1951 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Red Marion (83-71)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 297,366, Avg. 3,862

1951 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Mobile Bears 0
Finals - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Little Rock Travelers 0

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Barons scored 811 runs and surrendered 724 runs. Jim Piersall led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .346 clip. Bobo Newsom topped Birmingham with 16 wins, while Ralph Brickner added 15 or more wins also Bobo Newsom recorded a 3.04 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Charlie Letchas, Bobo Newsom, Hersh Freeman, Len Schulte, Jim Piersall, Lefty Wallace, Norm Brown, Mickey Haefner, Ralph Brickner, Roberto Ortiz, Ray Yochim, Ike Delock, Ribs Raney, George Wilson, Homer Spragins, Don Hasenmayer, Al Jurisich and Marv Rackley were all players from the 1951 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers.

Red Marion 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
Bobo Newsom	16	11	.593	3.04	32	31					237.0	228	92	80		71
Ralph Brickner	15	9	.625	3.91	32	28					212.0	232	100	92		42
Lefty Wallace	13	11	.542	4.80	31	29					180.0	228	111	96		67
Hersh Freeman	12	5	.706	4.63	50	3					107.0	113	59	55		32
Mickey Haefner	10	7	.588	3.45	27	22					172.0	186	93	66		54
Homer Spragins	3	3	.500	0.00	17						32.0	42				5
Ribs Raney	3	6	.333	4.72	20	13					103.0	105	64	54		60
John Gilbert	2	0	1.000	0.00	11						34.0	30				19
Alfred Boresh	2	2	.500	0.00	6						32.0	39				8
Roger Higgins	2	7	.222	5.14	37	4					84.0	106	57	48		46
Paul Perry	0	1	.000	0.00	3						16.0	21				13
Marv Rackley	0	1	.000	0.00	1						5.0	8				3
Al Jurisich	0	1	.000	0.00	2						2.0
Ike Delock	0	1	.000	5.54	5						13.0	17	11	8		5
Totals	78	65	.545	3.65	274	130	0	0	0	0	1229.0	1355	587	499	0	425	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
Charlie Ray	151	554	554		187	23	8	18						.338	.338	.505	.843	280
Larry DiPippo	155	568	568		165	27	5	6						.290	.290	.387	.678	220
George Wilson	143	489	489		159	29	8	29						.325	.325	.595	.920	291
Dale Lynch	124	480	480		153	18	4	3						.319	.319	.392	.710	188
Jim Piersall	121	437	437		151	30	12	15						.346	.346	.572	.918	250
Red Mathis	141	479	479		140	26	8	7						.292	.292	.424	.716	203
Marv Rackley	91	319	319		112	17	7	6						.351	.351	.505	.856	161
Roberto Ortiz	115	343	343		91	25	3	14						.265	.265	.478	.743	164
Charlie Letchas	100	335	335		87	13	3	2						.260	.260	.334	.594	112
Roy Nicely	69	259	259		62	16	0	0						.239	.239	.301	.541	78
Dick Greco	27	84	84		27	6	1	3						.321	.321	.524	.845	44
Ralph Brickner	32	89	89		25	5	1	0						.281	.281	.360	.640	32
Don Hasenmayer	28	107	107		24	3	3	3						.224	.224	.393	.617	42
Lefty Wallace	42	64	64		23	5	0	0						.359	.359	.438	.797	28
Robert Stewart	22	85	85		21	3	0	0						.247	.247	.282	.529	24
Daniel Ryan	49	114	114		21	4	2	0						.184	.184	.254	.439	29
Bobo Newsom	32	87	87		17	1	0	0						.195	.195	.207	.402	18
Hersh Freeman	56	41	41		15	3	2	1						.366	.366	.610	.976	25
Robert Mosakoski	22	64	64		15	2	1	0						.234	.234	.297	.531	19
Len Schulte	28	91	91		14	4	1	0						.154	.154	.220	.374	20
Mickey Haefner	30	67	67		13	2	0	0						.194	.194	.224	.418	15
Bob Van Eman	19	54	54		12	3	0	1						.222	.222	.333	.556	18
Mike Vukmire	20	57	57		8	0	0	1						.140	.140	.193	.333	11
Al Van Alstyne	8	23	23		5	1	1	0						.217	.217	.348	.565	8
John Gilbert	11	12	12		4	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Homer Spragins	17	7	7		3	1	0	0						.429	.429	.571	1.000	4
Roger Higgins	37	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Ribs Raney	20	33	33		3	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	3
Totals	1710	5364	5364	0	1560	267	70	109	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.291	.428	.718	2294	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hersh Freeman	P	50					.000
Roger Higgins	P	37					.000
Bobo Newsom	P	32					.000
Ralph Brickner	P	32					.000
Lefty Wallace	P	31					.000
Mickey Haefner	P	27					.000
Ribs Raney	P	20					.000
Homer Spragins	P	17					.000
John Gilbert	P	11					.000
Totals		257	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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