1952 Greensboro Patriots Statistics
Team Record: 70-64
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Kemp Wicker (70-64)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 74,563, Avg. 1,113
The Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 70 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Patriots paced the league with just 535 runs allowed. Greensboro scored 582 runs. Jack Mitchell led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .293 clip. Robert Hartig topped the team with 16 wins, while Alby Plain recorded a 2.29 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1952 Greensboro Patriots who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Pyecha, Chet Covington and Jim Fanning.
Kemp Wicker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hartig | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.52 | 35 | 254.0 | 194 | 89 | 71 | 11 | 104 | |||||||||||
| John Waselchuk | 14 | 17 | .452 | 2.82 | 38 | 236.0 | 221 | 99 | 74 | 11 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Alby Plain | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.29 | 19 | 126.0 | 96 | 38 | 32 | 7 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Tom Vines | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.91 | 27 | 138.0 | 148 | 72 | 60 | 11 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Rutledge Moon | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.59 | 24 | 104.0 | 106 | 66 | 53 | 4 | 64 | |||||||||||
| John Pyecha | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.04 | 22 | 139.0 | 105 | 61 | 47 | 5 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Chet Covington | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 4 | 25.0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Samuel Frazier | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Jorgensen | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 57 | .509 | 3.06 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1022.0 | 896 | 435 | 347 | 49 | 414 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mitchell | 132 | 557 | 557 | 163 | 21 | 1 | 6 | .293 | .293 | .366 | .659 | 204 | |||||||||||
| Scott Quakenbush | 126 | 537 | 537 | 152 | 25 | 11 | 3 | .283 | .283 | .387 | .670 | 208 | |||||||||||
| William Romano | 119 | 474 | 474 | 112 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .285 | .521 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Emidio Riga | 85 | 311 | 311 | 100 | 18 | 1 | 8 | .322 | .322 | .463 | .785 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Dick Rigazio | 134 | 454 | 454 | 100 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .271 | .491 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Peter Koblosh | 81 | 292 | 292 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .271 | .271 | .312 | .582 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Malcolm McKeithan | 95 | 306 | 306 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .248 | .248 | .333 | .582 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tindall | 83 | 281 | 281 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 7 | .242 | .242 | .384 | .626 | 108 | |||||||||||
| James Forbes | 85 | 297 | 297 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .192 | .192 | .296 | .488 | 88 | |||||||||||
| James Batchelor | 43 | 145 | 145 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .276 | .497 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Basil Butler | 48 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .198 | .198 | .327 | .525 | 53 | |||||||||||
| John Smith | 19 | 77 | 77 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .299 | .299 | .390 | .688 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Willard Ehrhardt | 18 | 72 | 72 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | .264 | .264 | .528 | .792 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Rutledge Moon | 39 | 62 | 62 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .339 | .629 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jim Fanning | 27 | 80 | 80 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .325 | .550 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hartig | 35 | 92 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .163 | .315 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Alby Plain | 29 | 60 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .150 | .150 | .233 | .383 | 14 | |||||||||||
| John Waselchuk | 38 | 78 | 78 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .141 | .256 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Clayton Johnson | 12 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .196 | .370 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John Pyecha | 22 | 48 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .146 | .271 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Frazier | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Jorgensen | 12 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Tom Vines | 27 | 40 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .075 | .075 | .150 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1321 | 4498 | 4498 | 0 | 1104 | 180 | 28 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .329 | .574 | 1478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Waselchuk | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hartig | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Vines | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Rutledge Moon | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| John Pyecha | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Alby Plain | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Jorgensen | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Frazier | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 187 | 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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