1952 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 44-80
Finished 7th in the NL
Manager: Nick Cullop (0-0), Bob Harmon (0-0), Danny Litwhiler (0-0)
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Barnett Field
Attendance: 71,624, Avg. 1,155

1952 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Roster

The Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Northern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 44 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Fargo- Twins scored 603 runs and yielded 815 runs, most in the circuit. Frank Gravino led hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Rube Stohs topped Moorhead with 12 wins and a team-best 3.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Danny Litwhiler played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fargo-Moorhead Twins to do so.

Nick Cullop, Bob Harmon and Danny Litwhiler 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
Rube Stohs	12	9	.571	3.21	26						182.0	157	94	65	12	70
Mel Heim	6	16	.273	5.20	29						180.0	189	133	104	12	140
Howard Simmons	5	10	.333	5.74	17						105.0	104	79	67	4	72
Russell Hart	4	4	.500	6.68	15						62.0	81	54	46	4	40
Richard Sposato	4	7	.364	6.31	32						117.0	145	104	82	4	98
Robert Leach	3	5	.375	3.90	8						60.0	60	34	26	3	43
Adras Viator	2	4	.333	6.56	14						48.0	58	46	35	4	44
James Wallace	2	6	.250	4.86	12						50.0	61	39	27	3	20
James McChesney	2	6	.250	7.71	29						70.0	62	69	60	7	79
Lloyd Steffens					13						0.0
John Gerace					11						0.0
Totals	40	67	.374	5.27	206	0	0	0	0	0	874.0	917	652	512	53	606	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
Santo Luberto	122	426	426		119	17	3	9						.279	.279	.397	.676	169
Frank Gravino	94	370	370		115	17	5	32						.311	.311	.643	.954	238
Danny Litwhiler	78	263	263		82	21	0	19						.312	.312	.608	.920	160
Bob Borchering	81	277	277		72	8	3	1						.260	.260	.321	.581	89
Andy Lano	78	264	264		66	10	1	5						.250	.250	.352	.602	93
James Paules	70	252	252		65	13	0	5						.258	.258	.369	.627	93
Bob Diers	72	258	258		58	9	3	14						.225	.225	.446	.671	115
Bob Harmon	58	222	222		51	12	1	8						.230	.230	.401	.631	89
Mel Heim	82	191	191		39	3	1	2						.204	.204	.262	.466	50
Dave Braun	66	185	185		31	2	0	0						.168	.168	.178	.346	33
Theodore Hiller	49	163	163		28	3	1	2						.172	.172	.239	.411	39
Carm Cozza	28	101	101		26	5	4	2						.257	.257	.446	.703	45
Robert Leach	31	103	103		24	6	0	0						.233	.233	.291	.524	30
Paul Stowell	28	92	92		22	3	2	0						.239	.239	.315	.554	29
Kenneth Olin	41	111	111		20	5	0	0						.180	.180	.225	.405	25
Pete Choukalas	25	86	86		19	2	1	0						.221	.221	.267	.488	23
Rube Stohs	27	70	70		18	2	0	1						.257	.257	.329	.586	23
Dick Coomer	21	63	63		11	1	0	0						.175	.175	.190	.365	12
North Cornforth	17	64	64		9	0	1	0						.141	.141	.172	.312	11
Russell Rolandson	11	32	32		6	2	1	0						.188	.188	.312	.500	10
Russell Hart	19	26	26		4	1	0	0						.154	.154	.192	.346	5
James McChesney	31	32	32		4	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	4
Howard Simmons	18	33	33		4	0	1	0						.121	.121	.182	.303	6
Ralph Burdick	12	35	35		4	1	0	0						.114	.114	.143	.257	5
Richard Sposato	34	47	47		4	0	1	0						.085	.085	.128	.213	6
Adras Viator	17	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
James Wallace	16	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Lloyd Steffens	13	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
John Gerace	15	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Totals	1254	3823	3823	0	907	143	29	100	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.237	.368	.606	1408	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Richard Sposato	P	32					.000
James McChesney	P	29					.000
Rube Stohs	P	26					.000
Howard Simmons	P	17					.000
Russell Hart	P	15					.000
Adras Viator	P	14					.000
Lloyd Steffens	P	13					.000
James Wallace	P	12					.000
John Gerace	P	11					.000
Totals		169	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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