1952 Montgomery Grays Statistics
Team Record: 86-68
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Charlie Metro (86-68)
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 85,152, Avg. 1,106
Playoffs - Montgomery Grays 3 games, Columbus Cardinals 2
Finals - Montgomery Grays 4 games, Macon Peaches 2
The Montgomery Grays of the South Atlantic League ended the 1952 season with a record of 86 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The Grays scored 761 runs and surrendered 643 runs. Pierce McWhorter accounted for 37 RBI. Leonard Morrison paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .308. Norm Brown topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.63 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Grady Wilson, Norm Brown, Kirby Higbe, Ed Sadowski, Charlie Metro, Lou Lombardo, John Hall and Ángel Fleitas were all players from the 1952 Montgomery Grays who played in the Majors during their careers.
Charlie Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Brown | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.63 | 28 | 23 | 195.0 | 118 | 78 | 57 | 8 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Roger Higgins | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.26 | 30 | 26 | 199.0 | 215 | 91 | 72 | 13 | 40 | ||||||||||
| John Hall | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.91 | 29 | 27 | 184.0 | 210 | 101 | 80 | 10 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Kirby Higbe | 13 | 14 | .481 | 2.79 | 46 | 26 | 248.0 | 233 | 93 | 77 | 6 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Lou Lombardo | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.02 | 28 | 17 | 134.0 | 140 | 66 | 45 | 3 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Charles Samaklis | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.85 | 35 | 17 | 159.0 | 173 | 86 | 68 | 4 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Jack Scott | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.27 | 24 | 8 | 99.0 | 88 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Dick Haack | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.90 | 11 | 4 | 29.0 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Spencer Davis | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.91 | 22 | 3 | 56.0 | 91 | 50 | 43 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Litchford | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rube Stohs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 4 | 1 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 66 | .563 | 3.44 | 258 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1312.0 | 1310 | 634 | 502 | 48 | 501 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Morrison | 155 | 559 | 559 | 172 | 28 | 5 | 23 | .308 | .308 | .499 | .807 | 279 | |||||||||||
| Dick Greco | 151 | 551 | 551 | 164 | 31 | 4 | 24 | .298 | .298 | .499 | .797 | 275 | |||||||||||
| Edward Bachmann | 121 | 443 | 443 | 124 | 21 | 7 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .359 | .639 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Grady Wilson | 117 | 409 | 409 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .359 | .626 | 147 | |||||||||||
| William McDowell | 102 | 379 | 379 | 106 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .340 | .620 | 129 | |||||||||||
| James Halkard | 120 | 416 | 416 | 96 | 15 | 4 | 7 | .231 | .231 | .337 | .567 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Pierce McWhorter | 121 | 361 | 361 | 50 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .302 | .510 | 109 | ||||||||
| James Ollis | 87 | 300 | 300 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .273 | .473 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Ángel Fleitas | 57 | 216 | 216 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .352 | .625 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Metro | 68 | 231 | 231 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .234 | .303 | .537 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 52 | 166 | 166 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .337 | .596 | 56 | |||||||||||
| John Minarcin | 46 | 160 | 160 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .262 | .262 | .375 | .638 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Ed Sadowski | 50 | 142 | 142 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .218 | .218 | .345 | .563 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Kirby Higbe | 49 | 93 | 93 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .323 | .591 | 30 | |||||||||||
| John McPherson | 30 | 86 | 86 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .279 | .279 | .384 | .663 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Lou Lombardo | 46 | 73 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .315 | .397 | .712 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Norm Brown | 48 | 95 | 95 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .263 | .505 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Roger Higgins | 34 | 82 | 82 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .317 | .549 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Chris Sidaris | 16 | 49 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .367 | .367 | .429 | .796 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Charles Samaklis | 35 | 61 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .230 | .443 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Spencer Davis | 31 | 45 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .311 | .556 | 14 | |||||||||||
| John Hall | 29 | 57 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .281 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Charles Nease | 7 | 21 | 21 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Scott | 30 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .158 | .289 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dick Haack | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rube Stohs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1617 | 5042 | 5042 | 50 | 1310 | 213 | 37 | 82 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .366 | .625 | 1843 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Higbe | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Samaklis | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Higgins | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| John Hall | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Lou Lombardo | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Brown | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Scott | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Spencer Davis | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Haack | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 253 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
