1952 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 41-94
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (41-94)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 28,085, Avg. 416
The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1952 season with a record of 41 wins and 94 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
The Dodgers plated 526 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 750 runs, most in the circuit. Gabe Gabler paced Newport News with 13 home runs and drove in 72 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Dick Spady topped the squad with 10 wins, and Earl McClellan registered a 3 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1952 Newport News Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Gabe Gabler, Ray Hathaway, Karl Spooner and Red Witt.
Ray Hathaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Spady | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.38 | 31 | 20 | 173.0 | 136 | 82 | 65 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Earl McClellan | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.00 | 36 | 12 | 123.0 | 108 | 70 | 41 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Ted Matecki | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.60 | 19 | 7 | 82.0 | 100 | 63 | 51 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Robert Norman | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.08 | 25 | 5 | 78.0 | 82 | 65 | 44 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Vicente Lopez | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.57 | 12 | 9 | 68.0 | 68 | 34 | 27 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Red Witt | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.29 | 27 | 18 | 128.0 | 103 | 75 | 61 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.84 | 12 | 3 | 57.0 | 66 | 24 | 18 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Sheridan | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.57 | 14 | 8 | 77.0 | 60 | 36 | 22 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Karl Spooner | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.82 | 17 | 9 | 62.0 | 66 | 61 | 47 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 1 | 12 | .077 | 4.37 | 29 | 14 | 101.0 | 95 | 60 | 49 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lovell | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 74 | .333 | 4.03 | 249 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 949.0 | 884 | 570 | 425 | 0 | 693 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Gabler | 112 | 425 | 425 | 70 | 126 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 72 | 5 | .296 | .296 | .473 | .769 | 201 | ||||||||
| Jaques Austin | 109 | 364 | 364 | 98 | 18 | 6 | 7 | .269 | .269 | .409 | .679 | 149 | |||||||||||
| William Palumbo | 112 | 396 | 396 | 98 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .247 | .247 | .343 | .591 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Richard Jones | 94 | 333 | 333 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .213 | .213 | .306 | .520 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Mike Napoli | 114 | 335 | 335 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .209 | .209 | .269 | .478 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Albert Karan | 96 | 313 | 313 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .252 | .463 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Miguel Gaspar | 91 | 271 | 271 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .292 | .524 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Don Hunter | 59 | 207 | 207 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .203 | .232 | .435 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Jack Baldwin | 73 | 223 | 223 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .152 | .152 | .224 | .377 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bonebrake | 40 | 121 | 121 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .289 | .529 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Murphy | 43 | 123 | 123 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .276 | .496 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Gus Montalbano | 38 | 131 | 131 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .183 | .183 | .229 | .412 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Chapman | 26 | 84 | 84 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .345 | .583 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Bill Pinckard | 19 | 62 | 62 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .290 | .290 | .452 | .742 | 28 | |||||||||||
| John Moore | 21 | 70 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .243 | .471 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Dick Spady | 31 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .239 | .463 | 16 | |||||||||||
| John Catallo | 22 | 78 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .269 | .462 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Tito Mladovich | 23 | 69 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .304 | .493 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ted Matecki | 28 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .349 | .605 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Mike Witwicki | 12 | 49 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .265 | .490 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Jack Denison | 19 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .185 | .352 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Red Witt | 33 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .195 | .366 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Glen Trugillo | 16 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .186 | .349 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 29 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Emil Syngel | 15 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .229 | .400 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Dale Steen | 14 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Norman | 27 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Vicente Lopez | 12 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Sheridan | 14 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Karl Spooner | 18 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | 13 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lovell | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Earl McClellan | 36 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1439 | 4136 | 4136 | 70 | 921 | 141 | 30 | 44 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .303 | .526 | 1254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl McClellan | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Spady | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Wiegand | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Red Witt | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Norman | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Matecki | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Karl Spooner | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Lovell | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Sheridan | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Vicente Lopez | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Hathaway | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Cole | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 249 | 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.
