1952 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-74
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Luke Appling (81-74)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 174,830, Avg. 2,256
1952 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 0
Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 1 game, New Orleans Pelicans 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
Finals - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Mobile Bears 2

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 81 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Chicks plated 757 runs and yielded 736 runs. Dixie Upright led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Frank Biscan topped Memphis with 17 wins and a team-best 3.2 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Frank Biscan, Tommy Fine, Ross Grimsley, Bill Higdon, Dixie Howell, Tom Hurd, Al Kozar, Ed McGhee, Sammy Meeks, Don Nicholas, Jay Porter, Woody Rich, Mickey Rutner, Jim Suchecki, Bud Thomas, Dixie Upright and Ed White were all players from the 1952 Memphis Chicks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Luke Appling served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Frank Biscan179.6543.202928205.0193887371
Jim Suchecki147.6673.623023189.0204937663
Woody Rich1310.5653.423128205.01941117883
Tom Hurd1212.5003.803226199.0203978486
Tommy Fine84.6672.74151182.098342515
Dixie Howell65.5452.6940077.068302328
Pete Hernandez55.5003.912112106.0116414634
Ross Grimsley47.3644.653513122.0130766358
Terry Loy11.5000.0026.068
Tom Breisinger11.5000.00413.0208
Russell Oppliger000.001225.0
Floyd Penfold02.0000.00522.02320
Donald Robertson02.0000.00823.0404
Bob Snyder04.0000.001017.02012
John Maldovan05.0000.001231.04722
Totals8174.5233.1928614100001322.013625704680512000000

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ed McGhee15053953915627913.289.289.445.735240
Dixie Upright124456456145321018.318.318.550.868251
Al Kozar1505355351432673.267.267.359.626192
Don Nicholas1365005001402265.280.280.378.658189
Ed White1294544541252079.275.275.410.685186
Sammy Meeks11846146111527212.249.249.395.644182
Donald Griffin93301301871144.289.289.392.681118
Don Pinciotti5814614647301.322.322.363.68553
Mickey Rutner3513513544810.326.326.400.72654
Ralph Rowe4815015043744.287.287.467.75370
Ellis Daugherty5318818836921.191.191.277.46852
Jay Porter3911711733622.282.282.419.70149
Harry Donabedian27868623400.267.267.314.58127
Al Jacinto21464615100.326.326.348.67416
Tom Hurd39656515200.231.231.262.49217
Jim Suchecki32747415300.203.203.243.44618
Ned Folmar22595912111.203.203.305.50818
Frank Biscan29676712110.179.179.224.40315
Woody Rich31595910100.169.169.186.35611
Dixie Howell5548489103.188.188.396.58319
Ross Grimsley3540408200.200.200.250.45010
Bud Thomas1432327100.219.219.250.4698
Bill Higdon1128285010.179.179.250.4297
Pete Hernandez2335355000.143.143.143.2865
Tommy Fine1531314000.129.129.129.2584
Floyd Penfold5772.286.286.286.5712
Bob Snyder10331000.333.333.333.6671
Tom Breisinger4441.250.250.250.5001
Dick Briskey3771000.143.143.143.2861
John Maldovan12881000.125.125.125.2501
Terry Thomas3110000.000.000.000.0000
Terry Loy2220000.000.000.000.0000
Ron Ploetz5220000.000.000.000.0000
Donald Robertson8550000.000.000.000.0000
Russell Oppliger12440000.000.000.000.0000
Totals15514695469501260215577600000.268.268.387.655181700000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Dixie HowellP40.000
Ross GrimsleyP35.000
Tom HurdP32.000
Woody RichP31.000
Jim SucheckiP30.000
Frank BiscanP29.000
Pete HernandezP21.000
Tommy FineP15.000
Russell OppligerP12.000
John MaldovanP12.000
Bob SnyderP10.000
Totals2670000.000

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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