1952 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-75
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (80-75)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 232,043, Avg. 2,994

1952 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 1 game, New Orleans Pelicans 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 80 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.

The Pelicans scored 741 runs and conceded 757 runs. Paul Smith led hitters with significant playing time with a .323 average. Ed Wolfe topped New Orleans with 15 wins, while Norman Morton recorded a 3.61 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1952 New Orleans Pelicans who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George O'Donnell, Len Yochim, Gair Allie, Danny Murtaugh, Ed Wolfe, Dale Long, Frank Thomas, Paul Smith, John O'Neil, Dick Smith, Felipe Montemayor, Stan Wentzel, Don Carlsen and Jake Thies.

Danny Murtaugh 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
Ed Wolfe	15	13	.536	4.45	35	24					186.0	210	105	92		105
Norman Morton	14	10	.583	3.61	35	26					192.0	178	90	77		95
Len Yochim	11	8	.579	5.09	31	15					122.0	137	88	69		75
George O'Donnell	8	1	.889	2.64	12	11					92.0	84	29	27		24
Donald Cochran	8	6	.571	4.47	31	21					145.0	148	82	72		69
Francis Holleran	7	4	.636	4.60	38	8					139.0	154	93	71		71
Ramon Salgado	6	8	.429	4.21	25	13					124.0	132	63	58		55
Lee Anthony	3	9	.250	3.34	17	12					97.0	104	43	36		17
Jack Maddy	2	3	.400	0.00	7						28.0	32				17
Don Carlsen	2	4	.333	0.00	7						34.0	45				18
Jake Thies	2	5	.286	4.39	23	10					84.0	97	49	41		34
Preston Elkins	1	2	.333	0.00	26						45.0	57				13
Clarence Richardson	1	2	.333	0.00	8						35.0	41				25
Charles Taylor	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Totals	80	75	.516	3.69	296	140	0	0	0	0	1325.0	1419	642	543	0	618	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
Paul Smith	153	604	604		195	27	7	5						.323	.323	.416	.738	251
Frank Thomas	154	597	597		181	40	6	35						.303	.303	.566	.869	338
Dale Long	153	548	548		139	34	6	33						.254	.254	.518	.772	284
Felipe Montemayor	123	433	433		122	15	13	11						.282	.282	.453	.734	196
James Rice	129	450	450		116	14	7	0						.258	.258	.320	.578	144
Gair Allie	155	487	487		105	18	3	9						.216	.216	.320	.536	156
Jack Paepke	112	328	328		84	16	2	4						.256	.256	.354	.610	116
Stan Wentzel	97	243	243		64	11	3	4						.263	.263	.383	.646	93
John O'Neil	74	227	227		51	6	0	0						.225	.225	.251	.476	57
Mel Brookey	59	194	194		49	8	0	1						.253	.253	.309	.562	60
Danny Murtaugh	57	156	156		33	2	3	2						.212	.212	.301	.513	47
Don Beitter	36	119	119		28	4	1	2						.235	.235	.336	.571	40
Ed Wolfe	36	70	70		19	4	1	0						.271	.271	.357	.629	25
Dick Smith	15	56	56		17	4	0	0						.304	.304	.375	.679	21
Bob Hyatt	20	58	58		13	4	1	2						.224	.224	.431	.655	25
Donald Cochran	38	52	52		12	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	12
Francis Holleran	46	58	58		11	3	1	1						.190	.190	.328	.517	19
Ramon Salgado	25	44	44		9	0	0	0						.205	.205	.205	.409	9
Billy Kerr	19	55	55		9	2	1	0						.164	.164	.236	.400	13
George O'Donnell	12	37	37		6	2	1	0						.162	.162	.270	.432	10
Norman Morton	39	62	62		5	0	0	1						.081	.081	.129	.210	8
Len Yochim	33	40	40		4	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	4
Lee Anthony	17	30	30		3	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	3
Don Carlsen	7	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Clarence Richardson	8	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Jack Maddy	8	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Preston Elkins	28	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Jake Thies	23	24	24		1	0	0	0						.042	.042	.042	.083	1
Charles Taylor	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1677	5013	5013	0	1281	214	56	110	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.386	.642	1937	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Francis Holleran	P	38					.000
Ed Wolfe	P	35					.000
Norman Morton	P	35					.000
Len Yochim	P	31					.000
Donald Cochran	P	31					.000
Preston Elkins	P	26					.000
Ramon Salgado	P	25					.000
Jake Thies	P	23					.000
Lee Anthony	P	17					.000
George O'Donnell	P	12					.000
Totals		273	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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