1952 New Orleans Pelicans
Record: 70-74
Finish: 4th in PL South Division
Runs Scored: 811
Runs Allowed: 852
Exp W-L: 69-75
 
Ballpark: Higgins Park
Attendance: 2,217,321
Manager: Brad Huber

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-62, 5th in the Pioneer League
AA: 68-58, 3rd in the Pioneer League
A: 63-63, 6th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Paul Davis 28 138 503 94 156 44 7 22 108 7 2 86 60 .310 .408 .557 .965 108.4 20.4 4.1
LF  Osvaldo Paredes 36 138 482 101 140 22 3 20 88 37 11 108 65 .290 .419 .473 .892 97.7 16.7 2.0
CF  John Heaps 29 128 524 106 169 27 3 20 75 44 15 47 61 .323 .384 .500 .884 98.8 17.0 2.7
C  Jimmy Hildreth 27 132 524 88 170 34 3 13 63 0 0 41 62 .324 .373 .475 .848 88.7 14.9 1.8
2B *Walter Salgado 26 137 482 92 158 28 1 16 85 6 8 67 59 .328 .408 .490 .897 94.3 16.6 5.7
1B #Erubiel Ibaņez 23 138 479 62 143 27 0 16 91 2 2 54 55 .299 .370 .455 .825 77.1 11.7 1.6
2B  Sabino Martinez 26 117 443 60 108 19 5 5 53 40 2 50 82 .244 .323 .343 .666 55.9 5.4 4.9
RF  David Colucci 33 96 341 44 104 16 1 5 63 0 3 38 46 .305 .376 .402 .778 49.3 6.5 1.7
CF #Randy Nieto 25 101 193 38 55 15 2 2 31 13 1 23 35 .285 .372 .415 .787 31.6 4.9 0.8
RF *Leroy Thornsberry 28 68 156 20 49 4 0 6 34 5 3 17 22 .314 .388 .455 .843 27.2 4.2 0.6
2B  Adam Washington 27 66 156 19 34 9 1 1 18 0 0 12 39 .218 .280 .308 .588 12.8 0.0 1.5
C  Ryan Brown 33 33 110 15 29 6 0 2 12 0 0 12 25 .264 .341 .373 .714 13.5 1.1 0.5
LF *Tommy Blake 30 65 98 13 16 6 0 3 18 0 0 10 16 .163 .239 .316 .555 8.6 0.0 0.4
P  Thomas Crystal 28 40 100 7 16 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 23 .160 .167 .170 .337 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Richard Bush 31 32 95 11 25 1 0 3 10 2 2 2 37 .263 .278 .368 .647 9.2 0.3 0.0
P  Vincent Vivian 25 31 85 8 20 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 21 .235 .261 .259 .520 5.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Percy Kuehl 32 66 77 12 23 6 0 0 8 2 0 10 1 .299 .386 .377 .763 11.4 1.7 0.2
3B  Steven Harper 29 42 71 9 18 5 0 1 7 0 0 6 8 .254 .312 .366 .678 7.1 0.4 0.5
P *Newton Biondi 25 23 51 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 22 .098 .148 .118 .266 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bryan Crossett 25 17 41 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .098 .098 .098 .195 -1.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Nathan Sherrod 29 17 13 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .462 .692 1.5 0.0 0.1
P  Daniel Heppner 27 48 8 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .333 .750 1.083 1.9 0.4 0.0
P *Chester Belue 30 6 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Kenneth Thompson 27 50 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Emerson Freer 27 11 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.5 0.1 0.1
P *Bradley Koch 30 40 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  John Fobbs 29 39 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1819 5060 811 1451 275 26 137 778 161 54 589 761 .287 .363 .433 .795 799.0 122.1 29.3
  Rank among 10 PL teams 3 2 2 9 10 3 2 6 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Thomas Crystal 28 13 16 .448 39 39 0 276.3 285 161 10 179 198 5.24 11.6
 Richard Bush 31 14 10 .583 31 31 0 233.7 268 132 28 51 131 5.08 13.2
 Vincent Vivian 25 16 10 .615 31 31 0 224.3 232 146 22 129 196 5.86 9.5
 Newton Biondi 25 5 9 .357 22 22 0 150.3 131 77 15 81 87 4.61 8.0
 Bryan Crossett 25 6 8 .429 17 16 0 104.7 144 70 11 35 48 6.02 1.7
*Willie Cunningham 24 3 5 .375 67 0 6 65.7 72 34 8 26 53 4.66 5.6
 Kenneth Thompson 27 4 4 .500 48 2 9 60.7 79 47 14 29 45 6.97 0.1
*Bradley Koch 30 3 4 .429 40 0 1 52.3 67 40 2 28 24 6.88 0.4
 Daniel Heppner 27 0 3 .000 48 0 3 50.0 60 39 5 31 26 7.02 0.2
 John Fobbs 29 5 3 .625 39 0 13 38.3 33 19 5 13 28 4.46 6.8
 Chester Belue 30 1 2 .333 6 3 0 27.0 27 15 3 15 17 5.00 1.4
Team Totals 27.4 70 74 .486 388 144 32 1283.3 1398 780 123 617 853 5.47 58.5
Rank among 10 PL teams 7 7 6 7 8 6 6 10 10 6 10  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 27.2
J.Hildreth 1057.0 117 125 718 49 18 1 .977 14.2
R.Brown 226.3 27 28 162 17 2 1 .989 38.9
Team Total 1283.3 144 153 880 66 20 2 .979 17.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.18
E.Ibaņez 1128.7 134 138 1257 90 11 110 .992 10.74
P.Kuehl 152.7 10 39 166 11 0 17 1.000 10.43
L.Thornsberry 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
N.Biondi 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1283.3 144 179 1425 102 11 127 .993 10.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.24
W.Salgado 957.3 109 114 210 394 6 76 .990 5.68
A.Washington 309.3 35 39 70 109 1 25 .994 5.21
S.Harper 8.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
E.Freer 6.0 0 3 3 3 0 2 1.000 9.00
S.Martinez 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1283.3 144 160 286 506 7 103 .991 5.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.57
P.Davis 1139.3 129 134 93 283 20 25 .949 2.97
S.Harper 135.0 15 25 10 36 3 3 .939 3.07
E.Freer 9.0 0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 4.00
Team Total 1283.3 144 164 105 321 24 28 .947 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.56
S.Martinez 1033.0 117 117 181 421 19 78 .969 5.24
W.Salgado 145.3 16 20 27 44 5 5 .934 4.40
R.Nieto 61.0 7 7 10 11 1 4 .955 3.10
P.Davis 17.0 2 2 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.24
T.Blake 9.0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00
J.Hildreth 8.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Washington 5.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 3.60
S.Harper 5.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1283.3 144 150 224 489 26 88 .965 5.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.12
O.Paredes 1092.3 124 128 205 10 2 3 .991 1.77
R.Nieto 155.7 17 21 31 0 2 0 .939 1.79
T.Blake 24.0 3 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
L.Thornsberry 8.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
D.Colucci 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Harper 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1283.3 144 158 248 10 4 3 .985 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.71
J.Heaps 1085.7 124 126 284 0 1 0 .996 2.35
R.Nieto 152.0 16 21 38 1 0 1 1.000 2.31
O.Paredes 27.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
A.Washington 8.0 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.38
N.Sherrod 6.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
L.Thornsberry 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1283.3 144 155 332 1 2 1 .994 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.18
D.Colucci 797.0 93 94 161 13 1 2 .994 1.96
L.Thornsberry 300.7 34 40 65 4 3 1 .958 2.07
T.Blake 155.0 16 25 30 3 2 0 .943 1.92
O.Paredes 14.3 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.77
N.Sherrod 13.3 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
P.Kuehl 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Heaps 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1283.3 144 170 268 20 6 3 .980 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.90
T.Crystal 276.3 39 39 13 50 4 4 .940 2.05
R.Bush 233.7 31 31 9 34 1 2 .977 1.66
V.Vivian 224.3 31 31 12 38 1 3 .980 2.01
N.Biondi 150.3 22 22 7 33 1 2 .976 2.39
B.Crossett 104.7 16 17 3 20 0 0 1.000 1.98
W.Cunningham 65.7 0 67 8 10 0 0 1.000 2.47
K.Thompson 60.7 2 48 5 8 1 1 .929 1.93
B.Koch 52.3 0 40 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.58
D.Heppner 50.0 0 48 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Fobbs 38.3 0 39 1 7 1 0 .889 1.88
C.Belue 27.0 3 6 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.67
Team Total 1283.3 144 388 67 226 9 12 .970 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Salgado .328
On-Base Pct Paredes .419
Slugging Pct Davis .557
OPS Davis .965
XR Davis 108.4
Games Paredes, Ibaņez, Davis 138
At-Bats Heaps, Hildreth 524
Runs Heaps 106
Hits Hildreth 170
Total Bases Davis 280
Singles Hildreth 120
Doubles Davis 44
Triples Davis 7
Homeruns Davis 22
RBIs Davis 108
Stolen Bases Heaps 44
Caught Stealing Heaps 15
Walks Paredes 108
Strikeouts Martinez 82
ERA Bush 5.08
Wins Vivian 16
Losses Crystal 16
Winning Pct Vivian .615
Saves Fobbs 13
Games Pitched Cunningham 67
Games Started Crystal 39
Complete Games Crystal 10
Shutouts Crystal 3
Innings Pitched Crystal 276.3
Hits Allowed Crystal 285
Homeruns Allowed Bush 28
Strikeouts Crystal 198
Walks Allowed Crystal 179
Walks per 9IP Bush 2.0
Hits per 9IP Crystal 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Vivian 7.9
WHiP Bush 1.37
OAVG Vivian .267
OOBP Bush .337
OSLG Crystal .374
OOPS Crystal .758
Team All-Stars
Jimmy Hildreth
Walter Salgado
Player Salaries
Osvaldo Paredes $ 9,550,000
Paul Davis $ 8,960,000
John Heaps $ 7,430,000
David Colucci $ 4,060,000
Richard Bush $ 3,900,000
Walter Salgado $ 3,514,286
Jimmy Hildreth $ 2,807,143
Chester Belue $ 2,050,000
Thomas Crystal $ 2,050,000
John Fobbs $ 2,050,000
Sabino Martinez $ 1,757,143
Vincent Vivian $ 1,664,286
Bryan Crossett $ 1,485,714
Adam Washington $ 1,430,000
Ryan Brown $ 550,000
Nathan Sherrod $ 460,000
Daniel Heppner $ 421,429
Kenneth Thompson $ 421,429
Rueben Watson $ 410,000
Eric Ferrill $ 350,000
Newton Biondi $ 350,000
Emerson Freer $ 300,000
Erubiel Ibaņez $ 300,000
Willie Cunningham $ 300,000
Bradley Koch $ 300,000
Percy Kuehl $ 300,000
Randy Nieto $ 300,000
Leroy Thornsberry $ 300,000
Tommy Blake $ 300,000
Steven Harper $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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