1952 Fresno Cardinals Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
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

1952 Fresno Cardinals Roster

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 Bill Berndsen and Tony Stathos, too 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 Jim King, Larry Jackson and Wally Shannon.

Roland LeBlanc 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
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	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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