1952 Clovis Pioneers

1952 > Class C > 1952 West Texas-New Mexico League
Overall: 94-47

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: n/a
Represented: Clovis, NM
Ballpark: Bell Park (Clovis, NM)
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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Frank Benites	30	115		441		146	34	1	25					.331		.583		257
2	Carroll Dial	26	80		233		73	13	4	1					.313		.416		97
3	Fred Gaines?	--	43		106		30	5	1	1					.283		.377		40		Stats for 2 teams
4	Bill Hair	29	38		96		21	3	1	0					.219		.271		26
5	Harry Havenstrite?	--	140		533		124	20	4	16					.233		.375		200
6	Ray Hill	26	64		185		41	11	2	7					.222		.416		77		Stats for 2 teams
7	Hubie Jeandron	29	134		516		168	36	5	6					.326		.450		232
8	John Kirk*	25	21		28		1	0	0	0					.036		.036		1		Stats for 2 teams
9	Melvin Kramer	32	28		45		7	0	0	0					.156		.156		7
10	Jim Matthews	30	134		444		142	22	4	39					.320		.651		289
11	Delane Noah*	25	12		41		11	4	0	0					.268		.366		15
12	Cliff Pemberton*	32	139		564		201	40	8	5					.356		.482		272
13	Frank Rice	23	141		615		203	41	10	34					.330		.595		366
14	Virgil Richardson#	32	140		518		153	36	2	21					.295		.494		256
15	H. Sargent?	--	19		58		12	4	0	1					.207		.328		19		Stats for 2 teams
16	Sonny Tims	21	110		519		167	27	1	17					.322		.476		247
17	Harry Young*	23	27		56		5	0	0	0					.089		.089		5
18	Charles Yount	22	14		28		3	0	0	0					.107		.107		3
	18 Players	27.7	141	5717	4957	1028	1505	281	41	172	942	109	712	693	.304	.391	.481	.872	2384	48

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	Carroll Dial	26	27	10	.730	5.09	38	33	269.0	322	167	152	21	111	1.610	10.8	0.7	3.7
2	Fred Gaines?	--	19	10	.655	4.71	37	29	233.0	243	144	122	21	84	1.403	9.4	0.8	3.2	Stats for 2 teams
3	Bill Hair	29	17	10	.630	4.11	35	28	254.0	270	134	116	15	85	1.398	9.6	0.5	3.0
4	John Kirk*	25	4	6	.400	5.33	20	10	81.0	77	54	48	0	56	1.642	8.6	0.0	6.2	Stats for 2 teams
5	Melvin Kramer	32	11	2	.846	2.98	28	10	121.0	114	53	40	6	27	1.165	8.5	0.4	2.0
6	Harry Young?	23	10	5	.667	5.07	27	18	135.0	141	94	76	15	93	1.733	9.4	1.0	6.2
7	Charles Yount	22	5	4	.556	4.15	13	9	78.0	97	46	36	12	24	1.551	11.2	1.4	2.8
	7 Players	26.6	94	47	.667		141	141

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

	G
Fred Gaines	37	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Hair	35
Melvin Kramer	28
Harry Young	27
John Kirk	20	Stats for 2 teams
Charles Yount	13

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Frank Benites	30	R		5' 11.0"	165	Feb 15, 1922	San Francisco, CA, US
Carroll Dial	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 20, 1925	Altus, OK, US
Fred Gaines	--					Unknown
Bill Hair	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	145	1923
Harry Havenstrite	--					Unknown
Ray Hill	26	R		5' 10.0"	170	1926	New Athens, IL, US
Hubie Jeandron	29	R		6' 0.0"	170	Mar 18, 1923
John Kirk	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 9, 1926
Melvin Kramer	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1920
Jim Matthews	30	R		5' 11.0"	200	Oct 20, 1921
Delane Noah	25	L		5' 11.0"	165	1927
Cliff Pemberton	32	L		5' 10.0"	160	May 16, 1920
Frank Rice	23	R		5' 11.0"	175	Jan 29, 1929	Grafton, NE, US
Virgil Richardson	32	S		6' 0.0"	180	Dec 25, 1919
H. Sargent	--					Unknown
Sonny Tims	21	R		5' 10.0"	180	1931
Harry Young	23	L		6' 2.0"	190	1929
Charles Yount	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	1930

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