1951 Goldsboro Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 70-55
Finished 3rd in the CPL
Manager: George Ferrell (70-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 36,529, Avg. 584
Playoffs - New Bern Bears 4 games, Goldsboro Cardinals 2
The Goldsboro Cardinals of the Coastal Plain League ended the 1951 season with a record of 70 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the CPL.
The Cardinals plated 707 runs, tops in the circuit. Goldsboro yielded 596 runs. Gerry Thomas led all regular hitters by connecting at a .343 clip. Robert Slaybaugh topped the team with 17 wins, while Robert Umfleet also added 15 or more wins also Robert Slaybaugh registered a 2.33 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. George Ferrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Slaybaugh | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.33 | 28 | 220.0 | 160 | 85 | 57 | 4 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.68 | 30 | 222.0 | 187 | 100 | 66 | 7 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Basil Mitchell | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.23 | 28 | 134.0 | 119 | 76 | 63 | 8 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.13 | 26 | 158.0 | 141 | 79 | 55 | 4 | 77 | |||||||||||
| John Knight | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.18 | 31 | 140.0 | 127 | 87 | 65 | 9 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Haywood Watts | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.29 | 16 | 63.0 | 56 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||||
| William Keppel | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 47 | .573 | 3.16 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 937.0 | 790 | 460 | 329 | 32 | 474 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Thomas | 124 | 510 | 510 | 175 | 29 | 15 | 5 | .343 | .343 | .488 | .831 | 249 | |||||||||||
| Granville Denning | 122 | 463 | 463 | 158 | 28 | 4 | 7 | .341 | .341 | .464 | .806 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Whitener | 119 | 458 | 458 | 148 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .323 | .323 | .424 | .747 | 194 | |||||||||||
| William Bevill | 122 | 475 | 475 | 124 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .322 | .583 | 153 | |||||||||||
| James Beavers | 103 | 388 | 388 | 108 | 19 | 3 | 10 | .278 | .278 | .420 | .698 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Donald Smith | 92 | 378 | 378 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .246 | .246 | .352 | .598 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Wilfred DesJardin | 113 | 378 | 378 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .228 | .228 | .307 | .534 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shawver | 85 | 300 | 300 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .237 | .293 | .530 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Joe Dugan | 75 | 224 | 224 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .304 | .545 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Robert Anderson | 40 | 168 | 168 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .321 | .548 | 54 | |||||||||||
| John Knight | 34 | 57 | 57 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .386 | .386 | .474 | .860 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 39 | 92 | 92 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .337 | .554 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | 29 | 78 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .231 | .397 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Earley | 18 | 65 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .169 | .169 | .231 | .400 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 26 | 48 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Haywood Watts | 16 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Basil Mitchell | 28 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .114 | .227 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Keppel | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1197 | 4163 | 4163 | 0 | 1140 | 179 | 42 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .372 | .645 | 1547 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Knight | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Umfleet | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Basil Mitchell | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Roland Hubbard | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Haywood Watts | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Keppel | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 171 | 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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