1952 Chattanooga Lookouts Statistics
Team Record: 86-66
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Cal Ermer (86-66)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe Engel Stadium
Attendance: 252,703, Avg. 3,325
Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 0
The Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 86 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the SA.
The Lookouts surrendered 674 runs, fewest in the league. Chattanooga plated 758 runs. Ellis Clary led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .311 average. Al Sima earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Sonny Dixon added 15 or more wins, too Jim Pearce recorded a 2.98 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1952 Chattanooga Lookouts who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Alton Brown, Hal Keller, Cholly Naranjo, John Perkovich, Roy Hawes, Lou Sleater, Jim Pearce, Jerry Lane, Sandy Ullrich, Gene Verble, Roy Dietzel, Ernie Oravetz, Ellis Clary, Dean Stone, Don Grate, Bob Oldis, Sonny Dixon, Frank Sacka, Frank Papish, Harley Grossman, Bunky Stewart, Buck Varner, Charlie Letchas and Al Sima.
Cal Ermer 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 |
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Al Sima | 24 | 9 | .727 | 3.06 | 40 | 34 | 279.0 | 310 | 126 | 95 | 73 | |||||||||||
Sonny Dixon | 19 | 14 | .576 | 3.19 | 47 | 31 | 271.0 | 260 | 115 | 96 | 71 | |||||||||||
Jim Pearce | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.98 | 27 | 18 | 154.0 | 144 | 63 | 51 | 50 | |||||||||||
Zeke Zeisz | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.80 | 25 | 19 | 142.0 | 161 | 71 | 60 | 42 | |||||||||||
Bunky Stewart | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.58 | 26 | 16 | 110.0 | 125 | 67 | 56 | 65 | |||||||||||
Robert Mitchell | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.45 | 32 | 9 | 86.0 | 76 | 52 | 33 | 52 | |||||||||||
Frank Papish | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.00 | 5 | 33.0 | 32 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Moeller | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 8 | 20.0 | 28 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Alton Brown | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 13.0 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Harley Grossman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 20 | 40.0 | 42 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
Salvatore Federico | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 6 | 21.0 | 24 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Lou Sleater | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 3 | 20.0 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Bob Danielson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Cholly Naranjo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Don Grate | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dean Stone | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Al Berling | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Sandy Ullrich | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Levi Fleshman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 7 | 28.0 | 34 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 83 | 62 | .572 | 2.85 | 267 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1252.0 | 1284 | 501 | 397 | 0 | 447 | 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 |
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Ernie Oravetz | 144 | 559 | 559 | 171 | 24 | 8 | 2 | .306 | .306 | .388 | .694 | 217 | |||||||||||
Ellis Clary | 141 | 530 | 530 | 165 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .311 | .311 | .383 | .694 | 203 | |||||||||||
Gene Verble | 154 | 585 | 585 | 163 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .279 | .279 | .371 | .650 | 217 | |||||||||||
Don Grate | 139 | 511 | 511 | 151 | 28 | 7 | 5 | .295 | .295 | .407 | .703 | 208 | |||||||||||
Roy Hawes | 153 | 543 | 543 | 150 | 28 | 7 | 20 | .276 | .276 | .464 | .740 | 252 | |||||||||||
Hank DiJohnson | 119 | 406 | 406 | 108 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .365 | .631 | 148 | |||||||||||
Bob Oldis | 95 | 289 | 289 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .346 | .623 | 100 | |||||||||||
Buck Varner | 57 | 131 | 131 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .290 | .290 | .534 | .824 | 70 | |||||||||||
Jack Jones | 46 | 114 | 114 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .254 | .254 | .491 | .746 | 56 | |||||||||||
Sonny Dixon | 48 | 101 | 101 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .327 | .584 | 33 | |||||||||||
Frank Sacka | 38 | 108 | 108 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .352 | .583 | 38 | |||||||||||
Hal Keller | 38 | 81 | 81 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .296 | .296 | .568 | .864 | 46 | |||||||||||
Joe Montalvo | 25 | 55 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .345 | .345 | .436 | .782 | 24 | |||||||||||
Roy Dietzel | 12 | 50 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .340 | .340 | .380 | .720 | 19 | |||||||||||
Al Sima | 40 | 101 | 101 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .168 | .168 | .218 | .386 | 22 | |||||||||||
Robert Mitchell | 38 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .393 | .679 | 11 | |||||||||||
Zeke Zeisz | 25 | 48 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .292 | .458 | 14 | |||||||||||
Bunky Stewart | 26 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 6 | |||||||||||
Jim Pearce | 27 | 56 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 4 | |||||||||||
Frank Papish | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Alton Brown | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Lou Sleater | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Salvatore Federico | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Levi Fleshman | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Cholly Naranjo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Harley Grossman | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Sandy Ullrich | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Danielson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Moeller | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1429 | 4401 | 4401 | 0 | 1215 | 225 | 49 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .385 | .661 | 1694 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sonny Dixon | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
Al Sima | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
Robert Mitchell | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Jim Pearce | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Bunky Stewart | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Zeke Zeisz | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Harley Grossman | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 217 | 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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