1952 Fresno Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 88-52
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Roland LeBlanc (88-52)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 120,524, Avg. 1,722
Playoffs - Fresno Cardinals 3 games, Santa Barbara Dodgers 1
Finals - Fresno Cardinals 4 games, San Jose Red Sox 2
The Fresno Cardinals of the California League ended the 1952 season with a record of 88 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Cardinals topped the circuit with 929 runs, sparked by 96 home runs. Fresno allowed 680 runs. Al Grandcolas led batters with significant playing time by hitting .347. Larry Jackson notched 28 wins on the mound for the team, while Tony Stathos and Bill Berndsen added 15 or more wins, too Larry Jackson recorded a 2.85 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1952 Fresno Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Wally Shannon, Larry Jackson and Jim King.
Roland LeBlanc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Jackson | 28 | 4 | .875 | 2.85 | 43 | 36 | 300.0 | 250 | 116 | 95 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Tony Stathos | 25 | 7 | .781 | 3.21 | 45 | 26 | 269.0 | 230 | 128 | 96 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Bill Berndsen | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.05 | 39 | 24 | 198.0 | 195 | 118 | 89 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Don Townsend | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.08 | 19 | 15 | 119.0 | 130 | 66 | 54 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Dale Bithell | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.68 | 29 | 15 | 111.0 | 136 | 82 | 70 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.37 | 13 | 12 | 65.0 | 62 | 53 | 46 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Wollenweber | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.63 | 10 | 4 | 52.0 | 56 | 29 | 21 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kehne | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Woods | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 44 | .659 | 3.81 | 229 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1114.0 | 1059 | 592 | 471 | 0 | 659 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Grandcolas | 140 | 550 | 550 | 191 | 29 | 5 | 16 | .347 | .347 | .505 | .853 | 278 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Downs | 140 | 540 | 540 | 182 | 32 | 6 | 34 | .337 | .337 | .607 | .944 | 328 | |||||||||||
| Donald Bausman | 135 | 544 | 544 | 151 | 32 | 4 | 12 | .278 | .278 | .417 | .695 | 227 | |||||||||||
| William Burton | 133 | 546 | 546 | 151 | 15 | 11 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .355 | .632 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Roland LeBlanc | 124 | 443 | 443 | 133 | 28 | 5 | 14 | .300 | .300 | .481 | .781 | 213 | |||||||||||
| Bill Garbe | 79 | 292 | 292 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .298 | .298 | .414 | .712 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Herrera | 123 | 364 | 364 | 82 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .225 | .225 | .316 | .541 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Jim King | 59 | 241 | 241 | 79 | 10 | 7 | 7 | .328 | .328 | .515 | .842 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Bill Hansen | 51 | 209 | 209 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .335 | .608 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Jones | 63 | 207 | 207 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .353 | .614 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Tony Stathos | 50 | 115 | 115 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .348 | .652 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Larry Jackson | 43 | 117 | 117 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .291 | .521 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Emery Phillips | 45 | 124 | 124 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .242 | .460 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Donald Hudson | 34 | 108 | 108 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .204 | .204 | .278 | .481 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Richard Defazio | 29 | 66 | 66 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Wally Shannon | 12 | 49 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .265 | .531 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bill Berndsen | 39 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Wollenweber | 10 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Don Townsend | 20 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .179 | .308 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dale Bithell | 29 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .156 | .281 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 13 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Woods | 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kehne | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .333 | .444 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1402 | 4713 | 4713 | 0 | 1337 | 211 | 56 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .413 | .697 | 1948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Stathos | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Jackson | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Berndsen | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Bithell | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Don Townsend | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Kehne | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Woods | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Wollenweber | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 229 | 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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