1952 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 73-59
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Cliff Dapper (73-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 142,208, Avg. 2,155
Playoffs - Pocatello Bannocks 2 games, Billings Mustangs 1
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1952 season with a record of 73 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Mustangs allowed 621 runs, least in the league. Billings tallied 739 runs. Cliff Dapper led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .348 clip. Nico Genesta topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 1.58 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1952 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Barone, Cliff Dapper and Dick Stuart.
Cliff Dapper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Genesta | 14 | 3 | .824 | 1.58 | 46 | 5 | 137.0 | 103 | 38 | 24 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Ray O'Connor | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.06 | 27 | 23 | 200.0 | 188 | 93 | 68 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Jose Roman | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.02 | 27 | 21 | 170.0 | 160 | 71 | 57 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Olaf Nelson | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.03 | 31 | 27 | 174.0 | 172 | 109 | 78 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Sinner | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.74 | 19 | 15 | 125.0 | 90 | 55 | 38 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Manier | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.14 | 18 | 15 | 126.0 | 120 | 53 | 44 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Bert Haysom | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.33 | 22 | 8 | 81.0 | 103 | 86 | 57 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kappel | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.70 | 12 | 4 | 46.0 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 52 | .574 | 3.31 | 202 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1059.0 | 985 | 534 | 390 | 0 | 621 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Stuart | 129 | 515 | 515 | 161 | 30 | 4 | 31 | .313 | .313 | .567 | .880 | 292 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Dapper | 130 | 440 | 440 | 153 | 35 | 5 | 19 | .348 | .348 | .580 | .927 | 255 | |||||||||||
| Manny LaCosta | 132 | 531 | 531 | 141 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .294 | .559 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Ernesto García | 132 | 461 | 461 | 131 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .343 | .627 | 158 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Vinyard | 113 | 453 | 453 | 128 | 16 | 15 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .411 | .693 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Dick Barone | 123 | 503 | 503 | 122 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .243 | .243 | .324 | .567 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Dutch Van Burkleo | 81 | 291 | 291 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .206 | .206 | .285 | .491 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Don Paulsen | 50 | 158 | 158 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .348 | .627 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Chris Remo | 42 | 156 | 156 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .321 | .551 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Buck Elliott | 36 | 104 | 104 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .298 | .298 | .471 | .769 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Gerry Collis | 21 | 93 | 93 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .323 | .323 | .409 | .731 | 38 | |||||||||||
| James Bowers | 53 | 128 | 128 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .164 | .305 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Gene Corso | 22 | 79 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .291 | .506 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ray O'Connor | 46 | 102 | 102 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .157 | .157 | .196 | .353 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Alan Haverty | 33 | 102 | 102 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .147 | .147 | .225 | .373 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Jose Roman | 28 | 58 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .259 | .500 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Manier | 21 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .250 | .479 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Nico Genesta | 46 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Olaf Nelson | 31 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Sinner | 22 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .194 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Bert Haysom | 24 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kappel | 16 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .136 | .227 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1331 | 4411 | 4411 | 0 | 1154 | 186 | 39 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .369 | .631 | 1628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Genesta | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Olaf Nelson | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Roman | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Ray O'Connor | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Bert Haysom | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Wallace Sinner | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Lawrence Manier | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Kappel | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 202 | 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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