1952 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Roster
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (76-64)
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 80,613, Avg. 1,152
Playoffs - Baton Rouge Red Sticks 4 games, Thibodaux Giants 3
Finals - Crowley Millers 4 games, Baton Rouge Red Sticks 0
The Baton Rouge Red Sticks of the Evangeline League ended the 1952 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Red Sticks scored 784 runs and yielded 785 runs. Guillermo Vega paced all regular hitters with a .319 average. Paul Aube topped Baton Rouge with 16 wins, while Dick Thompson recorded a 2.6 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Buddy Hancken played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Baton Rouge Red Sticks to do so.
Buddy Hancken served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Akenhead | S | L | August 14, 1927 | 5'8" | 185 | |
| Alfred Alonso | R | R | 6'1" | 204 | ||
| Paul Aube | October 19, 1929 | Montreal, QC CA | ||||
| William Bynum | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | ||
| Robert Churchill | L | August 12, 1918 | 5'11" | 175 | Memphis, TN US | |
| Denny Creel | L | L | June 21, 1929 | |||
| Sam Davis | R | September 2, 1930 | 6'0" | 165 | ||
| Howard Falatic | R | R | ||||
| Don Gebbs | August 8, 1932 | |||||
| James Griffey | R | R | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Buddy Hancken | R | R | August 30, 1914 | 6'1" | 175 | Birmingham, AL US |
| Lee Hedges | November 2, 1929 | |||||
| Jeral Landrum | ||||||
| Haig Lavery | L | R | April 10, 1931 | 6'1" | 180 | Toronto, ON CA |
| Phillip Little | ||||||
| Arthur Martin | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
| Luther Payer | ||||||
| Tommy Pollet | R | June 19, 1929 | 6'3" | 185 | ||
| Herminio Reyes | ||||||
| Scotty Robertson | February 1, 1930 | Fort Smith, AR US | ||||
| Eduardo Saez | R | R | 6'2" | 160 | ||
| Dick Thompson | R | R | July 26, 1926 | 6'1" | 180 | Russellville, AL US |
| Guillermo Vega | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
| Alfred Viotto | L | December 27, 1930 | 5'7" | 180 | ||
| Carl White | R | R | 5'11" | 174 |
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.
