1952 Paris Lakers Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 85-42
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Tom Sunkel (85-42)
Location: Paris, Illinois
Ballpark: Laker Stadium
Attendance: 36,600, Avg. 576
1952 Paris Lakers Roster

Playoffs - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Paris Lakers 2

The Paris Lakers of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1952 season with a record of 85 wins and 42 losses, finishing second in the MOVL.

The Lakers scored 845 runs, most in the league. Paris conceded 607 runs. Butch McCord led hitters with significant playing time with a .392 average. Neil Maxa topped the squad with 21 wins, while Herold Gordon and James Paolo added 15 or more victories as well Herold Gordon recorded a 3.14 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1952 Paris Lakers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Butch McCord, Quincy Smith and Jim Zapp.

Tom Sunkel 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
Neil Maxa216.7783.4235192.020198731048
Herold Gordon187.7203.1438189.016987661159
James Paolo155.7503.5526185.0175104734109
Jim Grubb108.5563.3229176.01558465775
George Case84.6673.6619118.01126048442
Herb Heiserer85.6155.4822110.01228667263
Glenn Brickey100.0
Totals8035.6963.6417900000970.093451939238396000000

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
Butch McCord119482482189401515.392.392.6311.023304
James Turner1255035031564271.310.310.427.738215
Jim Zapp12246746715431920.330.330.563.893263
Quincy Smith117483483153311011.317.317.491.807237
Jack DeRousse1164714711303137.276.276.399.675188
Donald McAndrews1063543549618110.271.271.412.684146
Doyle Chadwick963423429219612.269.269.465.734159
Russ Gilmore111397397921636.232.232.332.564132
James Paolo30888820300.227.227.261.48923
Jim Grubb33696918500.261.261.333.59423
Neil Maxa37767616203.211.211.355.56627
Herold Gordon41767616010.211.211.237.44718
James Miller25797915300.190.190.228.41818
Herb Heiserer2647478102.170.170.319.48915
Patrick Waters1754547110.130.130.185.31510
George Case2145454100.089.089.111.2005
Glenn Brickey1217171000.059.059.059.1181
Les Brown1518181000.056.056.056.1111
Totals11694068406801168244568700000.287.287.439.726178500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Herold GordonP38.000
Neil MaxaP35.000
Jim GrubbP29.000
James PaoloP26.000
Herb HeisererP22.000
Glenn BrickeyP10.000
Totals1600000.000

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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