SASKATCHEWAN BASEBALL LEAGUE
(August 23) The Saskatchewan Baseball League today announced that Gus Kyle, veteran Regina Caps' catcher, had tucked away the 1952 league batting crown with a .368 average. Kyle was followed by a pair of North Battleford Beavers, Curtis Tate who stroked the ball at a .349 clip and Ken Nelson who was one percentage point behind at .348.
Les Dean of the North Battleford Beavers wound up as the top hurler with a winning percentage of .857 on 6 wins in 7 decisions. Bob Singleton of the Saskatoon Gems was runner-up with 5 - 1. Singleton with 70 had the most strikeouts. Johnny Coleman of North Battleford had the most wins, 7.
Average : Gus Kyle RGC - .368
Runs : Ken Nelson NB - 50
Hits : Nelson NB - 72
Doubles : Nelson NB & Ken Patterson ES - 12
Triples : Jim Harford, MMA - 6
Home Runs : Bob Herron NB - 12
Stolen Bases : Jim Shields SK & Bill Shea ES - 14
RBI : Herron NB - 46
SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Prediger Pete NB 10 13 5 5 1 0 1 0 7 .385
Knight Bobby MMA 12 51 11 19 4 1 0 1 6 .373
Kyle Walter (Gus) RGC 33 136 25 50 8 2 2 3 29 .368
Tate Curtis NB 48 192 38 67 8 4 3 10 41 .349
Nelson Ken NB 47 207 50 72 12 5 7 8 38 .348
Buttgereit Walter RGC 32 132 18 42 7 4 3 3 20 .318
Bartels Fred RGC 26 89 13 28 2 3 5 2 24 .315
McLeod Pete ES-NB 26 90 10 28 6 1 4 1 16 .311
Hammermeister Dave RGC 12 45 8 14 6 0 1 0 15 .311
Shahzade Art RGC 31 110 25 34 7 1 2 7 13 .309
Herron Bob NB 48 190 40 56 4 4 12 8 46 .295
Shields Jim SKG 45 185 41 54 2 3 2 14 21 .292
Worth Art MMA 41 138 16 40 5 0 2 3 19 .290
Green Louis NB 47 156 27 45 4 1 3 2 27 .288
Bentley Max SKG 44 191 29 54 11 4 0 4 23 .283
Selph Charlie ES 42 171 22 48 5 5 2 7 25 .281
Lauer Lefty SKG 18 25 2 7 0 1 0 0 3 .280
Dean Roy NB 33 126 20 35 8 1 4 1 19 .278
Patterson Ray ES 42 156 22 42 12 1 3 3 26 .269
Garcia Bob SKG 24 67 15 18 1 0 2 1 10 .269
Shirley Jim SKG 42 161 19 43 5 1 0 4 16 .267
Breckner Len SKG 46 156 17 41 4 3 2 2 25 .263
Shea Bill ES 42 158 23 41 5 0 1 14 17 .259
Holdaway Chuck SKG 17 31 3 8 2 1 0 0 8 .258
Harbourne Jackie MMA 41 141 21 36 5 2 3 7 14 .255
Coe Harry ES 23 51 9 13 0 2 0 1 4 .255
Fox Barney NB 39 158 37 40 7 3 2 5 15 .253
Linck Bob RGC 21 95 22 24 3 0 0 2 3 .253
Jacobson Cliff SKG 20 40 5 10 2 0 2 0 4 .250
Bentley Doug SKG 34 117 15 29 3 0 0 8 13 .248
McLeod Jackie NB 45 147 22 36 2 2 1 3 25 .245
Huffman Earl RGC 31 120 17 29 4 1 0 10 9 .242
Dean Les NB .233
Stone Art NB .228 a
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 23, 1952 / (a) NB Program
Wins : Coleman NB - 7
Innings : Hodges MMA - 86
Strikeouts : Singleton SKG - 79
SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Coleman Johnny NB 7 3 .700 84 74 42 28 75 5 0
Dean Les NB 6 1 .857 80 59 27 30 36 3 0
Holdaway Chuck SKG 6 2 .750 71 60 28 24 48 8 2
Hodges Berlyn MMA 6 4 .600 86 80 43 29 38 2 3
Singleton Bob SKG 5 1 .833 64 41 27 42 79 3 8
Coben Murray SKG 4 2 .667 47 43 18 19 18 3 0
Swota Andy NB 4 3 .571 56 57 29 9 32 2 1
Hinckley Cless RGC 3 0 1.000 47 37 13 14 41 1 3
Read George SKG 3 1 .750 38 23 12 8 42 1 1
Hannah Jack SKG 3 1 .750 22 23 9 3 14 1 0
Hodges Lowell MMA 2 1 .667 30 20 9 11 6 2 2
Buttgereit Walter RGC 2 1 .667 27 28 19 10 10 2 1
Herron Bob NB 3 3 .500 a
McLeod Jackie NB 4 4 .500 a
NB = North Battleford Beavers, SKG = Saskatoon Gems, RGC = Regina Caps,
MMA = Moose Jaw Maples, ES = Estevan Maple Leafs
SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
Doug Hingley, Regina Royal Caps first baseman, claimed the batting title in the Southern League with a .333 average, edging out catcher Frank Mayor of the Weyburn Beavers. Ken McEachern of the Caps finished third.
Garnet Campbell of Avonlea, with a 5-0, record finished as the leading pitcher. Lionel L'Heureux of Notre Dame was in the most games, 13. Gordon Campbell, Avonlea, had the most complete games, 6.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Hingley Doug RRC 66 22 .333
Mayor Frank WY 76 25 .329
McEachern Ken RGR 64 21 .328
Barth Rudy MA 56 18 .321
Sanderson Archie AV 70 22 .314
Covert Keith WY 62 19 .306
Shupe Jack WY 50 15 .300
Becker Walt ND 71 21 .296
Fulton Jackie RRC 48 14 .292
Campbell Garnet AV 79 23 .291
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 19,1952
Wins : Garnet Campbell AV & Lionel L'Heureux ND - 5
Won-Lost Pct : Campbell AV - 5-0, 1.000
Games : L'Heurteux ND - 13
Games Started : Frank Booth RGR - 7
Complete Games : Gordon Campbell AV - 6
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Campbell Garnet AV 6 4 3 5 0 1.000
L'Heureux Lionel ND 13 6 3 5 4 .556
Shupe Gayle WY 6 4 4 4 1 .800
Hogg Ralph WY 6 6 4 4 1 .800
Campbell Gordon AV 10 6 6 4 2 .667
Woolley Don RRC 7 4 4 3 1 .750
Covert Keith WY 8 4 4 3 1 .750
Harrison Cliff RRC 7 5 3 3 2 .600
Barth Rudy MA 6 4 4 3 2 .600
Morden Doug RRC 3 2 1 2 0 1.000
Vogt Al RRC 2 2 1 2 0 1.000
Lilley Les ND 3 2 0 2 0 1.000
Sorenson Cliff AV 4 3 2 2 1 .667
Heidt Ed MA 5 5 4 2 2 .500
Cope Harold RGR 5 4 3 2 2 .500
McMurtry Pete RRC 5 5 4 2 3 .400
Richardson Wes RGR 7 6 5 2 3 .400
Kirkpatrick Jim AV 3 2 1 1 0 1.000
Germann Frank ND 4 2 2 1 1 .500
Selinger Jim WY 5 4 2 1 3 .250
Scott Dick MA 6 5 3 1 4 .200
Daley Tim ND 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Dombowsky Hugo ND 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Padewski John ND 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Namtzu Vic MA 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Lowe Bill RGR 3 1 0 0 0 .000
McMillan Bob RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Machan Ken RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Knox George WY 2 1 1 0 1 .000
Downtown Aubrey AV 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Gottselig Albert MA 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Gottselig Wilf MA 2 2 1 0 1 .000
Ivany Jerry MA 2 0 0 0 1 .000
Welsh Gerry RGR 2 1 0 0 2 .000
Prosofsky Ed RGR 5 2 2 0 2 .000
Millette Lucien ND 4 4 1 0 3 .000
Tysdale Elmer AV 3 3 0 0 3 .000
Booth Frank RGR 7 7 4 0 6 .000
* Pitching statistics compiled from box scores, game reports.
RRC = Regina Royal Caps, AV = Avonlea Arrows, WY = Weyburn Beavers,
ND = Notre Dame Hounds, MA = Milestone Athletics, RGR = Regina Red Sox
MANDAK LEAGUE
(James B. Sullivan, Minot Daily News, September 10, 1952)
Final official statistics of the Manitoba-Dakota baseball league for 1952 confirm Manager Zoonie McLean of Minot as the batting champion with a .369 average.
Members of the champion Mallards led in seven individual departments and shared honors in two others. Outfielder Yogi Giammarco and third baseman Duke Bowman of the Mallards each paced two departments in the league figures. Giammarco set a new M-D mark of 11 home runs to eclipse Bob Harvey's record of nine, posted for the Winnipeg Elmwood Giants in 1951. Yogi also led the league in runs scored for 1952 with 56. McLean was second with 54.
Bowman chalked up 233 official times at bat for No. 1 in the circuit and also led all third sackers with a fielding percentage of .938.
Catcher Joe Massaro's total of 55 runs batted in topped Butch Davis' record of 53 for Winnipeg's Buffaloes in 1951.
Center fielder Don Corcoran, another Mallard, was the best outfielder in the league with a .986 fielding percentage. He made only two errors.
Two other Minoters shared individual honors. Outfielder Wally Jako and Winnipeg catcher Lou Louden collected 18 doubles each to pace the loop. Second sacker John Kennedy and the Giants' second baseman-manager, Jess Douglas, stole 14 bases each to show the way.
Outfielder Chick Longest of Carman garnered the most hits in the league this year - 76.
Brandon's Joe Mitchell, a second baseman, established a new mark for triples with 13. Davis held the old figure of nine, recorded in 1951.
Lefthander Hal Price of Winnipeg won the most games, 10, and southpaw Harry Butts of Brandon lost the most, 9.
First baseman Lyman Bostock of Carman led the first sackers with a .989 FA and listed the most putouts for the third year in a row, 505. He had 457 in 1950 and 560 in 1951 - both for the Buffaloes, now defunct.
Douglas of Winnipeg accumulated the most assists, 159, and teammate Nick Cannuli, at shortstop, made the most errors for the summer, 32.
McLean is the all-time leader in assists with 225 in 1951 and shortstop Sonny Andrews of Carman holds the high figure for errors, 39, in 1950.
Skeeter Watkins edged Mclean for fielding honors in 1952. The Carman shortstop compiled a .914 to McLean's .907.
Behind Bowman's .938 at third base was Carman's Ernie Boushe's .875.
Douglas fielded .946 for Winnipeg, Kennedy .930 for Minot and Joe Mitchell .912 for Brandon.
Winnipeg's John Washington was runner-up to Bostock's .989 at first base with a .985 average. Quincy Barbee of Minot had a .982.
Louden was the No. 1 catcher by one point. The Giant made a .975 record and Massaro of the Mallards had .974.
Corcoran's two garden mates were second and third in fielding for outfielders. Jako's .973 made him No. 2 and Giammarco's .949 place him in third spot.
Number of games played is taken into consideration in fielding. In batting a player, according to official rules, must have as many official times at bat as the number of games times 2.6.
For example, Les Lockett of Winnipeg had a .390 average - 21 points better than McLean's - but he had only 100 official times at bat. The number of games scheduled by each team, 54 times 2.6 is 140, leaving Lockett short 40 by appearances.
However, if a batter is so far ahead in the averages that the addition of the necessary ABs would still make him the nominal leader, he also would be champion. Lockett's average would be .279 under those circumstances, however. Official statisticians for 1952 were Bobby Woods and Gloria Swenson. Miss Swenson succeeded Woods in June. Both were members of The News staff.
Lefty Hal Price of Winnipeg Giants led the ManDak in wins, with 10. He also topped the loop in innings, 153, and in strikeouts, 130. Gentry Jessup, of Carman, had eight wins
Average : Zoonie McLean MI - .369
Hits : McLean MI - 76
Doubles : Lou Louden WG & Wally Jako MI - 18
Triples : Joe Mitchell BR - 13
Home Runs : Yogi Giammarco MI - 11
Runs : Giammarco MI - 56
RBI : Joe Massaro MI - 55
Stolen Bases : John Kennedy MI & Jesse Douglas WG - 14
MANDAK FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
McLean Zoonie MI 48 195 54 72 12 6 7 4 46 .369
Longest Chick CA 54 220 43 76 10 3 8 4 41 .345
Bostock Lyman CA 54 195 46 64 11 1 5 2 36 .328
Louden Lou WG 51 186 32 61 18 1 5 3 43 .328
Giammarco Yogi MI 53 188 56 60 15 4 11 7 47 .319
King Clarence BR 37 143 27 45 7 3 2 9 19 .315
Vasquez Bus BR 44 159 32 50 9 6 1 7 24 .314
Jako Walter MI 55 222 48 69 18 2 7 3 46 .311
Castille Irvin BR 44 149 30 46 6 4 1 4 22 .309
Mitchell Joe BR 54 206 39 62 11 13 0 8 28 .301
Bowman Duke MI 55 233 47 70 9 5 2 1 27 .300
Hill Sam CA 53 222 44 64 9 3 5 4 33 .288
Massaro Joe MI 51 220 26 63 11 3 3 1 55 .286
Kennedy John MI 49 196 46 56 7 8 1 14 26 .286
Andrews Sonny CA 53 189 47 53 9 3 4 2 30 .280
Barbee Quincy MI 43 172 35 48 6 3 3 1 32 .279
Robinson Norm BR 49 196 29 54 9 5 1 5 27 .276
Douglas Jesse WG 51 183 33 49 9 3 2 14 25 .268
Washington John WG 49 181 31 48 7 0 2 3 28 .265
Corcoran Don MI 55 190 44 50 4 1 9 9 33 .263
Hyde Cowan WG 52 211 34 54 5 2 2 9 26 .256
Canuli Nick WG 55 193 50 49 9 1 1 3 30 .254
Colas Jose BR 37 147 17 36 4 0 3 10 21 .245
Wilson Don WG 48 181 28 43 8 1 1 4 16 .238
Boushy Ernie CA 52 202 29 46 3 2 0 3 24 .228
Watkins Murray BR 52 213 38 48 6 3 0 12 13 .225
Powell Jerry WG 49 147 23 31 7 2 1 0 4 .211
Fewer Than 140 ABs)
Wells Willie BR 10 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 .667
Porter Andy CA 3 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 .429
Lockett Lester WG 28 100 20 39 6 0 3 1 18 .390
Clifford Luther BR 27 112 20 37 10 1 3 6 23 .330
Jessup Gentry CA 33 105 8 34 6 1 1 0 18 .324
Kelly John MI 19 54 7 17 2 1 1 0 6 .315
Martin Warren MI 12 27 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 .296
Argudin Cesar BR 41 12 2 .293 a
Schaefer Jack CA 24 82 12 23 4 0 1 2 18 .280
Cain Sugar MI 22 61 9 17 2 0 3 1 14 .279
McKerlie Almer CA 37 126 11 35 2 1 0 0 21 .278
Parker Tom WG 16 34 5 9 2 0 1 0 7 .265
Brenzel Fred CA 29 90 10 23 3 0 0 1 8 .256
Robinson Frazier BR 27 91 5 23 3 0 0 1 13 .253
Pigg Leonard CA 12 40 4 10 1 0 0 0 6 .250
Tiller Bob MI 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Price Hal WG 30 77 12 19 2 0 1 0 10 .247
Richardson TW BR 14 33 4 8 1 0 3 1 4 .242
Finch Ray WG 7 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 .231
Butts Harry BR 20 50 6 11 1 0 0 0 8 .220
Rhodes Harry CA 25 65 9 14 1 0 4 0 2 .215
Spearman Al WG 19 42 6 9 0 0 0 5 12 .214
Richardson Murray CA 9 14 5 3 0 0 0 0 7 .214
Gaines Jonas MI 10 26 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 .192
Bryant Allen WG 10 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 .190
Albosta Ed MI 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188
Brown Barney BR 5 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 .188
Conley Butch CA 15 65 9 12 1 0 0 0 7 .185
Gallegos Mel CA 20 60 2 11 1 0 0 2 5 .183
Murray Mal MI 12 34 4 6 1 0 0 0 5 .176
Jenkins PeeWee BR 15 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 .167
Greene Wilbur MI 35 113 16 15 3 2 0 2 8 .133
McCoy Walter WG 12 24 3 3 2 0 1 0 5 .125
Hutchinson Willie CA 12 30 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .100
Amaro Mario BR 9 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .095
Ridley Weldon CA 18 1 0 .056 a
Williams Sam BR 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Source : Minot Daily News, Sept 10, 1952
(a) Ridley & Argudin were not noted in the final stats having left the league
earlier. Their final stats were published on August 7th
Wins : Price WG - 10
Innings : Price WG - 153
Strikeouts : Price WG - 130
MAN-DAK LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Price, Hal WG 10 5 .667 153 156 70 130 13
Jessup, Gentry CA 8 8 .500 125 124 47 64 4
Kelly, John MI 7 2 .778 84 79 54 35 4
Cain, Sugar MI 7 3 .700 74 73 19 70 2
Richardson, TW BR 5 2 .714 63 51 39 31 0
Amaro, Mario BR 5 3 .625 68 90 24 42 2
Murray, Mal MI 5 3 .625 71 75 26 17 2
Parker, Tom WG 5 3 .625 55 52 25 43 4
Hutchinson, Willie CA 5 5 .500 99 79 28 52 2
Butts, Harry BR 5 9 .357 111 103 73 96 7
Brown, Barney BR 4 1 .800 41 34 9 35 3
Gaines, Jonas MI 4 3 .571 74 67 20 42 2
McCoy, Walter CA 4 4 .500 71 87 29 31 4
Richardon, Murray CA 4 4 .500 79 81 51 57 6
Martin, Warren MI 3 1 .750 48 41 26 27 2
Bryant, Allen Lefty WG 3 2 .600 55 60 20 27 0
Jenkins, Pee Wee BR 3 3 .500 57 72 33 24 3
Rhodes, Harry CA 3 3 .500 48 51 32 16 1
Brenzel, Fred CA 3 8 .273 92 103 51 54 3
Porter, Andy CA 2 0 1.000 17 12 2 10 0
Greene, Wilbur MI 2 1 .667 41 50 20 15 2
Vasquez, Armando BR 2 4 .333 46 61 17 19 2
McKerlie, Almer CA 1 0 1.000 5 3 8 1 0
Williams, Sam BR 1 2 .333 16 23 9 3 0
Spearman, Al WG 1 3 .250 25 39 15 17 1
Albosta, Ed MI 1 5 .167 40 53 12 8 1
Barbee, Quincy MI 0 0 .000 7 8 4 1 0
Wells, Willie Sr. BR 0 0 .000 4 6 2 1 0
Finch, Ray WG 0 3 .000 27 42 9 15 0
* Minot Daily News, September 10, 1952
MI = Minot Mallards, CA = Carman Cardinals, WG = Winnipeg Giants, BR = Brandon Greys
CHINOOK (ALBERTA) LEAGUE
Jack Steele of the Universal Mercurys and Bill Fennessey of Purity 99 were the hitting stars of the 1952 Chinook League. Steele, with a late season spurt - he had five straight hits in one stretch - took the batting crown with a .382 average. John Kelly of Twin Cities was second at .370 and Jim Saville of Drumheller finished third with a .364 mark. Fennessey, who was 5th at .340, was tops in runs, 51, hits, 68, home runs, 10, and runs batted in, 49. Saville had the most doubles, 16. Gordon Mundle of Twin Cities had the most steals, 30.
Carstairs lefty Don Kirk was well out in front with 16 wins. He also had the best earned run average, 1.46, and topped the circuit in innings pitched, 160, and strikeouts, 230. Brian Gibson of Purity 99, with a perfect 11-0 record, and Frank Stone, also of Purity, at 10-0, tied for the best winning percentage. Kirk wound up at 16-2.
AVE: Steele CGM - .382
RUNS : Fennessey C99 - 51
HITS : Fennessey C99 - 68
2B : Saville DH - 16
3B : Brown RCAF - 3
HR : Fennessey C99 - 10
RBI : Fennessey C99 - 49
SB : Mundle TC - 30
CHINOOK BASEBALL LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Steele Jack CGM 34 131 34 50 24 .382
Kelly John TC 43 162 28 60 28 .370
Saville Jim DH 40 176 46 64 16 41 .364
Wylie Harvey CGM 40 161 40 55 20 .342
Fennessey Bill C99 40 200 51 68 10 49 .340
McPherson Ron C99 29 119 35 40 27 .336
Sabo Joe CGM 37 131 24 43 21 .328
Ing Cyril CS 43 178 34 57 26 .320
Andronyk Jack DH 39 173 40 55 13 .318
Loewen Don CS 28 109 20 34 10 .312
VanWassenhove Reg C99 46 162 44 50 15 .309
McKinnon Jim DH 40 173 33 52 26 .301
English Ron C99 32 117 33 35 18 .299
Farrar Roy TC 45 180 29 51 14 .283
Weaver Bing C99 33 121 17 34 22 .281
Ing Bruce CS 35 144 23 40 16 .278
Wilson Hugh CS 37 137 17 38 18 .277
Brown Cliff RCAF 42 185 31 51 3 16 .276
Lenz Jim C99 33 118 21 32 11 .271
Mundle Gordon TC 39 127 26 34 30 10 .268
Lanman Paddy TC 45 172 23 46 32 .267
Casebeer Mernus CS 41 173 23 46 17 .266
Hood Bill STD 36 109 19 29 10 .266
Bertamini Art DH 34 121 22 32 16 .264
Neilsen Dale STD 36 126 16 33 6 .262
Leisemer John CS 41 175 32 45 16 .257
Boyd Charlie CGM 30 105 20 27 22 .257
Young Johnny TC 42 157 27 40 17 .255
Bassen Hank CGM 42 163 29 41 25 .252
Scott Pete C99 46 196 34 49 24 .250
Sawyer Tony RCAF 37 140 27 35 17 .250
Source : Calgary Herald, September 3, 1952
CGM=Calgary Universal Mercurys, C99=Calgary Purity, CS=Carstairs, DH=Drumheller,
RCAF=Air Force, TC=Twin Cities
WINS : Kirk CS - 16
PCT : Gibson C99, 11-0 - 1.000
ERA : Kirk CS - 1.46
CHINOOK BASEBALL LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Kirk Don CS 21 16 16 16 2 .889 160 103 38 26 230 1.46
Gibson Brian C99 11 0 1.000 103 63 43 17 1.49
Sagstuen Hans TC 7 6 .538 89 73 37 16 1.61
Ebner Norm TC 10 2 .833 95 81 44 19 1.80
Bradley Lloyd C99 6 1 .857 121 117 45 27 2.01
Makos John DH 10 1 .909 103 77 38 18 2.18 (1)
Stone Frank C99 10 0 1.000 94 85 33 26 2.48
Tanner Chuck C99 5 1 .833 49 48 24 14 2.55
Andronyk Jack DH 2 1 .667 30 35 20 9 2.70
Brian Ken CS 6 6 .500 105 84 52 32 2.75
Boyd Charlie CGM 3 2 .600 56 43 30 17 2.75
Berlando Jimmy DH 5 5 .500 80 58 40 26 2.93 (1)
Dickson Bill RCAF 3 6 .333 89 70 63 30 3.03
O'Neill Jack CGM 3 5 .375 62 54 41 21 3.06
McQueen Mac RCAF 7 9 .438 119 130 83 43 3.25
MacEwen Bentley CGM/TC 6 7 .462 122 115 80 45 3.29
Yurchak Steve TC 3 5 .375 57 52 43 25 3.92
Slugget DH 3 2 .600 39 43 23 17 3.95
Ryan Ernie RCAF 1 4 .200 70 85 60 31 3.96
(1) Berland and Makos were not listed in the final statistics published September 3rd. They were
included in the statistics published August 13th and neither is believed to have pitched again
in the regular season after that date. Makos was shown with a 2.18 ERA, but with the earned runs
and innings shown, the figure should have been 1.57.
Source : Calgary Herald, September 3, 1952
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE
Russ Evon of the London Majors won the 1952 Intercounty League batting title with a .361 average, well ahead of Don Butler of St. Thomas. Evon, who won the batting championship in 1946 and was the runner-up in 1948, led the league in hits, 69, and RBI, 44. Former major leaguer Pat Seerey led the loop in homers, with 11.
Chuck Fedoris of Kitchener was the league's top pitcher with at 12-2 mark. Bob Brake of London had the best ERA, 1.82
Average : Evon LDN - .361
Hits : Evon LDN - 69
Home Runs : Seerey GU - 11
RBI : Evon LDN - 44
Stolen Bases : Turowski Andy GT, Welker Dick KR - 23
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Evon Russ LDN 44 .361
Butler Don STT .327
Seerey Pat GU 11 31
Source : Intercounty Record Book
Wins : Fedoris KR - 12
Won-Lost Pct : Fedoris KR - .857
Strikeouts : Brake Bob LDN - 69
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Fedoris Chuck KR 12 2 .857
Brake Bob LDN 109 22 69 1.82a
Source : Intercounty Record Book & (a) Toronto Star, August 27, 1952
BRS=Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph Maple Leafs, KR=Kitchener Panthers,
LDN=London Majors, STT=St. Thomas Elgins, WAT=Waterloo Tigers
COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE
Johnny Haramboure of the Cambell River Athletics ran away with the 1952 batting title in the Comox District League finishing with a .468 average, well ahead of teammate Joe Kanik. M.Hawkins of Comox Valley Tigers was third with a .385 average.
COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Haramboure Johnny CR 79 37 .468
Kanik Joe CR 90 36 .400
Hawkins M. COM 78 30 .385
Marshall Don CR 70 24 .343
McIvor Bob(Shorty) CNL 64 21 .328
Telosky Andy CR 62 20 .323
Conti Ty CR 75 24 .320
Rallison Billy CUC 64 20 .313
Hlady Paul COM 74 23 .311
McKenzie Lyle CNL 66 20 .303
Courtenay Legion Bezanson CNL 29 13 .448 Coleman CNL 18 7 .389 Chalmers Junior CNL 56 19 .339 McIvor Bob(Shorty) CNL 64 21 .328 McKenzie Lyle CNL 66 20 .303 Orr Fred CNL 97 27 .278 Quinn Spit CNL 37 10 .270 Downey Dick CNL 84 21 .250 Downey Ray CNL 60 15 .250 Moore W. CNL 12 3 .250 McDonald G. CNL 4 1 .250 Moore Roy CNL 51 12 .235 Stevenson Cy CNL 99 22 .222 Gordon Doc CNL 28 6 .214 Woods Earl CNL 53 11 .208 Montgomery Skip CNL 60 10 .167 Montgomery Jerry CNL 64 10 .156 Briggs Tillman CNL 9 0 .000 Vaton J. CNL 1 0 .000 Campbell River Athletics Brown CR 2 1 .500 Haramboure Johnny CR 79 37 .468 Kanik Joe CR 90 36 .400 Telosky Sam CR 44 17 .386 Marshall Don CR 70 24 .343 Telosky Andy CR 62 20 .323 Conti Ty CR 75 24 .320 Fiscus Bud CR 48 15 .313 Turcotte CR 94 27 .287 Pavlik CR 73 19 .260 Cameron Don CR 67 15 .224 Calnan Horace CR 40 8 .200 Ross CR 12 2 .167 Cameron R. CR 15 0 .000 Kingzett CR 6 0 .000 Campbell River Cougars Thulin R. CRC 11 6 .545 Genederson CRC 4 2 .500 Dobson Bud CRC 32 12 .375 McDonald Skip CRC 45 16 .356 Korsa J. CRC 48 17 .354 Thulin T. CRC 25 8 .320 Jenkinson Tom CRC 17 5 .294 Gaines D. CRC 36 10 .278 Borgsford CRC 24 6 .250 Morrison Ian CRC 24 5 .208 Spiers Leroy CRC 37 7 .189 Motion R. CRC 27 5 .185 Jones V. CRC 22 4 .182 Marshall D. CRC 21 3 .143 Thulin Harry CRC 53 7 .132 Thulin J. CRC 15 1 .067 Brundage CRC 6 0 .000 Enns Hank CRC 3 0 .000 Fortunaso E. CRC 2 0 .000 Garrett CRC 1 0 .000 Thulin L. CRC 4 0 .000 Cumberland Cubs Boyd Charlie CUC 25 10 .400 Weir E. CUC 22 7 .318 Rallison Billy CUC 64 20 .313 Tobacco Tim CUC 26 7 .269 Murphy Gerald CUC 47 12 .255 Moncrief W. CUC 67 17 .254 Millburn CUC 37 9 .243 Bono E. CUC 28 5 .179 Halina E. CUC 56 10 .179 Pearce CUC 57 10 .175 Ellis Jimmy CUC 26 4 .154 Watson Marvin CUC 20 3 .150 Somerville A. CUC 18 2 .111 Brown J. CUC 15 1 .067 Cochrane F. CUC 14 0 .000 Roses W. CUC 11 0 .000 Somerville J. CUC 8 0 .000 Cochlan F. CUC 7 0 .000 Skiba A. CUC 2 0 .000 Comox Tigers Hawkins M. COM 78 30 .385 Smith Art COM 42 15 .357 Marsden COM 54 18 .333 Jeffrey COM 18 6 .333 Hlady Paul COM 74 23 .311 Reid Dave COM 39 11 .282 Jackson E. COM 71 19 .268 Vesterback Gus COM 32 8 .250 Fletcher COM 4 1 .250 Smith Jack COM 36 8 .222 Matthews Dan COM 18 4 .222 Clifford Fred COM 23 5 .217 Smith Ray/Ron COM 54 11 .204 James D. COM 49 6 .122 Pratt Gordon COM 27 3 .111 Schilling COM 22 2 .091 Watkinson COM 12 1 .083 Hutchinson COM 7 0 .000 Raye COM 7 0 .000 Kennelly COM 4 0 .000 Vaton COM 4 0 .000 Langsten COM 1 0 .000 Janes D. COM 3 0 .000 Union Bay Braves Lund Ron UB 33 11 .333 Adamson D. UB 32 10 .313 Richardson L. UB 29 9 .310 Kennedy A. UB 39 11 .282 Geary Bob UB 26 6 .231 McKay Sid UB 49 10 .204 Younger Jack UB 20 4 .200 McKay R.(Bob) UB 15 3 .200 Renwick Jack UB 5 1 .200 Shillito Ed UB 52 10 .192 Brandback D. UB 36 5 .139 McKay J. UB 39 5 .128 Pratt Ron UB 19 1 .053 Kennedy D. UB 14 0 .000 Shillito Sam UB 13 0 .000 Erie UB 1 0 .000
Source : Comox District Free Press, August 28, 1952
CNL=Courtenay Legion, COM=Comox Valley Tigers, CR=Campbell River Athletics,
CRC=Campbell River Cougars, CUC=Cumberland Cubs, UB=Union Bay Braves
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE
The versatile first baseman-outfielder of the Faribault Lakes, Augie Schlaffer is the 1952 batting king in the Southern Minnesota League. In 39 games, the veteran star produced a .362 average to top runner-up Jack LaVelle of Owatonna by just 4 points, with Andy Baud of Waseca just two points behind LaVelle. Schlaffer had a .333 mark in 1951. Big Clint "Timber" Dahlberg was the loop's home run king, with 18, and produced the most runs, driving in 45. Dick Kaess of Faribault had the most hits, 63. Billy Leach of Winona was tops in doubles, with 15, and Roy Gilmore of Austin led in triples, with four. A complete record of runs scored was not available, but of those reported,Val Heim of Albert lead was tops with 38. Baud led in thefts, with 14.
LeRoy "Stumpy" Jones of Albert Lea and Arleigh Kraupa of Waseca were the top hurlers, each with 12 wins and 3 losses. Kraupa was the league's workhorse with 139 innings pitched. Carmen Ferullo of Albert Lea appeared in the most games, 21, and Carl DeRose of Austin had the most complete games, 13. Ferullo led in strikeouts with 109.
AVERAGE : Schlaffer FAR - .362
HITS : Kaess FAR - 63
RUNS : Heim LEA - 38
2B : Leach WIN - 15
3B - Gilmore AUS - 4
HR : Dahlberg ROC - 18
RBI : Dahlberg ROC - 45
SB : Baud WSA - 14
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Carew Bob AUS 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Blanchard Don MAK 4 18 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 .389 Cavosie Joe WSA 24 88 33 4 1 4 0 19 .375 Schlaffer Augie FAR 39 130 20 47 10 3 3 0 32 .362 LaVelle Jack OW 41 148 53 7 0 9 4 30 .358 Phipps Jim WIN 24 70 16 25 2 0 3 1 11 .357 Timm Charley WIN 24 14 2 5 2 0 0 0 3 .357 Baud Andy WSA 40 174 62 13 3 4 14 27 .356 Kaess Dick FAR 42 179 37 63 10 0 7 2 35 .352 Weiczorek Ralph(Butch) WIN 20 43 6 15 0 0 1 0 10 .349 Magula Steve MAK 17 63 7 22 3 0 1 1 10 .349 Gilbert Al MAK 33 138 26 48 6 0 5 4 18 .348 Jones LeeRoy LEA 18 55 11 19 5 0 3 0 17 .345 Laga Frank WSA 20 41 5 14 3 0 0 0 8 .341 Campeau Bill AUS 40 148 50 6 0 10 0 29 .338 Gilmore Roy AUS 41 162 54 8 4 11 5 39 .333 Notermann Dick AUS 9 21 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Studener Les MAK 7 9 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 .333 Robinson Clyde FAR 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McPartland Doug ROC 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Carlson Arthur MAK 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Hoeft Fred ROC 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .333 Dahlberg Clint ROC 42 157 29 52 6 2 18 0 45 .331 Giebel Arnie OW 42 153 50 6 0 1 7 12 .327 Davis Ernie LEA 42 163 36 53 10 0 9 0 38 .325 Fuchs Bill WIN-OW 30 114 37 5 0 3 3 18 .325 Thomas Gene WSA 20 71 23 4 0 8 0 15 .324 Snyder Norm WIN 39 153 37 49 8 2 10 0 41 .320 Yankowski George ROC 23 97 10 31 4 0 2 1 16 .320 Martin Olin AUS 38 148 47 11 1 2 0 21 .318 Miller Frank MAK 41 167 21 53 7 0 7 2 21 .317 Hormann Gabby WIN 39 153 26 48 9 1 6 13 25 .314 Harpuder Mel AUS 27 71 22 3 0 5 0 17 .310 Juelke Connie ROC 38 165 29 51 9 1 6 0 25 .309 Heim Val LEA 42 169 38 52 10 1 9 1 36 .308 Marquardt Del LEA 41 156 22 48 10 2 4 1 22 .308 Weiczorek Ches WIN 22 52 14 16 3 0 5 0 13 .308 Jensen Babe LEA 40 154 31 47 10 0 7 3 25 .305 Kuhlman Bob AUS 18 33 10 3 0 1 1 4 .303 Shepard Jack AUS 28 116 35 2 1 5 7 15 .302 Modica Joe MAK 28 106 24 32 3 2 9 6 19 .302 Gerkin Steve ROC 7 10 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Green Frank FAR 25 127 27 38 4 1 6 9 15 .299 Shargey Stan WIN 40 148 32 44 4 0 1 6 17 .297 Younghans Hal WSA 42 179 53 10 1 0 0 15 .296 Brennan MAK 5 17 4 5 1 0 0 0 3 .294 Will Bob MAK 21 75 12 22 10 1 1 1 3 .293 Sebastian John AUS 15 48 14 1 0 1 0 7 .292 Monje Juan(Chico) MAK 26 103 15 30 9 0 2 0 15 .291 Thompson Adrian FAR 42 176 32 51 12 1 5 3 17 .290 Cassidy Dick WSA 26 97 28 3 1 1 0 17 .289 Maren Bob FAR 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Lindgren Red AUS 41 172 49 6 0 5 2 29 .285 Nascak Emil WIN 42 166 27 47 4 0 1 4 14 .283 Floyd Junie OW-AUS 25 92 26 7 1 3 3 14 .283 McCabe Bob LEA 41 167 28 47 5 2 4 1 20 .281 Lucken Ole FAR 33 129 24 36 7 2 3 1 19 .279 Czpalewski Dick WIN 27 97 18 27 2 0 2 4 10 .278 Masterson Tom FAR 17 54 7 15 4 0 1 0 2 .278 Gilchrist Verdan LEA 38 141 36 39 7 1 0 2 14 .277 Raso Joe AUS 42 166 45 10 0 2 2 13 .271 Schaber Jerry OW 29 100 27 4 0 0 2 7 .270 Whitcher Bobby ROC-MAK 19 63 3 17 1 0 1 0 3 .270 Balance Bob WSA 18 37 10 0 0 0 1 6 .270 Giel Paul WIN 11 26 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 .269 Oates Red WSA 42 142 38 2 1 4 2 23 .268 Gittens Ed WIN 36 143 28 38 5 0 10 0 30 .266 Gomez Pedro MAK 26 112 14 30 5 0 3 0 14 .268 Mealey Hudson(Hockey) FAR 34 105 8 28 7 0 3 0 16 .267 Faber Bob OW 18 19 5 1 0 1 0 1 .263 Sprys George LEA 41 169 25 44 6 0 6 5 36 .260 Crawford Glen ROC 41 151 18 39 8 1 2 1 15 .258 Johnston Homer ROC 42 156 19 40 6 0 7 0 13 .256 Saul Pep FAR 13 39 2 10 4 0 0 0 2 .256 Hoeksema Dick OW 25 59 15 4 0 2 1 10 .254 Lundquist Jack OW 17 67 7 17 2 0 2 0 14 .254 Olive Gene WSA 41 174 44 5 0 8 3 28 .253 Wells Leo FAR 42 164 18 41 5 0 5 0 19 .250 Sobek George OW 24 76 19 3 0 0 1 4 .250 Menke Walt MAK-AUS 24 80 20 1 0 3 0 13 .250 Schommer Hal WSA 12 28 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 .250 Cordell Johnny WSA 12 28 4 7 1 0 0 0 3 .250 Brandt Bill WIN 4 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Leach Bill WIN 42 157 32 38 15 1 4 3 22 .242 Sundblad Billy LEA 42 149 21 36 6 1 4 0 23 .242 DeRose Carl AUS 20 63 15 1 0 0 0 8 .238 Shemo Steve WIN 39 173 23 41 9 0 1 1 23 .237 Fletcher Ray ROC-MAK 36 131 16 31 2 0 8 0 24 .237 House Sam ROC-LEA 16 34 5 8 1 0 1 1 5 .235 Turck Don ROC 31 69 6 16 1 0 1 0 7 .232 Bruns Paul OW 39 143 33 4 0 3 5 9 .231 Grass Paul OW 12 35 3 8 2 0 1 2 9 .229 Stevens Don MAK 9 35 2 8 1 0 0 1 3 .229 Petrich Paul MAK 24 75 9 17 4 0 0 0 8 .227 Deem Pete FAR 40 146 12 33 2 0 2 1 15 .226 Poliak John OW-MAK 26 93 11 21 1 1 1 1 3 .226 Nuckols Darrel WSA 19 76 6 17 3 0 0 1 10 .224 Stewart Riley WSA 10 18 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 .222 Paulson John MAK 26 95 12 21 4 0 0 0 13 .221 Vondrashek George OW 15 32 7 1 0 0 0 2 .219 Reed Wally OW 42 181 39 4 0 0 5 11 .215 Brown Roger ROC 25 79 5 17 3 0 0 0 2 .215 Carlson Ray WSA-ROC 39 138 20 29 3 0 5 2 12 .210 Giebel Gordy OW 42 151 31 3 1 1 2 22 .205 Sack Gene ROC 39 147 22 30 5 0 3 2 12 .204 Miller Carl FAR 26 93 8 19 4 0 4 0 13 .204 Austinson Warren AUS 7 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Paul Lee WIN 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Schnerberger James ROC 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kubicki Gene MAK 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200 Bowers Ray LEA 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Sack Jim AUS-ROC 36 136 15 26 6 0 0 1 10 .191 Strong Marley MAK 15 52 7 10 0 0 1 0 6 .192 Rosenbaum Ray AUS 20 48 6 9 2 1 0 0 4 .188 Rediske Dick WSA 40 162 30 5 0 1 3 8 .185 Jackson Hal FAR 14 49 5 9 2 0 1 0 8 .184 (1) Wheeler Bob MAK 7 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Brickhaus Ernie MAK 13 28 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 .179 Tobias Clair OW 18 45 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 .178 Larson Frank OW 4 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Walz Jack MAK 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Sagedahl Manny FAR 15 31 3 5 2 0 0 0 2 .161 Bartholomew Bob AUS 37 132 21 3 0 0 2 11 .159 Patton Gene ROC 14 51 7 8 1 0 0 2 2 .157 Stone Tom MAK 17 47 3 7 1 0 0 0 2 .149 Orphan Hugh WIN 14 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .148 Kozlik Benny LEA 23 41 4 6 2 0 0 0 3 .146 Ferullo Carmen LEA 23 41 3 6 3 0 9 0 4 .146 Vogt Olle MAK 8 35 5 6 1 0 0 0 5 .171 Hill Johnny LEA 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Foster Lloyd OW 25 57 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 .140 Kraupa Arleigh WSA 18 57 8 0 0 0 0 5 .140 Chmiel Herb FAR 18 51 4 7 1 0 1 0 3 .137 Kneeskern Ralph ROC 21 37 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 .135 Urda Bob FAR 7 15 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .133 Berg Don ROC 12 40 5 5 0 0 2 0 4 .125 Menke Johnny MAK 8 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 .125 West Gordy LEA 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Chalifoux Roland WIN 5 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .125 Blaha Don MAK 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Ashley JimmyLee ROC 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Haines Jack WSA 13 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 Fleiner Al AUS 7 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Combs Ken AUS-WSA 5 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .111 Franks Bill ROC 20 29 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 .103 Fornari John ROC 7 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Krieger Ed WSA 5 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Marquardt Rollie LEA 15 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .077 Schmudlach Don ROC 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mistele Bob FAR 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Morris Barney WIN 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Riedesel Jim FAR 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindsey Ed OW 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pluff Ollie LEA 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burns Bud LEA 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howland Frank OW 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis Bill LEA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Severin WSA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hannan Larry ROC 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willingham John FAR 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarborough Dean ROC 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Olejnik Dick OW 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
(1) Jackson's published ABs=19, an obvious typo for a .184 average. Source : The Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, August 29, 1952 WINS : Jones LEA & Kraupa WSA - 12
PCT : Jones LEA & Kraupa WSA -
GAMES : Ferullo LEA - 21
COMPLETE GAMES : DeRose AUS - 13
INNINGS : Kraupa WSA - 138
STRIKEOUTS : Ferullo - 109
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE W L PCT IP H R BB SO ERA
Kubicki Gene MAK 1 0 1.000 8 17 15 4
Carlson Arthur MAK 1 0 1.000 9 9 3 4
Brandt Bill WIN 1 0 1.000 21 26 7 11
Jones LeeRoy LEA 12 3 .800 130 128 38 79
Kraupa Arleigh WSA 12 3 .800 138 112 54 76
Ferullo Carmen LEA 11 4 .733 132 102 41 109
Cordell Johnny WSA 5 2 .714 63 53 13 50
Vondrashek George OW 7 3 .700 77 66 55 73
Chalifoux Roland WIN 2 1 .667 25 26 13 16
Park Maynard WIN 2 1 .667 25 27 11 9
Faber Bob OW 4 2 .667 68 75 21 35
Orphan Hugh WIN 4 2 .667 71 70 33 52
Giel Paul WIN 6 3 .667 60 42 26 85
Combs Ken AUS-WSA 2 1 .667 25 34 18 22
Saul Pep FAR 7 4 .636 97 83 38 47
DeRose Carl AUS 10 6 .625 133 151 25 69
Rosenbaum Ray AUS 8 5 .615 113 118 23 60
Weiczorek Ralph(Butch) WIN 8 6 .571 117 130 35 57
Laga Frank WSA 6 5 .545 87 81 36 55
Chmiel Herb FAR 7 6 .538 121 122 43 64
Kuhlman Bob AUS 5 5 .500 58 54 34 35
Whitcher Bobby ROC-MAK 3 3 .500 69 98 38 33
Timm Charley WIN 3 3 .500 43 53 11 19
Haines Jack WSA 2 2 .500 57 68 22 34
Studener Les MAK 2 2 .500 29 39 20 17
Mistele Bob FAR 1 1 .500 17 21 20 11
Marquardt Rollie LEA 4 5 .444 76 87 49 48
Sagedahl Manny FAR 5 7 .417 85 80 26 31
Kneeskern Ralph ROC 4 7 .364 90 97 63 70
Brickhaus Ernie MAK 4 8 .333 78 86 27 39
Dahlberg Clint(Timber) ROC 1 2 .333 40 50 13 12
Stewart Riley WSA 1 2 .333 24 31 14 12
Robinson Clyde FAR 1 2 .333 6 11 3 4
Tobias Clair OW 4 9 .308 117 120 67 65
Hoeksema Dick OW 4 9 .308 99 82 25 80
Petrich Paul MAK 3 8 .273 135 159 59 81
Franks Bill ROC 3 9 .250 105 130 28 79
Stone Tom MAK 1 6 .143 62 62 38 45
Schmudlach Don ROC 1 7 .125 62 54 29 29
Gerkin Steve ROC 0 1 .000 27 33 7 11
Fleiner Al AUS 0 1 .000 30 35 26 13
Urda Bob FAR 0 1 .000 19 24 13 2
Hill Johnny LEA 0 1 .000 18 31 9 14
Hannah Larry ROC 0 1 .000 6 11 9 1
Davis Bill LEA 0 1 .000 3 5 1 1
House Same ROC-LEA 0 2 .000 15 14 17 10
Turck Don ROC 0 2 .000 12 19 8 4
Modica Joe MAK 0 2 .000 9 16 7 3
Maren Bob FAR 0 0 .000 13 15 14 7
Paul Lee WIN 0 0 .000 13 14 12 11
Reidesel Jim FAR 0 0 .000 8 13 2 2
Lindsey Ed OW 0 0 .000 7 4 6 2
Hoeft Fred ROC 0 0 .000 6 3 4 3
Morris Barney WIN 0 0 .000 5 6 4 0
Blind Dennis AUS 0 0 .000 3 7 2 3
Willingham John FAR 0 0 .000 3 4 1 2
Lundquist Jack OW 0 0 .000 3 5 1 2
Howland Frank OW 0 0 .000 2 3 3 5
Gilmore Roy AUS 0 0 .000 1 3 3 1
Bowers Ray LEA 0 0 .000 1 1 1 0
Will Bob MAK 0 0 .000 1 1 2 4
Foster Lloyd OW 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0
Jackson Hal FAR 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0
Notermann Dick AUS 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0
Campeau Bill AUS 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Jensen Babe LEA 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
The only stats located thus far are for the Niseis only. Seichi Tahara, the versatile third sacker and hurler was the Niseis top hitter for the season finishing with an even .400 mark, well ahead of the runner-up Mush Uyesugi, at .336.
VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT (Only Niseis available) Tahara Seichi VN 85 34 .400 Uyesugi Mush VN 110 37 .336 Kika Frank VN 57 18 .316 Oikawa Azu VN 52 16 .308 Eng Joe VN 86 26 .302 Koyanagi Saburo VN 66 19 .288 Matsuzaki Hubbo VN 45 12 .267 Nishi Tom VN 76 17 .224 Shishido Sam VN 24 4 .167 Yamada Mas(Cuke) VN 78 11 .141 Montgomery Ron VN 50 6 .120 Miyagishima Robert VN 19 0 .000
Source : The New Canadian, August 20, 1952
VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA (Only Niseis available) Keyes Tommy VN 2 0 1.000 Aoki Bob VN 1 0 1.000 Tahara Seichi VN 2 2 .500 Wakabayashi Roy VN 1 1 .500 Montgomery Ron VN 6 7 .462 Shishido Sam VN 2 3 .400 Hinada Tumpy VN 1 2 .333
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Joe Fulghum repeated as H&D League batting champion, completing the season with a .326 average and leading the league in RBIs (51) and Home Runs (8). Teammate Kay Rogers led in triples (6) and Truro’s Al Norskey in doubles (15). Bob O’Donnell, Liverpool shortstop, was the stolen base leader with 28 thefts. Pitching dominated in 1952 and only six batters topped the .300 mark. Bob O’Donnell tied for runner up with Stellarton’s Wyman Morris at .321, Holy Cross star Paul Brissette was .310 ahead of Dartmouth’s Stu O’Brien at .308 and Wake Forest infielder Jack Stallings at .303. Ron Jirsa (Liverpool) and Syd Roy (Stellarton) led the pitching parade with identical 11 and 4 records. Liverpool was the slickest on defense with a team fielding percentage of .964.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Stellarton Albions Fulghum Joe 224 47 73 8 4 8 3 51 .326 Morris Wyman 137 23 44 9 3 4 1 28 .321 Way Sonny 214 29 58 5 5 1 5 18 .271 Rogers Kent(Baby) 196 31 53 6 6 1 12 20 .271 Brooks Tunney 140 19 36 6 1 7 0 20 .257 Willard Joe 178 29 45 8 3 5 6 28 .256 Reekie Harry 181 29 46 4 2 0 13 10 .254 WerberJr Bill 173 29 42 5 5 4 6 22 .243 Murphrey Doc 213 32 50 3 1 5 8 26 .235 Brooks Bill 137 17 28 7 2 2 3 10 .204 Truro Bearcats Stallings Jack 234 49 71 10 5 3 21 21 .303 Erickson Stu 200 33 57 13 2 6 4 31 .285 Norskey Al 247 38 70 15 3 5 1 32 .283 Stowe Robert(Fred) 237 33 66 6 0 1 8 22 .279 Hoch Art 248 35 68 4 3 2 9 35 .274 Harris Dickie 84 23 .274 Dale Fred 223 31 57 7 3 0 10 21 .256 Gravitte Connie 206 27 50 11 2 5 11 32 .243 Ramer George 219 19 48 13 3 5 0 28 .219 Motsinger John 87 9 15 3 0 2 1 7 .172 Liverpool Larrupers O'Donnell Bob 237 59 76 14 5 4 28 25 .321 Brissette Paul 187 27 58 13 2 5 1 35 .311 Moossmann Art 191 28 55 10 2 4 8 31 .288 Seaman Danny 112 12 32 9 0 2 0 12 .286 Lewis George 215 38 61 10 2 3 5 25 .284 Gastall Tom 120 17 33 8 2 0 3 17 .275 Zubrinski Gene 242 23 61 10 0 0 0 23 .252 Bowers Mac 127 19 31 6 2 2 1 23 .244 Buss Ray 188 16 39 5 1 0 7 8 .207 Pedigree Bob 190 13 31 7 1 0 3 9 .163 Halifax Capitals Spangler Al 255 45 69 8 3 2 10 16 .271 Yurewicz Johnny 252 29 68 8 1 2 10 24 .271 Fitzgerald Bob 225 25 55 9 3 4 2 30 .244 LeClerq Bob 241 23 58 7 6 1 3 28 .241 Falwell Johnny 243 29 57 10 3 5 2 14 .235 Tepler Boyd 196 29 47 4 3 5 2 21 .234 Reimer Don 180 20 40 6 2 3 3 18 .222 Watterson Johnny 86 8 17 1 0 0 0 5 .198 Gibbons John 181 21 34 3 2 2 5 15 .188 Kane Buddy 49 7 8 3 0 0 0 5 .163 Kentville Wildcats Dukeshire Duke 121 15 35 6 1 0 4 8 .289 Kurty Jack 210 21 55 11 1 1 2 26 .262 Bauer Bruce 149 17 39 3 4 0 5 15 .262 Weidenhammer Ron 188 19 49 2 4 0 8 7 .261 D'Avanzo Buzz 113 13 29 4 2 0 3 8 .257 Pare Albert 213 223 48 8 2 2 5 21 .225 Bobotas Socrates(Soc) 104 6 22 5 0 0 1 7 .211 Brewer Dick 121 9 20 0 2 0 3 10 .165 Dartmouth Arrows O'Brien Stu 208 18 64 9 3 7 0 31 .308 Hurley Ed 97 10 26 4 0 0 0 6 .266 Duarte Johnny 104 4 26 3 0 1 1 9 .250 Isaacson Herb 109 14 27 3 0 3 2 15 .248 Rose Art 238 29 58 5 2 0 11 15 .244 Decker Bob 215 28 50 9 4 0 2 22 .233 Acocella Doc 187 19 42 11 2 2 0 11 .225 Wilkins Dick 158 19 33 3 2 0 1 12 .209 Bobrewiecki 164 17 32 4 1 2 0 13 .195 Neal Milton 188 20 36 2 0 1 3 15 .191 Dulmage Tom 119 14 22 4 3 1 2 10 .185 Savard Gene 103 13 17 0 1 0 4 4 .165 HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE G W L PCT IP H R BB SO ERA
Stellarton Albions
Williams Rudy 5 0 1.000 53 30 12 28 52
Roy Syd 11 4 .733 119 131 65 50 56
Woodleif Don 9 4 .692 106 81 45 66 89
Mustain Vern(Preacher) 6 5 .545 95 86 51 29 41
Pazdan Joel 7 6 .538 106 108 62 50 58
Truro Bearcats
Parrish Dennis 7 1 .875 63 40 25 40 34
Walsh Billy 4 1 .800 64 40 11 26 29
Lore Bill 8 2 .800 98 100 34 18 36
Wrynn Charles 8 5 .615 107 94 47 31 69
Foote Amby 7 5 .583 117 90 41 41 36
Morgan Joe 5 6 .455 90 70 42 30 31
Liverpool Larrupers
Kondracki Bob 3 1 .750 43 40 13 10 14
Jirsa Ron 11 4 .733 106 73 38 59 77
Patula John 7 3 .700 87 38 18 61 76
Hadlock Ed 9 4 .692 126 109 39 22 88
Overton John 3 2 .600 36 29 18 30 40
Barlos Ted 4 4 .500 99 104 47 39 48
Halifax Capitals
Coulling Stan 5 4 .556 98 110 37 16 53
Bujnowski Tom 7 9 .438 132 113 71 55 107
O'Connell Tom 3 7 .300 97 78 54 57 46
Hansen Art 3 7 .300 82 73 40 39 35
Buonato Nick 4 10 .286 113 122 54 11 57
Chirurgi Ray 1 3 .250 40 39 20 15 13
Kentville Wildcats
Corkum Chet 5 9 .357 127 105 56 44 52
Douglas Bob 4 8 .333 108 98 53 43 69
Kennefic Dick 2 6 .250 74 74 29 18 35
Dartmouth Arrows
Heller Jim 5 1 .833 56 34 10 12 39
Tarbox Ray 7 5 .583 95 89 37 38 69
King Regis 6 6 .500 101 78 50 47 62
Isaacson Herb 2 3 .400 51 48 25 20 36
Lupica Vince 2 4 .333 60 61 30 27 35
Duarte Johnny 3 6 .333 82 68 41 54 43
Savard Gene 1 4 .200 87 60 30 16 27