1952 Evansville Braves Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
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
1952 Evansville Braves Roster

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.


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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
George Yorke177.7082.9729215.02168771973
Bill Denney167.6963.4430191.01738973686
Stewart Alton113.7862.9123127.01055641184
Paul Cave98.5293.2740146.01377553767
Vern Edmunds87.5333.8326141.01347960584
Charles Moore35.3754.502356.0623528336
John Brandreth23.4002.67954.0352316044
Robert Andrews100.0
Andy McAuliffe130.0
Totals6640.6233.3120300000930.086244434231474000000

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 Mantilla11946446415023611.323.323.470.793218
Joseph Andrews11947047014623615.311.311.481.791226
Horace Garner11238138112191023.318.318.575.892219
Joseph DellaMonica1204374371141437.261.261.355.616155
Harry Warner117418418111251111.266.266.457.722191
Jim Frey903073071032532.336.336.456.792140
Dick Willis1023993991021231.256.256.308.564123
Nelvin Cooper6525025056602.224.224.272.49668
Duri Vital10023223249933.211.211.315.52673
Johnny Goryl5018218245921.247.247.335.58261
George Yorke30787818030.231.231.308.53824
Bill Denney34797916502.203.203.342.54427
Lantz Blaney20747413201.176.176.243.41918
Stewart Alton28474710100.213.213.234.44711
Donald Auten19606010100.167.167.183.35011
Vern Edmunds2646469000.196.196.196.3919
Paul Cave4144446010.136.136.182.3188
Andy McAuliffe1314144100.286.286.357.6435
Raymond Fletcher1231314100.129.129.161.2905
Robert Andrews1013131000.077.077.077.1541
Charles Moore2614141000.071.071.071.1431
Totals12534040404001089166517900000.270.270.395.664159400000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Paul CaveP40.000
Bill DenneyP30.000
George YorkeP29.000
Vern EdmundsP26.000
Charles MooreP23.000
Stewart AltonP23.000
Andy McAuliffeP13.000
Robert AndrewsP10.000
John BrandrethP9.000
Totals2030000.000

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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