1952 Pocatello Bannocks Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Ed Fernandes (78-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Ballpark: Halliwell Baseball Park
Attendance: 64,793, Avg. 989

1952 Pocatello Bannocks Roster

Playoffs - Pocatello Bannocks 2 games, Billings Mustangs 1
Finals - Idaho Falls Russets 3 games, Pocatello Bannocks 0

The Pocatello Bannocks of the Pioneer League ended the 1952 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Bannocks scored 794 runs, most in the league. Pocatello gave up 669 runs. Howard Keefe led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .284 clip. Russ Butler topped the squad with 21 wins, while Virgil Giovannoni also added 15 or more victories also Russ Butler recorded a 2.41 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ed Fernandes and Willie Tasby both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ed Fernandes 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
Russ Butler	21	6	.778	2.41	39	27					243.0	211	104	65		77
Virgil Giovannoni	18	11	.621	3.55	33	29					246.0	250	120	97		99
William Francis	12	6	.667	3.93	34	17					167.0	194	101	73		61
Robert Bowles	9	6	.600	5.61	20	15					109.0	104	77	68		112
Joseph Miranda	8	4	.667	5.46	24	11					94.0	105	64	57		38
James Howard	6	11	.353	4.97	28	19					154.0	144	105	85		118
Gordie Tench	3	4	.429	2.45	7	6					55.0	42	20	15		27
Totals	77	48	.616	3.88	185	124	0	0	0	0	1068.0	1050	591	460	0	532	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
Howard Keefe	125	518	518		147	13	2	0						.284	.284	.317	.600	164
Willie Tasby	131	509	509		144	30	9	22						.283	.283	.507	.790	258
Stephen Hill	129	488	488		123	29	4	3						.252	.252	.346	.598	169
Ernie Sierra	126	469	469		122	15	6	0						.260	.260	.318	.578	149
Jess Duran	130	463	463		120	17	11	5						.259	.259	.376	.635	174
Jack Sahargun	126	449	449		116	25	3	12						.258	.258	.408	.666	183
Russ Rosburg	82	301	301		100	20	5	24						.332	.332	.671	1.003	202
Red Prentice	80	295	295		79	11	2	1						.268	.268	.329	.597	97
Ernie Schuerman	47	160	160		37	7	2	2						.231	.231	.338	.569	54
Robert Bowles	34	76	76		25	4	1	0						.329	.329	.408	.737	31
Ed Fernandes	61	100	100		25	11	0	1						.250	.250	.390	.640	39
William Francis	34	61	61		16	2	0	0						.262	.262	.295	.557	18
Ernest Choukalos	21	69	69		13	2	0	1						.188	.188	.261	.449	18
Russ Butler	46	86	86		13	2	0	0						.151	.151	.174	.326	15
Virgil Giovannoni	35	91	91		13	3	0	1						.143	.143	.209	.352	19
Bill Krider	15	54	54		9	2	0	0						.167	.167	.204	.370	11
James Howard	31	56	56		9	1	0	0						.161	.161	.179	.339	10
William Koart	14	40	40		8	1	0	0						.200	.200	.225	.425	9
Kenn McGee	10	27	27		6	1	0	0						.222	.222	.259	.481	7
Joseph Miranda	24	34	34		3	1	0	0						.088	.088	.118	.206	4
Donald Cameron	10	24	24		2	1	0	0						.083	.083	.125	.208	3
Totals	1311	4370	4370	0	1130	198	45	72	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.374	.632	1634	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Russ Butler	P	39					.000
William Francis	P	34					.000
Virgil Giovannoni	P	33					.000
James Howard	P	28					.000
Joseph Miranda	P	24					.000
Robert Bowles	P	20					.000
Gordie Tench	P	7					.000
Totals		185	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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