1952 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics

West Texas-New Mexico League (WTNML) - Class: C
Team Record: 60-81
Finished 8th in the WTNML
Manager: Hack Miller (0-0), Otho Nitcholas (0-0)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 64,492, Avg. 915

1952 Abilene Blue Sox Roster

The Abilene Blue Sox of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1952 season with a record of 60 wins and 81 losses, finishing eighth in the WTNML.

Hack Miller and Otho Nitcholas 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
Otho Nitcholas	14	5	.737	3.76	19	19					158.0	177	87	66	12	24
Freddy Schmidt	10	14	.417	5.25	26	27					199.0	224	147	116	21	74
Michael Gazella	9	12	.429	4.06	32	18					164.0	165	126	74	14	66
Kenneth Harrington	7	4	.636	4.62	27	15					156.0	189	109	80	8	65
LaVere Herrmann	6	12	.333	5.41	25	15					128.0	159	113	77	15	54
George Locher	3	9	.250	5.26	22	13					113.0	145	81	66	9	50
Larry Cummins	2	8	.200	8.35	12	10					69.0	117	82	64	15	29
Fay Rosson					10						0.0
Totals	51	64	.443	4.95	173	117	0	0	0	0	987.0	1176	745	543	94	362	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
Art Bowland	123	441	441		141	33	4	8						.320	.320	.467	.787	206
Glen Selbo	107	405	405		128	16	4	11						.316	.316	.457	.773	185
Weldon Day	131	466	466		113	10	3	13						.242	.242	.361	.603	168
Oscar Williams	103	378	378		106	12	6	9						.280	.280	.415	.696	157
George Corona	56	203	203		59	20	1	9						.291	.291	.532	.823	108
Warren Hancks	48	193	193		56	6	1	0						.290	.290	.332	.622	64
Nelson Davis	51	144	144		53	11	1	6						.368	.368	.583	.951	84
Mel Stein	46	155	155		46	9	0	1						.297	.297	.374	.671	58
Jesse Cox	40	141	141		44	4	0	1						.312	.312	.362	.674	51
Patrick O'Keefe	33	120	120		40	5	3	2						.333	.333	.475	.808	57
Jesse McClain	36	126	126		31	3	0	7						.246	.246	.437	.683	55
Otho Nitcholas	31	83	83		29	7	0	4						.349	.349	.578	.928	48
Edwin Bucynski	19	81	81		26	3	0	4						.321	.321	.506	.827	41
Ralph Huffman	36	99	99		24	5	0	0						.242	.242	.293	.535	29
William Plante	33	111	111		19	4	1	0						.171	.171	.225	.396	25
Ramon Fuentes	16	42	42		15	2	1	2						.357	.357	.595	.952	25
Edward Fenelon	12	38	38		10	3	0	0						.263	.263	.342	.605	13
Julian Pressly	13	51	51		10	1	0	3						.196	.196	.392	.588	20
Freddy Schmidt	29	71	71		9	3	0	0						.127	.127	.169	.296	12
LaVere Herrmann	27	50	50		8	1	0	0						.160	.160	.180	.340	9
Michael Gazella	36	69	69		8	3	0	0						.116	.116	.159	.275	11
W. E. Arbuckle	11	29	29		7	1	0	0						.241	.241	.276	.517	8
George Locher	29	58	58		7	0	3	1						.121	.121	.276	.397	16
Fay Rosson	11	24	24		6	1	0	0						.250	.250	.292	.542	7
Kenneth Harrington	31	64	64		6	0	0	1						.094	.094	.141	.234	9
Larry Cummins	13	29	29		3	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207	3
Jerry Morris	4	9	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0				.111	.111	.222	.333	2
Totals	1125	3680	3680	2	1005	164	28	82	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.400	.673	1471	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Michael Gazella	P	32					.000
Kenneth Harrington	P	27					.000
Freddy Schmidt	P	26					.000
LaVere Herrmann	P	25					.000
George Locher	P	22					.000
Otho Nitcholas	P	19					.000
Larry Cummins	P	12					.000
Fay Rosson	P	10					.000
Totals		173	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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