1952 Allentown Cardinals Statistics

Inter-State League (ISL) - Class: B
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 2nd in the ISL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (82-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Max Hess Stadium
Attendance: 49,707, Avg. 715

1952 Allentown Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Lancaster Red Roses 4 games, Allentown Cardinals 1

The Allentown Cardinals of the Inter-State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the ISL.

The Cardinals scored 675 runs and conceded 567 runs. Wendell Forbes paced all regular batters by connecting at a .287 clip. Gene Swinger and Robert Hoch topped Allentown with 15 wins each, while Robert Hoch recorded a 1.78 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1952 Allentown Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pidge Browne, Hal Smith and Ted Wieand.

Whitey Kurowski served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Robert Hoch	15	3	.833	1.78	22	20					162.0	144	48	32		40
Gene Swinger	15	7	.682	2.76	36	20					196.0	162	77	60		80
James Kirk	13	4	.765	3.64	28	16					151.0	144	80	61		94
Ted Wieand	10	11	.476	3.61	31	22					172.0	131	84	69		132
Ron Kump	9	9	.500	3.66	30	18					150.0	129	69	61		55
Dick Umberger	9	11	.450	4.08	31	21					172.0	156	90	78		130
Robert Bills	4	5	.444	4.29	25	7					84.0	88	55	40		69
Hamilton Graham	4	6	.400	5.25	14	12					72.0	86	51	42		36
Totals	79	56	.585	3.44	217	136	0	0	0	0	1159.0	1040	554	443	0	636	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Wendell Forbes	140	512	512		147	23	7	5						.287	.287	.389	.676	199
Al Cummins	135	547	547		128	19	1	2						.234	.234	.283	.517	155
Russell McGovern	137	506	506		125	17	3	1						.247	.247	.298	.545	151
Ronald Berger	124	449	449		113	20	5	6						.252	.252	.359	.610	161
Gene Barth	118	416	416		107	22	3	8						.257	.257	.382	.639	159
Thomas Westcott	112	386	386		94	15	4	11						.244	.244	.389	.632	150
Joe Ossola	96	328	328		80	10	2	2						.244	.244	.305	.549	100
Bryce Carmichael	60	205	205		50	9	1	1						.244	.244	.312	.556	64
Hector Mayer	53	191	191		47	9	2	1						.246	.246	.330	.576	63
James Kirk	62	136	136		39	6	1	6						.287	.287	.478	.765	65
Jack Randall	29	95	95		31	3	1	0						.326	.326	.379	.705	36
Robert Hoch	35	77	77		22	2	1	0						.286	.286	.338	.623	26
Pidge Browne	23	87	87		18	4	0	2						.207	.207	.322	.529	28
Ron Kump	31	58	58		16	2	3	0						.276	.276	.414	.690	24
Edward Christoff	17	64	64		16	4	0	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	20
Bob Murphy	17	67	67		14	1	0	1						.209	.209	.269	.478	18
Fred Koenig	15	50	50		12	2	0	0						.240	.240	.280	.520	14
Robert Bills	27	36	36		10	1	1	0						.278	.278	.361	.639	13
John Clark	22	56	56		9	4	0	0						.161	.161	.232	.393	13
Dick Umberger	31	66	66		9	2	0	0						.136	.136	.167	.303	11
Angelo Dal Porto	10	31	31		8	2	1	0						.258	.258	.387	.645	12
Ted Wieand	32	62	62		8	2	0	0						.129	.129	.161	.290	10
Hal Smith	11	33	33		7	1	0	0						.212	.212	.242	.455	8
Gene Swinger	38	78	78		7	2	0	0						.090	.090	.115	.205	9
Hamilton Graham	14	33	33		6	1	0	0						.182	.182	.212	.394	7
Totals	1389	4569	4569	0	1123	183	36	46	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.332	.578	1516	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Gene Swinger	P	36					.000
Ted Wieand	P	31					.000
Dick Umberger	P	31					.000
Ron Kump	P	30					.000
Robert Bills	P	25					.000
Robert Hoch	P	22					.000
Hamilton Graham	P	14					.000
Totals		189	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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