1952 Cordele A's Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 5th in the GGL
Manager: Norman Wilson (66-73)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Cordele, Georgia
Attendance: 32,549, Avg. 468

1952 Cordele A's Roster

The Cordele A's of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1952 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the GGL.

The A's scored 614 runs and allowed 640 runs. Ralph Betcher led all regular hitters with a .306 average. John Barbier topped Cordele with 16 wins and a team-best 2.64 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Jerry Schypinski played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cordele A's to do so.

Norman Wilson 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
John Barbier	16	14	.533	2.64	39						235.0	233	90	69		95
Robert Sanders	13	11	.542	3.63	34						211.0	194	121	85		127
Carl Watson	13	12	.520	2.90	35						211.0	201	99	68		93
Steve Gronsky	9	4	.692	3.16	37						131.0	136	58	46		73
Dick Mills	7	10	.412	2.82	23						169.0	159	77	53		56
Virgil Brisson	5	8	.385	3.50	20						108.0	97	61	42		74
Richard Hardish	1	5	.167	4.94	21						51.0	55	44	28		52
Vince Sermania	1	7	.125	6.07	10						46.0	48	44	31		44
Totals	65	71	.478	3.27	219	0	0	0	0	0	1162.0	1123	594	422	0	614	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
Paul Demont	128	519	519		156	16	10	0						.301	.301	.370	.671	192
Donovan Day	133	506	506		152	10	10	0						.300	.300	.360	.660	182
Jerry Schypinski	125	485	485		144	13	5	0						.297	.297	.344	.641	167
Ralph Betcher	121	434	434		133	17	4	1						.306	.306	.371	.677	161
Leeson Hogarth	124	480	480		119	19	8	0						.248	.248	.321	.569	154
Robert Davidson	112	390	390		118	7	6	0						.303	.303	.351	.654	137
Milton Walters	124	437	437		95	9	4	0						.217	.217	.256	.474	112
Norman Wilson	121	368	368		85	24	0	0						.231	.231	.296	.527	109
Carl Watson	55	131	131		34	3	3	0						.260	.260	.328	.588	43
John Colflesh	39	144	144		30	3	0	0						.208	.208	.229	.438	33
Edward Lechtanski	52	124	124		27	4	0	0						.218	.218	.250	.468	31
Lou Hahn	18	66	66		20	1	3	0						.303	.303	.409	.712	27
Jim Kinard	31	75	75		19	1	0	0						.253	.253	.267	.520	20
Robert Sanders	35	76	76		14	2	0	0						.184	.184	.211	.395	16
John Barbier	41	83	83		8	0	0	0						.096	.096	.096	.193	8
Robert Schulte		45	45		7	1	0	0						.156	.156	.178	.333	8
Dick Mills	28	57	57		7	3	0	0						.123	.123	.175	.298	10
Steve Gronsky	38	40	40		5	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	5
Virgil Brisson	20	35	35		4	1	0	0						.114	.114	.143	.257	5
Richard Hardish	21	21	21		1	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.095	1
Vince Sermania	10	16	16		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1376	4532	4532	0	1178	134	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.314	.573	1421	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Barbier	P	39					.000
Steve Gronsky	P	37					.000
Carl Watson	P	35					.000
Robert Sanders	P	34					.000
Dick Mills	P	23					.000
Richard Hardish	P	21					.000
Virgil Brisson	P	20					.000
Vince Sermania	P	10					.000
Totals		219	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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