1952 San Antonio Missions

1952 > Class AA > 1952 Texas League
Overall: 79-82
Scored 676 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86

Affiliation: St. Louis Browns-AL
Manager: n/a
Represented: San Antonio, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1951 / 1953

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Danny Baich	26	117		402		131	26	1	13					.326		.493		198		Stats for 2 teams
2	Bobby Balcena	26	136		520		131	17	7	13					.252		.387		201
3	Bud Black	19	30		67		13	1	1	0					.194		.239		16
4	Jose Bracho	23	21		51		8	2	0	0					.157		.196		10
5	Bob DiPietro	24	13		29		6	3	0	1					.207		.414		12
6	Cliff Fannin*	28	39		70		14	3	0	0					.200		.243		17
7	Tommy Fine#	37	18		18		4	0	0	0					.222		.222		4
8	Les Fleming*	36	156		563		163	35	3	13					.290		.432		243
9	Homer Gibson	34	45		16		1	0	0	0					.063		.063		1
10	Charley Grant	31	118		413		102	19	2	13					.247		.397		164
11	Fred Hancock	32	130		444		92	18	1	5					.207		.286		127
12	Bud Heslet	32	155		566		160	17	4	31					.283		.491		278
13	Charles Hopkins	26	85		230		50	8	1	3					.217		.300		69
14	Darrell Johnson	23	24		83		27	3	0	3					.325		.470		39
15	George Kress	26	20		60		12	2	1	2					.200		.367		22
16	Bob Mahoney	24	18		34		3	1	0	0					.088		.118		4
17	Babe Martin	32	105		331		109	14	0	14					.329		.498		165
18	Irv Medlinger*	25	12		28		9	2	0	0					.321		.393		11
19	John O'Donnell*	25	45		92		15	4	0	0					.163		.207		19
20	Max Peterson	30	34		47		8	2	0	0					.170		.213		10
21	Jim Post*	26	41		60		10	0	1	1					.167		.250		15
22	Bobby Rhawn	33	17		57		11	2	0	1					.193		.281		16
23	Russ Rosburg	22	13		37		7	0	0	1					.189		.270		10
24	Harry Schwegman*	25	143		514		139	16	8	0					.270		.333		171
25	Neill Sheridan	30	72		249		55	7	1	6					.221		.329		82
26	John Sullivan	31	121		390		88	15	3	2					.226		.295		115
27	Pete Taylor	24	28		69		18	2	1	0					.261		.319		22
28	Bud Thomas	23	18		50		11	2	0	0					.220		.260		13
29	Omer Tolson	25	81		282		77	7	1	7					.273		.379		107
	29 Players	29.0	163	6134	5385	676	1344	201	25	116	631	27	676	691	.250	.333	.361	.694	1943	73

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bud Black	19	12	8	.600	3.18	29	25				181.0	179	84	64		74					1.398	8.9		3.7
2	Jose Bracho	23	8	9	.471	2.92	21	17				142.0	115	57	46		56					1.204	7.3		3.5
3	Ryne Duren	23	1	1	.500	4.09	3					22.0	14	11	10		19					1.500	5.7		7.8
4	Bill Elbert	28	0	1	.000		7					18.0	21				18					2.167	10.5		9.0
5	Cliff Fannin	28	9	8	.529	2.65	19	17				139.0	114	52	41		41					1.115	7.4		2.7
6	Tommy Fine	37	2	6	.250	4.94	18	10				71.0	100	43	39		26					1.775	12.7		3.3
7	Bob Freels	24	0	0		inf	1					0.0	4				1
8	Homer Gibson	34	5	3	.625	3.51	45	0				82.0	73	37	32		32					1.280	8.0		3.5
9	Bobby Herrera	25	0	1	.000		2					4.0	4				5					2.250	9.0		11.2
10	Bob Mahoney	24	6	6	.500	3.24	17	14				114.0	121	55	41		42					1.430	9.6		3.3
11	Irv Medlinger*	25	3	4	.429	3.86	11	9				77.0	86	39	33		26					1.455	10.1		3.0
12	John O'Donnell*	25	3	1	.750	6.41	13	3				59.0	75	46	42		26					1.712	11.4		4.0
13	Max Peterson	30	13	13	.500	4.39	34	19				158.0	181	92	77		36					1.373	10.3		2.1
14	Jim Post*	26	8	11	.421	4.85	30	24				165.0	158	103	89		109					1.618	8.6		5.9
15	Donald Robertson	26	1	1	.500		9					20.0	19				11					1.500	8.6		5.0
16	Pete Taylor	24	8	9	.471	3.33	25	20				165.0	174	74	61		54					1.382	9.5		2.9
	16 Players	26.6	79	82	.491	3.90	163	163	85	78	10	1414.0	1446	731	612	91	578	628	25	2	41	1.431	9.2	0.6	3.7	4.0	1.09

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Homer Gibson	45							0.00
Max Peterson	34							0.00
Jim Post	30							0.00
Bud Black	29							0.00
Pete Taylor	25							0.00
Jose Bracho	21							0.00
Tommy Fine	18							0.00
Bob Mahoney	17							0.00
Irv Medlinger	11							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Danny Baich	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Dec 25, 1925	Detroit, MI, US
Bobby Balcena	26	R	L	5' 7.0"	160	Aug 1, 1925	San Pedro, CA, US
Bud Black	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	197	Jul 9, 1932	St. Louis, MO, US
Jose Bracho	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 23, 1928	Maracaibo, Zulia, VE
Bob DiPietro	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 1, 1927	San Francisco, CA, US
Ryne Duren	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 22, 1929	Cazenovia, WI, US
Bill Elbert	28	S	R	6' 1.0"	195	May 3, 1924	Miles City, MT, US
Cliff Fannin	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	May 13, 1924	Louisa, KY, US
Tommy Fine	37	S	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 10, 1914	Cleburne, TX, US
Les Fleming	36	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Aug 7, 1915	Singleton, TX, US
Bob Freels	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jul 18, 1927	Mascoutah, IL, US
Homer Gibson	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1918
Charley Grant	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Mar 22, 1921	Graceville, FL, US
Fred Hancock	32	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Mar 28, 1920	Allenport, PA, US
Bobby Herrera	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	184	Jul 26, 1926	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MX
Bud Heslet	32	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Feb 27, 1920	Topeka, KS, US
Charles Hopkins	26	R		6' 0.0"	197	1926
Darrell Johnson	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Aug 25, 1928	Horace, NE, US
George Kress	26	R		6' 1.0"	190	Mar 30, 1926	Adams County, PA, US
Bob Mahoney	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 20, 1928	St. Paul, MN, US
Babe Martin	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	194	Mar 28, 1920	Seattle, WA, US
Irv Medlinger	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	Jun 18, 1927	Chicago, IL, US
John O'Donnell	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	163	1927
Max Peterson	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	176	Dec 22, 1921	Warren County, IL, US
Jim Post	26	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 2, 1926
Bobby Rhawn	33	R	R	5' 8.0"	180	Feb 13, 1919	Catawissa, PA, US
Donald Robertson	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 24, 1925	Portland, OR, US
Russ Rosburg	22	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 20, 1930	Seattle, WA, US
Harry Schwegman	25	L		5' 10.0"	180	1927
Neill Sheridan	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Nov 20, 1921	Sacramento, CA, US
John Sullivan	31	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 2, 1920	Chicago, IL, US
Pete Taylor	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Nov 26, 1927	Severn, MD, US
Bud Thomas	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Mar 10, 1929	Sedalia, MO, US
Omer Tolson	25	R		6' 1.0"	215	Jul 25, 1926

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