1952 Eau Claire Bears Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 72-53
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Bill Adair (72-53)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 61,429, Avg. 983

1952 Eau Claire Bears Roster

Playoffs - Superior Blues 2 games, Eau Claire Bears 1

The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 72 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Bears led the league with 704 runs, powered by 91 home runs. Eau Claire allowed 560 runs. Hank Aaron paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Bill Conroy topped the team with 16 wins, while Kenneth Reitmeier earned a 3.13 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1952 Eau Claire Bears who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Johnny Goryl, Julie Bowers, Wes Covington and Hank Aaron.

Bill Adair 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
Bill Conroy	16	9	.640	3.25	33						208.0	182	93	75	8	97
Gordon Roach	14	4	.778	3.14	27						169.0	145	82	59	7	109
Robert Brown	14	10	.583	3.29	29						167.0	133	71	61	10	87
Don Jordan	10	5	.667	4.72	24						122.0	106	76	64	10	83
Kenneth Reitmeier	8	7	.533	3.13	24						135.0	125	63	47	5	71
Elmer Toth	3	5	.375	4.32	14						50.0	53	24	24	1	33
George Kornack	2	2	.500	4.20	20						90.0	102	63	42	8	57
Totals	67	42	.615	3.56	171	0	0	0	0	0	941.0	846	472	372	49	537	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
Wes Covington	108	400	400		132	18	9	24						.330	.330	.600	.930	240
Richard Engquist	120	482	482		119	15	1	1						.247	.247	.288	.535	139
Hank Aaron	87	345	345		116	19	4	9						.336	.336	.493	.829	170
Lantz Blaney	106	379	379		103	18	3	3						.272	.272	.359	.631	136
Julie Bowers	105	327	327		102	19	1	11						.312	.312	.477	.789	156
Chester Morgan	72	243	243		73	15	3	14						.300	.300	.560	.860	136
Johnny Goryl	59	218	218		64	6	3	8						.294	.294	.459	.752	100
Robert MacConnell	83	292	292		64	7	6	4						.219	.219	.325	.545	95
Donald Auten	59	208	208		47	9	1	3						.226	.226	.322	.548	67
Bill Adair	59	139	139		38	8	0	6						.273	.273	.460	.734	64
Ron Gendreau	37	126	126		32	6	2	3						.254	.254	.405	.659	51
Earl Bass	35	141	141		31	6	0	1						.220	.220	.284	.504	40
George Patterson	21	89	89		26	4	1	0						.292	.292	.360	.652	32
James Fairchild	28	102	102		22	3	1	3						.216	.216	.353	.569	36
Bill Conroy	48	100	100		21	5	0	0						.210	.210	.260	.470	26
Don Jordan	36	71	71		14	3	0	0						.197	.197	.239	.437	17
Robert Brown	30	54	54		13	2	0	0						.241	.241	.278	.519	15
Michael Walsh	13	49	49		11	3	0	0						.224	.224	.286	.510	14
Arthur Howard	15	49	49		11	1	1	0						.224	.224	.286	.510	14
Chuck Doehler	11	36	36		10	1	0	0						.278	.278	.306	.583	11
Gordon Roach	27	68	68		10	2	0	0						.147	.147	.176	.324	12
Tyler Robinson	13	24	24		7	1	0	0						.292	.292	.333	.625	8
Orlando Casellas	11	40	40		7	2	0	1						.175	.175	.300	.475	12
Kenneth Reitmeier	25	51	51		6	2	0	0						.118	.118	.157	.275	8
George Kornack	21	32	32		5	0	0	0						.156	.156	.156	.312	5
Elmer Toth	15	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Totals	1244	4084	4084	0	1087	175	36	91	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.393	.660	1607	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bill Conroy	P	33					.000
Robert Brown	P	29					.000
Gordon Roach	P	27					.000
Kenneth Reitmeier	P	24					.000
Don Jordan	P	24					.000
George Kornack	P	20					.000
Elmer Toth	P	14					.000
Totals		171	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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