1951 Eau Claire Bears Roster
Team Record: 77-44
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Bill Adair (77-44)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 69,015, Avg. 1,141
Playoffs - Eau Claire Bears 1 game, Superior Blues 1 - Eau Claire declared winner after five successive rain postponements and Superior cancelled the series
Finals - Grand Forks Chiefs 2 games, Eau Claire Bears 0
The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Bears led the circuit with 727 runs, powered by 90 home runs. Eau Claire allowed 552 runs, least in the league. Horace Garner paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .359. Don Jordan topped the team with 16 wins, while John Brandreth added 15 or more wins also John Brandreth registered a 2.89 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Billy Queen played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Eau Claire Bears to do so.
Bill Adair served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Adair | R | R | February 10, 1913 | 6'0" | 168 | Mobile, AL US |
| Donald Baity | R | R | September 8, 1929 | 6'2" | 180 | Thomasville, NC US |
| Bob Bauer | S | L | October 21, 1927 | 6'2" | 180 | |
| John Brandreth | R | R | February 14, 1928 | 6'4" | 180 | Iroquois Falls, ON CA |
| Robert Brown | L | L | June 21, 1928 | 5'10" | 180 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Lefty Burton | L | L | February 15, 1932 | 6'0" | 180 | Harvey, IL US |
| Bud Byers | L | R | June 15, 1932 | 5'9" | 170 | Hagerstown, MD US |
| Kenneth Crowl | S | R | September 23, 1927 | 6'0" | 196 | Shamokin, PA US |
| Walter Cusack | R | R | January 29, 1930 | 5'8" | 185 | Jamaica, NY US |
| Horace Garner | R | R | July 17, 1923 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Carl Hrovatic | R | R | December 26, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | Salem, OH US |
| Don Jordan | R | R | March 17, 1932 | 6'0" | 160 | Eau Claire, WI US |
| Joseph Lebida | R | R | April 5, 1928 | 6'4" | 200 | Dickson, PA US |
| Chester Morgan | L | R | March 26, 1932 | 6'3" | 175 | Skene, MS US |
| Julio Palazzini | L | R | June 7, 1931 | 5'9" | 168 | Canaan, CT US |
| Guido Pelosi | R | R | January 1, 1926 | 5'11" | 182 | Cudahy, WI US |
| Harold Pfeiffer | L | 6'1" | 190 | |||
| Vincent Pizzitola | R | R | March 17, 1932 | 6'0" | 185 | Birmingham, AL US |
| Billy Queen | R | R | November 28, 1928 | 6'1" | 185 | Gastonia, NC US |
| Gordon Roach | R | R | July 22, 1929 | 6'4" | 225 | Goodwood, ON CA |
| George Sentementes | R | R | February 9, 1932 | 6'1" | 198 | Stamford, CT US |
| Lou Soscia | R | R | June 3, 1927 | 5'9" | 175 | Cranston, RI US |
| Clifford Statham | L | R | July 5, 1928 | 6'1" | 204 | Raleigh, NC US |
| Bill Taft | R | R | August 18, 1924 | 6'2" | 182 | |
| Jimmy Warmoth | L | L | June 26, 1930 | 6'0" | 190 |
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.
