1952 Gastonia Rockets Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 89-50
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: Hal Van Pelt (89-50)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 94,788, Avg. 1,364

1952 Gastonia Rockets Roster

Playoffs - Spartanburg Peaches 3 games, Gastonia Rockets 2

The Gastonia Rockets of the Tri-State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 89 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the TSL.

Hal Van Pelt 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
Zeb Eaton	16	11	.593	4.00	35	29					227.0	202	118	101		102
Joseph Karakul	14	6	.700	4.07	27	21					179.0	186	92	81		64
William Williams	12	9	.571	4.10	38	21					169.0	191	99	77		113
William Cannon	11	8	.579	4.40	37	12					139.0	143	80	68		71
Francis Skinner	9	1	.900	3.90	16	13					94.7	66	44	41		68
John Brumm	9	3	.750	2.13	16	13					114.0	83	36	27		44
Larry Hoffman	6	3	.667	1.67	12	8					75.7	53	19	14		26
Joe Mattis	5	2	.714	6.40	12	4					52.0	50	45	37		48
Ron Ploetz	4	6	.400	3.58	17	10					83.0	72	46	33		61
Totals	86	49	.637	3.80	210	131	0	0	0	0	1133.3	1046	579	479	0	597	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
Fred Leonard	121	468	468		166	28	3	8						.355	.355	.479	.833	224
Paul Fouts	124	512	512		157	27	4	4						.307	.307	.398	.705	204
Anthony Mazurek	130	507	507		144	37	2	10						.284	.284	.424	.708	215
Alex Cosmidis	139	535	535		142	27	2	10						.265	.265	.379	.645	203
Arthur Freiberger	123	416	416		117	21	2	10						.281	.281	.413	.695	172
Arnold Davis	131	462	462		108	24	1	2						.234	.234	.303	.537	140
Hal Van Pelt	108	356	356		107	14	0	6						.301	.301	.390	.691	139
Tom Milich	116	355	355		85	15	0	11						.239	.239	.375	.614	133
Howie Moss	49	169	169		53	9	0	9						.314	.314	.527	.840	89
Gene Thomas	69	229	229		50	12	2	10						.218	.218	.419	.638	96
Zeb Eaton	53	116	116		26	3	1	4						.224	.224	.371	.595	43
Erminio Gaido	32	78	78		18	5	0	1						.231	.231	.333	.564	26
Joseph Karakul	36	87	87		14	2	0	0						.161	.161	.184	.345	16
William Cannon	38	46	46		10	0	0	0						.217	.217	.217	.435	10
Ron Ploetz	18	29	29		7	1	0	1						.241	.241	.379	.621	11
Francis Skinner	17	32	32		7	0	0	0						.219	.219	.219	.438	7
Gene Petty	12	46	46		7	4	0	0						.152	.152	.239	.391	11
William Williams	40	65	65		7	1	0	0						.108	.108	.123	.231	8
Joe Mattis	15	17	17		6	0	0	0						.353	.353	.353	.706	6
John Brumm	16	37	37		2	0	0	0						.054	.054	.054	.108	2
Larry Hoffman	12	25	25		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1399	4587	4587	0	1233	230	17	86	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.383	.651	1755	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
William Williams	P	38					.000
William Cannon	P	37					.000
Zeb Eaton	P	35					.000
Joseph Karakul	P	27					.000
Ron Ploetz	P	17					.000
Francis Skinner	P	16					.000
John Brumm	P	16					.000
Joe Mattis	P	12					.000
Larry Hoffman	P	12					.000
Totals		210	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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