1952 Fort Smith Indians Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 60-77
Finished 6th in the WA
Manager: Harry Griswold (60-77)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Ballpark: Andrews Field
Attendance: 46,520, Avg. 679
1952 Fort Smith Indians Roster

The Fort Smith Indians of the Western Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 60 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the WA.

The Indians scored 594 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 688 runs. Lawrence Baker paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .297 clip. Bob Yanen and Ray Yelle topped Fort Smith with 14 wins each, while Bob Yanen earned a 2.45 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dan Osinski played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fort Smith Indians to do so.

Harry Griswold 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
Bob Yanen149.6092.4539213.01797858775
Ray Yelle1410.5833.1838195.015499696144
Donald Wolf1114.4403.6235204.01831088213133
Dan Osinski1116.4073.583712221.01881198810171
William Lansinger713.3504.4734179.019112289873
Wilfrid Sirois07.0005.331249.0514129045
Totals6077.4383.762251200001167.0108666048851717000000

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
Lawrence Baker1375085081513381.297.297.400.697203
Ernesto Blanco1265135131451321.283.283.322.604165
Jack Castro1365095091312197.257.257.375.633191
Richard Mohn9632432495963.293.293.386.679125
Richard Hofleit91344344941653.273.273.375.648129
George Gongola9833133177521.233.233.269.50289
Dick Dutton64234234691614.295.295.423.71899
Jerry Mehlisch9628128169931.246.246.310.55587
Bob McEvilly88298298621211.208.208.265.47379
Richard Strunak3110510524411.229.229.314.54333
John Ryan25686815000.221.221.221.44115
Bob Yanen39727214110.194.194.236.43117
Dan Osinski38797913200.165.165.190.35415
Jim Charles14535312402.226.226.415.64222
William Lansinger34616112200.197.197.230.42614
Adam Topinko17474711111.234.234.362.59617
Ray Yelle3871719220.127.127.211.33815
Donald Wolf3673739000.123.123.123.2479
Wilfrid Sirois1319194200.211.211.316.5266
Totals12504038403801024154422600000.254.254.332.585134000000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Bob YanenP39.000
Ray YelleP38.000
Dan OsinskiP37.000
Donald WolfP35.000
William LansingerP34.000
Wilfrid SiroisP12.000
Totals2250000.000

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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