1952 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-74
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Luke Appling (81-74)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 174,830, Avg. 2,256

1952 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 0
Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 1 game, New Orleans Pelicans 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
Finals - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Mobile Bears 2

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 81 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Chicks plated 757 runs and yielded 736 runs. Dixie Upright led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Frank Biscan topped Memphis with 17 wins and a team-best 3.2 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Mickey Rutner, Don Nicholas, Tommy Fine, Jim Suchecki, Bill Higdon, Al Kozar, Dixie Upright, Tom Hurd, Bud Thomas, Ed White, Jay Porter, Frank Biscan, Woody Rich, Sammy Meeks, Ed McGhee, Dixie Howell and Ross Grimsley were all players from the 1952 Memphis Chicks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Luke Appling 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
Frank Biscan	17	9	.654	3.20	29	28					205.0	193	88	73		71
Jim Suchecki	14	7	.667	3.62	30	23					189.0	204	93	76		63
Woody Rich	13	10	.565	3.42	31	28					205.0	194	111	78		83
Tom Hurd	12	12	.500	3.80	32	26					199.0	203	97	84		86
Tommy Fine	8	4	.667	2.74	15	11					82.0	98	34	25		15
Dixie Howell	6	5	.545	2.69	40	0					77.0	68	30	23		28
Pete Hernandez	5	5	.500	3.91	21	12					106.0	116	41	46		34
Ross Grimsley	4	7	.364	4.65	35	13					122.0	130	76	63		58
Terry Loy	1	1	.500	0.00	2						6.0	6				8
Tom Breisinger	1	1	.500	0.00	4						13.0	20				8
Russ Oppliger	0	0		0.00	12						25.0
Floyd Penfold	0	2	.000	0.00	5						22.0	23				20
Donald Robertson	0	2	.000	0.00	8						23.0	40				4
Bob Snyder	0	4	.000	0.00	10						17.0	20				12
John Maldovan	0	5	.000	0.00	12						31.0	47				22
Totals	81	74	.523	3.19	286	141	0	0	0	0	1322.0	1362	570	468	0	512	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
Ed McGhee	150	539	539		156	27	9	13						.289	.289	.445	.735	240
Dixie Upright	124	456	456		145	32	10	18						.318	.318	.550	.868	251
Al Kozar	150	535	535		143	26	7	3						.267	.267	.359	.626	192
Don Nicholas	136	500	500		140	22	6	5						.280	.280	.378	.658	189
Ed White	129	454	454		125	20	7	9						.275	.275	.410	.685	186
Sammy Meeks	118	461	461		115	27	2	12						.249	.249	.395	.644	182
Donald Griffin	93	301	301		87	11	4	4						.289	.289	.392	.681	118
Don Pinciotti	58	146	146		47	3	0	1						.322	.322	.363	.685	53
Mickey Rutner	35	135	135		44	8	1	0						.326	.326	.400	.726	54
Ralph Rowe	48	150	150		43	7	4	4						.287	.287	.467	.753	70
Ellis Daugherty	53	188	188		36	9	2	1						.191	.191	.277	.468	52
Jay Porter	39	117	117		33	6	2	2						.282	.282	.419	.701	49
Harry Donabedian	27	86	86		23	4	0	0						.267	.267	.314	.581	27
Al Jacinto	21	46	46		15	1	0	0						.326	.326	.348	.674	16
Tom Hurd	39	65	65		15	2	0	0						.231	.231	.262	.492	17
Jim Suchecki	32	74	74		15	3	0	0						.203	.203	.243	.446	18
Ned Folmar	22	59	59		12	1	1	1						.203	.203	.305	.508	18
Frank Biscan	29	67	67		12	1	1	0						.179	.179	.224	.403	15
Woody Rich	31	59	59		10	1	0	0						.169	.169	.186	.356	11
Dixie Howell	55	48	48		9	1	0	3						.188	.188	.396	.583	19
Ross Grimsley	35	40	40		8	2	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	10
Bud Thomas	14	32	32		7	1	0	0						.219	.219	.250	.469	8
Bill Higdon	11	28	28		5	0	1	0						.179	.179	.250	.429	7
Pete Hernandez	23	35	35		5	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Tommy Fine	15	31	31		4	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258	4
Floyd Penfold	5	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Bob Snyder	10	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Tom Breisinger	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Dick Briskey	3	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
John Maldovan	12	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Terry Thomas	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Terry Loy	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ron Ploetz	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Robertson	8	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Russ Oppliger	12	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1551	4695	4695	0	1260	215	57	76	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.387	.655	1817	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dixie Howell	P	40					.000
Ross Grimsley	P	35					.000
Tom Hurd	P	32					.000
Woody Rich	P	31					.000
Jim Suchecki	P	30					.000
Frank Biscan	P	29					.000
Pete Hernandez	P	21					.000
Tommy Fine	P	15					.000
Russ Oppliger	P	12					.000
John Maldovan	P	12					.000
Bob Snyder	P	10					.000
Totals		267	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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