1951 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-78
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: Al Todd (73-78)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 94,137, Avg. 1,247

1951 Des Moines Bruins Roster

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 73 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the WL.

The Bruins scored 632 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 648 runs. Bob Anderlik led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Hy Cohen topped Des Moines with 16 wins, while Leon Foulk added 15 or more wins, too Wes Carr earned a 2.28 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Barney Schultz, Vern Morgan, Bob Speake, Harry Chiti, Fred Richards, Jim Fanning and Hy Cohen were all players from the 1951 Des Moines Bruins who played in the Majors during their careers.

Al Todd 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
Hy Cohen	16	10	.615	2.86	33						236.0	207	94	75	4	92
Leon Foulk	15	11	.577	3.25	32						183.0	147	84	66	11	102
Wes Carr	11	6	.647	2.28	22						134.0	99	37	34	6	55
Paul Menking	9	10	.474	4.08	27						159.0	158	88	72	5	76
Horace Tangman	6	6	.500	3.68	34						137.0	133	70	56	4	64
Paul Schnieders	5	2	.714	1.76	10						51.0	33	14	10	0	26
Ray Bauer	3	5	.375	4.50	13						46.0	45	28	23	5	20
Joe Kuncl	2	8	.200	2.89	35						106.0	94	49	34	8	42
Albert Kinsey	1	3	.250	3.29	12						52.0	62	26	19	3	22
Totals	68	61	.527	3.17	218	0	0	0	0	0	1104.0	978	490	389	46	499	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
Bob Anderlik	137	530	530		168	25	4	3						.317	.317	.396	.713	210
Bob Lee	148	560	560		144	20	6	3						.257	.257	.330	.587	185
Vern Morgan	123	471	471		141	21	1	9						.299	.299	.406	.705	191
Harry Chiti	99	352	352		106	15	1	4						.301	.301	.384	.685	135
Bob Speake	98	352	352		89	14	3	15						.253	.253	.438	.690	154
Charles Teague	84	287	287		78	17	2	1						.272	.272	.355	.627	102
Paul Rutledge	100	315	315		64	18	0	0						.203	.203	.260	.463	82
Clayton Johnson	68	198	198		47	4	1	0						.237	.237	.268	.505	53
Fred Richards	54	205	205		47	13	3	1						.229	.229	.337	.566	69
Ken Weiss	55	134	134		38	13	0	2						.284	.284	.425	.709	57
Edwin Plank	42	130	130		26	3	2	0						.200	.200	.254	.454	33
Jim Fanning	24	76	76		16	3	0	2						.211	.211	.329	.539	25
Dave Cunningham	34	78	78		16	3	0	1						.205	.205	.282	.487	22
Hy Cohen	33	86	86		16	2	0	0						.186	.186	.209	.395	18
Wes Carr	31	52	52		15	3	0	0						.288	.288	.346	.635	18
William Ley	20	56	56		15	0	0	0						.268	.268	.268	.536	15
James Grimes	17	57	57		14	7	1	0						.246	.246	.404	.649	23
Horace Tangman	48	63	63		13	2	0	0						.206	.206	.238	.444	15
Paul Menking	27	54	54		10	1	0	0						.185	.185	.204	.389	11
Ted Sterger	26	84	84		9	3	0	0						.107	.107	.143	.250	12
Dick Rigazio	15	46	46		8	2	0	0						.174	.174	.217	.391	10
Leon Foulk	39	62	62		5	0	0	0						.081	.081	.081	.161	5
Paul Schnieders	10	16	16		4	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Joe Kuncl	36	24	24		4	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	4
Albert Kinsey	14	21	21		3	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Ray Bauer	13	13	13		2	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Totals	1395	4322	4322	0	1098	189	24	41	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.337	.591	1458	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Joe Kuncl	P	35					.000
Horace Tangman	P	34					.000
Hy Cohen	P	33					.000
Leon Foulk	P	32					.000
Paul Menking	P	27					.000
Wes Carr	P	22					.000
Ray Bauer	P	13					.000
Albert Kinsey	P	12					.000
Paul Schnieders	P	10					.000
Totals		218	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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