1952 Welch Miners Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-57
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Jack Crosswhite (59-57)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 34,662, Avg. 598

1952 Welch Miners Roster

Playoffs - Welch Miners 2 games, Bristol Twins 0
Finals - Welch Miners 3 games, Pulaski Phillies 1

The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1952 season with a record of 59 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Miners scored 684 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Philip Williams led Welch with 13 home runs and accounted for 68 RBI. Bob Ganung paced all regular hitters with a .275 average. Paul Johnston topped the team with 15 wins, while James Dinges recorded a 2.51 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Jack Crosswhite 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
Paul Johnston	15	7	.682	2.87	36	21		16	3		201.0	186	87	64		71		160	4	2	3
James Dinges	13	4	.765	2.51	23	15		10	5		129.0	105	46	36		46		60	1	0	5
Jack Hale	12	13	.480	3.82	34	25		8	0		193.0	202	116	82		102		127	3	4	5
John Adams	8	8	.500	4.09	24	16		6	0		141.0	127	77	64		70		107	2	0	5
Michael Marinko	2	1	.667	5.54	6			0			26.0	23	19	16	1	39		26	0		5
Edsil Chilton	1	0	1.000	2.25	4			0			12.0	7	5	3	0	7		9	2		1
John Cramer	1	1	.500	3.00	4			0			3.0	1	3	1	0	10		4	1		0
Desmond Moore	1	1	.500	6.00	6			1			21.0	17	15	14	1	20		13	1		1
James Trenor	1	1	.500	36.00	2			0			1.0	4	4	4	2	0		1	0		0
Leo Jacques	1	2	.333	5.59	11			2			37.0	39	26	23	1	9		16	0		3
Bob Hynes	1	2	.333	5.73	6			0			22.0	30	21	14	3	24		10	0		0
Ron Otten	1	2	.333	9.75	8			1			24.0	34	33	26	1	26		20	1		2
Carroll Plourde	1	3	.250	6.53	22	3		1	0		62.0	67	65	45		59		35	1	0	5
Spencer	0	0			1						0.0
Richard Beamer					1						0.0
Frank Sliwka					10						0.0
Gibson Studley	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Dallas Fisher	0	0		0.00	8						19.0
Eugene Olson	0	0		0.00	2						5.0
Jim Partin	0	0		0.00	5						8.0
Dan Oakes	0	1	.000	9.00	6			0			12.0	14	15	12	0	16		7	1		2
William Schafer	0	1	.000	14.14	4			0			7.0	15	13	11	2	6		2	1		1
William Peterson	0	2	.000	11.57	2			0			7.0	7	9	9	1	5		1	0		2
William DuBrava	0	3	.000	13.00	8			0			18.0	25	27	26	0	24		14	6		5
Totals	58	52	.527	4.27	234	80	0	45	8	0	949.0	903	581	450	12	534	0	612	24	6	45	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 Ganung	117	519	389	96	107	19	1	11	58	6		121	60	.275	.451	.414	.865	161		4	5
James Laney	114	483	406	59	91	9	1	1	47	5		55	88	.224	.337	.259	.595	105		14	8
Ed Redmond	80	361	283	58	90	18	4	6	58	7		70	35	.318	.461	.473	.934	134		5	3
Bill McKeon	80	333	283	39	87	21	2	6	56	5		49	34	.307	.411	.459	.871	130		1	0
Frank Whitehead	101	378	337	42	86	18	3	1	46	2		35	52	.255	.331	.335	.666	113		3	3
Philip Williams	72	313	269	53	80	17	1	13	68	5		26	50	.297	.384	.513	.897	138		12	6
Paul Johnston	71	150	120	21	33	6	0	0	16	0		27	20	.275	.408	.325	.733	39		0	3
Francis Ferger	33	129	115	17	32	10	0	1	13	2		12	12	.278	.357	.391	.748	45		2	0
Mike Cap	20	82	78	7	24	2	1	0	10	2		3	4	.308	.333	.359	.692	28		0	1
Thomas Kenney	13	46	35	9	13	3	2	1	10	0		9	10	.371	.522	.657	1.179	23		2	0
Joseph Uram	17	46	38	5	13	1	0	0	5	0		7	6	.342	.457	.368	.825	14		1	0
John Gillanders	16	53	44	5	12	2	0	0	5	1		6	7	.273	.373	.318	.691	14		1	2
Bill Hammond	12	45	40	4	11	1	0	1	2	2		5	11	.275	.356	.375	.731	15		0	0
Jack Hale	34	88	68	13	11	1	0	0	3	0		15	25	.162	.329	.176	.506	12		2	3
Larry Gauger	10	34	31	5	10	1	0	1	4	0		3	5	.323	.382	.452	.834	14		0	0
Robert Kendrick	14	49	47	8	10	1	2	1	8	2		1	18	.213	.245	.383	.628	18		1	0
Edwin Burke	13	54	45	6	9	1	0	1	4	0		5	13	.200	.333	.289	.622	13		4	0
John Adams	24	58	50	6	7	1	0	0	3	0		7	17	.140	.246	.160	.406	8		0	1
Robert Thomas	13	28	20	2	4	1	0	0	3	1		7	7	.200	.407	.250	.657	5		0	1
Carroll Plourde	22	28	24	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		4	12	.167	.286	.167	.452	4		0	0
James Dinges	23	58	51	4	3	0	0	0	4	0		7	21	.059	.172	.059	.231	3		0	0
Leo Jacques	13	17	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	0		2	7	.143	.250	.357	.607	5		0	1
Peter Simone	15	48	37	2	1	0	0	0	1	1		10	14	.027	.234	.027	.261	1		0	1
Totals	927	3400	2824	466	740	133	17	45	427	41	0	486	528	.262	.380	.369	.749	1042	0	52	38	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Redmond	1B	54	433	30	8	32	.983	8.574
Bob Ganung	1B	39	256	15	5	33	.982	6.949
John Gillanders	1B	15	77	7	9	6	.903	5.600
James Laney	2B	114	264	277	44	57	.925	4.746
Ed Redmond	3B	27	23	59	9	8	.901	3.037
Bob Ganung	3B	19	28	21	12	1	.803	2.579
Edwin Burke	3B	13	12	20	14	0	.696	2.462
Bill McKeon	C	80	453	37	7	9	.986	6.125	4
Frank Whitehead	C	19	97	8	3	0	.972	5.526	1
Thomas Kenney	C	12	63	5	1	0	.986	5.667	2
Philip Williams	OF	71	159	7	4	1	.976	2.338
Frank Whitehead	OF	66	103	9	7	0	.941	1.697
Bob Ganung	OF	62	99	4	5	1	.954	1.661
Francis Ferger	OF	30	68	3	1	0	.986	2.367
Paul Johnston	OF	20	17	2	0	0	1.000	.950
Robert Kendrick	OF	12	14	2	0	0	1.000	1.333
Joseph Uram	OF	11	22	4	3	0	.897	2.364
Paul Johnston	P	36	7	28	3	1	.921	.972
Jack Hale	P	34	7	43	6	3	.893	1.471
John Adams	P	24	10	23	0	1	1.000	1.375
James Dinges	P	23	8	37	1	1	.978	1.957
Carroll Plourde	P	22	3	18	2	1	.913	.955
Leo Jacques	P	11	1	8	1	1	.900	.818
Ron Otten	P	8						.000
Dallas Fisher	P	8						.000
William DuBrava	P	8						.000
Dan Oakes	P	6						.000
Desmond Moore	P	6						.000
Michael Marinko	P	6						.000
Bob Hynes	P	6						.000
Jim Partin	P	5						.000
William Schafer	P	4						.000
John Cramer	P	4						.000
Edsil Chilton	P	4						.000
James Trenor	P	2						.000
William Peterson	P	2						.000
Eugene Olson	P	2						.000
Gibson Studley	P	1						.000
Spencer	P	1						.000
Mike Cap	SS	20	27	50	10	2	.885	3.850
Peter Simone	SS	11	8	21	5	5	.853	2.636
Totals		918	2259	738	160	163	.949	3.265	7	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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