1952 Salina Blue Jays Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 61-77
Finished 5th in the WA
Manager: Pat Patterson (61-77)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Salina, Kansas
Ballpark: Kenwood Field
Attendance: 35,984, Avg. 522

1952 Salina Blue Jays Roster

The Salina Blue Jays of the Western Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 61 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the WA.

The Blue Jays scored 595 runs and yielded 716 runs. Lee Tate topped all regular batters by hitting .266. Ed Smrekar led Salina with 17 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Lee Tate played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salina Blue Jays to do so.

Pat Patterson served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ed Smrekar	17	11	.607	2.48	38						240.0	196	107	66	2	156
Jerry Murphey	13	9	.591	2.76	40						189.0	192	84	58	2	73
Roland Hammett	9	10	.474	4.35	31						182.0	176	115	88	2	117
Joseph Kapalin	9	15	.375	4.19	45						202.0	200	136	94	17	154
Don Edwards	6	11	.353	4.75	26						125.0	161	96	66	6	70
George Case	4	3	.571	4.19	12						58.0	71	30	27	4	26
Chris Hoover	2	6	.250	4.71	14						65.0	68	49	34	2	52
Dennis Hamilton	1	5	.167	5.04	15						50.0	41	34	28	3	60
Totals	61	70	.466	3.73	221	0	0	0	0	0	1111.0	1105	651	461	38	708	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
Lee Tate	132	512	512		136	23	4	4						.266	.266	.350	.615	179
Fred Burdett	137	511	511		129	17	7	3						.252	.252	.331	.583	169
John Gallis	136	473	473		105	18	1	10						.222	.222	.328	.550	155
Chet Krajewski	137	495	495		103	14	2	8						.208	.208	.293	.501	145
George Morgan	98	352	352		96	15	6	8						.273	.273	.418	.690	147
Fred Stephens	131	432	432		80	14	0	4						.185	.185	.245	.431	106
Robert Ciolek	91	323	323		78	13	8	5						.241	.241	.378	.619	122
James Bogner	101	309	309		73	9	1	6						.236	.236	.330	.566	102
Ed Smrekar	88	173	173		40	2	2	1						.231	.231	.283	.514	49
Roland Hammett	79	164	164		29	5	3	2						.177	.177	.280	.457	46
Richard Tanner	43	132	132		27	6	1	0						.205	.205	.265	.470	35
John Vossen	28	99	99		26	3	1	0						.263	.263	.313	.576	31
Gene Camp	29	99	99		19	3	1	0						.192	.192	.242	.434	24
John Muskus	12	35	35		11	1	3	1						.314	.314	.600	.914	21
Joe Nix	17	52	52		11	2	0	0						.212	.212	.250	.462	13
Joseph Kapalin	45	67	67		11	1	0	0						.164	.164	.179	.343	12
Bert Convy	14	46	46		9	1	0	0						.196	.196	.217	.413	10
Jerry Murphey	40	59	59		9	1	0	0						.153	.153	.169	.322	10
Chris Hoover	14	19	19		6	0	0	0						.316	.316	.316	.632	6
James Bertles	10	35	35		5	2	0	0						.143	.143	.200	.343	7
Don Edwards	26	40	40		5	1	0	0						.125	.125	.150	.275	6
George Case	12	21	21		4	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Dennis Hamilton	16	14	14		2	1	0	0						.143	.143	.214	.357	3
Totals	1436	4462	4462	0	1014	152	40	52	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.314	.541	1402	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Joseph Kapalin	P	45					.000
Jerry Murphey	P	40					.000
Don Edwards	P	26					.000
Dennis Hamilton	P	15					.000
Chris Hoover	P	14					.000
George Case	P	12					.000
Totals		152	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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