1952 Baltimore Orioles

1952 > Class AAA > 1952 International League
Overall: 70-84

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Don Heffner
Represented: Baltimore, MD
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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	James Atkins*	31	23	45	36	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	7	6	.194	.326	.222	.548	8	0	2
2	James Barnhardt	24	2		4		1								.250
3	George Byam	32	51	146	132	13	35	6	0	2	15	0	12	11	.265	.331	.356	.687	47	1	1
4	Thomas Casagrande*	22	2		1		1								1.000
5	Al Cihocki	28	115	404	376	34	96	13	2	6	32	2	19	27	.255	.293	.348	.641	131	1	8
6	Jim Command*	23	17	61	57	8	14	3	0	2	5	0	4	9	.246	.295	.404	.699	23	0	0
7	Leo Cristante	25	1		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
8	Blix Donnelly	38	44	25	23	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	.217	.217	.304	.522	7	0	2
9	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
10	Bob Greenwood	24	7		5		2								.400
11	Roy Hartsfield	26	55	242	219	26	49	5	1	2	17	4	19	25	.224	.289	.283	.572	62	1	3
12	Dixie Howell*	32	11	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	.125	.364	.125	.489	1	0	0
13	Nippy Jones	27	117	409	378	44	83	12	2	4	31	2	22	14	.220	.266	.294	.560	111	2	7
14	Ted Kazanski	18	12	44	35	5	9	1	1	0	4	1	9	3	.257	.409	.343	.752	12	0	0
15	Russell Kerns	30	127	497	433	52	109	9	2	14	59	4	51	40	.252	.337	.379	.716	164	5	8
16	Buddy Kerr	29	80	278	240	23	60	7	3	0	11	0	33	30	.250	.341	.304	.645	73	0	5
17	Al Lakeman	33	108	378	338	37	79	14	2	8	42	0	37	48	.234	.311	.358	.669	121	1	2
18	Sammy Meeks	29	18	53	47	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	6	6	.191	.283	.255	.538	12	0	0
19	Bob Miller	26	33	70	60	6	14	1	2	2	7	0	2	15	.233	.258	.417	.675	25	0	8
20	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
21	Edwin Oswald	25	15	47	45	8	12	4	0	1	6	0	1	4	.267	.298	.422	.720	19	1	0
22	Kent Peterson	26	39	57	46	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	16	.130	.167	.130	.297	6	0	9
23	Dee Phillips	33	115	394	352	33	95	11	0	5	42	1	27	12	.270	.325	.344	.669	121	2	13
24	Lou Possehl	26	12	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
25	Marv Rackley*	30	66	249	225	25	62	5	4	1	26	1	19	18	.276	.335	.347	.681	78	1	4
26	Marv Rickert*	31	148	548	477	61	125	17	4	13	68	8	69	66	.262	.358	.396	.754	189	2	0	Stats for 2 teams
27	Jerry Scala*	27	141	580	486	61	121	20	9	1	44	6	76	41	.249	.354	.333	.687	162	3	15
28	Danny Schell	24	96	335	297	28	69	7	5	3	28	2	31	18	.232	.307	.320	.627	95	1	6
29	Lefty Sloat	33	12	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0
30	Dick Starr	31	44	74	64	7	12	2	0	1	3	0	7	16	.188	.268	.266	.533	17	0	3
31	Paul Stuffel	25	43	72	65	6	11	2	1	0	5	0	3	26	.169	.206	.231	.437	15	0	4
32	Martin Tabacheck	30	62	163	143	13	27	5	0	1	10	0	14	8	.189	.266	.245	.511	35	1	5
33	Fred Taylor*	27	9		27		6								.222
34	Jocko Thompson*	35	47	82	79	7	9	2	1	0	5	0	2	23	.114	.136	.165	.300	13	0	1
35	Ken Trinkle	32	18	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0
36	Roy Weatherly*	37	143	595	547	84	155	22	6	26	73	2	42	48	.283	.337	.488	.825	267	2	4
37	Dick Young*	24	34	87	78	10	20	5	0	0	4	2	8	8	.256	.326	.321	.646	25	0	1
	37 Players	29.7	154	5620	4999	564	1220	165	45	82	508	28	486	502	.244	.314	.344	.658	1721	22	113

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	James Atkins	31	9	7	.563	4.34	20	17	4	1	110.0	107	64	53	55	48	2	0	4	1.473	8.8	4.5	3.9	0.87
2	James Barnhardt	24	1	0	1.000	2.00	2	0	0	0	9.0	10	2	2	6	3	0	0	0	1.778	10.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
3	Jack Brittin	28	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	6	3	1	0	0	1	4.000	22.5	13.5	4.5	0.33
4	Thomas Casagrande*	22	0	0		11.25	2	2	0	0	4.0	9	8	5	7	2	0	0	1	4.000	20.2	15.8	4.5	0.29
5	Leo Cristante	25	0	0		7.20	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1.600	14.4	0.0	3.6
6	David Cyrus	24	0	1	.000	15.75	6	0	0	0	4.0	9	8	7	4	2	2	0	1	3.250	20.2	9.0	4.5	0.50
7	Blix Donnelly	38	5	11	.313	2.62	44	4	1	1	96.0	76	38	28	46	55	2	0	4	1.271	7.1	4.3	5.2	1.20
8	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
9	Bob Greenwood	24	1	3	.250	6.30	7	3	0	1	20.0	27	22	14	15	14	0	1	1	2.100	12.2	6.8	6.3	0.93
10	Dixie Howell	32	0	3	.000	11.08	5	3	0	0	13.0	26	19	16	9	3	0	0	0	2.692	18.0	6.2	2.1	0.33
11	Bob Miller	26	12	9	.571	2.35	32	22	12	1	184.0	172	63	48	44	68	2	1	1	1.174	8.4	2.2	3.3	1.55
12	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
13	Kent Peterson*	26	8	12	.400	3.12	39	18	6	2	156.0	136	67	54	52	84	5	0	4	1.205	7.8	3.0	4.8	1.62
14	Lou Possehl	26	0	3	.000	6.26	11	3	0	0	23.0	29	19	16	11	10	1	0	1	1.739	11.3	4.3	3.9	0.91
15	Lefty Sloat*	33	0	0		5.54	12	0	0	0	26.0	24	24	16	26	11	1	0	1	1.923	8.3	9.0	3.8	0.42
16	Dick Starr	31	10	10	.500	3.63	44	23	5	1	191.0	184	90	77	66	96	6	3	1	1.309	8.7	3.1	4.5	1.45
17	Paul Stuffel	25	11	10	.524	4.50	37	29	5	0	182.0	175	116	91	127	116	4	1	8	1.659	8.7	6.3	5.7	0.91
18	Jocko Thompson*	35	13	14	.481	2.49	39	28	11	2	231.0	179	71	64	80	119	1	1	2	1.121	7.0	3.1	4.6	1.49
19	Ken Trinkle	32	0	0		4.50	18	1	0	0	42.0	46	23	21	16	10	1	0	1	1.476	9.9	3.4	2.1	0.63
20	John Walz	22	0	1	.000	12.00	2	1	0	0	6.0	11	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	2.167	16.5	3.0	1.5	0.50
	20 Players	29.3	70	84	.455		154	154

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Al Lakeman	103	466	50	7	5	.987	5.01	5
Martin Tabacheck	60	239	17	4	4	.985	4.27	2
Edwin Oswald	14	51	1	3	0	.945	3.71	2

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Nippy Jones	109	804	91	16	78	.982	8.21
George Byam	35	287	21	2	23	.994	8.80
Marv Rickert	17	106	17	6	13	.953	7.24	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Al Cihocki	83	208	205	10	57	.976	4.98
Roy Hartsfield	54	135	144	10	27	.965	5.17
Dick Young	15	26	36	3	5	.954	4.13

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Kerns	107	124	225	23	19	.938	3.26
Dee Phillips	32	20	57	6	3	.928	2.41
Al Cihocki	18	24	31	7	5	.887	3.06

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Kerns	72	121	214	13	38	.963	4.65
Dee Phillips	64	135	162	16	41	.949	4.64
Ted Kazanski	11	23	27	5	6	.909	4.55
Sammy Meeks	11	14	31	7	8	.865	4.09

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Roy Weatherly	141	227	17	4	4	.984	1.73
Jerry Scala	136	341	6	3	1	.991	2.55
Marv Rickert	128	220	7	5	1	.978	1.77	Stats for 2 teams
Danny Schell	85	148	8	5	0	.969	1.84
Marv Rackley	61	136	5	5	2	.966	2.31
Jim Command	13	29	1	1	0	.968	2.31
Russell Kerns	12	21	2	1	2	.958	1.92

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Blix Donnelly	44	9	22	1	1	.969	0.70
Dick Starr	44	12	43	1	2	.982	1.25
Kent Peterson	39	11	26	2	3	.949	0.95
Jocko Thompson	39	14	48	1	3	.984	1.59
Paul Stuffel	37	10	42	3	2	.945	1.41
Bill George	34	2	36	3	2	.927	1.12	Stats for 2 teams
Bob Miller	32	25	52	1	5	.987	2.41
James Atkins	20	10	13	0	1	1.000	1.15
Ken Trinkle	18	4	7	0	1	1.000	0.61
Gordie Mueller	15	1	1	1	1	.667	0.13	Stats for 2 teams
Lefty Sloat	12	3	5	2	0	.800	0.67
Lou Possehl	11	1	5	0	1	1.000	0.55
Bob Greenwood	7						0.00
David Cyrus	6						0.00
Dixie Howell	5						0.00
James Barnhardt	2						0.00
Thomas Casagrande	2						0.00
John Walz	2						0.00
Jack Brittin	1						0.00
Leo Cristante	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
James Atkins	31	L	R	6' 3.0"	205	Mar 10, 1921	Birmingham, AL, US
James Barnhardt	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 17, 1927	Easton, PA, US
Jack Brittin	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 4, 1924	Athens, IL, US
George Byam	32	R		6' 1.0"	180	Nov 11, 1919	Lowell, MA, US
Thomas Casagrande	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	210	1930
Al Cihocki	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	May 7, 1924	Nanticoke, PA, US
Jim Command	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 15, 1928	Grand Rapids, MI, US
Leo Cristante	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 10, 1926	Detroit, MI, US
David Cyrus	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jul 18, 1927
Blix Donnelly	38	R	R	5' 10.0"	166	Jan 21, 1914	Olivia, MN, US
Bill George	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 12, 1927	Summit, NJ, US
Bob Greenwood	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Mar 13, 1928	Cananea, Sonora, MX
Roy Hartsfield	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 25, 1925	Chattahoochee, GA, US
Dixie Howell	32	L	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jan 7, 1920	Harold, KY, US
Nippy Jones	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 29, 1925	Los Angeles, CA, US
Ted Kazanski	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jan 25, 1934	Hamtramck, MI, US
Russell Kerns	30	R		6' 0.0"	180	May 23, 1922	Chicago, IL, US
Buddy Kerr	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Nov 6, 1922	Astoria, NY, US
Al Lakeman	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 31, 1918	Cincinnati, OH, US
Sammy Meeks	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Apr 23, 1923	Anderson, SC, US
Bob Miller	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jun 16, 1926	Detroit, MI, US
Gordie Mueller	29	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Dec 10, 1922	Timonium, MD, US
Edwin Oswald	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	192	Aug 3, 1926
Kent Peterson	26	R	L	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 21, 1925	Goshen, UT, US
Dee Phillips	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Jun 8, 1919	Corsicana, TX, US
Lou Possehl	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 12, 1926	Chicago, IL, US
Marv Rackley	30	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Jul 25, 1921	Seneca, SC, US
Marv Rickert	31	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 8, 1921	Longbranch, WA, US
Jerry Scala	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	178	Sep 27, 1924	Bayonne, NJ, US
Danny Schell	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 26, 1927	Fostoria, MI, US
Lefty Sloat	33	R	L	6' 0.0"	168	Dec 1, 1918	Nokomis, IL, US
Dick Starr	31	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 2, 1921	Kittanning, PA, US
Paul Stuffel	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Mar 22, 1927	Canton, OH, US
Martin Tabacheck	30	R		5' 10.0"	175	1922
Fred Taylor	27	L	R	6' 3.0"	201	Dec 3, 1924	Zanesville, OH, US
Jocko Thompson	35	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Jan 17, 1917	Beverly, MA, US
Ken Trinkle	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Dec 15, 1919	Paoli, IN, US
John Walz	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jun 14, 1930	Baltimore, MD, US
Roy Weatherly	37	L	R	5' 6.0"	170	Feb 25, 1915	Warren, TX, US
Dick Young	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 3, 1928	Seattle, WA, US

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