1952 Macon Peaches Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Edd Hartness (83-71)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 75,963, Avg. 987

1952 Macon Peaches Roster

Playoffs - Macon Peaches 3 games, Columbia Reds 0
Finals - Montgomery Grays 4 games, Macon Peaches 2

The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1952 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.

The Peaches plated 617 runs and surrendered 604 runs. Frank DiPrima led batters with significant playing time with a .332 average. Sid West topped Macon with 19 wins, while Eugene Tarabilda added 15 or more victories also Knowles Piercey registered a 2.16 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Cal Howe played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Macon Peaches to do so.

Edd Hartness 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
Sid West	19	11	.633	3.30	37	31					254.0	254	125	93	10	66
Eugene Tarabilda	15	14	.517	3.13	38	28					236.0	214	88	82	6	63
Knowles Piercey	14	8	.636	2.16	34	22					200.0	198	61	48	4	27
Robert Zachritz	12	11	.522	3.84	32	25					190.0	181	98	81	7	88
Nat Yablon	8	10	.444	3.48	36	19					163.0	157	76	63	10	74
Cal Howe	7	3	.700	2.28	30	3					67.0	42	23	17	0	27
Harry Wise	3	6	.333	4.50	14	11					76.0	38	42	38	3	55
George Judkins	2	3	.400	4.00	17	5					54.0	60	28	24	2	22
Alby Plain	1	2	.333	6.00	4						21.0	28	18	14	2	11
Roman Bartkowski	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Edward Zielinski	0	0		0.00	4						8.0
Totals	81	68	.544	3.26	247	144	0	0	0	0	1271.0	1172	559	460	44	433	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
Frank DiPrima	140	494	494		164	33	4	16						.332	.332	.512	.844	253
Chuck Balogh	147	572	572		152	26	0	0						.266	.266	.311	.577	178
Dean Padgett	155	561	561		142	27	7	10						.253	.253	.380	.633	213
Bobby Howard	137	498	498		138	23	5	8						.277	.277	.392	.669	195
Edd Hartness	114	398	398		104	21	5	1						.261	.261	.347	.608	138
Paul Mauldin	110	401	401		91	12	8	5						.227	.227	.334	.561	134
Vito DeVito	92	311	311		83	19	0	3						.267	.267	.357	.624	111
Otis Stephens	80	247	247		68	16	2	3						.275	.275	.393	.668	97
Sam Brusa	91	243	243		48	7	2	0						.198	.198	.243	.440	59
James Batchelor	52	147	147		30	6	2	1						.204	.204	.293	.497	43
Jim O'Brien	34	100	100		26	4	0	0						.260	.260	.300	.560	30
John Smith	37	108	108		23	5	0	0						.213	.213	.259	.472	28
Richard Czaplewski	32	103	103		18	2	0	0						.175	.175	.194	.369	20
Sid West	38	103	103		18	3	0	1						.175	.175	.233	.408	24
Bob Hobbs	20	65	65		15	3	0	0						.231	.231	.277	.508	18
Alex Sirota	29	77	77		15	4	1	0						.195	.195	.273	.468	21
Eugene Tarabilda	43	79	79		14	0	1	0						.177	.177	.203	.380	16
Joseph Banicki	19	61	61		13	3	0	0						.213	.213	.262	.475	16
Bill Bower	28	66	66		13	2	1	0						.197	.197	.258	.455	17
Norris Strickland	22	54	54		12	1	1	0						.222	.222	.278	.500	15
Don Geresy	13	52	52		10	1	0	0						.192	.192	.212	.404	11
Knowles Piercey	34	64	64		10	0	1	0						.156	.156	.188	.344	12
Robert Zachritz	32	66	66		10	0	1	0						.152	.152	.182	.333	12
Nat Yablon	40	50	50		8	1	0	0						.160	.160	.180	.340	9
Grady Dunlap	9	23	23		5									.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Harry Wise	14	23	23		4	1	0	0						.174	.174	.217	.391	5
Alby Plain	5	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Cal Howe	31	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
George Judkins	17	17	17		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Zielinski	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1620	5017	5017	0	1239	220	41	48	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.247	.336	.583	1685	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Eugene Tarabilda	P	38					.000
Sid West	P	37					.000
Nat Yablon	P	36					.000
Knowles Piercey	P	34					.000
Robert Zachritz	P	32					.000
Cal Howe	P	30					.000
George Judkins	P	17					.000
Harry Wise	P	14					.000
Totals		238	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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