1952 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: George Selkirk (89-65)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 243,974, Avg. 3,168
1952 Kansas City Blues Roster

Playoffs - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 1
Finals - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 3

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Blues tallied 869 runs and surrendered 723 runs. Bill Skowron walloped 31 home runs for Kansas City, while Don Bollweg, Andy Carey, Kal Segrist, Vic Power and Bill Renna each swatted 15 or more, too. Bill Skowron drove in 134 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .341 clip. Eddie Erautt led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Tom Gorman, Kermit Wahl, Harry Schaeffer, Rubén Gómez, Frank Verdi, Marv Throneberry, Andy Carey, Jim Blackburn, Don Bollweg, Al Cicotte, Kal Segrist, Johnny Gray, Art Schallock, Vic Power, Bob Cerv, Bill Renna, Whitey Herzog, Roy Partee, Mickey Owen, Bob Marquis, Ernie Nevel, John Mackinson, Wally Hood, Jerry Snyder, Dave Jolly, Eddie Erautt, Fenton Mole and Bill Skowron were all players from the 1952 Kansas City Blues who played in the Majors during their careers.

George Selkirk 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
Eddie Erautt215.8083.003028202210.0189827057104602
Ed Cereghino108.5564.162827112184.016592858085105
Art Schallock86.5715.49261352105.010968645264203
Tom Gorman74.6363.6613117086.09340352243300
Lee Jones76.5383.6142100122.011964495558205
Ernie Nevel76.5384.66221672114.014068593337223
Dave Jolly61.8573.514021082.06433326152304
Harry Schaeffer64.6002.7414114082.07938253951101
Jim Russell54.5564.7010105169.07039363948102
Al Cicotte47.3647.2019141075.07567608584211
Ed Grenkoski35.3755.47881051.05632312226202
George Maier24.3334.082191064.06039294450104
Wally Hood24.3335.481730046.04928283513204
Rubén Gómez101.00011.705010.016131364
John Mackinson000.0023.0
John Gages000.0026.0
Jim Blackburn000.0023.0
Johnny Gray01.0009.00307.0787358001
Totals8965.5784.25304153063901319.0129171162336350727283370

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
Bill Skowron14762656011319138113113444971.341.411.6141.0253446170
Vic Power14058755095182401716109103328.331.370.553.9233041813
Don Bollweg12656746410815127142381109664.325.448.5931.041275370
Kal Segrist13658547797147254259219853.308.433.535.9682551973
Bill Renna11045841467122208289053788.295.362.585.947242870
Kermit Wahl973963317010021154325538.302.403.417.820138319
Art Mazmanian9941435552933303055227.262.356.287.644102707
Andy Carey823613244492183164543048.284.356.506.862164961
Bob Marquis9741135462871861032135037.246.349.415.764147461
Mickey Owen94314291276912133922328.237.293.316.60992900
Bob Cerv602442193965136124832427.297.369.575.944126610
Roy Partee87296242266112042805233.252.384.351.73685702
Eddie Erautt318975101721160526.227.275.320.59524109
Fenton Mole1567568141149098.250.354.518.87229002
Ed Cereghino287969914202100523.203.257.319.57622305
Marty Carlson1850445132102063.295.380.386.76617100
Jim Russell143531090003046.290.371.290.6629000
Whitey Herzog143127581015142.296.387.444.83212000
Harry Schaeffer143129380001015.276.300.276.5768101
Lee Jones4342413720010113.171.190.220.4109100
Frank Verdi121713660001142.462.588.4621.0506000
Ernie Nevel2246401611040516.150.244.225.4699101
Dave Jolly402422250001003.227.227.227.4555002
Al Cicotte202724250014012.208.240.333.5738002
Bob O'Neal133629450104074.172.333.241.5757200
George Maier212221140101018.190.227.286.5136000
Rubén Gómez6553.600.600.6001.2003
Wally Hood171814230012016.214.267.429.6956003
Ed Grenkoski916163.188.188.188.3753
Tom Gorman1335303300000213.100.156.100.2563003
Marv Throneberry4552.400.400.400.8002
Jerry Snyder616162.125.125.125.2502
Kent Kurtz2661.167.167.167.3331
Art Schallock2638320110010214.031.088.062.1512004
Johnny Gray3110000.000.000.000.0000
John Gages2440000.000.000.000.0000
John Mackinson2110000.000.000.000.0000
Totals167060005232864149925980183826610657696.287.372.472.8432467109535800


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Don Bollweg1B12410477813121.9899.073
Vic Power1B161099213.9837.375
Fenton Mole1B1513450141.0009.267
Kal Segrist2B13230737231104.9565.144
Art Mazmanian2B225254316.9724.818
Vic Power3B6558125710.9632.815
Andy Carey3B5354115718.9603.189
Kermit Wahl3B30323612.9862.267
Mickey OwenC813593253.9874.8279
Roy ParteeC784092665.9865.57711
Bill SkowronOF1412695112.9611.943
Bill RennaOF108261681.9712.472
Bob MarquisOF89214740.9822.483
Bob CervOF5998623.9811.763
Vic PowerOF55102733.9731.982
Marty CarlsonOF14192001.0001.500
Lee JonesP4262821.944.810
Dave JollyP40416051.000.500
Eddie ErauttP30123512.9791.567
Ed CereghinoP2872423.9391.107
Art SchallockP2651910.960.923
Ernie NevelP2291620.9261.136
George MaierP2137011.000.476
Al CicotteP1941021.875.737
Wally HoodP17613011.0001.118
Harry SchaefferP14218011.0001.429
Tom GormanP1362312.9672.231
Jim RussellP1026001.000.800
Ed GrenkoskiP8.000
Rubén GómezP5.000
Johnny GrayP3.000
John MackinsonP2.000
John GagesP2.000
Jim BlackburnP2.000
Art MazmanianSS751242291649.9574.707
Kermit WahlSS601081761539.9504.733
Andy CareySS246067914.9345.292
Totals154538821572154434.9733.5302000

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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