1951 Hazlehurst-Baxley Red Sox Statistics

Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 52-77
Finished 5th in the GSL
Manager: William Kushta (0-0), Al Faehr (0-0)
Location: Baxley, Georgia; Hazlehurst, Georgia
Ballpark: Roland Cook Stadium
Attendance: 24,120, Avg. 374

1951 Hazlehurst-Baxley Red Sox Roster

The Hazlehurst-Baxley Red Sox of the Georgia State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 52 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the GSL.

The Hazlehurst- Red Sox plated 658 runs and surrendered 803 runs. Chet Kanavage led all regular hitters by hitting .339. Carl Mapes topped Baxley with 14 wins and a team-best 2.88 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Paul Easterling played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hazlehurst-Baxley Red Sox to do so.

William Kushta and Al Faehr 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
Carl Mapes	14	4	.778	2.88	47	14					206.0	214	106	66		87
Robert Cannon	13	12	.520	3.95	32	21					198.0	193	113	87		82
Nick Pappas	12	11	.522	4.58	27	19					163.0	164	97	83		103
Walker Whaley	4	6	.400	5.18	15	10					92.0	114	73	53		55
Phil Gilbert	2	6	.250	5.92	17	10					76.0	104	65	50		65
Brown	1	2	.333	5.12	9	8					51.0	61	39	29		35
Harvey Fountain	1	8	.111	7.50	17	14					60.0	62	65	50		92
Wayne Sengstock					14						0.0
Jack Love	0	4	.000	5.43	8	6					53.0	45	36	32		55
Clarence Wargo	0	5	.000	6.40	14	6					45.0	62	36	32		34
Totals	47	58	.448	4.60	200	108	0	0	0	0	944.0	1019	630	482	0	608	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
William Harris	126	483	483		147	20	5	2						.304	.304	.379	.683	183
Chet Kanavage	103	389	389		132	28	0	11						.339	.339	.496	.835	193
Ray Timberlake	107	418	418		105	10	2	0						.251	.251	.285	.536	119
Wheeler Fowler	87	316	316		75	14	5	2						.237	.237	.332	.570	105
Eugene Pollard	55	207	207		71	12	0	1						.343	.343	.415	.758	86
Wayne Sengstock	68	234	234		66	8	3	2						.282	.282	.368	.650	86
Frank Gallucci	65	218	218		63	17	5	1						.289	.289	.427	.716	93
Sam Berry	50	201	201		49	6	1	2						.244	.244	.313	.557	63
William Collins	48	153	153		37	9	1	4						.242	.242	.392	.634	60
Paul Easterling	32	124	124		35	6	0	3						.282	.282	.403	.685	50
Chester Ploszaj	35	152	152		29	4	0	0						.191	.191	.217	.408	33
Carl Mapes	58	123	123		27	3	0	0						.220	.220	.244	.463	30
Edgar DeFore	27	93	93		18	1	1	2						.194	.194	.290	.484	27
Robert Cannon	35	82	82		15	1	1	0						.183	.183	.220	.402	18
Nick Pappas	35	79	79		14	2	0	1						.177	.177	.241	.418	19
Walker Whaley	18	46	46		13	2	0	1						.283	.283	.391	.674	18
Francisco Sodupe	14	43	43		11	2	0	0						.256	.256	.302	.558	13
Luther Harper	15	67	67		11	2	0	0						.164	.164	.194	.358	13
Phil Gilbert	19	27	27		6	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Clarence Wargo	20	36	36		6	2	1	0						.167	.167	.278	.444	10
Robert Ferko	10	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Harvey Fountain	17	21	21		3	1	0	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	4
Totals	1044	3526	3526	0	936	150	25	32	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.349	.615	1232	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Carl Mapes	P	47					.000
Robert Cannon	P	32					.000
Nick Pappas	P	27					.000
Phil Gilbert	P	17					.000
Harvey Fountain	P	17					.000
Walker Whaley	P	15					.000
Clarence Wargo	P	14					.000
Totals		169	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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