1952 Wilmington Blue Rocks Statistics

Inter-State League (ISL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-66
Finished 5th in the ISL
Manager: Lee Riley (72-66)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Ballpark: Wilmington Park
Attendance: 24,526, Avg. 355

1952 Wilmington Blue Rocks Roster

The Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Inter-State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 72 wins and 66 losses, finishing fifth in the ISL.

The Blue Rocks plated 658 runs and allowed 611 runs. Paul Farrell led all regular batters with a .286 average. Andy Bush topped Wilmington with 16 wins and a team-best 3.07 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1952 Wilmington Blue Rocks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Bowman, Jack Meyer, Angelo LiPetri, Gene Snyder and Seth Morehead.

Lee Riley 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
Andy Bush	16	9	.640	3.07	27	26					229.0	242	97	78		36
Allen Leach	14	13	.519	3.75	33	26					192.0	148	101	80		153
Gene Snyder	13	9	.591	3.08	31	27					199.0	143	85	68		151
Jack Meyer	12	10	.545	4.15	28	25					178.0	144	98	82		114
Henry Ptak	9	16	.360	3.75	31	28					197.0	195	102	82		87
Chet Malanoski	8	2	.800	3.27	43	4					135.0	121	63	49		41
Alex Hoyle	7	8	.467	3.91	27	8					106.0	109	67	46		43
Jack Trautwein	4	4	.500	4.57	16	10					69.0	71	44	35		61
John DiMartino					10						0.0
Seth Morehead	0	1	.000	5.54	3						13.0	12	13	8		23
Totals	83	72	.535	3.61	249	154	0	0	0	0	1318.0	1185	670	528	0	709	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
Paul Farrell	137	493	493		141	20	11	6						.286	.286	.408	.694	201
Bob Bowman	136	512	512		132	17	9	19						.258	.258	.438	.695	224
Angelo LiPetri	132	490	490		121	11	6	2						.247	.247	.306	.553	150
Louis Heyman	109	389	389		107	23	3	30						.275	.275	.581	.856	226
Dale Lynch	93	340	340		105	20	3	4						.309	.309	.421	.729	143
Bernard Wenitski	132	474	474		105	18	4	7						.222	.222	.321	.542	152
Tony Iammatteo	88	297	297		65	11	2	10						.219	.219	.370	.589	110
John Fitzgibbons	57	193	193		38	8	3	1						.197	.197	.285	.482	55
Robert Warholic	46	169	169		37	7	1	1						.219	.219	.290	.509	49
Matt Pliszka	41	143	143		36	2	3	0						.252	.252	.308	.559	44
Red Robbins	27	103	103		32	5	1	3						.311	.311	.466	.777	48
Allen Leach	46	102	102		23	3	2	2						.225	.225	.353	.578	36
Thomas Casey	37	109	109		21	3	0	4						.193	.193	.330	.523	36
George Pack	29	102	102		20	1	2	0						.196	.196	.245	.441	25
Andy Bush	29	84	84		16	3	0	0						.190	.190	.226	.417	19
Jack Trautwein	28	46	46		15	1	1	0						.326	.326	.391	.717	18
Jack Meyer	32	67	67		15	1	0	0						.224	.224	.239	.463	16
Chet Malanoski	50	51	51		14	4	1	0						.275	.275	.392	.667	20
Gene Snyder	31	66	66		12	0	1	0						.182	.182	.212	.394	14
Alex Hoyle	33	47	47		9	1	0	1						.191	.191	.277	.468	13
Henry Ptak	31	69	69		7	0	0	1						.101	.101	.145	.246	10
Charlie Saverine	11	31	31		4	1	1	0						.129	.129	.226	.355	7
John DiMartino	10	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Totals	1365	4382	4382	0	1076	160	54	91	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.369	.615	1617	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Chet Malanoski	P	43					.000
Allen Leach	P	33					.000
Gene Snyder	P	31					.000
Henry Ptak	P	31					.000
Jack Meyer	P	28					.000
Alex Hoyle	P	27					.000
Andy Bush	P	27					.000
Jack Trautwein	P	16					.000
John DiMartino	P	10					.000
Totals		246	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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