1951 Little Rock Travelers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 93-60
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Gene Desautels (93-60)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 225,780, Avg. 2,951
1951 Little Rock Travelers Roster

Playoffs - Little Rock Travelers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2
Finals - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Little Rock Travelers 0

The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 93 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Travelers led the league with just 671 runs allowed. Little Rock scored 813 runs. Hal Simpson paced hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Al Yaylian and Dutch McCall topped the team with 16 wins each, while Dutch McCall recorded a 3.15 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ray Yochim, Al Flair, Harold Daugherty, Floyd Speer, Lou Lombardo, Bill Connelly, Dutch McCall and Clem Koshorek were all players from the 1951 Little Rock Travelers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Gene Desautels 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
Al Yaylian165.7623.633921196.0199887969
Dutch McCall1610.6153.153723203.0203937198
Milo Johnson1310.5654.143225202.01921009357
Verne Williamson125.7063.623823184.0183887498
Robert Cruze126.6674.003120153.0154876887
Edward Marchefsky1212.5004.053920180.0220958150
Floyd Speer53.6253.4237150.051201916
Bill Connelly32.6004.91944.047272437
Norman Scott35.3754.5915949.055262514
James Patton101.0000.00311.01311
Jerry Burke000.00615.0
Jim Albright000.0014.0
Lou Lombardo01.0000.001426.02919
Totals9359.6123.6530114200001317.013466245340556000000

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
R. C. Otey1495875871792340.305.305.358.663210
Hal Simpson15556356317536823.311.311.526.837296
Clem Koshorek1536126121602673.261.261.342.603209
David Jaska1425125121581950.309.309.365.674187
Kenneth Humphrey1394834831473185.304.304.433.737209
John Grice1193543541091251.308.308.379.686134
James Cronin12336536510014619.274.274.501.775183
Lawrence Ciesielski113310310842102.271.271.358.629111
Al Flair78264264771506.292.292.417.708110
Duke Doolittle102239239631703.264.264.372.63689
Ralph Atkins57198198551048.278.278.490.76897
Jack Cerin38109109351010.321.321.431.75247
Dutch McCall41757516201.213.213.280.49321
Harold Daugherty35818115211.185.185.272.45722
Verne Williamson49626214200.226.226.258.48416
Milo Johnson42737314300.192.192.233.42517
Edward Marchefsky39565611200.196.196.232.42913
Al Yaylian40666611301.167.167.258.42417
Robert Cruze35565610100.179.179.196.37511
Victor Buranskas1127273020.111.111.259.3707
Floyd Speer37662000.333.333.333.6672
Norman Scott1515151000.067.067.067.1331
Lou Lombardo15770000.000.000.000.0000
Totals17275120512001439249517300000.281.281.392.673200900000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Al YaylianP39.000
Edward MarchefskyP39.000
Verne WilliamsonP38.000
Floyd SpeerP37.000
Dutch McCallP37.000
Milo JohnsonP32.000
Robert CruzeP31.000
Norman ScottP15.000
Lou LombardoP14.000
Totals2820000.000

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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