1951 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Skeeter Scalzi (64-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 62,218, Avg. 895

1951 Lynchburg Cardinals Roster

The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1951 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Cardinals scored 614 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Charlie Frey led all regular batters by connecting at a .323 clip. Floyd Melliere topped Lynchburg with 21 wins and a team-best 2.59 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Skeeter Scalzi and Stan Spence both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Skeeter Scalzi 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
Floyd Melliere	21	11	.656	2.59	40	30					268.0	251	99	77		88
Willis McDonald	13	14	.481	5.11	43	24					185.0	184	125	105		140
Paul Dewey	9	14	.391	3.78	40	25					193.0	196	125	81		109
Alex Patterson	8	12	.400	3.65	34	16					153.0	160	78	62		58
Norman Shope	4	9	.308	4.45	15	13					99.0	113	60	49		42
John Balay	2	3	.400	3.89	27	5					74.0	73	46	32		57
Ronald Curnan					11						0.0
Totals	57	63	.475	3.76	210	113	0	0	0	0	972.0	977	533	406	0	494	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
Charlie Frey	139	502	502		162	25	4	5						.323	.323	.418	.741	210
Donald Spencer	139	525	525		137	41	7	13						.261	.261	.440	.701	231
Bobby Powledge	130	474	474		107	12	6	1						.226	.226	.283	.508	134
Ronald Curnan	113	402	402		104	15	2	6						.259	.259	.351	.609	141
Dick Cordell	97	340	340		94	22	3	10						.276	.276	.447	.724	152
Walter Fassler	112	378	378		88	15	3	2						.233	.233	.304	.537	115
Stan Spence	87	267	267		69	12	2	4						.258	.258	.363	.622	97
Don Davis	58	198	198		53	15	1	1						.268	.268	.369	.636	73
Lee Leftridge	41	166	166		48	5	2	4						.289	.289	.416	.705	69
Skeeter Scalzi	76	162	162		44	7	1	2						.272	.272	.364	.636	59
Frank Porreca	81	262	262		43	3	1	0						.164	.164	.183	.347	48
James Beavers	30	114	114		28	2	1	3						.246	.246	.360	.605	41
Kenneth Boyer	48	131	131		25	1	2	0						.191	.191	.229	.420	30
Al Bodnar	37	117	117		22	2	0	0						.188	.188	.205	.393	24
B. J. Rice	24	76	76		16	2	1	2						.211	.211	.342	.553	26
Floyd Melliere	43	96	96		13	3	1	0						.135	.135	.188	.323	18
Harold Pinson	11	28	28		9	0	0	0						.321	.321	.321	.643	9
Paul Eames	17	35	35		9	0	0	0						.257	.257	.257	.514	9
Alex Patterson	34	52	52		9	2	0	0						.173	.173	.212	.385	11
William Looney	10	30	30		7	2	0	0						.233	.233	.300	.533	9
Norman Shope	21	36	36		7	2	0	1						.194	.194	.333	.528	12
Karol Kwak	16	49	49		7	0	0	1						.143	.143	.204	.347	10
Willis McDonald	44	60	60		7	1	0	0						.117	.117	.133	.250	8
Dick Barnhart	13	45	45		6	4	0	0						.133	.133	.222	.356	10
Paul Dewey	45	59	59		5	1	1	0						.085	.085	.136	.220	8
John Balay	27	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Joe Promowicz	11	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
John Clark	10	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	2
Totals	1514	4660	4660	0	1126	194	38	55	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.335	.577	1561	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Willis McDonald	P	43					.000
Floyd Melliere	P	40					.000
Paul Dewey	P	40					.000
Alex Patterson	P	34					.000
John Balay	P	27					.000
Norman Shope	P	15					.000
Totals		199	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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