1952 Little Rock Travelers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 68-85
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Willis Hudlin (68-85)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 121,482, Avg. 1,588

1952 Little Rock Travelers Roster

The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.

The Travelers plated 586 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 732 runs. Hal Simpson led all regular hitters with a .299 average. Milo Johnson topped Little Rock with 14 wins, while John Weiss recorded a 3.21 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Skippy Roberge, Charlie Letchas, Jim Bolger, Joe Erautt, Ray Yochim, Dutch McCall and Bill Baker were all players from the 1952 Little Rock Travelers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Willis Hudlin 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
Milo Johnson	14	10	.583	3.84	31	29					225.0	224	105	96		87
Al McNeilance	13	13	.500	4.03	32	23					181.0	196	87	81		65
John Weiss	10	14	.417	3.21	29	24					171.0	179	85	61		52
Verne Williamson	8	5	.615	4.57	38	17					128.0	146	81	65		70
Dick Thompson	6	8	.429	3.58	23	11					118.0	103	48	47		64
Ernie Funk	5	8	.385	4.61	39	12					125.0	153	79	64		56
Jerry Burke	4	12	.250	4.93	43	16					157.0	181	93	86		53
Dutch McCall	3	6	.333	8.37	19	13					71.0	92	75	66		50
Bill Houtz	2	2	.500	0.00	10						35.0	37				28
Ray Yochim	1	0	1.000	0.00	5						9.0	13				4
Edward Marchefsky	1	2	.333	0.00	12						22.0	26				13
Dick Hoeksema	1	4	.200	0.00	8						23.0	18				9
Len Pillar	0	0		0.00	3						10.0
Franklin Robinson	0	0		0.00	12						19.0
Alex De La Garza	0	0		0.00	4						5.0
Bill Briggs	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
Totals	68	84	.447	3.92	310	145	0	0	0	0	1301.0	1368	653	566	0	551	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
Hal Simpson	153	546	546		163	25	4	20						.299	.299	.469	.767	256
R. C. Otey	144	573	573		156	20	4	0						.272	.272	.321	.593	184
John Grice	153	583	583		153	31	4	3						.262	.262	.345	.607	201
Kenneth Humphrey	119	483	483		142	13	2	4						.294	.294	.354	.648	171
Duke Doolittle	133	381	381		113	13	0	4						.297	.297	.362	.659	138
Ralph Atkins	117	402	402		112	20	6	13						.279	.279	.455	.734	183
David Jaska	68	272	272		74	10	1	0						.272	.272	.316	.588	86
Alex De La Garza	102	351	351		73	15	1	2						.208	.208	.274	.481	96
Hank Navarro	102	287	287		64	8	6	1						.223	.223	.303	.526	87
Harvey Zernia	36	140	140		33	6	2	7						.236	.236	.457	.693	64
Joe Erautt	47	120	120		26	1	0	0						.217	.217	.225	.442	27
Mike Mordarski	44	87	87		21	3	0	1						.241	.241	.310	.552	27
James Cronin	30	94	94		19	6	1	2						.202	.202	.351	.553	33
Milo Johnson	43	79	79		17	3	1	1						.215	.215	.316	.532	25
George Votruba	36	58	58		14	0	1	0						.241	.241	.276	.517	16
Al McNeilance	33	62	62		14	3	0	0						.226	.226	.274	.500	17
John Weiss	29	53	53		12	3	0	0						.226	.226	.283	.509	15
Jimmy Sady	13	33	33		11	3	0	0						.333	.333	.424	.758	14
Ray Cabanaw	21	56	56		10	4	0	2						.179	.179	.357	.536	20
Dutch McCall	25	29	29		8	0	0	1						.276	.276	.379	.655	11
Jerry Burke	43	35	35		7	1	0	0						.200	.200	.229	.429	8
Ray Perry	11	37	37		7	3	0	0						.189	.189	.270	.459	10
Skippy Roberge	14	36	36		6	2	0	0						.167	.167	.222	.389	8
Verne Williamson	50	29	29		5	1	0	0						.172	.172	.207	.379	6
Ernie Funk	39	36	36		4	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	4
Dick Hoeksema	8	8	8		3									.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Bill Houtz	11	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Paul Mauldin	6	18	18		3									.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Dick Thompson	24	38	38		3	0	0	0						.079	.079	.079	.158	3
Ray Yochim	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bill Baker	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Marchefsky	12	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Moore	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Len Pillar	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Bolger	14	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1695	4959	4959	0	1277	194	33	61	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.347	.604	1720	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jerry Burke	P	43					.000
Ernie Funk	P	39					.000
Verne Williamson	P	38					.000
Al McNeilance	P	32					.000
Milo Johnson	P	31					.000
John Weiss	P	29					.000
Dick Thompson	P	23					.000
Dutch McCall	P	19					.000
Franklin Robinson	P	12					.000
Edward Marchefsky	P	12					.000
Bill Houtz	P	10					.000
Totals		288	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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