1952 Reading Indians Statistics
Team Record: 75-63
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Kerby Farrell (75-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 97,757, Avg. 1,417
Playoffs - Reading Indians 4 games, Albany Senators 1
Finals - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Reading Indians 1
The Reading Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 75 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the EL.
The Indians gave up 509 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Reading plated 606 runs. Michael Lutz led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Howard Rodemoyer topped the team with 15 wins, while Brooks Lawrence registered a 1.83 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Brooks Lawrence, Billy Harrell, Roberto Vargas, Kerby Farrell, Dick Tomanek, Joe Altobelli and Stan Pawloski were all players from the 1952 Reading Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.
Kerby Farrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Rodemoyer | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.73 | 30 | 27 | 191.0 | 157 | 82 | 58 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.27 | 33 | 22 | 168.0 | 149 | 62 | 61 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Vargas | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.75 | 36 | 21 | 180.0 | 135 | 66 | 55 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Meredith Murray | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.58 | 31 | 17 | 143.0 | 143 | 57 | 41 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Stan Milankovich | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.08 | 29 | 23 | 170.0 | 180 | 91 | 77 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Brooks Lawrence | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.83 | 48 | 4 | 118.0 | 76 | 41 | 24 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Ray Petrzelka | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Trujillo | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.22 | 15 | 7 | 49.0 | 54 | 33 | 23 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tomanek | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.35 | 23 | 9 | 78.0 | 64 | 33 | 29 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Jim Vitter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Albert Fedak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 63 | .543 | 3.02 | 270 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1097.0 | 958 | 465 | 368 | 0 | 432 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Pawloski | 134 | 465 | 465 | 126 | 25 | 6 | 7 | .271 | .271 | .396 | .667 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Michael Lutz | 116 | 390 | 390 | 125 | 26 | 4 | 23 | .321 | .321 | .585 | .905 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Bob Prentice | 132 | 454 | 454 | 119 | 19 | 7 | 10 | .262 | .262 | .401 | .663 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Joe Altobelli | 128 | 436 | 436 | 118 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .271 | .271 | .337 | .608 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Joe Rowell | 131 | 426 | 426 | 116 | 13 | 2 | 9 | .272 | .272 | .376 | .648 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Mel Rue | 99 | 327 | 327 | 97 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .297 | .297 | .346 | .642 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Milt Stockhausen | 131 | 381 | 381 | 93 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .244 | .244 | .328 | .572 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Fuller | 113 | 357 | 357 | 83 | 9 | 9 | 5 | .232 | .232 | .350 | .583 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Mike Catron | 88 | 269 | 269 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .286 | .532 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Tex Dargiewicz | 91 | 239 | 239 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .234 | .234 | .351 | .586 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Ohlinger | 68 | 151 | 151 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .331 | .331 | .477 | .808 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Stan Milankovich | 34 | 58 | 58 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .397 | .638 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Al Neil | 15 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .310 | .310 | .452 | .762 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Vargas | 42 | 63 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .286 | .492 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 35 | 62 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .194 | .371 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Meredith Murray | 31 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .282 | .538 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Bert Rechichar | 10 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Kerby Farrell | 12 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Brooks Lawrence | 48 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tomanek | 29 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .206 | .382 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | 34 | 62 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .113 | .210 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Lee Carey | 16 | 53 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .113 | .208 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Trujillo | 15 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ray Petrzelka | 10 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Billy Harrell | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jim Vitter | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1579 | 4451 | 4451 | 0 | 1159 | 173 | 44 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .368 | .629 | 1639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Lawrence | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Roberto Vargas | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Meredith Murray | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Milankovich | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Tomanek | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Trujillo | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Vitter | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 256 | 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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