1951 Little Rock Travelers Statistics
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
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.
Al Flair, Ray Yochim, 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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Yaylian | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.63 | 39 | 21 | 196.0 | 199 | 88 | 79 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Dutch McCall | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.15 | 37 | 23 | 203.0 | 203 | 93 | 71 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Milo Johnson | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.14 | 32 | 25 | 202.0 | 192 | 100 | 93 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Verne Williamson | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.62 | 38 | 23 | 184.0 | 183 | 88 | 74 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cruze | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.00 | 31 | 20 | 153.0 | 154 | 87 | 68 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Edward Marchefsky | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.05 | 39 | 20 | 180.0 | 220 | 95 | 81 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Speer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.42 | 37 | 1 | 50.0 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bill Connelly | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.91 | 9 | 44.0 | 47 | 27 | 24 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Norman Scott | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.59 | 15 | 9 | 49.0 | 55 | 26 | 25 | 14 | |||||||||||
| James Patton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 11.0 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Burke | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Albright | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lou Lombardo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 14 | 26.0 | 29 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 93 | 59 | .612 | 3.65 | 301 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1317.0 | 1346 | 624 | 534 | 0 | 556 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. C. Otey | 149 | 587 | 587 | 179 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .305 | .305 | .358 | .663 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Hal Simpson | 155 | 563 | 563 | 175 | 36 | 8 | 23 | .311 | .311 | .526 | .837 | 296 | |||||||||||
| Clem Koshorek | 153 | 612 | 612 | 160 | 26 | 7 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .342 | .603 | 209 | |||||||||||
| David Jaska | 142 | 512 | 512 | 158 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .309 | .309 | .365 | .674 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Humphrey | 139 | 483 | 483 | 147 | 31 | 8 | 5 | .304 | .304 | .433 | .737 | 209 | |||||||||||
| John Grice | 119 | 354 | 354 | 109 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .379 | .686 | 134 | |||||||||||
| James Cronin | 123 | 365 | 365 | 100 | 14 | 6 | 19 | .274 | .274 | .501 | .775 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Ciesielski | 113 | 310 | 310 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 2 | .271 | .271 | .358 | .629 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Al Flair | 78 | 264 | 264 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 6 | .292 | .292 | .417 | .708 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Duke Doolittle | 102 | 239 | 239 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 3 | .264 | .264 | .372 | .636 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Atkins | 57 | 198 | 198 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 8 | .278 | .278 | .490 | .768 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cerin | 38 | 109 | 109 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .321 | .431 | .752 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Dutch McCall | 41 | 75 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .213 | .280 | .493 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Harold Daugherty | 35 | 81 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .185 | .272 | .457 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Verne Williamson | 49 | 62 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .258 | .484 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Milo Johnson | 42 | 73 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .233 | .425 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Edward Marchefsky | 39 | 56 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .232 | .429 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Al Yaylian | 40 | 66 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .258 | .424 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cruze | 35 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .196 | .375 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Victor Buranskas | 11 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .259 | .370 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Speer | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Norman Scott | 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lou Lombardo | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1727 | 5120 | 5120 | 0 | 1439 | 249 | 51 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .392 | .673 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Yaylian | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Marchefsky | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Verne Williamson | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Speer | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Dutch McCall | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Milo Johnson | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Cruze | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Norman Scott | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Lou Lombardo | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 282 | 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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