1952 Kingsport Cherokees Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 52-64
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Hal Kollar (52-64)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 24,121, Avg. 416

1952 Kingsport Cherokees Roster

The Kingsport Cherokees of the Appalachian League ended the 1952 season with a record of 52 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Cherokees plated 716 runs and yielded 756 runs, most in the circuit. Hal Kollar paced Kingsport with 21 home runs, while Hugh Hamil walloped 15 or more, too. Hal Kollar drove in 112 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .353 clip. Hal Woodeshick led the squad with 13 wins, and Robert Callahan registered a 3.13 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Hal Woodeshick played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kingsport Cherokees to do so.

Hal Kollar 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
Hal Woodeshick	13	6	.684	4.54	39	19		9	0		216.0	231	142	109		140		169	13	1	14
Robert Callahan	9	9	.500	3.13	23	15		13	3		135.0	141	63	47		54		85	5	0	4
Bill Jones	8	7	.533	4.21	37	16		7	1		184.0	174	111	86		163		129	15	2	24
John Bandula	8	8	.500	3.77	28	10		6	1		98.0	93	58	41		52		98	0	0	7
Thomas O'Dell	4	6	.400	5.28	20	11		2	0		87.0	106	81	51		75		52	4	0	11
Chuck Kababick	4	9	.308	5.81	22	16		4	1		93.0	95	91	60		90		65	13	1	23
John Lipka	2	3	.400	6.75	7			2			24.0	22	22	18	0	20		21	5		4
Harold McDowell	1	1	.500	11.70	9			0			10.0	16	17	13	2	12		9	1		4
Philip Kerich	1	2	.333	4.60	10	6		0	0		45.0	52	35	23		31		23	1	0	5
William Woodcock	1	3	.250	6.75	15			0			44.0	61	54	33	5	36		26	2		4
Richard Beamer					9						0.0
Hal Kollar	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Eric Zepke	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
William Aldrich	0	1	.000		1			0			0.0	0	4	4	0	4		0	0		0
Frank Conti	0	1	.000	6.35	8			0			17.0	18	15	12	2	16		10	0		2
Ed Strychnewicz	0	1	.000	9.00	3			0			8.0	10	10	8	2	5		5	0		0
Al Smith	0	1	.000	12.60	4			0			5.0	8	8	7	0	13		5	0		2
Anthony Fiore	0	1	.000	18.00	2			0			1.0	1	2	2	0	5		2	0		1
Harold Garrett	0	2	.000	9.00	4			0			12.0	22	16	12	0	10		4	0		2
Totals	51	61	.455	4.81	244	93	0	43	6	0	984.0	1050	729	526	11	726	0	703	59	4	107	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
Hal Kollar	120	555	428	112	151	31	2	21	112	10		111	30	.353	.493	.582	1.074	249		7	9
Ray Skrzypczak	120	580	480	110	121	33	4	6	44	2		84	67	.252	.370	.375	.745	180		6	10
Hugh Hamil	101	458	369	80	115	24	2	16	76	29		89	48	.312	.445	.518	.963	191		0	0
Odell Swafford	98	394	331	41	88	20	3	1	57	3		54	53	.266	.370	.353	.724	117		1	8
Richard Ayers	48	202	185	33	65	8	1	2	36	2		11	26	.351	.391	.438	.829	81		1	5
John Balla	60	268	227	35	59	6	0	2	36	10		36	46	.260	.364	.313	.676	71		1	4
Robert Brown	42	197	164	46	54	7	2	10	25	2		31	18	.329	.436	.579	1.015	95		0	2
Stu Steck	51	220	196	35	49	10	1	0	25	3		21	29	.250	.329	.311	.640	61		2	1
Frank Pasierb	48	182	155	22	40	9	0	1	23	3		25	32	.258	.368	.335	.704	52		2	0
Robert Murawski	45	175	152	19	36	2	1	3	27	2		20	28	.237	.329	.322	.652	49		1	2
Morton Epstein	41	175	136	45	33	6	0	2	12	7		36	34	.243	.405	.331	.736	45		1	2
Paul Byhre	59	237	194	22	32	1	1	2	26	3		39	53	.165	.314	.211	.525	41		3	1
Ramon Xiques	50	157	124	14	24	2	0	0	13	0		27	37	.194	.342	.210	.552	26		1	5
Robert Callahan	32	75	62	6	17	5	0	0	7	0		9	7	.274	.366	.355	.721	22		0	4
Hal Woodeshick	39	98	86	8	17	0	0	0	8	0		8	24	.198	.274	.198	.471	17		1	3
Joe Glosek	28	113	88	16	17	3	0	3	15	1		24	16	.193	.372	.330	.701	29		1	0
Dale McMullin	17	85	70	13	15	1	0	0	8	0		14	11	.214	.345	.229	.574	16		0	1
Chuck Kababick	22	41	31	4	10	1	0	0	2	0		3	8	.323	.382	.355	.737	11		0	7
Bill Jones	37	80	74	6	9	3	0	0	7	0		4	38	.122	.167	.162	.329	12		0	2
Derek Little	16	60	49	7	8	3	0	0	4	2		11	20	.163	.317	.224	.541	11		0	0
Ed Yuneman	17	70	60	9	6	1	0	1	5	4		8	19	.100	.217	.167	.384	10		1	1
Thomas O'Dell	22	35	31	5	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	6	.161	.212	.194	.406	6		1	2
John Bandula	28	41	35	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	17	.143	.211	.143	.353	5		0	3
Philip Kerich	10	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	10	.105	.150	.105	.255	2		0	2
William Woodcock	15	20	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.062	.167	.062	.229	1		0	2
Totals	1166	4540	3762	692	979	177	17	70	571	83	0	672	684	.260	.377	.372	.749	1400	0	30	76	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hal Kollar	1B	120	1102	64	15	85	.987	9.717
Paul Byhre	2B	53	148	135	23	28	.925	5.340
Stu Steck	2B	51	133	141	21	33	.929	5.373
Richard Ayers	2B	10	36	20	6	3	.903	5.600
Ray Skrzypczak	3B	120	125	222	45	32	.885	2.892
Frank Pasierb	C	40	256	33	11	11	.963	7.225	3
Robert Murawski	C	38	232	22	18	1	.934	6.684	6
Ramon Xiques	C	33	182	21	8	3	.962	6.152	3
Derek Little	C	13	88	11	4	1	.961	7.615	0
Hugh Hamil	OF	101	191	19	12	3	.946	2.079
John Balla	OF	60	114	5	12	1	.908	1.983
Robert Brown	OF	42	63	2	7	0	.903	1.548
Morton Epstein	OF	39	68	4	1	0	.986	1.846
Richard Ayers	OF	30	22	0	2	0	.917	.733
Joe Glosek	OF	26	38	1	3	0	.929	1.500
Dale McMullin	OF	17	20	2	3	0	.880	1.294
Ed Yuneman	OF	16	15	3	1	1	.947	1.125
Hal Woodeshick	P	39	9	57	5	2	.930	1.692
Bill Jones	P	37	7	35	8	1	.840	1.135
John Bandula	P	28	5	24	1	1	.967	1.036
Robert Callahan	P	23	9	38	2	4	.959	2.043
Chuck Kababick	P	22	0	26	1	0	.963	1.182
Thomas O'Dell	P	20	3	18	5	0	.808	1.050
William Woodcock	P	15	0	8	3	0	.727	.533
Philip Kerich	P	10	2	14	1	2	.941	1.600
Harold McDowell	P	9						.000
Frank Conti	P	8						.000
John Lipka	P	7						.000
Al Smith	P	4						.000
Harold Garrett	P	4						.000
Ed Strychnewicz	P	3						.000
Eric Zepke	P	2						.000
Anthony Fiore	P	2						.000
Hal Kollar	P	1						.000
William Aldrich	P	1						.000
Odell Swafford	SS	91	146	233	49	39	.886	4.165
Totals		1135	3014	1158	267	251	.940	3.676	12	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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