1952 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Jack Tighe (0-0), Schoolboy Rowe (0-0), Jack Tighe (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 152,137, Avg. 1,976

1952 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.

Jack Tighe, Schoolboy Rowe and Jack Tighe 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
Milt Jordan	12	9	.571	3.46	50	8		6	1		169.0	187	80	65		52		59	2	2	2
Al Yaylian	12	11	.522	3.95	28	26		15	1		180.0	193	92	79		61		75	11	1	4
Dick Marlowe	10	10	.500	4.01	35	17		7	2		148.0	140	75	66		55		56	1	1	3
Hank Borowy	10	12	.455	4.29	30	28		10	1		189.0	227	109	90		61		56	3	1	1
Babe Birrer	9	10	.474	3.91	33	18		8	0		152.0	171	81	66		45		58	5	2	2
Wayne McLeland	6	11	.353	4.25	26	18		5	1		142.0	144	80	67		45		51	1	2	0
Paul Foytack	4	5	.444	5.07	21	14		2	0		94.0	110	65	53		66		65	1	1	3
Ken Johnson	3	2	.600	3.38	7	7		1	3		40.0	32	16	15		34		38	0	0	2
Dick Littlefield	1	1	.500	5.40	3	3		0	1		20.0	26	12	12		6		9	1	0	0
Eugene Costello					9						0.0
Lynn Lovenguth					15						0.0
John Weiss	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0	0
Al McNeilance	0	0		7.00	4	0		0	0		9.0	13	8	7		3		3	0	0	0
Monk Poole	0	5	.000	4.06	48	3		1	0		82.0	92	40	37		39		25	2	0	2
Totals	67	76	.469	4.09	311	142	0	55	10	0	1226.0	1335	658	557	0	467	0	496	27	10	19	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
Frank Carswell	141	559	511	88	176	34	0	30	101	4		39	34	.344	.396	.587	.983	300		5	4
Don Lund	138	516	441	83	133	32	3	16	80	6		70	35	.302	.400	.497	.896	219		2	3
Bubba Phillips	118	495	454	73	132	19	2	14	49	14		30	35	.291	.337	.434	.771	197		2	9
Harvey Zernia	108	456	406	55	110	15	3	7	46	4		39	40	.271	.338	.374	.712	152		2	9
Al Federoff	91	412	365	55	104	14	5	0	29	8		35	21	.285	.354	.351	.705	128		4	8
Harold Daugherty	106	386	351	48	79	16	3	6	33	5		30	51	.225	.288	.339	.627	119		1	4
Lawrence Ciesielski	102	349	292	25	77	12	0	4	32	2		53	39	.264	.377	.346	.723	101		0	4
Bill Tuttle	65	247	236	30	69	7	5	3	24	2		11	19	.292	.324	.403	.726	95		0	0
David Jaska	76	287	261	25	60	13	0	2	15	5		20	17	.230	.287	.303	.590	79		1	5
Bob Mavis	84	272	241	20	58	7	1	5	29	3		26	11	.241	.317	.340	.657	82		1	4
Russ Sullivan	72	254	208	28	55	15	4	6	38	0		44	14	.264	.395	.462	.857	96		1	1
Joe Erautt	54	197	177	22	50	11	0	2	22	0		16	16	.282	.342	.379	.720	67		0	4
Eddie Kazak	38	164	146	26	46	5	0	6	16	0		16	9	.315	.387	.473	.859	69		1	1
Frank Bolling	44	184	164	18	40	9	1	1	14	1		15	24	.244	.319	.329	.648	54		3	2
George Lerchen	63	184	159	21	34	7	3	4	24	0		23	40	.214	.313	.371	.684	59		0	2
Ralph Atkins	27	109	85	14	21	2	0	2	6	2		23	14	.247	.407	.341	.749	29		0	1
Al Yaylian	38	84	71	10	12	1	0	2	11	0		10	15	.169	.272	.268	.539	19		0	3
Ben Taylor	14	49	42	5	11	3	1	2	7	0		7	4	.262	.367	.524	.891	22		0	0
Dick Marlowe	36	52	51	1	11	2	0	0	2	0		0	13	.216	.216	.255	.471	13		0	1
Mike Mordarski	30	71	59	6	10	2	0	0	8	0		11	15	.169	.300	.203	.503	12		0	1
Hank Borowy	30	76	69	2	10	1	1	0	6	0		4	27	.145	.192	.188	.380	13		0	3
Babe Birrer	34	56	52	5	9	1	0	2	9	0		3	20	.173	.218	.308	.526	16		0	1
Ken Johnson	16	26	25	3	7	2	1	0	8	1		1	4	.280	.308	.440	.748	11		0	0
Wayne McLeland	26	49	48	3	7	0	0	0	3	0		1	25	.146	.163	.146	.309	7		0	0
Milt Jordan	51	60	52	7	6	1	1	1	5	0		2	21	.115	.164	.231	.394	12		1	5
Kenneth Humphrey	13	30	29	3	5	1	1	0	3	1		1	1	.172	.200	.276	.476	8		0	0
Paul Foytack	21	34	31	3	5	2	0	0	2	1		2	4	.161	.212	.226	.438	7		0	1
George Bullard	10	18	16	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	5	.250	.333	.312	.646	5		0	0
Monk Poole	48	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	1
Alex Garbowski	8	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Dick Littlefield	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Alex De La Garza	7	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Baumgartner	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al McNeilance	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1717	5721	5085	682	1346	235	35	115	623	59	0	535	580	.265	.338	.393	.730	1996	0	24	77	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Harvey Zernia	1B	107	932	88	5	87	.995	9.533
Ralph Atkins	1B	27	226	21	4	18	.984	9.148
Ben Taylor	1B	11	93	2	3	10	.969	8.636
Don Lund	1B	11	89	4	2	2	.979	8.455
Al Federoff	2B	87	212	258	14	56	.971	5.402
Frank Bolling	2B	44	109	140	4	27	.984	5.659
Bob Mavis	2B	26	57	68	1	13	.992	4.808
David Jaska	3B	70	82	133	12	10	.947	3.071
Bob Mavis	3B	40	33	65	4	5	.961	2.450
Eddie Kazak	3B	37	41	77	5	9	.959	3.189
Don Lund	3B	10	3	11	6	1	.700	1.400
Lawrence Ciesielski	C	93	340	35	6	9	.984	4.032	7
Joe Erautt	C	51	243	23	2	6	.993	5.216	3
Mike Mordarski	C	26	70	5	2	2	.974	2.885	1
Frank Carswell	OF	135	205	3	6	1	.972	1.541
Don Lund	OF	123	213	11	9	5	.961	1.821
Bubba Phillips	OF	116	338	23	7	8	.981	3.112
Russ Sullivan	OF	59	111	6	6	0	.951	1.983
George Lerchen	OF	44	75	5	2	0	.976	1.818
Bill Tuttle	OF	16	23	0	1	0	.958	1.438
Milt Jordan	P	50	12	38	2	0	.962	1.000
Monk Poole	P	48	3	14	1	0	.944	.354
Dick Marlowe	P	35	9	17	1	0	.963	.743
Babe Birrer	P	33	9	26	3	0	.921	1.061
Hank Borowy	P	30	16	36	2	2	.963	1.733
Al Yaylian	P	28	8	29	2	3	.949	1.321
Wayne McLeland	P	26	16	22	5	1	.884	1.462
Paul Foytack	P	21	5	15	2	2	.909	.952
Lynn Lovenguth	P	15						.000
Eugene Costello	P	9						.000
Ken Johnson	P	7						.000
Al McNeilance	P	4						.000
Dick Littlefield	P	3						.000
John Weiss	P	2						.000
Harold Daugherty	SS	97	201	267	28	57	.944	4.825
Bill Tuttle	SS	48	99	123	14	23	.941	4.625
Totals		1589	3873	1565	161	357	.971	3.422	11	0	0

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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