1952 Savannah Indians Statistics
Team Record: 74-79
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: George Staller (74-79)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 78,289, Avg. 1,023
The Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League ended the 1952 season with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.
The Indians plated 636 runs and conceded 657 runs. Tom Hamilton led batters with significant playing time by hitting .343. Bill Harrington topped Savannah with 19 wins and a team-best 2.68 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Tommy Giordano, Frank Fanovich, George Staller, Bill Harrington, Ken Johnson, Tom Hamilton and Joe Coleman were all players from the 1952 Savannah Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.
George Staller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Harrington | 19 | 12 | .613 | 2.68 | 34 | 31 | 252.0 | 234 | 87 | 75 | 9 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.54 | 34 | 24 | 188.0 | 171 | 84 | 74 | 10 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Courtney Stempel | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.76 | 36 | 27 | 206.0 | 193 | 111 | 86 | 11 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.94 | 47 | 2 | 141.0 | 138 | 57 | 46 | 4 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Frank Fanovich | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.82 | 15 | 13 | 99.0 | 67 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Tranavitch | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.39 | 25 | 16 | 127.0 | 116 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 72 | ||||||||||
| John Duncan | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 18 | 33.0 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Minton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 7 | 21.0 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wood | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.69 | 14 | 3 | 48.0 | 44 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Joe Coleman | 1 | 12 | .077 | 5.46 | 16 | 14 | 84.0 | 77 | 55 | 51 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Thomas McGroarty | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.92 | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Ancherico | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.95 | 7 | 4 | 22.0 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Harry Raulerson | 0 | 7 | .000 | 7.12 | 8 | 7 | 48.0 | 54 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 79 | .473 | 3.73 | 264 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1282.0 | 1192 | 640 | 532 | 68 | 638 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hamilton | 151 | 572 | 572 | 196 | 24 | 5 | 9 | .343 | .343 | .449 | .792 | 257 | |||||||||||
| Jake Spruill | 152 | 597 | 597 | 171 | 25 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .345 | .631 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bergeron | 150 | 586 | 586 | 145 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .247 | .247 | .297 | .544 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Bo Waddle | 139 | 484 | 484 | 136 | 16 | 7 | 7 | .281 | .281 | .386 | .667 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Mike Sichko | 137 | 493 | 493 | 133 | 24 | 9 | 6 | .270 | .270 | .391 | .661 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Cart Howerton | 140 | 470 | 470 | 127 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .270 | .270 | .343 | .613 | 161 | |||||||||||
| Paul Simmons | 103 | 320 | 320 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 7 | .272 | .272 | .391 | .662 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Al Spaziano | 98 | 282 | 282 | 70 | 18 | 2 | 5 | .248 | .248 | .379 | .628 | 107 | |||||||||||
| George Staller | 65 | 116 | 116 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .336 | .336 | .560 | .897 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Ramiro Vazquez | 46 | 175 | 175 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .303 | .526 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Tranavitch | 62 | 166 | 166 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .229 | .229 | .319 | .548 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Bill Harrington | 44 | 95 | 95 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .221 | .221 | .326 | .547 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Courtney Stempel | 39 | 73 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .247 | .438 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Joe Coleman | 22 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .436 | .667 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 34 | 59 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .271 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Frank Fanovich | 15 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .206 | .382 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 47 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wood | 14 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Don Lamb | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Raulerson | 9 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Sobocan | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jorge Torres | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Minton | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Ancherico | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas McGroarty | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Duncan | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1509 | 4685 | 4685 | 0 | 1256 | 179 | 41 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .358 | .626 | 1679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Napoles | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Courtney Stempel | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Harrington | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| John Duncan | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Coleman | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Fanovich | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Wood | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 214 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
