1952 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 69-47
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Jim Hercinger (69-47)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Keystone Field
Attendance: 49,550, Avg. 854
Playoffs - Pulaski Phillies 2 games, Johnson City Cardinals 1
The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1952 season with a record of 69 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Cardinals topped the league with 743 runs, powered by 61 home runs. Johnson City allowed 561 runs, least in the league. Jim Hercinger led the squad with 16 home runs and drove in 101 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .339 average. Enso Zanatta paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, best among regular hurlers. Jim Hercinger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enso Zanatta | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.48 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 138.0 | 121 | 55 | 38 | 70 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Jimmy Davis | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.99 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 133.0 | 118 | 64 | 59 | 62 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Artie Siccardi | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.17 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 125.0 | 103 | 58 | 44 | 46 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Jack Conrad | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.83 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 167.0 | 156 | 89 | 71 | 81 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Rogers Fister | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.26 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 57.0 | 50 | 31 | 27 | 45 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Charles Youngcourt | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.61 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 121.0 | 146 | 76 | 62 | 75 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| John Klocko | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.04 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 118.0 | 100 | 66 | 53 | 74 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Winston Norton | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 82 | 42 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| William Cooper | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Tony Pfeifer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.00 | 6 | 1 | 36.0 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Gene Kirley | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hercinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter McGuirl | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Yance | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ronald Barr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Jones | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.50 | 5 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 68 | 42 | .618 | 3.84 | 206 | 104 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1003.0 | 950 | 541 | 428 | 5 | 543 | 0 | 697 | 34 | 5 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hercinger | 114 | 507 | 425 | 97 | 144 | 31 | 6 | 16 | 101 | 23 | 77 | 36 | .339 | .442 | .553 | .995 | 235 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Glenn Zimmerman | 98 | 444 | 401 | 76 | 131 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 25 | 36 | 29 | .327 | .385 | .436 | .821 | 175 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| William Kunkle | 116 | 523 | 455 | 81 | 123 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 8 | 56 | 84 | .270 | .357 | .422 | .779 | 192 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| William Thompson | 108 | 452 | 406 | 74 | 122 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 78 | 8 | 40 | 50 | .300 | .367 | .461 | .828 | 187 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Edwin Wasinger | 110 | 515 | 457 | 75 | 116 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 48 | 44 | .254 | .329 | .289 | .618 | 132 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Jack Lee | 79 | 352 | 300 | 74 | 112 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 17 | 37 | 43 | .373 | .452 | .553 | 1.005 | 166 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| William Markiewicz | 80 | 337 | 275 | 48 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 6 | 46 | 53 | .229 | .356 | .367 | .723 | 101 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Paul Leslie | 37 | 157 | 138 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 25 | .268 | .357 | .413 | .770 | 57 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Stanton | 35 | 149 | 129 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 33 | .240 | .333 | .395 | .729 | 51 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bernard Lauzon | 31 | 150 | 123 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 30 | .228 | .362 | .325 | .688 | 40 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Oliver | 39 | 108 | 96 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .271 | .352 | .302 | .654 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| James Miller | 29 | 131 | 107 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 31 | .234 | .364 | .318 | .682 | 34 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy Davis | 22 | 73 | 65 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .262 | .314 | .400 | .714 | 26 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Enso Zanatta | 25 | 72 | 60 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .267 | .343 | .317 | .660 | 19 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Don Henderson | 16 | 65 | 58 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .259 | .328 | .345 | .673 | 20 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Artie Siccardi | 39 | 48 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .222 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jack Conrad | 32 | 67 | 57 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .140 | .197 | .158 | .355 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Klocko | 23 | 48 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .171 | .310 | .257 | .567 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Charles Youngcourt | 30 | 60 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .098 | .179 | .098 | .277 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Winston Norton | 13 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .042 | .148 | .042 | .190 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1076 | 4287 | 3698 | 676 | 1034 | 186 | 47 | 61 | 585 | 109 | 0 | 471 | 561 | .280 | .367 | .405 | .772 | 1497 | 0 | 38 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Markiewicz | 1B | 80 | 680 | 32 | 16 | 75 | .978 | 8.900 | ||||
| Bernard Lauzon | 1B | 31 | 273 | 15 | 6 | 29 | .980 | 9.290 | ||||
| Edwin Wasinger | 2B | 107 | 278 | 316 | 25 | 78 | .960 | 5.551 | ||||
| Don Henderson | 2B | 10 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 9 | .980 | 4.800 | ||||
| Richard Stanton | 3B | 35 | 29 | 49 | 11 | 9 | .876 | 2.229 | ||||
| James Miller | 3B | 29 | 37 | 52 | 10 | 5 | .899 | 3.069 | ||||
| William Thompson | C | 100 | 643 | 55 | 16 | 13 | .978 | 6.980 | 2 | |||
| John Oliver | C | 12 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 4.583 | 3 | |||
| Paul Leslie | C | 11 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 6.273 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hercinger | OF | 103 | 223 | 17 | 6 | 5 | .976 | 2.330 | ||||
| Glenn Zimmerman | OF | 95 | 141 | 8 | 14 | 3 | .914 | 1.568 | ||||
| Jack Lee | OF | 75 | 94 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .919 | 1.360 | ||||
| Paul Leslie | OF | 23 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.870 | ||||
| John Oliver | OF | 16 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Artie Siccardi | P | 38 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| Jack Conrad | P | 32 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 1.562 | ||||
| Charles Youngcourt | P | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .963 | ||||
| John Klocko | P | 23 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.130 | ||||
| Enso Zanatta | P | 21 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 2.190 | ||||
| Jimmy Davis | P | 17 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 1.059 | ||||
| Winston Norton | P | 13 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Rogers Fister | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Pfeifer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Jones | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Cooper | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Yance | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter McGuirl | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Hercinger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Barr | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Kunkle | SS | 114 | 185 | 310 | 37 | 70 | .930 | 4.342 | ||||
| Totals | 1040 | 2825 | 1071 | 177 | 312 | .957 | 3.746 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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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