1951 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 61-60
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: Joe King (0-0), Jim Post (0-0), Bruce Ogrodowski (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 62,203, Avg. 1,028

1951 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 61 wins and 60 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Pheasants scored 640 runs and allowed 641 runs. Jake Crawford led all regular batters by connecting at a .302 clip. Jim Post topped Aberdeen with 17 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1951 Aberdeen Pheasants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chuck Locke, Jake Crawford and Bud Swartz.

Joe King, Jim Post and Bruce Ogrodowski 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
Jim Post	17	7	.708	2.87	27						213.0	166	92	68	10	132
Chuck Locke	12	10	.545	3.49	25						188.0	161	92	73	11	126
Bud Swartz	11	9	.550	4.12	23						131.0	112	84	60	9	69
Burke McLaughlin	7	7	.500	4.14	16						113.0	125	66	52	8	53
Donald Rosburg	5	6	.455	3.94	19						96.0	86	50	42	4	49
Mike Dillon	4	6	.400	5.81	24						96.0	105	77	62	7	89
Ben Scott	4	6	.400	7.24	11						51.0	61	54	41	4	48
George Dias					16						0.0
Ralph Palmer					10						0.0
Totals	60	51	.541	4.03	171	0	0	0	0	0	888.0	816	515	398	53	566	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
Jake Crawford	121	474	474		143	27	10	23						.302	.302	.546	.848	259
Henry Kane	121	462	462		127	16	12	7						.275	.275	.407	.682	188
David Rush	121	422	422		117	18	2	19						.277	.277	.464	.742	196
Bill Green	113	389	389		98	16	7	4						.252	.252	.360	.612	140
William Hurst	79	281	281		80	26	3	5						.285	.285	.452	.737	127
Ernest Choukalos	90	294	294		72	13	1	5						.245	.245	.347	.592	102
Harvey Christensen	74	250	250		62	5	2	4						.248	.248	.332	.580	83
Frank Santora	70	236	236		59	8	0	2						.250	.250	.309	.559	73
Joe King	33	110	110		30	6	0	2						.273	.273	.382	.655	42
Hal Gordon	30	117	117		30	4	2	1						.256	.256	.350	.607	41
Stanley Costales	38	132	132		28	3	0	0						.212	.212	.235	.447	31
Chuck Locke	29	76	76		24	1	0	1						.316	.316	.368	.684	28
Jim Post	39	93	93		24	3	0	3						.258	.258	.387	.645	36
Jack Louman	25	97	97		20	6	0	2						.206	.206	.330	.536	32
Curtis Pitts	27	68	68		16	1	1	1						.235	.235	.324	.559	22
Joseph Riney	16	61	61		14	3	0	1						.230	.230	.328	.557	20
Donald Gigli	23	66	66		13	0	2	0						.197	.197	.258	.455	17
Burke McLaughlin	17	41	41		8	0	0	0						.195	.195	.195	.390	8
Mike Dillon	23	34	34		7	0	0	0						.206	.206	.206	.412	7
Norman Sheline	13	43	43		6	0	0	1						.140	.140	.209	.349	9
Bud Swartz	24	43	43		6	0	0	0						.140	.140	.140	.279	6
Lyle Shaw	14	40	40		5	1	0	0						.125	.125	.150	.275	6
Ben Scott	15	21	21		4	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Donald Rosburg	19	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	2
Ralph Palmer	12	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
George Dias	16	15	15		1	1	0	0						.067	.067	.133	.200	2
Totals	1202	3908	3908	0	997	158	42	81	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.379	.634	1482	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Post	P	27					.000
Chuck Locke	P	25					.000
Mike Dillon	P	24					.000
Bud Swartz	P	23					.000
Donald Rosburg	P	19					.000
Burke McLaughlin	P	16					.000
George Dias	P	16					.000
Ben Scott	P	11					.000
Ralph Palmer	P	10					.000
Totals		171	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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