1952 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Gene Desautels (75-79)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 165,220, Avg. 2,146

1952 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

The Indians scored 794 runs and yielded 866 runs. Al Smith led Indianapolis with 20 home runs Milt Nielsen drove in 87 runs. Dave Pope topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .352 average. George Zuverink paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.75 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Harry Malmberg, Luke Easter, George Zuverink, Ben Taylor, Dino Restelli, Bill Higdon, Snuffy Stirnweiss, Gene Desautels, Al Smith, Jim Fridley, Herb Score, Milt Nielsen, Herb Conyers, Frank Kalin, Quincy Trouppe, Paul Lehner, Windy McCall, Bill Abernathie, Bubba Harris, Earl Turner, Dave Pope, Frank Papish, Ray Narleski, Sam Jones, Lloyd Gearhart, Bob Chakales and Sam Vico were all players from the 1952 Indianapolis Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.

Gene Desautels 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
George Zuverink	12	11	.522	3.75	37	19		12	2		168.0	185	84	70		49		70	5	1	6
Bill Abernathie	11	9	.550	5.27	34	21		7	0		164.0	182	108	96		62		51	3	0	3
Ray Narleski	11	15	.423	4.67	41	24		9	1		181.0	180	108	94		117		132	3	0	11
Bob Chakales	10	6	.625	5.18	30	16		4	0		125.0	147	88	72		72		69	7	3	4
Charles Sipple	9	5	.643	4.98	43	15		7	0		159.0	173	98	88		51		88	2	0	6
Lloyd Dickey	5	9	.357	4.38	37	18		5	1		117.0	134	78	57		52		56	5	0	2
Sam Jones	4	0	1.000	3.09	5				0		35.0	28	12	12		18		24
Frank Papish	4	7	.364	7.02	23	12		1	0		82.0	100	69	64		43		41	2	0	2
Bob Kerrigan	4	8	.333	5.62	34	9		2	0		96.0	122	65	60		40		47	4	0	1
Windy McCall	2	3	.400	6.11	7			0			28.0	34	24	19	2	22		9	1	0	0
Herb Score	2	5	.286	5.23	12	10		3	0		62.0	37	43	36		62		61	2	1	11
Jim Vitter	1	0	1.000	5.57	8				0		21.0	26	13	13		5		7
Bubba Harris	0	0		0.00	6						9.0
Al Smith	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Bill Tosheff	0	0		0.00	12						42.0
Lamar Chambers	0	0		0.00	5						12.0
Ray Petrzelka	0	1	.000	22.50	5			0			8.0	13	21	20	2	9		5	1	1	1
Totals	75	79	.487	4.81	340	144	0	50	4	0	1311.0	1361	811	701	4	602	0	660	35	6	47	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
Dave Pope	126	523	475	77	167	29	7	13	79	4		45	42	.352	.408	.524	.932	249	12	0	3
Harry Malmberg	152	650	550	85	158	18	7	1	60	5		82	38	.287	.383	.351	.734	193	11	3	15
Milt Nielsen	137	535	486	78	151	22	5	8	87	6		43	28	.311	.370	.426	.796	207	8	3	3
Al Smith	136	519	455	80	131	26	12	20	69	10		52	86	.288	.371	.530	.901	241	2	8	4
Bobby Wilson	126	508	454	67	122	15	1	1	36	7		51	43	.269	.343	.313	.655	142	5	0	3
Jack Baumer	96	356	302	51	91	18	2	3	36	8		51	48	.301	.402	.404	.806	122	9	0	3
Lloyd Gearhart	113	304	270	47	76	11	1	12	60	2		28	44	.281	.362	.463	.825	125	8	6	0
Snuffy Stirnweiss	97	404	320	62	76	9	7	7	39	3		80	53	.238	.390	.375	.765	120	16	0	4
Quincy Trouppe	84	262	205	39	53	7	2	8	40	0		57	32	.259	.420	.429	.849	88	4	0	0
Bud Hutson	64	174	152	20	45	6	6	2	23	0		20	22	.296	.382	.454	.835	69	4	1	1
Herb Conyers	48	182	168	14	39	4	0	4	25	3		13	18	.232	.287	.327	.615	55	7	0	1
Sam Vico	34	134	119	19	33	2	0	5	20	3		12	12	.277	.348	.420	.769	50	3	1	2
Joe Montalvo	54	161	135	21	31	6	0	6	17	1		25	23	.230	.354	.407	.761	55	4	1	0
Dick Kinaman	40	129	108	17	28	3	1	6	19	0		16	12	.259	.370	.472	.842	51	4	3	2
Bill Higdon	37	112	99	18	26	5	2	4	23	1		12	13	.263	.342	.475	.817	47	2	0	1
Jim Fridley	29	117	102	19	24	5	1	1	14	2		15	12	.235	.333	.333	.667	34	4	0	0
Luke Easter	14	60	50	13	17	2	0	6	12	1		10	7	.340	.450	.740	1.190	37	1	0	0
Ben Taylor	22	73	65	8	15	1	1	0	8	0		6	6	.231	.306	.277	.582	18	2	1	1
Ray Narleski	41	66	54	3	12	2	0	0	6	0		6	14	.222	.300	.259	.559	14	0	0	6
Frank Kalin	21	66	58	7	12	1	2	3	8	0		8	11	.207	.303	.448	.751	26	0	0	0
Paul Lehner	22	69	59	6	12	4	0	1	8	0		8	5	.203	.299	.322	.621	19	1	0	2
Lloyd Dickey	51	42	39	5	11	1	0	0	3	0		3	11	.282	.333	.308	.641	12	1	0	0
Bob Chakales	32	50	47	7	11	0	0	4	11	0		3	10	.234	.280	.489	.769	23	0	0	0
Charles Sipple	43	59	55	5	11	1	0	2	6	0		2	18	.200	.228	.327	.555	18	5	0	2
George Zuverink	37	66	59	4	11	2	0	0	3	0		3	12	.186	.226	.220	.446	13	1	0	4
Earl Turner	28	66	62	3	11	0	0	1	5	1		3	13	.177	.215	.226	.441	14	2	0	1
Bill Tosheff	17	21	20	4	6	3	0	0	1	0		1	5	.300	.333	.450	.783	9	1	0	0
Bill Abernathie	34	64	48	1	6	2	0	1	7	0		8	22	.125	.263	.229	.492	11	1	1	7
Windy McCall	7	10	10		5									.500	.500	.500	1.000	5
Herb Score	12	25	23	1	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	8	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	0	0	1
Sam Jones	5	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Frank Papish	23	29	25	3	3	2	0	0	2	0		2	9	.120	.214	.200	.414	5	0	1	1
Bubba Harris	6	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Lamar Chambers	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Ray Petrzelka	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jim Vitter	8	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Dino Restelli	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Bob Kerrigan	34	25	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	10	.053	.182	.053	.234	1	0	0	3
Andy Phillip	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mel Rue	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Dobkins	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1853	5898	5130	786	1408	208	57	119	730	57	0	669	687	.274	.361	.407	.768	2087	118	29	70	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Herb Conyers	1B	46	376	19	5	31	.988	8.587
Sam Vico	1B	34	269	26	5	26	.983	8.676
Lloyd Gearhart	1B	30	195	17	6	26	.972	7.067
Jack Baumer	1B	19	150	7	3	15	.981	8.263
Ben Taylor	1B	18	137	7	2	12	.986	8.000
Luke Easter	1B	14	127	7	4	14	.971	9.571
Bobby Wilson	2B	117	263	323	17	85	.972	5.009
Snuffy Stirnweiss	2B	27	62	59	2	13	.984	4.481
Jack Baumer	2B	24	65	59	2	11	.984	5.167
Snuffy Stirnweiss	3B	65	52	138	6	14	.969	2.923
Al Smith	3B	50	51	64	6	8	.950	2.300
Jack Baumer	3B	49	48	87	14	9	.906	2.755
Quincy Trouppe	C	72	297	39	8	7	.977	4.667	12
Joe Montalvo	C	50	204	19	8	1	.965	4.460	3
Dick Kinaman	C	38	187	25	4	5	.981	5.579	0
Earl Turner	C	22	63	10	2	0	.973	3.318	1
Milt Nielsen	OF	125	237	8	7	1	.972	1.960
Dave Pope	OF	121	301	11	9	2	.972	2.579
Al Smith	OF	80	142	16	8	4	.952	1.975
Lloyd Gearhart	OF	62	85	5	8	0	.918	1.452
Bud Hutson	OF	47	81	3	2	1	.977	1.787
Bill Higdon	OF	30	43	1	2	0	.957	1.467
Jim Fridley	OF	28	61	8	4	3	.945	2.464
Frank Kalin	OF	16	31	0	1	0	.969	1.938
Paul Lehner	OF	15	30	3	0	0	1.000	2.200
Charles Sipple	P	43	6	28	1	1	.971	.791
Ray Narleski	P	41	4	17	0	1	1.000	.512
George Zuverink	P	37	12	41	1	3	.981	1.432
Lloyd Dickey	P	37	5	35	1	2	.976	1.081
Bob Kerrigan	P	34	7	20	1	2	.964	.794
Bill Abernathie	P	34	12	18	2	2	.938	.882
Bob Chakales	P	30	4	20	1	2	.960	.800
Frank Papish	P	23	6	17	1	0	.958	1.000
Bill Tosheff	P	12	1	5	0	1	1.000	.500
Herb Score	P	12	0	9	2	0	.818	.750
Jim Vitter	P	8						.000
Windy McCall	P	7						.000
Bubba Harris	P	6						.000
Ray Petrzelka	P	5						.000
Sam Jones	P	5						.000
Lamar Chambers	P	5						.000
Al Smith	P	1						.000
Harry Malmberg	SS	151	262	426	36	85	.950	4.556
Totals		1690	3876	1597	181	387	.968	3.238	16	0	0

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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