1952 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 75-56
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Svend Jessen (75-56)
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 58,643, Avg. 895

1952 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

Playoffs - Idaho Falls Russets 2 games, Great Falls Electrics 0
Finals - Idaho Falls Russets 3 games, Pocatello Bannocks 0

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1952 season with a record of 75 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Russets plated 718 runs and yielded 655 runs. John Hack topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Ken Kimball recorded 26 wins on the mound for Idaho Falls, while Earl Escalante added 15 or more wins also Ken Kimball recorded a 2.69 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

John Briggs played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Idaho Falls Russets to do so.

Svend Jessen 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
Ken Kimball	26	8	.765	2.69	37	33					291.0	242	109	87		149
Earl Escalante	18	13	.581	4.13	36	32					283.0	283	143	130		98
John Briggs	13	11	.542	4.40	30	29					186.0	165	117	91		166
Reno Barbisan	8	7	.533	4.03	38	11					154.0	175	76	69		47
Cal Humphreys	3	2	.600	6.98	12	7					49.0	54	41	38		51
Jack Pickart	2	6	.250	6.47	10	9					57.0	73	49	41		36
Willy Emery					12						0.0
Totals	70	47	.598	4.02	175	121	0	0	0	0	1020.0	992	535	456	0	547	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
John Hack	129	482	482		154	24	3	9						.320	.320	.438	.757	211
Svend Jessen	131	506	506		151	29	3	12						.298	.298	.439	.737	222
Don Van Buskirk	129	516	516		127	13	7	1						.246	.246	.304	.550	157
Pete Estrada	108	411	411		116	17	5	2						.282	.282	.363	.645	149
LeRoy Winter	112	380	380		115	24	0	3						.303	.303	.389	.692	148
Ernie Sites	111	432	432		114	25	6	3						.264	.264	.370	.634	160
Phil Staehle	106	387	387		109	17	11	2						.282	.282	.398	.680	154
Richard Zaccarelli	128	437	437		97	15	9	1						.222	.222	.304	.526	133
Claude Buckley	71	258	258		72	13	3	6						.279	.279	.422	.702	109
Ken Kimball	41	128	128		39	8	0	0						.305	.305	.367	.672	47
Ray Sisler	46	147	147		35	6	2	0						.238	.238	.306	.544	45
Earl Escalante	36	97	97		15	4	0	0						.155	.155	.196	.351	19
John Briggs	30	67	67		12	2	0	0						.179	.179	.209	.388	14
Richard Palfini	14	42	42		10	0	0	0						.238	.238	.238	.476	10
Reno Barbisan	38	54	54		9	5	0	0						.167	.167	.259	.426	14
Cal Humphreys	12	17	17		6	0	1	0						.353	.353	.471	.824	8
Jack Pickart	10	20	20		6	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	6
Wilton Sherman	10	24	24		5	0	0	1						.208	.208	.333	.542	8
Willy Emery	12	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1274	4415	4415	0	1192	202	50	40	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.366	.636	1614	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Reno Barbisan	P	38					.000
Ken Kimball	P	37					.000
Earl Escalante	P	36					.000
John Briggs	P	30					.000
Cal Humphreys	P	12					.000
Willy Emery	P	12					.000
Jack Pickart	P	10					.000
Totals		175	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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