1952 Spartanburg Peaches Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 83-55
Finished 3rd in the TSL
Manager: Merrill May (83-55)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 67,577, Avg. 979

1952 Spartanburg Peaches Roster

Playoffs - Spartanburg Peaches 3 games, Gastonia Rockets 2
Finals - Charlotte Hornets 4 games, Spartanburg Peaches 1

The Spartanburg Peaches of the Tri-State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 83 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the TSL.

Merrill May 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
Bill Upton	21	9	.700	3.87	38	25					225.3	215	107	97		83
Billy Joe Davidson	16	8	.667	3.91	28	28					212.0	195	100	92		104
Marion Murszewski	16	9	.640	2.88	35	26					225.0	157	87	72		154
Mark Wylie	9	4	.692	3.65	18	13					111.0	100	55	45		51
Ken Geer	8	8	.500	4.09	38	8					132.0	128	72	60		82
Dick Hamlin	8	11	.421	3.92	34	20					170.0	165	91	74		102
Totals	78	49	.614	3.68	191	120	0	0	0	0	1075.3	960	512	440	0	576	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
Doc Bowden	138	490	490		147	26	4	10						.300	.300	.431	.731	211
Paul Groce	103	420	420		125	17	3	0						.298	.298	.352	.650	148
Donny Montgomery	116	411	411		123	13	3	6						.299	.299	.389	.689	160
Phil Qualben	87	338	338		112	16	6	10						.331	.331	.503	.834	170
Paul Stowell	79	282	282		75	21	3	3						.266	.266	.394	.660	111
Paul Jones	58	230	230		69	11	1	5						.300	.300	.422	.722	97
Bobby Brown	68	261	261		67	10	3	1						.257	.257	.330	.586	86
Roger Oberlin	74	256	256		63	5	1	1						.246	.246	.285	.531	73
Rocky Colavito	66	226	226		57	14	1	11						.252	.252	.469	.721	106
Al Smith	52	166	166		52	10	2	1						.313	.313	.416	.729	69
Gerald Ackerman	58	176	176		51	6	2	1						.290	.290	.364	.653	64
Vern Watercutter	67	184	184		42	8	2	3						.228	.228	.342	.571	63
James Finn	35	136	136		37	6	3	4						.272	.272	.449	.721	61
Walter Kowalski	30	116	116		34	8	1	2						.293	.293	.431	.724	50
Harold Conn	36	113	113		32	7	0	0						.283	.283	.345	.628	39
Mark Wylie	42	108	108		30	8	0	0						.278	.278	.352	.630	38
Dick Hamlin	47	101	101		29	7	2	0						.287	.287	.396	.683	40
Bill Upton	44	109	109		28	7	1	2						.257	.257	.394	.651	43
Jim Tolleson	30	94	94		26	6	1	2						.277	.277	.426	.702	40
Billy Joe Davidson	28	77	77		16	3	1	0						.208	.208	.273	.481	21
Bob Radley	15	55	55		13	1	2	0						.236	.236	.327	.564	18
Marion Murszewski	38	82	82		11	1	0	0						.134	.134	.146	.280	12
Ralph Burdick	14	37	37		8	1	1	0						.216	.216	.297	.514	11
Ken Geer	38	44	44		7	1	0	0						.159	.159	.182	.341	8
Totals	1363	4512	4512	0	1254	213	43	62	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.385	.663	1739	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bill Upton	P	38					.000
Ken Geer	P	38					.000
Marion Murszewski	P	35					.000
Dick Hamlin	P	34					.000
Billy Joe Davidson	P	28					.000
Totals		173	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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