1952 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 92-88
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Clay Hopper (92-88)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: Vaughn Street Park
Attendance: 322,736, Avg. 3,586

1952 Portland Beavers Roster

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1952 season with a record of 92 wins and 88 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.

The Beavers led the league with just 644 runs allowed. Portland scored 670 runs. Joe Brovia paced the squad with 21 home runs, while Don Eggert walloped 15 or more, too. Joe Brovia drove in 85 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .290. Fred Sanford paced the team with 17 wins, and Marino Pieretti and Red Adams added 15 or more victories as well Red Adams earned a 2.17 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1952 Portland Beavers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Eric Tipton, Herman Reich, Frankie Austin, Eddie Bockman, Red Lynn, Jay Heard, Joe Lafata, Mike McCormick, Roy Welmaker, Hank Arft, Aaron Robinson, Fred Sanford, Red Adams, Jack Maguire, Jim Tabor, Joe Brovia, Marino Pieretti, Clint Conatser, Eddie Basinski, Jim Russell, Don White, Royce Lint, Lyman Linde and Jim Gladd.

Clay Hopper 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
Fred Sanford	17	9	.654	3.44	35	34		13	3		230.0	209	92	88		83		107	1	3	2
Marino Pieretti	16	18	.471	3.42	44	37		21	1		276.0	262	123	105		82		77	1	1	5
Red Adams	15	16	.484	2.17	37	35		17	4		269.0	211	74	65		67		162	4	1	0
Royce Lint	12	3	.800	3.29	27			10	1		145.0	140	59	53		45		57	1	3	0
Larry Ward	12	13	.480	3.06	44	15		10	2		156.0	152	68	53		56		65	4	0	3
Lyman Linde	11	15	.423	3.10	41	28		10	2		200.0	179	83	69		60		119	4	0	2
Roy Welmaker	4	6	.400	3.03	33			2	0		104.0	96	44	35		39		66	0	0	4
Red Lynn	3	3	.500	4.68	10			1	0		50.0	61	29	26		22		15	0	0	1
LeRoy Han	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	2	0	0		2		3	0	0	0
Roy Helser	1	0	1.000	1.80	3	1		0	0		10.0	7	2	2		4		4	2	0	0
Jay Heard	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0		2		0	0	0	0
Dick Waibel	0	0		2.17	17	0		0	0		29.0	25	10	7		9		16	0	1	0
Bill Bottler	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	3	1	1		0		0	0	0	0
Cal McIrvin	0	0		4.68	9	0		0	0		25.0	25	15	13		15		7	0	0	0
Frank Chase	0	0		12.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	6	4	4		1		1	0	0	0
Bob Drilling	0	1	.000	4.03	15	0		0	0		29.0	34	20	13		8		9	1	0	0
Vincent DeBiasi	0	4	.000	5.23	11	3		0	0		31.0	38	20	18		17		15	0	0	0
Totals	92	88	.511	3.18	331	153	0	84	13	0	1563.0	1450	644	552	0	512	0	723	18	9	17	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
Frankie Austin	177	766	702	87	186	23	2	4	38	17		47	32	.265	.311	.321	.632	225		0	17
Joe Brovia	170	670	551	78	160	25	1	21	85	0		109	46	.290	.415	.454	.868	250		8	2
Don Eggert	169	678	635	75	160	30	4	19	82	11		30	86	.252	.287	.402	.688	255		1	12
Eddie Basinski	166	632	552	60	136	25	1	10	58	4		64	62	.246	.329	.350	.679	193		4	12
Jim Russell	142	514	440	66	111	21	2	7	43	13		69	53	.252	.354	.357	.710	157		0	5
Hank Arft	80	305	268	37	78	18	3	3	45	5		36	41	.291	.375	.414	.789	111		0	1
Clint Conatser	81	318	272	36	73	13	0	8	38	1		41	44	.268	.364	.404	.769	110		0	5
Ed Barr	114	339	310	45	72	11	2	3	20	8		24	54	.232	.290	.310	.599	96		1	4
Herman Reich	100	342	309	27	69	9	0	4	28	3		23	25	.223	.288	.291	.579	90		5	5
Eric Tipton	89	272	236	23	62	6	0	2	23	6		25	33	.263	.338	.314	.652	74		2	9
Jim Gladd	105	352	315	27	61	12	1	6	41	0		34	62	.194	.274	.295	.570	93		1	2
Jack Maguire	72	209	186	21	48	6	2	0	7	4		22	18	.258	.337	.312	.648	58		0	1
Aaron Robinson	91	302	248	22	43	10	0	7	29	0		54	36	.173	.321	.298	.620	74		0	0
Mike McCormick	42	140	123	17	36	5	1	2	11	1		12	13	.293	.356	.398	.754	49		0	5
Red Adams	38	94	90	3	17	0	0	0	5	0		0	21	.189	.189	.189	.378	17		0	4
Marino Pieretti	53	101	92	8	17	1	0	0	5	0		6	10	.185	.235	.196	.430	18		0	3
Royce Lint	29	62	53	7	15	3	0	0	6	0		5	11	.283	.345	.340	.684	18		0	4
Granny Gladstone	10	45	42	10	11	2	1	3	8	0		3	7	.262	.311	.571	.883	24		0	0
Larry Ward	44	51	48	3	11	3	0	0	4	0		3	10	.229	.275	.292	.566	14		0	0
Fred Sanford	35	89	83	4	10	2	0	0	8	0		5	31	.120	.170	.145	.315	12		0	1
Lyman Linde	41	66	59	1	7	0	0	0	0	0		2	23	.119	.148	.119	.266	7		0	5
Omer Tolson	10	38	35	2	6	3	0	2	4	0		1	12	.171	.194	.429	.623	15		0	2
Joe Lafata	16	46	42	0	4	2	0	0	2	0		2	5	.095	.174	.143	.317	6		2	0
Ron Bottler	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	3		0	0
Red Lynn	12	19	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	3		0	1
Roy Welmaker	34	31	26	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		3	11	.115	.207	.115	.322	3		0	2
Bill Bottler	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0
Bob Drilling	15	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0
Vincent DeBiasi	11	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	0
Jim Tabor	8	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0
Dick Waibel	18	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0
Cal McIrvin	9	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Roy Helser	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Dewey Helbig	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0
LeRoy Han	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Frank Chase	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Eddie Bockman	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Del Ballinger	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Don White	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0
Totals	1997	6539	5790	666	1406	230	20	101	594	73	0	623	764	.243	.319	.342	.661	1979	0	24	102	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hank Arft	1B	77	705	63	2	69	.997	9.974
Joe Lafata	1B	13	104	5	2	9	.982	8.385
Jim Russell	1B	11	89	7	1	9	.990	8.727
Jim Tabor	1B	2	19	3	2	2	.917	11.000
Aaron Robinson	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Eddie Basinski	2B	163	421	494	29	120	.969	5.613
Jack Maguire	2B	19	37	53	6	16	.938	4.737
Eric Tipton	2B	1	2	4	0	0	1.000	6.000
Don Eggert	2B	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.000
Don Eggert	3B	165	156	350	35	33	.935	3.067
Jack Maguire	3B	15	15	23	4	3	.905	2.533
Marino Pieretti	3B	2	2	4	0	1	1.000	3.000
Jim Gladd	C	103	487	51	9	4	.984	5.223	3
Aaron Robinson	C	89	298	46	4	6	.989	3.865	5
Ron Bottler	C	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Del Ballinger	C	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Joe Brovia	OF	165	258	16	1	5	.996	1.661
Jim Russell	OF	125	258	12	4	1	.985	2.160
Ed Barr	OF	98	176	8	7	0	.963	1.878
Clint Conatser	OF	75	194	10	2	4	.990	2.720
Eric Tipton	OF	63	97	2	0	1	1.000	1.571
Jack Maguire	OF	10	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.300
Granny Gladstone	OF	10	23	2	3	0	.893	2.500
Omer Tolson	OF	9	18	1	0	1	1.000	2.111
Don White	OF	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Dewey Helbig	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Larry Ward	P	44	13	26	1	3	.975	.886
Marino Pieretti	P	44	22	56	4	3	.951	1.773
Lyman Linde	P	41	10	39	2	6	.961	1.195
Red Adams	P	37	21	46	3	2	.957	1.811
Fred Sanford	P	35	19	46	2	2	.970	1.857
Roy Welmaker	P	33						.000
Royce Lint	P	27						.000
Dick Waibel	P	17	0	3	1	0	.750	.176
Bob Drilling	P	15	0	5	0	0	1.000	.333
Vincent DeBiasi	P	11	2	8	0	1	1.000	.909
Red Lynn	P	10						.000
Cal McIrvin	P	9	0	6	0	0	1.000	.667
Roy Helser	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
LeRoy Han	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Jay Heard	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Frank Chase	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bill Bottler	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Frankie Austin	SS	175	370	544	40	125	.958	5.223
Jack Maguire	SS	6	9	24	1	5	.971	5.500
Totals		1735	3849	1965	165	433	.972	3.351	8	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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