1952 Houma Indians Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 58-79
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: Woodie Head (0-0), Bobby Gales (0-0)
Location: Houma, Louisiana
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 25,821, Avg. 377

1952 Houma Indians Roster

The Houma Indians of the Evangeline League ended the 1952 season with a record of 58 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.

The Indians scored 841 runs and yielded 1056 runs, most in the circuit. Jack Escarra led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .312 average. John Karpinski topped Houma with 15 wins, while Mario Cardenas registered a 4.83 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers. Woodie Head and Bobby Gales 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 Karpinski	15	9	.625	5.14	39						217.0	243	141	124		102
James Rich	7	1	.875	5.75	26						130.0	149	98	83		11
John Payne	7	2	.778	4.92	14						75.0	79	48	41		33
John Owen	5	3	.625	5.16	10						75.0	95	45	43		21
Mario Cardenas	5	8	.385	4.83	22						123.0	121	79	66		70
Shelburne Temple	4	6	.400	4.79	11						62.0	69	49	33		63
Totals	43	29	.597	5.15	122	0	0	0	0	0	682.0	756	460	390	0	300	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
Jack Escarra	130	481	481		150	32	2	16						.312	.312	.486	.798	234
John Karpinski	133	505	505		150	25	2	25						.297	.297	.503	.800	254
Rudy Escobar	126	483	483		136	19	10	13						.282	.282	.443	.725	214
Bobby Gales	130	428	428		132	16	4	19						.308	.308	.498	.806	213
Clarence Cazelot	78	293	293		69	7	1	2						.235	.235	.287	.522	84
Shelburne Temple	65	208	208		63	8	2	5						.303	.303	.433	.736	90
Albert Moore	52	239	239		63	13	0	3						.264	.264	.356	.619	85
Glenn Pine	46	185	185		43	5	1	0						.232	.232	.270	.503	50
Jerry Kanter	43	126	126		30	1	0	1						.238	.238	.270	.508	34
Wayland Goza	29	95	95		21	6	0	3						.221	.221	.379	.600	36
Lucas Marcello	13	49	49		14	1	0	1						.286	.286	.367	.653	18
Angelo Portomene	15	45	45		12	0	0	0						.267	.267	.267	.533	12
James Rich	35	66	66		12	1	0	0						.182	.182	.197	.379	13
Joseph Sarro	14	52	52		11	1	0	0						.212	.212	.231	.442	12
Robert O'Connell	36	105	105		9	1	0	0						.086	.086	.095	.181	10
Mario Cardenas	25	51	51		5	1	0	0						.098	.098	.118	.216	6
John Landry	12	17	17		3	1	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	4
John Owen	10	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
John Payne	15	27	27		2	1	0	0						.074	.074	.111	.185	3
Totals	1007	3479	3479	0	928	139	22	88	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.395	.662	1375	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
James Rich	P	26					.000
Mario Cardenas	P	22					.000
John Payne	P	14					.000
John Owen	P	10					.000
Totals		72	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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