1952 Fayetteville Athletics Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 63-73
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Ducky Detweiler (0-0), Red Norris (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Pittman Stadium
Attendance: 58,203, Avg. 856

1952 Fayetteville Athletics Roster

The Fayetteville Athletics of the Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 63 wins and 73 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.

The Athletics scored 573 runs and yielded 725 runs. Jack Gibson drove in 55 runs. Granville Denning topped batters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Len Matarazzo led the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.21 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Len Matarazzo and Ducky Detweiler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ducky Detweiler and Red Norris 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
Len Matarazzo	22	8	.733	2.21	39						252.0	200	81	62	14	67
Wallace Mitchell	11	12	.478	4.43	34						205.0	218	133	101	14	96
Jerry Minton	10	10	.500	3.55	29						170.0	173	85	67	6	68
Stanley Somers	7	6	.538	4.92	39						128.0	123	86	70	9	100
Eddie Ancherico	6	11	.353	4.37	19						101.0	97	66	49	6	57
Donald Lanier	4	8	.333	4.81	27						101.0	94	61	54	2	58
Ray Chadwell	2	3	.400	4.68	20						73.0	67	43	38	2	51
Leo Ghilardi					16						0.0
Herman Osburn					10						0.0
Totals	62	58	.517	3.85	233	0	0	0	0	0	1030.0	972	555	441	53	497	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
Jim Edwards	132	534	534		157	20	2	7						.294	.294	.378	.672	202
Granville Denning	129	499	499		152	30	2	8						.305	.305	.421	.725	210
Claude Young	125	481	481		142	22	4	4						.295	.295	.383	.678	184
Jack Gibson	134	475	475	64	117	18	5	9	55	11				.246	.246	.362	.608	172
John Wisniewski	128	463	463		107	22	1	6						.231	.231	.322	.553	149
Don Davis	91	339	339		89	18	0	2						.263	.263	.333	.596	113
Enid Drake	111	333	333		76	13	2	6						.228	.228	.333	.562	111
Peter Brozovich	85	279	279		66	8	3	7						.237	.237	.362	.599	101
Henry Miller	56	176	176		45	10	2	0						.256	.256	.335	.591	59
Hobert Williams	36	114	114		38	8	0	1						.333	.333	.430	.763	49
Chuck Orner	68	157	157		34	10	1	0						.217	.217	.293	.510	46
Wallace Mitchell	59	116	116		27	5	1	2						.233	.233	.345	.578	40
Carvell Geist	28	121	121		21	4	0	0						.174	.174	.207	.380	25
Len Matarazzo	43	86	86		14	1	0	0						.163	.163	.174	.337	15
Ducky Detweiler	29	93	93		14	4	1	0						.151	.151	.215	.366	20
Steve Sobocan	20	47	47		12	2	0	0						.255	.255	.298	.553	14
Jerry Minton	37	62	62		10	0	0	1						.161	.161	.210	.371	13
Raymond Rosenwinkel	13	41	41		8	2	1	0						.195	.195	.293	.488	12
Donald Lanier	27	29	29		7	0	0	0						.241	.241	.241	.483	7
Stanley Somers	43	34	34		5	0	2	0						.147	.147	.265	.412	9
Frank Pursell	20	29	29		3	1	0	0						.103	.103	.138	.241	4
Eddie Ancherico	19	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	3
Leo Ghilardi	16	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Ray Chadwell	20	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Herman Osburn	10	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1479	4585	4585	64	1149	198	27	53	55	11	0	0	0	.251	.251	.340	.591	1560	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stanley Somers	P	39					.000
Len Matarazzo	P	39					.000
Wallace Mitchell	P	34					.000
Jerry Minton	P	29					.000
Donald Lanier	P	27					.000
Ray Chadwell	P	20					.000
Eddie Ancherico	P	19					.000
Leo Ghilardi	P	16					.000
Herman Osburn	P	10					.000
Totals		233	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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