1952 Mobile Bears Roster
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Bill Antonello | R | R | May 19, 1927 | 5'11" | 185 | Brooklyn, NY US |
Herb Banton | R | R | December 4, 1928 | 6'0" | 185 | |
Les Barnes | R | R | July 4, 1926 | 5'9" | 160 | Los Angeles, CA US |
Wade Browning | L | L | March 16, 1922 | 6'0" | 185 | |
Chuck Coles | L | L | June 27, 1931 | 5'9" | 180 | Fredericktown, PA US |
Ray Dabek | R | R | January 8, 1927 | 5'10" | 185 | Buffalo, NY US |
John Forizs | R | R | March 23, 1932 | 5'8" | 165 | Bridgeport, CT US |
George Freese | R | R | September 12, 1926 | 6'0" | 190 | Wheeling, WV US |
Lee Griffeth | S | L | May 20, 1925 | 5'11" | 180 | Carmel, NY US |
Kenny Hemphill | R | R | October 27, 1930 | 6'0" | 195 | |
Mel Himes | R | R | February 20, 1927 | 6'1" | 190 | |
Spook Jacobs | R | R | November 4, 1925 | 5'8" | 155 | Cheswold, DE US |
Tom Lakos | R | R | May 22, 1923 | 5'11" | 175 | |
Norm Larker | L | L | December 27, 1930 | 6'0" | 185 | Beaver Meadows, PA US |
Mike Lemish | R | R | July 27, 1926 | 5'9" | 195 | Fort Wayne, IN US |
Jack Lillis | R | R | November 6, 1928 | 5'10" | 155 | Pasadena, CA US |
Jack Lindsey | R | March 21, 1927 | 5'9" | 170 | ||
Robert Ludwick | R | L | April 24, 1928 | 6'0" | 160 | West Chester, PA US |
Peter Nicolis | L | L | April 15, 1930 | 5'11" | 190 | |
Bama Rowell | L | R | January 13, 1916 | 5'11" | 185 | Citronelle, AL US |
Dick Teed | S | R | March 8, 1926 | 5'11" | 180 | Springfield, MA US |
Jay Ver Crouse | R | R | December 19, 1927 | 6'5" | 190 | |
Fred Waters | L | L | February 2, 1927 | 5'11" | 185 | Benton, MS US |
Jimmy Williams | R | R | May 25, 1926 | 5'10" | 180 | Toronto, ON CA |
Don Zimmer | R | R | January 17, 1931 | 5'9" | 165 | Cincinnati, 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.