1952 Norfolk Tars Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 96-36
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Mayo Smith (96-36)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park
Attendance: 79,085, Avg. 1,198

1952 Norfolk Tars Roster

Playoffs - Richmond Colts 4 games, Norfolk Tars 1

The Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League ended the 1952 season with a record of 96 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Tars scored 790 runs, best in the league. Norfolk conceded 487 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Leon Carter led hitters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Charles LeBrun earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Johnny Kucks, too added 15 or more wins, too Charles LeBrun registered a 1.87 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1952 Norfolk Tars who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mayo Smith, Johnny Kucks, Woodie Held and Dick Tettelbach.

Mayo Smith 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
Charles LeBrun	23	4	.852	1.87	36	25					236.0	181	74	49		111
Johnny Kucks	19	6	.760	2.55	29	25					215.0	175	69	61		82
Stan Johnson	12	12	.500	3.77	38	23					186.0	183	91	78		100
Will Parsons	9	1	.900	3.53	22	20					130.0	91	62	51		128
Herbert Davis	8	2	.800	2.59	14	12					94.0	75	34	27		39
Charles Harrison	8	2	.800	3.00	15	11					81.0	57	36	27		62
C. M. Newton	7	4	.636	3.86	24	4					84.0	60	42	36		75
Pete Lussier					10						0.0
Totals	86	31	.735	2.89	188	120	0	0	0	0	1026.0	822	408	329	0	597	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
Leon Carter	133	524	524		168	34	6	7						.321	.321	.448	.769	235
Dick Tettelbach	133	499	499		158	25	8	6						.317	.317	.435	.752	217
Bill Casanova	125	486	486		143	25	4	6						.294	.294	.399	.693	194
John Hunton	127	501	501		141	17	5	0						.281	.281	.335	.617	168
Walter Lance	133	488	488		137	18	6	9						.281	.281	.398	.678	194
Frank Wehner	95	311	311		89	8	2	12						.286	.286	.441	.727	137
Paul Crawford	95	298	298		80	24	3	11						.268	.268	.480	.748	143
Ernest Wingard	87	260	260		72	11	5	0						.277	.277	.358	.635	93
Dave Fowler	58	187	187		55	7	1	4						.294	.294	.406	.701	76
Charles Messina	74	235	235		51	8	1	3						.217	.217	.298	.515	70
Woodie Held	42	148	148		32	3	1	1						.216	.216	.270	.486	40
Charles LeBrun	45	95	95		16	1	0	1						.168	.168	.211	.379	20
Johnny Kucks	29	77	77		13	2	1	0						.169	.169	.221	.390	17
Herbert Davis	14	40	40		7	1	0	1						.175	.175	.275	.450	11
Will Parsons	22	45	45		5	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	5
Stan Johnson	38	72	72		5	0	1	0						.069	.069	.097	.167	7
Charles Harrison	15	29	29		3	1	0	0						.103	.103	.138	.241	4
C. M. Newton	24	28	28		2	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	2
Mayo Smith	1	1	1		1	1	0	0						1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2
Pete Lussier	10	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1300	4334	4334	0	1179	186	44	61	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.272	.377	.650	1636	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stan Johnson	P	38					.000
Charles LeBrun	P	36					.000
Johnny Kucks	P	29					.000
C. M. Newton	P	24					.000
Will Parsons	P	22					.000
Charles Harrison	P	15					.000
Herbert Davis	P	14					.000
Pete Lussier	P	10					.000
Totals		188	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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