1952 Columbia Reds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 100-54
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ernie White (100-54)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 110,012, Avg. 1,429

1952 Columbia Reds Roster

Playoffs - Macon Peaches 3 games, Columbia Reds 0

The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1952 season with a record of 100 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the SAL.

The Reds allowed 540 runs, least in the league. Columbia plated 707 runs. Bobby Wilson led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .303 average. Barney Martin earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.13 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1952 Columbia Reds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ted Tappe, Barney Martin, Ken Polivka and Hal Bamberger.

Ernie White 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
Barney Martin	23	7	.767	2.13	33	31					258.0	208	73	61	8	70
John Brechin	14	5	.737	2.57	24	22					182.0	163	64	52	3	55
Ken Polivka	13	9	.591	2.75	33	28					213.0	187	82	65	8	85
George McPhail	11	5	.688	3.05	22	18					133.0	111	51	45	8	68
Jim Kleckley	11	8	.579	4.47	28	20					141.0	156	78	70	7	60
John Bebber	8	2	.800	2.13	31	1					55.0	48	16	13	1	30
Leon Snuggs	8	10	.444	3.35	35	26					207.0	207	90	77	8	78
Norman Shope	7	5	.583	2.64	29	11					116.0	101	48	34	6	50
Roger Wright	7	6	.538	2.03	40	0					71.0	52	21	16	5	31
Edwin James	2	0	1.000	5.85	6						20.0	28	17	13	2	7
Bill Jankowski	1	0	1.000	1.06	6	2					17.0	6	2	2	0	6
Vernon Kilburg	1	0	1.000	6.14	9						22.0	20	17	15	0	23
Jerry Pless	1	1	.500	4.95	6	2					20.0	28	14	11	0	10
Robert Crook	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
William Nee	0	1	.000	4.76	5						17.0	23	14	9	1	5
Totals	107	59	.645	2.95	308	161	0	0	0	0	1473.0	1338	587	483	57	578	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
Bobby Wilson	156	640	640		194	40	10	7						.303	.303	.430	.733	275
Lewis Davis	148	519	519		155	23	6	11						.299	.299	.430	.728	223
Oscar Khederian	151	586	586		148	24	3	4						.253	.253	.324	.577	190
John Berdella	156	552	552		147	16	6	0						.266	.266	.317	.583	175
Bill Jankowski	126	417	417		119	21	5	3						.285	.285	.381	.667	159
Keith Schmidt	121	419	419		103	16	2	7						.246	.246	.344	.589	144
Ron Bowen	105	371	371		86	22	1	9						.232	.232	.369	.601	137
Larry Taylor	101	335	335		85	9	3	1						.254	.254	.307	.561	103
Charlie Fontana	104	320	320		81	20	2	9						.253	.253	.412	.666	132
Cyril Pfeifer	37	118	118		43	7	1	0						.364	.364	.441	.805	52
Ted Tappe	39	149	149		39	7	3	6						.262	.262	.470	.732	70
Everett Johnson	36	101	101		27	3	0	5						.267	.267	.446	.713	45
John Brechin	40	74	74		21	1	0	1						.284	.284	.338	.622	25
David Poole	40	91	91		20	1	1	0						.220	.220	.253	.473	23
Ken Polivka	36	73	73		16	1	0	0						.219	.219	.233	.452	17
Barney Martin	41	94	94		15	3	0	0						.160	.160	.191	.351	18
Roger Breard	13	44	44		10	2	0	0						.227	.227	.273	.500	12
Jim Kleckley	28	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
George McPhail	22	39	39		8	2	0	0						.205	.205	.256	.462	10
Jack Tanner	4	15	15		6									.400	.400	.400	.800	6
Hal Bamberger	12	27	27		6	2	0	0						.222	.222	.296	.519	8
Norman Shope	29	37	37		6	2	0	0						.162	.162	.216	.378	8
Leon Snuggs	35	62	62		4	0	0	0						.065	.065	.065	.129	4
Edwin James	6	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Vernon Kilburg	9	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Roger Wright	40	11	11		1	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Paul Fouts	5	15	15		1									.067	.067	.067	.133	1
John Bebber	31	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Stutts	3	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ralph Lucas	4	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Nee	8	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Pless	6	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1692	5204	5204	0	1353	224	43	63	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.356	.616	1852	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Roger Wright	P	40					.000
Leon Snuggs	P	35					.000
Ken Polivka	P	33					.000
Barney Martin	P	33					.000
John Bebber	P	31					.000
Norman Shope	P	29					.000
Jim Kleckley	P	28					.000
John Brechin	P	24					.000
George McPhail	P	22					.000
Totals		275	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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