1951 Centralia Zeros Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-51
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (69-51)
Location: Centralia, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 38,554, Avg. 643

1951 Centralia Zeros Roster

Playoffs - Mount Vernon Kings 2 games, Centralia Zeros 0

The Centralia Zeros of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1951 season with a record of 69 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the MOVL.

The Zeros led the league with just 624 runs allowed. Centralia scored 640 runs. Fred Pearson paced all regular hitters by hitting .336. Lee Tunnison topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.12 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Quincy Smith played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Centralia Zeros to do so.

Lew Bekeza 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
Lee Tunnison	20	8	.714	3.12	33						205.0	163	88	71	3	121
Ennis Heathcock	8	2	.800	3.19	19						113.0	94	55	40	1	60
George Gatto	8	3	.727	3.40	16						98.0	75	55	37	2	73
Lou Reilly	7	10	.412	7.18	29						104.0	78	96	83	2	149
Virgil Black	6	4	.600	4.14	18						100.0	91	53	46	1	73
Walt Novak	3	3	.500	4.67	11						54.0	51	35	28	1	32
Lou Calvetti	3	4	.429	4.44	14						77.0	57	50	38	0	89
Lew Bekeza					16						0.0
Totals	55	34	.618	4.11	156	0	0	0	0	0	751.0	609	432	343	10	597	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
Fred Pearson	110	423	423		142	26	9	5						.336	.336	.475	.811	201
Lew Bekeza	114	416	416		130	40	6	16						.312	.312	.553	.865	230
Bill Bleyer	84	300	300		99	15	7	1						.330	.330	.437	.767	131
Gene Brand	94	341	341		99	22	4	8						.290	.290	.449	.739	153
Lee Tunnison	104	357	357		97	16	8	8						.272	.272	.429	.700	153
Kirby Dickens	106	375	375		96	9	2	0						.256	.256	.291	.547	109
George Gatto	90	303	303		88	14	1	0						.290	.290	.343	.634	104
Jerry Durnin	82	300	300		75	7	4	0						.250	.250	.300	.550	90
Norm Karg	95	299	299		64	9	3	0						.214	.214	.264	.478	79
Bill Wilson	38	104	104		30	5	1	0						.288	.288	.356	.644	37
Virgil Black	32	74	74		14	1	1	0						.189	.189	.230	.419	17
Ennis Heathcock	32	47	47		11	0	0	0						.234	.234	.234	.468	11
Leon Castellari	13	24	24		5	1	1	1						.208	.208	.458	.667	11
Walt Novak	11	19	19		3	0	1	0						.158	.158	.263	.421	5
Lou Reilly	32	39	39		3	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	3
Lou Calvetti	16	31	31		2	0	0	0						.065	.065	.065	.129	2
Totals	1053	3452	3452	0	958	165	48	39	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.387	.665	1336	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lou Reilly	P	29					.000
Ennis Heathcock	P	19					.000
Virgil Black	P	18					.000
Lou Calvetti	P	14					.000
Walt Novak	P	11					.000
Totals		91	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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