Offseason In March 1952, during spring training, shortstop Granny Hamner was named captain of the team by manager Eddie Sawyer. Notable transactions December 10, 1951: Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler, and Niles Jordan were traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Smoky Burgess, Howie Fox and Connie Ryan. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions April 29, 1952: John Anderson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies. May 23, 1952: Bubba Church was traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Kent Peterson and Johnny Wyrostek. August 30, 1952: Tommy Glaviano was selected off waivers by the Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals. Game log |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 15 || @ Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 4 |- style="background:#fbb" | 1 || April 16 || @ Giants || 3–5 || Sal Maglie (1–0) || Robin Roberts (0–1) || None || 17,472 || 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 2 || April 17 || @ Giants || 5–3 (11) || Jim Konstanty (1–0) || George Spencer (0–1) || None || 13,697 || 1–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 3 || April 18 || Braves || 2–3 || Lew Burdette (1–0) || Russ Meyer (0–1) || None || 15,911 || 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 4 || April 19 || Braves || 7–9 || Bert Thiel (1–0) || Andy Hansen (0–1) || Lew Burdette (1) || 9,466 || 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 5 || April 20 (1) || Braves || 4–3 (10) || Robin Roberts (1–1) || Lew Burdette (1–1) || None || see 2nd game || 2–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 6 || April 20 (2) || Braves || 1–2 || Dave Cole (1–0) || Karl Drews (0–1) || Dick Donovan (1) || 26,011 || 2–4 |- style="background:#fbb" | 7 || April 21 || Giants || 4–10 || Jim Hearn (1–0) || Howie Fox (0–1) || Dave Koslo (1) || 14,609 || 2–5 |- style="background:#fbb" | 8 || April 22 || Giants || 1–4 || Larry Jansen (1–0) || Russ Meyer (0–2) || None || 12,405 || 2–6 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 23 || Dodgers || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 9 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 24 || Dodgers || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 11 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 25 || @ Braves || colspan=6