1951 Little Rock Travelers Roster
Team Record: 93-60
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Gene Desautels (93-60)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 225,780, Avg. 2,951
Playoffs - Little Rock Travelers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2
Finals - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Little Rock Travelers 0
The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 93 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the SA.
The Travelers led the league with just 671 runs allowed. Little Rock scored 813 runs. Hal Simpson paced hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Al Yaylian and Dutch McCall topped the team with 16 wins each, while Dutch McCall recorded a 3.15 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ray Yochim, Al Flair, Harold Daugherty, Floyd Speer, Lou Lombardo, Bill Connelly, Dutch McCall and Clem Koshorek were all players from the 1951 Little Rock Travelers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gene Desautels served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Albright | R | R | September 10, 1928 | Newport, AR US | ||
| Ralph Atkins | L | L | March 30, 1925 | 6'2" | 180 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Victor Buranskas | R | 6'2" | 190 | |||
| Jerry Burke | R | R | December 10, 1927 | 6'1" | 190 | |
| Jack Cerin | R | January 10, 1923 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Lawrence Ciesielski | R | 5'10" | 190 | |||
| Bill Connelly | L | R | June 29, 1925 | 6'0" | 175 | Alberta, VA US |
| James Cronin | L | R | January 1, 1925 | 5'11" | 175 | Grosse Pointe, MI US |
| Robert Cruze | R | L | February 21, 1930 | 5'11" | 180 | Ansonia, OH US |
| Harold Daugherty | R | R | October 12, 1927 | 6'0" | 180 | Paris, PA US |
| Duke Doolittle | R | 5'10" | 215 | |||
| Al Flair | L | L | July 24, 1916 | 6'4" | 195 | New Orleans, LA US |
| Floyd Fogg | R | May 24, 1926 | 6'0" | 187 | ||
| John Grice | R | R | March 15, 1924 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Kenneth Humphrey | L | 6'2" | 190 | |||
| David Jaska | R | February 19, 1924 | 5'10" | 170 | Detroit, MI US | |
| Milo Johnson | L | R | June 22, 1919 | 6'1" | 165 | Manitowoc, WI US |
| Robert Kellogg | L | December 29, 1922 | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Clem Koshorek | R | R | June 20, 1925 | 5'4" | 165 | Royal Oak, MI US |
| Lou Lombardo | L | L | November 18, 1928 | 6'2" | 210 | Carlstadt, NJ US |
| Edward Marchefsky | L | L | November 21, 1924 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Dutch McCall | L | L | December 27, 1920 | 6'1" | 184 | Columbia, TN US |
| R. C. Otey | R | March 12, 1923 | 5'9" | 160 | , AR US | |
| James Patton | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Norman Scott | R | R | 6'1" | 160 | ||
| Hal Simpson | L | January 19, 1918 | 5'11" | 190 | ||
| Floyd Speer | R | R | January 27, 1913 | 6'0" | 180 | Booneville, AR US |
| Verne Williamson | R | R | November 23, 1919 | 5'8" | 140 | Mystic, IA US |
| Al Yaylian | L | L | November 17, 1923 | 5'8" | 180 | Fresno, CA US |
| Ray Yochim | R | R | July 19, 1922 | 6'1" | 170 | New Orleans, LA US |
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.
