1952 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Dixie Walker (82-72)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 232,994, Avg. 3,026
1952 Atlanta Crackers Roster

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Crackers scored 803 runs and allowed 711 runs. Junior Wooten led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .347. Art Fowler topped Atlanta with 16 wins and a team-best 3.36 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1952 Atlanta Crackers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jack Brittin, Ray Crone, Bill Currie, Frank Fanovich, Art Fowler, Harry Hanebrink, Buddy Hicks, Jerry Lane, John Perkovich, Normie Roy, Johnny Rucker, Dwain Sloat, Chuck Tanner, Carl Willey and Junior Wooten.

Dixie Walker 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
Art Fowler1610.6153.363830236.02241008896
Jack Brittin146.7003.603723190.0199927665
Carl Willey106.6254.192520129.0130716064
Howard Anderson97.5624.502716114.0122655743
Bill Currie911.4504.483325183.01941019159
Dwain Sloat65.5453.38181188.084393348
Joe Payne52.7144.2715759.057402840
Joe Reardon410.2863.4436181.074383140
Alfred Dumouchelle23.4000.00931.03024
Joe Kirkland11.5000.00617.0237
Ray Crone12.3339.00619.03322198
Andrew Elko13.2500.00735.04212
Normie Roy01.0000.0027.0610
Frank Fanovich01.0000.00918.01821
Stewart Alton01.0000.00819.02217
Totals7869.5313.5527613300001226.012585684830554000000

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
Junior Wooten1244964961722934.347.347.442.788219
Vernon Petty1445085081583932.311.311.411.722209
Chuck Tanner11744044015218112.345.345.450.795198
Harry Hanebrink1454954951441586.291.291.390.681193
Buddy Hicks1445255251312655.250.250.347.596182
Johnny Rucker10739039011322612.290.290.469.759183
Jim Solt1013233231001616.310.310.421.731136
Jack Parks923063068310414.271.271.467.739143
Jim Basso76238238751537.315.315.492.807117
Charles Williams8220220255922.272.272.366.63974
Alvin Aucoin4716516544522.267.267.358.62459
Howard Boles3111811834506.288.288.483.77157
Bob Montag28989830513.306.306.469.77646
Art Fowler38727216200.222.222.250.47218
Jack Brittin38666611200.167.167.197.36413
Bill Currie34666610300.152.152.197.34813
Joe Reardon3827277100.259.259.296.5568
Joe Payne1522225000.227.227.227.4555
Howard Anderson2736363000.083.083.083.1673
Carl Willey2545453101.067.067.156.2227
Alfred Dumouchelle1012122100.167.167.250.4173
Dwain Sloat2027272000.074.074.074.1482
Frank Fanovich9331.333.333.333.6671
Joe Kirkland6441.250.250.250.5001
Stewart Alton8661.167.167.167.3331
Ray Crone6771.143.143.143.2861
Normie Roy2220.000.000.000.0000
Andrew Elko711110.000.000.000.0000
Totals15214710471001354224497200000.287.287.402.689189200000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Art FowlerP38.000
Jack BrittinP37.000
Joe ReardonP36.000
Bill CurrieP33.000
Howard AndersonP27.000
Carl WilleyP25.000
Dwain SloatP18.000
Joe PayneP15.000
Totals2290000.000

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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