1952 Miami Sun Sox Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 104-48
Finished 1st in the FIL
Manager: Max Macon (104-48)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 121,203, Avg. 1,595
1952 Miami Sun Sox Roster

Playoffs - Miami Sun Sox 3 games, Tampa Smokers 2
Finals - Miami Sun Sox 4 games, Miami Beach Flamingos 3

The Miami Sun Sox of the Florida International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 104 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the FIL.

The Sun Sox yielded 315 runs, fewest in the league. Miami tallied 549 runs. Paul Armstrong paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .279 average. Bill Harris earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Billy Darden, Gil Torres and Laban Dean each as well added 15 or more victories as well Bill Harris recorded a 0.83 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Chico Fernández, Gabe Gabler, Dick Gray, Bill Harris, Max Macon, Karl Spooner and Gil Torres were all players from the 1952 Miami Sun Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.

Max Macon 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
Bill Harris256.8060.833432294.0176362785
Gil Torres228.7330.863330273.0205422649
Billy Darden1810.6431.793630226.0170584569
Laban Dean169.6401.693229224.01615842104
Lowell Grosskopf93.7501.983211150.0105433389
Vicente Lopez52.7142.719963.058221929
Arturo Seijas54.5563.5522671.064312834
Max Macon32.6001.201330.024410
Karl Spooner02.0006.4327.07958
Totals10346.6911.5421314700001338.09702992290477000000

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
Paul Armstrong1535635631572340.279.279.334.613188
Chico Fernández1525665661482653.261.261.341.602193
Jimmy Bragan1465635631401110.249.249.272.520153
Charles Rotzell1495285281322645.250.250.343.593181
Dick Gray15351351312310113.240.240.320.559164
Joe Kwiatkowski122422422100821.237.237.273.509115
Max Macon115380380961152.253.253.324.576123
Edward Little13032032064602.200.200.238.43876
Oscar Sierra56174174401122.230.230.351.58061
Gil Torres6615315337500.242.242.275.51642
Bill Harris3811511524412.209.209.313.52236
Cecil Dotson5215015024210.160.160.187.34728
Billy Darden45676716200.239.239.269.50718
Lowell Grosskopf34484811210.229.229.312.54215
Thomas Murphy18393910010.256.256.308.56412
Claude Siple19555510200.182.182.218.40012
Gabe Gabler19565661020141.179.179.268.44615
Laban Dean32717110000.141.141.141.28210
George Caloia2367678200.119.119.149.26910
Hank Justice1123237100.304.304.348.6528
Arturo Seijas2222223000.136.136.136.2733
Totals15554895489561170154382141000.239.239.299.538146300000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Billy DardenP36.000
Bill HarrisP34.000
Lowell GrosskopfP32.000
Laban DeanP32.000
Arturo SeijasP22.000
Vicente LopezP9.000
Totals1650000.000

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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