1952 Cocoa Indians Roster
Team Record: 40-93
Finished 8th in the FSL
Manager: Pep Rambert (0-0), James Balogh (0-0)
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Charles D. Provost Park
Attendance: 19,816, Avg. 298
The Cocoa Indians of the Florida State League ended the 1952 season with a record of 40 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the FSL.
The Indians scored 554 runs and conceded 767 runs, most in the circuit. George Hughes led all regular batters with a .331 average. Virgil Frazier topped Cocoa with 10 wins and a team-best 3.07 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Pep Rambert played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cocoa Indians to do so.
Pep Rambert and James Balogh served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Balogh | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
| Bill Bass | R | R | June 11, 1929 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Howard Bolton | R | August 18, 1929 | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Jack Bordieri | R | R | July 29, 1932 | Hartford, CT US | ||
| Andy Caldwell | R | R | January 27, 1927 | 5'10" | 180 | |
| Charles Cooper | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Bill De Roker | R | June 1, 1933 | 6'0" | 187 | Hawthorne, NJ US | |
| Joseph Docker | ||||||
| Sal Fantasia | December 1, 1933 | |||||
| Virgil Frazier | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| Lou Garcia | R | June 23, 1929 | 5'7" | 165 | ||
| George Hughes | L | 5'11" | 165 | |||
| Lewis Klein | R | R | July 1, 1927 | 6'1" | 170 | |
| James Kolker | R | R | January 27, 1929 | 6'1" | 193 | Cincinnati, OH US |
| Francisco Lopez | R | L | 5'10" | 158 | ||
| Robert Matteoni | R | 5'10" | 155 | |||
| Jamie Padgett | R | August 20, 1932 | 5'10" | 164 | ||
| Joe Pennington | L | L | 6'0" | 174 | ||
| Gale Penza | L | 6'1" | 180 | |||
| Ralph Prince | R | 5'10" | 155 | |||
| Pep Rambert | R | R | August 1, 1916 | 6'0" | 175 | Cleveland, OH US |
| Fred Rupp | R | R | 5'10" | 160 | ||
| Harold Shuster | R | 5'7" | 185 | |||
| William Smith | R | 5'6" | 150 | |||
| Dewey Thurman | L | February 9, 1925 | 6'0" | 210 | Rockwood, TN US | |
| James Vickery | R | 5'8" | 150 | |||
| Thomas Viljac | ||||||
| Melvin Walker | L | 6'1" | 178 |
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.
