1952 Superior Blues Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
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
1952 Superior Blues Roster

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.


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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
Alfredo Ibanez184.8182.2626199.01707050384
Gideon Applegate146.7003.3624169.011981634143
Walter Yowell124.7502.6119138.012846401134
Charlie Alsop107.5883.6523165.01568867690
Bob Simpson75.5833.4317105.0964940442
Ray Baer66.5002.603090.0954326434
Gibson McGlothlin68.4293.0019117.01026839582
Totals7340.6462.9815800000983.086644532537509000000

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
Dan Phalen12346446414435220.310.310.524.834243
Dick Anderson1234974971401463.282.282.352.634175
Jose Bustamante1214414411382527.313.313.426.739188
Billy Joe Forrest111428428881518.206.206.301.507129
Guido Pelosi95311311842137.270.270.424.695132
Thomas Riach108376376841044.223.223.303.527114
Harold Wallace5720720754931.261.261.348.60972
Bob Bennett5921921950842.228.228.329.55772
Charles Wiles4115215247602.309.309.388.69759
Jim Rentschler2912412435613.282.282.419.70252
Gene Collins3112012032433.267.267.425.69251
Gideon Applegate5511111131752.279.279.486.76654
Charlie Alsop33878722001.253.253.287.54025
Ray Baer31363612100.333.333.361.69413
Charlie Walsh20545412110.222.222.278.50015
Alfredo Ibanez29737312100.164.164.178.34213
Thomas Brophy17444411100.250.250.273.52312
Bob Simpson1738389200.237.237.289.52611
Bruno Botti1549499111.184.184.306.49015
Gibson McGlothlin1936368100.222.222.250.4729
Gerald Boldt2248487000.146.146.146.2927
Walter Yowell2048485000.104.104.104.2085
Totals11763963396301034168366400000.261.261.370.631146600000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Ray BaerP30.000
Alfredo IbanezP26.000
Charlie AlsopP23.000
Walter YowellP19.000
Gibson McGlothlinP19.000
Bob SimpsonP17.000
Totals1340000.000

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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