1952 Norton Braves Statistics
Team Record: 30-88
Finished 6th in the MSL
Manager: George Motto (0-0), William Fitchko (0-0), Mark Muslin (0-0)
Location: Norton, Virginia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 10,025, Avg. 170
The Norton Braves of the Mountain States League ended the 1952 season with a record of 30 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the MSL.
The Braves scored 572 runs and surrendered 964 runs, most in the circuit. Billy Williams paced all regular hitters with a .272 average. Albert Orlando and James Smiley topped Norton with 7 wins each, while Albert Orlando registered a 4.12 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Billy Williams played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Norton Braves to do so.
George Motto, William Fitchko and Mark Muslin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Orlando | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.12 | 24 | 19 | 168.0 | 166 | 124 | 77 | 100 | |||||||||||
| James Smiley | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.71 | 22 | 18 | 149.0 | 130 | 92 | 78 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Perechinsky | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.29 | 8 | 5 | 51.0 | 59 | 36 | 30 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Kent Bills | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.48 | 14 | 7 | 75.0 | 87 | 74 | 54 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Leva | 3 | 17 | .150 | 8.19 | 25 | 21 | 133.0 | 157 | 171 | 121 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Osborne | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.69 | 6 | 6 | 48.0 | 42 | 35 | 25 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Joe Olkowski | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Doughty | 0 | 7 | .000 | 8.81 | 9 | 7 | 48.0 | 39 | 53 | 47 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 60 | .294 | 5.79 | 118 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 672.0 | 680 | 585 | 432 | 0 | 567 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceferino Sanabria | 115 | 446 | 446 | 121 | 18 | 2 | 7 | .271 | .271 | .368 | .639 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Billy Williams | 95 | 371 | 371 | 101 | 16 | 8 | 6 | .272 | .272 | .407 | .679 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Shepps | 118 | 444 | 444 | 80 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .180 | .180 | .214 | .394 | 95 | |||||||||||
| John Oswald | 61 | 211 | 211 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .280 | .280 | .384 | .664 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Herb Yoxtheimer | 73 | 245 | 245 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .298 | .518 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Mark Muslin | 56 | 200 | 200 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .245 | .245 | .340 | .585 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Olaf Porter | 47 | 188 | 188 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .255 | .495 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Stewart | 47 | 174 | 174 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .270 | .494 | 47 | |||||||||||
| George Motto | 35 | 117 | 117 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .299 | .325 | .624 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Jim Trotter | 34 | 115 | 115 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .313 | .583 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Sergio Aguilar | 32 | 99 | 99 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .283 | .515 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Frank Pasierb | 33 | 113 | 113 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .248 | .451 | 28 | |||||||||||
| James Smiley | 41 | 86 | 86 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .279 | .512 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Paul Doughty | 23 | 79 | 79 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .215 | .215 | .367 | .582 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Albert Orlando | 36 | 103 | 103 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .165 | .175 | .340 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Fred Tazak | 25 | 77 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .286 | .494 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Becker | 15 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .400 | .657 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Leva | 26 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .163 | .327 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Pitts | 14 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .207 | .414 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Mee | 14 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Charles Myrick | 13 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .139 | .278 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Richard Richardson | 15 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .175 | .300 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Perechinsky | 11 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joe Olkowski | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Kent Bills | 15 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Herchock | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1014 | 3373 | 3373 | 0 | 776 | 112 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .298 | .528 | 1006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Leva | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Orlando | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| James Smiley | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Kent Bills | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Olkowski | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Perechinsky | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Osborne | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 109 | 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.
