1952 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Team Record: 84-77
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Mickey Livingston (84-77)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 153,127, Avg. 1,902
Playoffs - Shreveport Sports 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0
Finals - Shreveport Sports 4 games, Oklahoma City Indians 1
The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Sports led the league with 731 runs. Shreveport surrendered 684 runs. Grant Dunlap paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Jim Willis topped the team with 16 wins, while Joe Budny added 15 or more victories as well Jim Willis recorded a 2.72 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1952 Shreveport Sports who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Fred Baczewski, Joe Szekely, Buddy Lively, Grant Dunlap, Harry Elliott, Dick Manville, Bill Tremel, Jim Willis, Chico García, Joe Koppe, Bobby Wilkins and Mickey Livingston.
Mickey Livingston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Willis | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.72 | 33 | 32 | 261.0 | 222 | 97 | 79 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Joe Budny | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.03 | 30 | 20 | 183.0 | 176 | 95 | 82 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Sooter | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.06 | 34 | 31 | 235.0 | 206 | 102 | 80 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Lively | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.35 | 32 | 28 | 215.0 | 197 | 100 | 80 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Bill Tremel | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.97 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 118.0 | 124 | 64 | 52 | 63 | 34 | |||||||||
| Fred Baczewski | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.41 | 14 | 13 | 97.0 | 82 | 27 | 26 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.29 | 8 | 8 | 63.0 | 59 | 29 | 23 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Claude White | 3 | 12 | .200 | 4.31 | 31 | 11 | 119.0 | 104 | 66 | 57 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Dick Manville | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.37 | 22 | 4 | 70.0 | 54 | 41 | 34 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Albert Point | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 12 | 20.0 | 24 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| James Price | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 7 | 26.0 | 37 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Jake Christie | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Belford | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 16.0 | 23 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Mel Tappe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 7 | 11.0 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 84 | 77 | .522 | 3.21 | 279 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1437.0 | 1326 | 621 | 513 | 0 | 694 | 0 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Elliott | 164 | 635 | 635 | 204 | 48 | 6 | 7 | .321 | .321 | .449 | .770 | 285 | |||||||||||
| Joe Szekely | 161 | 582 | 582 | 175 | 40 | 7 | 11 | .301 | .301 | .450 | .751 | 262 | |||||||||||
| Chico García | 158 | 585 | 585 | 162 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .345 | .622 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Grant Dunlap | 134 | 462 | 462 | 154 | 19 | 6 | 14 | .333 | .333 | .491 | .825 | 227 | |||||||||||
| James Ackeret | 163 | 565 | 565 | 125 | 24 | 3 | 11 | .221 | .221 | .333 | .554 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Joe Koppe | 148 | 520 | 520 | 123 | 22 | 4 | 9 | .237 | .237 | .346 | .583 | 180 | |||||||||||
| George Brown | 122 | 411 | 411 | 97 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .236 | .236 | .311 | .547 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Livingston | 111 | 288 | 288 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 5 | .274 | .274 | .389 | .663 | 112 | |||||||||||
| J. W. Jones | 79 | 255 | 255 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .247 | .247 | .329 | .576 | 84 | |||||||||||
| William Evans | 70 | 244 | 244 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .262 | .500 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Robert Belford | 97 | 97 | 97 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .381 | .660 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Wilkins | 49 | 106 | 106 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .255 | .255 | .330 | .585 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Lively | 32 | 68 | 68 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .279 | .279 | .456 | .735 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Jim Willis | 41 | 102 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .225 | .412 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Sooter | 38 | 79 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .253 | .468 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Joe Budny | 30 | 63 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .317 | .571 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Alton McAfee | 22 | 71 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .282 | .479 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Edward Bachmann | 12 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .281 | .500 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Claude White | 31 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Fred Baczewski | 16 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .250 | .406 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bill Tremel | 40 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .108 | .108 | .216 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dick Manville | 22 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mel Tappe | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fred Harrington | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John Jones | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Albert Point | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Max Ross | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1770 | 5314 | 5314 | 0 | 1412 | 246 | 40 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .368 | .634 | 1957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Tremel | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Sooter | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Willis | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Lively | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Claude White | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Budny | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Manville | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Baczewski | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Point | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Arnie Atkins | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 256 | 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.
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