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1952 Ottawa A's

1952 > Class AAA > 1952 International League
Overall: 65-85

Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics-AL
Manager: Frank Skaff
Represented: Ottawa, ON, CA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1951 / 1953

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Robert Betz 26 16 46 41 6 7 1 1 0 2 0 4 8 .171 .261 .244 .505 10 1 0
2 Charlie Bishop 28 27 74 68 7 8 3 0 1 9 0 3 28 .118 .155 .206 .361 14 0 3
3 James Brown 22 19 43 37 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 5 .162 .244 .189 .433 7 0 2
4 Moe Burtschy 30 27 36 36 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 10 .222 .222 .278 .500 10 0 0
5 Joe Coleman 29 16 31 28 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .179 .207 .214 .421 6 0 2
6 Jack Conway 33 69 247 221 26 43 10 2 3 20 1 19 30 .195 .261 .299 .560 66 1 6
7 Harry Desert 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
8 Frank Fanovich* 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
9 Hank Foiles 23 28 98 87 16 19 1 2 1 13 4 9 13 .218 .299 .310 .609 27 1 1
10 Marion Fricano 28 32 74 62 7 12 1 0 0 3 1 8 24 .194 .286 .210 .495 13 0 4
11 Bob Gardner 29 15 52 45 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 6 6 .267 .353 .289 .642 13 0 1
12 Harvey Gentry* 26 120 524 460 63 122 18 6 2 33 15 60 55 .265 .351 .343 .695 158 1 3
13 Bill George* 24 35 41 35 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 .171 .275 .200 .475 7 1 1 Stats for 2 teams
14 Vince Gohl* 26 29 67 60 7 14 1 2 0 4 0 3 14 .233 .270 .317 .587 19 0 4
15 Bill Hockenbury 27 8 13 4 .308
16 Tex Hoyle 30 7 4 1 .250
17 Ed Hrabczak 29 6 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
18 Stan Jok 26 141 565 506 60 127 25 9 10 69 5 53 57 .251 .326 .395 .721 200 3 3
19 Tom Kirk* 24 137 500 456 41 108 14 4 10 44 5 41 72 .237 .300 .351 .651 160 0 3
20 Mike Kume 26 5 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
21 Lou Limmer* 27 148 607 540 75 140 17 7 23 87 12 61 34 .259 .340 .444 .784 240 5 1
22 Jack Littrell 23 126 514 457 58 114 27 2 7 55 2 50 85 .249 .323 .363 .687 166 0 7
23 John Metkovich 27 126 507 472 61 112 19 3 12 54 23 28 76 .237 .281 .367 .648 173 1 6
24 George Moskovich 25 138 533 473 50 116 20 1 7 44 4 53 66 .245 .323 .336 .659 159 1 6
25 Gordie Mueller 29 15 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 Stats for 2 teams
26 Joe Murray* 31 37 38 35 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 .171 .194 .229 .423 8 0 2
27 Walt Novick 32 7 8 2 .250
28 William Poole 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
29 Jean-Pierre Roy# 32 23 49 48 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .104 .122 .104 .227 5 0 0
30 Al Rubeling 39 54 138 124 11 33 3 2 0 16 0 7 6 .266 .326 .323 .649 40 4 3
31 Russell Swingle 25 35 33 33 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 .121 .121 .212 .333 7 0 0
32 Coaker Triplett 40 24 35 29 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 5 3 .172 .314 .276 .590 8 1 0
33 Neal Watlington* 29 123 446 399 44 101 12 6 4 37 5 43 20 .253 .330 .343 .674 137 3 1
34 Bob Wellman 26 28 105 98 9 25 11 1 0 16 1 5 7 .255 .298 .388 .686 38 1 1
34 Players 26.9 150 5456 4896 566 1166 195 49 81 526 78 472 668 .238 .308 .348 .656 1702 24 64
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Charlie Bishop 28 12 10 .545 3.64 27 25 13 4 193.0 170 89 78 84 116 3 0 4 1.316 7.9 3.9 5.4 1.38
2 Moe Burtschy 30 3 5 .375 4.45 27 10 1 0 93.0 95 56 46 67 43 3 1 6 1.742 9.2 6.5 4.2 0.64
3 Joe Coleman 29 2 7 .222 3.32 16 13 3 0 76.0 56 38 28 67 32 1 1 2 1.618 6.6 7.9 3.8 0.48
4 Harry Desert 29 0 0 1.50 4 0 0 0 6.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.333 9.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
5 Frank Fanovich* 29 0 2 .000 14.40 3 2 0 0 5.0 6 8 8 9 4 0 0 2 3.000 10.8 16.2 7.2 0.44
6 Marion Fricano 28 17 8 .680 2.26 30 23 15 2 191.0 163 60 48 64 78 1 1 6 1.188 7.7 3.0 3.7 1.22
7 Bill George* 24 6 11 .353 2.58 34 10 3 1 115.0 116 53 33 55 55 2 0 10 1.487 9.1 4.3 4.3 1.00 Stats for 2 teams
8 Vince Gohl* 26 9 10 .474 3.28 28 22 14 1 181.0 156 77 66 59 52 1 1 3 1.188 7.8 2.9 2.6 0.88
9 Bill Hockenbury 27 1 0 1.000 2.70 6 1 0 0 20.0 19 8 6 13 4 2 0 0 1.600 8.6 5.8 1.8 0.31
10 Tex Hoyle 30 0 1 .000 3.00 7 3 0 1 18.0 13 6 6 15 8 1 0 0 1.556 6.5 7.5 4.0 0.53
11 Ed Hrabczak 29 1 4 .200 6.21 6 5 0 2 29.0 38 23 20 14 10 1 0 2 1.793 11.8 4.3 3.1 0.71
12 Mike Kume 26 0 2 .000 10.12 3 3 0 0 16.0 23 22 18 17 8 0 0 1 2.500 12.9 9.6 4.5 0.47
13 Gordie Mueller 29 1 0 1.000 8.55 15 0 0 0 20.0 21 23 19 28 4 3 0 3 2.450 9.4 12.6 1.8 0.14 Stats for 2 teams
14 Joe Murray* 31 5 9 .357 4.45 34 10 3 0 99.0 97 53 49 39 32 1 0 0 1.374 8.8 3.5 2.9 0.82
15 Jean-Pierre Roy 32 4 11 .267 3.98 21 17 6 0 131.0 124 70 58 67 40 2 0 7 1.458 8.5 4.6 2.7 0.60
16 Russell Swingle 25 4 5 .444 3.89 35 6 1 0 111.0 111 55 48 24 31 1 0 1 1.216 9.0 1.9 2.5 1.29
17 Clarence Zieser 22 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
17 Players 28.0 65 85 .433 150 150

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Neal Watlington 114 464 80 9 9 .984 4.77 16
Hank Foiles 25 92 17 3 3 .973 4.36 2
James Brown 16 51 12 2 2 .969 3.94 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lou Limmer 147 1343 87 19 134 .987 9.73

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Moskovich 137 358 388 21 97 .973 5.45

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stan Jok 102 93 182 26 20 .914 2.70
Jack Conway 30 27 47 2 2 .974 2.47
Al Rubeling 24 25 48 0 3 1.000 3.04

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Littrell 126 249 394 30 88 .955 5.10
Jack Conway 27 39 82 6 19 .953 4.48

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom Kirk 131 197 13 11 1 .950 1.60
John Metkovich 125 368 6 4 2 .989 2.99
Harvey Gentry 120 293 8 6 1 .980 2.51
Stan Jok 41 67 1 4 0 .944 1.66
Bob Wellman 27 53 2 4 1 .932 2.04
Robert Betz 12 22 3 1 1 .962 2.08

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Russell Swingle 35 8 29 2 3 .949 1.06
Bill George 34 2 36 3 2 .927 1.12 Stats for 2 teams
Joe Murray 34 5 15 4 0 .833 0.59
Marion Fricano 30 16 27 1 5 .977 1.43
Vince Gohl 28 5 25 3 0 .909 1.07
Charlie Bishop 27 14 35 2 0 .961 1.81
Moe Burtschy 27 5 20 3 1 .893 0.93
Jean-Pierre Roy 21 5 27 1 1 .970 1.52
Joe Coleman 16 2 17 0 3 1.000 1.19
Gordie Mueller 15 1 1 1 1 .667 0.13 Stats for 2 teams
Tex Hoyle 7 0.00
Bill Hockenbury 6 0.00
Ed Hrabczak 6 0.00
Harry Desert 4 0.00
Frank Fanovich 3 0.00
Mike Kume 3 0.00
Clarence Zieser 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Robert Betz 26 R 6' 0.0" 190 1926
Charlie Bishop 28 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jan 1, 1924 Atlanta, GA, US
James Brown 22 R R 5' 9.0" 180 1930
Moe Burtschy 30 R R 6' 3.0" 208 Apr 18, 1922 Cincinnati, OH, US
Joe Coleman 29 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jul 30, 1922 Medford, MA, US
Jack Conway 33 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jul 30, 1918 Bryan, TX, US
Harry Desert 29 R R 6' 2.0" 178 Sep 12, 1922
Frank Fanovich 29 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 11, 1923 New York, NY, US
Hank Foiles 23 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 Richmond, VA, US
Marion Fricano 28 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Jul 15, 1923 Brant, NY, US
Bob Gardner 29 R 5' 9.0" 170 Aug 22, 1922
Harvey Gentry 26 L R 6' 0.0" 170 May 27, 1926 Winston-Salem, NC, US
Bill George 24 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 12, 1927 Summit, NJ, US
Vince Gohl 26 L L 6' 2.0" 175 1926
Bill Hockenbury 27 R R 6' 2.0" 200 1925
Tex Hoyle 30 R R 6' 4.0" 170 Jul 17, 1921 Carbondale, PA, US
Ed Hrabczak 29 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Feb 17, 1923
Stan Jok 26 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 3, 1926 Buffalo, NY, US
Tom Kirk 24 L L 5' 10.0" 182 Sep 27, 1927 Philadelphia, PA, US
Mike Kume 26 R R 6' 1.0" 195 May 19, 1926 Premier, WV, US
Lou Limmer 27 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Mar 10, 1925 New York, NY, US
Jack Littrell 23 R R 6' 0.0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 Louisville, KY, US
John Metkovich 27 R 6' 1.0" 188 Oct 4, 1924 Los Angeles, CA, US
George Moskovich 25 R 6' 0.0" 185 1927
Gordie Mueller 29 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Dec 10, 1922 Timonium, MD, US
Joe Murray 31 L L 6' 0.0" 165 Nov 11, 1920 Wilkes-Barre, PA, US
Walt Novick 32 R R 5' 8.0" 175 Sep 15, 1919 East Walpole, MA, US
William Poole 22 R 5' 9.0" 165 1930
Jean-Pierre Roy 32 S R 5' 10.0" 160 Jun 26, 1920 Montreal, QC, CA
Al Rubeling 39 R R 6' 0.0" 185 May 10, 1913 Baltimore, MD, US
Russell Swingle 25 R R 6' 1.0" 205 1927
Coaker Triplett 40 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Dec 18, 1911 Boone, NC, US
Neal Watlington 29 L R 6' 0.0" 195 Dec 25, 1922 Yanceyville, NC, US
Bob Wellman 26 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Jul 15, 1925 Norwood, OH, US
Clarence Zieser 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 21, 1929 Belle Plaine, IA, US

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