1952 Quincy Gems Statistics
Team Record: 54-72
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: Paul Chervinko (54-72)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Quincy, Illinois
Ballpark: Q-Stadium
Attendance: 45,541, Avg. 723
The Quincy Gems of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1952 season with a record of 54 wins and 72 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.
The Gems scored 703 runs and conceded 737 runs. Ed Barbarito led hitters with significant playing time with a .334 average. Eugene Olson topped Quincy with 12 wins, while James Anderson registered a 3.88 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1952 Quincy Gems who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Whitey Herzog, Don Leppert, Marv Throneberry and Zach Monroe.
Paul Chervinko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Olson | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.27 | 39 | 211.0 | 210 | 126 | 100 | 20 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Nehring | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.14 | 30 | 133.0 | 131 | 91 | 76 | 15 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Zach Monroe | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.04 | 16 | 91.0 | 85 | 65 | 51 | 4 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Larry Hoover | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6.00 | 23 | 111.0 | 109 | 93 | 74 | 7 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.50 | 24 | 58.0 | 66 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Peeler | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.20 | 12 | 45.0 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||||
| James Anderson | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.88 | 43 | 146.0 | 119 | 91 | 63 | 6 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Don Colnitis | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.22 | 30 | 128.0 | 107 | 76 | 60 | 2 | 82 | |||||||||||
| John Hecht | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maynard Park | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 61 | .455 | 4.67 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 923.0 | 867 | 609 | 479 | 59 | 650 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Barbarito | 84 | 353 | 353 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 11 | .334 | .334 | .510 | .844 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Vern Campbell | 120 | 408 | 408 | 108 | 13 | 5 | 6 | .265 | .265 | .365 | .630 | 149 | |||||||||||
| James Ranson | 101 | 377 | 377 | 100 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .265 | .265 | .345 | .610 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Paul Tretiak | 123 | 474 | 474 | 100 | 18 | 8 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .302 | .513 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Marv Throneberry | 84 | 315 | 315 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 16 | .276 | .276 | .483 | .759 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Herzog | 68 | 225 | 225 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .289 | .289 | .476 | .764 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Don Leppert | 52 | 204 | 204 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 8 | .304 | .304 | .500 | .804 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Jack Litzelfelner | 69 | 192 | 192 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .234 | .297 | .531 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Elder Haapala | 39 | 142 | 142 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .289 | .289 | .415 | .704 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Paul Rutledge | 65 | 186 | 186 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .215 | .215 | .339 | .554 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Jack Wilkinson | 54 | 160 | 160 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .262 | .494 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Sam Chetta | 47 | 131 | 131 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .351 | .626 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Weiss | 20 | 75 | 75 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .347 | .347 | .533 | .880 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Trejo | 44 | 137 | 137 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .241 | .431 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Jack Taylor | 25 | 97 | 97 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .237 | .433 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Martin Weir | 22 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .270 | .460 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Zach Monroe | 21 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .389 | .694 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Nehring | 31 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .279 | .512 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Charles Bigham | 23 | 65 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Olson | 42 | 74 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .108 | .122 | .230 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Ruck | 11 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .364 | .545 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Richard Carr | 18 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 27 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Dowling | 13 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Larry Hoover | 23 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .114 | .229 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Don Colnitis | 31 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .073 | .073 | .146 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Anderson | 44 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .095 | .143 | 4 | |||||||||||
| John Hecht | 15 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .118 | .176 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Peeler | 12 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Maynard Park | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1338 | 4025 | 4025 | 0 | 993 | 141 | 43 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .355 | .602 | 1430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Olson | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Merlin Nehring | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Don Colnitis | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Davis | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Hoover | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Zach Monroe | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| John Hecht | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Peeler | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Maynard Park | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 240 | 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.
