1952 Miami Beach Flamingos Statistics
Team Record: 103-49
Finished 2nd in the FIL
Manager: Pepper Martin (103-49)
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Flamingo Park
Attendance: 57,533, Avg. 757
Playoffs - Miami Beach Flamingos 3 games, St. Petersburg Saints 2
Finals - Miami Sun Sox 4 games, Miami Beach Flamingos 3
The Miami Beach Flamingos of the Florida International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 103 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the FIL.
The Flamingos scored 603 runs and allowed 392 runs. Jesse Levan led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .334 average. Walt Nothe and Charles Morant topped Miami Beach with 15 wins each, while Dave Barnhill recorded a 1.19 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1952 Miami Beach Flamingos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Barnhill, George Handy, Whitey Platt and Jesse Levan.
Pepper Martin served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Morant | 15 | 1 | .938 | 1.84 | 28 | 20 | 166.0 | 122 | 44 | 34 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Walt Nothe | 15 | 8 | .652 | 1.79 | 35 | 25 | 191.0 | 149 | 48 | 38 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Dave Barnhill | 13 | 8 | .619 | 1.19 | 28 | 17 | 181.0 | 125 | 35 | 24 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Bob Palmer | 13 | 9 | .591 | 1.94 | 34 | 18 | 172.0 | 144 | 47 | 37 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Richard McMillin | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.27 | 30 | 19 | 135.0 | 107 | 44 | 34 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Elko | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.26 | 23 | 13 | 114.0 | 70 | 24 | 16 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Ernesto Morillas | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.25 | 30 | 17 | 156.0 | 127 | 54 | 39 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Morton Smith | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.09 | 21 | 8 | 82.0 | 84 | 25 | 19 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Dario Jimenez | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 94 | 43 | .686 | 1.81 | 240 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1197.0 | 928 | 321 | 241 | 0 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Levan | 152 | 574 | 574 | 192 | 35 | 3 | 10 | .334 | .334 | .458 | .793 | 263 | |||||||||||
| Ray Williams | 155 | 561 | 561 | 160 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .285 | .285 | .335 | .620 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Platt | 150 | 533 | 533 | 149 | 26 | 0 | 12 | .280 | .280 | .396 | .675 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Jack Caro | 151 | 553 | 553 | 148 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .315 | .582 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Charles Ehlman | 141 | 436 | 436 | 100 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .271 | .500 | 118 | |||||||||||
| George Wehmeyer | 125 | 391 | 391 | 95 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .289 | .532 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Lou Colombo | 75 | 250 | 250 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .328 | .612 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Augie Rosa | 115 | 308 | 308 | 62 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .201 | .201 | .244 | .445 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Garmendia | 72 | 242 | 242 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .269 | .483 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Edmond Wilson | 81 | 204 | 204 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .275 | .505 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Morton Smith | 85 | 202 | 202 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .238 | .436 | 48 | |||||||||||
| George Handy | 45 | 136 | 136 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .382 | .647 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Howard Boles | 29 | 83 | 83 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .337 | .566 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Ernesto Morillas | 32 | 67 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .284 | .522 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Charles Morant | 29 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .212 | .423 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Dave Barnhill | 30 | 68 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .221 | .382 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Clark Henry | 17 | 45 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .267 | .489 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Elko | 23 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .231 | .410 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Billy Barrett | 12 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bob Palmer | 34 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .218 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Walt Nothe | 35 | 59 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .085 | .102 | .186 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard McMillin | 33 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .079 | .158 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Dario Jimenez | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1632 | 4935 | 4935 | 0 | 1247 | 156 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .316 | .569 | 1561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Nothe | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Palmer | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ernesto Morillas | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Richard McMillin | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Morant | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Barnhill | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Elko | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Dario Jimenez | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
