1952 Vidalia Indians Statistics

Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-58
Finished 3rd in the GSL
Manager: Lowell Hamons (66-58)
Location: Vidalia, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 37,485, Avg. 605

1952 Vidalia Indians Roster

Playoffs - Vidalia Indians 4 games, Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals 2
Finals - Vidalia Indians 4 games, Douglas Trojans 2

The Vidalia Indians of the Georgia State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 66 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the GSL.

The Indians scored 751 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Jim Burns topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .334. Ralph Heaton led Vidalia with 16 wins, while Bob Ward earned a 3.62 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Jake Daniel played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Vidalia Indians to do so.

Lowell Hamons 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
Ralph Heaton	16	5	.762	4.03	31	26					219.0	229	114	98		93
Bob Ward	13	7	.650	3.62	28	21					164.0	141	70	66		126
Charles Price	12	7	.632	3.69	31	17					166.0	173	88	68		78
Marshall Yeider	6	8	.429	5.61	16	16					101.0	105	75	63		62
Fred Plushanski	5	5	.500	4.35	15	11					89.0	109	50	43		20
Doug McDermid	5	7	.417	6.16	19	10					73.0	67	61	50		67
Franklin Miller					10						0.0
Byron Barnett					10						0.0
Charles Bennett	0	6	.000	8.17	12	6					65.0	81	65	59		58
Totals	57	45	.559	4.59	172	107	0	0	0	0	877.0	905	523	447	0	504	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
Jim Burns	125	485	485		162	47	0	25						.334	.334	.586	.920	284
Frank Tepedino	116	432	432		131	21	5	2						.303	.303	.389	.692	168
Mayes Dobbins	122	455	455		117	15	3	0						.257	.257	.303	.560	138
William Collins	112	379	379		109	24	0	16						.288	.288	.478	.765	181
Alton Howard	120	458	458		93	16	1	1						.203	.203	.249	.452	114
Carl Anderson	95	334	334		86	5	1	0						.257	.257	.278	.536	93
Frank Bettineschi	78	268	268		78	9	1	2						.291	.291	.354	.646	95
Roger McPherson	81	307	307		70	13	1	1						.228	.228	.287	.515	88
Kenneth Boyer	87	309	309		69	8	0	1						.223	.223	.259	.482	80
Jake Daniel	44	143	143		34	6	0	7						.238	.238	.427	.664	61
Ralph Heaton	34	93	93		18	2	0	2						.194	.194	.280	.473	26
Charles Price	31	69	69		13	1	1	1						.188	.188	.275	.464	19
Thomas Tingle	17	49	49		11	2	0	0						.224	.224	.265	.490	13
Marshall Yeider	19	42	42		8	2	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	10
Bob Ward	30	59	59		8	1	0	0						.136	.136	.153	.288	9
Charles Bennett	12	26	26		6	1	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500	7
Fred Plushanski	15	36	36		6	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	6
Jim Hughes	13	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Chauncey Lehmann	16	36	36		5	0	0	0						.139	.139	.139	.278	5
Franklin Miller	13	17	17		4	1	0	0						.235	.235	.294	.529	5
Byron Barnett	11	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Doug McDermid	19	31	31		2	0	1	0						.065	.065	.129	.194	4
Totals	1210	4067	4067	0	1038	175	14	58	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.348	.603	1415	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Charles Price	P	31					.000
Ralph Heaton	P	31					.000
Bob Ward	P	28					.000
Doug McDermid	P	19					.000
Marshall Yeider	P	16					.000
Fred Plushanski	P	15					.000
Charles Bennett	P	12					.000
Franklin Miller	P	10					.000
Byron Barnett	P	10					.000
Totals		172	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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