1952 Yakima Bears Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-79
Finished 5th in the WIL
Manager: Dario Lodigiani (73-79)
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 64,044, Avg. 843

1952 Yakima Bears Roster

The Yakima Bears of the Western International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 73 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the WIL.

The Bears scored 780 runs and allowed 801 runs. Mervyn Donahue paced all regular batters with a .281 average. Jack Thompson topped Yakima with 15 wins, while Bob Savage recorded a 2.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1952 Yakima Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Savage, Dario Lodigiani and Ken Richardson.

Dario Lodigiani 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
Jack Thompson	15	16	.484	4.36	40						233.0	238	137	113	5	128
Tom Del Sarto	13	11	.542	4.22	42						237.0	222	132	111	6	135
Bob Savage	9	7	.562	2.71	27						133.0	122	54	40	4	51
Ken Wright	9	11	.450	4.92	28						159.0	181	111	87	4	106
Chuck Donley	3	4	.429	5.29	22						68.0	74	49	40	3	38
John Albini	3	10	.231	4.63	19						101.0	106	64	52	3	46
Patrick Monahan					10						0.0
Totals	52	59	.468	4.28	188	0	0	0	0	0	931.0	943	547	443	25	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
Chuck Malmberg	147	581	581		151	19	4	0						.260	.260	.306	.566	178
Jerry Zuvela	147	528	528		141	23	10	12						.267	.267	.417	.684	220
Mervyn Donahue	138	498	498		140	22	2	2						.281	.281	.345	.627	172
Dario Lodigiani	123	396	396		126	13	2	3						.318	.318	.384	.702	152
Len Noren	100	403	403		119	21	9	2						.295	.295	.407	.702	164
John Albini	132	422	422		118	23	8	13						.280	.280	.464	.744	196
Ernie Schuerman	91	315	315		85	24	1	2						.270	.270	.371	.641	117
Sal Taormina	80	262	262		76	12	5	4						.290	.290	.420	.710	110
William Andring	52	219	219		75	15	4	1						.342	.342	.461	.804	101
Gene Klingler	53	196	196		65	11	5	2						.332	.332	.469	.801	92
Earl Richmond	75	217	217		52	9	2	0						.240	.240	.300	.539	65
Ken Richardson	45	126	126		35	7	2	1						.278	.278	.389	.667	49
Philip Steinberg	31	110	110		33	4	4	0						.300	.300	.409	.709	45
Dick Briskey	39	146	146		28	9	0	0						.192	.192	.253	.445	37
Jack Thompson	40	82	82		15	0	1	0						.183	.183	.207	.390	17
Kenneth Myers	22	30	30		10	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	10
Patrick O'Keefe	14	36	36		7	1	0	0						.194	.194	.222	.417	8
Bob Savage	27	40	40		6	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	6
Ken Wright	31	58	58		5	2	0	0						.086	.086	.121	.207	7
Tom Del Sarto	43	74	74		5	0	0	0						.068	.068	.068	.135	5
Chuck Donley	22	24	24		4	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	4
Eugene Howard	14	32	32		3	1	0	1						.094	.094	.219	.312	7
Patrick Monahan	11	13	13		2	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Totals	1477	4808	4808	0	1301	216	59	43	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.367	.637	1764	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tom Del Sarto	P	42					.000
Jack Thompson	P	40					.000
Ken Wright	P	28					.000
Bob Savage	P	27					.000
Chuck Donley	P	22					.000
Patrick Monahan	P	10					.000
Totals		169	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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