1951 Fresno Cardinals Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 61-86
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Larry Barton (61-86)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 97,967, Avg. 1,333

1951 Fresno Cardinals Roster

The Fresno Cardinals of the California League ended the 1951 season with a record of 61 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.

The Cardinals tallied 819 runs and allowed 931 runs. Larry Barton paced Fresno with 14 home runs and drove in 95 runs. Jim King topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .333. Jerry Mertz led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.17 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1951 Fresno Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim King, Earl Jones, Rocky Stone and Marv Felderman.

Larry Barton 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 Mertz	12	15	.444	4.17	39	29					244.0	249	147	113		136
Whit Ulrich	9	11	.450	4.47	34	16					161.0	171	110	80		110
Walter Peluso	7	5	.583	4.89	14	13					81.0	95	70	44		36
Harold Atkinson	5	5	.500	6.00	15	11					78.0	88	66	52		54
Frank Olasin	4	7	.364	5.96	13	11					74.0	87	62	49		45
Earl Jones	4	8	.333	5.46	19	9					94.0	110	79	57		36
Tony Stathos	4	9	.308	4.46	16	14					105.0	106	63	52		91
Larry Karr	2	2	.500	6.11	23	2					53.0	71	51	36		33
Warren Sandel	2	7	.222	5.76	18	12					75.0	93	70	48		56
Floyd Brower	0	4	.000	8.45	12	6					49.0	63	58	46		59
Totals	49	73	.402	5.12	203	123	0	0	0	0	1014.0	1133	776	577	0	656	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
Wally Lammers	136	483	483		159	27	5	9						.329	.329	.462	.791	223
Jim King	116	454	454		151	26	9	9						.333	.333	.489	.822	222
Ralph Lageman	102	411	411		131	24	5	2						.319	.319	.416	.735	171
Larry Barton	123	420	420	67	120	20	3	14	95	3				.286	.286	.448	.733	188
Raymond Herrera	131	452	452		106	23	5	10						.235	.235	.374	.608	169
William Burton	90	366	366		104	13	2	1						.284	.284	.339	.623	124
Howie Phillips	84	341	341		94	17	8	1						.276	.276	.381	.657	130
Ruben Navarro	75	300	300		70	8	7	1						.233	.233	.317	.550	95
George Morgan	55	219	219		57	10	2	2						.260	.260	.352	.612	77
John McNamara	60	182	182		38	2	0	0						.209	.209	.220	.429	40
Jack Ramsey	59	187	187		38	7	0	2						.203	.203	.273	.476	51
Dick Barnhart	25	115	115		36	3	0	0						.313	.313	.339	.652	39
Harold Sweeney	27	101	101		33	2	1	7						.327	.327	.574	.901	58
Jake Helmuth	35	123	123		31	5	1	2						.252	.252	.358	.610	44
Jerry Mertz	39	92	92		21	2	1	0						.228	.228	.272	.500	25
Jerry Dahms	17	60	60		17	1	0	0						.283	.283	.300	.583	18
Warren Sandel	22	39	39		11	1	0	4						.282	.282	.615	.897	24
James Frasinetti	10	33	33		9	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	9
Marv Felderman	11	34	34		7	1	0	0						.206	.206	.235	.441	8
Don Townsend	17	35	35		7	1	0	0						.200	.200	.229	.429	8
Frank Munoz	16	40	40		6	1	0	0						.150	.150	.175	.325	7
Ernie Hockaday	13	42	42		6	1	1	0						.143	.143	.214	.357	9
Floyd Brower	12	18	18		5	0	0	0						.278	.278	.278	.556	5
Earl Jones	19	37	37		5	1	0	0						.135	.135	.162	.297	6
Walter Peluso	14	30	30		4	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	4
Tony Stathos	19	43	43		4	0	0	0						.093	.093	.093	.186	4
Whit Ulrich	34	52	52		4	1	0	0						.077	.077	.096	.173	5
Larry Karr	23	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Harold Atkinson	15	23	23		1	1	0	0						.043	.043	.087	.130	2
Frank Olasin	13	28	28		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1412	4777	4777	67	1277	198	50	64	95	3	0	0	0	.267	.267	.370	.637	1767	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jerry Mertz	P	39					.000
Whit Ulrich	P	34					.000
Larry Karr	P	23					.000
Earl Jones	P	19					.000
Warren Sandel	P	18					.000
Tony Stathos	P	16					.000
Harold Atkinson	P	15					.000
Walter Peluso	P	14					.000
Frank Olasin	P	13					.000
Floyd Brower	P	12					.000
Totals		203	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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