1952 New Iberia Pelicans Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Randy Heflin (72-68)
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana
Ballpark: Rebel Park
Attendance: 74,794, Avg. 1,068
The New Iberia Pelicans of the Evangeline League ended the 1952 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.
The Pelicans scored 811 runs and surrendered 714 runs. John Millard led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .308 clip. Leverette Spencer topped New Iberia with 17 wins, while Jack Cardey recorded a 2.23 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Randy Heflin played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the New Iberia Pelicans to do so.
Randy Heflin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverette Spencer | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.34 | 37 | 272.0 | 217 | 122 | 101 | 107 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Doughty | 14 | 14 | .500 | 4.64 | 40 | 227.0 | 252 | 141 | 117 | 88 | ||||||||||||
| Jack Cardey | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.23 | 21 | 137.0 | 93 | 41 | 34 | 59 | ||||||||||||
| John Lagan | 12 | 18 | .400 | 4.00 | 37 | 227.0 | 253 | 130 | 101 | 87 | ||||||||||||
| Randy Heflin | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.26 | 10 | 76.0 | 92 | 44 | 36 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Bryant Langford | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.89 | 14 | 1 | 46.0 | 68 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lowell Zook | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.98 | 26 | 107.0 | 116 | 96 | 83 | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 62 | .512 | 4.10 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1092.0 | 1091 | 604 | 497 | 0 | 478 | 0 | 9 | 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 Millard | 140 | 558 | 558 | 172 | 39 | 6 | 17 | .308 | .308 | .491 | .799 | 274 | |||||||||||
| Bob Troyer | 126 | 522 | 522 | 153 | 35 | 6 | 10 | .293 | .293 | .441 | .734 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Robert Thompson | 131 | 497 | 497 | 132 | 19 | 0 | 4 | .266 | .266 | .328 | .594 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Brdar | 94 | 396 | 396 | 119 | 13 | 4 | 8 | .301 | .301 | .414 | .715 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Lou Markle | 89 | 326 | 326 | 98 | 18 | 4 | 9 | .301 | .301 | .463 | .764 | 151 | |||||||||||
| William Liptak | 65 | 275 | 275 | 90 | 13 | 4 | 8 | .327 | .327 | .491 | .818 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Leo Christopher | 61 | 228 | 228 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 10 | .333 | .333 | .544 | .877 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Richard Klein | 87 | 269 | 269 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .338 | .617 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Leverette Spencer | 76 | 221 | 221 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .367 | .656 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Wilfred Rivers | 59 | 230 | 230 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .230 | .230 | .322 | .552 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Walter Kloss | 36 | 144 | 144 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .292 | .535 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cardey | 34 | 93 | 93 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .527 | .860 | 49 | |||||||||||
| George Bohanna | 33 | 108 | 108 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .296 | .556 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Paul Doughty | 40 | 76 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .289 | .566 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Randy Heflin | 25 | 75 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .240 | .467 | 18 | |||||||||||
| John Lagan | 38 | 74 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .162 | .324 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Gene Morrison | 12 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .250 | .477 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Zook | 33 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .250 | .432 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Bryant Langford | 15 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1194 | 4201 | 4201 | 0 | 1197 | 203 | 37 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .285 | .402 | .687 | 1687 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Doughty | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| John Lagan | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Lowell Zook | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Cardey | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Bryant Langford | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 138 | 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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