1952 Phoenix Senators Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Don Trower (78-62)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 64,410, Avg. 920
The Phoenix Senators of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Senators scored 1052 runs and yielded 925 runs. Richard Steinhauer topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .378. Don Cantrell and Tony Ponce paced Phoenix with 19 wins each, while Don Cantrell recorded a 3.64 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Ford Smith played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Phoenix Senators to do so.
Don Trower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cantrell | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3.64 | 28 | 28 | 230.0 | 210 | 121 | 93 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Tony Ponce | 19 | 12 | .613 | 5.27 | 37 | 29 | 234.0 | 334 | 178 | 137 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Ford Smith | 13 | 4 | .765 | 3.91 | 20 | 18 | 152.0 | 154 | 87 | 66 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Ed Graham | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.94 | 28 | 23 | 204.0 | 227 | 159 | 112 | 138 | |||||||||||
| William Dials | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.22 | 24 | 13 | 107.0 | 135 | 85 | 74 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Keeley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.86 | 12 | 4 | 50.0 | 57 | 36 | 27 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Castle | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.54 | 22 | 10 | 84.0 | 107 | 85 | 61 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Oliver Johnson | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Minter | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Muche | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 52 | .591 | 4.84 | 205 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1061.0 | 1224 | 751 | 570 | 0 | 579 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Steinhauer | 138 | 616 | 616 | 233 | 47 | 1 | 16 | .378 | .378 | .536 | .914 | 330 | |||||||||||
| Gil Hawkins | 137 | 499 | 499 | 170 | 30 | 2 | 23 | .341 | .341 | .547 | .888 | 273 | |||||||||||
| Lefty Lewis | 101 | 436 | 436 | 155 | 40 | 10 | 22 | .356 | .356 | .644 | 1.000 | 281 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Melton | 138 | 487 | 487 | 152 | 26 | 5 | 22 | .312 | .312 | .522 | .834 | 254 | |||||||||||
| Joe Joshua | 114 | 434 | 434 | 145 | 22 | 9 | 11 | .334 | .334 | .502 | .836 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Don Trower | 131 | 499 | 499 | 132 | 28 | 4 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .367 | .631 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Ed Graham | 114 | 397 | 397 | 126 | 27 | 3 | 29 | .317 | .317 | .620 | .937 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Olea | 93 | 343 | 343 | 105 | 17 | 5 | 6 | .306 | .306 | .437 | .743 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hayes | 59 | 235 | 235 | 73 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .311 | .311 | .409 | .719 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Don Cantrell | 47 | 160 | 160 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .375 | .700 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Ford Smith | 48 | 140 | 140 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .364 | .507 | .871 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Tony Ponce | 58 | 135 | 135 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .363 | .363 | .430 | .793 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Ed Biggs | 42 | 141 | 141 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .255 | .489 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Sammy Brans | 31 | 117 | 117 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .171 | .171 | .274 | .444 | 32 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Babcock | 26 | 57 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .281 | .491 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Castle | 25 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .205 | .385 | 8 | |||||||||||
| William Dials | 27 | 47 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .085 | .085 | .234 | .319 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Keeley | 13 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Muche | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Oliver Johnson | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Minter | 17 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1380 | 4833 | 4833 | 0 | 1524 | 285 | 45 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .315 | .482 | .797 | 2328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Ponce | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Don Cantrell | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| William Dials | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Castle | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Minter | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Keeley | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Oliver Johnson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Muche | P | 10 | .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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
