1951 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 53-101
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Harry Walker (53-101)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 102,320, Avg. 1,329

1951 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

The Red Birds tallied 669 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 935 runs, most in the league. Cot Deal and Vern Benson paced Columbus with 18 home runs apiece. Vern Benson drove in 89 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .308 clip. Hisel Patrick led the team with 8 wins, while Pete Mazar recorded a 5.85 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Cloyd Boyer, Glen Moulder, Johnny Grodzicki, Chuck Kress, Chip Marshall, Kurt Krieger, Luis Arroyo, Neal Hertweck, Vern Benson, Jack Crimian, Harry Walker, Steve Bilko, Russ Kerns, Ed Blake, Herb Moford, Rip Repulski, Bernie Creger and Cot Deal were all players from the 1951 Columbus Red Birds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Harry Walker 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
Hisel Patrick	8	11	.421	5.86	25	22		8	0		149.0	165	108	97		89		76	4	1	3
Pete Mazar	7	12	.368	5.85	26	22		8	0		143.0	168	99	93		61		58	0	0	1
Ed Blake	7	15	.318	5.91	27	24		12	1		172.0	206	127	113		93		72	10	3	9
Jack Crimian	5	3	.625	3.41	36	0		0	0		58.0	64	26	22		30		40	1	0	2
Lee Peterson	4	4	.500	4.74	52	1		0	0		112.0	135	69	59		41		51	2	1	2
Luis Arroyo	3	2	.600	4.17	9			1			41.0	44	23	19	3	21		11	1	0	2
Elroy Joyce	3	9	.250	6.00	14	11		6	1		75.0	90	54	50		34		36	1	0	0
David Thomas	2	1	.667	7.29	14			0			42.0	64	34	34	2	23		7	0	0	3
Cloyd Boyer	2	3	.400	2.02	5			2			40.0	29	12	9	4	22		44	1	1	1
George Copeland	2	3	.400	5.67	13	5		1	0		46.0	49	35	29		41		22	0	0	2
Herb Moford	2	5	.286	7.43	16	9		0	0		63.0	69	60	52		57		17	7	0	2
Glen Moulder	2	12	.143	6.26	23	10		5	0		115.0	135	88	80		61		53	4	1	2
George Drees	1	0	1.000	7.00	7			0			27.0	36	24	21	4	17		10	0	0	1
Johnny Grodzicki	1	1	.500	14.62	4			0			8.0	12	13	13	3	11		5	0	0	1
Maurice Garlock	1	2	.333	6.63	10			1			38.0	38	28	28	8	27		15	2	0	2
Cot Deal	1	2	.333	6.95	4			2			22.0	25	21	17	1	12		9	0	0	2
Sandy Silverstein	1	4	.200	6.43	11			1			42.0	49	31	30	6	31		22	0	1	1
Kurt Krieger	1	5	.167	5.79	7			4			42.0	44	31	27	2	22		27	3	0	2
Harry Walker	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
Don Kohler	0	1	.000	10.29	4			0			7.0	12	10	8	0	8		3	0	0	0
Robert Kerce	0	2	.000	6.00	4			0			18.0	20	15	12	1	10		5	2	1	2
Bob Clear	0	4	.000	9.82	11			0			22.0	33	23	24	2	23		15	0	2	0
Totals	53	101	.344	5.86	324	104	0	51	2	0	1285.0	1487	931	837	36	734	0	598	38	11	40	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
Vern Benson	138	584	467	95	144	25	6	18	89	2		111	51	.308	.444	.503	.947	235	7	3	3
Mo Mozzali	123	477	426	81	124	32	3	8	49	2		46	21	.291	.364	.437	.801	186	13	3	2
Harry Walker	110	358	298	63	117	24	1	6	39	10		55	18	.393	.490	.540	1.030	161	4	2	3
Fred McAlister	144	539	516	45	114	22	6	2	48	3		13	86	.221	.242	.298	.540	154	22	1	9
Rip Repulski	115	425	400	49	110	24	4	9	56	4		20	88	.275	.313	.422	.735	169	10	2	3
Roy Broome	102	405	369	41	109	14	7	8	74	6		31	39	.295	.352	.436	.788	161	16	1	4
Cot Deal	114	463	393	62	103	17	3	18	69	1		70	55	.262	.374	.458	.832	180	15	0	0
Dick Morgan	102	341	322	27	75	12	2	1	34	0		18	27	.233	.274	.292	.565	94	16	0	1
Bernie Creger	84	314	294	31	71	11	0	1	17	3		17	25	.241	.285	.289	.574	85	5	1	2
Joseph Aliperto	86	286	251	26	54	6	2	0	25	2		32	23	.215	.304	.255	.559	64	10	0	3
Chuck Kress	63	233	202	31	53	10	2	9	41	8		31	27	.262	.361	.465	.826	94	2	0	0
Chip Marshall	67	217	160	20	42	7	1	4	19	0		53	54	.262	.446	.394	.840	63	2	0	4
Howie Phillips	42	169	145	23	34	6	0	2	7	0		24	28	.234	.343	.317	.660	46	4	0	0
Pete Lewis	35	124	120	7	28	2	1	0	7	0		4	14	.233	.258	.267	.525	32	5	0	0
Steve Bilko	26	86	74	13	21	2	0	1	6	0		12	18	.284	.384	.351	.735	26	5	0	0
Harvey Zernia	22	73	69	11	19	5	0	0	6	0		4	8	.275	.315	.348	.663	24	2	0	0
Ed Blake	34	71	62	4	13	2	0	0	5	0		8	14	.210	.300	.242	.542	15	1	0	1
Vincent Moreci	12	39	31	6	9	0	0	2	5	1		7	6	.290	.421	.484	.905	15	1	0	1
Hisel Patrick	25	61	54	6	9	0	1	0	3	0		3	13	.167	.211	.204	.414	11	0	0	4
Elroy Joyce	14	27	26	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	8	.269	.269	.308	.577	8	0	0	1
Buddy Phillips	8	28	28		7									.250	.250	.250	.500	7
Jim Neufeldt	11	36	31	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		4	3	.226	.314	.258	.572	8	0	0	1
Glen Moulder	23	40	40	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		0	6	.150	.150	.175	.325	7	4	0	0
Cloyd Boyer	5	10	10		5									.500	.500	.500	1.000	5
Maurice Garlock	10	13	12	1	5	2	0	1	2	0		0	5	.417	.462	.833	1.295	10	0	1	0
Lee Peterson	52	29	25	3	5	1	0	0	1	0		2	6	.200	.259	.240	.499	6	2	0	2
Kurt Krieger	11	20	20	1	4	1	1	0	2	0		0	5	.200	.200	.350	.550	7	0	0	0
George Drees	7	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Herb Moford	17	22	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.167	.250	.167	.417	3	0	0	2
Pete Mazar	27	55	50	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		4	12	.060	.130	.080	.210	4	1	0	1
Johnny Grodzicki	4	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Jack Crimian	36	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	3	0		0	3	.200	.200	.300	.500	3	1	0	2
Bob Clear	11	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	.333	.667	.333	1.000	1	0	0	0
Neal Hertweck	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Robert Kerce	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
David Thomas	14	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.077	.200	.077	.277	1	0	0	0
George Copeland	13	17	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.071	.071	.143	.214	2	0	0	3
Sandy Silverstein	11	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	0	0	0
Luis Arroyo	9	17	17		1									.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Don Kohler	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Russ Kerns	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1742	5655	5012	664	1315	231	40	90	617	42	0	577	684	.262	.340	.378	.718	1896	148	14	52	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mo Mozzali	1B	67	557	46	5	50	.992	9.000
Chuck Kress	1B	59	465	41	3	41	.994	8.576
Steve Bilko	1B	21	138	12	1	13	.993	7.143
Harry Walker	1B	10	83	6	0	4	1.000	8.900
Bernie Creger	2B	71	166	171	11	41	.968	4.746
Howie Phillips	2B	37	93	95	7	18	.964	5.081
Harry Walker	2B	29	59	52	2	14	.982	3.828
Vern Benson	2B	20	46	49	6	8	.941	4.750
Joseph Aliperto	2B	12	12	15	0	3	1.000	2.250
Vern Benson	3B	106	98	179	17	12	.942	2.613
Joseph Aliperto	3B	53	54	78	15	6	.898	2.491
Dick Morgan	C	94	383	45	10	7	.977	4.553	7
Chip Marshall	C	66	283	36	6	6	.982	4.833	4
Rip Repulski	OF	105	272	7	5	0	.982	2.657
Cot Deal	OF	104	172	6	7	2	.962	1.712
Roy Broome	OF	101	238	9	9	0	.965	2.446
Harry Walker	OF	50	101	6	4	0	.964	2.140
Mo Mozzali	OF	42	72	4	2	0	.974	1.810
Pete Lewis	OF	29	82	2	1	0	.988	2.897
Harvey Zernia	OF	15	27	2	1	1	.967	1.933
Vern Benson	OF	14	28	1	1	0	.967	2.071
Vincent Moreci	OF	10	22	1	0	0	1.000	2.300
Lee Peterson	P	52	11	15	0	2	1.000	.500
Jack Crimian	P	36	3	12	1	0	.938	.417
Ed Blake	P	27	9	30	2	4	.951	1.444
Pete Mazar	P	26	5	21	0	2	1.000	1.000
Hisel Patrick	P	25	5	14	1	1	.950	.760
Glen Moulder	P	23	4	23	2	1	.931	1.174
Herb Moford	P	16	4	13	1	1	.944	1.062
David Thomas	P	14	2	8	0	0	1.000	.714
Elroy Joyce	P	14	2	11	0	0	1.000	.929
George Copeland	P	13	7	7	0	0	1.000	1.077
Sandy Silverstein	P	11	2	5	1	1	.875	.636
Bob Clear	P	11	4	6	1	1	.909	.909
Maurice Garlock	P	10	3	4	0	0	1.000	.700
Luis Arroyo	P	9						.000
Kurt Krieger	P	7						.000
George Drees	P	7						.000
Cloyd Boyer	P	5						.000
Don Kohler	P	4						.000
Robert Kerce	P	4						.000
Johnny Grodzicki	P	4						.000
Cot Deal	P	4						.000
Harry Walker	P	2						.000
Fred McAlister	SS	140	264	393	22	58	.968	4.693
Joseph Aliperto	SS	17	17	27	4	8	.917	2.588
Totals		1596	3793	1452	148	305	.973	3.286	11	0	0

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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