1952 Paris Lakers Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 85-42
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Tom Sunkel (85-42)
Location: Paris, Illinois
Ballpark: Laker Stadium
Attendance: 36,600, Avg. 576

1952 Paris Lakers Roster

Playoffs - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Paris Lakers 2

The Paris Lakers of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1952 season with a record of 85 wins and 42 losses, finishing second in the MOVL.

The Lakers scored 845 runs, most in the league. Paris conceded 607 runs. Butch McCord led hitters with significant playing time with a .392 average. Neil Maxa topped the squad with 21 wins, while James Paolo and Herold Gordon as well added 15 or more victories as well Herold Gordon recorded a 3.14 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1952 Paris Lakers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Butch McCord, Quincy Smith and Jim Zapp.

Tom Sunkel 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
Neil Maxa	21	6	.778	3.42	35						192.0	201	98	73	10	48
Herold Gordon	18	7	.720	3.14	38						189.0	169	87	66	11	59
James Paolo	15	5	.750	3.55	26						185.0	175	104	73	4	109
Jim Grubb	10	8	.556	3.32	29						176.0	155	84	65	7	75
George Case	8	4	.667	3.66	19						118.0	112	60	48	4	42
Herb Heiserer	8	5	.615	5.48	22						110.0	122	86	67	2	63
Glenn Brickey					10						0.0
Totals	80	35	.696	3.64	179	0	0	0	0	0	970.0	934	519	392	38	396	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
Butch McCord	119	482	482		189	40	15	15						.392	.392	.631	1.023	304
James Turner	125	503	503		156	42	7	1						.310	.310	.427	.738	215
Jim Zapp	122	467	467		154	31	9	20						.330	.330	.563	.893	263
Quincy Smith	117	483	483		153	31	10	11						.317	.317	.491	.807	237
Jack DeRousse	116	471	471		130	31	3	7						.276	.276	.399	.675	188
Donald McAndrews	106	354	354		96	18	1	10						.271	.271	.412	.684	146
Doyle Chadwick	96	342	342		92	19	6	12						.269	.269	.465	.734	159
Russ Gilmore	111	397	397		92	16	3	6						.232	.232	.332	.564	132
James Paolo	30	88	88		20	3	0	0						.227	.227	.261	.489	23
Jim Grubb	33	69	69		18	5	0	0						.261	.261	.333	.594	23
Neil Maxa	37	76	76		16	2	0	3						.211	.211	.355	.566	27
Herold Gordon	41	76	76		16	0	1	0						.211	.211	.237	.447	18
James Miller	25	79	79		15	3	0	0						.190	.190	.228	.418	18
Herb Heiserer	26	47	47		8	1	0	2						.170	.170	.319	.489	15
Patrick Waters	17	54	54		7	1	1	0						.130	.130	.185	.315	10
George Case	21	45	45		4	1	0	0						.089	.089	.111	.200	5
Glenn Brickey	12	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Les Brown	15	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Totals	1169	4068	4068	0	1168	244	56	87	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.287	.439	.726	1785	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Herold Gordon	P	38					.000
Neil Maxa	P	35					.000
Jim Grubb	P	29					.000
James Paolo	P	26					.000
Herb Heiserer	P	22					.000
Glenn Brickey	P	10					.000
Totals		160	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.