1951 Kansas City Blues Statistics
Team Record: 81-70
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: George Selkirk (81-70)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 242,118, Avg. 3,207
Playoffs - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, Kansas City Blues 1
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Blues plated 777 runs and yielded 726 runs. Bob Cerv paced Kansas City with 28 home runs, while Kal Segrist and Don Bollweg walloped 15 or more also. Bob Cerv recorded 108 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .344 clip. Ernie Nevel led the team with 14 wins, and Bob Wiesler recorded a 2.92 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1951 Kansas City Blues who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Cliff Melton, Jerry Snyder, Ray Hamrick, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Nevel, Bob Ross, Hank Foiles, Kite Thomas, Gene Markland, Jackie Jensen, Bob Marquis, Roy Partee, Joe Page, Bob Cerv, Bob Muncrief, Mickey Rocco, Lou Sleater, Bob Wiesler, Clint Courtney, Bob Keegan, Tom Morgan, Tom Upton, Hank Wyse, Kal Segrist, Don Bollweg, Bobby Hogue, Bobby Kline, Andy Carey, Johnny Blanchard, Augie Bergamo, Bill Ramsey, Tom Gorman, Kermit Wahl, Bob Porterfield and Gus Triandos.
George Selkirk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Nevel | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.86 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 191.0 | 212 | 97 | 82 | 80 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Bob Wiesler | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.92 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 194.0 | 155 | 79 | 63 | 143 | 162 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Cliff Melton | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.02 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 113.0 | 142 | 68 | 63 | 49 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Hank Wyse | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.73 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 102 | 65 | 49 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Lee Jones | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.13 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 146.0 | 169 | 82 | 67 | 76 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Bob Muncrief | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.07 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 94 | 32 | 30 | 20 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Bobby Hogue | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lou Sleater | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.50 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 54.0 | 50 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Landeck | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.86 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 76.0 | 84 | 52 | 41 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Ross | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.25 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 78 | 42 | 34 | 47 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Richard Carr | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.86 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 70.0 | 72 | 40 | 30 | 52 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Tom Morgan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Porterfield | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.66 | 8 | 2 | 29.0 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Logue | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.83 | 16 | 0 | 41.0 | 44 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Hugh Radcliffe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Bob Keegan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.00 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Max Peterson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 10 | 0 | 27.0 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carmine Melignano | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.50 | 23 | 0 | 42.0 | 53 | 38 | 35 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Page | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Gorman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 81 | 70 | .536 | 4.14 | 305 | 133 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 1303.0 | 1382 | 721 | 599 | 19 | 667 | 0 | 604 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cerv | 109 | 467 | 425 | 85 | 146 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 108 | 4 | 40 | 79 | .344 | .403 | .692 | 1.094 | 294 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kal Segrist | 129 | 549 | 468 | 80 | 136 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 58 | 1 | 72 | 66 | .291 | .391 | .472 | .863 | 221 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Kite Thomas | 138 | 537 | 471 | 59 | 133 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 81 | 0 | 60 | 62 | .282 | .368 | .448 | .816 | 211 | 21 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Don Bollweg | 122 | 536 | 426 | 109 | 129 | 26 | 12 | 20 | 69 | 1 | 106 | 56 | .303 | .442 | .561 | 1.003 | 239 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Andy Carey | 120 | 471 | 424 | 47 | 122 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 3 | 34 | 74 | .288 | .353 | .450 | .804 | 191 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Bob Marquis | 123 | 490 | 432 | 57 | 120 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 6 | 49 | 71 | .278 | .357 | .410 | .766 | 177 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Clint Courtney | 105 | 379 | 343 | 34 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 34 | 15 | .294 | .358 | .417 | .775 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gene Markland | 85 | 370 | 290 | 65 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 73 | 49 | .259 | .408 | .438 | .846 | 127 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Mickey Mantle | 40 | 191 | 166 | 32 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 23 | 30 | .361 | .445 | .651 | 1.096 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Roy Partee | 69 | 216 | 190 | 28 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 25 | .242 | .330 | .358 | .688 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jackie Jensen | 42 | 180 | 160 | 23 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 20 | 22 | .262 | .344 | .469 | .813 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kermit Wahl | 28 | 124 | 109 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .275 | .358 | .321 | .679 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tom Upton | 34 | 135 | 129 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .233 | .267 | .295 | .561 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Thomson | 37 | 120 | 115 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .226 | .258 | .270 | .528 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Snyder | 20 | 102 | 93 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .269 | .313 | .290 | .603 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Cope | 21 | 74 | 72 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .264 | .274 | .417 | .691 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Ramsey | 45 | 108 | 88 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 16 | .193 | .343 | .250 | .593 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Nevel | 31 | 76 | 69 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .232 | .243 | .232 | .475 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Wiesler | 24 | 73 | 69 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .203 | .214 | .232 | .446 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Johnny Blanchard | 14 | 44 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .268 | .318 | .341 | .660 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Hamrick | 16 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .208 | .300 | .302 | .602 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Jones | 30 | 62 | 58 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .172 | .213 | .190 | .403 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob O'Neal | 11 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .225 | .326 | .300 | .626 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Carr | 22 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .286 | .412 | .357 | .769 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lou Sleater | 11 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .292 | .370 | .333 | .704 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Augie Bergamo | 11 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .292 | .414 | .542 | .955 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clarence Wojtowicz | 9 | 29 | 29 | 7 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Melton | 26 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .184 | .279 | .184 | .463 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Hogue | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Landeck | 17 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .217 | .357 | .348 | .705 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Hank Wyse | 22 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hank Foiles | 9 | 24 | 24 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Muncrief | 41 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .160 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tom Morgan | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Ross | 24 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Keegan | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Porterfield | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Max Peterson | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bruce McKelvey | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Radcliffe | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Page | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Logue | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Kline | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Speranza | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Gorman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carmine Melignano | 23 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gus Triandos | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1673 | 5804 | 5068 | 762 | 1402 | 221 | 71 | 148 | 707 | 29 | 0 | 641 | 767 | .277 | .361 | .436 | .797 | 2209 | 114 | 29 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bollweg | 1B | 122 | 1016 | 67 | 16 | 109 | .985 | 8.877 | ||||
| Kite Thomas | 1B | 11 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .990 | 9.000 | ||||
| Kal Segrist | 2B | 74 | 183 | 209 | 20 | 47 | .951 | 5.297 | ||||
| Gene Markland | 2B | 31 | 67 | 64 | 9 | 20 | .936 | 4.226 | ||||
| Jerry Snyder | 2B | 20 | 61 | 58 | 8 | 14 | .937 | 5.950 | ||||
| Bill Cope | 2B | 15 | 33 | 39 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Andy Carey | 3B | 118 | 143 | 247 | 31 | 26 | .926 | 3.305 | ||||
| Gene Markland | 3B | 22 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 5 | .959 | 3.182 | ||||
| Kermit Wahl | 3B | 12 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Clint Courtney | C | 91 | 425 | 36 | 2 | 5 | .996 | 5.066 | 3 | |||
| Roy Partee | C | 60 | 214 | 21 | 7 | 4 | .971 | 3.917 | 2 | |||
| Kite Thomas | OF | 114 | 227 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .967 | 2.053 | ||||
| Bob Marquis | OF | 110 | 264 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .982 | 2.436 | ||||
| Bob Cerv | OF | 107 | 228 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 2.234 | ||||
| Jackie Jensen | OF | 41 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.878 | ||||
| Mickey Mantle | OF | 40 | 110 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 2.850 | ||||
| Bill Ramsey | OF | 36 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.389 | ||||
| Kal Segrist | OF | 15 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.733 | ||||
| Johnny Blanchard | OF | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Muncrief | P | 41 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .390 | ||||
| Ernie Nevel | P | 31 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.581 | ||||
| Lee Jones | P | 27 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| Cliff Melton | P | 25 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 1.240 | ||||
| Bob Wiesler | P | 24 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 7 | .918 | 2.333 | ||||
| Carmine Melignano | P | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .304 | ||||
| Hank Wyse | P | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .952 | ||||
| Bob Ross | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .611 | ||||
| Frank Logue | P | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Bob Landeck | P | 16 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Richard Carr | P | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Max Peterson | P | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Porterfield | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Sleater | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Hogue | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Page | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Morgan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugh Radcliffe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Gorman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Keegan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kal Segrist | SS | 38 | 81 | 108 | 22 | 34 | .896 | 4.974 | ||||
| Robert Thomson | SS | 35 | 64 | 86 | 11 | 19 | .932 | 4.286 | ||||
| Tom Upton | SS | 34 | 54 | 112 | 9 | 20 | .949 | 4.882 | ||||
| Gene Markland | SS | 29 | 61 | 72 | 9 | 14 | .937 | 4.586 | ||||
| Totals | 1490 | 3578 | 1439 | 194 | 367 | .963 | 3.367 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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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