1951 Oklahoma City Indians Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 75-86
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Tommy Tatum (75-86)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 109,181, Avg. 1,356
1951 Oklahoma City Indians Roster

The Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.

The Indians plated 696 runs and yielded 756 runs. Jack Creel led all regular batters with a .296 average. Al Gerheauser topped Oklahoma City with 16 wins, while Duke Markell recorded a 2.77 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1951 Oklahoma City Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Nieman, Frank Baldwin, Duke Markell, Al Gerheauser, Johnny Beazley, Buck Frierson, Hank Behrman, Vern Kennedy, Frank Kellert and Tommy Tatum.

Tommy Tatum 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
Al Gerheauser1615.5164.715530239.029315112573
Duke Markell1319.4062.774536273.021811484129
Hugh King118.5793.164026191.0196856772
Rudy Paynich1114.4404.254330212.022411910093
Vern Kennedy97.5622.6454099.082392944
Johnny Beazley66.5003.47151396.091453764
Jake Henson57.4175.354612133.0144857966
Vance Carlson24.3335.0420150.055312829
Hank Behrman25.2864.4311967.077363336
John Hoffman000.0023.0
Morris Shipman000.0012.0
Leon Hayes01.0000.0020343.05834
Totals7586.4663.7235216000001408.014387055820640000000

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
Frank Kellert16059459417542415.295.295.455.749270
Allan Cross1585865861632745.278.278.363.642213
Jack Creel1174564561351630.296.296.344.640157
Bob Nieman10940940913433610.328.328.511.839209
Tommy Tatum1203873871151922.297.297.372.669144
Len Tran1414744741111823.234.234.300.534142
Lee Mohr1203853851061320.275.275.319.595123
Don Eggert1084174179620213.230.230.381.612159
Frank Baldwin96295295771053.261.261.359.620106
Joe Burgher7322222254821.243.243.311.55469
Bill Hornsby69170170351013.206.206.329.53556
James Littlejohn4813413427810.201.201.276.47837
Buck Frierson4211911926701.218.218.303.52136
Clarence Russell32858524110.282.282.318.60027
Duke Markell479393241010.258.258.387.64536
Rudy Paynich43767621400.276.276.329.60525
Al Gerheauser58888816402.182.182.295.47726
Joseph Kratzer16414111300.268.268.341.61014
Hugh King48616110600.164.164.262.42616
Kenny Jones830308.267.267.267.5338
Jake Henson4641418200.195.195.244.43910
Stanley Hughes1542427000.167.167.167.3337
Vern Kennedy6244447100.159.159.182.3418
Johnny Beazley1529294000.138.138.138.2764
Vance Carlson2014143000.214.214.214.4293
Leon Hayes2010101000.100.100.100.2001
Hank Behrman1124241000.042.042.042.0831
Robert Leonhard410100000.000.000.000.0000
Totals18065336533601399262365800000.262.262.357.620190700000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Al GerheauserP55.000
Vern KennedyP54.000
Jake HensonP46.000
Duke MarkellP45.000
Rudy PaynichP43.000
Hugh KingP40.000
Leon HayesP20.000
Vance CarlsonP20.000
Johnny BeazleyP15.000
Hank BehrmanP11.000
Totals3490000.000

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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