1952 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Statistics

North Carolina State League (NCSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 74-33
Finished 1st in the NCSL
Manager: James Gruzdis (74-33)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 17,345, Avg. 324

1952 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Roster

Playoffs - Salisbury Pirates 4 games, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 0

The High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms of the North Carolina State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 74 wins and 33 losses, finishing first in the NCSL.

The Hi-Toms paced the league with just 452 runs allowed. High scored 664 runs. John Lybrand led all regular batters with a .356 average. John Zavada and William Zonner topped the team with 16 wins each, while William Zonner registered a 2.59 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Duane Wilson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms to do so.

James Gruzdis 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
John Zavada	16	5	.762	2.77	29						182.0	141	76	56	0	96
William Zonner	16	7	.696	2.59	29						191.0	137	91	55	5	103
Duane Wilson	9	4	.692	2.60	21						104.0	79	43	30	2	51
Paul Aylward	6	1	.857	4.26	12						57.0	56	36	27	2	39
Arvid Hamilton	5	3	.625	2.54	16						85.0	79	36	24	4	36
Jack Thomas	5	3	.625	3.00	10						72.0	63	28	24	2	34
Charles Gursten	4	0	1.000	3.71	12						51.0	40	23	21	4	31
Roy Tinney	4	3	.571	6.60	12						60.0	58	47	44	3	55
Totals	65	26	.714	3.15	141	0	0	0	0	0	802.0	653	380	281	22	445	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
John Lybrand	107	393	393		140	38	2	11						.356	.356	.547	.903	215
Ed Lavene	100	390	390		138	27	9	1						.354	.354	.477	.831	186
Phil Renzi	86	320	320		96	16	9	8						.300	.300	.481	.781	154
Carmine Vinci	87	303	303		91	22	3	1						.300	.300	.403	.703	122
Nino Spatafore	87	305	305		85	15	5	2						.279	.279	.380	.659	116
Bruce Weaver	105	358	358		70	17	2	12						.196	.196	.355	.550	127
Allen Baker	65	194	194		46	8	1	3						.237	.237	.335	.572	65
James Barry	42	142	142		45	9	1	5						.317	.317	.500	.817	71
Armand Diferdinando	53	159	159		42	10	0	3						.264	.264	.384	.648	61
Gilbert Thomas	53	167	167		40	7	1	0						.240	.240	.293	.533	49
Edward Yeager	65	175	175		34	5	2	0						.194	.194	.246	.440	43
James Spencer	63	185	185		34	9	0	1						.184	.184	.249	.432	46
William Zonner	29	64	64		13	2	0	3						.203	.203	.375	.578	24
John Zavada	29	78	78		13	1	0	0						.167	.167	.179	.346	14
John Oswald	17	45	45		12	1	1	0						.267	.267	.333	.600	15
Duane Wilson	22	39	39		11	1	1	0						.282	.282	.359	.641	14
Richard Knoblauch	11	21	21		5	0	0	0						.238	.238	.238	.476	5
Jack Thomas	10	27	27		5	0	0	1						.185	.185	.296	.481	8
Arvid Hamilton	16	29	29		5	1	0	0						.172	.172	.207	.379	6
Paul Aylward	12	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Roy Tinney	12	26	26		3	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231	3
Charles Gursten	12	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Totals	1083	3449	3449	0	933	189	37	51	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.391	.662	1349	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
William Zonner	P	29					.000
John Zavada	P	29					.000
Duane Wilson	P	21					.000
Arvid Hamilton	P	16					.000
Roy Tinney	P	12					.000
Charles Gursten	P	12					.000
Paul Aylward	P	12					.000
Jack Thomas	P	10					.000
Totals		141	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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