1952 Evansville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 74-47
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (74-47)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 124,381, Avg. 2,056
Playoffs - Evansville Braves 3 games, Burlington Flints 2
Finals - Terre Haute Phillies 3 games, Evansville Braves 1
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1952 season with a record of 74 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
The Braves plated 727 runs, tops in the circuit. Evansville conceded 537 runs. Félix Mantilla paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .323 clip. George Yorke topped the team with 17 wins, while Bill Denney, too added 15 or more wins, too Stewart Alton recorded a 2.91 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1952 Evansville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Goryl, Félix Mantilla and Mike Roarke.
Bob Coleman served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yorke | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.97 | 29 | 215.0 | 216 | 87 | 71 | 9 | 73 | |||||||||||
Bill Denney | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.44 | 30 | 191.0 | 173 | 89 | 73 | 6 | 86 | |||||||||||
Stewart Alton | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.91 | 23 | 127.0 | 105 | 56 | 41 | 1 | 84 | |||||||||||
Paul Cave | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.27 | 40 | 146.0 | 137 | 75 | 53 | 7 | 67 | |||||||||||
Vern Edmunds | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.83 | 26 | 141.0 | 134 | 79 | 60 | 5 | 84 | |||||||||||
Charles Moore | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 23 | 56.0 | 62 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 36 | |||||||||||
John Brandreth | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.67 | 9 | 54.0 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 44 | |||||||||||
Robert Andrews | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Andy McAuliffe | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 66 | 40 | .623 | 3.31 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 930.0 | 862 | 444 | 342 | 31 | 474 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Félix Mantilla | 119 | 464 | 464 | 150 | 23 | 6 | 11 | .323 | .323 | .470 | .793 | 218 | |||||||||||
Joseph Andrews | 119 | 470 | 470 | 146 | 23 | 6 | 15 | .311 | .311 | .481 | .791 | 226 | |||||||||||
Horace Garner | 112 | 381 | 381 | 121 | 9 | 10 | 23 | .318 | .318 | .575 | .892 | 219 | |||||||||||
Joseph DellaMonica | 120 | 437 | 437 | 114 | 14 | 3 | 7 | .261 | .261 | .355 | .616 | 155 | |||||||||||
Harry Warner | 117 | 418 | 418 | 111 | 25 | 11 | 11 | .266 | .266 | .457 | .722 | 191 | |||||||||||
Jim Frey | 90 | 307 | 307 | 103 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .336 | .336 | .456 | .792 | 140 | |||||||||||
Dick Willis | 102 | 399 | 399 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .308 | .564 | 123 | |||||||||||
Nelvin Cooper | 65 | 250 | 250 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .224 | .272 | .496 | 68 | |||||||||||
Duri Vital | 100 | 232 | 232 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .315 | .526 | 73 | |||||||||||
Johnny Goryl | 50 | 182 | 182 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .247 | .247 | .335 | .582 | 61 | |||||||||||
George Yorke | 30 | 78 | 78 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 24 | |||||||||||
Bill Denney | 34 | 79 | 79 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .203 | .203 | .342 | .544 | 27 | |||||||||||
Lantz Blaney | 20 | 74 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .243 | .419 | 18 | |||||||||||
Stewart Alton | 28 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .234 | .447 | 11 | |||||||||||
Donald Auten | 19 | 60 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .183 | .350 | 11 | |||||||||||
Vern Edmunds | 26 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .196 | .391 | 9 | |||||||||||
Paul Cave | 41 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 8 | |||||||||||
Andy McAuliffe | 13 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 5 | |||||||||||
Raymond Fletcher | 12 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .161 | .290 | 5 | |||||||||||
Robert Andrews | 10 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
Charles Moore | 26 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1253 | 4040 | 4040 | 0 | 1089 | 166 | 51 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .395 | .664 | 1594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Cave | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
Bill Denney | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
George Yorke | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
Vern Edmunds | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Charles Moore | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Stewart Alton | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Andy McAuliffe | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Robert Andrews | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
John Brandreth | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 203 | 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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