1952 Lincolnton Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 72-39
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Robert Beal (72-39)
Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina
Ballpark: Love Field
Attendance: 30,503, Avg. 550
Playoffs - Lincolnton Cardinals 4 games, Marion Marauders 1
Finals - Shelby Farmers 4 games, Lincolnton Cardinals 3
The Lincolnton Cardinals of the Western Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 72 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Cardinals scored 692 runs, best in the league. Lincolnton gave up 489 runs. Carroll Wright paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .339 average. Bill Barkley topped the squad with 20 wins, while Alberto Alvarez and Robert Davis, too added 15 or more wins, too Alberto Alvarez registered a 2.73 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers. Robert Beal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Barkley | 20 | 4 | .833 | 2.82 | 26 | 24 | 211.0 | 184 | 84 | 66 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Alberto Alvarez | 19 | 8 | .704 | 2.73 | 41 | 25 | 224.0 | 193 | 86 | 68 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Robert Davis | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.39 | 37 | 24 | 199.0 | 176 | 89 | 75 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Jones | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.12 | 28 | 22 | 164.0 | 156 | 96 | 75 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Gus Hartsoe | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.76 | 15 | 6 | 70.0 | 71 | 42 | 37 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Troy Warlick | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.00 | 14 | 5 | 45.0 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 36 | .660 | 3.36 | 161 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 913.0 | 805 | 422 | 341 | 0 | 463 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Wright | 112 | 457 | 457 | 155 | 23 | 7 | 4 | .339 | .339 | .446 | .786 | 204 | |||||||||||
| James Balentine | 111 | 437 | 437 | 141 | 29 | 10 | 15 | .323 | .323 | .538 | .860 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Robert Beal | 111 | 454 | 454 | 131 | 21 | 5 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .363 | .652 | 165 | |||||||||||
| George Rose | 102 | 387 | 387 | 123 | 17 | 13 | 16 | .318 | .318 | .553 | .871 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Junior Dodgin | 112 | 404 | 404 | 120 | 22 | 15 | 10 | .297 | .297 | .500 | .797 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Tomas Centeno | 99 | 371 | 371 | 90 | 17 | 12 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .361 | .604 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Del Wiles | 99 | 348 | 348 | 84 | 19 | 0 | 3 | .241 | .241 | .322 | .563 | 112 | |||||||||||
| George Oates | 91 | 291 | 291 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 8 | .210 | .210 | .333 | .543 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Bill Barkley | 29 | 80 | 80 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .338 | .538 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Robert Davis | 44 | 84 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .190 | .369 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Jones | 31 | 69 | 69 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .290 | .493 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Alberto Alvarez | 44 | 83 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .072 | .072 | .145 | .217 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Gus Hartsoe | 15 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Troy Warlick | 15 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1015 | 3500 | 3500 | 0 | 958 | 170 | 66 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .411 | .685 | 1440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Alvarez | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Davis | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Jones | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Barkley | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Gus Hartsoe | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Troy Warlick | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 161 | 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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