1952 Albany Cardinals Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: Gene Corbett (81-59)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Albany, Georgia
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 63,244, Avg. 903

1952 Albany Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Albany Cardinals 4 games, Waycross Bears 2
Finals - Albany Cardinals 4 games, Tifton Blue Sox 0

The Albany Cardinals of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1952 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the GGL.

The Cardinals plated 667 runs and allowed 520 runs. Wally Shannon led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .310. Julian Joyner topped Albany with 19 wins, while Melvin Chaplin added 15 or more wins also Julian Joyner recorded a 2.15 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1952 Albany Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Don Lassetter, Tom Cheney, Gene Corbett and Wally Shannon.

Gene Corbett 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
Julian Joyner	19	9	.679	2.15	38						222.0	174	69	53		75
Melvin Chaplin	15	6	.714	2.18	27						202.0	197	83	49		56
Richard Ban	12	9	.571	3.10	30						177.0	152	77	61		129
Robert Heins	11	10	.524	2.47	41						204.0	167	68	56		109
Chuck Hollingsworth	7	4	.636	2.88	15						100.0	68	46	32		59
Clarence Ingram	4	9	.308	3.60	36						135.0	129	77	54		75
Tom Cheney	0	1	.000	27.00	1						0.3	2	1	1		0
Totals	68	48	.586	2.65	188	0	0	0	0	0	1040.3	889	421	306	0	503	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
Sam Goodsoozian	141	597	597		167	26	6	1						.280	.280	.348	.628	208
Denver Rikard	138	527	527		160	30	10	7						.304	.304	.438	.742	231
Wally Shannon	124	497	497		154	26	4	1						.310	.310	.384	.694	191
Eugene Merandi	139	514	514		117	27	5	4						.228	.228	.323	.551	166
Rollie Rice	134	519	519		117	12	8	0						.225	.225	.279	.505	145
Ron Plaza	135	497	497		105	11	3	9						.211	.211	.300	.511	149
Bob Murphy	95	365	365		100	16	0	6						.274	.274	.367	.641	134
Clair Troxell	105	338	338		71	17	5	1						.210	.210	.299	.509	101
William Looney	37	144	144		39	7	2	2						.271	.271	.389	.660	56
Bob Skelton	47	144	144		24	5	4	1						.167	.167	.278	.444	40
Melvin Chaplin	34	76	76		14	5	0	0						.184	.184	.250	.434	19
Don Lassetter	13	50	50		11	2	0	1						.220	.220	.320	.540	16
Julian Joyner	41	86	86		11	1	0	0						.128	.128	.140	.267	12
Chuck Hollingsworth	18	45	45		10	3	0	0						.222	.222	.289	.511	13
Richard Ban	42	75	75		10	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	10
Jerry Earley	11	44	44		9	2	0	0						.205	.205	.250	.455	11
Robert Heins	41	77	77		9	0	0	0						.117	.117	.117	.234	9
Clarence Ingram	37	45	45		6	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	6
Gene Corbett	12	35	35		5	2	0	0						.143	.143	.200	.343	7
Totals	1344	4675	4675	0	1139	192	47	33	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.326	.570	1524	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Heins	P	41					.000
Julian Joyner	P	38					.000
Clarence Ingram	P	36					.000
Richard Ban	P	30					.000
Melvin Chaplin	P	27					.000
Chuck Hollingsworth	P	15					.000
Totals		187	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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