1952 Fort Lauderdale Braves/Key West Conchs Roster
Team Record: 40-111
Finished 8th in the FIL
Manager: Barney Lutz (40-111)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Key West, Florida
Ballpark: Wickers Field (Stadium), Westside Ball Park
Attendance: 44,482, Avg. 589
The Fort Lauderdale Braves/Key West Conchs of the Florida International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 40 wins and 111 losses, finishing eighth in the FIL.Ft. Lauderdale (8-45) was taken over by the League June 1, then transferred to Key West June 20.
The Braves/Conchs tallied 469 runs and yielded 825 runs, most in the league. Barney Lutz led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .267 clip. Gaspar Del Monte topped Fort Lauderdale/Key West with 10 wins and a team-best 3.55 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Benny Felder and Nap Reyes both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Barney Lutz served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Catano Acosta | ||||||
James Balogh | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
Chino Bernal | R | 5'8" | 185 | |||
Ortelio Bosch | R | 5'8" | 145 | |||
Emilio Cabrera | R | 5'11" | 160 | |||
Gaspar Del Monte | R | R | January 6, 1927 | 6'1" | 210 | |
Gaspar Del Toro | R | 5'8" | 175 | |||
Carlos DeSouza | R | R | June 6, 1924 | 5'7" | 160 | |
Grady Dunlap | L | 5'11" | 180 | |||
Benny Felder | R | R | December 9, 1926 | 5'10" | 170 | Tampa, FL US |
Antonio Garcia | R | R | April 11, 1924 | 5'7" | 155 | |
Catayo Gonzalez | R | L | 5'10" | 178 | ||
Dick Haack | R | R | May 31, 1922 | 6'2" | 200 | Hammond, IN US |
Chuck Harig | L | R | March 7, 1914 | 5'7" | 173 | , PA US |
Herschel Held | R | R | April 16, 1923 | 5'10" | 185 | McLoud, OK US |
Raul Hernandez | ||||||
Felipe Jiminez | R | R | July 9, 1923 | 5'11" | 204 | |
Carl Kolosna | R | June 12, 1924 | 6'2" | 195 | ||
Alberto Larraz | ||||||
Barney Lutz | L | R | August 20, 1915 | 5'10" | 175 | |
Thomas McCall | L | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
Severino Mendez | R | 5'11" | 160 | |||
Nick Pappas | R | R | September 1, 1919 | 6'1" | 170 | |
Donald Reimer | L | 6'0" | 175 | |||
Nap Reyes | R | R | November 24, 1919 | 6'0" | 195 | Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba CU |
Rosell Sails | ||||||
Aldo Salvent | R | R | October 4, 1929 | 5'10" | 180 | Yateras, CU |
Angel Scull | R | R | October 2, 1928 | 5'8" | 165 | Central Mercedes, CU |
Rene Solis | R | R | July 23, 1925 | 5'11" | 170 | Victoria de las Tunas, Oriente CU |
John Streza | R | R | April 7, 1920 | 6'3" | 220 | Alliance, OH US |
Robert Swanson | R | R | February 3, 1923 | 6'1" | 170 | Buffalo, NY US |
Stanley Todd | R | R | November 5, 1910 | 5'10" | 165 | , FL US |
Jorge Torres | R | R | June 18, 1918 | 5'9" | 170 | |
Beech Trojanowski | R | March 25, 1925 | 5'7" | 170 | ||
Rene Valois | R | 6'2" | 175 | |||
Thomas Venn | R | R | 6'2" | 183 | ||
Rolando Viadero | R | R | 5'11" | 168 | ||
George Vidal | R | L | February 6, 1926 | 5'11" | 165 | |
Pete Williams | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
Edward Zielinski | L | L | 5'10" | 175 |
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.