 7, 1952: Herb Score was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[1]
August 7, 1952: Wally Westlake was purchased by the Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

1952 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Jim Hegan	112	333	75	.225	4	41
1B	Luke Easter	127	437	115	.263	31	97
2B	Bobby Ávila	150	597	179	.300	7	45
SS	Ray Boone	103	316	83	.263	7	45
3B	Al Rosen	148	567	171	.302	28	105
OF	Larry Doby	140	519	143	.276	32	104
OF	Harry Simpson	146	545	145	.266	10	65
OF	Dale Mitchell	134	511	165	.323	5	58

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
Jim Fridley	62	175	44	.251	4	16
Merl Combs	52	139	23	.165	1	10
Joe Tipton	43	105	26	.248	6	22
Birdie Tebbetts	42	101	25	.248	1	8
Bill Glynn	44	92	25	.272	2	7
George Strickland	31	88	19	.216	1	8
Barney McCosky	54	80	17	.213	1	6
Wally Westlake	29	69	16	.232	1	9
Hank Majeski	36	54	16	.296	0	9
Pete Reiser	34	44	6	.136	3	7
Bob Kennedy	22	40	12	.300	0	12
Dave Pope	12	34	10	.294	1	4
Johnny Berardino	35	32	3	.094	0	2
Quincy Trouppe	12	10	1	.100	0	0
Snuffy Stirnweiss	1	0	0	----	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
Bob Lemon	42	309.2	22	11	2.50	131
Mike Garcia	46	292.1	22	11	2.37	143
Early Wynn	42	285.2	23	12	2.90	153
Bob Feller	30	191.2	9	13	4.74	81

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 Gromek	29	122.2	7	7	3.67	65
Sam Jones	14	36.0	2	3	7.25	28
Bob Chakales	5	12.0	1	2	9.75	7

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lou Brissie	42	3	2	2	3.48	28
Mickey Harris	29	3	0	1	4.63	23
Dick Rozek	10	1	0	0	4.97	5
Ted Wilks	7	0	0	1	3.86	6
Bill Abernathie	1	0	0	0	13.50	0
George Zuverink	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Gene Desautels
AA	Dallas Eagles	Texas League	L. D. Meyer
A	Reading Indians	Eastern League	Kerby Farrell
A	Wichita Indians	Western League	Ralph Winegarner
B	Cedar Rapids Indians	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Jimmy Bloodworth
B	Spartanburg Peaches	Tri-State League	Pinky May
C	Bakersfield Indians	California League	Gene Lillard
C	Fort Smith Indians	Western Association	Harry Griswold
D	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Red Kress
D	Green Bay Blue Jays	Wisconsin State League	Phil Seghi

^ Herb Score at Baseball-Reference
^ Wally Westlake at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007