1952 Lakeland Pilots Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 51-103
Finished 7th in the FIL
Manager: Rip Sewell (0-0), Hubert Bates (0-0)
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Henley Stadium
Attendance: 43,909, Avg. 570

1952 Lakeland Pilots Roster

The Lakeland Pilots of the Florida International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, finishing seventh in the FIL.

The Pilots plated 477 runs and allowed 672 runs. Gene Stewart led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Billy Boyette topped Lakeland with 11 wins, while Roy Sinquefield registered a 2.56 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1952 Lakeland Pilots who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hubert Bates, Ted Pawelek, Ted Cieslak and Chet Covington.

Rip Sewell and Hubert Bates 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
Billy Boyette	11	13	.458	3.41	40	24					222.0	197	102	84		94
Roy Sinquefield	7	10	.412	2.56	29	16					151.0	141	55	43		54
Eugene Pereyra	7	10	.412	2.68	38	13					151.0	147	53	45		70
Alois Zilian	6	13	.316	4.26	28	20					150.0	145	83	71		86
Mike Mikan	3	13	.188	4.01	42	21					182.0	183	101	81		106
James Davidson	2	4	.333	3.94	13	6					48.0	43	27	21		32
Gerald Riffenburg	1	5	.167	2.60	10	4					52.0	42	23	15		33
Donald Van Nest	1	10	.091	6.14	16	13					88.0	103	68	60		50
Paul Klafter					10						0.0
Totals	38	78	.328	3.62	226	117	0	0	0	0	1044.0	1001	512	420	0	525	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
Harry Geis	147	543	543		144	22	6	11						.265	.265	.389	.654	211
Gene Stewart	143	491	491		140	21	4	6						.285	.285	.381	.666	187
Jose Burgos	154	583	583		129	8	4	0						.221	.221	.249	.470	145
Babe Ellis	96	357	357		85	16	1	3						.238	.238	.314	.552	112
Charles Glock	102	357	357		82	10	0	0						.230	.230	.258	.487	92
Ted Pawelek	79	252	252		72	7	3	1						.286	.286	.349	.635	88
Roy Sinquefield	110	279	279		71	2	3	2						.254	.254	.305	.559	85
Woody Fair	62	228	228		55	4	6	4						.241	.241	.364	.605	83
Frank Santora	43	150	150		33	4	0	0						.220	.220	.247	.467	37
Bill Godwin	37	127	127		29	5	1	1						.228	.228	.307	.535	39
Walter Kowalski	33	116	116		27	7	0	0						.233	.233	.293	.526	34
Jack Rothenhausler	30	93	93		25	3	1	1						.269	.269	.355	.624	33
Hubert Bates	31	108	108		25	8	2	0						.231	.231	.343	.574	37
Dean Scarborough	22	87	87		22	4	0	0						.253	.253	.299	.552	26
Billy Boyette	56	95	95		21	1	1	0						.221	.221	.253	.474	24
Vern Watercutter	30	97	97		21	4	1	1						.216	.216	.309	.526	30
Ted Cieslak	28	85	85		18	1	0	0						.212	.212	.224	.435	19
Rafael Casanova	58	163	163		18	1	1	0						.110	.110	.129	.239	21
Eugene Pereyra	41	64	64		14	4	0	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	18
Louis Lukasiuk	20	73	73		14	0	0	1						.192	.192	.233	.425	17
Donald Van Nest	20	52	52		13	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	13
Mike Mikan	43	58	58		11	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.379	11
Alois Zilian	30	45	45		10	1	0	0						.222	.222	.244	.467	11
Paul Eskew	32	68	68		10	2	2	0						.147	.147	.235	.382	16
Reed Chadwick	28	76	76		10	2	0	0						.132	.132	.158	.289	12
Gerald Riffenburg	10	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
William LaFrance	15	26	26		3	2	0	0						.115	.115	.192	.308	5
James Davidson	13	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Paul Klafter	10	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Totals	1523	4719	4719	0	1108	139	36	31	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.299	.534	1412	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mike Mikan	P	42					.000
Billy Boyette	P	40					.000
Eugene Pereyra	P	38					.000
Alois Zilian	P	28					.000
Donald Van Nest	P	16					.000
James Davidson	P	13					.000
Gerald Riffenburg	P	10					.000
Paul Klafter	P	10					.000
Totals		197	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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