The 1952 Hollywood Stars season, was the 44th season in the history of the Hollywood Stars baseball team. The Stars were the successors to the Vernon Tigers and Mission Reds. The Stars played their home games at Gilmore Field which was adjacent to the site where CBS Television City was erected during the 1952 baseball season.
The team, also known at the Twinks, compiled a 109–71 record and won the Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant. It was the Stars' second PCL pennant in four years.[1]
Manager Fred Haney was given substantial credit for the team's success. After the team's power hitter Gus Bell was called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates early in the season, Haney built a team that was focused on a strategy of speed, defense, and advancing base runners into scoring position. After the season, sports columnist Claude Newman wrote: "[T]hey played the kind of baseball that was in vogue before everybody became long-ball happy. They concentrated on percentage baseball, utilizing the bunt and the steal and the timely hit. . . . What Haney did was parlay speed and defense into a league pennant."[2] Haney became manager of the Pirates in 1953.
Pitcher Johnny Lindell was the leader of the Stars' pitching staff and was selected as the PCL's most valuable player for 1952.[3] Lindell compiled a 24–9 win–loss record with a 2.52 earned run average (ERA) and 190 strikeouts.[4] Lindell also tallied eight home runs in 1952 and appeared in games in the outfield, at first base, and as a pinch hitter.[3]
Pitcher Paul LaPalme also impressed after being acquired from the Pirates late in the season. He won his first five games and finished with a 6–1 record and led the team with a 1.29 ERA.[4][5]
Left fielder Carlos Bernier, a native of Puerto Rico, was the offensive star of the 1952 Hollywood team. Bernier led the club with a .301 batting average. Nicknamed "Bandit" and "El Bandido",[6] he led the PCL in 1952 with 105 runs scored and 65 stolen bases and was selected as the PCL's rookie of the year.[7]
Bernier was joined in the outfield by center fielder Tom Saffell and right fielder Ted Beard. Columnist Claude Newman boasted that Bernier, Saffell, and Beard were "the finest defensive outfield in baseball this year."[2]
Lindell and Bernier were both sold to the Pirates following the 1952 season.[8]
^"Twinks Clinch Pennant! Haney Waves 2nd Flag in 4 Years". Los Angeles Times. September 18, 1952. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"Claude Newman Says". Valley Times. September 20, 1952. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"Stars Lindell Voted PCL Valuable Player". San Pedro News-Pilot. August 30, 1952. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abCite error: The named reference BR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Twinks Triumph on Miscue, 1-0". Pasadena Independent. September 10, 1952. p. 17.
^"Claude Newman Says". The Valley Times. July 25, 1952. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Bernier Rookie of Year in PCL". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1952. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Lindell, Bernier Sold to Pirates". Los Angeles Times. October 2, 1952. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
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