1952 Panama City Fliers Statistics
Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 60-57
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Bill Herring (0-0), Carl Walker (0-0), John McPherson (0-0)
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 45,358, Avg. 775
1952 Panama City Fliers RosterTeam Record: 60-57
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Bill Herring (0-0), Carl Walker (0-0), John McPherson (0-0)
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 45,358, Avg. 775
Playoffs - Panama City Fliers 4 games, Eufaula Millers 1
Finals - Ozark Eagles 4 games, Panama City Fliers 1
The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1952 season with a record of 60 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Fliers scored 723 runs and gave up 749 runs. Roberto Gonzalez accounted for 115 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Gene Summerlin led the squad with 13 wins, while George Bethea recorded a 1.99 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Bill Herring, Carl Walker and John McPherson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Summerlin | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.03 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 174.0 | 145 | 112 | 78 | 143 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Emanuel Rogers | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.84 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 149.0 | 156 | 88 | 47 | 54 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| George Bethea | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.99 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 104.0 | 96 | 49 | 23 | 47 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Robert Steadman | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.20 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 135.0 | 121 | 76 | 48 | 74 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Jorge Rodriguez | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.27 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 134 | 85 | 58 | 30 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Bill Herring | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 45.0 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Paul Tebbutt | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.32 | 11 | 0 | 37.0 | 51 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Donald Keith | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.64 | 9 | 2 | 42.0 | 51 | 46 | 31 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Antonio Iglesias | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 7 | 2 | 44.0 | 52 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Roy Smith | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 52.0 | 56 | 51 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| John McPherson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Aubrey Baker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 5 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Eugene Vinson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.33 | 6 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Julio Aramini | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jorge Mato | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Leon | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lauren Ehrman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bascom Hamm | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| B. C. Rice | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Basil Ballard | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Ferri | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Butts | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Stanley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Don Knight | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Raymond Glass | 0 | 2 | .000 | 72.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Dale Bayer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 57 | 54 | .514 | 3.83 | 228 | 84 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 988.0 | 973 | 659 | 420 | 7 | 550 | 0 | 509 | 25 | 6 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Gonzalez | 112 | 525 | 473 | 81 | 160 | 42 | 8 | 7 | 115 | 19 | 39 | 43 | .338 | .396 | .505 | .901 | 239 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Robert Phillips | 111 | 543 | 446 | 110 | 144 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 87 | 25 | .323 | .434 | .357 | .791 | 159 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 117 | 534 | 438 | 89 | 122 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 15 | 81 | 108 | .279 | .396 | .365 | .761 | 160 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| Ray Hozey | 70 | 334 | 287 | 61 | 86 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 36 | 47 | .300 | .385 | .436 | .821 | 125 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Nicholas Chumbris | 69 | 287 | 261 | 37 | 85 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 23 | 46 | .326 | .382 | .479 | .861 | 125 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Lindy Callahan | 58 | 253 | 226 | 35 | 78 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 24 | 28 | .345 | .415 | .429 | .844 | 97 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| John McPherson | 58 | 251 | 206 | 33 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 42 | 11 | .306 | .430 | .379 | .809 | 78 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Steadman | 58 | 178 | 164 | 27 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 27 | .341 | .379 | .494 | .873 | 81 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Don Butts | 76 | 290 | 220 | 40 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 67 | 55 | .241 | .420 | .309 | .729 | 68 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Timberlake | 27 | 107 | 95 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 14 | .358 | .430 | .379 | .809 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wilson Osborne | 38 | 149 | 129 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 25 | .217 | .318 | .287 | .604 | 37 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Al Fontenot | 29 | 116 | 97 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 30 | .278 | .386 | .433 | .819 | 42 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Emanuel Rogers | 31 | 89 | 84 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .262 | .295 | .333 | .629 | 28 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Gene Summerlin | 39 | 91 | 63 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 25 | .206 | .419 | .317 | .736 | 20 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Walter Kloss | 15 | 62 | 57 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .175 | .242 | .228 | .470 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Bethea | 16 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .229 | .372 | .286 | .658 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ronald Lieb | 8 | 31 | 31 | 7 | .226 | .226 | .226 | .452 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Jorge Rodriguez | 36 | 53 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .143 | .208 | .143 | .350 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Herring | 14 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .261 | .393 | .348 | .741 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Smith | 14 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .226 | .300 | .526 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Webb Long | 8 | 27 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Keith | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Land | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| B. C. Rice | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Tebbutt | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Luris | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bascom Hamm | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Oscar Martinez | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Dorland | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Walton Ferrell | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Antonio Iglesias | 7 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Stanley | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mangum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Basil Ballard | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Knight | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Celardo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Vinson | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1073 | 4125 | 3539 | 626 | 1034 | 173 | 43 | 25 | 495 | 102 | 0 | 500 | 552 | .292 | .385 | .387 | .771 | 1368 | 0 | 31 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Butts | 1B | 25 | 193 | 16 | 4 | 16 | .981 | 8.360 | ||||
| John McPherson | 1B | 16 | 132 | 17 | 6 | 10 | .961 | 9.312 | ||||
| Al Fontenot | 1B | 16 | 123 | 7 | 6 | 9 | .956 | 8.125 | ||||
| Robert Phillips | 2B | 100 | 260 | 316 | 34 | 53 | .944 | 5.760 | ||||
| Wilson Osborne | 2B | 11 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 7 | .840 | 3.818 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 3B | 116 | 107 | 226 | 35 | 8 | .905 | 2.871 | ||||
| John McPherson | C | 42 | 191 | 23 | 11 | 3 | .951 | 5.095 | 3 | |||
| Roberto Gonzalez | C | 20 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .977 | 4.300 | 6 | |||
| Roberto Gonzalez | OF | 71 | 159 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 2.352 | ||||
| Nicholas Chumbris | OF | 67 | 103 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .893 | 1.627 | ||||
| Lindy Callahan | OF | 57 | 87 | 7 | 13 | 1 | .879 | 1.649 | ||||
| Don Butts | OF | 45 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.289 | ||||
| Wilson Osborne | OF | 27 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 1.556 | ||||
| Ray Timberlake | OF | 26 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .867 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Steadman | OF | 25 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.320 | ||||
| Al Fontenot | OF | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jorge Rodriguez | P | 32 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Gene Summerlin | P | 31 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 3 | .885 | 1.484 | ||||
| Emanuel Rogers | P | 23 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.565 | ||||
| Robert Steadman | P | 21 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.905 | ||||
| George Bethea | P | 14 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 5 | .921 | 2.500 | ||||
| Paul Tebbutt | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Roy Smith | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Bill Herring | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Donald Keith | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio Iglesias | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Vinson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Gonzalez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Basil Ballard | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aubrey Baker | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bascom Hamm | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Butts | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dale Bayer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| B. C. Rice | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John McPherson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Knight | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Glass | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Ferri | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Stanley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lauren Ehrman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Hozey | SS | 70 | 169 | 253 | 55 | 40 | .885 | 6.029 | ||||
| Roberto Gonzalez | SS | 27 | 51 | 78 | 23 | 12 | .849 | 4.778 | ||||
| Walter Kloss | SS | 15 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 13 | .874 | 5.067 | ||||
| Robert Phillips | SS | 11 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 6 | .820 | 3.727 | ||||
| Totals | 1016 | 1953 | 1246 | 277 | 193 | .920 | 3.149 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
