1952 Columbus Red Birds Statistics
Team Record: 68-85
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (68-85)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 78,132, Avg. 1,021
The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Red Birds plated 666 runs and yielded 776 runs. Chuck Kress paced Columbus with 24 home runs, while Russ Derry walloped 15 or more, too. Chuck Kress drove in 85 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .287 clip. Floyd Melliere led the team with 15 wins, and Ralph Beard recorded a 3.66 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1952 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Herb Moford, Danny Lynch, Vern Benson, Bobby Tiefenauer, Kurt Krieger, Russ Derry, Ed Mickelson, Jay Van Noy, Ralph Beard, Bill Sarni, Chuck Kress, George Eyrich, Dan Lewandowski, Willard Schmidt, Stu Miller and Dick Rand.
Johnny Keane 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Floyd Melliere | 15 | 10 | .600 | 4.60 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 180.0 | 221 | 115 | 92 | 60 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Stu Miller | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.34 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 119.0 | 113 | 44 | 31 | 38 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Hisel Patrick | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.90 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 125.0 | 117 | 71 | 68 | 77 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||||
William Allen | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.99 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 148.0 | 155 | 87 | 82 | 85 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Ralph Beard | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.66 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 150.0 | 140 | 78 | 61 | 58 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
Ed Ludwig | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.08 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 108.0 | 126 | 67 | 61 | 35 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Kurt Krieger | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.42 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 114.0 | 120 | 62 | 56 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Thomas Keating | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.88 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 104.0 | 123 | 81 | 68 | 74 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Willard Schmidt | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.89 | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||
Dan Lewandowski | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.94 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 67 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Hal Coffman | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.67 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 136 | 80 | 68 | 57 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
David Manier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||||
George Eyrich | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 22.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Herb Moford | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Bills | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Roy Pounds | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Lee Peterson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.82 | 7 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bobby Tiefenauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Douglas Clark | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.00 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 68 | 85 | .444 | 4.47 | 312 | 146 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1301.7 | 1371 | 752 | 647 | 2 | 564 | 0 | 641 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howie Phillips | 140 | 539 | 475 | 56 | 129 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 60 | 68 | .272 | .357 | .394 | .751 | 187 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||
Danny Lynch | 128 | 549 | 486 | 70 | 128 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 55 | 39 | .263 | .339 | .344 | .683 | 167 | 26 | 1 | 7 | |||
Chuck Kress | 128 | 539 | 435 | 79 | 125 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 85 | 5 | 102 | 50 | .287 | .424 | .524 | .948 | 228 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||
Wally Lammers | 125 | 538 | 459 | 64 | 118 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 69 | 50 | .257 | .360 | .325 | .685 | 149 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
Jim Neufeldt | 137 | 464 | 421 | 62 | 110 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 35 | 56 | .261 | .325 | .342 | .667 | 144 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||
Jay Van Noy | 126 | 487 | 436 | 63 | 108 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 6 | 40 | 81 | .248 | .318 | .385 | .703 | 168 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||
Dick Rand | 109 | 362 | 309 | 39 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 50 | 56 | .256 | .359 | .353 | .712 | 109 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |||
Russ Derry | 72 | 255 | 223 | 40 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 55 | 3 | 32 | 33 | .318 | .404 | .628 | 1.032 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mo Mozzali | 81 | 288 | 255 | 41 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 28 | 14 | .278 | .350 | .392 | .742 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bill Sarni | 89 | 294 | 276 | 29 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 15 | 26 | .254 | .295 | .391 | .686 | 108 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
Russ Rac | 104 | 324 | 292 | 33 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 29 | 39 | .216 | .289 | .315 | .604 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 2 | |||
Vern Benson | 58 | 250 | 213 | 31 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 36 | 28 | .239 | .352 | .347 | .699 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
William Killinger | 19 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .415 | .500 | .509 | 1.009 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Allen | 37 | 59 | 56 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .232 | .246 | .304 | .549 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Hal Coffman | 36 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .324 | .390 | .541 | .931 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Dick Morgan | 17 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .244 | .244 | .317 | .561 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ev Joyner | 20 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .244 | .279 | .366 | .645 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ralph Beard | 31 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .208 | .255 | .208 | .463 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
Herb Mancini | 25 | 68 | 62 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .161 | .224 | .161 | .385 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Floyd Melliere | 34 | 72 | 64 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .141 | .167 | .156 | .323 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ed Mickelson | 12 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .308 | .379 | .462 | .841 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Ralph Lageman | 15 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .163 | .200 | .209 | .409 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Ludwig | 25 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .222 | .300 | .259 | .559 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Stu Miller | 28 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .194 | .286 | .226 | .512 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Hisel Patrick | 36 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .154 | .195 | .154 | .349 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Kurt Krieger | 18 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .156 | .229 | .250 | .479 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Donald Spencer | 7 | 21 | 21 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
J. C. Dunn | 15 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .120 | .241 | .120 | .361 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Thomas Keating | 29 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .103 | .188 | .103 | .291 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Lee Peterson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Willard Schmidt | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Dan Lewandowski | 21 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bobby Tiefenauer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Douglas Clark | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
David Manier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
George Eyrich | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bob Moscrey | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Dave Johnson | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1760 | 5693 | 5008 | 659 | 1269 | 219 | 56 | 83 | 611 | 52 | 0 | 600 | 674 | .253 | .336 | .369 | .705 | 1849 | 125 | 24 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Kress | 1B | 127 | 1099 | 83 | 11 | 105 | .991 | 9.307 | ||||
Mo Mozzali | 1B | 24 | 156 | 8 | 2 | 16 | .988 | 6.833 | ||||
Howie Phillips | 2B | 136 | 323 | 343 | 25 | 95 | .964 | 4.897 | ||||
Danny Lynch | 2B | 13 | 32 | 39 | 4 | 7 | .947 | 5.462 | ||||
Danny Lynch | 3B | 90 | 81 | 191 | 16 | 28 | .944 | 3.022 | ||||
Vern Benson | 3B | 31 | 18 | 49 | 6 | 6 | .918 | 2.161 | ||||
Jim Neufeldt | 3B | 27 | 21 | 46 | 4 | 7 | .944 | 2.481 | ||||
Dick Rand | C | 83 | 403 | 44 | 9 | 4 | .980 | 5.386 | 3 | |||
Bill Sarni | C | 62 | 308 | 32 | 3 | 7 | .991 | 5.484 | 2 | |||
Jay Van Noy | OF | 124 | 298 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 2.476 | ||||
Jim Neufeldt | OF | 104 | 202 | 20 | 5 | 6 | .978 | 2.135 | ||||
Russ Rac | OF | 89 | 159 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .954 | 1.854 | ||||
Russ Derry | OF | 63 | 136 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 2.238 | ||||
Mo Mozzali | OF | 51 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.451 | ||||
Vern Benson | OF | 29 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.621 | ||||
William Killinger | OF | 16 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.438 | ||||
Ralph Lageman | OF | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Ev Joyner | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
Hisel Patrick | P | 36 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .958 | .639 | ||||
Floyd Melliere | P | 32 | 18 | 42 | 3 | 5 | .952 | 1.875 | ||||
William Allen | P | 32 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.031 | ||||
Ralph Beard | P | 31 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .860 | 1.194 | ||||
Thomas Keating | P | 29 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .931 | ||||
Hal Coffman | P | 29 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .862 | .862 | ||||
Stu Miller | P | 28 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.250 | ||||
Ed Ludwig | P | 25 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .720 | ||||
Dan Lewandowski | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
Kurt Krieger | P | 18 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.722 | ||||
George Eyrich | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Lee Peterson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Willard Schmidt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Herb Moford | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Douglas Clark | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Bobby Tiefenauer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Roy Pounds | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
David Manier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Bills | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Wally Lammers | SS | 122 | 224 | 371 | 38 | 71 | .940 | 4.877 | ||||
Danny Lynch | SS | 27 | 42 | 68 | 8 | 12 | .932 | 4.074 | ||||
Totals | 1554 | 3764 | 1541 | 172 | 381 | .969 | 3.414 | 5 | 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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