1952 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 52-64
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Joe Beggs (52-64)
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 38,469, Avg. 663

1952 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1952 season with a record of 52 wins and 64 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Blue-Grays scored 602 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 680 runs. Luther Tucker drove in 86 runs. James Walthall paced batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Lefty Gilday topped the squad with 13 wins, while Charles Custer registered a 3.07 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers. Joe Beggs 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
Lefty Gilday	13	9	.591	4.13	30	19		12	0		170.0	201	94	78		49		105	0	1	2
Charles Custer	10	6	.625	3.07	22	14		9	1		129.0	108	54	44		82		106	0	0	5
Shannon Hardwick	7	6	.538	3.13	17	14		7	1		115.0	107	56	40		52		63	9	0	1
Peter Konek	6	5	.545	5.27	20	11		7	0		94.0	110	59	55		43		21	2	0	4
John Twarkins	4	3	.571	3.46	13	8		4	0		65.0	75	37	25		28		25	1	0	3
Dempsey Cheatwood	2	2	.500	3.51	14	7		2	0		59.0	60	45	23		35		45	4	2	6
Robert Bingham	1	0	1.000	4.50	4			0			10.0	10	12	5	1	9		7	1		3
Sid Gilmore	1	1	.500	4.63	7			1			35.0	55	21	18	2	6		14	1		1
Ken Dunlap	1	1	.500	6.10	10			1			31.0	33	25	21	3	38		24	1	1	5
Raymond Sarver	1	2	.333	9.00	7			0			18.0	30	22	18	1	20		10	1		2
Donald Sundlov	1	3	.250	8.05	8			0			19.0	25	27	17	0	25		15	1		0
Glenton Washburn	1	5	.167	5.71	14	8		2	0		63.0	70	50	40		40		36	7	0	6
Frank Sliwka					2						0.0
Gene Kirley					11						0.0
Edward Johnson					10						0.0
Robert Gotovac					10						0.0
Harry Byrd	0	0			1						0.0
Nicholas Panos	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Irving Glaser	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Robert Geary	0	0		0.00	1						3.0
James Thompson	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Michael Smith	0	3	.000	6.75	7			0			20.0	24	23	15	3	20		11	2		1
Paul Begovac	0	6	.000	5.36	13			0			42.0	44	40	25	1	31		23	3		5
Totals	48	52	.480	4.33	224	81	0	45	2	0	881.0	952	565	424	11	478	0	505	33	4	44	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
James Walthall	115	541	471	88	134	16	2	5	45	18		65	58	.285	.371	.359	.730	169		0	5
Luther Tucker	117	513	423	68	113	27	1	7	86	4		83	42	.267	.392	.385	.777	163		4	3
Vernon Yingling	65	288	261	38	78	12	4	4	47	3		21	47	.299	.356	.421	.777	110		2	4
William Stephens	68	301	242	54	77	11	2	0	23	7		52	27	.318	.448	.380	.828	92		5	2
John Broski	73	325	277	42	71	8	0	2	33	4		38	31	.256	.346	.307	.653	85		0	10
Clair Wombacher	72	338	282	43	71	16	4	1	34	5		53	58	.252	.372	.348	.720	98		1	2
Ron Ramagli	47	188	163	22	45	3	2	3	25	1		23	37	.276	.366	.374	.740	61		0	2
Alan Stone	43	177	149	23	37	8	5	1	23	5		25	43	.248	.367	.389	.756	58		3	0
William Enders	36	138	117	10	29	8	0	1	14	0		17	23	.248	.353	.342	.695	40		2	2
Walter Zukowski	27	105	87	19	24	2	4	2	13	0		17	21	.276	.394	.460	.854	40		0	1
Lefty Gilday	38	98	83	7	18	1	0	0	9	0		8	9	.217	.286	.229	.515	19		0	7
Joseph Horvath	15	59	55	10	16	1	0	2	6	1		3	8	.291	.339	.418	.757	23		1	0
Jim Ney	12	51	46	7	11	1	0	0	2	0		4	7	.239	.300	.261	.561	12		0	1
Howard Bien	15	65	48	12	11	1	0	0	4	0		16	10	.229	.422	.250	.672	12		0	1
Armenio Badia	22	78	71	6	11	0	1	1	1	0		6	16	.155	.231	.225	.456	16		1	0
Charles Custer	26	64	52	2	10	2	0	0	6	0		7	10	.192	.288	.231	.519	12		0	5
Robert Geary	18	65	55	9	9	2	0	0	6	0		9	19	.164	.281	.200	.481	11		0	1
Harold Means	16	53	45	7	8	2	0	3	9	0		7	15	.178	.288	.422	.711	19		0	1
Peter Konek	24	47	42	1	7	2	0	0	5	0		2	23	.167	.205	.214	.419	9		0	3
Brad Kluth	11	41	34	3	6	2	0	0	5	0		7	12	.176	.317	.235	.552	8		0	0
Ken Dunlap	21	44	37	6	6	0	0	1	3	0		7	16	.162	.295	.243	.539	9		0	0
Shannon Hardwick	17	47	43	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.140	.140	.140	.279	6		0	4
Dempsey Cheatwood	14	26	21	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.190	.292	.190	.482	4		1	2
John Twarkins	14	29	19	4	3	0	0	0	2	0		8	4	.158	.429	.158	.586	3		1	1
Paul Begovac	13	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	1
Glenton Washburn	15	28	22	4	1	0	0	0	1	0		6	9	.045	.250	.045	.295	1		0	0
Totals	964	3757	3191	492	815	129	25	33	406	49	0	487	563	.255	.358	.343	.700	1093	0	21	58	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Vernon Yingling	1B	65	594	32	11	53	.983	9.631
Ron Ramagli	1B	18	116	7	4	10	.969	6.833
Joseph Horvath	1B	13	93	7	1	8	.990	7.692
Jim Ney	1B	12	88	5	4	6	.959	7.750
John Broski	3B	73	74	149	16	11	.933	3.055
Robert Geary	3B	17	13	18	7	0	.816	1.824
Luther Tucker	C	117	663	70	15	17	.980	6.265	3
James Walthall	OF	115	279	14	15	0	.951	2.548
Clair Wombacher	OF	70	90	4	11	2	.895	1.343
Alan Stone	OF	41	92	5	2	3	.980	2.366
Ron Ramagli	OF	28	34	5	2	1	.951	1.393
William Enders	OF	23	34	2	3	1	.923	1.565
Armenio Badia	OF	22	26	3	2	1	.935	1.318
Harold Means	OF	16	14	0	2	0	.875	.875
Ken Dunlap	OF	10	2	5	0	1	1.000	.700
Lefty Gilday	P	30	7	36	1	2	.977	1.433
Charles Custer	P	22	3	35	0	4	1.000	1.727
Peter Konek	P	20	7	15	0	0	1.000	1.100
Shannon Hardwick	P	17	11	19	2	0	.938	1.765
Glenton Washburn	P	14	2	16	2	3	.900	1.286
Dempsey Cheatwood	P	14	4	7	3	0	.786	.786
John Twarkins	P	13	2	16	0	1	1.000	1.385
Paul Begovac	P	13	2	9	1	1	.917	.846
Ken Dunlap	P	10	2	5	0	1	1.000	.700
Donald Sundlov	P	8						.000
Michael Smith	P	7						.000
Raymond Sarver	P	7						.000
Sid Gilmore	P	7						.000
Robert Bingham	P	4						.000
James Thompson	P	1						.000
Nicholas Panos	P	1						.000
Irving Glaser	P	1						.000
Robert Geary	P	1						.000
Harry Byrd	P	1						.000
William Stephens	SS	66	99	203	29	35	.912	4.576
Walter Zukowski	SS	18	25	55	16	5	.833	4.444
Totals		925	2385	742	149	166	.955	3.381	3	0	0

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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