1952 Rutherford County Owls Statistics
Team Record: 46-58
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Cliff Bolton (0-0), William Greene (0-0)
Location: Spindale, North Carolina
Attendance: 20,687, Avg. 398
Playoffs - Shelby Farmers 4 games, Rutherford County Owls 0
The Rutherford County Owls of the Western Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 46 wins and 58 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Owls scored 475 runs and yielded 545 runs. Ken Paschal led all regular batters with a .304 average. Norman Reinhardt topped Rutherford County with 16 wins, while William Greene registered a 3.32 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Cliff Bolton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Rutherford County Owls to do so.
Cliff Bolton and William Greene 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Reinhardt | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.34 | 37 | 27 | 240.0 | 213 | 114 | 89 | 89 | |||||||||||
| William Greene | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.32 | 27 | 22 | 190.0 | 181 | 89 | 70 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Sheehan | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.06 | 27 | 19 | 133.0 | 134 | 76 | 60 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Jack Williamson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.50 | 21 | 6 | 103.0 | 87 | 46 | 40 | 31 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Anderson | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.14 | 15 | 12 | 84.0 | 95 | 58 | 48 | 57 | |||||||||||
| James Cassidy | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.25 | 10 | 7 | 55.0 | 58 | 40 | 26 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 49 | .479 | 3.72 | 137 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 805.0 | 768 | 423 | 333 | 0 | 373 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Withrow | 82 | 330 | 330 | 99 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .300 | .300 | .379 | .679 | 125 | |||||||||||
| James Mendenhall | 105 | 403 | 403 | 94 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .303 | .536 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Ken Paschal | 90 | 296 | 296 | 90 | 20 | 1 | 19 | .304 | .304 | .571 | .875 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Edward Dubeshko | 86 | 329 | 329 | 83 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .252 | .252 | .328 | .581 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Bill Lutes | 43 | 160 | 160 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .256 | .256 | .394 | .650 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Rhyne | 34 | 136 | 136 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .257 | .257 | .419 | .676 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Bolton | 34 | 98 | 98 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .398 | .673 | 39 | |||||||||||
| William Greene | 49 | 106 | 106 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .226 | .434 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Norman Reinhardt | 46 | 113 | 113 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .204 | .381 | 23 | |||||||||||
| George Radick | 22 | 77 | 77 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .338 | .584 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Pardue | 18 | 70 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .257 | .486 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Charles Sipe | 17 | 53 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .340 | .604 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Richard McClendon | 22 | 59 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .153 | .153 | .237 | .390 | 14 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Anderson | 18 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .293 | .488 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Hal Dedmon | 11 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .229 | .429 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Farce Oxendine | 22 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .200 | .340 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Basil Butler | 10 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .316 | .474 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Horace Burns | 16 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .159 | .295 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Craig Smith | 20 | 57 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .175 | .281 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dick Klingman | 12 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .167 | .306 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Sheehan | 29 | 47 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .106 | .106 | .106 | .213 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Reardon | 18 | 50 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 4 | |||||||||||
| James Cassidy | 15 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Williamson | 24 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .088 | .118 | .206 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 843 | 2687 | 2687 | 0 | 629 | 104 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .330 | .564 | 887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Reinhardt | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Sheehan | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| William Greene | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Williamson | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| LeRoy Anderson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| James Cassidy | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 137 | 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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