1951 Hartford Chiefs Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Tommy Holmes (0-0), Travis Jackson (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Ballpark: Bulkeley Stadium
Attendance: 106,801, Avg. 1,526

1951 Hartford Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Scranton Red Sox 4 games, Hartford Chiefs 0

The Hartford Chiefs of the Eastern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Chiefs led the league with just 544 runs allowed. Hartford scored 590 runs. Robert Verrier paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .323. Gene Conley topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.16 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1951 Hartford Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Julie Bowers, Lennie Pearson, Tommy Holmes, Jack Daniels, Ray Crone, Phil Paine, Frank Torre, Stanley Glenn, Harry Hanebrink, Gene Conley and Norm Brown.

Tommy Holmes and Travis Jackson 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
Gene Conley	20	9	.690	2.16	33	30					263.0	207	80	63		53
Ray Crone	12	7	.632	3.95	28	22					155.0	178	76	68		70
Edward Lenthe	6	3	.667	3.07	31	4					85.0	60	38	29		45
Phil Paine	6	6	.500	3.50	17	7					72.0	71	38	28		40
Don Schmidt	6	14	.300	3.71	33	18					153.0	163	74	63		45
Pete Fox	5	10	.333	3.88	19	15					109.0	114	61	47		53
Dick Kelly	4	6	.400	3.10	17	11					87.0	78	37	30		39
George Yorke	3	1	.750	3.17	10	5					54.0	55	27	19		16
Elmer Toth	2	3	.400	4.26	15	6					57.0	61	32	27		39
Totals	64	59	.520	3.25	203	118	0	0	0	0	1035.0	987	463	374	0	400	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
Robert Verrier	117	430	430		139	21	4	4						.323	.323	.419	.742	180
Harry Hanebrink	116	424	424		131	15	6	8						.309	.309	.429	.738	182
Lennie Pearson	125	456	456		124	24	0	10						.272	.272	.390	.662	178
Jack Daniels	138	465	465		123	21	7	13						.265	.265	.424	.688	197
Bob Prentice	110	411	411		111	15	7	13						.270	.270	.436	.706	179
John Mulcahy	122	435	435		111	15	1	7						.255	.255	.343	.598	149
Ford Jordan	124	440	440		103	24	6	3						.234	.234	.336	.570	148
Earl Bass	84	306	306		80	16	1	1						.261	.261	.330	.592	101
Stanley Glenn	109	334	334		72	14	0	1						.216	.216	.266	.482	89
Bill Porter	49	164	164		49	5	0	0						.299	.299	.329	.628	54
Tommy Holmes	41	113	113		36	7	2	5						.319	.319	.549	.867	62
Harry Sullivan	38	96	96		26	6	0	0						.271	.271	.333	.604	32
Gene Conley	33	102	102		22	4	0	1						.216	.216	.284	.500	29
Frank Finnegan	52	137	137		22	6	0	0						.161	.161	.204	.365	28
Ray Williams	27	92	92		20	7	1	1						.217	.217	.348	.565	32
Art Moore	22	40	40		13	2	1	1						.325	.325	.500	.825	20
Frank Torre	11	35	35		11	0	0	0						.314	.314	.314	.629	11
Ray Crone	28	53	53		11	0	1	0						.208	.208	.245	.453	13
James Zinn	10	29	29		10	1	0	0						.345	.345	.379	.724	11
Don Schmidt	33	51	51		8	2	0	0						.157	.157	.196	.353	10
Phil Paine	17	25	25		7	2	0	0						.280	.280	.360	.640	9
Julie Bowers	20	27	27		6	0	2	1						.222	.222	.481	.704	13
Dick Kelly	17	27	27		5	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	5
Stuart Williams	10	32	32		5	2	0	0						.156	.156	.219	.375	7
Pete Fox	19	36	36		5	0	0	0						.139	.139	.139	.278	5
George Yorke	10	18	18		3	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Jim Solt	10	29	29		3	1	0	0						.103	.103	.138	.241	4
Guido Pelosi	14	22	22		1	1	0	0						.045	.045	.091	.136	2
Edward Lenthe	32	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Elmer Toth	15	15	15		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1553	4866	4866	0	1258	211	39	69	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.360	.619	1754	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Don Schmidt	P	33					.000
Gene Conley	P	33					.000
Edward Lenthe	P	31					.000
Ray Crone	P	28					.000
Pete Fox	P	19					.000
Phil Paine	P	17					.000
Dick Kelly	P	17					.000
Elmer Toth	P	15					.000
George Yorke	P	10					.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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