1952 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Al Vincent (0-0), Red Mathis (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 177,898, Avg. 2,310

1952 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.

The Barons plated 706 runs and yielded 865 runs, most in the circuit. Tommy O'Brien led all regular batters by connecting at a .315 clip. John Mackinson topped Birmingham with 16 wins, while Bill Kennedy recorded a 3.86 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dick Young, Norm Brown, Tommy O'Brien, Ken Aspromonte, Bob Scherbarth, Bill Kennedy, Ben Flowers, Lefty Wallace, Jim Piersall, Windy McCall, Bob DiPietro, Ed Sadowski, Walt Lanfranconi, Milt Bolling, Herb Conyers, Jack Bruner, John Mackinson, Johnny Lucadello and Marv Rackley were all players from the 1952 Birmingham Barons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Al Vincent and Red Mathis 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
John Mackinson	16	14	.533	3.91	44	31					230.0	226	114	100		103
Al Bennett	11	17	.393	6.06	48	27					214.0	253	154	144		90
Windy McCall	10	8	.556	4.89	29	18					149.0	176	92	81		71
Bill Kennedy	10	9	.526	3.86	26	23					161.0	187	86	69		42
Clifford Coggin	8	13	.381	4.50	40	21					178.0	188	105	89		109
Lefty Wallace	3	9	.250	5.55	31	9					86.0	109	65	53		33
Norm Brown	2	1	.667	0.00	5						28.0	29				18
Ben Flowers	2	6	.250	4.88	10	7					59.0	62	33	32		27
William Fogg	1	0	1.000	0.00	17						42.0	66				24
Jack Hartsell	1	4	.200	5.71	21	5					63.0	81	44	40		21
Chuck Eisenmann	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
Carmine Melignano	0	0		0.00	6						13.0
Stan McWilliams	0	0		0.00	7						11.0
Bill Boyce	0	0		0.00	1						5.0
Charles Haag	0	0		0.00	1						1.0	1				1
Jack Bruner	0	1	.000	0.00	2						1.0	5				1
David Cyrus	0	1	.000	0.00	6						12.0	12				6
John Gilbert	0	1	.000	0.00	2						4.0	10				1
Rollin Schuster	0	1	.000	0.00	4						6.0	11				6
Walt Lanfranconi	0	1	.000	0.00	11						27.0	35				11
John Miskulin	0	4	.000	0.00	7						29.0	35				14
Totals	64	90	.416	4.14	320	141	0	0	0	0	1321.0	1486	693	608	0	578	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
Tommy O'Brien	150	559	559		176	45	5	19						.315	.315	.515	.830	288
Walter Rogers	132	527	527		162	32	4	11						.307	.307	.446	.753	235
Bill Boyce	128	426	426		111	22	3	3						.261	.261	.347	.608	148
Dick Young	75	305	305		91	18	5	4						.298	.298	.430	.728	131
Milt Bolling	94	332	332		83	12	0	8						.250	.250	.358	.608	119
Herb Conyers	78	285	285		76	8	6	4						.267	.267	.379	.646	108
Marv Rackley	66	241	241		75	11	1	3						.311	.311	.402	.714	97
James Dickey	70	268	268		71	13	4	6						.265	.265	.410	.675	110
Daniel Ryan	85	263	263		65	10	3	3						.247	.247	.342	.589	90
Red Mathis	75	213	213		55	7	3	1						.258	.258	.333	.592	71
Ken Aspromonte	53	170	170		42	9	0	4						.247	.247	.371	.618	63
Al Van Alstyne	49	161	161		38	5	1	4						.236	.236	.354	.590	57
Dale Lynch	41	121	121		34	6	0	1						.281	.281	.355	.636	43
Johnny Lucadello	42	122	122		33	4	0	1						.270	.270	.328	.598	40
John Minarcin	40	126	126		33	3	0	2						.262	.262	.333	.595	42
Marvin Stendel	35	100	100		26	5	1	5						.260	.260	.480	.740	48
Roy Nicely	44	154	154		26	2	1	0						.169	.169	.195	.364	30
Clifford Coggin	51	80	80		22	6	1	0						.275	.275	.375	.650	30
Jim Piersall	18	56	56		19	4	1	1						.339	.339	.500	.839	28
Windy McCall	40	76	76		18	3	0	1						.237	.237	.316	.553	24
Al Bennett	48	76	76		17	2	0	2						.224	.224	.329	.553	25
Bill Kennedy	30	66	66		16	2	1	2						.242	.242	.394	.636	26
Robert Broome	20	66	66		13	2	0	0						.197	.197	.227	.424	15
John Mackinson	46	81	81		13	3	0	0						.160	.160	.198	.358	16
Bob DiPietro	14	43	43		9	0	0	2						.209	.209	.349	.558	15
Ed Sadowski	14	47	47		9	0	0	0						.191	.191	.191	.383	9
Edward Sobczak	18	34	34		8	2	0	0						.235	.235	.294	.529	10
Lefty Wallace	34	34	34		8	1	1	0						.235	.235	.324	.559	11
Bob Scherbarth	5	17	17		5	0	0	0						.294	.294	.294	.588	5
David Cyrus	6	4	4		3									.750	.750	.750	1.500	3
Norm Brown	5	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
John Miskulin	7	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Phil Noto	6	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Carmine Melignano	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Walt Lanfranconi	12	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
William Fogg	18	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Jack Hartsell	21	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Ben Flowers	10	20	20		1	1	0	0						.050	.050	.100	.150	2
John Gilbert	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Cole	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Stan McWilliams	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rollin Schuster	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1701	5155	5155	0	1369	238	41	87	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.378	.644	1950	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Al Bennett	P	48					.000
John Mackinson	P	44					.000
Clifford Coggin	P	40					.000
Lefty Wallace	P	31					.000
Windy McCall	P	29					.000
Bill Kennedy	P	26					.000
Jack Hartsell	P	21					.000
William Fogg	P	17					.000
Walt Lanfranconi	P	11					.000
Ben Flowers	P	10					.000
Totals		277	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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