1952 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 64-66
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Jimmy Brown (0-0), Harold Olt (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 50,958, Avg. 784
Playoffs - Portsmouth Cubs 4 games, Lynchburg Cardinals 2
The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1952 season with a record of 64 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Cardinals scored 595 runs and conceded 597 runs. Frank Dean led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .275 clip. Paul Dewey topped Lynchburg with 16 wins, while Douglas Clark recorded a 2.03 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Herb Moford and Kurt Krieger both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jimmy Brown and Harold Olt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dewey | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.49 | 42 | 26 | 228.0 | 199 | 82 | 63 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Clark | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.03 | 30 | 22 | 182.0 | 153 | 68 | 41 | 76 | |||||||||||
| John Balay | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.72 | 40 | 17 | 160.0 | 153 | 99 | 84 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.16 | 12 | 12 | 77.0 | 66 | 33 | 27 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Harry Helmer | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.38 | 22 | 8 | 76.0 | 56 | 45 | 37 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kerce | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.65 | 8 | 7 | 51.0 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Herb Moford | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.52 | 18 | 12 | 75.0 | 75 | 66 | 46 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.25 | 15 | 6 | 55.0 | 47 | 34 | 26 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Kurt Krieger | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.20 | 9 | 7 | 59.0 | 53 | 30 | 21 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Milt Bayne | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2.78 | 12 | 6 | 55.0 | 36 | 30 | 17 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 60 | .500 | 3.33 | 208 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1018.0 | 868 | 505 | 377 | 0 | 619 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Dean | 131 | 501 | 501 | 138 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .275 | .275 | .335 | .611 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Larry Davidson | 119 | 411 | 411 | 109 | 23 | 2 | 18 | .265 | .265 | .462 | .727 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Nick Ananias | 110 | 379 | 379 | 95 | 20 | 3 | 18 | .251 | .251 | .462 | .712 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Herb Mancini | 88 | 342 | 342 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .298 | .556 | 102 | |||||||||||
| James Mulhern | 100 | 324 | 324 | 84 | 20 | 5 | 7 | .259 | .259 | .417 | .676 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Roy Huff | 93 | 316 | 316 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 11 | .244 | .244 | .399 | .642 | 126 | |||||||||||
| Bob Moscrey | 69 | 248 | 248 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .367 | .661 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Lageman | 82 | 244 | 244 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .266 | .504 | 65 | |||||||||||
| John McNamara | 102 | 303 | 303 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .205 | .383 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Jack Lee | 43 | 171 | 171 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .251 | .251 | .345 | .596 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Jack Randall | 47 | 177 | 177 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .305 | .542 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Castel | 28 | 96 | 96 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .240 | .240 | .365 | .604 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Paul Dewey | 43 | 78 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .231 | .449 | 18 | |||||||||||
| John Balay | 40 | 55 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .291 | .309 | .600 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Westcott | 16 | 59 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .339 | .593 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Bill Oberschmidt | 31 | 63 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .238 | .365 | .603 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Davis | 18 | 68 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .206 | .397 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Tony Ferrara | 16 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .212 | .404 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Clark | 31 | 62 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .129 | .129 | .194 | .323 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Kurt Krieger | 11 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Harry Helmer | 24 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .407 | .630 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Ashby | 25 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Robert Rand | 10 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .278 | .444 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Harold Olt | 21 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Herb Moford | 19 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 12 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 15 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .125 | .188 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Milt Bayne | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1356 | 4173 | 4173 | 0 | 1016 | 160 | 27 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .342 | .586 | 1428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dewey | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| John Balay | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Clark | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Helmer | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Herb Moford | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Ford | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Roland Hubbard | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Milt Bayne | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Kurt Krieger | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Kerce | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 208 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
