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1952 St. Louis Browns  (1951)  (1953) 64-90, 6th in American League Scored 617 runs, Allowed 744 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 64-90 Manager(s): Pat Carr

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Luke Easter          36  135  480   78  135  10   5  36   98   0   0   49  118  .281  .346  .548   92   6.9  4e23       44  
 OF  Bob Nieman           25  139  480   66  132  16   4  18   56   0   0   46   92  .275  .343  .438   72   5.4  4(+1)e7   -28  
 3B  Jim Dyck             30  127  445   53  114  21   6  18   65   0   2   52   97  .256  .337  .452   67   5.3  3e25      -15  
 2B *Bobby Young          27  152  629   68  144  17  18   6   45   4   3   57   61  .229  .300  .342   67   3.6  3e13        3  
 C  *Clint Courtney       25  129  439   46  129  19   1   9   53   0   0   42   22  .294  .351  .403   60   4.9  3(+1)e1    11  
 OF *Jim Delsing          26  137  461   49  133  20  12   3   51   5   2   32   46  .289  .333  .403   60   4.7  3(-1)e8    47  
 SS  Vern Stephens        31  104  320   44   71  10   0  13   44   2   0   48   36  .222  .329  .375   40   4.2  3e31      -22  
 OF *Faye Throneberry     21   99  286   47   80  14   2   7   33   7   1   24   81  .280  .335  .416   39   5.0  3(-1)e12   59  
 3B  Tommy Glaviano       28   67  181   23   46   7   0   7   21   0   0   24   32  .254  .346  .409   26   5.2  4e29       50  
 OF *Cal Abrams           28   76  172   21   43  10   2   2   16   2   0   16   38  .250  .316  .366   20   4.2  3(+1)e7   -59  
 OF *Ray Coleman          30   74  259   25   58   9   2   2   11   0   0   10   31  .224  .261  .297   19   2.4  3(-2)e7     3  
 C  *Rube Walker          26   42  150   16   42  14   0   2   16   0   0    5   31  .280  .308  .413   18   4.4  3(+1)e6    79  
 SS  Marty Marion         35   92  214   20   50  10   0   3   16   0   0   12   27  .234  .273  .322   18   2.9  1e29      -64  
 OF *Barney McCosky       35   37   88   12   17   3   3   1    9   0   1    9    7  .193  .287  .330    9   3.0  2(+1)e8     8  
 SS  Fred Marsh           28   45   80    5   19   4   0   0    5   0   0    8   15  .238  .307  .288    7   3.2  4e29      -54  
 1B *Hank Arft            30    8   20    2    6   4   2   0    1   0   0    3    5  .300  .391  .700    5  11.2  2e18      497  
 1B *Gordon Goldsberry    24   38   71    7   12   1   0   1    8   0   0    7   11  .169  .247  .225    4   2.1  2e21     -192  
 UT  Dick Williams        23   36   64    3   16   1   0   0    5   0   0    1   13  .250  .273  .266    4   2.1           -187  
 UT  Leo Thomas           28   21   33    6    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .212  .325  .242    3   3.3            -38  
 3B  Putsy Caballero      24    4   15    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .400  .400  .533    3   9.6  3e22      351  
 1B  Roy Sievers          25    9   23    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .174  .167  .217    0   1.2  4e30     -142  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           644                    3

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Sal Maglie           35  19  11  .633  33  33   7   0   0   0   4  237.2  220  100   91  17   77  153  3.45   95   3.6  -34  
  P  Vic Raschi           33  15  14  .517  40  33   8   5   0   1   2  244.2  218  103   81  14   97  155  2.98   96   3.5    5  
  P  Satchel Paige        46  10  12  .455  80   6   1  57  19   9   1  153.0  146   75   67   9   78  114  3.94   70   4.1    9  
  P *Ed Lopat             34   8  11  .421  25  19   5   2   1   2   1  158.0  156   74   63  17   56   63  3.59   77   4.4   43  
  P  Larry Jansen         31   4  11  .267  29  28   3   0   0   0   1  165.1  206  105   89  17   51   79  4.84  106   5.7   22  
  P *Bob Cain             27   3  11  .214  54  19   4  23   7   0   1  187.1  187  100   92  17   66   59  4.42   93   4.5  -13  
  P *Stubby Overmire      33   2   4  .333  26   1   0   9   1   2   0   45.1   50   24   22   9   15   13  4.37   28   5.7   77  
  P  Bob Feller           33   2   8  .200  26   9   2  12   1   1   0   84.2  126   82   76  18   47   48  8.08   89   9.4  199  
  P *Morrie Martin        29   1   3  .250  13   3   0   6   0   0   0   28.0   42   26   21   1    9   20  6.75   22   6.8  -90  
  P *Paul LaPalme         28   0   5  .000  30   3   0  10   1   0   0   60.1   70   55   46   8   60   29  6.86   51   7.5   86  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 33                                                                                      730         20

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clint Courtney 1034 117 120 632 55 2 4 .997 60 34 Rube Walker 331 37 39 196 24 1 0 .995 24 11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Easter 1077 123 126 1030 88 20 111 .982 9.34 Gordon Goldsberry 158 17 25 164 8 3 18 .983 9.78 Roy Sievers 55 6 8 63 1 3 3 .955 10.47 Hank Arft 39 4 5 39 4 1 5 .977 9.92 Dick Williams 35 4 7 24 3 1 2 .964 6.94 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Young 1341 151 152 402 444 17 110 .980 5.68 Fred Marsh 14 2 3 1 5 1 0 .857 3.86 Leo Thomas 8 1 1 3 4 0 3 1.000 7.88 Tommy Glaviano 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Dyck 797 93 93 95 177 13 18 .954 3.07 Tommy Glaviano 419 47 49 43 98 8 7 .946 3.03 Vern Stephens 39 3 9 7 11 1 1 .947 4.15 Fred Marsh 34 3 6 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.14 Putsy Caballero 25 2 3 6 18 0 3 1.000 8.64 Leo Thomas 25 3 3 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.88 Dick Williams 25 3 3 2 6 0 2 1.000 2.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vern Stephens 729 87 91 177 231 27 49 .938 5.04 Marty Marion 530 55 87 114 184 15 44 .952 5.06 Fred Marsh 89 11 14 19 21 3 3 .930 4.04 Leo Thomas 15 1 3 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.20 Tommy Glaviano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Delsing 924 105 110 264 5 6 0 .978 2.62 Faye Throneberry 211 24 27 62 2 1 0 .985 2.73 Cal Abrams 158 18 20 48 3 3 1 .944 2.91 Ray Coleman 57 6 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Dick Williams 10 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Gordon Goldsberry 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Dyck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Nieman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Coleman 476 57 57 136 7 0 2 1.000 2.71 Jim Dyck 302 32 40 81 5 5 2 .945 2.57 Barney McCosky 202 22 29 52 3 1 0 .982 2.45 Jim Delsing 190 23 23 42 2 4 0 .917 2.09 Cal Abrams 134 15 18 39 3 0 0 1.000 2.82 Faye Throneberry 29 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.41 Dick Williams 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Bob Nieman 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Nieman 1037 120 121 174 11 3 0 .984 1.61 Faye Throneberry 292 33 36 52 2 3 1 .947 1.66 Cal Abrams 16 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 Barney McCosky 9 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Ray Coleman 8 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Dick Williams 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Delsing 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Vern Stephens
Round 2 (#15):	Bob Nieman
Round 3 (#29):	Jim Delsing
Round 4 (#43):	Cal Abrams
Round 5 (#56):	Morrie Martin
Round 6 (#68):	Barney McCosky

Transactions

• 1952-01: traded Duane Pillette to CHA for Ray Coleman
• 1952-01: acquired Putsy Caballero as a free agent
• 1952 postseason: released Putsy Caballero, Paul LaPalme, Joe Lutz, Duke Markell, Bob Nieman, Leo Thomas, Dick Williams

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