1952 San Diego Padres Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 88-92
Finished 5th in the PCL
Manager: Lefty O'Doul (88-92)
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field
Attendance: 290,416, Avg. 3,227

1952 San Diego Padres Roster

The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1952 season with a record of 88 wins and 92 losses, finishing fifth in the PCL.

The Padres scored 680 runs and allowed 721 runs. Jack Graham led San Diego with 22 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Jackie Tobin paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .287. Memo Luna topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.94 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Theolic Smith, Al Richter, Herb Gorman, Memo Luna, Red Embree, Orinthal Anderson, Milt Smith, Ben Flowers, Harley Hisner, Les Witherspoon, Whitey Wietelmann, Johnny Davis, Bill Henry, Lou Stringer, Lou Klein, Jack Salveson, Jack Graham, Hank Workman, Al Benton, Tom Alston, Jackie Tobin, Lonnie Summers, Moe Franklin, Len Okrie, Dain Clay, Buddy Peterson, Thurman Tucker and Bob Malloy were all players from the 1952 San Diego Padres who played in the Majors during their careers.

Lefty O'Doul 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
Memo Luna	15	16	.484	2.94	38	36		19	5		260.0	248	98	85		96		138	5	0	5
Guy Fletcher	14	16	.467	3.76	36	35		13	3		232.0	236	121	97		87		108	1	0	1
Ben Flowers	11	10	.524	3.18	26	23		13	3		167.0	149	61	59		62		114	2	0	3
Jack Salveson	10	10	.500	3.80	26	22		10	1		168.0	196	74	71		34		57	0	0	2
Theolic Smith	9	10	.474	3.24	35	16		7	3		147.0	135	64	53		60		75	2	0	2
Bill Henry	7	9	.438	3.59	17	16		9	2		123.0	117	54	49		55		85	3	1	3
Al Benton	6	1	.857	1.29	21	0		0	0		56.0	34	10	8		19		32	0	0	0
Al Olsen	6	13	.316	3.67	30	23		5	1		147.0	172	92	60		26		67	3	0	1
Bob Malloy	4	2	.667	3.26	38	4		0	0		94.0	79	36	34		39		27	2	0	1
Red Embree	2	1	.667	6.00	4	3		1	0		15.0	16	11	10		4		4	1	0	1
Harley Hisner	2	4	.333	4.72	24	1		0	0		61.0	72	41	32		28		33	1	0	2
Art Dollaghan	1	0	1.000	4.83	17	1		0	0		41.0	54	25	22		16		10	1	0	0
Keith Bowman	1	0	1.000	6.14	11	0		0	0		22.0	21	16	15		7		14	1	0	6
Bob Schulte	0	0		1.80	5	0		0	0		10.0	9	3	2		14		3	0	0	2
Sal DeGeorge	0	0		3.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	6	1	1		2		3	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	0	0		18.00	4	0		0	0		7.0	14	15	14		5		1	0	0	0
Totals	88	92	.489	3.55	333	180	0	77	18	0	1553.0	1558	722	612	0	554	0	771	22	1	29	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
Jackie Tobin	166	706	599	89	172	16	4	3	33	20		90	63	.287	.383	.342	.725	205		3	14
Jack Graham	167	641	552	87	151	31	7	22	88	8		82	75	.274	.373	.475	.848	262		6	1
Al Richter	152	589	516	49	128	21	4	1	61	6		54	36	.248	.323	.310	.633	160		3	16
Lou Klein	122	473	418	55	117	23	2	4	44	5		41	33	.280	.346	.373	.719	156		1	13
Lou Stringer	118	449	383	49	106	18	5	12	57	3		58	59	.277	.378	.444	.821	170		4	4
Moe Franklin	144	535	458	56	104	16	0	6	45	5		57	30	.227	.317	.301	.618	138		3	17
Dick Faber	143	489	438	50	101	12	3	8	35	11		28	69	.231	.280	.326	.606	143		2	21
Herb Gorman	108	391	352	41	92	19	1	8	39	0		34	31	.261	.326	.389	.716	137		0	5
Lonnie Summers	125	382	340	31	82	21	2	7	57	2		38	52	.241	.325	.376	.701	128		4	0
Dain Clay	96	265	239	34	67	12	5	0	27	3		21	24	.280	.338	.372	.711	89		0	5
Tom Alston	78	276	258	29	63	10	1	2	26	0		16	41	.244	.291	.314	.605	81		1	1
Johnny Davis	61	196	167	26	44	9	1	6	36	1		24	24	.263	.369	.437	.806	73		4	1
Billy Kerr	59	213	174	16	37	3	0	3	19	2		35	29	.213	.344	.282	.626	49		0	4
Thurman Tucker	47	104	89	7	20	3	0	0	5	2		14	18	.225	.330	.258	.589	23		0	1
Buddy Peterson	22	85	74	9	19	2	0	0	8	1		8	7	.257	.345	.284	.629	21		2	1
Len Okrie	40	114	102	11	18	2	0	0	9	0		9	17	.176	.243	.196	.439	20		0	3
Gene Jacobs	23	74	70	4	17	3	0	0	7	0		2	10	.243	.274	.286	.560	20		1	1
Jack Salveson	26	61	57	1	10	2	0	0	8	0		0	9	.175	.175	.211	.386	12		0	4
Bill Henry	20	47	46	2	9	0	0	0	2	0		0	10	.196	.196	.196	.391	9		0	1
Memo Luna	38	93	86	8	9	1	0	0	3	0		6	28	.105	.163	.116	.279	10		0	1
Al Olsen	30	49	44	3	8	1	0	0	3	0		1	9	.182	.200	.205	.405	9		0	4
Theolic Smith	36	48	45	2	7	2	0	0	3	0		2	8	.156	.191	.200	.391	9		0	1
Ben Flowers	26	60	55	3	6	0	0	1	4	0		2	29	.109	.140	.164	.304	9		0	3
Whitey Wietelmann	23	31	24	3	5	0	0	0	0	1		4	8	.208	.367	.208	.575	5		2	1
Hank Workman	10	11	9	3	3	0	0	2	5	0		2	2	.333	.455	1.000	1.455	9		0	0
Bob Malloy	38	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	4		0	1
Ray Perry	12	30	27	1	3	0	0	1	1	0		3	14	.111	.200	.222	.422	6		0	0
Guy Fletcher	36	81	65	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	25	.046	.061	.046	.107	3		0	15
Les Witherspoon	7	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0
Bob Schulte	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0
Art Dollaghan	19	14	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	.091	.286	.182	.468	2		0	0
Harley Hisner	25	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	5	.077	.077	.154	.231	2		0	1
Al Benton	21	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	1
William Waxman	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Orinthal Anderson	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Milt Smith	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Red Embree	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Harvey Storey	15	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	0
Keith Bowman	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1
Totals	2079	6604	5789	679	1410	230	35	86	633	70	0	637	795	.244	.322	.340	.662	1968	0	36	142	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Graham	1B	107	882	60	19	79	.980	8.804
Tom Alston	1B	72	533	38	5	56	.991	7.931
Herb Gorman	1B	5	26	0	0	1	1.000	5.200
Hank Workman	1B	2	10	1	0	1	1.000	5.500
Dick Faber	1B	1	3	0	0	2	1.000	3.000
Moe Franklin	2B	133	341	306	21	74	.969	4.865
Lou Klein	2B	27	78	59	2	18	.986	5.074
Whitey Wietelmann	2B	8	6	5	1	4	.917	1.375
Lou Klein	3B	81	76	176	17	15	.937	3.111
Ray Perry	3B	7	8	10	2	0	.900	2.571
Jackie Tobin	3B	6	6	15	0	0	1.000	3.500
Whitey Wietelmann	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Harvey Storey	3B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Lonnie Summers	C	102	429	40	4	7	.992	4.598	8
Billy Kerr	C	59	257	33	10	6	.967	4.915	3
Len Okrie	C	37	143	11	4	1	.975	4.162	0
Ray Perry	C	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Jackie Tobin	OF	158	431	12	6	2	.987	2.804
Dick Faber	OF	132	281	9	5	2	.983	2.197
Herb Gorman	OF	91	151	11	5	5	.970	1.780
Dain Clay	OF	78	112	1	5	0	.958	1.449
Jack Graham	OF	51	100	4	1	1	.990	2.039
Johnny Davis	OF	46	97	2	0	0	1.000	2.152
Thurman Tucker	OF	34	75	1	2	0	.974	2.235
Gene Jacobs	OF	20	38	1	0	0	1.000	1.950
Les Witherspoon	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Lonnie Summers	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Orinthal Anderson	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bob Malloy	P	38	6	11	2	1	.895	.447
Memo Luna	P	38	8	41	5	0	.907	1.289
Guy Fletcher	P	36	11	29	3	1	.930	1.111
Theolic Smith	P	35	6	21	2	2	.931	.771
Al Olsen	P	30	7	21	0	2	1.000	.933
Jack Salveson	P	26	5	34	0	2	1.000	1.500
Ben Flowers	P	26	6	30	0	2	1.000	1.385
Harley Hisner	P	24	4	9	1	0	.929	.542
Al Benton	P	21	0	9	0	0	1.000	.429
Bill Henry	P	17	5	13	1	3	.947	1.059
Art Dollaghan	P	17	2	6	2	0	.800	.471
Keith Bowman	P	11	2	5	0	0	1.000	.636
Bob Schulte	P	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.200
Whitey Wietelmann	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Red Embree	P	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.750
Sal DeGeorge	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Al Richter	SS	151	287	453	38	89	.951	4.901
Buddy Peterson	SS	22	34	64	11	15	.899	4.455
Lou Klein	SS	6	13	15	0	4	1.000	4.667
Totals		1778	4491	1572	174	396	.972	3.410	11	0	0

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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