
1952 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Don Gutteridge (87-67)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 170,041, Avg. 2,208
Playoffs - Omaha Cardinals 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League ended the 1952 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the WL.
The Sky Sox scored 894 runs, most in the league. Colorado Springs conceded 758 runs. Sam Hairston led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Connie Johnson topped the team with 18 wins, while Dick Strahs added 15 or more wins, too Willie Pope recorded a 3 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1952 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Rudolph, Willie Pope, Sam Hairston, Dick Strahs, Dick Welteroth, Jay Porter, Ken Landenberger, Gus Keriazakos, Gene Collins, Bill Cash, Don Gutteridge and Connie Johnson.
Don Gutteridge 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connie Johnson | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.38 | 30 | 248.0 | 215 | 104 | 93 | 16 | 103 | |||||||||||
Dick Strahs | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.70 | 35 | 231.0 | 242 | 116 | 95 | 9 | 116 | |||||||||||
Willie Pope | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.00 | 23 | 159.0 | 166 | 64 | 53 | 15 | 33 | |||||||||||
Bill Rose | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.67 | 34 | 216.0 | 232 | 124 | 112 | 19 | 72 | |||||||||||
Donald Robertson | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.56 | 17 | 96.0 | 110 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 34 | |||||||||||
Don Rudolph | 7 | 2 | .778 | 5.34 | 25 | 64.0 | 67 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 45 | |||||||||||
Gus Keriazakos | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.28 | 20 | 109.0 | 120 | 65 | 64 | 15 | 65 | |||||||||||
Floyd Penfold | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.09 | 15 | 65.0 | 75 | 55 | 44 | 6 | 49 | |||||||||||
Dick Welteroth | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 80 | 58 | .580 | 4.07 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188.0 | 1227 | 620 | 537 | 90 | 517 | 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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Ken Landenberger | 149 | 581 | 581 | 183 | 39 | 7 | 26 | .315 | .315 | .540 | .855 | 314 | |||||||||||
Vic Fucci | 136 | 577 | 577 | 168 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .291 | .291 | .362 | .653 | 209 | |||||||||||
Sam Hairston | 134 | 503 | 503 | 159 | 29 | 3 | 12 | .316 | .316 | .457 | .773 | 230 | |||||||||||
Bill Wells | 134 | 501 | 501 | 139 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .277 | .277 | .361 | .639 | 181 | |||||||||||
Jerry Crosby | 146 | 527 | 527 | 137 | 23 | 2 | 26 | .260 | .260 | .459 | .719 | 242 | |||||||||||
Al Jacinto | 109 | 398 | 398 | 112 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .352 | .633 | 140 | |||||||||||
Robert Kellogg | 101 | 338 | 338 | 100 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .296 | .296 | .393 | .689 | 133 | |||||||||||
Andy Skurski | 119 | 381 | 381 | 98 | 13 | 1 | 12 | .257 | .257 | .391 | .648 | 149 | |||||||||||
Jay Porter | 66 | 282 | 282 | 96 | 22 | 1 | 9 | .340 | .340 | .521 | .862 | 147 | |||||||||||
George Noga | 106 | 339 | 339 | 87 | 12 | 2 | 7 | .257 | .257 | .366 | .622 | 124 | |||||||||||
Guido Pelosi | 33 | 116 | 116 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .284 | .284 | .397 | .681 | 46 | |||||||||||
Connie Johnson | 36 | 104 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .288 | .529 | 30 | |||||||||||
Paul Mauldin | 14 | 50 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .360 | .640 | 18 | |||||||||||
Chester Vasey | 16 | 51 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .255 | .255 | .471 | .725 | 24 | |||||||||||
James Watson | 14 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .529 | .853 | 18 | |||||||||||
Willie Pope | 23 | 58 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .241 | .431 | 14 | |||||||||||
Dick Strahs | 36 | 82 | 82 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .134 | .183 | .317 | 15 | |||||||||||
Donald Robertson | 17 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .303 | .576 | 10 | |||||||||||
Bill Rose | 34 | 73 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .151 | .274 | 11 | |||||||||||
Donald Griffin | 12 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .281 | .531 | 9 | |||||||||||
Vincent Plumbo | 16 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 | 7 | |||||||||||
Gus Keriazakos | 22 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .216 | .351 | 8 | |||||||||||
Don Rudolph | 25 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
Floyd Penfold | 16 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | |||||||||||
Dick Welteroth | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1531 | 5171 | 5171 | 0 | 1438 | 261 | 29 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .403 | .681 | 2084 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Strahs | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
Bill Rose | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Connie Johnson | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Don Rudolph | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Willie Pope | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Gus Keriazakos | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Dick Welteroth | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Donald Robertson | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Floyd Penfold | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 216 | 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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