
1952 Reidsville Luckies Statistics
Team Record: 74-64
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Ralph Hodgin (74-64)
Location: Reidsville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Kiker Stadium
Attendance: 59,014, Avg. 855
Playoffs - Reidsville Luckies 3 games, Raleigh Capitals 0
Finals - Reidsville Luckies 4 games, Durham Bulls 0
The Reidsville Luckies of the Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 74 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Luckies scored 675 runs and yielded 616 runs. Joseph Pancoe led all regular hitters by connecting at a .304 clip. Mike Forline topped Reidsville with 18 wins and a team-best 2.89 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1952 Reidsville Luckies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Sanford, Ralph Hodgin and Bob Gillespie.
Ralph Hodgin 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Forline | 18 | 11 | .621 | 2.89 | 37 | 246.0 | 235 | 102 | 79 | 11 | 90 | |||||||||||
Emery Rudd | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.34 | 37 | 143.0 | 137 | 84 | 69 | 6 | 93 | |||||||||||
Lindy Brown | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.10 | 34 | 203.0 | 186 | 83 | 70 | 7 | 72 | |||||||||||
Bob Gillespie | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.44 | 27 | 144.0 | 154 | 89 | 71 | 7 | 44 | |||||||||||
Nester Mitskavich | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.42 | 38 | 159.0 | 146 | 84 | 78 | 8 | 101 | |||||||||||
Billie Frazier | 5 | 1 | .833 | 5.71 | 21 | 63.0 | 72 | 45 | 40 | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||
Kenneth Deal | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.39 | 8 | 49.0 | 44 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 22 | |||||||||||
Adam Twarkins | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.18 | 19 | 125.0 | 133 | 72 | 58 | 4 | 56 | |||||||||||
Totals | 73 | 60 | .549 | 3.80 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1132.0 | 1107 | 580 | 478 | 51 | 515 | 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 |
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Joseph Pancoe | 136 | 510 | 510 | 155 | 44 | 3 | 19 | .304 | .304 | .514 | .818 | 262 | |||||||||||
Jack Sanford | 129 | 466 | 466 | 133 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .285 | .285 | .380 | .665 | 177 | |||||||||||
Ralph Hodgin | 119 | 447 | 447 | 126 | 26 | 2 | 8 | .282 | .282 | .403 | .685 | 180 | |||||||||||
Walter Frye | 127 | 487 | 487 | 118 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .277 | .520 | 135 | |||||||||||
Stephen Walker | 133 | 466 | 466 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .290 | .524 | 135 | |||||||||||
George Souter | 116 | 390 | 390 | 103 | 19 | 1 | 13 | .264 | .264 | .418 | .682 | 163 | |||||||||||
Joseph Socey | 127 | 428 | 428 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 11 | .238 | .238 | .369 | .607 | 158 | |||||||||||
Hugh Taylor | 105 | 309 | 309 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .304 | .550 | 94 | |||||||||||
Joseph Niro | 79 | 199 | 199 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .377 | .638 | 75 | |||||||||||
William Ballinger | 64 | 218 | 218 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .271 | .491 | 59 | |||||||||||
Lindy Brown | 35 | 75 | 75 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 18 | |||||||||||
Walt Dixon | 17 | 57 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .491 | .754 | 28 | |||||||||||
William Bevill | 14 | 64 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .203 | .266 | .469 | 17 | |||||||||||
Mike Forline | 37 | 89 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .292 | 13 | |||||||||||
Charles Knight | 14 | 45 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .333 | .578 | 15 | |||||||||||
Emery Rudd | 37 | 53 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .208 | .396 | 11 | |||||||||||
Adam Twarkins | 19 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .196 | .196 | .391 | .587 | 18 | |||||||||||
Nester Mitskavich | 39 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .204 | .370 | 11 | |||||||||||
Bob Gillespie | 27 | 53 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .113 | .113 | .189 | .302 | 10 | |||||||||||
Billie Frazier | 24 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .174 | .304 | 4 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1398 | 4479 | 4479 | 0 | 1129 | 208 | 21 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .353 | .605 | 1583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nester Mitskavich | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
Emery Rudd | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Mike Forline | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Lindy Brown | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Bob Gillespie | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Billie Frazier | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
Adam Twarkins | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Kenneth Deal | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 221 | 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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