1951 Norfolk Tars Statistics
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Mayo Smith (81-58)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park
Attendance: 104,914, Avg. 1,510
Playoffs - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Portsmouth Cubs 1
Finals - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Richmond Colts 2
The Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League ended the 1951 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Tars paced the league with 732 runs, spearheaded by 69 home runs. Norfolk yielded 565 runs, fewest in the league. Lou Skizas led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .311 average. Gerald Wallis and Herbert Davis topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Don Bessent recorded a 2.04 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Bill Skowron, Bill Virdon, Don Hasenmayer, Whitey Herzog, Lou Skizas, Johnny Gray and Don Bessent were all players from the 1951 Norfolk Tars who played in the Majors during their careers.
Mayo Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Wallis | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.76 | 28 | 23 | 186.0 | 163 | 72 | 57 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Davis | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.77 | 29 | 24 | 195.0 | 193 | 79 | 60 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Gray | 12 | 16 | .429 | 2.74 | 38 | 29 | 240.0 | 199 | 92 | 73 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Don Bessent | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.04 | 17 | 13 | 128.0 | 95 | 36 | 29 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Jack Widner | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.72 | 32 | 12 | 138.0 | 125 | 81 | 57 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Olson | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.71 | 26 | 23 | 143.0 | 141 | 74 | 59 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Howard Schermerhorn | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 50 | .580 | 2.93 | 181 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1030.0 | 916 | 434 | 335 | 0 | 523 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Spears | 135 | 530 | 530 | 146 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .326 | .602 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Leon Carter | 141 | 540 | 540 | 144 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .324 | .591 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Walter Lance | 141 | 495 | 495 | 140 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .283 | .283 | .376 | .659 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Bill Virdon | 118 | 486 | 486 | 139 | 20 | 4 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .381 | .667 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Lou Skizas | 109 | 376 | 376 | 117 | 20 | 1 | 15 | .311 | .311 | .489 | .801 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Bill Skowron | 95 | 320 | 320 | 107 | 9 | 9 | 18 | .334 | .334 | .588 | .922 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Larry Davidson | 93 | 329 | 329 | 98 | 22 | 1 | 16 | .298 | .298 | .517 | .815 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Wingard | 114 | 340 | 340 | 81 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .300 | .538 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Crater | 98 | 314 | 314 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .283 | .522 | 89 | |||||||||||
| George Menard | 54 | 132 | 132 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .409 | .682 | 54 | |||||||||||
| David Krings | 36 | 105 | 105 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 35 | |||||||||||
| George Gasser | 30 | 121 | 121 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .281 | .512 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Gray | 40 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .268 | .488 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Don Bessent | 22 | 57 | 57 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .298 | .298 | .456 | .754 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Harry Eastwood | 20 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .340 | .640 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jack Widner | 34 | 45 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Davis | 29 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .149 | .269 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Olson | 26 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .167 | .312 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Wallis | 28 | 63 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .127 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Herzog | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Howard Schermerhorn | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1380 | 4521 | 4521 | 0 | 1218 | 172 | 38 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .370 | .639 | 1673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Gray | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Widner | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Herbert Davis | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Wallis | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Olson | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Don Bessent | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Schermerhorn | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 181 | 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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