1951 Iola Indians Statistics
Team Record: 38-84
Finished 6th in the KOML
Manager: Lefty Crawford (0-0), Al Reitz (0-0), Mace Pool (0-0), Floyd Temple (0-0)
Location: Iola, Kansas
Ballpark: Riverside Park
Attendance: 16,981, Avg. 278
The Iola Indians of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League ended the 1951 season with a record of 38 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the KOML.
The Indians scored 515 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 728 runs, most in the circuit. William Schreier paced all regular hitters with a .304 average. Pete New topped Iola with 12 wins, while Joe Vilk earned a 2.95 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Lefty Crawford, Al Reitz, Mace Pool and Floyd Temple 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete New | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.58 | 25 | 176.0 | 162 | 102 | 70 | 4 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vilk | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.95 | 32 | 168.0 | 173 | 89 | 55 | 7 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Harold Hoffman | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.45 | 7 | 55.0 | 42 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Dave Newkirk | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.70 | 27 | 115.0 | 89 | 88 | 60 | 4 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Dick Masley | 3 | 19 | .136 | 4.29 | 28 | 153.0 | 176 | 118 | 73 | 1 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Sparks | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.73 | 14 | 66.0 | 87 | 62 | 42 | 2 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Chester Stranczek | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.77 | 16 | 83.0 | 91 | 54 | 44 | 2 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 34 | 62 | .354 | 3.96 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 816.0 | 820 | 537 | 359 | 20 | 490 | 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 Schreier | 106 | 362 | 362 | 110 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .376 | .680 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Paul Weeks | 114 | 444 | 444 | 98 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .221 | .221 | .268 | .489 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Vito Valenzano | 121 | 400 | 400 | 89 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .285 | .507 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Klemme | 106 | 364 | 364 | 87 | 17 | 5 | 4 | .239 | .239 | .346 | .585 | 126 | |||||||||||
| Mace Pool | 97 | 380 | 380 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .224 | .224 | .303 | .526 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Cunningham | 96 | 332 | 332 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .220 | .220 | .313 | .533 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Ken Boehme | 77 | 238 | 238 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .218 | .218 | .311 | .529 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Fowler | 80 | 263 | 263 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .251 | .437 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Temple | 41 | 144 | 144 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .292 | .292 | .403 | .694 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Pete New | 55 | 135 | 135 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .370 | .652 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vilk | 60 | 122 | 122 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .270 | .475 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Joe Zavattaro | 43 | 117 | 117 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .248 | .436 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Bellinger | 25 | 85 | 85 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .329 | .529 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Merrill Schelich | 20 | 65 | 65 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .323 | .569 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Warren Liston | 18 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .299 | .522 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Dave Newkirk | 41 | 77 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .234 | .429 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Dick Masley | 29 | 64 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .203 | .406 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Joe Elble | 13 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chester Stranczek | 16 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Sparks | 14 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Wes Sanders | 16 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .038 | .038 | .038 | .077 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1188 | 3767 | 3767 | 0 | 862 | 151 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .303 | .532 | 1142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Vilk | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Masley | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Newkirk | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Chester Stranczek | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Wallace Sparks | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 117 | 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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