1951 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Statistics
Team Record: 90-36
Finished 1st in the NCSL
Manager: James Gruzdis (90-36)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 52,187, Avg. 828
Playoffs - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 4 games, Landis Spinners/Elkin Blanketeers 1
Finals - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 4 games, Statesville Owls 0
The High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms of the North Carolina State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 90 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the NCSL.
The Hi-Toms led the circuit with 867 runs, spearheaded by 108 home runs. High allowed 531 runs, least in the league. John Lybrand paced hitters with significant playing time with a .380 average. Tom Brewer topped the team with 19 wins, while Arvid Hamilton added 15 or more wins also Charlie Griffith registered a 2.43 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1951 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Neil Chrisley, Cliff Bolton, Tom Umphlett, Tom Brewer and Gene Stephens.
James Gruzdis 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Brewer | 19 | 3 | .864 | 2.55 | 23 | 198.0 | 152 | 69 | 56 | 8 | 103 | |||||||||||
Arvid Hamilton | 18 | 4 | .818 | 2.86 | 32 | 195.0 | 154 | 74 | 62 | 7 | 79 | |||||||||||
Charlie Griffith | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.43 | 42 | 115.0 | 75 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 70 | |||||||||||
Jack Thomas | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.86 | 25 | 184.0 | 158 | 94 | 79 | 8 | 127 | |||||||||||
James Patton | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.90 | 35 | 180.0 | 185 | 99 | 78 | 14 | 61 | |||||||||||
James Cassidy | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.96 | 26 | 134.0 | 131 | 79 | 59 | 5 | 102 | |||||||||||
James Pittman | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 7 | 56.0 | 47 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 37 | |||||||||||
Totals | 84 | 33 | .718 | 3.30 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1062.0 | 902 | 478 | 389 | 48 | 579 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Lybrand | 122 | 497 | 497 | 189 | 34 | 7 | 14 | .380 | .380 | .561 | .942 | 279 | |||||||||||
Hilliard Nance | 124 | 567 | 567 | 173 | 27 | 6 | 12 | .305 | .305 | .437 | .743 | 248 | |||||||||||
Gene Stephens | 122 | 472 | 472 | 159 | 32 | 10 | 22 | .337 | .337 | .587 | .924 | 277 | |||||||||||
Richard Hidalgo | 127 | 528 | 528 | 140 | 28 | 4 | 8 | .265 | .265 | .379 | .644 | 200 | |||||||||||
Tom Umphlett | 112 | 435 | 435 | 135 | 24 | 5 | 14 | .310 | .310 | .485 | .795 | 211 | |||||||||||
Robert Brigham | 104 | 420 | 420 | 129 | 24 | 4 | 5 | .307 | .307 | .419 | .726 | 176 | |||||||||||
Cliff Bolton | 85 | 229 | 229 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .323 | .323 | .489 | .812 | 112 | |||||||||||
Alvin Kluttz | 54 | 216 | 216 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 5 | .287 | .287 | .421 | .708 | 91 | |||||||||||
James Atkinson | 76 | 230 | 230 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .209 | .209 | .300 | .509 | 69 | |||||||||||
Regis Shannahan | 37 | 149 | 149 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .295 | .295 | .430 | .725 | 64 | |||||||||||
Tom Brewer | 30 | 92 | 92 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .304 | .304 | .467 | .772 | 43 | |||||||||||
James Pittman | 19 | 63 | 63 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .381 | .381 | .667 | 1.048 | 42 | |||||||||||
James Patton | 38 | 81 | 81 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .296 | .296 | .420 | .716 | 34 | |||||||||||
John Andrews | 36 | 85 | 85 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .318 | .518 | 27 | |||||||||||
Edward Cahill | 14 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .265 | .510 | 13 | |||||||||||
Al Simononis | 11 | 44 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .250 | .455 | 11 | |||||||||||
Arvid Hamilton | 12 | 79 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .114 | .114 | .152 | .266 | 12 | |||||||||||
Neil Chrisley | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .308 | .308 | .808 | 1.115 | 21 | |||||||||||
Charlie Griffith | 42 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 8 | |||||||||||
James Cassidy | 26 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .229 | .375 | 11 | |||||||||||
Jack Thomas | 25 | 63 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .111 | .206 | 7 | |||||||||||
Bruce Weaver | 16 | 44 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .068 | .114 | 3 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1239 | 4457 | 4457 | 0 | 1307 | 238 | 45 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .440 | .733 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Griffith | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
James Patton | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
Arvid Hamilton | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
James Cassidy | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Jack Thomas | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Tom Brewer | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 183 | 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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