1952 Binghamton Triplets Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-60
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Jim Gleeson (77-60)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: Johnson Field
Attendance: 79,902, Avg. 1,166

1952 Binghamton Triplets Roster

Playoffs - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Schenectady Blue Jays 3
Finals - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Reading Indians 1

The Binghamton Triplets of the Eastern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 77 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Triplets scored 633 runs and allowed 552 runs. Frank Verdi led all regular batters by connecting at a .313 clip. Rip Coleman topped Binghamton with 11 wins, while Mel Wright recorded a 1.93 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Jim Robertson, Bill Virdon, Rip Coleman, Mark Freeman, Mel Wright, Bernie Creger, Frank Verdi and Al Cicotte were all players from the 1952 Binghamton Triplets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jim Gleeson 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
Rip Coleman	11	8	.579	2.69	19	19					147.0	98	46	44		85
Ed Grenkoski	9	9	.500	3.14	23	19					146.0	150	70	51		53
George Maier	7	1	.875	2.25	14	12					100.0	67	30	25		55
Mark Freeman	7	5	.583	4.10	17	14					90.0	76	51	41		69
Mel Wright	7	8	.467	1.93	57	1					121.0	95	39	26		56
Jim Russell	6	1	.857	2.43	7	7					63.0	53	19	17		20
John Gages	6	5	.545	4.28	17	13					80.0	78	43	38		56
Hugh Radcliffe	5	2	.714	3.54	9	7					56.0	53	22	22		27
Jack Widner	5	4	.556	4.75	41	6					108.0	121	72	57		77
Fred Robbins	5	9	.357	3.68	20	20					115.0	95	64	47		103
Neil Lettau	4	1	.800	3.18	12	8					65.0	68	33	23		32
Al Cicotte	4	2	.667	2.21	9	7					53.0	40	16	13		32
Merlin Nehring	1	3	.250		5						0.0
Elder Haapala	0	0			1						0.0
David Latter	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Herbert Davis	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	77	60	.562	3.18	262	133	0	0	0	0	1144.0	994	505	404	0	665	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
Charlie Frey	137	503	503		142	17	9	5						.282	.282	.382	.664	192
Bill Virdon	122	467	467		122	13	9	2						.261	.261	.340	.602	159
Jim Robertson	117	399	399		121	21	4	5						.303	.303	.414	.717	165
Frank Verdi	103	371	371		116	17	3	2						.313	.313	.391	.704	145
Stan Charnofsky	90	357	357		104	20	1	2						.291	.291	.370	.661	132
Hal Charnofsky	98	329	329		99	19	2	2						.301	.301	.389	.690	128
Clint Weaver	77	278	278		66	14	6	7						.237	.237	.406	.644	113
Edward Krage	89	283	283		66	11	3	6						.233	.233	.357	.590	101
Joe Sabatella	48	196	196		52	7	2	2						.265	.265	.352	.617	69
Elder Haapala	62	187	187		50	10	3	2						.267	.267	.385	.652	72
Ed Barbarito	40	157	157		46	8	0	2						.293	.293	.382	.675	60
Marvin Crater	53	134	134		39	8	0	1						.291	.291	.373	.664	50
George Spears	48	157	157		37	7	2	0						.236	.236	.306	.541	48
Bernie Creger	31	123	123		29	3	0	0						.236	.236	.260	.496	32
Joseph Campbell	38	117	117		27	4	1	1						.231	.231	.308	.538	36
George Maier	19	48	48		14	2	0	0						.292	.292	.333	.625	16
Mel Wright	57	34	34		9	1	0	0						.265	.265	.294	.559	10
Ed Grenkoski	25	50	50		9	0	0	0						.180	.180	.180	.360	9
Jack Widner	42	30	30		7	1	0	1						.233	.233	.367	.600	11
Rip Coleman	19	54	54		7	1	0	0						.130	.130	.148	.278	8
Mark Freeman	17	31	31		6	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.387	6
Fred Robbins	29	39	39		6	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	6
Jim Russell	11	26	26		5	1	0	1						.192	.192	.346	.538	9
John Gages	17	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	4
Neil Lettau	13	21	21		3	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	3
James Shirley	10	12	12		1	0	1	0						.083	.083	.250	.333	3
Totals	1412	4428	4428	0	1187	185	46	41	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.358	.626	1587	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mel Wright	P	57					.000
Jack Widner	P	41					.000
Ed Grenkoski	P	23					.000
Fred Robbins	P	20					.000
Rip Coleman	P	19					.000
John Gages	P	17					.000
Mark Freeman	P	17					.000
George Maier	P	14					.000
Neil Lettau	P	12					.000
Jim Russell	P	7					.000
Totals		227	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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