1952 Roanoke Ro-Sox Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 59-74
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Owen Scheetz (59-74)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Ballpark: Maher Field
Attendance: 42,789, Avg. 643

1952 Roanoke Ro-Sox Roster

The Roanoke Ro-Sox of the Piedmont League ended the 1952 season with a record of 59 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Ro-Sox plated 606 runs and yielded 695 runs. Richard Hidalgo paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .263. Bill Slack topped Roanoke with 15 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1952 Roanoke Ro-Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Smith, Joe Albanese, Ken Aspromonte, Don Buddin and Al Schroll.

Owen Scheetz 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
Bill Slack	15	8	.652	3.14	32	21					172.0	156	83	60		95
Joe Albanese	13	10	.565	3.40	43	21					180.0	159	85	68		115
James Difrederico	12	7	.632	3.57	34	20					169.0	164	85	67		92
Arvid Hamilton	4	5	.444	5.46	12	9					61.0	62	43	37		29
Al Schroll	3	11	.214	4.01	21	12					92.0	77	59	41		72
Rollin Schuster	2	2	.500	2.40	7	7					45.0	45	24	12		30
Paul Aylward	2	2	.500	5.40	18	4					50.0	46	33	30		30
Andrew Swota	2	6	.250	4.88	17	9					72.0	78	51	39		25
Robert McNabb	1	2	.333	3.23	13	3					53.0	41	33	19		48
Richard Morgan	1	4	.200	2.78	10	6					55.0	60	32	17		39
Bob Smith	1	5	.167	6.00	11						36.0	35	26	24		37
Ed Urness					15						0.0
William Zonner	0	1	.000	0.00	3						10.0
Totals	56	63	.471	3.74	236	112	0	0	0	0	995.0	923	554	414	0	612	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
Sylvan Lucas	126	468	468		111	20	4	2						.237	.237	.310	.547	145
Richard Hidalgo	124	411	411		108	9	6	6						.263	.263	.358	.620	147
Joseph Belcastro	101	330	330		86	11	4	6						.261	.261	.373	.633	123
Jack Kinney	95	317	317		78	15	1	10						.246	.246	.394	.640	125
John Pfeiffer	74	283	283		72	9	1	1						.254	.254	.304	.558	86
Don Buddin	69	250	250		63	20	0	3						.252	.252	.368	.620	92
Sheriff Robinson	78	183	183		54	6	1	4						.295	.295	.404	.699	74
Regis Shannahan	67	222	222		53	5	1	0						.239	.239	.270	.509	60
Eugene Haering	75	216	216		50	10	4	3						.231	.231	.356	.588	77
Butsy Zimmerman	77	263	263		46	10	4	2						.175	.175	.266	.441	70
Phil Stackpole	86	247	247		45	2	3	1						.182	.182	.227	.409	56
James Greene	44	134	134		37	7	0	0						.276	.276	.328	.604	44
George Toepfer	42	150	150		36	3	4	1						.240	.240	.333	.573	50
Bill Slack	49	83	83		30	6	3	0						.361	.361	.506	.867	42
Ken Aspromonte	16	60	60		23	3	2	4						.383	.383	.700	1.083	42
Robert Brigham	18	61	61		17	3	0	0						.279	.279	.328	.607	20
James Difrederico	40	65	65		16	2	0	4						.246	.246	.462	.708	30
Ray Stockton	20	63	63		13	3	0	0						.206	.206	.254	.460	16
John Minarcin	17	47	47		12	2	0	0						.255	.255	.298	.553	14
James Evanik	22	63	63		12	0	1	0						.190	.190	.222	.413	14
Phil Renzi	10	36	36		8	1	1	0						.222	.222	.306	.528	11
Al Schroll	25	34	34		7	1	0	2						.206	.206	.412	.618	14
Joe Albanese	44	49	49		6	1	0	0						.122	.122	.143	.265	7
Ed Urness	16	13	13		4	0	0	0						.308	.308	.308	.615	4
Robert McNabb	13	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Andrew Swota	17	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Arvid Hamilton	13	21	21		1	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.095	1
Bob Smith	11	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Morgan	11	18	18		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Aylward	18	15	15		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1418	4153	4153	0	994	149	40	49	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.330	.569	1370	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Joe Albanese	P	43					.000
James Difrederico	P	34					.000
Bill Slack	P	32					.000
Al Schroll	P	21					.000
Paul Aylward	P	18					.000
Andrew Swota	P	17					.000
Ed Urness	P	15					.000
Robert McNabb	P	13					.000
Arvid Hamilton	P	12					.000
Bob Smith	P	11					.000
Richard Morgan	P	10					.000
Rollin Schuster	P	7					.000
Totals		233	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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