1952 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-79
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Hugh Poland (73-79)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 113,193, Avg. 1,489

1952 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 73 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

The Vols scored 805 runs, most in the league. Nashville yielded 776 runs. Rance Pless led all regular batters by hitting .364. Al Worthington and Pete Modica topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Al Worthington registered a 3.54 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Lennon, Dusty Rhodes, Rance Pless, Jim Marshall, Jim Constable, Pete Burnside, Rube Novotney, Tommy Neill and Al Worthington were all players from the 1952 Nashville Vols who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Hugh Poland 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
Pete Modica	13	9	.591	3.84	66	1					164.0	150	90	70		121
Al Worthington	13	13	.500	3.54	41	30					221.0	194	105	87		140
Pete Mallory	11	11	.500	3.94	32	28					201.0	232	109	88		58
Joseph Micciche	7	6	.538	3.62	18	12					87.0	89	41	35		45
Jim Constable	5	1	.833	2.20	9	7					49.0	52	15	12		4
Dick Adair	5	9	.357	4.50	21	17					118.0	137	69	59		49
George Heller	4	2	.667	4.98	22	10					65.0	87	47	36		48
Ron Mahrt	4	3	.571	6.24	18	11					75.0	87	66	52		51
John Uber	3	5	.375	4.03	29	6					76.0	92	44	34		30
Frederick Sherkel	3	5	.375	4.41	10	7					51.0	64	31	25		21
Pete Burnside	2	3	.400	4.95	9						40.0	40	28	22		38
Dick Libby	1	0	1.000	0.00	1						9.0	6				1
Clyde Stevens	1	1	.500	0.00	13						25.0	32				21
Umberto Flammini	1	3	.250	7.33	11	6					54.0	71	48	44		26
Roy Pardue	0	0		0.00	1						1.0	3				7
Stephens	0	1	.000	0.00	6						13.0	15				6
Vince DiLorenzo	0	3	.000	0.00	5						19.0	25				21
Jim Atchley	0	4	.000	0.00	13						32.0	60				6
Totals	73	79	.480	3.90	325	135	0	0	0	0	1300.0	1436	693	564	0	693	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
Rance Pless	135	538	538		196	39	4	11						.364	.364	.513	.877	276
Jim Marshall	154	571	571		169	38	4	24						.296	.296	.503	.799	287
Charlie Ray	150	524	524		159	33	3	18						.303	.303	.481	.784	252
Bob Boring	126	462	462		149	37	4	13						.323	.323	.504	.827	233
Ziggy Jasinski	133	522	522		135	25	1	2						.259	.259	.322	.580	168
Dusty Rhodes	90	349	349		121	29	4	18						.347	.347	.607	.954	212
Tommy Neill	99	366	366		115	18	4	9						.314	.314	.459	.773	168
Rube Novotney	104	318	318		90	20	2	5						.283	.283	.406	.689	129
Buster Boguskie	105	318	318		81	8	1	6						.255	.255	.343	.597	109
Bob Lennon	61	235	235		65	13	1	15						.277	.277	.532	.809	125
Pat Tomkinson	93	235	235		62	9	3	3						.264	.264	.366	.630	86
John Liptak	84	201	201		54	8	0	5						.269	.269	.383	.652	77
John Kropf	30	57	57		17	3	0	2						.298	.298	.456	.754	26
Bill Pavlick	18	45	45		13	3	0	0						.289	.289	.356	.644	16
Pete Mallory	34	74	74		13	3	0	1						.176	.176	.257	.432	19
William Simunek	12	37	37		12	2	0	0						.324	.324	.378	.703	14
Pete Modica	66	48	48		9	1	0	0						.188	.188	.208	.396	10
Dick Adair	22	48	48		9	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375	9
Al Worthington	41	76	76		7	1	0	0						.092	.092	.105	.197	8
Joseph Micciche	25	33	33		6	4	0	0						.182	.182	.303	.485	10
John Uber	32	19	19		5	1	0	0						.263	.263	.316	.579	6
Jim Constable	10	19	19		5	0	0	0						.263	.263	.263	.526	5
Umberto Flammini	11	16	16		4	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Frederick Sherkel	13	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Ron Mahrt	23	31	31		3	0	1	0						.097	.097	.161	.258	5
Vince DiLorenzo	7	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
George Heller	29	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Dick Libby	1	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
William McMillan	3	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jim Atchley	14	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Pete Burnside	9	16	16		1									.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Stephens	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Clyde Stevens	13	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1753	5239	5239	0	1510	295	32	132	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.432	.721	2265	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Pete Modica	P	66					.000
Al Worthington	P	41					.000
Pete Mallory	P	32					.000
John Uber	P	29					.000
George Heller	P	22					.000
Dick Adair	P	21					.000
Joseph Micciche	P	18					.000
Ron Mahrt	P	18					.000
Clyde Stevens	P	13					.000
Jim Atchley	P	13					.000
Umberto Flammini	P	11					.000
Frederick Sherkel	P	10					.000
Jim Constable	P	9					.000
Totals		303	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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