1952 Shelby Farmers Statistics
Team Record: 71-39
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Dave Coble (71-39)
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 31,598, Avg. 575
Playoffs - Shelby Farmers 4 games, Rutherford County Owls 0
Finals - Shelby Farmers 4 games, Lincolnton Cardinals 3
The Shelby Farmers of the Western Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 71 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Farmers paced the league with just 405 runs allowed. Shelby scored 630 runs. Charles Ballord topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .352. Joe Sheppard recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Ramón Monzant added 15 or more wins also Joe Sheppard recorded a 2.31 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Ramón Monzant and Danny Reynolds both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Dave Coble 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sheppard | 24 | 4 | .857 | 2.31 | 29 | 28 | 242.0 | 207 | 73 | 62 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Ramón Monzant | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.43 | 31 | 24 | 204.0 | 159 | 65 | 55 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.49 | 21 | 18 | 159.0 | 128 | 55 | 44 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jose Lopez | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.55 | 14 | 13 | 99.0 | 86 | 45 | 39 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hargett | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.60 | 9 | 9 | 70.0 | 64 | 40 | 28 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Grady Faircloth | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.38 | 21 | 9 | 111.0 | 107 | 70 | 54 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 35 | .653 | 2.87 | 125 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 885.0 | 751 | 348 | 282 | 0 | 289 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Ballord | 107 | 381 | 381 | 134 | 25 | 8 | 11 | .352 | .352 | .546 | .898 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Red Mincy | 106 | 393 | 393 | 132 | 32 | 9 | 8 | .336 | .336 | .524 | .860 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Danny Reynolds | 102 | 414 | 414 | 117 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .283 | .283 | .372 | .655 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Martinez | 107 | 415 | 415 | 113 | 18 | 10 | 4 | .272 | .272 | .393 | .665 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Gerardo Muinos | 110 | 397 | 397 | 108 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .272 | .272 | .320 | .592 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Worsham | 87 | 335 | 335 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .269 | .493 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Rojas | 101 | 327 | 327 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .202 | .202 | .300 | .502 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Zaven Arakelian | 46 | 149 | 149 | 48 | 7 | 10 | 4 | .322 | .322 | .584 | .906 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Jerry McKeithan | 59 | 175 | 175 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .303 | .531 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Joe Sheppard | 45 | 117 | 117 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .291 | .556 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Ramón Monzant | 31 | 75 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .240 | .240 | .320 | .560 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 21 | 53 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .340 | .604 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jose Lopez | 14 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .324 | .541 | 12 | |||||||||||
| William Ryan | 12 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Grady Faircloth | 21 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Aguelio Gomez | 17 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .212 | .364 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hargett | 10 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 996 | 3404 | 3404 | 0 | 926 | 161 | 52 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .382 | .654 | 1299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón Monzant | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Sheppard | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Nakamura | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Grady Faircloth | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Lopez | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Hargett | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 125 | 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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