1951 Miami Sun Sox Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-61
Finished 3rd in the FIL
Manager: Pepper Martin (77-61)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 128,107, Avg. 1,857

1951 Miami Sun Sox Roster

Playoffs - Miami Sun Sox 3 games, Tampa Smokers 1
Finals - St. Petersburg Saints 4 games, Miami Sun Sox 0

The Miami Sun Sox of the Florida International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the FIL.

The Sun Sox scored 601 runs and gave up 549 runs. Paul Armstrong paced hitters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Richard Lovell topped Miami with 13 wins, while Laban Dean recorded a 2.72 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Pepper Martin and Gil Torres both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Pepper Martin 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
Richard Lovell	13	11	.542	3.34	46						186.0	166	89	69	3	119
Laban Dean	11	7	.611	2.72	24						129.0	113	46	39	3	55
Larry Ludtke	10	5	.667	2.80	39						138.0	115	49	43	3	74
Dick Spady	10	8	.556	2.95	35						165.0	131	74	54	16	94
Arturo Seijas	10	8	.556	3.02	32						188.0	164	73	63	3	67
Bob Loddeke	8	5	.615	3.39	24						101.0	105	48	38	2	50
Rene Solis	4	3	.571	3.38	10						64.0	60	29	24	0	27
Marvin Williams	1	3	.250	4.01	19						74.0	56	41	33	2	73
Totals	67	50	.573	3.13	229	0	0	0	0	0	1045.0	910	449	363	32	559	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
Paul Armstrong	137	525	525		160	27	10	5						.305	.305	.423	.728	222
Oscar Sierra	136	491	491		141	30	5	8						.287	.287	.418	.705	205
Charles Rotzell	129	471	471		131	18	4	9						.278	.278	.391	.669	184
Red Teague	128	456	456		126	22	4	2						.276	.276	.355	.632	162
Augie Rosa	120	422	422		108	7	3	0						.256	.256	.287	.543	121
Gus Montalbano	132	420	420		84	8	10	3						.200	.200	.288	.488	121
Edward Little	83	256	256		57	10	1	5						.223	.223	.328	.551	84
Ashton Heckel	48	184	184		47	8	1	0						.255	.255	.310	.565	57
George Tesnow	39	128	128		25	5	1	0						.195	.195	.250	.445	32
Bruce Smith	41	135	135		24	4	0	0						.178	.178	.207	.385	28
Gus Stathos	23	76	76		19	1	2	0						.250	.250	.316	.566	24
Kent Pflasterer	25	73	73		16	2	1	1						.219	.219	.315	.534	23
Merv Dornburg	31	78	78		14	2	0	0						.179	.179	.205	.385	16
Richard Lovell	47	56	56		11	2	0	0						.196	.196	.232	.429	13
Dick Spady	35	57	57		9	1	0	0						.158	.158	.175	.333	10
Jack Elkins	13	30	30		8	3	0	0						.267	.267	.367	.633	11
Arturo Seijas	44	62	62		8	1	0	0						.129	.129	.145	.274	9
Bob Loddeke	24	37	37		7	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.378	7
Laban Dean	24	47	47		7	0	0	0						.149	.149	.149	.298	7
Larry Ludtke	39	43	43		6	0	1	0						.140	.140	.186	.326	8
Rene Solis	21	35	35		5	1	0	0						.143	.143	.171	.314	6
Marvin Williams	19	19	19		4	1	0	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	5
Totals	1338	4101	4101	0	1017	153	43	33	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.248	.330	.578	1355	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Richard Lovell	P	46					.000
Larry Ludtke	P	39					.000
Dick Spady	P	35					.000
Arturo Seijas	P	32					.000
Bob Loddeke	P	24					.000
Laban Dean	P	24					.000
Marvin Williams	P	19					.000
Totals		219	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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