1952 Keokuk Kernels Statistics
Team Record: 56-66
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Rudy Laskowski (56-66)
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 64,931, Avg. 1,064
The Keokuk Kernels of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1952 season with a record of 56 wins and 66 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.
The Kernels plated 668 runs and conceded 788 runs, most in the league. Art Pennington paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .349. Rudy Laskowski topped Keokuk with 11 wins, while Norman Gosselin registered a 3.95 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1952 Keokuk Kernels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Avelino Cañizares, George Handy, Art Pennington and Pedro Ballester.
Rudy Laskowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Laskowski | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.65 | 36 | 186.0 | 223 | 114 | 96 | 14 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Norman Gosselin | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.95 | 39 | 196.0 | 186 | 108 | 86 | 14 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Rusty Walters | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.70 | 15 | 90.0 | 87 | 63 | 47 | 5 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Harold Clendenin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.32 | 13 | 66.0 | 73 | 48 | 39 | 4 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Bob Schmitt | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.50 | 31 | 90.0 | 76 | 75 | 45 | 7 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Mel Nee | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.96 | 19 | 74.0 | 107 | 69 | 49 | 10 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Louis Rosin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.06 | 14 | 52.0 | 59 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 45 | .483 | 4.74 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 754.0 | 811 | 517 | 397 | 59 | 484 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Pennington | 116 | 427 | 427 | 149 | 17 | 10 | 20 | .349 | .349 | .576 | .925 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Johnson | 119 | 448 | 448 | 141 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .315 | .315 | .379 | .694 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Joe Schmidt | 120 | 460 | 460 | 138 | 19 | 3 | 11 | .300 | .300 | .426 | .726 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Harry Anderson | 121 | 481 | 481 | 125 | 23 | 3 | 5 | .260 | .260 | .351 | .611 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Ballester | 121 | 440 | 440 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 10 | .220 | .220 | .332 | .552 | 146 | |||||||||||
| George Handy | 53 | 201 | 201 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 6 | .303 | .303 | .458 | .761 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Avelino Cañizares | 65 | 239 | 239 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .297 | .519 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Edward Calderone | 75 | 224 | 224 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .219 | .268 | .487 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Bob Harmon | 60 | 232 | 232 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .328 | .539 | 76 | |||||||||||
| John Kall | 92 | 264 | 264 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .186 | .186 | .292 | .477 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Teddy Tate | 48 | 151 | 151 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .238 | .464 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Laskowski | 66 | 124 | 124 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .290 | .540 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Harold Clendenin | 18 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .515 | .818 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Norman Gosselin | 42 | 64 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .141 | .266 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Schmitt | 33 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .219 | .406 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rusty Walters | 17 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .256 | .410 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Mel Nee | 19 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Louis Rosin | 14 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1199 | 3900 | 3900 | 0 | 1014 | 156 | 27 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .366 | .626 | 1428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Gosselin | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Rudy Laskowski | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Schmitt | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Nee | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Rusty Walters | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Rosin | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Clendenin | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 167 | 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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