1951 Leesburg Packers Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Floyd Clift (0-0), Escal Burnett (0-0)
Location: Leesburg, Florida
Ballpark: Venetian Gardens
Attendance: 37,843, Avg. 541

1951 Leesburg Packers Roster

Playoffs - DeLand Red Hats 4 games, Leesburg Packers 3

The Leesburg Packers of the Florida State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.

The Packers scored 663 runs and allowed 700 runs. Floyd Clift led batters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Fred Gaines topped Leesburg with 18 wins, while Sergio Martinez also added 15 or more victories also Sergio Martinez registered a 2.95 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Jake Daniel and Charlie Brewster both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Floyd Clift and Escal Burnett 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
Fred Gaines	18	8	.692	3.13	31						233.0	240	101	81	12	99
Sergio Martinez	15	9	.625	2.95	27						192.0	151	74	63	6	86
Patrick Brickley	14	15	.483	3.95	38						198.0	182	111	87	5	103
Ron Blanc	11	7	.611	3.75	33						180.0	161	89	75	11	91
Escal Burnett	3	6	.333	6.80	21						86.0	104	75	65	7	67
Socrates Red	3	7	.300	7.64	19						73.0	74	67	62	1	80
Rick Causey	2	5	.286	3.29	13						63.0	60	36	23	6	37
Totals	66	57	.537	4.00	182	0	0	0	0	0	1025.0	972	553	456	48	563	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
Floyd Clift	138	528	528		177	28	1	3						.335	.335	.409	.744	216
Bix Shoemaker	130	504	504		136	21	6	0						.270	.270	.335	.605	169
Fred Ballantine	114	419	419		118	24	6	2						.282	.282	.382	.663	160
Escal Burnett	117	421	421		116	21	3	6						.276	.276	.382	.658	161
John Pawlick	80	313	313		83	4	0	7						.265	.265	.345	.610	108
Jose Burgos	67	243	243		78	9	4	0						.321	.321	.391	.712	95
John Sykes	84	286	286		77	11	3	5						.269	.269	.381	.650	109
Robert Ritter	60	220	220		58	9	1	0						.264	.264	.314	.577	69
Calvin Collins	45	159	159		52	10	1	2						.327	.327	.440	.767	70
Fred Gaines	71	216	216		47	4	1	0						.218	.218	.245	.463	53
William Peeler	36	124	124		32	5	2	0						.258	.258	.331	.589	41
Jake Daniel	26	85	85		22	2	0	8						.259	.259	.565	.824	48
Francis Abraham	23	92	92		22	3	2	0						.239	.239	.315	.554	29
Robert Hall	24	88	88		21	3	0	0						.239	.239	.273	.511	24
Jack Lasry	21	67	67		17	1	0	0						.254	.254	.269	.522	18
Arthur Pocanowski	20	64	64		16	2	1	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	20
James Miller	22	63	63		15	2	1	0						.238	.238	.302	.540	19
Sergio Martinez	34	75	75		13	3	0	0						.173	.173	.213	.387	16
Rick Causey	23	60	60		11	3	1	0						.183	.183	.267	.450	16
Patrick Brickley	43	69	69		11	1	0	0						.159	.159	.174	.333	12
Ron Blanc	36	69	69		10	0	1	0						.145	.145	.174	.319	12
Socrates Red	28	40	40		7	2	0	0						.175	.175	.225	.400	9
George Cox	20	48	48		7	1	0	0						.146	.146	.167	.312	8
Stephen Vargo	10	30	30		6	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	6
Totals	1272	4283	4283	0	1152	169	34	33	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.347	.616	1488	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Patrick Brickley	P	38					.000
Ron Blanc	P	33					.000
Sergio Martinez	P	27					.000
Socrates Red	P	19					.000
Rick Causey	P	13					.000
Totals		130	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.