1952 National League Stats

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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	Brooklyn Dodgers	96-57 (0.627)	-	775	603	94-60 (0.613)	93-61 (0.604)	1,088,704	48.2	29.4	1.9	16.9
2	New York Giants	92-62 (0.597)	4.5	722	639	86-68 (0.556)	87-67 (0.565)	984,940	41.6	22.7	5.5	13.5
3	St. Louis Cardinals	88-66 (0.571)	8.5	677	630	82-72 (0.533)	89-65 (0.578)	913,113	43.3	22.6	4.3	16.4
4	Philadelphia Phillies	87-67 (0.565)	9.5	657	552	89-65 (0.579)	95-59 (0.617)	755,417	50.1	21.6	4.0	24.4
5	Chicago Cubs	77-77 (0.500)	19.5	628	631	77-77 (0.498)	76-78 (0.494)	1,024,826	30.5	16.8	0.7	13.0
6	Cincinnati Reds	69-85 (0.448)	27.5	615	659	72-82 (0.468)	67-87 (0.435)	604,197	22.2	9.4	3.8	9.0
7	Boston Braves	64-89 (0.418)	32.0	569	651	68-86 (0.439)	64-90 (0.416)	281,278	19.2	8.4	1.8	9.0
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	42-112 (0.273)	54.5	515	793	48-106 (0.312)	45-109 (0.292)	686,673	-0.4	-3.6	5.5	-2.3

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	Stan Musial	SLN	CF	31	8.7	8.6	154	676	194	42	6	21	96	7	7	131.020	0.432	0.538
2	Jackie Robinson	BRO	2B	33	7.6	10.5	149	636	157	17	3	19	106	24	7	112.654	0.440	0.465
3	Hank Sauer	CHN	LF	35	6.4	7.1	151	649	153	31	3	37	77	1	2	107.627	0.361	0.531
4	Ralph Kiner	PIT	LF	29	6.0	5.6	149	633	126	17	2	37	110	3	0	105.577	0.384	0.500
5	Gil Hodges	BRO	1B	28	5.9	8.3	153	619	129	27	1	32	107	2	4	103.091	0.386	0.500
6	Sid Gordon	BSN	LF	34	5.8	6.3	144	606	151	22	2	25	77	0	4	97.247	0.384	0.483
7	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	1B	27	5.4	3.9	135	549	159	24	11	16	47	3	3	91.763	0.383	0.509
8	Duke Snider	BRO	CF	25	5.3	5.6	144	598	162	25	7	21	55	7	4	93.102	0.368	0.494
9	Solly Hemus	SLN	SS	29	5.1	6.8	151	690	153	28	8	15	96	1	5	102.684	0.392	0.425
10	Enos Slaughter	SLN	RF	36	4.8	5.0	140	587	153	17	12	11	70	6	1	87.513	0.386	0.445
11	Del Ennis	PHI	LF	27	4.7	4.4	151	644	171	30	10	20	47	6	4	90.540	0.341	0.475
12	Bobby Thomson	NY1	3B	28	4.5	5.1	153	666	164	29	14	24	52	5	2	93.016	0.331	0.482
13	Andy Pafko	BRO	LF	31	4.3	4.0	150	624	158	17	5	19	64	4	3	88.330	0.366	0.439
14	Al Dark	NY1	SS	30	3.9	4.4	151	649	177	29	3	14	47	6	6	87.231	0.357	0.431
15	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	SS	33	3.8	4.0	149	660	152	18	8	6	86	30	5	79.452	0.369	0.365
16	Roy Campanella	BRO	C	30	3.6	3.6	128	533	126	18	1	22	57	8	4	74.670	0.352	0.453
17	Whitey Lockman	NY1	1B	25	3.6	6.1	154	686	176	17	4	13	67	2	4	86.990	0.363	0.396
18	Red Schoendienst	SLN	2B	29	3.5	5.9	152	673	188	40	7	7	42	9	6	85.448	0.347	0.424
19	Eddie Mathews	BSN	3B	20	3.4	3.1	145	593	128	23	5	25	59	6	4	74.518	0.320	0.447
20	Smoky Burgess	PHI	C	25	3.3	2.6	110	424	110	27	2	6	49	3	1	60.766	0.380	0.429
21	Bill Serena	CHN	3B	27	3.1	3.1	122	435	107	21	5	15	39	1	0	61.428	0.345	0.469
22	Hank Thompson	NY1	CF	26	3.0	3.7	128	484	110	13	9	17	50	4	4	65.641	0.344	0.454
23	Eddie Waitkus	PHI	1B	32	3.0	4.1	146	568	144	29	4	2	64	2	2	70.887	0.371	0.375
24	Richie Ashburn	PHI	CF	25	3.0	3.9	154	701	173	31	6	1	75	16	11	81.120	0.362	0.357
25	Granny Hamner	PHI	SS	25	2.8	4.4	151	640	164	30	5	17	27	7	3	71.475	0.307	0.428
26	Frank Baumholtz	CHN	RF	33	2.6	3.5	103	446	133	17	4	4	27	5	7	59.809	0.371	0.416
27	Dee Fondy	CHN	1B	27	2.6	4.6	145	587	166	21	9	10	28	13	11	72.293	0.335	0.424
28	George Shuba	BRO	LF	27	2.5	2.5	94	294	78	12	1	9	38	1	3	47.167	0.395	0.465
29	Don Mueller	NY1	RF	25	2.4	2.6	126	496	128	14	7	12	34	2	1	60.781	0.333	0.421
30	Wes Westrum	NY1	C	29	2.3	3.7	114	403	71	11	0	14	76	1	2	53.759	0.374	0.385
31	Willie Jones	PHI	3B	26	2.2	3.2	147	611	135	12	3	18	53	5	3	66.240	0.323	0.383
32	Sam Jethroe	BSN	CF	35	2.2	2.7	151	688	141	23	7	13	68	28	9	69.433	0.318	0.357
33	Connie Ryan	PHI	2B	32	2.2	3.0	154	656	139	24	6	12	69	13	5	69.723	0.327	0.366
34	Joe Garagiola	PIT	C	26	2.1	4.2	118	396	94	15	4	8	50	0	1	53.630	0.369	0.410
35	Joe Adcock	CIN	LF	24	1.9	2.3	117	403	105	22	4	13	23	1	4	52.255	0.321	0.460
36	Davey Williams	NY1	2B	24	1.9	2.7	138	605	137	26	3	13	48	2	3	66.059	0.324	0.385
37	Earl Torgeson	BSN	1B	28	1.8	2.4	122	471	88	17	0	5	81	11	7	51.798	0.366	0.314
38	Toby Atwell	CHN	C	28	1.8	1.5	107	405	105	16	3	2	40	2	1	48.407	0.362	0.367
39	Johnny Logan	BSN	SS	26	1.8	4.7	117	500	129	21	3	4	31	1	2	53.350	0.334	0.368
40	Andy Seminick	CIN	C	31	1.7	2.1	108	374	86	16	1	14	35	1	3	47.475	0.330	0.434
41	Willard Marshall	2 teams	RF	31	1.7	1.8	128	513	121	27	2	10	41	0	1	56.952	0.320	0.393
42	Stan Lopata	PHI	C	26	1.7	1.6	57	217	49	9	1	4	36	1	1	31.104	0.395	0.402
43	Bobby Adams	CIN	3B	30	1.6	3.6	154	694	180	25	4	6	49	11	9	73.273	0.334	0.363
44	Bobby Morgan	BRO	3B	26	1.6	1.3	67	242	45	8	0	7	46	2	2	33.970	0.392	0.387
45	Dusty Rhodes	NY1	LF	25	1.5	1.4	67	200	44	8	1	10	23	1	0	28.678	0.340	0.477
46	Johnny Wyrostek	2 teams	CF	32	1.4	2.3	128	496	113	17	6	2	62	2	9	55.953	0.355	0.347
47	George Metkovich	PIT	1B	31	1.4	1.3	125	414	101	18	3	7	32	5	2	47.579	0.335	0.391
48	Peanuts Lowrey	SLN	LF	34	1.3	1.1	132	417	107	18	2	1	34	3	2	46.123	0.352	0.353
49	Hal Rice	SLN	LF	28	1.3	1.3	98	312	85	14	5	7	16	1	3	38.914	0.325	0.441
50	Hank Edwards	CIN	LF	33	1.3	1.2	74	203	52	7	6	6	19	0	3	29.849	0.350	0.484

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	Robin Roberts	PHI	25	9.5	8.7	39	37	330.00	28	7	30	2	104	45	148	90.89	2.59	1.02	4.04
2	Ken Raffensberger	CIN	34	7.0	6.1	38	33	247.00	17	13	18	1	85	45	93	60.42	2.81	1.18	3.39
3	Warren Spahn	BSN	31	6.3	5.5	40	35	290.00	14	19	19	3	109	73	183	56.60	2.98	1.16	5.68
4	Karl Drews	PHI	32	5.6	4.5	33	30	228.67	14	15	15	0	79	52	96	53.85	2.72	1.16	3.78
5	Warren Hacker	CHN	27	5.4	4.6	33	20	185.00	15	9	12	1	56	31	84	56.52	2.58	0.95	4.09
6	Sal Maglie	NY1	35	5.2	4.1	35	31	216.00	18	8	12	1	80	75	112	44.26	2.92	1.27	4.67
7	Bob Rush	CHN	26	5.1	5.2	34	32	250.33	17	13	17	0	99	81	157	53.79	2.70	1.14	5.64
8	Billy Loes	BRO	22	4.7	3.9	39	21	187.33	13	8	8	1	62	71	115	48.74	2.69	1.20	5.52
9	Carl Erskine	BRO	25	4.7	4.1	33	26	206.67	14	6	10	2	72	71	131	48.74	2.70	1.15	5.70
10	Gerry Staley	SLN	31	4.6	3.5	35	33	239.67	17	14	15	0	101	52	93	39.63	3.27	1.21	3.49
11	Curt Simmons	PHI	23	4.5	4.1	28	28	201.33	14	8	15	0	72	70	141	42.97	2.82	1.19	6.30
12	Murry Dickson	PIT	35	4.2	3.5	43	34	277.67	14	21	21	2	128	76	112	39.57	3.57	1.27	3.63
13	Joe Black	BRO	28	3.9	3.4	56	2	142.33	15	4	1	15	40	41	85	39.86	2.15	1.00	5.37
14	Hoyt Wilhelm	NY1	29	3.7	3.4	71	0	159.33	15	3	0	11	60	57	108	32.15	2.43	1.15	6.10
15	Russ Meyer	PHI	28	3.5	2.4	37	32	232.33	13	14	14	1	99	65	92	33.24	3.14	1.29	3.56
16	Stu Miller	SLN	24	3.4	3.0	12	11	88.00	6	3	6	0	25	26	64	28.86	2.05	1.01	6.55
17	Preacher Roe	BRO	36	2.8	1.8	27	25	158.67	11	2	8	0	59	39	83	28.90	3.12	1.27	4.71
18	Al Brazle	SLN	38	2.7	2.3	46	6	109.33	12	5	3	16	38	42	55	23.51	2.72	1.07	4.53
19	Dave Koslo	NY1	32	2.7	1.6	41	17	166.33	10	7	8	5	66	47	67	23.02	3.19	1.21	3.63
20	Eddie Yuhas	SLN	27	2.3	2.2	54	2	99.33	12	2	0	6	35	35	39	19.37	2.72	1.26	3.53
21	Harry Brecheen	SLN	37	2.1	2.0	25	13	100.33	7	5	4	2	39	28	54	18.15	3.32	1.10	4.84
22	Vinegar Bend Mizell	SLN	21	2.0	0.6	30	30	190.00	10	8	7	0	89	103	146	17.27	3.65	1.44	6.92
23	Max Surkont	BSN	30	2.0	1.3	31	29	215.00	12	13	12	0	95	76	125	17.76	3.77	1.29	5.23
24	Ben Wade	BRO	29	1.9	1.4	37	24	180.00	11	9	5	3	81	94	118	19.34	3.60	1.44	5.90
25	Harry Perkowski	CIN	29	1.8	1.0	33	24	194.00	12	10	11	0	91	89	86	15.71	3.80	1.47	3.99
26	Dutch Leonard	CHN	43	1.7	1.6	45	0	66.67	2	2	0	11	18	24	37	18.18	2.16	1.20	5.00
27	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	23	1.6	1.1	37	5	92.33	1	4	2	1	33	42	52	13.54	3.22	1.35	5.07
28	Bud Podbielan	2 teams	28	1.5	1.2	27	7	88.67	4	5	4	1	35	29	23	12.09	3.15	1.25	2.33
29	Al Corwin	NY1	25	1.5	1.1	21	7	67.67	6	1	1	2	23	36	36	12.56	2.66	1.39	4.79
30	Paul Minner	CHN	28	1.5	1.6	28	27	180.67	14	9	12	0	84	54	61	15.24	3.74	1.30	3.04
31	Frank Smith	CIN	24	1.4	1.1	53	2	122.33	12	11	1	7	56	41	77	11.87	3.75	1.23	5.66
32	Howie Pollet	PIT	31	1.3	0.9	31	30	214.00	7	16	9	0	111	71	90	12.59	4.12	1.35	3.79
33	Jim Hearn	NY1	31	1.3	1.0	37	34	223.67	14	7	11	1	113	97	89	10.92	3.78	1.36	3.58
34	Willie Ramsdell	CHN	36	1.3	0.9	19	4	67.00	2	3	0	0	22	24	30	13.27	2.42	0.97	4.03
35	Steve Ridzik	PHI	23	1.2	1.0	24	9	92.67	4	2	2	0	37	37	43	11.48	3.01	1.20	4.18
36	Lew Burdette	BSN	25	1.2	0.9	45	9	137.00	6	11	5	7	58	47	47	10.66	3.61	1.35	3.09
37	Monty Kennedy	NY1	30	1.2	0.8	31	6	83.33	3	4	2	0	37	31	48	10.05	3.02	1.25	5.18
38	Vern Bickford	BSN	31	1.1	0.7	26	22	161.33	7	12	7	0	73	64	62	10.11	3.74	1.42	3.46
39	Harvey Haddix	SLN	26	0.9	0.9	7	6	42.00	2	2	3	0	18	10	31	8.06	2.79	0.98	6.64
40	Bob Friend	PIT	21	0.9	-0.1	35	23	185.00	7	17	6	0	96	84	75	8.53	4.18	1.46	3.65
41	Joe Presko	SLN	23	0.8	0.1	28	18	146.67	7	10	5	0	74	57	63	6.99	4.05	1.34	3.87
42	Ted Wilks	PIT	36	0.8	0.7	44	0	72.33	5	5	0	4	32	31	24	7.67	3.61	1.33	2.99
43	Max Lanier	NY1	36	0.8	0.8	37	16	137.00	7	12	6	5	64	65	47	6.68	3.94	1.38	3.09
44	Virgil Jester	BSN	24	0.7	0.7	19	8	73.00	3	5	4	0	31	23	25	6.64	3.33	1.41	3.08
45	Bob Kelly	CHN	24	0.7	0.4	31	15	125.33	4	9	3	0	62	46	50	7.22	3.59	1.28	3.59
46	Andy Hansen	PHI	27	0.7	0.7	43	0	77.33	5	6	0	4	36	27	18	6.29	3.26	1.33	2.09
47	Bob Chipman	BSN	33	0.6	0.7	29	0	41.67	1	1	0	0	15	20	16	5.73	2.81	1.15	3.46
48	Woody Main	PIT	30	0.6	-0.2	48	11	153.33	2	12	2	2	78	52	79	6.01	4.46	1.31	4.64
49	Ken Heintzelman	PHI	36	0.6	0.6	23	1	42.67	1	3	0	1	16	12	20	5.99	3.16	1.24	4.22
50	Jim Hughes	BRO	29	0.6	0.5	6	0	18.67	2	1	0	0	4	11	8	5.99	1.45	1.45	3.86

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Joe Garagiola	PIT	26	2.1	105.0	761.6	418.0	63.0	11.0	9.0	19.666
	2	Del Rice	SLN	29	1.8	147.0	1099.5	677.0	81.0	6.0	8.0	18.768
	3	Wes Westrum	NY1	29	1.4	112.0	834.5	481.0	64.0	12.0	11.0	14.728
	4	Walker Cooper	BSN	37	1.2	89.0	718.2	417.0	55.0	8.0	8.0	12.271
	5	Clyde McCullough	PIT	35	1.1	61.0	442.5	227.0	38.0	5.0	4.0	10.829
	6	Sal Yvars	NY1	28	0.7	59.0	439.6	202.0	40.0	3.0	3.0	6.925
	7	Andy Seminick	CIN	31	0.3	99.0	771.3	416.0	47.0	13.0	7.0	3.551
	8	Harry Chiti	CHN	19	0.3	32.0	257.9	170.0	13.0	3.0	6.0	2.203
1B	1	Whitey Lockman	NY1	25	2.5	154.0	1336.3	1435.0	111.0	13.0	155.0	26.767
	2	Gil Hodges	BRO	28	2.4	153.0	1346.5	1322.0	116.0	11.0	152.0	20.480
	3	Dee Fondy	CHN	27	2.0	143.0	1231.3	1257.0	103.0	14.0	92.0	17.179
	4	Eddie Waitkus	PHI	32	1.0	146.0	1242.0	1281.0	95.0	12.0	119.0	9.320
	5	Earl Torgeson	BSN	28	0.7	105.0	916.1	931.0	73.0	11.0	86.0	7.189
	6	Tony Bartirome	PIT	20	0.6	118.0	829.4	909.0	72.0	11.0	91.0	5.480
	7	George Crowe	BSN	31	0.4	55.0	479.9	476.0	42.0	8.0	40.0	4.579
	8	Steve Bilko	SLN	23	0.3	20.0	168.1	177.0	24.0	1.0	14.0	3.040
2B	1	Jackie Robinson	BRO	33	2.9	146.0	1110.3	353.0	400.0	20.0	113.0	25.223
	2	Red Schoendienst	SLN	29	2.0	142.0	1185.9	399.0	424.0	19.0	108.0	20.882
	3	Jack Dittmer	BSN	24	0.8	90.0	756.9	228.0	267.0	9.0	60.0	8.909
	4	Connie Ryan	PHI	32	0.8	154.0	1302.1	348.0	462.0	23.0	95.0	7.338
	5	Davey Williams	NY1	24	0.8	138.0	1100.0	279.0	375.0	18.0	102.0	8.414
	6	Jack Merson	PIT	30	0.7	81.0	631.2	190.0	214.0	9.0	59.0	7.031
	7	Johnny Berardino	PIT	35	0.3	18.0	140.3	37.0	58.0	4.0	13.0	2.973
	8	George Strickland	PIT	26	0.2	45.0	350.7	95.0	127.0	11.0	30.0	2.283
3B	1	Bobby Adams	CIN	30	1.9	154.0	1328.8	176.0	328.0	20.0	28.0	20.396
	2	Pete Castiglione	PIT	31	1.1	57.0	476.9	67.0	129.0	10.0	7.0	10.056
	3	Willie Jones	PHI	26	1.0	147.0	1290.1	216.0	281.0	16.0	31.0	8.564
	4	Billy Johnson	SLN	33	0.8	89.0	688.4	56.0	177.0	12.0	10.0	8.506
	5	Bobby Thomson	NY1	28	0.5	91.0	756.1	82.0	184.0	17.0	13.0	5.476
	6	Red Schoendienst	SLN	29	0.5	11.0	85.1	15.0	29.0	0.0	2.0	5.050
	7	Randy Jackson	CHN	26	0.4	104.0	890.0	91.0	203.0	13.0	13.0	3.816
	8	Bobby Morgan	BRO	26	0.4	60.0	466.4	45.0	107.0	5.0	10.0	3.290
SS	1	Johnny Logan	BSN	26	2.9	117.0	944.1	247.0	385.0	18.0	81.0	30.898
	2	Roy McMillan	CIN	22	2.0	154.0	1345.9	297.0	495.0	24.0	101.0	21.083
	3	Solly Hemus	SLN	29	1.6	148.0	1221.1	253.0	452.0	29.0	104.0	17.008
	4	Granny Hamner	PHI	25	1.6	151.0	1276.7	267.0	470.0	38.0	102.0	14.317
	5	Clem Koshorek	PIT	27	1.0	33.0	283.0	69.0	119.0	10.0	31.0	9.705
	6	Al Dark	NY1	30	0.5	150.0	1309.9	324.0	423.0	27.0	116.0	5.021
	7	Dick Groat	PIT	21	0.4	94.0	806.2	229.0	272.0	25.0	61.0	3.874
	8	Eddie Miksis	CHN	25	0.4	40.0	328.1	81.0	114.0	4.0	21.0	3.195
LF	1	Joe Adcock	CIN	24	0.7	85.0	638.3	189.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	7.502
	2	Hank Sauer	CHN	35	0.7	151.0	1325.5	327.0	17.0	6.0	3.0	5.741
	3	Sid Gordon	BSN	34	0.5	142.0	1084.1	263.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	5.088
	4	Hank Thompson	NY1	26	0.3	20.0	136.6	50.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	3.143
	5	Stan Musial	SLN	31	0.2	20.7	154.8	47.9	1.0	0.6	0.3	2.397
	6	Wally Post	CIN	22	0.2	15.0	112.6	35.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.854
	7	Jackie Mayo	PHI	26	0.1	24.0	209.2	53.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.315
	8	Bob Borkowski	CIN	26	0.1	14.7	110.5	31.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.131
CF	1	Richie Ashburn	PHI	25	0.9	154.0	1369.1	428.0	23.0	9.0	5.0	8.321
	2	Bobby Del Greco	PIT	19	0.5	90.0	758.8	238.1	10.6	5.8	2.9	4.597
	3	Willie Mays	NY1	21	0.5	34.0	295.1	109.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	4.972
	4	Sam Jethroe	BSN	35	0.5	151.0	1354.1	413.0	10.0	13.0	3.0	4.843
	5	Hal Jeffcoat	CHN	27	0.5	95.0	740.5	218.0	16.0	1.0	2.0	3.903
	6	Wally Westlake	2 teams	31	0.4	56.5	481.8	154.2	6.7	0.7	0.0	4.497
	7	Duke Snider	BRO	25	0.3	141.0	1220.4	341.0	13.0	3.0	3.0	2.295
	8	Frank Baumholtz	CHN	33	0.2	42.4	330.4	104.1	4.2	2.9	1.3	1.815
RF	1	Johnny Wyrostek	2 teams	32	0.7	93.5	791.1	215.6	11.4	5.8	1.0	6.768
	2	Frank Baumholtz	CHN	33	0.7	58.6	485.9	143.9	5.8	4.1	1.7	5.765
	3	Carl Furillo	BRO	30	0.2	131.0	1016.8	225.0	12.0	3.0	2.0	1.825
	4	Don Mueller	NY1	25	0.2	120.0	983.2	221.0	8.0	3.0	4.0	2.070
	5	Bob Addis	CHN	26	0.2	36.6	303.5	74.1	3.7	0.9	0.9	1.605
	6	Mel Clark	PHI	27	0.2	26.3	223.9	56.1	3.5	0.0	0.7	1.660
	7	Gene Hermanski	CHN	32	0.2	72.0	596.9	138.3	6.6	2.8	2.8	1.594
	8	Enos Slaughter	SLN	36	0.2	137.0	1167.0	250.0	11.0	3.0	3.0	1.831