1952 Tifton Blue Sox Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 78-61
Finished 4th in the GGL
Manager: Charles George (0-0), Edmond Dickerman (0-0), Parnell Ruark (0-0)
Location: Tifton, Georgia
Ballpark: Eve Park
Attendance: 37,805, Avg. 544

1952 Tifton Blue Sox Roster

Playoffs - Tifton Blue Sox 4 games, Valdosta Dodgers 0
Finals - Albany Cardinals 4 games, Tifton Blue Sox 0

The Tifton Blue Sox of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1952 season with a record of 78 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the GGL.

The Blue Sox conceded 507 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Tifton tallied 589 runs. Edmond Dickerman paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .280. Joseph Johnson topped the team with 19 wins, while Tony Sarmiento and Brad Clapham added 15 or more wins, too Tony Sarmiento registered a 1.26 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Charles George played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tifton Blue Sox to do so.

Charles George, Edmond Dickerman and Parnell Ruark 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
Joseph Johnson	19	12	.613	2.54	36						262.0	240	92	74		84
Brad Clapham	18	12	.600	2.33	37						243.0	240	86	63		105
Tony Sarmiento	16	3	.842	1.26	26						185.0	132	38	26		42
Tony Pfeifer	7	6	.538	3.17	23						105.0	82	48	37		57
Jim Cater	6	9	.400	3.60	15						115.0	98	71	46		77
Richard Griffith	5	5	.500	2.52	22						100.0	76	31	28		61
Donald Robinson	5	9	.357	4.33	20						129.0	128	76	62		116
William Gibbons					11						0.0
Totals	76	56	.576	2.65	190	0	0	0	0	0	1139.0	996	442	336	0	542	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
Edmond Dickerman	137	497	497		139	26	5	5						.280	.280	.382	.662	190
Willard Jones	137	511	511		135	18	4	1						.264	.264	.321	.585	164
Emil Carter	133	549	549		121	5	5	0						.220	.220	.248	.468	136
Franklin Cooper	133	487	487		111	16	1	0						.228	.228	.265	.493	129
Parnell Ruark	95	342	342		98	21	0	19						.287	.287	.515	.801	176
Edward Celardo	118	412	412		98	13	2	0						.238	.238	.279	.517	115
Michael Rauseo	89	292	292		74	18	1	0						.253	.253	.322	.575	94
Vincent Carlesi	116	400	400		73	5	3	0						.182	.182	.210	.392	84
Charles George	31	121	121		40	5	3	0						.331	.331	.421	.752	51
Donald Robinson	57	143	143		37	8	2	1						.259	.259	.364	.622	52
Joseph Johnson	40	109	109		20	2	0	0						.183	.183	.202	.385	22
Brad Clapham	48	115	115		17	1	0	0						.148	.148	.157	.304	18
Jim Cater	16	43	43		12	2	0	0						.279	.279	.326	.605	14
Richard Griffith	26	49	49		12	1	0	0						.245	.245	.265	.510	13
Vinny DeIeso	15	60	60		10	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	10
Dean Harper	2	67	67		10	3	1	0						.149	.149	.224	.373	15
Tony Sarmiento	28	70	70		10	3	0	0						.143	.143	.186	.329	13
Joseph Powell	11	34	34		5	0	0	0						.147	.147	.147	.294	5
Tony Pfeifer	24	35	35		3	0	0	0						.086	.086	.086	.171	3
William Gibbons	11	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Totals	1267	4349	4349	0	1026	147	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.236	.300	.536	1305	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Brad Clapham	P	37					.000
Joseph Johnson	P	36					.000
Tony Sarmiento	P	26					.000
Tony Pfeifer	P	23					.000
Richard Griffith	P	22					.000
Jim Cater	P	15					.000
William Gibbons	P	11					.000
Totals		170	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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