1951 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 75-66
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Clay Bryant (75-66)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 85,732, Avg. 1,216
Playoffs - Richmond Colts 4 games, Newport News Dodgers 2
The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1951 season with a record of 75 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Dodgers scored 625 runs and gave up 579 runs. Bert Hamric led all regular batters with a .304 average. Al Bennett topped Newport News with 19 wins and a team-best 2.57 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Bob Lillis, Chuck Coles, Roger Craig, Norm Sherry, Bert Hamric, Fred Waters and Johnny Podres were all players from the 1951 Newport News Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Clay Bryant 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 Bennett | 19 | 12 | .613 | 2.57 | 36 | 29 | 263.0 | 206 | 89 | 75 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.51 | 32 | 27 | 177.0 | 124 | 84 | 69 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Roger Craig | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.67 | 38 | 28 | 221.0 | 175 | 109 | 90 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Jay Ver Crouse | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.61 | 35 | 16 | 155.0 | 125 | 48 | 45 | 57 | |||||||||||
| George Barker | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.35 | 45 | 3 | 110.0 | 117 | 48 | 41 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Richardson | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.53 | 32 | 16 | 135.0 | 118 | 71 | 53 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Cal Schadel | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Johnny Podres | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.82 | 7 | 17.0 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 55 | .560 | 3.22 | 237 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1082.0 | 888 | 466 | 387 | 0 | 697 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Coles | 142 | 552 | 552 | 165 | 30 | 8 | 2 | .299 | .299 | .393 | .692 | 217 | |||||||||||
| Bert Hamric | 134 | 481 | 481 | 146 | 16 | 14 | 8 | .304 | .304 | .445 | .748 | 214 | |||||||||||
| William Palumbo | 137 | 478 | 478 | 132 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .341 | .617 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Lamont | 142 | 461 | 461 | 120 | 14 | 5 | 12 | .260 | .260 | .390 | .651 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Bragan | 115 | 432 | 432 | 111 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .301 | .558 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Philip Lewandowski | 129 | 408 | 408 | 101 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .297 | .544 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Norm Sherry | 72 | 214 | 214 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .234 | .271 | .505 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Seguso | 49 | 170 | 170 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .224 | .224 | .376 | .600 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Olsen | 29 | 121 | 121 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .421 | .727 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Keith | 28 | 101 | 101 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .386 | .673 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Gene Depperschmidt | 48 | 130 | 130 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .269 | .492 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Bob Lillis | 39 | 136 | 136 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .257 | .463 | 35 | |||||||||||
| William Saar | 37 | 102 | 102 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .275 | .539 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Gil Hawkins | 35 | 113 | 113 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .239 | .239 | .416 | .655 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 52 | 81 | 81 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .333 | .605 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Darrold Myers | 20 | 56 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 20 | |||||||||||
| John Catallo | 27 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .305 | .508 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Al Bennett | 37 | 81 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .123 | .247 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jay Ver Crouse | 35 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .200 | .380 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Roger Craig | 41 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .119 | .239 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Carl Tumlinson | 10 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .280 | .520 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jack Dunn | 18 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Richardson | 32 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .128 | .256 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Cal Schadel | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | |||||||||||
| George Barker | 45 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Don Keeter | 10 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1476 | 4437 | 4437 | 0 | 1138 | 149 | 46 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .339 | .595 | 1502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Barker | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Craig | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Al Bennett | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Jay Ver Crouse | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Clarence Richardson | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Nicolis | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Cal Schadel | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 228 | 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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