1952 Ventura Braves Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Bobby Sturgeon (0-0), Jose Perez (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Ventura, California
Ballpark: Babe Ruth Field
Attendance: 30,320, Avg. 433

1952 Ventura Braves Roster

The Ventura Braves of the California League ended the 1952 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.

The Braves plated 747 runs and allowed 901 runs, most in the league. George Owen led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Manny Pérez topped Ventura with 14 wins and a team-best 3.61 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bobby Sturgeon played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ventura Braves to do so.

Bobby Sturgeon and Jose Perez 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
Manny Pérez	14	16	.467	3.61	36	27					237.0	239	130	95		88
Jack Schlarb	11	7	.611	5.04	23	20					157.0	133	116	88		155
Harley Resh	11	15	.423	4.36	38	30					225.0	243	154	109		153
Glenn Hittner	7	7	.500	5.61	15	15					109.0	114	77	68		63
Robert MacNeil	5	13	.278	5.61	22	17					122.0	139	96	76		84
Eugene Bowman	3	5	.375	5.94	29	6					94.0	113	76	62		66
Frank Followell	2	8	.200	5.63	26	12					123.0	144	99	77		99
William Cunningham	1	5	.167	5.43	17	5					58.0	58	48	35		59
Donald Henson					19						0.0
Alwin Aguilar					14						0.0
Totals	54	76	.415	4.88	239	132	0	0	0	0	1125.0	1183	796	610	0	767	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
Jose Perez	97	376	376		125	20	2	1						.332	.332	.404	.737	152
George Owen	118	418	418		119	31	5	13						.285	.285	.476	.761	199
Bill Wells	129	438	438		116	18	3	15						.265	.265	.422	.687	185
John Stratton	131	497	497		115	13	4	1						.231	.231	.280	.511	139
James Reiman	126	444	444		111	15	4	5						.250	.250	.336	.586	149
Delbert Kast	77	302	302		95	16	1	11						.315	.315	.483	.798	146
Richie Morse	131	440	440		90	19	1	3						.205	.205	.273	.477	120
Arnie Hallgren	82	298	298		77	15	3	9						.258	.258	.419	.678	125
Bud Belardi	86	315	315		73	9	5	6						.232	.232	.349	.581	110
Bobby Sturgeon	59	216	216		71	13	1	1						.329	.329	.412	.741	89
Frank Nubin	40	149	149		29	5	4	0						.195	.195	.282	.477	42
Harley Resh	43	80	80		20	2	1	0						.250	.250	.300	.550	24
Jack Schlarb	31	81	81		18	3	0	0						.222	.222	.259	.481	21
Nick Sunseri	19	74	74		16	2	1	1						.216	.216	.311	.527	23
Frank Followell	53	97	97		13	1	1	0						.134	.134	.165	.299	16
Donald Boggini	23	78	78		12	2	0	0						.154	.154	.179	.333	14
Manny Pérez	37	81	81		12	1	0	1						.148	.148	.198	.346	16
Chuck Freeman	13	47	47		10	2	0	0						.213	.213	.255	.468	12
Chuck Johnston	20	58	58		9	2	1	1						.155	.155	.276	.431	16
Eugene Bowman	31	38	38		8	0	0	1						.211	.211	.289	.500	11
Glenn Hittner	15	40	40		7	3	0	0						.175	.175	.250	.425	10
Joe Pearce	13	29	29		4	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Alwin Aguilar	15	12	12		2	1	0	0						.167	.167	.250	.417	3
William Cunningham	20	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Robert MacNeil	24	39	39		1	0	0	0						.026	.026	.026	.051	1
Donald Henson	20	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1453	4673	4673	0	1155	193	37	69	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.247	.349	.596	1629	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Harley Resh	P	38					.000
Manny Pérez	P	36					.000
Eugene Bowman	P	29					.000
Jack Schlarb	P	23					.000
Robert MacNeil	P	22					.000
Donald Henson	P	19					.000
William Cunningham	P	17					.000
Glenn Hittner	P	15					.000
Alwin Aguilar	P	14					.000
Totals		213	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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