1952 Lincoln Athletics Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-87
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Les Bell (67-87)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 61,483, Avg. 798

1952 Lincoln Athletics Roster

The Lincoln Athletics of the Western League ended the 1952 season with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

The Athletics scored 654 runs and allowed 812 runs. Bill Stewart led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .290 clip. Ozzie Van Brabant topped Lincoln with 14 wins, while James Bell recorded a 3.54 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Al Wilmore, Jerry Schypinski, Ozzie Van Brabant, Dutch Romberger, Cy Buker, Billy Shantz, Bill Stewart, Tommy Butts and Mike Kume were all players from the 1952 Lincoln Athletics who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Les Bell 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
Ozzie Van Brabant	14	10	.583	4.09	37						207.0	208	116	94	7	107
Ed Hrabcsak	13	8	.619	3.75	27						173.0	173	85	72	7	69
Dutch Romberger	13	18	.419	3.91	39						221.0	241	123	96	7	68
James Bell	9	10	.474	3.54	20						150.0	122	71	59	7	99
Mike Kume	8	11	.421	4.08	27						172.0	174	93	78	8	108
Bill Hockenbury	4	8	.333	4.82	19						84.0	95	66	45	7	59
Mason Bowes	2	12	.143	6.35	26						112.0	140	101	79	8	61
Harry Desert	1	4	.200	7.01	21						68.0	97	67	53	9	38
Leo Ghilardi					14						0.0
Cy Buker					11						0.0
Totals	64	81	.441	4.37	241	0	0	0	0	0	1187.0	1250	722	576	60	609	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
Buddy Reedy	154	565	565		159	24	9	4						.281	.281	.377	.658	213
Joe Mangini	154	550	550		146	22	11	5						.265	.265	.373	.638	205
Bob Gardner	135	538	538		145	20	4	5						.270	.270	.349	.619	188
Bill Stewart	143	493	493		143	32	9	14						.290	.290	.477	.767	235
Billy Shantz	119	391	391		96	10	4	1						.246	.246	.299	.545	117
Jim Trew	71	254	254		62	9	5	0						.244	.244	.319	.563	81
Bob Williams	66	236	236		49	8	2	1						.208	.208	.271	.479	64
Bill Hockenbury	68	163	163		45	7	0	4						.276	.276	.393	.669	64
Lewis Richardson	65	168	168		36	6	1	4						.214	.214	.333	.548	56
Tommy Butts	47	171	171		29	4	0	0						.170	.170	.193	.363	33
Jerry Schypinski	18	70	70		19	1	1	0						.271	.271	.314	.586	22
Peter Brozovich	33	94	94		19	4	0	0						.202	.202	.245	.447	23
Ozzie Van Brabant	38	78	78		16	2	0	0						.205	.205	.231	.436	18
Don Davis	12	49	49		9	3	0	0						.184	.184	.245	.429	12
Ed Hrabcsak	27	64	64		9	0	0	0						.141	.141	.141	.281	9
Dutch Romberger	41	73	73		9	2	1	0						.123	.123	.178	.301	13
Mike Kume	27	59	59		6	0	0	0						.102	.102	.102	.203	6
Cy Buker	16	19	19		5	0	0	0						.263	.263	.263	.526	5
James Bell	22	56	56		5	0	0	0						.089	.089	.089	.179	5
Mason Bowes	27	38	38		3	1	0	0						.079	.079	.105	.184	4
Harry Desert	21	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Leo Ghilardi	14	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1318	4154	4154	0	1012	155	47	38	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.331	.575	1375	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dutch Romberger	P	39					.000
Ozzie Van Brabant	P	37					.000
Mike Kume	P	27					.000
Ed Hrabcsak	P	27					.000
Mason Bowes	P	26					.000
Harry Desert	P	21					.000
James Bell	P	20					.000
Leo Ghilardi	P	14					.000
Cy Buker	P	11					.000
Totals		222	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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