1951 Columbia Reds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 46-92
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (46-92)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 52,483, Avg. 761

1951 Columbia Reds Roster

The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1951 season with a record of 46 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.

Buddy Hancken 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
Jerry Pless	9	5	.643	3.63	18	16					124.0	138	65	50		43
Norman Bell	9	16	.360	3.53	35	26					214.0	216	111	84		102
Ken Polivka	6	5	.545	3.03	16	9					95.0	97	40	32		36
John Bebber	5	5	.500	3.21	23	4					73.0	57	34	26		40
William Nee	4	6	.400	4.10	15	8					68.0	81	40	31		50
Odell Martin	4	15	.211	5.12	34	22					139.0	132	90	79		95
John Brechin	3	10	.231	4.99	23	15					110.0	125	74	61		54
Charlie Ripple	3	11	.214	4.32	16	4					100.0	111	58	48		45
Walter Miller	2	8	.200	3.94	19	11					89.0	84	53	39		57
Daniel Rhame					13						0.0
Maurice Fisher	0	1	.000	0.00	4						10.0
Jim Kleckley	0	4	.000	3.45	19	3					60.0	59	31	23		28
Totals	45	86	.344	3.93	235	118	0	0	0	0	1082.0	1100	596	473	0	550	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
Hyman Prosk	122	453	453		127	26	2	6						.280	.280	.386	.667	175
David Poole	120	393	393		101	17	1	1						.257	.257	.313	.570	123
Loran Chafin	102	391	391		89	17	5	0						.228	.228	.297	.524	116
Hal Treinen	85	309	309		82	14	4	4						.265	.265	.375	.641	116
Ivan Johannes	89	324	324		82	5	1	0						.253	.253	.275	.528	89
Charlie Fontana	63	229	229		81	20	5	2						.354	.354	.511	.865	117
Larry Taylor	87	331	331		81	8	2	0						.245	.245	.281	.526	93
Ed Ralston	66	227	227		56	13	2	2						.247	.247	.348	.595	79
Chuck Weiss	51	184	184		49	7	2	1						.266	.266	.342	.609	63
James Reggio	37	144	144		36	9	3	4						.250	.250	.438	.688	63
Charles Messina	33	114	114		30	2	2	4						.263	.263	.421	.684	48
Ralph Bartolozzi	34	113	113		27	9	0	3						.239	.239	.398	.637	45
Ray Clayton	44	156	156		26	2	1	2						.167	.167	.231	.397	36
Robert Falk	23	86	86		22	7	1	0						.256	.256	.360	.616	31
Buddy Hancken	36	75	75		19	1	0	0						.253	.253	.267	.520	20
Eugene Emsweller	36	116	116		18	4	0	1						.155	.155	.216	.371	25
Whitey Ries	16	58	58		17	7	1	0						.293	.293	.448	.741	26
Herb Harlow	22	70	70		15	0	1	0						.214	.214	.243	.457	17
Ken Polivka	22	36	36		12	3	0	0						.333	.333	.417	.750	15
John Brechin	34	60	60		11	2	0	0						.183	.183	.217	.400	13
Norman Bell	37	75	75		10	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	10
William Nee	17	27	27		8	0	0	0						.296	.296	.296	.593	8
James Blakemore	15	45	45		8	2	0	0						.178	.178	.222	.400	10
Jerry Pless	20	42	42		7	1	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357	8
Dewey Jacobs	13	14	14		5	0	0	0						.357	.357	.357	.714	5
Walter Miller	19	29	29		5	1	0	0						.172	.172	.207	.379	6
John Bebber	30	36	36		5	1	0	0						.139	.139	.167	.306	6
Odell Martin	34	43	43		5	0	0	0						.116	.116	.116	.233	5
Jim Kleckley	19	18	18		3	1	0	0						.167	.167	.222	.389	4
Carlton Nebel	14	28	28		3	1	0	0						.107	.107	.143	.250	4
Charlie Ripple	16	34	34		2	1	0	0						.059	.059	.088	.147	3
Daniel Rhame	11	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1367	4271	4271	0	1042	181	33	30	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.323	.567	1379	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Norman Bell	P	35					.000
Odell Martin	P	34					.000
John Brechin	P	23					.000
John Bebber	P	23					.000
Walter Miller	P	19					.000
Jim Kleckley	P	19					.000
Jerry Pless	P	18					.000
Charlie Ripple	P	16					.000
Ken Polivka	P	16					.000
William Nee	P	15					.000
Daniel Rhame	P	13					.000
Totals		231	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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