1951 Midland Indians Statistics

Longhorn League (LL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 5th in the LL
Manager: Harold Webb (0-0), Zeke Bonura (0-0)
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Indian Park
Attendance: 52,797, Avg. 760

1951 Midland Indians Roster

The Midland Indians of the Longhorn League ended the 1951 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the LL.

The Indians scored 962 runs and allowed 872 runs. Kenny Jones led all regular batters by hitting .321. Eddie Jacome earned 28 wins on the mound for Midland, while Bruce Blumenthal registered a 3.45 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Zeke Bonura played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Midland Indians to do so.

Harold Webb and Zeke Bonura 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
Eddie Jacome	28	13	.683	3.73	57						338.0	406	208	140		65
Bruce Blumenthal	14	9	.609	3.45	26						185.0	174	94	71		100
David McKenzie	9	10	.474	4.72	38						202.0	233	123	106		107
Billy Reed	5	14	.263	6.04	29						140.0	194	112	94		74
Oscar Haggard	1	2	.333	7.41	5						17.0	24	22	14		8
Glenn Patton	1	2	.333	11.25	5						32.0	61	51	40		20
Ernest Nelson	1	3	.250	6.55	7						33.0	51	36	24		7
Herbert Cadenhead	1	3	.250	9.00	12						46.0	56	53	46		41
James Prince	0	0		0.00	2						4.0	1	1	0		1
George Firnbach	0	0		9.00	1						1.0	1	3	1		0
Ed Melillo	0	0		14.25	3						12.0	23	19	19		9
Bob Cowsar	0	0		18.00	1						1.0	3	3	2		2
Wheat	0	0		27.00	1						1.0	2	3	3		1
Glenn Jones	0	1	.000	3.24	4						25.0	17	10	9		0
Don Blair	0	1	.000	58.50	5						2.0	11	16	13		9
Bill Mooty	0	2	.000	9.00	2						14.0	22	14	14		6
Louis Ballard	0	2	.000	11.37	5						19.0	29	28	24		17
Noel McMellon	0	5	.000	7.36	14						44.0	57	56	36		29
Totals	60	67	.472	5.29	217	0	0	0	0	0	1116.0	1365	852	656	0	496	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
Lester White	140	560	560		167	44	6	17						.298	.298	.489	.788	274
Kenny Jones	129	499	499		160	29	5	3						.321	.321	.417	.737	208
Stanley Hughes	119	507	507		156	30	5	13						.308	.308	.464	.771	235
Ed Melillo	91	343	343		103	16	4	3						.300	.300	.397	.697	136
Richard Campbell	112	370	370		101	9	4	2						.273	.273	.335	.608	124
Gordon Tanner	114	332	332		91	17	3	5						.274	.274	.389	.663	129
Stanley Wilcox	40	161	161		54	10	7	4						.335	.335	.559	.894	90
Zeke Bonura	48	109	109		44	10	0	5						.404	.404	.633	1.037	69
Fleming Flott	26	123	123		41	8	2	0						.333	.333	.431	.764	53
Eddie Jacome	71	152	152		36	3	0	1						.237	.237	.276	.513	42
Woodrow Pennington	33	133	133		32	4	1	1						.241	.241	.308	.549	41
James Prince	27	96	96		29	5	0	5						.302	.302	.510	.812	49
Bob Cowsar	19	73	73		25	7	0	3						.342	.342	.562	.904	41
Bill Hornsby	27	104	104		24	3	1	3						.231	.231	.365	.596	38
David McKenzie	40	80	80		20	1	0	0						.250	.250	.262	.512	21
Bruce Blumenthal	27	69	69		17	1	0	0						.246	.246	.261	.507	18
Richard Potak	25	75	75		16	1	1	0						.213	.213	.253	.467	19
Jim Ackers	10	48	48		15	2	1	0						.312	.312	.396	.708	19
Billy Crumley	14	52	52		14	3	0	0						.269	.269	.327	.596	17
George Firnbach	19	68	68		14	4	1	0						.206	.206	.294	.500	20
Billy Reed	32	59	59		10	1	2	0						.169	.169	.254	.424	15
Ray Quartuci	15	48	48		9	0	0	1						.188	.188	.250	.438	12
Glenn Patton	8	17	17		4	1	0	0						.235	.235	.294	.529	5
Glenn Jones	4	8	8		3	0	0	0						.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Louis Ballard	5	8	8		3	2	1	0						.375	.375	.875	1.250	7
Gerald Cline	4	14	14		3	1	1	0						.214	.214	.429	.643	6
Herbert Cadenhead	12	16	16		3	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Oscar Haggard	5	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Ernest Nelson	7	10	10		1	1	0	0						.100	.100	.200	.300	2
Noel McMellon	15	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
George Blalock	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Mooty	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Blair	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bobbie Balch	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Zupnik	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1253	4169	4169	0	1197	213	45	66	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.287	.407	.694	1698	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Eddie Jacome	P	57					.000
David McKenzie	P	38					.000
Billy Reed	P	29					.000
Bruce Blumenthal	P	26					.000
Noel McMellon	P	14					.000
Herbert Cadenhead	P	12					.000
Ernest Nelson	P	7					.000
Glenn Patton	P	5					.000
Oscar Haggard	P	5					.000
Don Blair	P	5					.000
Louis Ballard	P	5					.000
Glenn Jones	P	4					.000
Bill Mooty	P	2					.000
Totals		209	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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