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1952 Western Association Batting Leaders

1951 Season 1953 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 414 games, 6 teams, approx. 138 games in season

Attendance: 442,988 (1,070/game)

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Andy Gilbert	37	MSK	C	NYG	102	442	378	84	135	13	3	22	82	22	63	44	.357	.450	.582	1.032	220	1	0
2	Bobby Prescott	21	HUT	C	PIT	109	480	383	80	134	25	10	12	92	13	81	48	.350	.477	.561	1.038	215	12	4
3	Norm Siebern	18	JOP	C	NYY	137	614	463	115	150	33	6	13	95	12	139	71	.324	.484	.505	.989	234	4	8
4	Arnold Green?	25	TPK	C	CHC	122	555	506	86	155	8	11	4	41	23	38	42	.306	.361	.389	.750	197	5	6
5	Johnny Blanchard	19	JOP	C	NYY	123	527	439	103	132	31	2	30	112	6	79	56	.301	.411	.585	.996	257	3	6
6	Lawrence Baker*	20	FSM	C	CLE	137	602	508	79	151	33	8	1	63	8	79	32	.297	.395	.400	.795	203	3	12
7	Dale McMullin?	20	MSK	C	NYG	48	216	182	26	54	9	3	1	33	2	28	11	.297	.396	.396	.792	72	2	4
8	Dick Dutton	21	FSM	C	CLE	64	264	234	40	69	16	1	4	31	11	30	29	.295	.375	.423	.798	99	0	0
9	Jerry Lumpe	19	JOP	C	NYY	135	612	508	90	149	19	11	2	71	13	79	37	.293	.398	.386	.784	196	9	16
10	Richard Mohn?	22	FSM	C	CLE	96	366	324	44	95	9	6	3	47	4	39	40	.293	.373	.386	.758	125	2	1
11	Pete Vitale	19	JOP	C	NYY	132	608	523	98	152	32	8	8	66	9	64	84	.291	.372	.428	.801	224	4	17
12	Ken Hunt	17	JOP	C	NYY	49	199	168	26	48	5	3	2	21	3	28	41	.286	.394	.387	.781	65	2	1
13	Ernesto Blanco?	20	FSM	C	CLE	126	570	513	69	145	13	2	1	46	4	45	36	.283	.343	.322	.665	165	2	10
14	Jack Lewis	19	MSK	C	NYG	139	630	558	107	156	20	7	17	94	7	67	89	.280	.359	.432	.791	241	2	3
15	Joseph Banicki*	26	TPK	C	CHC	116	488	445	63	124	23	7	10	62	9	36	98	.279	.340	.429	.769	191	5	2
16	Joe Hannah	21	TPK	C	CHC	118	502	423	63	117	19	5	5	66	20	73	69	.277	.387	.381	.767	161	3	3
17	Earl Hemberger	19	MSK	C	NYG	53	227	192	24	53	10	4	2	26	0	29	41	.276	.371	.401	.772	77	0	6
18	Ronald Parente?	20	MSK	C	NYG	139	617	519	86	143	22	4	13	74	4	75	51	.276	.375	.409	.784	212	8	15
19	Bob Coats*	22	TPK	C	CHC	119	535	448	90	123	21	9	2	30	19	71	42	.275	.379	.375	.754	168	4	12
20	Bob Flynn	19	HUT	C	PIT	56	213	175	30	48	11	0	3	28	3	35	12	.274	.395	.389	.784	68	0	3
21	Richard Hofleit?	21	FSM	C	CLE	91	402	344	58	94	16	5	3	40	2	55	39	.273	.373	.375	.748	129	0	3
22	George Morgan?	21	SLI	C	PHI	98	409	352	32	96	15	6	8	56	3	54	41	.273	.374	.418	.792	147	3	0
23	Jerry Rendlesham?	22	TPK	C	CHC	67	291	244	32	66	14	0	2	36	0	41	25	.271	.378	.353	.730	86	1	5
24	Donald Hoskin?	24	TPK	C	CHC	114	453	407	52	109	21	0	5	48	5	39	58	.268	.332	.356	.688	145	0	7
25	Richard Hearn?	20	JOP	C	NYY	97	414	349	44	93	13	6	4	65	13	56	54	.267	.374	.373	.747	130	4	5
26	Donald Annen	22	TPK	C	CHC	89	387	339	60	90	20	2	10	68	6	42	60	.266	.353	.425	.778	144	4	2
27	Lee Tate	20	SLI	C	PHI	132	584	512	82	136	23	4	4	49	1	58	56	.266	.350	.350	.699	179	8	6
28	Gerry Collis?	21	HUT	C	PIT	57	238	203	29	53	8	4	0	26	1	28	19	.261	.353	.340	.693	69	1	6
29	Jack Varnado?	19	MSK	C	NYG	133	581	504	73	131	14	4	5	57	3	57	52	.260	.343	.333	.677	168	7	13
30	Frank Washington?	20	HUT	C	PIT	132	575	492	80	128	20	15	5	82	16	66	54	.260	.355	.392	.747	193	6	11
31	Bill Wiltrout?	23	HUT	C	PIT	116	536	454	95	117	19	4	12	55	16	65	66	.258	.357	.397	.753	180	5	12
32	Jack Castro?	24	FSM	C	CLE	136	623	509	81	131	21	9	7	62	20	94	66	.257	.385	.375	.761	191	12	8
33	John Joyner	23	MSK	C	NYG	114	445	416	61	107	14	12	3	70	7	21	44	.257	.298	.370	.668	154	3	5
34	Jack O'Keefe*	19	HUT	C	PIT	61	274	223	51	57	18	1	3	32	2	48	35	.256	.388	.386	.773	86	0	3
35	Dominic Scazzero?	--	HUT	C	PIT	50	225	181	34	46	13	2	4	32	1	33	35	.254	.386	.414	.801	75	6	5
36	Fred Burdett	23	SLI	C	PHI	137	639	511	98	129	17	7	3	42	46	114	108	.252	.394	.331	.724	169	5	9
37	Melvin Collins	19	MSK	C	NYG	139	665	508	115	128	13	12	1	42	8	140	88	.252	.418	.331	.749	168	5	12
38	Raymond Clark?	24	JOP	C	NYY	122	525	451	74	112	16	5	6	41	2	57	51	.248	.338	.346	.684	156	4	13
39	Jerry Mehlisch?	21	FSM	C	CLE	96	347	281	28	69	9	3	1	38	3	61	52	.246	.382	.310	.692	87	1	4
40	Jim Goff?	21	JOP	C	NYY	126	532	416	59	102	24	5	9	70	8	100	110	.245	.395	.392	.787	163	3	13
41	Robert Ciolek?	22	SLI	C	PHI	91	382	323	49	78	13	8	5	40	6	50	75	.242	.350	.378	.728	122	4	5
42	Vern Hoscheit?	30	JOP	C	NYY	74	213	171	24	41	6	2	1	18	5	38	20	.240	.378	.316	.694	54	0	4
43	James Bogner?	19	SLI	C	PHI	101	359	309	34	73	9	1	6	43	0	45	66	.236	.337	.330	.667	102	2	3
44	Ralph Onnasch?	19	MSK	C	NYG	92	278	225	39	53	10	2	7	31	2	42	51	.236	.377	.391	.768	88	9	2
45	George Gongola	20	FSM	C	CLE	98	391	331	37	77	5	2	1	33	3	48	49	.233	.335	.269	.604	89	3	9
46	Ed Smrekar*	20	SLI	C	PHI	88	191	173	20	40	2	2	1	8	0	14	43	.231	.293	.283	.576	49	1	3
47	Jack Hasten	21	TPK	C	CHC	46	196	170	21	39	7	0	3	28	2	24	12	.229	.325	.324	.648	55	0	2
48	Leonard Cline	21	HUT	C	PIT	77	364	296	46	67	11	2	1	25	5	61	39	.226	.360	.287	.648	85	1	6
49	John Gallis?	21	SLI	C	PHI	136	562	473	52	105	18	1	10	70	0	80	89	.222	.341	.328	.668	155	5	4
50	Charles Stickels?	21	TPK	C	CHC	67	270	242	31	53	7	1	1	18	5	25	36	.219	.292	.269	.561	65	0	3
51	Jack McKeon	21	HUT	C	PIT	116	443	358	42	78	10	1	4	40	0	69	54	.218	.352	.285	.637	102	5	11
52	William Linnert?	20	HUT	C	PIT	60	281	200	39	43	9	1	0	19	5	69	29	.215	.421	.270	.691	54	2	10
53	Ezell King	19	HUT	C	PIT	36	148	138	12	29	3	1	1	18	1	9	47	.210	.264	.268	.532	37	1	0
54	Bob McKee	19	TPK	C	CHC	120	490	445	40	93	17	1	8	49	14	37	92	.209	.270	.306	.575	136	0	8
55	Chet Krajewski?	27	SLI	C	PHI	137	588	495	69	103	14	2	8	48	22	88	111	.208	.328	.293	.621	145	0	5
56	Bob McEvilly?	21	FSM	C	CLE	88	339	298	31	62	12	1	1	34	0	29	73	.208	.298	.265	.563	79	9	3
57	Rex Babcock?	18	HUT	C	PIT	136	565	491	62	100	21	7	6	69	6	65	135	.204	.299	.312	.611	153	2	7
58	Dick Urlage?	18	MSK	C	NYG	121	431	375	51	76	18	3	15	58	1	49	51	.203	.300	.387	.687	145	3	4
59	Robert Hallman?	24	MSK	C	NYG	41	167	151	15	30	6	2	1	19	0	11	23	.199	.258	.285	.543	43	1	4
60	Elmer Balzer?	21	JOP	C	NYY	38	157	139	16	27	7	1	1	18	0	14	30	.194	.277	.281	.558	39	2	2
61	Fred Stephens?	20	SLI	C	PHI	131	505	432	45	80	14	0	4	48	4	68	82	.185	.299	.245	.544	106	2	3
62	Roland Hammett	20	SLI	C	PHI	79	205	164	24	29	5	3	2	14	1	36	68	.177	.332	.281	.612	46	2	3