
1952 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Al Vincent (0-0), Red Mathis (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 177,898, Avg. 2,310
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.
The Barons plated 706 runs and yielded 865 runs, most in the circuit. Tommy O'Brien led all regular batters by connecting at a .315 clip. John Mackinson topped Birmingham with 16 wins, while Bill Kennedy recorded a 3.86 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Milt Bolling, Ed Sadowski, Walt Lanfranconi, John Mackinson, Jack Bruner, Bob DiPietro, Windy McCall, Johnny Lucadello, Marv Rackley, Herb Conyers, Ken Aspromonte, Bob Scherbarth, Lefty Wallace, Bill Kennedy, Norm Brown, Tommy O'Brien, Ben Flowers, Jim Piersall and Dick Young were all players from the 1952 Birmingham Barons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Al Vincent and Red Mathis served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mackinson | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3.91 | 44 | 31 | 230.0 | 226 | 114 | 100 | 103 | |||||||||||
Al Bennett | 11 | 17 | .393 | 6.06 | 48 | 27 | 214.0 | 253 | 154 | 144 | 90 | |||||||||||
Windy McCall | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.89 | 29 | 18 | 149.0 | 176 | 92 | 81 | 71 | |||||||||||
Bill Kennedy | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.86 | 26 | 23 | 161.0 | 187 | 86 | 69 | 42 | |||||||||||
Clifford Coggin | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.50 | 40 | 21 | 178.0 | 188 | 105 | 89 | 109 | |||||||||||
Lefty Wallace | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.55 | 31 | 9 | 86.0 | 109 | 65 | 53 | 33 | |||||||||||
Norm Brown | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 5 | 28.0 | 29 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Ben Flowers | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.88 | 10 | 7 | 59.0 | 62 | 33 | 32 | 27 | |||||||||||
William Fogg | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 17 | 42.0 | 66 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Hartsell | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.71 | 21 | 5 | 63.0 | 81 | 44 | 40 | 21 | |||||||||||
Chuck Eisenmann | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Carmine Melignano | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Stan McWilliams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bill Boyce | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Charles Haag | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Jack Bruner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
David Cyrus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 12.0 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
John Gilbert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Rollin Schuster | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 6.0 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Walt Lanfranconi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 11 | 27.0 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
John Miskulin | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0.00 | 7 | 29.0 | 35 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 64 | 90 | .416 | 4.14 | 320 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1321.0 | 1486 | 693 | 608 | 0 | 578 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy O'Brien | 150 | 559 | 559 | 176 | 45 | 5 | 19 | .315 | .315 | .515 | .830 | 288 | |||||||||||
Walter Rogers | 132 | 527 | 527 | 162 | 32 | 4 | 11 | .307 | .307 | .446 | .753 | 235 | |||||||||||
Bill Boyce | 128 | 426 | 426 | 111 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .347 | .608 | 148 | |||||||||||
Dick Young | 75 | 305 | 305 | 91 | 18 | 5 | 4 | .298 | .298 | .430 | .728 | 131 | |||||||||||
Milt Bolling | 94 | 332 | 332 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 8 | .250 | .250 | .358 | .608 | 119 | |||||||||||
Herb Conyers | 78 | 285 | 285 | 76 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .379 | .646 | 108 | |||||||||||
Marv Rackley | 66 | 241 | 241 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .311 | .311 | .402 | .714 | 97 | |||||||||||
James Dickey | 70 | 268 | 268 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 6 | .265 | .265 | .410 | .675 | 110 | |||||||||||
Daniel Ryan | 85 | 263 | 263 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .247 | .247 | .342 | .589 | 90 | |||||||||||
Red Mathis | 75 | 213 | 213 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .333 | .592 | 71 | |||||||||||
Ken Aspromonte | 53 | 170 | 170 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .247 | .247 | .371 | .618 | 63 | |||||||||||
Al Van Alstyne | 49 | 161 | 161 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .236 | .236 | .354 | .590 | 57 | |||||||||||
Dale Lynch | 41 | 121 | 121 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .355 | .636 | 43 | |||||||||||
Johnny Lucadello | 42 | 122 | 122 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .328 | .598 | 40 | |||||||||||
John Minarcin | 40 | 126 | 126 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .262 | .262 | .333 | .595 | 42 | |||||||||||
Marvin Stendel | 35 | 100 | 100 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .260 | .260 | .480 | .740 | 48 | |||||||||||
Roy Nicely | 44 | 154 | 154 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .195 | .364 | 30 | |||||||||||
Clifford Coggin | 51 | 80 | 80 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .375 | .650 | 30 | |||||||||||
Jim Piersall | 18 | 56 | 56 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .339 | .339 | .500 | .839 | 28 | |||||||||||
Windy McCall | 40 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .316 | .553 | 24 | |||||||||||
Al Bennett | 48 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .224 | .329 | .553 | 25 | |||||||||||
Bill Kennedy | 30 | 66 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .242 | .242 | .394 | .636 | 26 | |||||||||||
Robert Broome | 20 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .197 | .227 | .424 | 15 | |||||||||||
John Mackinson | 46 | 81 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .198 | .358 | 16 | |||||||||||
Bob DiPietro | 14 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .209 | .209 | .349 | .558 | 15 | |||||||||||
Ed Sadowski | 14 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .191 | .383 | 9 | |||||||||||
Edward Sobczak | 18 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 10 | |||||||||||
Lefty Wallace | 34 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .324 | .559 | 11 | |||||||||||
Bob Scherbarth | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | |||||||||||
David Cyrus | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Norm Brown | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
John Miskulin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Phil Noto | 6 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Carmine Melignano | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Walt Lanfranconi | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | |||||||||||
William Fogg | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jack Hartsell | 21 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
Ben Flowers | 10 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .100 | .150 | 2 | |||||||||||
John Gilbert | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Cole | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Stan McWilliams | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Rollin Schuster | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1701 | 5155 | 5155 | 0 | 1369 | 238 | 41 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .378 | .644 | 1950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Bennett | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
John Mackinson | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
Clifford Coggin | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
Lefty Wallace | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
Windy McCall | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
Bill Kennedy | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Jack Hartsell | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
William Fogg | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Walt Lanfranconi | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Ben Flowers | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 277 | 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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