1952 Richmond Colts Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 69-66
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Thomas O'Connell (69-66)
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Mooers Field
Attendance: 76,914, Avg. 1,139

1952 Richmond Colts Roster

Playoffs - Richmond Colts 4 games, Norfolk Tars 1
Finals - Richmond Colts 4 games, Portsmouth Cubs 2

The Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League ended the 1952 season with a record of 69 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The Colts scored 590 runs and allowed 601 runs. Joe Monteiro led all regular hitters by hitting .285. Dewey Wilkins topped Richmond with 18 wins, while George Sumey recorded a 2.33 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1952 Richmond Colts who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Garvin Hamner, Alton Brown, Cholly Naranjo, Alex Kvasnak and Ray Poole.

Thomas O'Connell 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
Dewey Wilkins	18	10	.643	2.54	31	30					252.0	229	95	71		75
George Sumey	12	11	.522	2.33	32	17					189.0	163	66	49		92
Alton Brown	11	10	.524	3.70	27	23					192.0	165	92	79		105
Robert Ennis	10	13	.435	3.93	27	25					181.0	199	102	79		89
Cholly Naranjo	6	6	.500	3.49	16	11					98.0	96	51	38		48
John Moore	3	7	.300	3.36	12	11					83.0	103	49	31		42
Ray Nesbit	2	4	.333	7.53	15	9					55.0	59	51	46		60
Totals	62	61	.504	3.37	160	126	0	0	0	0	1050.0	1014	506	393	0	511	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
Charley Wolf	136	521	521		148	25	4	11						.284	.284	.411	.695	214
Joe Monteiro	131	494	494		141	21	4	19						.285	.285	.460	.745	227
Thomas O'Connell	130	454	454		103	15	5	3						.227	.227	.302	.529	137
Charles Weathers	100	331	331		94	13	8	6						.284	.284	.426	.710	141
Garvin Hamner	117	424	424		92	8	3	2						.217	.217	.264	.481	112
Page McGee	88	320	320		85	16	5	5						.266	.266	.394	.659	126
Frank Sangalli	107	350	350		75	12	2	0						.214	.214	.260	.474	91
John Sivinski	61	208	208		66	13	1	8						.317	.317	.505	.822	105
Jack Hull	83	253	253		49	7	1	0						.194	.194	.229	.423	58
Manuel Mantaras	46	134	134		35	3	0	0						.261	.261	.284	.545	38
Alex Kvasnak	36	133	133		30	5	0	1						.226	.226	.286	.511	38
Ettore Giammarco	25	84	84		28	6	0	5						.333	.333	.583	.917	49
Dewey Wilkins	35	91	91		23	7	1	0						.253	.253	.352	.604	32
Joe Massaro	25	91	91		20	3	0	2						.220	.220	.319	.538	29
George Sumey	45	95	95		19	4	0	2						.200	.200	.305	.505	29
Buck Driskill	33	97	97		19	5	1	0						.196	.196	.268	.464	26
Alton Brown	27	71	71		13	2	0	1						.183	.183	.254	.437	18
Ray Posipanka	10	35	35		10	0	1	0						.286	.286	.343	.629	12
Robert Ennis	29	65	65		9	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.277	9
Cholly Naranjo	19	32	32		8	1	0	0						.250	.250	.281	.531	9
Ray Poole	11	27	27		6	2	0	1						.222	.222	.407	.630	11
John Moore	12	31	31		4	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258	4
Ray Nesbit	15	25	25		3	1	0	0						.120	.120	.160	.280	4
Totals	1321	4366	4366	0	1080	169	36	66	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.247	.348	.595	1519	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
George Sumey	P	32					.000
Dewey Wilkins	P	31					.000
Robert Ennis	P	27					.000
Alton Brown	P	27					.000
Cholly Naranjo	P	16					.000
Ray Nesbit	P	15					.000
John Moore	P	12					.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.

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