1951 Grand Rapids Jets Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 53-82
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Jack Knight (0-0), Everett Robinson (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Bigelow Field
Attendance: 21,230, Avg. 315

1951 Grand Rapids Jets Roster

The Grand Rapids Jets of the Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 53 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Jets scored 554 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 718 runs. William Ley led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .286 clip. Ed Kowalski topped Grand Rapids with 13 wins, while Cal Howe earned a 2.33 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1951 Grand Rapids Jets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cal Howe, George Piktuzis and Andy Varga.

Jack Knight and Everett Robinson 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
Ed Kowalski	13	14	.481	5.32	30						208.0	266	144	123	29	46
Cal Howe	9	6	.600	2.33	34						135.0	89	37	35	10	64
Bob Hartig	7	10	.412	4.18	23						155.0	137	78	72	11	78
George Piktuzis	7	14	.333	5.62	25						157.0	171	121	98	15	106
Albert Kinsey	5	11	.312	4.97	19						116.0	137	72	64	11	47
George Zoeterman	4	4	.500	5.52	21						75.0	94	68	46	9	53
Andy Varga	4	8	.333	2.92	18						111.0	87	47	36	9	80
Alby Plain	1	7	.125	5.14	17						84.0	118	60	48	9	17
Jack Conrad					11						0.0
Totals	50	74	.403	4.51	198	0	0	0	0	0	1041.0	1099	627	522	103	491	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
Everett Robinson	134	484	484		121	29	3	5						.250	.250	.353	.603	171
William Ley	104	398	398		114	19	3	3						.286	.286	.372	.658	148
Don Geresy	116	381	381		94	10	3	12						.247	.247	.383	.630	146
James Reiter	113	411	411		90	16	3	14						.219	.219	.375	.594	154
Dick Rigazio	106	364	364		85	23	1	5						.234	.234	.343	.577	125
James Babcock	86	318	318		84	11	3	4						.264	.264	.355	.619	113
Edward Kneuper	71	281	281		76	14	5	7						.270	.270	.431	.701	121
Jim Trew	77	264	264		70	11	1	0						.265	.265	.314	.580	83
Edward Kosan	55	199	199		57	12	1	3						.286	.286	.402	.688	80
Richard Lloyd	62	201	201		51	8	2	0						.254	.254	.313	.567	63
Ted Sterger	56	204	204		38	6	1	0						.186	.186	.225	.412	46
Emil Borgini	49	159	159		37	2	2	5						.233	.233	.365	.597	58
William Courtney	33	126	126		32	6	0	1						.254	.254	.325	.579	41
Ed Kowalski	32	89	89		26	7	0	2						.292	.292	.438	.730	39
Alex Sirota	31	89	89		21	1	0	3						.236	.236	.348	.584	31
Albert Kinsey	21	46	46		14	3	4	1						.304	.304	.609	.913	28
Bob Hartig	23	52	52		8	1	0	1						.154	.154	.231	.385	12
Bob Rivich	19	64	64		8	1	0	0						.125	.125	.141	.266	9
George Piktuzis	25	52	52		7	0	1	2						.135	.135	.288	.423	15
Alby Plain	18	27	27		6	1	0	0						.222	.222	.259	.481	7
Cal Howe	34	46	46		6	1	0	0						.130	.130	.152	.283	7
Jack Conrad	11	9	9		3	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Andy Varga	18	38	38		3	0	0	0						.079	.079	.079	.158	3
George Zoeterman	26	31	31		2	0	0	0						.065	.065	.065	.129	2
Totals	1320	4333	4333	0	1053	182	33	68	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.347	.590	1505	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Cal Howe	P	34					.000
Ed Kowalski	P	30					.000
George Piktuzis	P	25					.000
Bob Hartig	P	23					.000
George Zoeterman	P	21					.000
Albert Kinsey	P	19					.000
Andy Varga	P	18					.000
Alby Plain	P	17					.000
Jack Conrad	P	11					.000
Totals		198	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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