1951 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 64-80
Finished 8th in the SIL
Manager: Syd Cohen (64-80)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Bisbee, Arizona; Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Warren Park
Attendance: 57,786, Avg. 803
The Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings of the Southwest International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 64 wins and 80 losses, finishing eighth in the SIL.
The Kings scored 894 runs and allowed 960 runs, most in the circuit. Vernon Highfield paced all regular batters by connecting at a .308 clip. Manuel Morales earned 24 wins on the mound for Bisbee-Douglas and a team-best 3.3 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Syd Cohen played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings to do so.
Syd Cohen served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Morales | 24 | 12 | .667 | 3.30 | 45 | 38 | 322.0 | 326 | 172 | 118 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Wilbert Pender | 12 | 18 | .400 | 4.12 | 35 | 32 | 251.0 | 219 | 164 | 115 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.77 | 20 | 10 | 98.0 | 97 | 53 | 41 | 46 | |||||||||||
| John Kemp | 6 | 9 | .400 | 6.08 | 30 | 15 | 114.0 | 90 | 104 | 77 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Cannon | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.00 | 18 | 6 | 51.0 | 57 | 61 | 34 | 69 | |||||||||||
| John Dotson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.54 | 22 | 2 | 50.0 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Syd Cohen | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.76 | 26 | 4 | 100.0 | 129 | 75 | 64 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Charles Lamberti | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.65 | 29 | 11 | 92.0 | 106 | 87 | 68 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Abbott | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 64 | .475 | 4.76 | 238 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1078.0 | 1099 | 782 | 570 | 0 | 750 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Serrano | 137 | 527 | 527 | 161 | 26 | 11 | 6 | .306 | .306 | .431 | .736 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Vernon Highfield | 118 | 451 | 451 | 139 | 17 | 8 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .388 | .696 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Cecil Dotson | 133 | 485 | 485 | 115 | 20 | 9 | 13 | .237 | .237 | .396 | .633 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Jaques Austin | 92 | 357 | 357 | 110 | 17 | 8 | 14 | .308 | .308 | .518 | .826 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Lacey Curry | 71 | 283 | 283 | 108 | 15 | 7 | 3 | .382 | .382 | .516 | .898 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Prelow | 107 | 391 | 391 | 83 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .274 | .486 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Cantu | 81 | 282 | 282 | 81 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .362 | .649 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Carlton Bloom | 41 | 168 | 168 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .327 | .327 | .476 | .804 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Morales | 73 | 168 | 168 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .375 | .667 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Van Huppert | 53 | 189 | 189 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .328 | .577 | 62 | |||||||||||
| George Moeller | 59 | 194 | 194 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .242 | .242 | .330 | .572 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Simmons | 33 | 141 | 141 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .305 | .305 | .404 | .709 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Richard Palamidessi | 39 | 145 | 145 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .283 | .283 | .393 | .676 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Edward Rutherford | 37 | 143 | 143 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .385 | .643 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | 49 | 121 | 121 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .264 | .504 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Wilbert Pender | 51 | 119 | 119 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .294 | .496 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Syd Cohen | 50 | 103 | 103 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .194 | .369 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Herman Humble | 23 | 69 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .290 | .536 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Bob Stotts | 25 | 91 | 91 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .176 | .176 | .275 | .451 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Nick Castas | 22 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .436 | .709 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Don Paulsen | 15 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .240 | .420 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Robert Verbica | 16 | 52 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .173 | .173 | .212 | .385 | 11 | |||||||||||
| John Kemp | 31 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .159 | .318 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Louis Uribe | 7 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Charles Lamberti | 35 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Dotson | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Cannon | 18 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Abbott | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1451 | 4718 | 4718 | 0 | 1276 | 188 | 83 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .376 | .646 | 1774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Morales | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Wilbert Pender | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| John Kemp | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Lamberti | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Syd Cohen | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| John Dotson | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Cannon | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Abbott | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 218 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
