1952 Sacramento Solons Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 66-114
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Joe Gordon (66-114)
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 159,776, Avg. 1,775

1952 Sacramento Solons Roster

The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1952 season with a record of 66 wins and 114 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.

The Solons plated 566 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 757 runs, most in the circuit. Joe Gordon paced Sacramento with 16 home runs Bill Glynn drove in 55 runs. Bob Dillinger led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .287 clip. Glenn Elliott topped the squad with 12 wins, while Ken Gables recorded a 2.55 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1952 Sacramento Solons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Ostrowski, Bobby Sturgeon, Mike McCormick, Orval Grove, Bob Hall, Danny Litwhiler, Herman Reich, Eddie Bockman, Jesse Flores, Chet Johnson, Bill Glynn, Vinnie Smith, Fuzz White, Joe Marty, Ken Gables, Joe Gordon, Richie Myers, Bob Dillinger, Dino Restelli, Ben Taylor and Glenn Elliott.

Joe Gordon 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
Glenn Elliott	12	18	.400	3.19	40	32		18	2		254.0	232	99	90		41		117	1	0	6
Chet Johnson	10	17	.370	4.06	37	29		11	0		206.0	224	111	93		90		99	2	1	3
Jesse Flores	10	20	.333	2.78	32	30		14	5		240.0	223	93	74		60		123	2	0	2
Ken Gables	9	11	.450	2.55	35	25		13	2		205.0	158	75	58		76		92	2	0	4
Frank Nelson	6	7	.462	3.83	39	7		2	0		115.0	121	54	49		31		24	5	0	1
Orval Grove	6	12	.333	4.19	36	18		5	1		146.0	154	90	68		89		65	1	0	8
Burt Barkelew	4	4	.500	3.65	44	9		2	0		116.0	120	63	47		51		50	2	1	3
Bull Palica	3	3	.500	3.89	53	1		0	0		81.0	88	41	35		36		27	1	1	2
Jack Pickart	3	6	.333	4.78	13	9		3	0		49.0	47	31	26		38		15	2	0	0
Bud Watkins	1	2	.333	4.15	4	2		1	0		13.0	13	8	6		7		3	0	0	0
Bob Hall	1	3	.250	4.50	4			3			28.0	33	19	14		19		16	0	3	1
Roger Osenbaugh	1	9	.100	5.07	18	13		2	0		87.0	104	53	49		67		32	1	1	5
Richie Myers	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0	0
Walt Clough	0	2	.000	6.19	4			0	0		16.0	26	11	11		5		4	0	0	1
Totals	66	114	.367	3.58	360	175	0	74	10	0	1557.0	1543	748	620	0	611	0	667	19	7	36	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
Bob Dillinger	153	631	585	67	168	29	8	0	51	12		34	25	.287	.326	.364	.690	213		0	12
Richie Myers	163	692	633	78	158	30	9	7	39	13		49	43	.250	.308	.359	.666	227		4	6
Bill Glynn	106	456	409	46	124	20	7	12	55	1		43	47	.303	.372	.474	.847	194		2	2
Eddie Bockman	140	499	440	37	114	24	3	5	44	1		51	52	.259	.337	.361	.699	159		1	7
Joe Gordon	122	429	370	39	91	18	0	16	46	5		49	39	.246	.340	.424	.765	157		4	6
Dino Restelli	69	278	249	39	89	14	4	7	31	4		25	24	.357	.422	.530	.953	132		3	1
Len Attyd	98	395	363	28	85	13	1	2	17	2		17	55	.234	.268	.292	.560	106		0	15
Vinnie Smith	90	296	283	13	64	12	0	0	22	0		10	42	.226	.255	.269	.524	76		1	2
Ben Taylor	61	236	222	16	56	11	2	0	23	0		10	27	.252	.284	.320	.604	71		0	4
Joe Marty	80	260	228	19	54	8	0	3	25	1		28	31	.237	.323	.311	.634	71		1	3
Jim McKeegan	101	329	301	23	50	9	2	5	23	0		22	51	.166	.223	.259	.482	78		0	6
Johnny Ostrowski	61	229	204	24	49	6	1	10	35	1		22	38	.240	.314	.426	.741	87		0	3
Mike McCormick	52	213	192	23	43	6	1	0	15	0		19	21	.224	.294	.266	.559	51		0	2
Ed Roberts	74	170	161	14	41	5	0	0	6	2		7	18	.255	.286	.286	.571	46		0	2
Bobby Sturgeon	40	161	155	11	37	7	0	1	16	1		6	11	.239	.267	.303	.570	47		0	0
Jack Steinagel	67	207	184	8	34	6	1	2	8	1		19	51	.185	.261	.261	.522	48		0	4
Al Anicich	63	196	178	12	33	7	1	1	8	0		13	38	.185	.245	.253	.498	45		1	4
Fuzz White	47	143	125	9	25	2	0	0	7	0		17	7	.200	.296	.216	.512	27		0	1
Dick Kinaman	22	61	58	7	12	1	2	0	3	0		3	7	.207	.246	.293	.539	17		0	0
Ken Gables	36	72	65	1	11	3	0	0	1	0		0	17	.169	.169	.215	.385	14		0	7
Danny Litwhiler	16	56	49	5	9	3	0	3	6	0		6	13	.184	.273	.429	.701	21		0	1
Jesse Flores	32	82	65	3	9	0	0	0	2	2		8	11	.138	.253	.138	.392	9		2	7
Glenn Elliott	41	93	72	8	8	1	0	0	3	0		10	25	.111	.220	.125	.345	9		0	11
Bob Hall	5	13	13	4	7	1	1	1	3	0		0	5	.538	.538	1.000	1.538	13		0	0
Frank Nelson	45	30	26	2	7	1	0	1	5	0		1	4	.269	.296	.423	.719	11		0	3
Chet Johnson	37	70	60	2	7	1	0	0	0	0		4	18	.117	.172	.133	.305	8		0	6
Don Van Buskirk	4	17	13	3	5	1	0	1	3	0		1	0	.385	.429	.692	1.121	9		0	3
Pete Estrada	4	17	16	1	5	1	0	0	3	0		0	1	.312	.312	.375	.688	6		0	1
Orval Grove	36	44	36	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	.111	.135	.111	.246	4		0	7
Donald Alfano	19	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	3	.188	.235	.188	.423	3		0	0
Herman Reich	5	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.176	.222	.176	.399	3		0	0
Burt Barkelew	45	30	24	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	10	.125	.160	.167	.327	4		0	5
Roger Osenbaugh	21	28	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	8	.125	.192	.125	.317	3		0	2
Jim Deyo	4	17	16	3	2	1	0	0	3	1		1	1	.125	.176	.188	.364	3		0	0
Bud Watkins	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0
Bull Palica	53	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1
Johnny Moore	7	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	0
Jack Pickart	13	14	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0
Walt Clough	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Art Thrasher	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	2043	6533	5895	557	1417	242	43	77	507	48	0	485	773	.240	.300	.335	.635	1976	0	19	134	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Glynn	1B	106	946	100	10	92	.991	9.868
Ben Taylor	1B	60	535	31	14	57	.976	9.433
Dino Restelli	1B	10	96	12	3	10	.973	1.800
Joe Gordon	1B	6	45	10	2	1	.965	9.167
Joe Gordon	2B	99	256	275	15	83	.973	5.364
Eddie Bockman	2B	42	92	85	4	17	.978	4.214
Bobby Sturgeon	2B	36	83	93	3	14	.983	4.889
Don Van Buskirk	2B	4	11	11	2	4	.917	5.500
Frank Nelson	2B	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Dillinger	3B	106	97	203	19	25	.940	2.830
Eddie Bockman	3B	60	53	137	10	10	.950	3.167
Joe Marty	3B	8	7	14	3	0	.875	2.625
Bobby Sturgeon	3B	4	3	9	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jim McKeegan	3B	3	2	4	0	3	1.000	2.000
Donald Alfano	3B	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim McKeegan	C	94	325	32	14	7	.962	3.798	5
Vinnie Smith	C	84	343	38	10	5	.974	4.536	7
Dick Kinaman	C	20	80	7	2	1	.978	4.350	0
Dino Restelli	OF	60	163	2	2	1	.988	2.750
Joe Marty	OF	54	87	2	6	1	.937	1.648
Jack Steinagel	OF	52	101	1	1	0	.990	1.962
Al Anicich	OF	52	83	2	4	1	.955	1.635
Bob Dillinger	OF	44	77	4	4	2	.953	1.841
Ed Roberts	OF	37	61	2	2	0	.969	1.703
Fuzz White	OF	31	61	4	3	0	.956	2.097
Pete Estrada	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Jim Deyo	OF	4	10	1	0	0	1.000	2.750
Eddie Bockman	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Johnny Moore	OF	3	8	0	1	0	.889	2.667
Bull Palica	P	53	4	24	1	4	.966	.528
Burt Barkelew	P	44	8	29	1	1	.974	.841
Glenn Elliott	P	40	12	47	0	2	1.000	1.475
Frank Nelson	P	39	16	19	0	3	1.000	.897
Chet Johnson	P	37	9	38	5	4	.904	1.270
Orval Grove	P	36	9	37	2	3	.958	1.278
Ken Gables	P	35	16	24	4	1	.909	1.143
Jesse Flores	P	32	16	46	3	5	.954	1.938
Roger Osenbaugh	P	18	6	13	2	0	.905	1.056
Jack Pickart	P	13	1	6	1	1	.875	.538
Bud Watkins	P	4	2	9	1	2	.917	2.750
Bob Hall	P	4						.000
Walt Clough	P	4						.000
Richie Myers	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Richie Myers	SS	162	323	554	48	108	.948	5.414
Eddie Bockman	SS	22	44	53	3	14	.970	4.409
Totals		1637	4108	1978	205	482	.967	3.718	12	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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