1952 Columbus Cardinals Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Chief Bender (87-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 86,671, Avg. 1,126

1952 Columbus Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Montgomery Grays 3 games, Columbus Cardinals 2

The Columbus Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1952 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Cardinals paced the league with 762 runs. Columbus yielded 655 runs. Tom Burgess led all regular hitters by connecting at a .328 clip. Dennis Reeder topped the squad with 20 wins, while Don Swartz recorded a 2.71 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Don Lassetter and Tom Burgess both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Chief Bender 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
Dennis Reeder	20	6	.769	2.79	36	27					203.0	168	76	63	3	102
Don Swartz	14	7	.667	2.71	29	21					176.0	173	71	53	4	52
Leonard Wile	11	13	.458	3.55	32	26					198.0	172	83	78	13	93
Whit Ulrich	10	5	.667	2.75	19	14					118.0	106	40	36	5	47
Robert Betancourt	8	8	.500	4.62	31	13					115.0	113	67	59	7	86
Elroy Joyce	7	4	.636	2.70	19	13					100.0	89	40	30	3	33
Robert Kerce	3	8	.273	4.58	23	13					106.0	96	70	54	2	81
Chief Bender	2	0	1.000	3.48	17						31.0	33	18	12	2	19
Donald Mumm	2	0	1.000	3.52	10	4					46.0	42	20	18	2	23
Ted Beck	1	0	1.000	6.55	9						33.0	36	26	24	4	21
Joe Ford	1	3	.250	7.26	7	5					31.0	40	32	25	2	29
Stan Slack	1	5	.167	5.23	14	3					31.0	39	29	18	0	15
Ronald Curnan	0	0		0.00	1						5.0
Tom Burgess	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Hamilton Graham	0	1	.000	6.43	2						14.0	22	11	10	2	4
Robert McDonald	0	2	.000	8.14	5						21.0	17	19	19	5	21
Totals	80	62	.563	3.65	255	139	0	0	0	0	1232.0	1146	602	499	54	626	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
John Mackley	155	598	598		178	27	5	1						.298	.298	.365	.662	218
Tom Burgess	149	525	525		172	40	8	18						.328	.328	.537	.865	282
Bill Paolisso	138	537	537		141	23	2	0						.263	.263	.313	.575	168
Gill Daley	100	375	375		137	18	12	4						.365	.365	.509	.875	191
Ev Joyner	111	447	447		136	19	8	11						.304	.304	.456	.761	204
Ted Lewandowski	152	527	527		130	22	4	1						.247	.247	.309	.556	163
Donald Spencer	131	452	452		125	25	5	8						.277	.277	.407	.684	184
Ronald Curnan	127	429	429		123	27	4	11						.287	.287	.445	.732	191
Jack Byers	96	229	229		49	11	2	2						.214	.214	.306	.520	70
William Harris	70	159	159		41	6	0	1						.258	.258	.314	.572	50
Karol Kwak	39	136	136		31	6	0	0						.228	.228	.272	.500	37
Joe Ossola	19	71	71		24	3	1	0						.338	.338	.408	.746	29
Don Swartz	42	73	73		23	2	2	0						.315	.315	.397	.712	29
Robert Rooney	24	84	84		19	2	2	0						.226	.226	.298	.524	25
Robert Betancourt	43	61	61		18	3	0	0						.295	.295	.344	.639	21
Jack Randall	31	95	95		18	2	1	0						.189	.189	.232	.421	22
Dennis Reeder	36	81	81		14	1	0	1						.173	.173	.222	.395	18
Don Lassetter	16	49	49		13	0	0	1						.265	.265	.327	.592	16
Elroy Joyce	19	35	35		11	2	0	0						.314	.314	.371	.686	13
Robert Kerce	23	35	35		5	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Whit Ulrich	19	39	39		5	2	0	0						.128	.128	.179	.308	7
Leonard Wile	32	62	62		3	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.097	3
Hamilton Graham	2	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Ted Beck	10	13	13		2	0	1	0						.154	.154	.308	.462	4
Donald Mumm	11	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Robert McDonald	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Stan Slack	14	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Joe Ford	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Tom McGuire	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Chief Bender	17	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1641	5165	5165	0	1425	241	57	59	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.379	.655	1957	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dennis Reeder	P	36					.000
Leonard Wile	P	32					.000
Robert Betancourt	P	31					.000
Don Swartz	P	29					.000
Robert Kerce	P	23					.000
Whit Ulrich	P	19					.000
Elroy Joyce	P	19					.000
Chief Bender	P	17					.000
Stan Slack	P	14					.000
Donald Mumm	P	10					.000
Totals		230	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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