1952 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (76-64)
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 80,613, Avg. 1,152

1952 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Roster

Playoffs - Baton Rouge Red Sticks 4 games, Thibodaux Giants 3
Finals - Crowley Millers 4 games, Baton Rouge Red Sticks 0

The Baton Rouge Red Sticks of the Evangeline League ended the 1952 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Red Sticks scored 784 runs and yielded 785 runs. Guillermo Vega paced all regular hitters with a .319 average. Paul Aube topped Baton Rouge with 16 wins, while Dick Thompson recorded a 2.6 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Buddy Hancken played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Baton Rouge Red Sticks to do so.

Buddy Hancken 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
Paul Aube	16	7	.696	3.68	36						193.0	185	113	79		107
William Bynum	11	6	.647	3.56	24						139.0	149	75	55		66
Dick Thompson	8	6	.571	2.60	15						121.0	104	56	35		64
Tommy Pollet	8	6	.571	5.20	26						109.0	114	80	63		92
Herminio Reyes	8	8	.500	3.86	20						126.0	138	72	54		55
Eduardo Saez	4	5	.444	4.05	27						80.0	71	49	36		55
Carl White	2	3	.400	4.33	11						52.0	99	36	25		48
Phillip Little	1	3	.250	5.38	18						72.0	85	52	43		42
Totals	58	44	.569	3.93	177	0	0	0	0	0	892.0	945	533	390	0	529	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
Guillermo Vega	140	590	590		188	31	8	0						.319	.319	.398	.717	235
Lee Hedges	132	542	542		169	25	13	5						.312	.312	.434	.745	235
Alfred Viotto	139	517	517		161	23	14	17						.311	.311	.509	.820	263
Sam Davis	122	504	504		121	19	6	1						.240	.240	.308	.548	155
Luther Payer	99	383	383		106	13	3	0						.277	.277	.326	.603	125
Robert Churchill	55	233	233		77	19	0	6						.330	.330	.489	.820	114
Robert Akenhead	83	277	277		77	9	0	5						.278	.278	.365	.643	101
Jeral Landrum	80	281	281		74	11	1	1						.263	.263	.320	.584	90
James Griffey	70	233	233		58	8	1	1						.249	.249	.305	.554	71
Haig Lavery	57	231	231		56	8	3	2						.242	.242	.329	.571	76
Buddy Hancken	55	190	190		52	3	0	1						.274	.274	.305	.579	58
Paul Aube	69	143	143		34	7	0	3						.238	.238	.350	.587	50
Howard Falatic	45	157	157		30	4	0	0						.191	.191	.217	.408	34
Arthur Martin	38	122	122		24	2	1	2						.197	.197	.279	.475	34
Dick Thompson	24	50	50		18	3	1	0						.360	.360	.460	.820	23
Tommy Pollet	35	55	55		17	1	0	0						.309	.309	.327	.636	18
Herminio Reyes	20	48	48		13	2	0	0						.271	.271	.312	.583	15
Scotty Robertson	15	45	45		9	0	0	1						.200	.200	.267	.467	12
Phillip Little	21	29	29		8	1	3	0						.276	.276	.517	.793	15
William Bynum	25	51	51		7	0	0	0						.137	.137	.137	.275	7
Eduardo Saez	27	27	27		5	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	5
Carl White	12	22	22		3	1	0	0						.136	.136	.182	.318	4
Totals	1363	4730	4730	0	1307	190	54	45	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.368	.644	1740	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Paul Aube	P	36					.000
Eduardo Saez	P	27					.000
Tommy Pollet	P	26					.000
William Bynum	P	24					.000
Herminio Reyes	P	20					.000
Phillip Little	P	18					.000
Dick Thompson	P	15					.000
Carl White	P	11					.000
Totals		177	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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