1951 Eau Claire Bears Statistics
Team Record: 77-44
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Bill Adair (77-44)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 69,015, Avg. 1,141
Playoffs - Eau Claire Bears 1 game, Superior Blues 1 - Eau Claire declared winner after five successive rain postponements and Superior cancelled the series
Finals - Grand Forks Chiefs 2 games, Eau Claire Bears 0
The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Bears led the circuit with 727 runs, powered by 90 home runs. Eau Claire allowed 552 runs, least in the league. Horace Garner paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .359. Don Jordan topped the team with 16 wins, while John Brandreth also added 15 or more wins also John Brandreth registered a 2.89 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Billy Queen played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Eau Claire Bears to do so.
Bill Adair served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jordan | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.50 | 28 | 162.0 | 140 | 76 | 63 | 8 | 76 | |||||||||||
| John Brandreth | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2.89 | 33 | 190.0 | 144 | 75 | 61 | 10 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Roach | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.52 | 24 | 151.0 | 149 | 77 | 59 | 5 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Robert Brown | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.20 | 19 | 107.0 | 83 | 45 | 38 | 5 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bauer | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.59 | 16 | 96.0 | 102 | 66 | 49 | 3 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Crowl | 5 | 1 | .833 | 5.30 | 11 | 56.0 | 65 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Warmoth | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.09 | 16 | 69.0 | 51 | 50 | 39 | 3 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Bill Taft | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.40 | 18 | 60.0 | 62 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Statham | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.68 | 11 | 66.0 | 68 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Lefty Burton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 3 | 11.0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 43 | .626 | 3.81 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 968.0 | 864 | 506 | 410 | 42 | 596 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Garner | 117 | 409 | 409 | 147 | 30 | 6 | 15 | .359 | .359 | .572 | .932 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Bud Byers | 119 | 474 | 474 | 146 | 29 | 2 | 9 | .308 | .308 | .435 | .743 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Guido Pelosi | 91 | 308 | 308 | 105 | 23 | 5 | 10 | .341 | .341 | .545 | .886 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Harold Pfeiffer | 115 | 394 | 394 | 100 | 18 | 3 | 14 | .254 | .254 | .421 | .675 | 166 | |||||||||||
| George Sentementes | 106 | 396 | 396 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 13 | .253 | .253 | .417 | .669 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Julio Palazzini | 74 | 277 | 277 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .329 | .329 | .437 | .765 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Bill Adair | 68 | 215 | 215 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .302 | .302 | .447 | .749 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Chester Morgan | 69 | 259 | 259 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .239 | .239 | .355 | .595 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Pizzitola | 40 | 153 | 153 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .281 | .281 | .431 | .712 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Lou Soscia | 57 | 180 | 180 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .228 | .228 | .344 | .572 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Carl Hrovatic | 41 | 124 | 124 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .290 | .290 | .387 | .677 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Donald Baity | 39 | 128 | 128 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .297 | .539 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Lebida | 27 | 105 | 105 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .362 | .600 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Walter Cusack | 15 | 58 | 58 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .328 | .328 | .517 | .845 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Billy Queen | 19 | 68 | 68 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .397 | .647 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Don Jordan | 32 | 57 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .246 | .404 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Roach | 24 | 59 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .153 | .153 | .203 | .356 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Crowl | 22 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .286 | .514 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bauer | 16 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .149 | .298 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Brown | 20 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Brandreth | 34 | 71 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .085 | .085 | .169 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Taft | 22 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Warmoth | 16 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .120 | .200 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Statham | 11 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1194 | 3925 | 3925 | 0 | 1080 | 207 | 32 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .413 | .688 | 1621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brandreth | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Don Jordan | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Roach | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Brown | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Taft | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Warmoth | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Bauer | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Statham | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 165 | 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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