1952 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Statistics

Arizona-Texas League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Syd Cohen (60-80)
Location: Bisbee, Arizona; Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park, Warren Park
Attendance: 56,206, Avg. 803

1952 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Roster

The Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.

The Kings scored 965 runs and gave up 1089 runs, most in the circuit. Benny Valenzuela paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .352 clip. Manuel Morales topped Bisbee-Douglas with 14 wins, while Ron Smith earned a 5.28 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1952 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Oliverio Ortiz, Benny Valenzuela, Syd Cohen and John Sanderson.

Syd Cohen 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
Manuel Morales	14	17	.452	5.88	41	31					234.0	314	205	153		134
Ron Smith	12	9	.571	5.28	26	23					172.0	221	122	101		61
George Moeller	5	8	.385	5.16	17	14					103.0	93	87	59		92
Jesus Santos	4	2	.667	4.70	8	8					46.0	63	38	24		24
Clayton Berriesford	4	5	.444	7.95	22	11					86.0	102	90	76		76
Arnulfo Manzo	3	4	.429	5.04	24	6					84.0	100	66	47		47
Syd Cohen	2	6	.250	4.71	26	3					84.0	118	72	44		32
Eduardo Jacobo					19						0.0
Feliziano Gaitan	0	4	.000	9.20	15	4					46.0	74	64	47		27
Totals	44	55	.444	5.80	198	100	0	0	0	0	855.0	1085	744	551	0	493	0	0	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
Benny Valenzuela	135	531	531		187	45	14	2						.352	.352	.501	.853	266
Jimmy Cantu	140	534	534		176	19	20	2						.330	.330	.451	.781	241
Elias Osorio	135	532	532		165	23	11	6						.310	.310	.429	.739	228
Eduardo Serrano	124	500	500		142	29	3	6						.284	.284	.390	.674	195
Charles Neal	68	258	258		81	18	3	2						.314	.314	.430	.744	111
Manuel Magallón	45	194	194		80	15	3	13						.412	.412	.722	1.134	140
Guillermo Frayde	88	264	264		60	4	3	0						.227	.227	.265	.492	70
John Sanderson	47	192	192		58	10	6	9						.302	.302	.557	.859	107
Manuel Morales	77	179	179		41	4	2	0						.229	.229	.274	.503	49
Nick Sunseri	27	109	109		31	4	2	4						.284	.284	.468	.752	51
German Bay	32	103	103		30	3	0	0						.291	.291	.320	.612	33
Arnulfo Manzo	56	115	115		30	2	0	0						.261	.261	.278	.539	32
George Moeller	46	102	102		27	6	1	2						.265	.265	.402	.667	41
Syd Cohen	38	76	76		21	2	0	0						.276	.276	.303	.579	23
Ron Smith	26	64	64		17	2	0	0						.266	.266	.297	.562	19
Robert Verbica	19	57	57		14	3	1	0						.246	.246	.333	.579	19
Jim Leavitt	19	50	50		11	4	0	0						.220	.220	.300	.520	15
Clayton Berriesford	23	33	33		3	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	3
Gustavo Mercado	13	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Feliziano Gaitan	19	23	23		2	1	0	0						.087	.087	.130	.217	3
Eduardo Jacobo	20	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1208	3978	3978	0	1183	194	69	46	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.416	.713	1653	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Manuel Morales	P	41					.000
Ron Smith	P	26					.000
Syd Cohen	P	26					.000
Clayton Berriesford	P	22					.000
Eduardo Jacobo	P	19					.000
Feliziano Gaitan	P	15					.000
Jesus Santos	P	8					.000
Totals		157	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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