1952 Cleveland Indians season
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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Batting
Starters by position
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 | | 112 | 333 | 75 | .225 | 4 | 41 |
1B | | 127 | 437 | 115 | .263 | 31 | 97 |
2B | | 150 | 597 | 179 | .300 | 7 | 45 |
SS | | 103 | 316 | 83 | .263 | 7 | 45 |
3B | | 148 | 567 | 171 | .302 | 28 | 105 |
OF | | 140 | 519 | 143 | .276 | 32 | 104 |
OF | | 146 | 545 | 145 | .266 | 10 | 65 |
OF | | 134 | 511 | 165 | .323 | 5 | 58 |
Other batters
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 |
| 62 | 175 | 44 | .251 | 4 | 16 |
| 52 | 139 | 23 | .165 | 1 | 10 |
| 43 | 105 | 26 | .248 | 6 | 22 |
| 42 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 1 | 8 |
| 44 | 92 | 25 | .272 | 2 | 7 |
| 31 | 88 | 19 | .216 | 1 | 8 |
| 54 | 80 | 17 | .213 | 1 | 6 |
| 29 | 69 | 16 | .232 | 1 | 9 |
| 36 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 0 | 9 |
| 34 | 44 | 6 | .136 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 40 | 12 | .300 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | 34 | 10 | .294 | 1 | 4 |
| 35 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 309.2 | 22 | 11 | 2.50 | 131 |
| 46 | 292.1 | 22 | 11 | 2.37 | 143 |
| 42 | 285.2 | 23 | 12 | 2.90 | 153 |
| 30 | 191.2 | 9 | 13 | 4.74 | 81 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 29 | 122.2 | 7 | 7 | 3.67 | 65 |
| 14 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 7.25 | 28 |
| 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9.75 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.48 | 28 |
| 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.63 | 23 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system