1952 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 3rd in the MOVL
Manager: Julio Acosta (73-52)
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 94,300, Avg. 1,509

1952 Decatur Commodores Roster

Playoffs - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Paris Lakers 2
Finals - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Hannibal Stags 1

The Decatur Commodores of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1952 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the MOVL.

The Commodores scored 675 runs and surrendered 573 runs. Carlos Paula led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .334 clip. Sidney Goreham and Ed Garrett topped Decatur with 15 wins each, while Pedro Naranjo recorded a 2.33 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Luis Suárez and Carlos Paula both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Julio Acosta 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
Ed Garrett	15	8	.652	3.42	28						184.0	179	98	70	2	87
Sidney Goreham	15	10	.600	3.22	29						187.0	180	97	67	3	71
Pedro Naranjo	13	10	.565	2.33	29						201.0	188	77	52	6	62
Paul Begovac	7	2	.778	2.81	13						80.0	67	28	25	3	35
Lewis Saum	7	4	.636	3.35	15						94.0	107	51	35	2	33
Larry Lovelace	5	1	.833	3.00	6						51.0	44	19	17	4	13
Hubert Brooks	0	1	.000	3.52	13						46.0	51	39	18	0	23
Totals	62	36	.633	3.03	133	0	0	0	0	0	843.0	816	409	284	20	324	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
Carlos Paula	119	455	455		152	23	16	6						.334	.334	.495	.829	225
Julio Acosta	117	449	449		142	29	6	4						.316	.316	.434	.751	195
Jim Freeman	122	451	451		133	21	7	4						.295	.295	.399	.694	180
Andy Smith	110	395	395		130	19	5	1						.329	.329	.410	.739	162
Gonzalo Chenard	120	464	464		118	14	5	0						.254	.254	.306	.560	142
Juan Medina	94	344	344		76	8	9	0						.221	.221	.297	.517	102
Orlando Moreno	75	301	301		68	10	3	1						.226	.226	.289	.515	87
Emil Carlini	51	175	175		38	10	0	3						.217	.217	.326	.543	57
Robert Leonhard	21	85	85		26	6	3	0						.306	.306	.447	.753	38
Pedro Naranjo	59	115	115		23	5	1	0						.200	.200	.261	.461	30
Ed Garrett	40	96	96		22	3	2	0						.229	.229	.302	.531	29
Phil Rizzo	24	78	78		17	5	0	1						.218	.218	.321	.538	25
Manuel Mier	29	88	88		16	4	1	1						.182	.182	.284	.466	25
Gustavo Ungo	16	57	57		15	2	1	0						.263	.263	.333	.596	19
Sidney Goreham	31	67	67		11	1	0	0						.164	.164	.179	.343	12
Paul Begovac	14	28	28		8	1	0	0						.286	.286	.321	.607	9
Luis Suárez	15	52	52		8	1	0	0						.154	.154	.173	.327	9
Tom Stevenson	14	22	22		7	1	1	0						.318	.318	.455	.773	10
Lewis Saum	15	37	37		2	0	0	0						.054	.054	.054	.108	2
Hubert Brooks	14	16	16		1	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Totals	1100	3775	3775	0	1013	163	60	21	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.360	.628	1359	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sidney Goreham	P	29					.000
Ed Garrett	P	28					.000
Lewis Saum	P	15					.000
Hubert Brooks	P	13					.000
Paul Begovac	P	13					.000
Larry Lovelace	P	6					.000
Totals		104	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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