1952 Mobile Bears Roster

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-73
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Ed Head (80-73)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 158,989, Avg. 2,078
1952 Mobile Bears Statistics

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2
Finals - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Mobile Bears 2

The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 80 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Bears scored 775 runs and allowed 680 runs. Spook Jacobs led all regular batters with a .316 average. Robert Ludwick and Wade Browning topped Mobile with 14 wins each, while Wade Browning recorded a 2.9 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1952 Mobile Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Antonello, Chuck Coles, George Freese, Lee Griffeth, Spook Jacobs, Norm Larker, Bama Rowell, Dick Teed, Fred Waters and Don Zimmer.

Ed Head served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Bill AntonelloRRMay 19, 19275'11"185Brooklyn, NY US
Herb BantonRRDecember 4, 19286'0"185
Les BarnesRRJuly 4, 19265'9"160Los Angeles, CA US
Wade BrowningLLMarch 16, 19226'0"185
Chuck ColesLLJune 27, 19315'9"180Fredericktown, PA US
Ray DabekRRJanuary 8, 19275'10"185Buffalo, NY US
John ForizsRRMarch 23, 19325'8"165Bridgeport, CT US
George FreeseRRSeptember 12, 19266'0"190Wheeling, WV US
Lee GriffethSLMay 20, 19255'11"180Carmel, NY US
Kenny HemphillRROctober 27, 19306'0"195
Mel HimesRRFebruary 20, 19276'1"190
Spook JacobsRRNovember 4, 19255'8"155Cheswold, DE US
Tom LakosRRMay 22, 19235'11"175
Norm LarkerLLDecember 27, 19306'0"185Beaver Meadows, PA US
Mike LemishRRJuly 27, 19265'9"195Fort Wayne, IN US
Jack LillisRRNovember 6, 19285'10"155Pasadena, CA US
Jack LindseyRMarch 21, 19275'9"170
Robert LudwickRLApril 24, 19286'0"160West Chester, PA US
Peter NicolisLLApril 15, 19305'11"190
Bama RowellLRJanuary 13, 19165'11"185Citronelle, AL US
Dick TeedSRMarch 8, 19265'11"180Springfield, MA US
Jay Ver CrouseRRDecember 19, 19276'5"190
Fred WatersLLFebruary 2, 19275'11"185Benton, MS US
Jimmy WilliamsRRMay 25, 19265'10"180Toronto, ON CA
Don ZimmerRRJanuary 17, 19315'9"165Cincinnati, OH US

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.




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