1952 Omaha Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 86-68
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: George Kissell (86-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 137,378, Avg. 1,784
Playoffs - Omaha Cardinals 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1
Finals - Denver Bears 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 0
The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1952 season with a record of 86 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the WL.
The Cardinals plated 728 runs and gave up 669 runs. Eddie Phillips paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. Lou Ciola topped Omaha with 15 wins, while Gary Blaylock recorded a 3.2 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Gary Blaylock, Wally Moon, Jim King, Hal Smith, Eddie Phillips, Neal Hertweck and Lou Ciola were all players from the 1952 Omaha Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
George Kissell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Ciola | 15 | 1 | .938 | 3.45 | 65 | 159.0 | 143 | 75 | 61 | 10 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Gary Blaylock | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.20 | 30 | 24 | 177.0 | 151 | 77 | 63 | 5 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Mertz | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.47 | 39 | 205.0 | 218 | 101 | 79 | 5 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Richard Atkinson | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.14 | 19 | 118.0 | 96 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Walter Montgomery | 8 | 16 | .333 | 3.23 | 38 | 184.0 | 148 | 91 | 66 | 10 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Garlock | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.22 | 26 | 130.0 | 143 | 68 | 61 | 4 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Willis McDonald | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.45 | 29 | 94.0 | 87 | 54 | 36 | 3 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.79 | 13 | 57.0 | 46 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||||
| David Thomas | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.57 | 47 | 122.0 | 143 | 73 | 62 | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 63 | .562 | 3.47 | 322 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1246.0 | 1175 | 609 | 480 | 49 | 619 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Phillips | 145 | 509 | 509 | 163 | 18 | 7 | 7 | .320 | .320 | .424 | .745 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Sherwin Dixon | 150 | 590 | 590 | 147 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .249 | .249 | .327 | .576 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Neal Hertweck | 152 | 509 | 509 | 145 | 25 | 9 | 8 | .285 | .285 | .417 | .701 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Joseph DiMartino | 132 | 418 | 418 | 112 | 17 | 3 | 5 | .268 | .268 | .359 | .627 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Wally Moon | 119 | 424 | 424 | 108 | 14 | 11 | 10 | .255 | .255 | .410 | .665 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Earl Weaver | 97 | 353 | 353 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .320 | .598 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Dick Cordell | 117 | 393 | 393 | 95 | 20 | 2 | 12 | .242 | .242 | .394 | .636 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Dave Johnson | 80 | 267 | 267 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .232 | .232 | .348 | .581 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Jay Drake | 94 | 257 | 257 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .233 | .233 | .296 | .529 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Jim King | 63 | 210 | 210 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .338 | .576 | 71 | |||||||||||
| William Killinger | 40 | 132 | 132 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .386 | .652 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Eli Russo | 33 | 130 | 130 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .354 | .592 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Lou Ciola | 78 | 99 | 99 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .303 | .545 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Roy Huff | 30 | 104 | 104 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .221 | .221 | .337 | .558 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Mertz | 43 | 75 | 75 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .360 | .587 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Gary Blaylock | 42 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .250 | .474 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Dom Barczewski | 21 | 75 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Nick Ananias | 15 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .538 | .872 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Hal Smith | 20 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .319 | .574 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Walter Montgomery | 38 | 65 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .200 | .369 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Garlock | 26 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .224 | .429 | 11 | |||||||||||
| George Kissell | 18 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .237 | .395 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Richard Atkinson | 19 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .171 | .317 | 7 | |||||||||||
| David Thomas | 47 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 15 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Willis McDonald | 29 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .115 | .115 | .269 | .385 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Betancourt | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1690 | 4991 | 4991 | 0 | 1274 | 201 | 49 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .356 | .611 | 1777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Ciola | P | 65 | .000 | |||||
| David Thomas | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Mertz | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Montgomery | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Blaylock | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Willis McDonald | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Maurice Garlock | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Atkinson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Shirley | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 322 | 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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