1952 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-85
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (68-85)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 78,132, Avg. 1,021

1952 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Red Birds plated 666 runs and yielded 776 runs. Chuck Kress paced Columbus with 24 home runs, while Russ Derry walloped 15 or more, too. Chuck Kress drove in 85 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .287 clip. Floyd Melliere led the team with 15 wins, and Ralph Beard recorded a 3.66 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1952 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Herb Moford, Danny Lynch, Vern Benson, Bobby Tiefenauer, Ralph Beard, Russ Derry, Chuck Kress, Bill Sarni, Ed Mickelson, Kurt Krieger, Jay Van Noy, Dan Lewandowski, George Eyrich, Stu Miller, Dick Rand and Willard Schmidt.

Johnny Keane 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
Floyd Melliere	15	10	.600	4.60	32	25		14	2		180.0	221	115	92		60		64	1	0	6
Stu Miller	11	5	.688	2.34	28	13		5	4		119.0	113	44	31		38		82	4	0	4
Hisel Patrick	9	5	.643	4.90	36	11		2	0		125.0	117	71	68		77		73	10	0	2
William Allen	8	10	.444	4.99	32	19		6	2		148.0	155	87	82		85		101	1	0	3
Ralph Beard	8	11	.421	3.66	31	18		7	0		150.0	140	78	61		58		54	5	1	6
Ed Ludwig	6	7	.462	5.08	25	13		5	0		108.0	126	67	61		35		54	2	0	2
Kurt Krieger	3	9	.250	4.42	18	15		5	0		114.0	120	62	56		39		39	1	1	3
Thomas Keating	3	9	.250	5.88	29	13		2	0		104.0	123	81	68		74		63	1	0	3
Willard Schmidt	2	1	.667	2.89	4				0		28.0	24	11	9		10		21
Dan Lewandowski	2	6	.250	5.94	21	7		0	0		53.0	67	40	35		19		17	4	0	1
Hal Coffman	1	8	.111	5.67	29	12		2	0		108.0	136	80	68		57		66	3	0	5
David Manier	0	0		0.00	1						1.7
George Eyrich	0	0		0.00	8						22.0
Herb Moford	0	0		0.00	4						10.0
Robert Bills	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Roy Pounds	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Lee Peterson	0	1	.000	0.82	7			0			11.0	7	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0
Bobby Tiefenauer	0	1	.000	4.50	2			0			10.0	16	5	5	2	5		3	1	0	1
Douglas Clark	0	2	.000	15.00	3			0			6.0	6	10	10	0	6		2	0	0	0
Totals	68	85	.444	4.47	312	146	0	48	8	0	1301.7	1371	752	647	2	564	0	641	34	2	36	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
Howie Phillips	140	539	475	56	129	20	13	4	55	4		60	68	.272	.357	.394	.751	187	11	3	1
Danny Lynch	128	549	486	70	128	23	5	2	39	10		55	39	.263	.339	.344	.683	167	26	1	7
Chuck Kress	128	539	435	79	125	23	4	24	85	5		102	50	.287	.424	.524	.948	228	8	1	1
Wally Lammers	125	538	459	64	118	22	3	1	47	2		69	50	.257	.360	.325	.685	149	5	5	5
Jim Neufeldt	137	464	421	62	110	15	5	3	34	10		35	56	.261	.325	.342	.667	144	7	5	3
Jay Van Noy	126	487	436	63	108	21	6	9	61	6		40	81	.248	.318	.385	.703	168	10	5	6
Dick Rand	109	362	309	39	79	18	3	2	51	4		50	56	.256	.359	.353	.712	109	9	0	3
Russ Derry	72	255	223	40	71	13	1	18	55	3		32	33	.318	.404	.628	1.032	140	3	0	0
Mo Mozzali	81	288	255	41	71	13	5	2	27	2		28	14	.278	.350	.392	.742	100	7	0	5
Bill Sarni	89	294	276	29	70	11	3	7	43	2		15	26	.254	.295	.391	.686	108	9	1	2
Russ Rac	104	324	292	33	63	8	3	5	31	1		29	39	.216	.289	.315	.604	92	11	1	2
Vern Benson	58	250	213	31	51	11	0	4	30	2		36	28	.239	.352	.347	.699	74	3	1	0
William Killinger	19	62	53	8	22	5	0	0	9	0		9	5	.415	.500	.509	1.009	27	3	0	0
William Allen	37	59	56	7	13	2	1	0	5	0		1	6	.232	.246	.304	.549	17	0	0	2
Hal Coffman	36	42	37	3	12	1	2	1	3	0		4	14	.324	.390	.541	.931	20	0	0	1
Dick Morgan	17	41	41	1	10	1	1	0	6	0		0	5	.244	.244	.317	.561	13	3	0	0
Ev Joyner	20	44	41	4	10	2	0	1	4	0		2	1	.244	.279	.366	.645	15	0	0	1
Ralph Beard	31	52	48	3	10	0	0	0	3	0		3	11	.208	.255	.208	.463	10	5	0	1
Herb Mancini	25	68	62	6	10	0	0	0	4	1		5	9	.161	.224	.161	.385	10	0	0	1
Floyd Melliere	34	72	64	5	9	1	0	0	1	0		2	15	.141	.167	.156	.323	10	1	0	6
Ed Mickelson	12	29	26	3	8	4	0	0	5	0		2	4	.308	.379	.462	.841	12	0	1	0
Ralph Lageman	15	45	43	2	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	9	.163	.200	.209	.409	9	2	0	0
Ed Ludwig	25	33	27	0	6	1	0	0	3	0		3	11	.222	.300	.259	.559	7	0	0	3
Stu Miller	28	37	31	2	6	1	0	0	1	0		4	7	.194	.286	.226	.512	7	0	0	2
Hisel Patrick	36	43	39	1	6	0	0	0	4	0		2	5	.154	.195	.154	.349	6	1	0	2
Kurt Krieger	18	39	32	3	5	1	1	0	1	0		3	9	.156	.229	.250	.479	8	0	0	4
Donald Spencer	7	21	21		3									.143	.143	.143	.286	3
J. C. Dunn	15	29	25	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	4	.120	.241	.120	.361	3	1	0	0
Thomas Keating	29	34	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	14	.103	.188	.103	.291	3	0	0	2
Lee Peterson	7	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Willard Schmidt	4	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Dan Lewandowski	21	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1
Bobby Tiefenauer	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Douglas Clark	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
David Manier	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Eyrich	8	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Moscrey	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Johnson	7	17	17		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1760	5693	5008	659	1269	219	56	83	611	52	0	600	674	.253	.336	.369	.705	1849	125	24	61	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Chuck Kress	1B	127	1099	83	11	105	.991	9.307
Mo Mozzali	1B	24	156	8	2	16	.988	6.833
Howie Phillips	2B	136	323	343	25	95	.964	4.897
Danny Lynch	2B	13	32	39	4	7	.947	5.462
Danny Lynch	3B	90	81	191	16	28	.944	3.022
Vern Benson	3B	31	18	49	6	6	.918	2.161
Jim Neufeldt	3B	27	21	46	4	7	.944	2.481
Dick Rand	C	83	403	44	9	4	.980	5.386	3
Bill Sarni	C	62	308	32	3	7	.991	5.484	2
Jay Van Noy	OF	124	298	9	6	1	.981	2.476
Jim Neufeldt	OF	104	202	20	5	6	.978	2.135
Russ Rac	OF	89	159	6	8	0	.954	1.854
Russ Derry	OF	63	136	5	2	1	.986	2.238
Mo Mozzali	OF	51	72	2	0	1	1.000	1.451
Vern Benson	OF	29	44	3	0	0	1.000	1.621
William Killinger	OF	16	23	0	3	0	.885	1.438
Ralph Lageman	OF	13	25	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ev Joyner	OF	11	18	0	1	0	.947	1.636
Hisel Patrick	P	36	8	15	1	2	.958	.639
Floyd Melliere	P	32	18	42	3	5	.952	1.875
William Allen	P	32	10	23	0	1	1.000	1.031
Ralph Beard	P	31	12	25	6	2	.860	1.194
Thomas Keating	P	29	6	21	2	0	.931	.931
Hal Coffman	P	29	5	20	4	1	.862	.862
Stu Miller	P	28	6	29	3	1	.921	1.250
Ed Ludwig	P	25	7	11	0	0	1.000	.720
Dan Lewandowski	P	21	2	10	0	1	1.000	.571
Kurt Krieger	P	18	6	25	2	1	.939	1.722
George Eyrich	P	8						.000
Lee Peterson	P	7						.000
Willard Schmidt	P	4						.000
Herb Moford	P	4						.000
Douglas Clark	P	3						.000
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	2						.000
Roy Pounds	P	1						.000
David Manier	P	1						.000
Robert Bills	P	1						.000
Wally Lammers	SS	122	224	371	38	71	.940	4.877
Danny Lynch	SS	27	42	68	8	12	.932	4.074
Totals		1554	3764	1541	172	381	.969	3.414	5	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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