1952 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-82
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (79-82)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 110,001, Avg. 1,366
1952 San Antonio Missions Roster

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 79 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.

The Missions plated 676 runs and allowed 731 runs, most in the circuit. Les Fleming led batters with significant playing time with a .290 average. Max Peterson topped San Antonio with 13 wins, while Cliff Fannin recorded a 2.65 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Darrell Johnson, Bob DiPietro, Bud Thomas, Bud Black, Bob Mahoney, Babe Martin, Bobby Rhawn, John Sullivan, Cliff Fannin, Bobby Balcena, Tommy Fine, Ryne Duren, Les Fleming, Neill Sheridan, Pete Taylor, Bobby Herrera, Irv Medlinger and Fred Hancock were all players from the 1952 San Antonio Missions who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jo-Jo White 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
Max Peterson1313.5004.393419158.0181927736
Bud Black128.6003.182925181.0179846474
Cliff Fannin98.5292.651917139.0114524141
Jose Bracho89.4712.922117142.0115574656
Pete Taylor89.4713.332520165.0174746154
Jim Post811.4214.853024165.015810389109
Bob Mahoney66.5003.241714114.0121554142
Homer Gibson53.6253.5145082.073373232
John O'Donnell31.7506.4113359.075464226
Irv Medlinger34.4293.8611977.086393326
Tommy Fine26.2504.94181071.0100433926
Donald Robertson11.5000.00920.01911
Ryne Duren11.5004.09322.014111019
Bob Freels0010.041
Bill Elbert01.0000.00718.02118
Bobby Herrera01.0000.0024.045
Totals7982.4913.6528415800001417.014386935750576000000

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
Les Fleming15656356316335313.290.290.432.721243
Bud Heslet15556656616017431.283.283.491.774278
Harry Schwegman1435145141391680.270.270.333.603171
Bobby Balcena13652052013117713.252.252.387.638201
Babe Martin10533133110914014.329.329.498.828165
Charley Grant11841341310219213.247.247.397.644164
Fred Hancock130444444921815.207.207.286.493127
John Sullivan121390390881532.226.226.295.521115
Omer Tolson8128228277717.273.273.379.652107
Neill Sheridan7224924955716.221.221.329.55082
Charlie Hopkins8523023050813.217.217.300.51769
Darrell Johnson24838327303.325.325.470.79539
Pete Taylor28696918210.261.261.319.58022
John O'Donnell45929215400.163.163.207.37019
Cliff Fannin39707014300.200.200.243.44317
Bud Black30676713110.194.194.239.43316
George Kress20606012212.200.200.367.56722
Bud Thomas18505011200.220.220.260.48013
Bobby Rhawn17575711201.193.193.281.47416
Jim Post41606010011.167.167.250.41715
Irv Medlinger1228289200.321.321.393.71411
Max Peterson3447478200.170.170.213.38310
Jose Bracho2151518200.157.157.196.35310
Russ Rosburg1337377001.189.189.270.45910
Bob DiPietro1329296301.207.207.414.62112
Tommy Fine1818184000.222.222.222.4444
Bob Mahoney1834343100.088.088.118.2064
Homer Gibson4516161000.062.062.062.1251
Totals173853705370013432023511600000.250.250.366.616196300000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Homer GibsonP45.000
Max PetersonP34.000
Jim PostP30.000
Bud BlackP29.000
Pete TaylorP25.000
Jose BrachoP21.000
Tommy FineP18.000
Bob MahoneyP17.000
Irv MedlingerP11.000
Totals2300000.000

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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