1952 Waycross Bears Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: Fred Williams (80-59)
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 53,428, Avg. 769

1952 Waycross Bears Roster

Playoffs - Valdosta Dodgers 1 game, Waycross Bears 0 - One-game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Albany Cardinals 4 games, Waycross Bears 2

The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1952 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the GGL.

The Bears plated 628 runs and surrendered 523 runs. Moe Bremer led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .309. Taylor Phillips topped Waycross with 21 wins, while James Ensley and Herb Reeves as well added 15 or more victories as well Taylor Phillips registered a 1.39 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Taylor Phillips and Fred Williams both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Fred Williams served as manager.

Click on column headings to sort.

Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Taylor Phillips	21	10	.677	1.39	46						297.0	202	91	46		182
James Ensley	18	9	.667	2.36	35						259.0	212	103	68		88
Herb Reeves	15	12	.556	2.45	32						235.0	187	88	64		102
Norman Chandler	13	8	.619	1.99	30						176.0	151	61	39		73
Bentley Herbert	5	5	.500	2.37	13						76.0	59	26	20		46
Roy Ellis	3	4	.429	6.26	14						46.0	44	38	32		38
Totals	75	48	.610	2.22	170	0	0	0	0	0	1089.0	855	407	269	0	529	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
Moe Bremer	137	486	486		150	26	5	4						.309	.309	.407	.716	198
Chuck Bledsoe	140	506	506		121	16	6	2						.239	.239	.306	.545	155
Lamar Brown	115	406	406		115	10	7	0						.283	.283	.342	.626	139
Luther Brinson	105	380	380		110	16	6	1						.289	.289	.371	.661	141
Fred Williams	113	399	399		98	18	1	0						.246	.246	.296	.541	118
Hoyt McGravy	94	346	346		95	16	6	5						.275	.275	.399	.673	138
Jerrel Harrod	84	300	300		74	10	2	0						.247	.247	.293	.540	88
Hector Faberlle	58	189	189		51	7	5	0						.270	.270	.360	.630	68
Charles Webb	65	235	235		51	14	1	0						.217	.217	.285	.502	67
Alfred Cash	45	174	174		48	8	3	0						.276	.276	.356	.632	62
James Ensley	75	147	147		42	6	1	0						.286	.286	.340	.626	50
Nicholas Chumbris	36	138	138		41	13	0	1						.297	.297	.413	.710	57
Robert Hall	30	95	95		27	3	0	0						.284	.284	.316	.600	30
Joe Rivers	44	141	141		22	5	0	1						.156	.156	.213	.369	30
Herb Reeves	42	100	100		19	2	0	0						.190	.190	.210	.400	21
Bryan Howell	17	61	61		16	2	0	1						.262	.262	.344	.607	21
Taylor Phillips	47	97	97		12	0	0	0						.124	.124	.124	.247	12
Winford Baker	19	55	55		8	2	0	0						.145	.145	.182	.327	10
Norman Chandler	30	55	55		8	0	0	0						.145	.145	.145	.291	8
Antonio Tang	18	53	53		7	0	0	0						.132	.132	.132	.264	7
Alberto Fragela	12	35	35		6	0	0	0						.171	.171	.171	.343	6
Ronald Wilcox	21	51	51		6	3	0	0						.118	.118	.176	.294	9
Bentley Herbert	13	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357	5
Billy Bearden	17	30	30		1	1	0	0						.033	.033	.067	.100	2
Roy Ellis	15	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Rouzee	10	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1402	4526	4526	0	1133	178	43	15	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.319	.569	1442	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Taylor Phillips	P	46					.000
Herb Reeves	P	32					.000
Norman Chandler	P	30					.000
Roy Ellis	P	14					.000
Bentley Herbert	P	13					.000
Totals		135	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.