Baseball in Canton

Player Roster

Players who played for the 1952 team in Canton, Illinois, during Canton's (short) tenure as a Mississippi-Ohio Valley League city. This list includes all players I can identify and coaching staff members. There are almost certainly players missing from this list, as the available sources are known to be incomplete. As this is a combined Canton/Vincennes roster for 1952; it's quite likely that not everyone listed actually played for Canton.

25 different players are listed on this page (none of whom played in the majors). 2 managers (both of whom were active players) are listed.

My intention is to include everyone who represented Canton on an MOV diamond. While the information here is intended to be both complete and accurate, it's likely that there are omissions and the scale of the project guarantees errors; there's a lot of data here, from a variety of sources, all of which was originally in another format.

I will correct errors, or fill in missing birthdates and uniform numbers as I learn of them. Feel free to help; just drop me a line. Thanks.

There's more information about the MWL Roster project on my blog, A Dabbler's Journal.

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Lawrence Anthony        0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Frank Braden            0/0/1927        N/A             1952            
        Morris Byrum            0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Fred Caffey             0/0/0000        N/A             1952            
        Doug Clarke             0/0/1924        N/A             1952            
        Frank Crews             0/0/0000        N/A             1952            
        Mac Crum                9/29/1926       N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Tony Estill             0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        John Finigan            0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Ed Glide                0/0/0000        N/A             1952            
        Homer Guthrie           0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Chuck Hawley            4/3/1915        N/A             1952    Manager
        Sixto Hechevarria       0/0/0000        N/A             1952            
        Joe Henry               0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        George Krider           0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Jose Martinez           0/0/0000        N/A             1952            
        Norm Miller             0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Harvey Noland           0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Alfonso Owens           0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Flash Perez             0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Rocco Ricciardi         0/0/0000        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Bob Signaigo            0/0/0000        N/A             1952            
        Bob Sisk                0/0/1931        N/A             1952    Manager        
        Wade Stalions           0/0/1929        N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Rogers Werner           0/0/1929        N/A             1952            

This list was compiled from a number of sources, including those listed below. It was checked against both Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database and SABR's Minor League Statistics Database. Inevitably, there are errors; those are mine.

Sources

• 1953 Sporting News Baseball Guide.
• 1952 Baseball Blue Books and related publications.