1951 Cordele A's Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 46-79
Finished 8th in the GGL
Manager: Ducky Detweiler (0-0), Jimmie DeShong (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Cordele, Georgia
Ballpark: Cordele Baseball Park
Attendance: 25,857, Avg. 414

1951 Cordele A's Roster

The Cordele A's of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1951 season with a record of 46 wins and 79 losses, finishing eighth in the GGL.

The A's plated 608 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 687 runs. Leon Molokie led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Bill Wallace topped Cordele with 16 wins, while George Vereault registered a 3.92 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ducky Detweiler played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cordele A's to do so.

Ducky Detweiler and Jimmie DeShong 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
Bill Wallace	16	14	.533	4.44	34						223.0	258	129	110		76
George Vereault	7	14	.333	3.92	36						202.0	249	140	88		85
Alfred Itkin	6	6	.500	3.75	12						96.0	103	58	40		50
John Merget	6	9	.400	4.01	24						119.0	114	70	53		62
Clarence Comegys	4	3	.571	4.68	14						75.0	86	52	39		47
William Hamlin	2	6	.250	5.12	14						58.0	64	56	33		43
Robert Shimko	2	11	.154	5.10	37						157.0	187	134	89		80
Totals	43	63	.406	4.37	171	0	0	0	0	0	930.0	1061	639	452	0	443	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
Donovan Day	120	458	458		136	16	6	5						.297	.297	.391	.688	179
Bill Sides	125	453	453		135	25	1	3						.298	.298	.377	.675	171
Leon Molokie	87	354	354		111	15	2	2						.314	.314	.384	.698	136
Harry Arterburn	109	406	406		104	13	3	4						.256	.256	.333	.589	135
Robert Bettleyon	108	386	386		84	3	4	0						.218	.218	.246	.464	95
Johnny Steave	95	318	318		75	11	2	0						.236	.236	.283	.519	90
Ralph Betcher	59	227	227		73	12	3	1						.322	.322	.414	.736	94
Ducky Detweiler	38	113	113		43	14	2	1						.381	.381	.566	.947	64
Alfred Dinacci	42	149	149		32	4	2	0						.215	.215	.268	.483	40
Robert Scotese	56	155	155		27	2	0	0						.174	.174	.187	.361	29
Hugh Daley	42	126	126		24	5	2	0						.190	.190	.262	.452	33
Harry Kallas	35	127	127		24	2	1	0						.189	.189	.220	.409	28
Donald Weigand	29	86	86		16	0	1	0						.186	.186	.209	.395	18
George Vereault	37	71	71		14	3	0	0						.197	.197	.239	.437	17
John Merget	24	46	46		10	3	0	0						.217	.217	.283	.500	13
Tom Costello	28	76	76		10	3	1	1						.132	.132	.237	.368	18
Robert Shimko	37	50	50		9	0	0	0						.180	.180	.180	.360	9
Bill Wallace	34	71	71		9	2	1	0						.127	.127	.183	.310	13
Alfred Itkin	14	36	36		7	2	0	0						.194	.194	.250	.444	9
Dick Ramsey	11	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Clarence Comegys	25	39	39		5	1	0	1						.128	.128	.231	.359	9
George Evernham	19	33	33		3	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	3
William Hamlin	18	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Totals	1192	3827	3827	0	958	137	31	18	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.316	.567	1211	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Shimko	P	37					.000
George Vereault	P	36					.000
Bill Wallace	P	34					.000
John Merget	P	24					.000
William Hamlin	P	14					.000
Clarence Comegys	P	14					.000
Alfred Itkin	P	12					.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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