1951 Lincoln Athletics Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 57-93
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: Frank Skaff (57-93)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 37,123, Avg. 495

1951 Lincoln Athletics Roster

The Lincoln Athletics of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 57 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.

The Athletics scored 642 runs and allowed 910 runs. Tom Kirk topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Dutch Romberger led Lincoln with 14 wins and a team-best 3.85 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Dutch Romberger, Tom Hamilton, Arnie Portocarrero, Tom Kirk, Cy Buker, Spider Wilhelm, Tex Hoyle and Billy Shantz were all players from the 1951 Lincoln Athletics who played in the Majors during their careers.

Frank Skaff 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
Dutch Romberger	14	11	.560	3.85	36						227.0	261	124	97	21	79
Arnie Portocarrero	12	14	.462	3.97	34						236.0	227	128	104	9	112
Mason Bowes	12	16	.429	4.76	33						208.0	246	143	110	16	107
Vince Gohl	10	18	.357	4.52	38						203.0	229	128	102	14	96
Tex Hoyle	2	4	.333	5.62	8						56.0	60	50	35	6	36
James Bell	1	7	.125	6.75	12						56.0	56	50	42	3	52
Norman Kramer	0	4	.000	7.54	19						80.0	118	73	67	11	32
Albert Busa	0	4	.000	12.52	18						46.0	83	68	64	4	46
Totals	51	78	.395	5.03	198	0	0	0	0	0	1112.0	1280	764	621	84	560	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
Bob Gardner	145	562	562		154	30	1	2						.274	.274	.342	.616	192
Ed Boehm	151	560	560		136	31	11	11						.243	.243	.396	.639	222
Tom Kirk	113	429	429		120	20	14	5						.280	.280	.427	.706	183
Spider Wilhelm	108	417	417		116	31	1	2						.278	.278	.372	.650	155
Billy Shantz	135	489	489		113	22	4	0						.231	.231	.292	.524	143
Tom Hamilton	103	356	356		93	7	4	8						.261	.261	.371	.632	132
John Magliolo	83	315	315		85	7	4	1						.270	.270	.327	.597	103
Willard Johnson	81	243	243		51	8	3	2						.210	.210	.292	.502	71
Bob Williams	63	157	157		41	4	0	0						.261	.261	.287	.548	45
John Wisniewski	54	185	185		41	5	2	0						.222	.222	.270	.492	50
Robert Stewart	46	161	161		25	1	1	0						.155	.155	.174	.329	28
Vince Gohl	49	101	101		24	2	0	0						.238	.238	.257	.495	26
Richard Kirk	28	97	97		21	3	0	0						.216	.216	.247	.464	24
Arnie Portocarrero	34	81	81		15	3	0	1						.185	.185	.259	.444	21
Dutch Romberger	37	74	74		13	3	0	0						.176	.176	.216	.392	16
Mason Bowes	33	80	80		10	2	0	0						.125	.125	.150	.275	12
James Bell	14	21	21		3	1	0	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	4
Norman Kramer	19	24	24		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Albert Busa	20	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1316	4364	4364	0	1061	180	45	32	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.327	.570	1427	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Vince Gohl	P	38					.000
Dutch Romberger	P	36					.000
Arnie Portocarrero	P	34					.000
Mason Bowes	P	33					.000
Norman Kramer	P	19					.000
Albert Busa	P	18					.000
James Bell	P	12					.000
Totals		190	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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