1952 Oakland Oaks Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 104-76
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Mel Ott (104-76)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 234,952, Avg. 2,611

1952 Oakland Oaks Roster

The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1952 season with a record of 104 wins and 76 losses, finishing second in the PCL.

The Oaks scored 755 runs and surrendered 704 runs. Tookie Gilbert walloped 31 home runs for Oakland, while Sam Chapman swatted 15 or more, too. Tookie Gilbert accounted for 118 RBI. Pete Milne led all regular batters with a .286 average. Al Gettel topped the team with 17 wins, and George Bamberger registered a 2.88 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1952 Oakland Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Roger Bowman, Lorenzo Davis, George Bamberger, Eddie Lake, Paul Lehner, Bill Evans, Pete Milne, Johnny Van Cuyk, Johnny Bero, Loyd Christopher, Hal Gregg, Bill Ayers, Hank Schenz, Ralph Buxton, Al Gettel, Spider Jorgensen, Ray Lamanno, Harry Schaeffer, Ray Noble, Lloyd Hittle, Rudy Rufer, Sam Chapman, Johnny Ostrowski, Danny Litwhiler, Tookie Gilbert and Milo Candini.

Mel Ott 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
Al Gettel	17	14	.548	3.30	46	36		13	2		284.0	261	127	104		91		132	6	3	5
George Bamberger	14	6	.700	2.88	27	18		7	2		150.0	129	59	48		36		67	0	2	6
Bill Ayers	13	12	.520	3.66	39	30		7	2		204.0	204	88	83		73		78	1	0	7
Hal Gregg	11	3	.786	4.25	21	17		6	3		108.0	101	57	51		48		65	2	1	2
Lloyd Hittle	11	10	.524	2.98	36	26		8	1		187.0	200	76	62		37		64	3	0	1
Johnny Van Cuyk	9	3	.750	2.67	61	1		0	0		118.0	88	47	35		63		63	2	1	2
Milo Candini	9	6	.600	2.57	69	1		0	0		133.0	121	47	38		49		69	0	0	1
Roger Bowman	7	5	.583	3.28	17	17		5	3		96.0	74	39	35		31		65	1	2	5
Ron Mahrt	6	7	.462	3.98	21	14		4	1		86.0	79	47	38		46		37	0	2	1
Bill Evans	5	4	.556	4.26	27	11		3	0		95.0	88	48	45		34		51	3	0	2
Harry Schaeffer	1	1	.500	6.00	3	3		1	0		9.0	12	6	6		7		2	0	1	1
Jay Ragni	1	1	.500	6.86	6	4		0	0		21.0	26	19	16		22		7	2	0	0
Lorenzo Davis	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0	0
Jim Zavitka	0	0		3.86	5	0		0	0		7.0	9	4	3		5		4	1	0	0
Eddie Lake	0	0		4.50	4	0		0	0		8.0	9	5	4		5		2	2	0	0
Ralph Buxton	0	0		36.00	2	0		0	0		1.0	4	4	4		4		1	0	0	0
Dave Mann	0	1	.000	2.81	9	0		0	0		32.0	29	15	10		10		14	1	0	0
Charlie Oubre	0	1	.000	3.00	8	0		0	0		12.0	8	4	4		8		5	1	0	2
Dave Dahle	0	1	.000	4.50	2	0		0	0		4.0	4	5	2		5		1	0	0	1
Art Amaya	0	1	.000	6.75	2	1		0	0		8.0	8	6	6		4		0	0	0	1
Totals	104	76	.578	3.42	406	179	0	54	14	0	1564.0	1454	703	594	0	578	0	727	25	12	37	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
Hank Schenz	164	696	627	82	174	29	4	2	51	18		44	34	.278	.327	.346	.673	217		2	23
Pete Milne	161	635	574	78	164	30	10	5	57	6		60	41	.286	.353	.399	.752	229		0	1
Sam Chapman	173	697	617	94	162	28	7	16	98	2		68	55	.263	.339	.408	.747	252		3	9
Tookie Gilbert	177	728	625	95	162	35	4	31	118	2		92	60	.259	.360	.477	.836	298		6	5
Spider Jorgensen	160	621	529	73	129	27	3	10	60	5		78	44	.244	.342	.363	.705	192		1	13
Lorenzo Davis	122	420	399	57	122	24	6	8	44	1		14	28	.306	.336	.456	.792	182		4	3
Ray Noble	104	413	366	54	109	12	3	12	60	2		42	47	.298	.375	.445	.820	163		3	2
Jay Ragni	115	279	258	30	69	14	0	2	25	3		17	21	.267	.313	.345	.658	89		0	4
Johnny Ostrowski	77	239	211	33	56	10	3	12	34	0		26	46	.265	.346	.512	.858	108		0	2
Johnny Bero	130	383	313	34	54	9	0	7	27	1		60	75	.173	.309	.268	.578	84		2	8
Lenny Neal	67	195	182	15	47	4	1	0	12	1		9	13	.258	.301	.291	.592	53		2	2
Loyd Christopher	81	180	151	19	39	6	2	5	26	0		29	24	.258	.378	.424	.802	64		0	0
Eddie Lake	47	172	138	19	29	9	0	4	24	2		32	27	.210	.363	.362	.725	50		1	1
Al Gettel	47	110	102	8	20	3	2	1	9	0		1	18	.196	.204	.294	.498	30		0	7
Len Attyd	46	72	63	14	15	1	0	0	5	2		6	6	.238	.304	.254	.558	16		0	3
Dave Mann	36	91	77	9	15	4	1	0	11	4		13	31	.195	.311	.273	.584	21		0	1
Lloyd Hittle	38	66	59	4	14	1	0	0	2	1		3	11	.237	.274	.254	.528	15		0	4
Bill Ayers	39	71	62	1	12	1	0	0	7	0		1	11	.194	.206	.210	.416	13		0	8
Rudy Rufer	17	67	64	6	12	1	0	0	1	3		2	16	.188	.212	.203	.415	13		0	1
Ray Lamanno	30	71	67	3	11	0	0	1	7	0		2	11	.164	.188	.209	.397	14		0	2
Paul Lehner	12	40	39	1	9	1	0	0	3	0		0	1	.231	.231	.256	.487	10		0	1
Roger Bowman	18	34	32	3	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.219	.219	.219	.438	7		0	2
George Bamberger	28	57	47	4	7	1	0	0	2	0		7	14	.149	.259	.170	.429	8		0	3
Hal Gregg	21	41	37	0	6	1	0	0	3	0		1	10	.162	.184	.189	.373	7		0	3
Bill Evans	27	32	29	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.172	.200	.172	.372	5		0	2
Danny Litwhiler	12	39	30	1	5	1	1	0	2	0		9	5	.167	.359	.267	.626	8		0	0
Tommy Munoz	4	16	14	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	4		0	0
Thomas Weaver	5	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		2	0	.235	.316	.294	.610	5		0	0
Ron Mahrt	21	33	26	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		4	11	.115	.233	.115	.349	3		0	3
Milo Candini	69	28	24	2	2	1	0	0	2	0		2	2	.083	.154	.125	.279	3		0	2
Johnny Van Cuyk	61	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	15	.077	.111	.077	.188	2		0	2
Harry Schaeffer	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	1
Charlie Oubre	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Art Amaya	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Dave Dahle	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Jim Zavitka	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	2129	6584	5814	744	1470	254	47	116	699	53	0	628	689	.253	.328	.373	.701	2166	0	24	118	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tookie Gilbert	1B	176	1583	99	13	163	.992	9.557
Tommy Munoz	1B	4	43	4	1	1	.979	11.750
Lorenzo Davis	1B	4	13	0	0	4	1.000	3.250
Hank Schenz	2B	160	440	391	27	107	.969	5.194
Lorenzo Davis	2B	30	62	64	3	15	.977	4.200
Johnny Bero	2B	1	3	1	0	1	1.000	4.000
Spider Jorgensen	3B	157	148	372	15	35	.972	3.312
Lorenzo Davis	3B	36	29	73	10	10	.911	2.833
Eddie Lake	3B	7	4	6	1	3	.909	1.429
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Johnny Bero	3B	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
Ray Noble	C	101	440	48	5	7	.990	4.832	8
Lenny Neal	C	59	247	21	3	4	.989	4.542	7
Ray Lamanno	C	28	83	4	1	2	.989	3.107	2
Lorenzo Davis	C	9	35	3	1	0	.974	4.222	2
Hank Schenz	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Sam Chapman	OF	169	442	13	9	1	.981	2.692
Pete Milne	OF	152	276	8	6	1	.979	1.868
Jay Ragni	OF	62	117	1	1	0	.992	1.903
Loyd Christopher	OF	44	69	2	1	2	.986	1.614
Lorenzo Davis	OF	34	61	0	4	0	.938	1.794
Dave Mann	OF	19	28	1	2	0	.935	1.526
Eddie Lake	OF	7	13	3	0	1	1.000	2.286
Thomas Weaver	OF	4	12	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Hank Schenz	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Charlie Oubre	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ray Noble	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tommy Munoz	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Spider Jorgensen	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Johnny Bero	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Milo Candini	P	69	4	19	0	0	1.000	.333
Johnny Van Cuyk	P	61	2	27	1	2	.967	.475
Al Gettel	P	46	14	66	3	8	.964	1.739
Bill Ayers	P	39	4	28	3	3	.914	.821
Lloyd Hittle	P	36	11	43	1	4	.982	1.500
Bill Evans	P	27	1	14	0	1	1.000	.556
George Bamberger	P	27	7	30	1	2	.974	1.370
Ron Mahrt	P	21	4	17	0	1	1.000	1.000
Hal Gregg	P	21	4	16	4	1	.833	.952
Roger Bowman	P	17	1	21	0	1	1.000	1.294
Dave Mann	P	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Charlie Oubre	P	8	2	2	0	1	1.000	.500
Jay Ragni	P	6	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.167
Jim Zavitka	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Eddie Lake	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Harry Schaeffer	P	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.333
Dave Dahle	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Ralph Buxton	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Art Amaya	P	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Lorenzo Davis	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Johnny Bero	SS	123	176	346	30	72	.946	4.244
Eddie Lake	SS	31	44	87	7	15	.949	4.226
Rudy Rufer	SS	17	28	47	10	9	.882	4.412
Spider Jorgensen	SS	6	2	5	1	0	.875	1.167
Hank Schenz	SS	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lorenzo Davis	SS	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Totals		1863	4459	1908	166	477	.975	3.418	19	0	0

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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