
1952 Superior Blues Statistics
Team Record: 81-42
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Wally Millies (81-42)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Superior Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 65,282, Avg. 1,061
Playoffs - Superior Blues 2 games, Eau Claire Bears 1
Finals - Superior Blues 3 games, Sioux Falls Canaries 0
The Superior Blues of the Northern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 81 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Blues conceded 488 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Superior tallied 669 runs. Jose Bustamante paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Alfredo Ibanez topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.26 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1952 Superior Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Collins, Gideon Applegate and Bill Cash.
Wally Millies 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 |
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Alfredo Ibanez | 18 | 4 | .818 | 2.26 | 26 | 199.0 | 170 | 70 | 50 | 3 | 84 | |||||||||||
Gideon Applegate | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.36 | 24 | 169.0 | 119 | 81 | 63 | 4 | 143 | |||||||||||
Walter Yowell | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.61 | 19 | 138.0 | 128 | 46 | 40 | 11 | 34 | |||||||||||
Charlie Alsop | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.65 | 23 | 165.0 | 156 | 88 | 67 | 6 | 90 | |||||||||||
Bob Simpson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.43 | 17 | 105.0 | 96 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 42 | |||||||||||
Ray Baer | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.60 | 30 | 90.0 | 95 | 43 | 26 | 4 | 34 | |||||||||||
Gibson McGlothlin | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.00 | 19 | 117.0 | 102 | 68 | 39 | 5 | 82 | |||||||||||
Totals | 73 | 40 | .646 | 2.98 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 983.0 | 866 | 445 | 325 | 37 | 509 | 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 |
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Dan Phalen | 123 | 464 | 464 | 144 | 35 | 2 | 20 | .310 | .310 | .524 | .834 | 243 | |||||||||||
Dick Anderson | 123 | 497 | 497 | 140 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .282 | .282 | .352 | .634 | 175 | |||||||||||
Jose Bustamante | 121 | 441 | 441 | 138 | 25 | 2 | 7 | .313 | .313 | .426 | .739 | 188 | |||||||||||
Billy Joe Forrest | 111 | 428 | 428 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .206 | .206 | .301 | .507 | 129 | |||||||||||
Guido Pelosi | 95 | 311 | 311 | 84 | 21 | 3 | 7 | .270 | .270 | .424 | .695 | 132 | |||||||||||
Thomas Riach | 108 | 376 | 376 | 84 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .223 | .223 | .303 | .527 | 114 | |||||||||||
Harold Wallace | 57 | 207 | 207 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .348 | .609 | 72 | |||||||||||
Bob Bennett | 59 | 219 | 219 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .228 | .228 | .329 | .557 | 72 | |||||||||||
Charles Wiles | 41 | 152 | 152 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .309 | .309 | .388 | .697 | 59 | |||||||||||
Jim Rentschler | 29 | 124 | 124 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .282 | .282 | .419 | .702 | 52 | |||||||||||
Gene Collins | 31 | 120 | 120 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .425 | .692 | 51 | |||||||||||
Gideon Applegate | 55 | 111 | 111 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .279 | .279 | .486 | .766 | 54 | |||||||||||
Charlie Alsop | 33 | 87 | 87 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 | .253 | .287 | .540 | 25 | |||||||||||
Ray Baer | 31 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .361 | .694 | 13 | |||||||||||
Charlie Walsh | 20 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 15 | |||||||||||
Alfredo Ibanez | 29 | 73 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .178 | .342 | 13 | |||||||||||
Thomas Brophy | 17 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 12 | |||||||||||
Bob Simpson | 17 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .289 | .526 | 11 | |||||||||||
Bruno Botti | 15 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .306 | .490 | 15 | |||||||||||
Gibson McGlothlin | 19 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 9 | |||||||||||
Gerald Boldt | 22 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .292 | 7 | |||||||||||
Walter Yowell | 20 | 48 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .104 | .104 | .208 | 5 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1176 | 3963 | 3963 | 0 | 1034 | 168 | 36 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .370 | .631 | 1466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Baer | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Alfredo Ibanez | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Charlie Alsop | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Walter Yowell | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Gibson McGlothlin | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Bob Simpson | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 134 | 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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