1952 Yuma Panthers Statistics

Southwest International League (SIL) - Class: C
Team Record: 62-68
Finished 4th in the SIL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (62-68)
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Ballpark: Panther Field
Attendance: 52,280, Avg. 804

1952 Yuma Panthers Roster

The Yuma Panthers of the Southwest International League ended the 1952 season with a record of 62 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the SIL.

The Panthers scored 853 runs and yielded 816 runs. Lew Bekeza led all regular batters with a .331 average. Cecilio Santana topped Yuma with 17 wins, while Chuck Gowett, too added 15 or more wins, too Cecilio Santana registered a 3.22 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Ed Mayer and John Sanderson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Lew Bekeza 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
Cecilio Santana	17	11	.607	3.22	38	25					221.0	206	115	79		79
Chuck Gowett	16	17	.485	4.03	50	22					261.0	321	166	117		71
Walt Evans	14	6	.700	4.42	31	20					177.0	175	111	87		80
Garland Williams	10	8	.556	5.32	40	22					181.0	212	139	107		95
Russell Foster	5	13	.278	5.06	31	23					178.0	213	133	100		96
Ed Mayer	1	3	.250	5.40	4						20.0	18	15	12		7
Harold Huddleston					11						0.0
Totals	63	58	.521	4.35	205	112	0	0	0	0	1038.0	1145	679	502	0	428	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
Terrence Carroll	132	556	556		174	34	7	7						.313	.313	.437	.750	243
Lew Bekeza	128	484	484		160	28	8	24						.331	.331	.570	.901	276
Gonzalo Garcia	132	511	511		155	29	7	5						.303	.303	.417	.720	213
Lee Pettus	106	390	390		107	16	4	4						.274	.274	.367	.641	143
John Sanderson	79	316	316		99	11	12	9						.313	.313	.509	.823	161
Richard Alvarez	72	265	265		83	13	7	0						.313	.313	.415	.728	110
Fred Lujan	95	304	304		78	13	1	4						.257	.257	.345	.602	105
Walt Evans	61	143	143		37	6	1	1						.259	.259	.336	.594	48
Willie Sampson	42	154	154		35	6	2	2						.227	.227	.331	.558	51
Chuck Gowett	59	127	127		27	6	1	0						.213	.213	.276	.488	35
Jim Allicotti	32	90	90		24	3	2	5						.267	.267	.511	.778	46
Elijah Merrick	24	78	78		20	3	0	1						.256	.256	.333	.590	26
Cecilio Santana	39	71	71		14	2	0	0						.197	.197	.225	.423	16
Ignacio Acosta	14	46	46		10	1	1	0						.217	.217	.283	.500	13
Garland Williams	42	57	57		6	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	6
Robert Smith	11	15	15		4	1	0	0						.267	.267	.333	.600	5
Harold Huddleston	11	15	15		4	0	0	0						.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Robert Kirkland	15	34	34		4	1	0	0						.118	.118	.147	.265	5
Russell Foster	31	55	55		3	0	0	0						.055	.055	.055	.109	3
Totals	1125	3711	3711	0	1044	173	53	62	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.281	.407	.688	1509	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Chuck Gowett	P	50					.000
Garland Williams	P	40					.000
Cecilio Santana	P	38					.000
Russell Foster	P	31					.000
Walt Evans	P	31					.000
Harold Huddleston	P	11					.000
Totals		201	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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