1952 American League Stats

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1952 American League Standings

1952 National League

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	95-59 (0.617)	-	727	557	95-59 (0.620)	103-51 (0.669)	1,629,665	58.2	29.3	5.3	23.7
2	Cleveland Indians	93-61 (0.604)	2.0	763	606	93-61 (0.604)	94-60 (0.610)	1,444,607	48.7	31.7	-1.1	18.1
3	Chicago White Sox	81-73 (0.526)	14.0	610	568	82-72 (0.533)	81-73 (0.526)	1,231,675	36.1	15.3	-2.0	22.9
4	Philadelphia Athletics	79-75 (0.513)	16.0	664	723	71-83 (0.461)	73-81 (0.474)	627,100	27.6	17.9	2.6	7.1
5	Washington Senators	78-76 (0.506)	17.0	598	608	76-78 (0.492)	71-83 (0.461)	699,457	25.4	5.3	0.8	19.3
6	Boston Red Sox	76-78 (0.494)	19.0	668	658	78-76 (0.507)	75-79 (0.487)	1,115,750	30.2	12.4	2.8	15.1
7	St. Louis Browns	64-90 (0.416)	31.0	604	733	64-90 (0.412)	64-90 (0.416)	518,796	18.4	7.2	3.0	8.2
8	Detroit Tigers	50-104 (0.325)	45.0	557	738	58-96 (0.374)	55-99 (0.357)	1,026,846	10.0	8.3	-1.7	3.4

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	20	7.2	7.2	142	626	171	37	7	23	75	4	1	109.892	0.394	0.530
2	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	28	7.2	6.0	148	649	171	32	5	28	75	8	6	111.244	0.387	0.524
3	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	28	7.1	8.1	140	611	143	26	8	32	90	5	2	106.466	0.383	0.541
4	Eddie Robinson	CHA	1B	31	6.1	3.0	155	681	176	33	1	22	70	2	0	104.729	0.382	0.466
5	Ferris Fain	PHA	1B	31	6.0	6.1	145	648	176	43	3	2	105	3	5	106.761	0.438	0.429
6	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	27	4.9	6.5	142	605	146	17	1	30	66	2	3	90.050	0.358	0.477
7	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	28	4.6	3.8	150	684	179	26	11	7	67	12	10	89.897	0.371	0.415
8	Vic Wertz	2 teams	RF	27	4.6	4.8	122	486	115	20	3	23	69	1	0	80.195	0.381	0.506
9	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	28	4.5	4.6	147	668	160	24	9	13	71	22	16	91.660	0.375	0.424
10	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	29	4.4	4.2	141	615	162	31	6	17	50	6	7	86.401	0.355	0.463
11	Eddie Joost	PHA	SS	36	4.4	5.4	146	669	132	26	3	20	122	5	8	96.618	0.388	0.415
12	Gene Woodling	NYA	LF	29	4.4	4.7	122	471	126	19	6	12	59	1	4	75.713	0.397	0.473
13	Luke Easter	CLE	1B	36	4.2	4.5	127	486	115	10	3	31	44	1	1	73.550	0.337	0.513
14	Joe Collins	NYA	1B	29	4.2	3.7	122	489	120	16	8	18	55	4	2	73.205	0.364	0.481
15	Dale Mitchell	CLE	LF	30	4.2	4.6	134	571	165	26	3	5	52	6	6	79.528	0.387	0.415
16	Elmer Valo	PHA	RF	31	4.1	4.1	129	495	109	26	4	5	101	12	11	78.155	0.432	0.407
17	Gus Zernial	PHA	LF	29	4.0	3.9	145	621	144	15	1	29	70	5	1	85.403	0.347	0.452
18	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	25	3.9	0.7	157	734	137	32	3	12	129	4	3	91.919	0.379	0.359
19	Jackie Jensen	2 teams	CF	25	3.7	3.8	151	664	165	30	6	10	67	18	6	83.381	0.354	0.402
20	Walt Dropo	2 teams	1B	29	3.6	0.9	152	633	163	24	4	29	37	2	2	85.331	0.322	0.477
21	Bob Nieman	SLA	RF	25	3.0	3.2	131	533	138	22	2	18	46	0	4	73.604	0.352	0.456
22	Mickey Vernon	WS1	1B	34	3.0	3.5	154	663	143	33	9	10	89	7	7	81.031	0.353	0.394
23	George Kell	2 teams	3B	29	2.9	3.4	114	483	133	23	2	7	46	0	2	66.814	0.373	0.423
24	Billy Goodman	BOS	2B	26	2.9	4.6	138	579	157	27	3	4	48	8	2	72.769	0.370	0.394
25	Harry Simpson	CLE	RF	26	2.8	2.6	146	607	145	21	10	10	56	5	3	70.370	0.337	0.396
26	Jim Dyck	SLA	3B	30	2.5	3.7	122	458	108	22	3	15	50	0	4	63.428	0.354	0.450
27	Sam Mele	2 teams	RF	30	2.5	1.9	132	503	117	21	2	16	49	1	2	62.221	0.334	0.421
28	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	27	2.3	3.4	132	447	90	15	0	13	54	1	0	54.385	0.354	0.384
29	Gil McDougald	NYA	3B	24	2.3	4.9	152	632	146	16	5	11	57	6	5	67.543	0.336	0.369
30	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	SS	34	2.2	6.0	152	673	147	24	10	2	67	17	6	66.200	0.337	0.341
31	Clyde Vollmer	BOS	LF	30	2.1	2.4	90	293	66	12	4	11	39	2	2	44.568	0.370	0.476
32	Ray Boone	CLE	SS	28	2.1	2.3	103	375	83	8	2	7	53	0	1	46.308	0.372	0.367
33	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	24	2.1	2.5	152	700	192	25	10	0	34	5	5	72.116	0.334	0.366
34	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	CF	35	2.0	2.4	128	549	143	20	1	6	57	6	8	68.191	0.371	0.377
35	Dick Gernert	BOS	1B	23	1.9	0.3	102	407	89	20	2	19	35	4	1	52.606	0.317	0.463
36	Dave Philley	PHA	CF	32	1.9	3.1	151	666	154	25	4	7	59	11	4	67.960	0.334	0.355
37	Jerry Priddy	DET	2B	32	1.7	2.3	75	323	79	23	3	4	42	1	8	46.005	0.379	0.430
38	Hoot Evers	2 teams	DH	31	1.7	1.9	107	442	106	17	4	14	29	5	2	52.241	0.314	0.430
39	Clint Courtney	SLA	C	25	1.6	3.4	119	458	118	24	3	5	39	0	2	54.703	0.349	0.395
40	Pete Runnels	WS1	SS	24	1.6	1.9	152	632	158	18	3	1	72	0	10	70.472	0.368	0.333
41	Bud Souchock	DET	RF	33	1.5	1.2	92	286	66	16	4	13	21	1	0	37.196	0.304	0.487
42	Joe Tipton	2 teams	C	30	1.5	1.6	66	214	39	6	0	9	36	1	0	28.845	0.360	0.416
43	Pat Mullin	DET	LF	34	1.3	1.4	97	289	64	13	5	7	31	4	2	35.128	0.332	0.423
44	Don Lenhardt	3 teams	LF	29	1.3	1.5	93	348	71	10	2	11	47	0	2	41.791	0.339	0.397
45	Bud Stewart	CHA	LF	36	1.3	1.3	92	258	60	10	0	5	28	3	0	30.035	0.350	0.378
46	Cass Michaels	3 teams	2B	26	1.2	1.8	132	511	114	16	8	5	53	4	0	52.658	0.329	0.356
47	Johnny Groth	DET	CF	25	1.2	1.1	141	580	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	63.191	0.348	0.357
48	Jim Rivera	2 teams	CF	30	1.2	2.4	150	595	136	20	9	7	50	21	9	59.150	0.316	0.363
49	Vern Stephens	BOS	SS	31	1.0	2.3	92	337	75	13	2	7	39	2	2	39.160	0.343	0.383
50	Kite Thomas	PHA	RF	29	1.0	0.8	75	137	29	6	1	6	20	0	1	20.644	0.365	0.474

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Bobby Shantz	PHA	26	10.5	10.1	33	33	279.67	24	7	27	0	87	63	152	82.96	2.48	1.05	4.89
2	Allie Reynolds	NYA	35	9.5	8.7	35	29	244.33	20	8	24	6	70	97	160	78.22	2.06	1.19	5.89
3	Mike Garcia	CLE	28	8.7	7.8	46	36	292.33	22	11	19	4	93	87	143	75.69	2.37	1.27	4.40
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	31	8.4	8.2	42	36	309.67	22	11	28	4	104	105	131	73.55	2.50	1.10	3.81
5	Billy Pierce	CHA	25	7.7	7.1	33	32	255.33	15	12	14	1	76	79	144	67.34	2.57	1.15	5.08
6	Early Wynn	CLE	32	6.3	6.0	42	33	285.67	23	12	19	3	103	132	153	54.71	2.90	1.30	4.82
7	Joe Dobson	CHA	35	5.9	5.6	29	25	200.67	14	10	11	1	66	60	101	51.32	2.51	1.12	4.53
8	Bob Porterfield	WS1	28	5.4	4.8	31	29	231.33	13	14	15	0	80	85	80	52.54	2.72	1.33	3.11
9	Vic Raschi	NYA	33	5.4	5.2	31	31	223.00	16	6	13	0	78	91	127	44.37	2.78	1.19	5.13
10	Eddie Lopat	NYA	34	4.4	4.0	20	19	149.33	10	5	10	0	47	53	56	35.94	2.53	1.21	3.38
11	Harry Byrd	PHA	27	4.2	3.3	37	28	228.33	15	15	15	2	100	98	116	33.42	3.31	1.50	4.57
12	Connie Marrero	WS1	41	4.0	2.9	22	22	184.33	11	8	16	0	68	53	77	38.67	2.88	1.24	3.76
13	Mel Parnell	BOS	30	3.5	2.3	33	29	214.00	12	12	15	2	94	89	107	29.93	3.62	1.38	4.50
14	Sid Hudson	2 teams	37	3.5	2.7	28	25	197.00	10	13	13	0	86	65	74	31.14	3.34	1.37	3.38
15	Satchel Paige	SLA	45	3.3	2.8	46	6	138.00	12	10	3	10	51	57	91	26.11	3.07	1.25	5.93
16	Spec Shea	WS1	31	3.2	3.0	22	21	169.00	11	7	12	0	62	92	65	31.23	2.93	1.40	3.46
17	Duane Pillette	SLA	29	3.2	2.8	30	30	205.33	10	13	9	0	94	55	62	25.40	3.59	1.35	2.72
18	Ned Garver	2 teams	26	2.7	2.3	22	22	157.67	8	10	8	0	69	58	63	21.35	3.60	1.25	3.60
19	Mickey McDermott	BOS	23	2.6	2.5	30	21	162.00	10	9	7	0	70	92	117	22.10	3.72	1.43	6.50
20	Ellis Kinder	BOS	37	2.6	1.7	23	10	97.67	5	6	4	4	33	28	50	21.70	2.58	1.16	4.61
21	Fritz Dorish	CHA	30	2.4	2.1	39	1	91.00	8	4	1	11	28	42	47	20.47	2.47	1.19	4.65
22	Saul Rogovin	CHA	30	2.1	1.8	33	30	231.67	14	9	12	1	104	79	121	18.36	3.85	1.31	4.70
23	Tom Morgan	NYA	22	1.9	1.7	16	12	93.67	5	4	2	2	34	33	35	15.53	3.07	1.27	3.36
24	Chuck Stobbs	CHA	22	1.8	1.4	38	17	135.00	7	12	2	1	54	72	73	16.07	3.13	1.41	4.87
25	Bob Cain	SLA	27	1.8	1.2	29	27	170.00	12	10	8	2	79	62	70	14.59	4.13	1.36	3.71
26	Hal Newhouser	DET	31	1.7	1.7	25	19	154.00	9	9	8	0	72	47	57	14.83	3.74	1.27	3.33
27	Bob Kuzava	NYA	29	1.6	1.0	28	12	133.00	8	8	6	3	53	63	67	13.24	3.45	1.34	4.53
28	Dick Littlefield	2 teams	26	1.6	1.1	35	6	94.00	2	6	3	1	42	42	66	12.51	3.54	1.31	6.32
29	Dizzy Trout	2 teams	37	1.5	1.0	36	19	160.67	10	13	2	2	78	87	77	12.79	3.92	1.56	4.31
30	Mike Fornieles	WS1	20	1.5	1.2	4	2	26.33	2	2	2	0	4	11	12	14.11	1.37	0.91	4.10
31	Virgil Trucks	DET	35	1.4	0.9	35	29	197.00	5	19	8	1	99	82	129	12.18	3.97	1.38	5.89
32	Lou Kretlow	CHA	31	1.4	1.1	19	11	79.00	4	4	4	1	31	56	63	12.14	2.96	1.37	7.18
33	Bill Wight	2 teams	30	1.4	1.0	33	21	168.00	7	10	8	0	82	69	70	12.04	3.75	1.49	3.75
34	Johnny Sain	NYA	34	1.3	1.5	35	16	148.33	11	6	8	7	70	38	57	10.81	3.46	1.26	3.46
35	Al Benton	BOS	41	1.3	1.1	24	0	37.67	4	3	0	6	11	17	20	10.71	2.39	1.43	4.78
36	Marv Grissom	CHA	34	1.2	0.8	28	24	166.00	12	10	7	0	79	79	97	10.55	3.74	1.42	5.26
37	Bill Kennedy	CHA	31	1.2	1.1	47	1	70.67	2	2	0	5	27	38	46	10.48	2.80	1.30	5.86
38	Ralph Brickner	BOS	27	1.1	1.1	14	1	33.00	3	1	0	1	8	11	9	9.18	2.18	1.30	2.45
39	Steve Gromek	CLE	32	1.0	0.7	29	13	122.67	7	7	3	1	55	28	65	8.57	3.67	1.12	4.77
40	Sandy Consuegra	WS1	31	1.0	0.8	30	2	73.67	6	0	0	5	30	27	19	9.40	3.05	1.45	2.32
41	Tom Ferrick	WS1	37	0.9	0.9	27	0	50.67	4	3	0	1	19	11	28	8.40	3.02	1.26	4.97
42	Ted Gray	DET	27	0.8	0.1	35	32	224.00	12	17	13	0	118	101	138	7.38	4.14	1.40	5.54
43	Ewell Blackwell	NYA	29	0.8	0.7	5	2	16.00	1	0	0	1	2	12	7	6.32	0.56	1.50	3.94
44	Art Houtteman	DET	24	0.7	-0.4	35	28	221.00	8	20	10	1	116	65	109	6.27	4.36	1.28	4.44
45	Earl Harrist	SLA	33	0.7	0.2	36	9	116.67	2	8	1	5	61	47	49	5.51	4.01	1.42	3.78
46	Walt Masterson	2 teams	32	0.7	0.1	29	22	170.00	10	9	11	2	83	83	92	7.50	4.13	1.49	4.87
47	Julio Moreno	WS1	31	0.6	-0.1	26	22	147.33	9	9	7	0	75	52	62	5.91	3.97	1.40	3.79
48	Bill Miller	NYA	24	0.6	0.5	21	13	88.00	4	6	5	0	43	49	45	4.80	3.48	1.44	4.60
49	Bill Henry	BOS	24	0.6	0.6	13	10	76.67	5	4	5	0	40	36	23	4.74	3.87	1.45	2.70
50	Bobo Newsom	2 teams	44	0.5	0.3	24	5	60.33	4	4	1	3	26	32	27	4.11	3.88	1.43	4.03

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Clint Courtney	SLA	25	1.8	113.0	908.5	487.0	69.0	2.0	7.0	17.189
	2	Yogi Berra	NYA	27	1.6	140.0	1144.0	700.0	73.0	6.0	10.0	15.747
	3	Mickey Grasso	WS1	32	1.5	114.0	876.2	485.0	64.0	17.0	4.0	11.814
	4	Ray Murray	PHA	34	1.3	42.0	348.2	175.0	35.0	1.0	3.0	12.884
	5	Jim Hegan	CLE	31	1.3	107.0	813.8	498.0	53.0	7.0	7.0	11.491
	6	Matt Batts	DET	30	1.2	55.0	415.0	262.0	36.0	5.0	4.0	10.298
	7	Sherm Lollar	CHA	27	1.1	120.0	854.3	590.0	53.0	7.0	4.0	9.150
	8	Sammy White	BOS	24	0.8	110.0	862.6	464.0	59.0	9.0	7.0	8.018
1B	1	Mickey Vernon	WS1	34	0.5	153.0	1384.4	1291.0	115.0	10.0	139.0	4.055
	2	Luke Easter	CLE	36	0.3	118.0	902.3	940.0	90.0	18.0	87.0	2.458
	3	Fred Taylor	WS1	27	0.1	5.0	45.2	34.0	6.0	0.0	4.0	1.151
	4	Al Rosen	CLE	28	0.1	4.0	30.6	17.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	0.791
	5	Ferris Fain	PHA	31	0.1	144.0	1215.5	1245.0	150.0	22.0	124.0	0.647
	6	Don Lenhardt	SLA	29	0.0	2.0	15.6	11.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	0.170
	7	Charlie Maxwell	BOS	25	0.0	3.0	25.4	24.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.097
	8	Sam Dente	CHA	30	0.0	2.0	17.6	8.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.061
2B	1	Billy Goodman	BOS	26	2.1	103.0	883.4	284.0	340.0	16.0	95.0	20.200
	2	Billy Martin	NYA	24	1.9	107.0	864.1	244.0	323.0	9.0	92.0	17.906
	3	Bobby Young	SLA	27	1.8	149.0	1211.9	380.0	407.0	13.0	127.0	17.110
	4	Mel Hoderlein	WS1	29	0.6	58.0	479.3	138.0	168.0	7.0	43.0	4.457
	5	Jerry Coleman	NYA	27	0.5	11.0	88.8	33.0	34.0	2.0	17.0	5.236
	6	Jerry Priddy	DET	32	0.5	75.0	595.0	211.0	209.0	14.0	48.0	4.647
	7	Nellie Fox	CHA	24	0.4	151.0	1345.4	406.0	433.0	13.0	111.0	3.585
	8	Gil McDougald	NYA	24	0.3	38.0	306.9	109.0	99.0	5.0	31.0	3.159
3B	1	Héctor Rodríguez	CHA	32	2.3	113.0	838.1	145.0	232.0	16.0	26.0	20.263
	2	Gil McDougald	NYA	24	2.3	117.0	967.5	124.0	273.0	13.0	38.0	22.294
	3	Fred Hatfield	2 teams	27	2.0	124.0	1036.9	121.0	276.0	12.0	32.0	16.878
	4	Jim Dyck	SLA	30	0.9	74.0	584.9	79.0	152.0	9.0	14.0	8.546
	5	Vern Stephens	BOS	31	0.8	29.0	223.6	21.0	73.0	5.0	8.0	7.688
	6	Billy Hitchcock	PHA	35	0.7	104.0	872.5	105.0	222.0	20.0	26.0	6.994
	7	Rocky Krsnich	CHA	24	0.5	37.0	274.4	45.0	72.0	5.0	6.0	4.703
	8	Leo Thomas	2 teams	28	0.5	46.0	359.2	51.0	96.0	10.0	10.0	5.147
SS	1	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	34	3.7	152.0	1199.5	308.0	458.0	19.0	116.0	35.923
	2	Johnny Lipon	2 teams	29	1.7	108.0	866.2	198.0	319.0	10.0	65.0	16.628
	3	Eddie Joost	PHA	36	1.0	146.0	1224.9	278.0	431.0	28.0	81.0	9.913
	4	George Strickland	CLE	26	0.9	30.0	226.9	64.0	95.0	6.0	18.0	8.106
	5	Marty Marion	SLA	35	0.8	63.0	411.9	105.0	138.0	5.0	41.0	7.517
	6	Vern Stephens	BOS	31	0.5	53.0	435.5	89.0	154.0	11.0	40.0	4.935
	7	Harvey Kuenn	DET	21	0.5	19.0	145.7	44.0	57.0	4.0	12.0	4.157
	8	Merl Combs	CLE	32	0.4	49.0	370.7	77.0	130.0	6.0	27.0	3.756
LF	1	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	28	0.6	65.1	474.1	146.6	5.0	3.2	1.4	4.899
	2	Ken Wood	2 teams	27	0.5	53.1	455.8	150.5	5.6	7.5	0.9	3.911
	3	Dale Mitchell	CLE	30	0.4	128.0	969.8	258.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	3.700
	4	Jim Dyck	SLA	30	0.4	39.2	296.2	96.3	1.6	1.6	0.0	3.484
	5	Gene Woodling	NYA	29	0.3	112.1	897.2	228.8	11.4	0.9	3.8	3.371
	6	Jim Delsing	2 teams	26	0.3	68.3	535.6	155.0	2.7	4.3	0.9	3.136
	7	Don Lenhardt	3 teams	29	0.2	80.0	651.9	163.7	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.401
	8	Jim Rivera	SLA	30	0.1	7.9	59.8	24.5	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.429
CF	1	Jim Busby	2 teams	25	2.0	144.0	1250.3	472.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	15.971
	2	Dave Philley	PHA	32	1.2	149.0	1281.8	442.0	13.0	4.0	3.0	11.953
	3	Jim Rivera	2 teams	30	1.1	133.1	1145.8	405.5	8.4	8.4	1.9	10.231
	4	Larry Doby	CLE	28	1.0	136.0	1184.1	398.0	11.0	6.0	3.0	8.496
	5	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	35	0.4	123.0	961.2	303.0	12.0	8.0	4.0	3.771
	6	Bill Tuttle	DET	22	0.0	3.0	25.7	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.377
	7	Irv Noren	2 teams	27	0.0	29.7	255.5	70.0	2.9	0.0	0.3	-0.344
	8	Ken Wood	WS1	27	0.0	2.9	25.2	8.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.033
RF	1	Harry Simpson	CLE	26	0.4	116.1	919.2	206.6	10.1	2.7	3.7	3.229
	2	Vic Wertz	2 teams	27	0.3	115.0	888.5	198.0	8.0	5.0	3.0	2.224
	3	Jackie Jensen	WS1	25	0.2	134.4	1193.8	265.9	16.0	6.6	0.9	1.884
	4	Clyde Vollmer	BOS	30	0.2	20.1	144.8	41.1	0.9	0.0	0.3	2.090
	5	Bob Nieman	SLA	25	0.2	93.3	748.2	171.6	7.5	4.5	3.7	2.043
	6	Elmer Valo	PHA	31	0.2	109.1	867.5	201.1	6.3	8.1	0.9	1.919
	7	Mickey Mantle	NYA	20	0.2	20.0	176.1	49.2	2.1	1.7	0.7	1.874
	8	Hoot Evers	BOS	31	0.2	18.8	135.0	39.2	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.767