1952 Statistics

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
1952 SKBL Prediger Pete NB 10 13 5 5 1 0 1 0 7 .385
1952 SKBL Knight Bobby MMA 12 51 11 19 4 1 0 1 6 .373
1952 SKBL Kyle Walter (Gus) RGC 33 136 25 50 8 2 2 3 29 .368
1952 SKBL Tate Curtis NB 48 192 38 67 8 4 3 10 41 .349
1952 SKBL Nelson Ken NB 47 207 50 72 12 5 7 8 38 .348
1952 SKBL Buttgereit Walter RGC 32 132 18 42 7 4 3 3 20 .318
1952 SKBL Bartels Fred RGC 26 89 13 28 2 3 5 2 24 .315
1952 SKBL McLeod Pete ES-NB 26 90 10 28 6 1 4 1 16 .311
1952 SKBL Hammermeister Dave RGC 12 45 8 14 6 0 1 0 15 .311
1952 SKBL Shahzade Art RGC 31 110 25 34 7 1 2 7 13 .309
1952 SKBL Herron Bob NB 48 190 40 56 4 4 12 8 46 .295
1952 SKBL Shields Jim SKG 45 185 41 54 2 3 2 14 21 .292
1952 SKBL Worth Art MMA 41 138 16 40 5 0 2 3 19 .290
1952 SKBL Green Louis NB 47 156 27 45 4 1 3 2 27 .288
1952 SKBL Bentley Max SKG 44 191 29 54 11 4 0 4 23 .283
1952 SKBL Selph Charlie ES 42 171 22 48 5 5 2 7 25 .281
1952 SKBL Lauer Lefty SKG 18 25 2 7 0 1 0 0 3 .280
1952 SKBL Dean Roy NB 33 126 20 35 8 1 4 1 19 .278
1952 SKBL Patterson Ray ES 42 156 22 42 12 1 3 3 26 .269
1952 SKBL Garcia Bob SKG 24 67 15 18 1 0 2 1 10 .269
1952 SKBL Shirley Jim SKG 42 161 19 43 5 1 0 4 16 .267
1952 SKBL Breckner Len SKG 46 156 17 41 4 3 2 2 25 .263
1952 SKBL Shea Bill ES 42 158 23 41 5 0 1 14 17 .259
1952 SKBL Holdaway Chuck SKG 17 31 3 8 2 1 0 0 8 .258
1952 SKBL Harbourne Jackie MMA 41 141 21 36 5 2 3 7 14 .255
1952 SKBL Coe Harry ES 23 51 9 13 0 2 0 1 4 .255
1952 SKBL Fox Barney NB 39 158 37 40 7 3 2 5 15 .253
1952 SKBL Linck Bob RGC 21 95 22 24 3 0 0 2 3 .253
1952 SKBL Jacobson Cliff SKG 20 40 5 10 2 0 2 0 4 .250
1952 SKBL Bentley Doug SKG 34 117 15 29 3 0 0 8 13 .248
1952 SKBL McLeod Jackie NB 45 147 22 36 2 2 1 3 25 .245
1952 SKBL Huffman Earl RGC 31 120 17 29 4 1 0 10 9 .242
1952 SKBL Dean Les NB .233
1952 SKBL 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
1952 SKBL Coleman Johnny NB 7 3 .700 84 74 42 28 75 5 0
1952 SKBL Dean Les NB 6 1 .857 80 59 27 30 36 3 0
1952 SKBL Holdaway Chuck SKG 6 2 .750 71 60 28 24 48 8 2
1952 SKBL Hodges Berlyn MMA 6 4 .600 86 80 43 29 38 2 3
1952 SKBL Singleton Bob SKG 5 1 .833 64 41 27 42 79 3 8
1952 SKBL Coben Murray SKG 4 2 .667 47 43 18 19 18 3 0
1952 SKBL Swota Andy NB 4 3 .571 56 57 29 9 32 2 1
1952 SKBL Hinckley Cless RGC 3 0 1.000 47 37 13 14 41 1 3
1952 SKBL Read George SKG 3 1 .750 38 23 12 8 42 1 1
1952 SKBL Hannah Jack SKG 3 1 .750 22 23 9 3 14 1 0
1952 SKBL Hodges Lowell MMA 2 1 .667 30 20 9 11 6 2 2
1952 SKBL Buttgereit Walter RGC 2 1 .667 27 28 19 10 10 2 1
1952 SKBL Herron Bob NB 3 3 .500 a
1952 SKBL 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
1952 SBL Hingley Doug RRC 66 22 .333
1952 SBL Mayor Frank WY 76 25 .329
1952 SBL McEachern Ken RGR 64 21 .328
1952 SBL Barth Rudy MA 56 18 .321
1952 SBL Sanderson Archie AV 70 22 .314
1952 SBL Covert Keith WY 62 19 .306
1952 SBL Shupe Jack WY 50 15 .300
1952 SBL Becker Walt ND 71 21 .296
1952 SBL Fulton Jackie RRC 48 14 .292
1952 SBL 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
1952 SBL Campbell Garnet AV 6 4 3 5 0 1.000
1952 SBL L'Heureux Lionel ND 13 6 3 5 4 .556
1952 SBL Shupe Gayle WY 6 4 4 4 1 .800
1952 SBL Hogg Ralph WY 6 6 4 4 1 .800
1952 SBL Campbell Gordon AV 10 6 6 4 2 .667
1952 SBL Woolley Don RRC 7 4 4 3 1 .750
1952 SBL Covert Keith WY 8 4 4 3 1 .750
1952 SBL Harrison Cliff RRC 7 5 3 3 2 .600
1952 SBL Barth Rudy MA 6 4 4 3 2 .600
1952 SBL Morden Doug RRC 3 2 1 2 0 1.000
1952 SBL Vogt Al RRC 2 2 1 2 0 1.000
1952 SBL Lilley Les ND 3 2 0 2 0 1.000
1952 SBL Sorenson Cliff AV 4 3 2 2 1 .667
1952 SBL Heidt Ed MA 5 5 4 2 2 .500
1952 SBL Cope Harold RGR 5 4 3 2 2 .500
1952 SBL McMurtry Pete RRC 5 5 4 2 3 .400
1952 SBL Richardson Wes RGR 7 6 5 2 3 .400
1952 SBL Kirkpatrick Jim AV 3 2 1 1 0 1.000
1952 SBL Germann Frank ND 4 2 2 1 1 .500
1952 SBL Selinger Jim WY 5 4 2 1 3 .250
1952 SBL Scott Dick MA 6 5 3 1 4 .200
1952 SBL Daley Tim ND 1 1 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL Dombowsky Hugo ND 2 1 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL Padewski John ND 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL Namtzu Vic MA 1 1 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL Lowe Bill RGR 3 1 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL McMillan Bob RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL Machan Ken RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 SBL Knox George WY 2 1 1 0 1 .000
1952 SBL Downtown Aubrey AV 1 1 0 0 1 .000
1952 SBL Gottselig Albert MA 1 1 1 0 1 .000
1952 SBL Gottselig Wilf MA 2 2 1 0 1 .000
1952 SBL Ivany Jerry MA 2 0 0 0 1 .000
1952 SBL Welsh Gerry RGR 2 1 0 0 2 .000
1952 SBL Prosofsky Ed RGR 5 2 2 0 2 .000
1952 SBL Millette Lucien ND 4 4 1 0 3 .000
1952 SBL Tysdale Elmer AV 3 3 0 0 3 .000
1952 SBL 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
1952 MD McLean Zoonie MI 48 195 54 72 12 6 7 4 46 .369
1952 MD Longest Chick CA 54 220 43 76 10 3 8 4 41 .345
1952 MD Bostock Lyman CA 54 195 46 64 11 1 5 2 36 .328
1952 MD Louden Lou WG 51 186 32 61 18 1 5 3 43 .328
1952 MD Giammarco Yogi MI 53 188 56 60 15 4 11 7 47 .319
1952 MD King Clarence BR 37 143 27 45 7 3 2 9 19 .315
1952 MD Vasquez Bus BR 44 159 32 50 9 6 1 7 24 .314
1952 MD Jako Walter MI 55 222 48 69 18 2 7 3 46 .311
1952 MD Castille Irv BR 44 149 30 46 6 4 1 4 22 .309
1952 MD Mitchell Joe BR 54 206 39 62 11 13 0 8 28 .301
1952 MD Bowman Duke MI 55 233 47 70 9 5 2 1 27 .300
1952 MD Hill Sam CA 53 222 44 64 9 3 5 4 33 .288
1952 MD Massaro Joe MI 51 220 26 63 11 3 3 1 55 .286
1952 MD Kennedy John MI 49 196 46 56 7 8 1 14 26 .286
1952 MD Andrews Sonny CA 53 189 47 53 9 3 4 2 30 .280
1952 MD Barbee Quincy MI 43 172 35 48 6 3 3 1 32 .279
1952 MD Robinson Norm BR 49 196 29 54 9 5 1 5 27 .276
1952 MD Douglas Jesse WG 51 183 33 49 9 3 2 14 25 .268
1952 MD Washington John WG 49 181 31 48 7 0 2 3 28 .265
1952 MD Corcoran Don MI 55 190 44 50 4 1 9 9 33 .263
1952 MD Hyde Cowan WG 52 211 34 54 5 2 2 9 26 .256
1952 MD Canuli Nick WG 55 193 50 49 9 1 1 3 30 .254
1952 MD Colas Jose BR 37 147 17 36 4 0 3 10 21 .245
1952 MD Wilson Don WG 48 181 28 43 8 1 1 4 16 .238
1952 MD Boushy Ernie CA 52 202 29 46 3 2 0 3 24 .228
1952 MD Watkins Murray BR 52 213 38 48 6 3 0 12 13 .225
1952 MD Powell Jerry WG 49 147 23 31 7 2 1 0 4 .211 (Fewer Than 140 ABs)
1952 MD Wells Willie BR 10 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 .667
1952 MD Porter Andy CA 3 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 .429
1952 MD Lockett Lester WG 28 100 20 39 6 0 3 1 18 .390
1952 MD Clifford Luther BR 27 112 20 37 10 1 3 6 23 .330
1952 MD Jessup Gentry CA 33 105 8 34 6 1 1 0 18 .324
1952 MD Kelly John MI 19 54 7 17 2 1 1 0 6 .315
1952 MD Martin Warren MI 12 27 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 .296
1952 MD Argudin Cesar BR 41 12 2 .293 a
1952 MD Schaefer Jack CA 24 82 12 23 4 0 1 2 18 .280
1952 MD Cain Sugar MI 22 61 9 17 2 0 3 1 14 .279
1952 MD McKerlie Almer CA 37 126 11 35 2 1 0 0 21 .278
1952 MD Parker Tom WG 16 34 5 9 2 0 1 0 7 .265
1952 MD Brenzel Fred CA 29 90 10 23 3 0 0 1 8 .256
1952 MD Robinson Frazier BR 27 91 5 23 3 0 0 1 13 .253
1952 MD Pigg Leonard CA 12 40 4 10 1 0 0 0 6 .250
1952 MD Tiller Bob MI 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
1952 MD Price Hal WG 30 77 12 19 2 0 1 0 10 .247
1952 MD Richardson TW BR 14 33 4 8 1 0 3 1 4 .242
1952 MD Finch Ray WG 7 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 .231
1952 MD Butts Harry BR 20 50 6 11 1 0 0 0 8 .220
1952 MD Rhodes Harry CA 25 65 9 14 1 0 4 0 2 .215
1952 MD Spearman Al WG 19 42 6 9 0 0 0 5 12 .214
1952 MD Richardson Murray CA 9 14 5 3 0 0 0 0 7 .214
1952 MD Gaines Jonas MI 10 26 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 .192
1952 MD Bryant Allen WG 10 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 .190
1952 MD Albosta Ed MI 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188
1952 MD Brown Barney BR 5 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 .188
1952 MD Conley Butch CA 15 65 9 12 1 0 0 0 7 .185
1952 MD Gallegos Mel CA 20 60 2 11 1 0 0 2 5 .183
1952 MD Murray Mal MI 12 34 4 6 1 0 0 0 5 .176
1952 MD Jenkins PeeWee BR 15 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 .167
1952 MD Greene Wilbur MI 35 113 16 15 3 2 0 2 8 .133
1952 MD McCoy Walter WG 12 24 3 3 2 0 1 0 5 .125
1952 MD Hutchinson Willie CA 12 30 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .100
1952 MD Amaro Mario BR 9 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .095
1952 MD Ridley Weldon CA 18 1 0 .056 a
1952 MD 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
1952 MD Price, Hal WG 10 5 .667 153 156 70 130 13
1952 MD Jessup, Gentry CA 8 8 .500 125 124 47 64 4
1952 MD Kelly, John MI 7 2 .778 84 79 54 35 4
1952 MD Cain, Sugar MI 7 3 .700 74 73 19 70 2
1952 MD Richardson, TW BR 5 2 .714 63 51 39 31 0
1952 MD Amaro, Mario BR 5 3 .625 68 90 24 42 2
1952 MD Murray, Mal MI 5 3 .625 71 75 26 17 2
1952 MD Parker, Tom WG 5 3 .625 55 52 25 43 4
1952 MD Hutchinson, Willie CA 5 5 .500 99 79 28 52 2
1952 MD Butts, Harry BR 5 9 .357 111 103 73 96 7
1952 MD Brown, Barney BR 4 1 .800 41 34 9 35 3
1952 MD Gaines, Jonas MI 4 3 .571 74 67 20 42 2
1952 MD McCoy, Walter CA 4 4 .500 71 87 29 31 4
1952 MD Richardon, Murray CA 4 4 .500 79 81 51 57 6
1952 MD Martin, Warren MI 3 1 .750 48 41 26 27 2
1952 MD Bryant, Allen Lefty WG 3 2 .600 55 60 20 27 0
1952 MD Jenkins, Pee Wee BR 3 3 .500 57 72 33 24 3
1952 MD Rhodes, Harry CA 3 3 .500 48 51 32 16 1
1952 MD Brenzel, Fred CA 3 8 .273 92 103 51 54 3
1952 MD Porter, Andy CA 2 0 1.000 17 12 2 10 0
1952 MD Greene, Wilbur MI 2 1 .667 41 50 20 15 2
1952 MD Vasquez, Armando BR 2 4 .333 46 61 17 19 2
1952 MD McKerlie, Almer CA 1 0 1.000 5 3 8 1 0
1952 MD Williams, Sam BR 1 2 .333 16 23 9 3 0
1952 MD Spearman, Al WG 1 3 .250 25 39 15 17 1
1952 MD Albosta, Ed MI 1 5 .167 40 53 12 8 1
1952 MD Barbee, Quincy MI 0 0 .000 7 8 4 1 0
1952 MD Wells, Willie Sr. BR 0 0 .000 4 6 2 1 0
1952 MD 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
1952   CBL  Steele Jack CGM                  34 131  34  50                      24  .382
1952   CBL  Kelly John TC                    43 162  28  60                      28  .370
1952   CBL  Saville Jim DH                   40 176  46  64  16                  41  .364
1952   CBL  Wylie Harvey CGM                 40 161  40  55                      20  .342
1952   CBL  Fennessey Bill C99               40 200  51  68        10            49  .340
1952   CBL  McPherson Ron C99                29 119  35  40                      27  .336
1952   CBL  Sabo Joe CGM                     37 131  24  43                      21  .328
1952   CBL  Ing Cyril CS                     43 178  34  57                      26  .320
1952   CBL  Andronyk Jack DH                 39 173  40  55                      13  .318
1952   CBL  Loewen Don CS                    28 109  20  34                      10  .312
1952   CBL  VanWassenhove Reg C99            46 162  44  50                      15  .309
1952   CBL  McKinnon Jim DH                  40 173  33  52                      26  .301
1952   CBL  English Ron C99                  32 117  33  35                      18  .299
1952   CBL  Farrar Roy TC                    45 180  29  51                      14  .283
1952   CBL  Weaver Bing C99                  33 121  17  34                      22  .281
1952   CBL  Ing Bruce CS                     35 144  23  40                      16  .278
1952   CBL  Wilson Hugh CS                   37 137  17  38                      18  .277
1952   CBL  Brown Cliff RCAF                 42 185  31  51      3               16  .276
1952   CBL  Lenz Jim C99                     33 118  21  32                      11  .271
1952   CBL  Mundle Gordon TC                 39 127  26  34           30         10  .268
1952   CBL  Lanman Paddy TC                  45 172  23  46                      32  .267
1952   CBL  Casebeer Mernus CS               41 173  23  46                      17  .266
1952   CBL  Hood Bill STD                    36 109  19  29                      10  .266
1952   CBL  Bertamini Art DH                 34 121  22  32                      16  .264
1952   CBL  Neilsen Dale STD                 36 126  16  33                       6  .262
1952   CBL  Leisemer John CS                 41 175  32  45                      16  .257
1952   CBL  Boyd Charlie CGM                 30 105  20  27                      22  .257
1952   CBL  Young Johnny TC                  42 157  27  40                      17  .255
1952   CBL  Bassen Hank CGM                  42 163  29  41                      25  .252
1952   CBL  Scott Pete C99                   46 196  34  49                      24  .250
1952   CBL  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
1952   CBL  Kirk Don CS                 21 16 16  16  2  .889  160 103  38 26     230        1.46
1952   CBL  Gibson Brian C99                      11  0 1.000  103  63  43 17                1.49
1952   CBL  Sagstuen Hans TC                       7  6  .538   89  73  37 16                1.61
1952   CBL  Ebner Norm TC                         10  2  .833   95  81  44 19                1.80
1952   CBL  Bradley Lloyd C99                      6  1  .857  121 117  45 27                2.01
1952   CBL  Makos John DH                         10  1  .909  103  77  38 18                2.18 (1)
1952   CBL  Stone Frank C99                       10  0 1.000   94  85  33 26                2.48
1952   CBL  Tanner Chuck C99                       5  1  .833   49  48  24 14                2.55
1952   CBL  Andronyk Jack DH                       2  1  .667   30  35  20  9                2.70
1952   CBL  Brian Ken CS                           6  6  .500  105  84  52 32                2.75
1952   CBL  Boyd Charlie CGM                       3  2  .600   56  43  30 17                2.75
1952   CBL  Berlando Jimmy DH                      5  5  .500   80  58  40 26                2.93 (1)
1952   CBL  Dickson Bill RCAF                      3  6  .333   89  70  63 30                3.03
1952   CBL  O'Neill Jack CGM                       3  5  .375   62  54  41 21                3.06
1952   CBL  McQueen Mac RCAF                       7  9  .438  119 130  83 43                3.25
1952   CBL  MacEwen Bentley CGM/TC                 6  7  .462  122 115  80 45                3.29
1952   CBL  Yurchak Steve TC                       3  5  .375   57  52  43 25                3.92
1952   CBL  Slugget  DH                            3  2  .600   39  43  23 17                3.95
1952   CBL  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. 

Chuck Fedoras 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
1952 IC Evon Russ LDN 44 .361
1952 IC Butler Don STT .327
1952 IC Seerey Pat GU 11 31
Source : Intercounty Record Book Wins : Fedoras KR - 12
Won-Lost Pct : Fedoras KR - .857 Strikeouts : Brake Bob LDN - 69 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
1952 IC Fedoras Chuck KR 12 2 .857
1952 IC 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