1951 Duluth Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 54-66
Finished 7th in the NL
Manager: Orie Arntzen (0-0), Ken Blackman (0-0)
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 47,755, Avg. 796

1951 Duluth Dukes Roster

The Duluth Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 54 wins and 66 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Dukes scored 522 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 664 runs. Joe Caffie led all regular batters with a .309 average. Mo Owen topped Duluth with 14 wins, while Marion Murszewski earned a 2.89 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1951 Duluth Dukes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hank Aguirre, Hal Woodeshick, Orie Arntzen and Joe Caffie.

Orie Arntzen and Ken Blackman 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
Mo Owen	14	12	.538	4.00	32						225.0	220	137	100	18	123
Orie Arntzen	12	3	.800	3.25	32						119.0	125	52	43	7	23
Marion Murszewski	9	7	.562	2.89	27						171.0	139	79	55	8	76
Norman Johnson	7	4	.636	3.67	13						76.0	51	38	31	4	54
Edwin Staab	5	6	.455	4.42	24						112.0	107	67	55	2	60
Ed Anderson	4	9	.308	3.43	21						105.0	95	59	40	2	64
Hal Woodeshick	0	2	.000	4.50	3						14.0	12	12	7		15
Hank Aguirre	0	3	.000	12.50	9						18.0	25	30	25		23
Totals	51	46	.526	3.81	161	0	0	0	0	0	840.0	774	474	356	41	438	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
Richard Newberry	121	494	494		143	26	12	9						.289	.289	.445	.735	220
Joe Caffie	96	375	375		116	24	7	4						.309	.309	.443	.752	166
James Jobst	101	386	386		99	17	11	6						.256	.256	.404	.661	156
Duane Sorber	97	296	296		82	14	2	0						.277	.277	.338	.615	100
Bob Obermiller	96	329	329		79	8	2	1						.240	.240	.286	.526	94
Roger Scoles	82	275	275		71	13	6	0						.258	.258	.349	.607	96
William Johnson	67	242	242		60	10	5	2						.248	.248	.355	.603	86
Bob Borchering	44	114	114		28	5	0	0						.246	.246	.289	.535	33
Jack Cherry	32	128	128		28	2	2	0						.219	.219	.266	.484	34
Ken Charipar	24	83	83		15	1	0	0						.181	.181	.193	.373	16
Albert Gulvas	29	85	85		15	4	0	0						.176	.176	.224	.400	19
Lawrence Tessier	20	59	59		14	2	1	0						.237	.237	.305	.542	18
Howard Bjorkland	25	81	81		13	1	0	1						.160	.160	.210	.370	17
Orie Arntzen	42	52	52		12	2	0	1						.231	.231	.327	.558	17
Edward Robinson	20	50	50		10	1	0	1						.200	.200	.280	.480	14
John Bauman	18	50	50		9	3	0	0						.180	.180	.240	.420	12
Ken Blackman	11	32	32		8	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	8
Mo Owen	32	77	77		8	2	0	0						.104	.104	.130	.234	10
Edwin Staab	24	35	35		7	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	7
James Tanner	15	32	32		6	1	0	0						.188	.188	.219	.406	7
Dick Fisher	23	68	68		6	1	0	3						.088	.088	.235	.324	16
John Morlan	15	27	27		4	1	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333	5
Marion Murszewski	29	58	58		4	0	0	0						.069	.069	.069	.138	4
Ed Anderson	23	33	33		3	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	3
Norman Johnson	15	23	23		2	0	0	0						.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Totals	1101	3484	3484	0	842	138	48	28	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.333	.575	1160	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mo Owen	P	32					.000
Orie Arntzen	P	32					.000
Marion Murszewski	P	27					.000
Edwin Staab	P	24					.000
Ed Anderson	P	21					.000
Norman Johnson	P	13					.000
Totals		149	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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