1952 Hagerstown Braves Statistics

Inter-State League (ISL) - Class: B
Team Record: 85-48
Finished 1st in the ISL
Manager: Fred Dorman (85-48)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 48,367, Avg. 727

1952 Hagerstown Braves Roster

Playoffs - Hagerstown Braves 4 games, York White Roses 0
Finals - Hagerstown Braves 4 games, Lancaster Red Roses 2

The Hagerstown Braves of the Inter-State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 85 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the ISL.

The Braves paced the league with 755 runs, fueled by 43 home runs. Hagerstown allowed 551 runs. Lloyd Freund led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .312 clip. Bob Giggie topped the team with 18 wins, while Charley Miller also added 15 or more wins also Bob Giggie recorded a 2.82 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Bob Giggie played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hagerstown Braves to do so.

Fred Dorman 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 Giggie	18	7	.720	2.82	26	24					214.0	171	78	67		79
Charley Miller	15	11	.577	3.53	38	213					214.0	200	96	84		72
Jack Larson	9	4	.692	3.63	27	12					114.0	134	62	46		64
Stan Slack	9	4	.692	3.73	15	10					111.0	110	50	46		37
Willie Wilson	8	3	.727	3.71	19	16					136.0	123	67	56		84
Gerald Levinson	5	7	.417	4.18	16	11					99.0	110	57	46		34
Totals	64	36	.640	3.50	141	286	0	0	0	0	888.0	848	410	345	0	370	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
Joseph Christian	130	496	496		150	27	14	3						.302	.302	.431	.734	214
Lloyd Freund	129	474	474		148	18	7	0						.312	.312	.380	.692	180
Robert Jaderlund	134	497	497		132	27	12	4						.266	.266	.392	.658	195
Clarence Riddle	108	433	433		124	26	2	14						.286	.286	.453	.739	196
Ford Jordan	125	442	442		111	23	2	3						.251	.251	.333	.584	147
William Loos	105	390	390		105	16	2	9						.269	.269	.390	.659	152
Arnold Hersom	84	280	280		71	9	4	2						.254	.254	.336	.589	94
Jack Concannon	73	266	266		60	11	3	0						.226	.226	.289	.515	77
Theodore Laguna	71	226	226		52	10	1	5						.230	.230	.350	.580	79
James Zinn	35	140	140		35	4	3	0						.250	.250	.321	.571	45
John Olsen	24	79	79		22	2	4	0						.278	.278	.405	.684	32
Vincent Pizzitola	23	80	80		22	6	2	1						.275	.275	.438	.712	35
John Mulcahy	31	108	108		19	3	1	0						.176	.176	.222	.398	24
Charley Miller	38	77	77		14	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	14
John Noske	22	78	78		14	3	2	0						.179	.179	.269	.449	21
Stan Slack	16	44	44		10	1	1	1						.227	.227	.364	.591	16
Anthony Pirrello	12	34	34		8	2	1	1						.235	.235	.441	.676	15
Bob Giggie	26	83	83		7	1	0	0						.084	.084	.096	.181	8
John Platt	10	28	28		6	2	0	0						.214	.214	.286	.500	8
Gerald Levinson	18	43	43		6	1	0	0						.140	.140	.163	.302	7
Jack Larson	28	47	47		5	1	0	0						.106	.106	.128	.234	6
Willie Wilson	20	47	47		5	2	0	0						.106	.106	.149	.255	7
Totals	1262	4392	4392	0	1126	195	61	43	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.358	.614	1572	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Charley Miller	P	38					.000
Jack Larson	P	27					.000
Bob Giggie	P	26					.000
Willie Wilson	P	19					.000
Gerald Levinson	P	16					.000
Stan Slack	P	15					.000
Totals		141	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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