1951 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 65-70
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Larry Shepard (65-70)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 92,142, Avg. 1,365

1951 Billings Mustangs Roster

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1951 season with a record of 65 wins and 70 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.

The Mustangs scored 800 runs and surrendered 794 runs. Hayward Gibson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .302 clip. Larry Shepard earned 24 wins on the mound for Billings and a team-best 2.99 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Chico Fernández and Charley Hall both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Larry Shepard 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
Larry Shepard	24	11	.686	2.99	40						250.0	237	110	83	5	112
John Ceplo	8	10	.444	4.74	36						148.0	132	94	78	6	135
Marvin Williams	6	8	.429	4.55	15						91.0	76	60	46	3	99
Bill Halley	6	12	.333	5.21	35						159.0	145	113	92	12	121
Donald Zeski	5	5	.500	6.15	21						82.0	71	71	56	5	120
Ricardo Lopez	4	3	.571	8.03	21						65.0	78	69	58	3	83
Leonard Payne	3	6	.333	5.04	27						91.0	105	60	51	3	42
Dale Hooper	3	6	.333	5.40	26						95.0	109	76	57	5	72
Cal Schadel	2	3	.400	6.20	6						45.0	40	34	31	0	45
Totals	61	64	.488	4.84	227	0	0	0	0	0	1026.0	993	687	552	42	829	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
Chico Fernández	132	496	496		141	23	8	4						.284	.284	.387	.671	192
Richard Small	129	478	478		137	17	8	18						.287	.287	.469	.755	224
Willie Davis	117	420	420		121	22	4	6						.288	.288	.402	.690	169
Hayward Gibson	109	398	398		120	16	2	1						.302	.302	.359	.661	143
William Browne	129	421	421		108	13	5	4						.257	.257	.340	.596	143
Bob MacKinnon	115	403	403		94	17	1	2						.233	.233	.295	.529	119
Gene Johnson	58	220	220		55	7	2	0						.250	.250	.300	.550	66
Dick Smith	64	222	222		51	13	0	4						.230	.230	.342	.572	76
Charley Hall	42	146	146		46	5	1	1						.315	.315	.384	.699	56
Herb Olson	55	164	164		40	7	2	0						.244	.244	.311	.555	51
Lawrence Schnaidt	38	127	127		32	3	2	1						.252	.252	.331	.583	42
Albert Karan	32	103	103		29	6	2	0						.282	.282	.379	.660	39
Fernando Barbieri	38	89	89		19	2	0	0						.213	.213	.236	.449	21
Sidney Bunch	19	57	57		17	4	0	0						.298	.298	.368	.667	21
Bob Bennett	20	58	58		17	3	0	2						.293	.293	.448	.741	26
Darrold Myers	21	69	69		16	1	0	0						.232	.232	.246	.478	17
Larry Shepard	42	88	88		15	3	0	0						.170	.170	.205	.375	18
Jaques Austin	24	66	66		14	0	0	0						.212	.212	.212	.424	14
Bill Halley	37	56	56		12	1	0	3						.214	.214	.393	.607	22
John Ceplo	35	48	48		10	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	10
Leonard Payne	29	34	34		9	1	0	0						.265	.265	.294	.559	10
Don Collins	16	44	44		9	2	0	0						.205	.205	.250	.455	11
John Albini	10	27	27		7	2	0	0						.259	.259	.333	.593	9
Donald Zeski	26	39	39		7	2	0	0						.179	.179	.231	.410	9
Dale Hooper	28	31	31		5	0	0	0						.161	.161	.161	.323	5
Ricardo Lopez	22	22	22		4	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	4
Marvin Williams	16	25	25		1	0	0	0						.040	.040	.040	.080	1
Totals	1403	4351	4351	0	1136	170	37	46	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.349	.610	1518	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Larry Shepard	P	40					.000
John Ceplo	P	36					.000
Bill Halley	P	35					.000
Leonard Payne	P	27					.000
Dale Hooper	P	26					.000
Donald Zeski	P	21					.000
Ricardo Lopez	P	21					.000
Marvin Williams	P	15					.000
Totals		221	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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