1952 El Paso Texans Roster
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Art Lilly (79-61)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 83,373, Avg. 1,191
The El Paso Texans of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Texans scored 1056 runs, most in the league. El Paso yielded 996 runs. Art Lilly topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .369. Alton Lee and Joe La Scala led the team with 14 wins each, while Walter Peluso and Ruben Porras recorded a 5.21 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Marcelino Solis and Rex Cecil both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Art Lilly served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Aguilar | R | R | July 7, 1920 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Santiago Ayala | L | R | August 25, 1926 | 5'10" | 176 | |
| Nicholas Capelli | R | 5'9" | 160 | |||
| Diamond Cecil | L | 6'0" | 173 | |||
| Rex Cecil | L | R | October 8, 1916 | 6'3" | 195 | Lindsay, OK US |
| Francisco Delgado | R | R | 5'10" | 165 | ||
| James Frasinetti | R | 5'10" | 190 | |||
| Blas Guzman | R | 5'11" | 187 | |||
| Joe La Scala | R | R | January 27, 1931 | 6'0" | 198 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Alton Lee | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
| Art Lilly | L | R | March 18, 1916 | 5'11" | 165 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Raymond Martinez | R | R | February 18, 1926 | 5'10" | 180 | South Colton, CA US |
| Ramón Mendoza | R | October 12, 1920 | 6'0" | 165 | ||
| Ventura Morales | R | R | July 7, 1928 | 5'7" | 165 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX |
| David Ocampo | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Walter Peluso | R | R | March 14, 1928 | 6'0" | 165 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Ruben Porras | R | R | 6'3" | 180 | ||
| Marcelino Solis | L | L | July 19, 1930 | 6'1" | 185 | Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi MX |
| Pinky Vargas | R | R | February 15, 1915 | 5'5" | 170 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
