1952 Kansas City Blues Statistics
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
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 Erautt | 21 | 5 | .808 | 3.00 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 210.0 | 189 | 82 | 70 | 57 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Ed Cereghino | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.16 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 184.0 | 165 | 92 | 85 | 80 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Art Schallock | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.49 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 105.0 | 109 | 68 | 64 | 52 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Tom Gorman | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.66 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 86.0 | 93 | 40 | 35 | 22 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lee Jones | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.61 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 119 | 64 | 49 | 55 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Ernie Nevel | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.66 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 114.0 | 140 | 68 | 59 | 33 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Dave Jolly | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.51 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 64 | 33 | 32 | 61 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Harry Schaeffer | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.74 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 82.0 | 79 | 38 | 25 | 39 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Jim Russell | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.70 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 69.0 | 70 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Al Cicotte | 4 | 7 | .364 | 7.20 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 85 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Ed Grenkoski | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.47 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 32 | 31 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
George Maier | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.08 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 60 | 39 | 29 | 44 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Wally Hood | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.48 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 49 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Rubén Gómez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.70 | 5 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
John Mackinson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
John Gages | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jim Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Johnny Gray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Totals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 4.25 | 304 | 153 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 1319.0 | 1291 | 711 | 623 | 3 | 635 | 0 | 727 | 28 | 3 | 37 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Skowron | 147 | 626 | 560 | 113 | 191 | 38 | 11 | 31 | 134 | 4 | 49 | 71 | .341 | .411 | .614 | 1.025 | 344 | 6 | 17 | 0 | |||
Vic Power | 140 | 587 | 550 | 95 | 182 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 109 | 10 | 33 | 28 | .331 | .370 | .553 | .923 | 304 | 18 | 1 | 3 | |||
Don Bollweg | 126 | 567 | 464 | 108 | 151 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 81 | 10 | 96 | 64 | .325 | .448 | .593 | 1.041 | 275 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
Kal Segrist | 136 | 585 | 477 | 97 | 147 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 92 | 1 | 98 | 53 | .308 | .433 | .535 | .968 | 255 | 19 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bill Renna | 110 | 458 | 414 | 67 | 122 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 90 | 5 | 37 | 88 | .295 | .362 | .585 | .947 | 242 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||
Kermit Wahl | 97 | 396 | 331 | 70 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 55 | 38 | .302 | .403 | .417 | .820 | 138 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
Art Mazmanian | 99 | 414 | 355 | 52 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 52 | 27 | .262 | .356 | .287 | .644 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
Andy Carey | 82 | 361 | 324 | 44 | 92 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 4 | 30 | 48 | .284 | .356 | .506 | .862 | 164 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||
Bob Marquis | 97 | 411 | 354 | 62 | 87 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 13 | 50 | 37 | .246 | .349 | .415 | .764 | 147 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||
Mickey Owen | 94 | 314 | 291 | 27 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 23 | 28 | .237 | .293 | .316 | .609 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Cerv | 60 | 244 | 219 | 39 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 24 | 27 | .297 | .369 | .575 | .944 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
Roy Partee | 87 | 296 | 242 | 26 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 52 | 33 | .252 | .384 | .351 | .736 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
Eddie Erautt | 31 | 89 | 75 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .227 | .275 | .320 | .595 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
Fenton Mole | 15 | 67 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .250 | .354 | .518 | .872 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Ed Cereghino | 28 | 79 | 69 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .203 | .257 | .319 | .576 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
Marty Carlson | 18 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .295 | .380 | .386 | .766 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Russell | 14 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .290 | .371 | .290 | .662 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Whitey Herzog | 14 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .296 | .387 | .444 | .832 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Harry Schaeffer | 14 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .276 | .300 | .276 | .576 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Lee Jones | 43 | 42 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .171 | .190 | .220 | .410 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Verdi | 12 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .462 | .588 | .462 | 1.050 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ernie Nevel | 22 | 46 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .150 | .244 | .225 | .469 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Dave Jolly | 40 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Al Cicotte | 20 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .573 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bob O'Neal | 13 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .172 | .333 | .241 | .575 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
George Maier | 21 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .190 | .227 | .286 | .513 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rubén Gómez | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Wally Hood | 17 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .267 | .429 | .695 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ed Grenkoski | 9 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Gorman | 13 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .100 | .156 | .100 | .256 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Marv Throneberry | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Jerry Snyder | 6 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Kent Kurtz | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Art Schallock | 26 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .031 | .088 | .062 | .151 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Johnny Gray | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
John Gages | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
John Mackinson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1670 | 6000 | 5232 | 864 | 1499 | 259 | 80 | 183 | 826 | 61 | 0 | 657 | 696 | .287 | .372 | .472 | .843 | 2467 | 109 | 53 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Bollweg | 1B | 124 | 1047 | 78 | 13 | 121 | .989 | 9.073 | ||||
Vic Power | 1B | 16 | 109 | 9 | 2 | 13 | .983 | 7.375 | ||||
Fenton Mole | 1B | 15 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 9.267 | ||||
Kal Segrist | 2B | 132 | 307 | 372 | 31 | 104 | .956 | 5.144 | ||||
Art Mazmanian | 2B | 22 | 52 | 54 | 3 | 16 | .972 | 4.818 | ||||
Vic Power | 3B | 65 | 58 | 125 | 7 | 10 | .963 | 2.815 | ||||
Andy Carey | 3B | 53 | 54 | 115 | 7 | 18 | .960 | 3.189 | ||||
Kermit Wahl | 3B | 30 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 2.267 | ||||
Mickey Owen | C | 81 | 359 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .987 | 4.827 | 9 | |||
Roy Partee | C | 78 | 409 | 26 | 6 | 5 | .986 | 5.577 | 11 | |||
Bill Skowron | OF | 141 | 269 | 5 | 11 | 2 | .961 | 1.943 | ||||
Bill Renna | OF | 108 | 261 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .971 | 2.472 | ||||
Bob Marquis | OF | 89 | 214 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 2.483 | ||||
Bob Cerv | OF | 59 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .981 | 1.763 | ||||
Vic Power | OF | 55 | 102 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .973 | 1.982 | ||||
Marty Carlson | OF | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Lee Jones | P | 42 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .944 | .810 | ||||
Dave Jolly | P | 40 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Eddie Erautt | P | 30 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.567 | ||||
Ed Cereghino | P | 28 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.107 | ||||
Art Schallock | P | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .923 | ||||
Ernie Nevel | P | 22 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
George Maier | P | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .476 | ||||
Al Cicotte | P | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .737 | ||||
Wally Hood | P | 17 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
Harry Schaeffer | P | 14 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
Tom Gorman | P | 13 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 2.231 | ||||
Jim Russell | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Ed Grenkoski | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Rubén Gómez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Johnny Gray | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
John Mackinson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
John Gages | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Blackburn | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Art Mazmanian | SS | 75 | 124 | 229 | 16 | 49 | .957 | 4.707 | ||||
Kermit Wahl | SS | 60 | 108 | 176 | 15 | 39 | .950 | 4.733 | ||||
Andy Carey | SS | 24 | 60 | 67 | 9 | 14 | .934 | 5.292 | ||||
Totals | 1545 | 3882 | 1572 | 154 | 434 | .973 | 3.530 | 20 | 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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