Record: 22-20 / 3rd place / Western Baseball League
Des Moines Bears (A)

Historical Team WAR (1952)

Batters
Pos Player Batting WAR
P George Buckley -1.14
CF Donnie Aldrich -0.94
SS Jocko Boudreaux -0.87
P Cloyd East -0.81
P Leo Zastrow -0.51
SS Fred Tiel -0.40
P Bill Ross -0.38
3B Danny Apel -0.23
P Art Tucker -0.22
SS Carmen Bowen -0.19
P Bugs Fitzgerald -0.15
P Paul Anderson -0.15
P Ed Troy -0.14
SS Jackie Williams -0.14
P Ray Owen -0.07
C Tom B. Johnson -0.02
LF Hal Spyker -0.02
2B Ollie Roegner -0.02
P Earl Ulrich -0.00
P Frank Francis 0.00
P Phil Matthis 0.00
P Bernie Murphy 0.03
P Reggie Randall 0.06
P Jim Wilson Jr. 0.07
CF Bill Irani 0.08
LF George Skillman 0.10
C Ed Jones 0.21
3B Pat Hymes 0.38
C Charlie Gagnon 0.43
SS Tex Kelley 0.56
3B Bill Gardner 0.63
2B John Welch 0.68
1B Rube Townsend 0.90
2B Johnny Nichols 0.91
LF Johnnie Cloud 1.51
CF Hank Kingman 1.73
C Bob Anastas 1.74
LF Ed Sutton 1.90
1B Bob Stone 1.97
1B Owen Burns 3.73
Pitchers
Pos Player Pitching WAR
RP Reggie Randall -0.38
SP Frank Francis -0.04
SP Ray Owen -0.01
RP Phil Matthis 0.00
SP Bernie Murphy 0.03
CL Art Tucker 0.11
RP Bugs Fitzgerald 0.26
SP Leo Zastrow 0.54
RP Earl Ulrich 1.16
SP Jim Wilson Jr. 1.29
SP George Buckley 1.39
SP Ed Troy 2.21
SP Bill Ross 2.63
RP Cloyd East 2.98
SP Paul Anderson 4.89