1952 Middlesboro Athletics Roster
Team Record: 47-72
Finished 5th in the MSL
Manager: Leon Culberson (0-0), Red Goff (0-0), Joseph McManus (0-0)
Location: Middlesboro, Kentucky
Attendance: 15,364, Avg. 258
The Middlesboro Athletics of the Mountain States League ended the 1952 season with a record of 47 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the MSL.
The Athletics scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 786 runs. Joseph McManus paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .340 average. James Blake topped Middlesboro with 11 wins, while Rafael Codinachs registered a 2.78 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Leon Culberson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Middlesboro Athletics to do so.
Leon Culberson, Red Goff and Joseph McManus served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Earlton Berry | ||||||
Wallace Billingsley | ||||||
James Blake | R | April 7, 1928 | 6'1" | 180 | ||
Benjamin Bonine | L | L | 6'2" | 160 | ||
William Caskey | ||||||
Rafael Codinachs | R | R | 5'10" | 145 | ||
Carroll Culberson | ||||||
Leon Culberson | R | R | August 6, 1918 | 5'11" | 180 | Hall's Station, GA US |
William Deddens | ||||||
Don Duff | ||||||
Everette Edwards | L | 6'4" | 175 | |||
Frank Estes | ||||||
John Fleming | L | February 13, 1934 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
Orlando Francesconi | L | 5'8" | 150 | |||
Raymond Hewitt | ||||||
Art Holloway | April 24, 1929 | |||||
Bob Houk | R | August 17, 1931 | 6'0" | 195 | ||
Robert Kibble | R | R | ||||
Joseph McManus | R | L | February 12, 1927 | 5'11" | 185 | |
Tommy Mize | R | 5'6" | 160 | Birmingham, AL US | ||
Clarence Peace | August 18, 1924 | |||||
John Pittillo | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
Robert Potts | ||||||
Oscar Rodriguez | R | R | June 28, 1931 | 5'11" | 175 | Cabo Rojo, PR |
Tom Saint | ||||||
Paul Sizemore | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
Gordon Woods |
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.