1952 Miami Sun Sox Statistics
Team Record: 104-48
Finished 1st in the FIL
Manager: Max Macon (104-48)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 121,203, Avg. 1,595
Playoffs - Miami Sun Sox 3 games, Tampa Smokers 2
Finals - Miami Sun Sox 4 games, Miami Beach Flamingos 3
The Miami Sun Sox of the Florida International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 104 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the FIL.
The Sun Sox yielded 315 runs, fewest in the league. Miami tallied 549 runs. Paul Armstrong paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .279 average. Bill Harris earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Gil Torres, Laban Dean and Billy Darden each as well added 15 or more victories as well Bill Harris recorded a 0.83 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Karl Spooner, Gil Torres, Max Macon, Chico Fernández, Dick Gray, Gabe Gabler and Bill Harris were all players from the 1952 Miami Sun Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Max Macon 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Harris | 25 | 6 | .806 | 0.83 | 34 | 32 | 294.0 | 176 | 36 | 27 | 85 | |||||||||||
Gil Torres | 22 | 8 | .733 | 0.86 | 33 | 30 | 273.0 | 205 | 42 | 26 | 49 | |||||||||||
Billy Darden | 18 | 10 | .643 | 1.79 | 36 | 30 | 226.0 | 170 | 58 | 45 | 69 | |||||||||||
Laban Dean | 16 | 9 | .640 | 1.69 | 32 | 29 | 224.0 | 161 | 58 | 42 | 104 | |||||||||||
Lowell Grosskopf | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.98 | 32 | 11 | 150.0 | 105 | 43 | 33 | 89 | |||||||||||
Vicente Lopez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.71 | 9 | 9 | 63.0 | 58 | 22 | 19 | 29 | |||||||||||
Arturo Seijas | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.55 | 22 | 6 | 71.0 | 64 | 31 | 28 | 34 | |||||||||||
Max Macon | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.20 | 13 | 30.0 | 24 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Karl Spooner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.43 | 2 | 7.0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 103 | 46 | .691 | 1.54 | 213 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1338.0 | 970 | 299 | 229 | 0 | 477 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Armstrong | 153 | 563 | 563 | 157 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .334 | .613 | 188 | |||||||||||
Chico Fernández | 152 | 566 | 566 | 148 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .341 | .602 | 193 | |||||||||||
Jimmy Bragan | 146 | 563 | 563 | 140 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .272 | .520 | 153 | |||||||||||
Charles Rotzell | 149 | 528 | 528 | 132 | 26 | 4 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .343 | .593 | 181 | |||||||||||
Dick Gray | 153 | 513 | 513 | 123 | 10 | 11 | 3 | .240 | .240 | .320 | .559 | 164 | |||||||||||
Joe Kwiatkowski | 122 | 422 | 422 | 100 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .273 | .509 | 115 | |||||||||||
Max Macon | 115 | 380 | 380 | 96 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .253 | .253 | .324 | .576 | 123 | |||||||||||
Edward Little | 130 | 320 | 320 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .238 | .438 | 76 | |||||||||||
Oscar Sierra | 56 | 174 | 174 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .230 | .230 | .351 | .580 | 61 | |||||||||||
Gil Torres | 66 | 153 | 153 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .275 | .516 | 42 | |||||||||||
Bill Harris | 38 | 115 | 115 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .209 | .209 | .313 | .522 | 36 | |||||||||||
Cecil Dotson | 52 | 150 | 150 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .187 | .347 | 28 | |||||||||||
Billy Darden | 45 | 67 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .269 | .507 | 18 | |||||||||||
Lowell Grosskopf | 34 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .312 | .542 | 15 | |||||||||||
Thomas Murphy | 18 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .308 | .564 | 12 | |||||||||||
Claude Siple | 19 | 55 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .218 | .400 | 12 | |||||||||||
Gabe Gabler | 19 | 56 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .268 | .446 | 15 | ||||||||
Laban Dean | 32 | 71 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .141 | .282 | 10 | |||||||||||
George Caloia | 23 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .149 | .269 | 10 | |||||||||||
Hank Justice | 11 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .348 | .652 | 8 | |||||||||||
Arturo Seijas | 22 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1555 | 4895 | 4895 | 6 | 1170 | 154 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .299 | .538 | 1463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Darden | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
Bill Harris | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Lowell Grosskopf | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Laban Dean | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Arturo Seijas | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
Vicente Lopez | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 165 | 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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