1952 Winston-Salem Cardinals Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 74-63
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Harold Olt (0-0), Jimmy Brown (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Southside Park, Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 60,118, Avg. 878

1952 Winston-Salem Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Durham Bulls 3 games, Winston-Salem Cardinals 0

The Winston-Salem Cardinals of the Carolina League ended the 1952 season with a record of 74 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Cardinals scored 700 runs and conceded 617 runs. Paul Owens led hitters with significant playing time with a .338 average. Lee Peterson topped Winston-Salem with 19 wins and a team-best 1.94 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Johnny Grodzicki played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Winston-Salem Cardinals to do so.

Harold Olt and Jimmy Brown 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
Lee Peterson	19	6	.760	1.94	30						213.0	163	57	46	7	51
William Bernier	13	11	.542	3.23	36						206.0	189	106	74	6	127
Coy Taylor	12	14	.462	3.47	32						210.0	227	121	81	9	57
Jim Michalec	9	9	.500	3.72	31						172.0	169	95	71	9	95
Benny Fasano	6	11	.353	2.89	26						137.0	132	70	44	5	41
Johnny Grodzicki	4	2	.667	4.85	27						78.0	88	52	42	4	30
Don Kohler	3	2	.600	3.75	9						48.0	44	26	20	4	35
Roland Hubbard	3	7	.300	3.99	17						88.0	101	66	39	3	60
Francis Cox					10						0.0
Totals	69	62	.527	3.26	218	0	0	0	0	0	1152.0	1113	593	417	47	496	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
Paul Owens	136	535	535		181	34	7	11						.338	.338	.490	.828	262
William Long	137	539	539		137	29	3	5						.254	.254	.347	.601	187
Karol Kwak	96	366	366		112	14	1	12						.306	.306	.448	.754	164
Robert Rooney	103	403	403		102	17	2	1						.253	.253	.313	.566	126
Bobby Powledge	92	339	339		100	17	3	0						.295	.295	.363	.658	123
Walter Fassler	103	371	371		89	20	0	1						.240	.240	.302	.542	112
Donald Niedringhaus	101	356	356		84	29	1	2						.236	.236	.340	.576	121
Dom Barczewski	105	364	364		72	20	2	8						.198	.198	.330	.527	120
J. C. Dunn	45	156	156		48	12	0	1						.308	.308	.404	.712	63
Gene Barth	31	123	123		36	8	1	3						.293	.293	.447	.740	55
Glenn Zimmerman	29	110	110		34	6	2	0						.309	.309	.400	.709	44
Bill Oberschmidt	37	111	111		30	8	0	1						.270	.270	.369	.640	41
Harold Olt	41	112	112		29	12	1	1						.259	.259	.411	.670	46
Coy Taylor	47	119	119		29	4	2	4						.244	.244	.412	.655	49
Benny Fasano	52	129	129		27	3	1	0						.209	.209	.248	.457	32
Delton Childs	23	88	88		24	2	0	0						.273	.273	.295	.568	26
Jim Michalec	33	75	75		22	6	0	1						.293	.293	.413	.707	31
William Bernier	37	82	82		14	3	0	0						.171	.171	.207	.378	17
Jack Ramsey	23	73	73		13	0	1	0						.178	.178	.205	.384	15
Lee Peterson	30	69	69		12	1	0	0						.174	.174	.188	.362	13
Eli Russo	13	29	29		7	1	0	0						.241	.241	.276	.517	8
Johnny Grodzicki	27	26	26		6	2	0	0						.231	.231	.308	.538	8
Roland Hubbard	17	31	31		6	1	0	0						.194	.194	.226	.419	7
Francis Cox	11	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Totals	1369	4617	4617	0	1217	249	27	51	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.362	.626	1673	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
William Bernier	P	36					.000
Coy Taylor	P	32					.000
Jim Michalec	P	31					.000
Lee Peterson	P	30					.000
Johnny Grodzicki	P	27					.000
Roland Hubbard	P	17					.000
Francis Cox	P	10					.000
Don Kohler	P	9					.000
Totals		192	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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