1952 Mooresville Moors Statistics
Team Record: 70-39
Finished 2nd in the NCSL
Manager: Jim Mills (70-39)
Location: Mooresville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Mooresville Park
Attendance: 18,241, Avg. 335
Playoffs - Mooresville Moors 4 games, Elkin Blanketeers 1
Finals - Mooresville Moors 4 games, Salisbury Pirates 3
The Mooresville Moors of the North Carolina State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 70 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the NCSL.
The Moors topped the league with 736 runs, powered by 31 home runs. Mooresville allowed 502 runs. Thomas Jones and Jim Mills paced all regular batters by connecting at a .347 clip. Raymond Sugg and Robert Smith led the squad with 11 wins each, while Paul Brendle recorded a 2.8 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tony Daniels and Fred Chapman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Mills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Smith | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.09 | 18 | 134.0 | 119 | 59 | 46 | 3 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Sugg | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.35 | 29 | 188.0 | 186 | 97 | 70 | 9 | 61 | |||||||||||
| John White | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.91 | 22 | 143.0 | 160 | 88 | 78 | 8 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Paul Brendle | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.80 | 16 | 119.0 | 97 | 52 | 37 | 4 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 28 | .569 | 3.56 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 584.0 | 562 | 296 | 231 | 24 | 244 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Lineberger | 104 | 426 | 426 | 134 | 19 | 13 | 1 | .315 | .315 | .427 | .742 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Jim Mills | 104 | 383 | 383 | 133 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .347 | .347 | .436 | .783 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Tony Daniels | 99 | 378 | 378 | 129 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .341 | .341 | .458 | .799 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Fred Chapman | 105 | 370 | 370 | 116 | 27 | 11 | 6 | .314 | .314 | .495 | .808 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Jones | 87 | 331 | 331 | 115 | 23 | 8 | 13 | .347 | .347 | .583 | .931 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Osborne Gladden | 104 | 372 | 372 | 90 | 16 | 6 | 3 | .242 | .242 | .341 | .583 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Joe Brookshire | 90 | 325 | 325 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .305 | .566 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cannon | 72 | 182 | 182 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .341 | .341 | .473 | .813 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Larry Taylor | 29 | 122 | 122 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .328 | .328 | .385 | .713 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Billy Megginson | 33 | 86 | 86 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .267 | .512 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Paul Brendle | 23 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Sugg | 31 | 73 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .137 | .274 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Smith | 20 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .184 | .347 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John White | 21 | 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .135 | .250 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 922 | 3197 | 3197 | 0 | 961 | 174 | 45 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .301 | .412 | .713 | 1318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Sugg | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| John White | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Smith | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Brendle | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 85 | 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.
