1952 Sioux Falls Canaries Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 73-48
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Al Kubski (73-48)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Howard Wood Field
Attendance: 87,149, Avg. 1,440

1952 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster

Playoffs - Sioux Falls Canaries 2 games, Duluth Dukes 1
Finals - Superior Blues 3 games, Sioux Falls Canaries 0

The Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League ended the 1952 season with a record of 73 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Canaries scored 672 runs and allowed 490 runs. Dick Wright drove in 81 runs. Earl Birnel led hitters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Don Elston topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 1.85 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Elston played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sioux Falls Canaries to do so.

Al Kubski 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
Don Elston	18	6	.750	1.85	27						199.0	129	54	41	11	63
John Mudd	14	8	.636	2.81	29						208.0	169	95	65	8	111
Walter Babcock	12	7	.632	3.05	23						186.0	164	85	63	12	89
Gordon VanDyke	9	6	.600	2.91	20						105.0	81	43	34	7	56
William Randall	7	7	.500	3.10	22						122.0	118	54	42	4	48
Ray Grund	6	2	.750	3.94	18						80.0	69	53	35	6	67
Joe Caputo	3	7	.300	4.05	10						60.0	34	32	27	5	57
Thomas Gore					14						0.0
Totals	69	43	.616	2.88	163	0	0	0	0	0	960.0	764	416	307	53	491	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
Len VanDeHey	121	490	490		145	25	6	6						.296	.296	.408	.704	200
Earl Birnel	112	416	416		128	22	3	1						.308	.308	.382	.690	159
Dick Wright	103	391	391	60	113	18	7	7	81	21				.289	.289	.425	.714	166
Len Bourdet	121	450	450		99	17	1	0						.220	.220	.262	.482	118
Al Kubski	112	355	355		98	20	3	13						.276	.276	.459	.735	163
Richard Lloyd	96	379	379		97	16	5	3						.256	.256	.348	.604	132
Daniel Lobitz	101	348	348		96	19	2	2						.276	.276	.359	.635	125
Donald Biebel	93	312	312		80	9	5	4						.256	.256	.356	.612	111
Gerry MacKay	60	216	216		75	9	2	5						.347	.347	.477	.824	103
George Holland	52	151	151		40	9	0	0						.265	.265	.325	.589	49
John Mudd	34	81	81		19	3	0	0						.235	.235	.272	.506	22
Don Elston	35	91	91		19	5	0	1						.209	.209	.297	.505	27
William Randall	22	40	40		10	2	0	0						.250	.250	.300	.550	12
Walter Babcock	24	70	70		10	1	0	0						.143	.143	.157	.300	11
Ray Grund	18	36	36		9	1	0	0						.250	.250	.278	.528	10
George Beck	10	35	35		8	2	0	1						.229	.229	.371	.600	13
Dan Priest	10	26	26		6	1	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500	7
Gordon VanDyke	20	40	40		5	0	1	0						.125	.125	.175	.300	7
Joe Caputo	10	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Thomas Gore	14	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Totals	1168	3954	3954	60	1059	179	35	43	81	21	0	0	0	.268	.268	.363	.631	1437	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Mudd	P	29					.000
Don Elston	P	27					.000
Walter Babcock	P	23					.000
William Randall	P	22					.000
Gordon VanDyke	P	20					.000
Ray Grund	P	18					.000
Thomas Gore	P	14					.000
Joe Caputo	P	10					.000
Totals		163	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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