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 Gerheauser	16	15	.516	4.71	55	30					239.0	293	151	125		73
Duke Markell	13	19	.406	2.77	45	36					273.0	218	114	84		129
Hugh King	11	8	.579	3.16	40	26					191.0	196	85	67		72
Rudy Paynich	11	14	.440	4.25	43	30					212.0	224	119	100		93
Vern Kennedy	9	7	.562	2.64	54	0					99.0	82	39	29		44
Johnny Beazley	6	6	.500	3.47	15	13					96.0	91	45	37		64
Jake Henson	5	7	.417	5.35	46	12					133.0	144	85	79		66
Vance Carlson	2	4	.333	5.04	20	1					50.0	55	31	28		29
Hank Behrman	2	5	.286	4.43	11	9					67.0	77	36	33		36
John Hoffman	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
Morris Shipman	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Leon Hayes	0	1	.000	0.00	20	3					43.0	58				34
Totals	75	86	.466	3.72	352	160	0	0	0	0	1408.0	1438	705	582	0	640	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
Frank Kellert	160	594	594		175	42	4	15						.295	.295	.455	.749	270
Allan Cross	158	586	586		163	27	4	5						.278	.278	.363	.642	213
Jack Creel	117	456	456		135	16	3	0						.296	.296	.344	.640	157
Bob Nieman	109	409	409		134	33	6	10						.328	.328	.511	.839	209
Tommy Tatum	120	387	387		115	19	2	2						.297	.297	.372	.669	144
Len Tran	141	474	474		111	18	2	3						.234	.234	.300	.534	142
Lee Mohr	120	385	385		106	13	2	0						.275	.275	.319	.595	123
Don Eggert	108	417	417		96	20	2	13						.230	.230	.381	.612	159
Frank Baldwin	96	295	295		77	10	5	3						.261	.261	.359	.620	106
Joe Burgher	73	222	222		54	8	2	1						.243	.243	.311	.554	69
Bill Hornsby	69	170	170		35	10	1	3						.206	.206	.329	.535	56
James Littlejohn	48	134	134		27	8	1	0						.201	.201	.276	.478	37
Buck Frierson	42	119	119		26	7	0	1						.218	.218	.303	.521	36
Clarence Russell	32	85	85		24	1	1	0						.282	.282	.318	.600	27
Duke Markell	47	93	93		24	10	1	0						.258	.258	.387	.645	36
Rudy Paynich	43	76	76		21	4	0	0						.276	.276	.329	.605	25
Al Gerheauser	58	88	88		16	4	0	2						.182	.182	.295	.477	26
Joseph Kratzer	16	41	41		11	3	0	0						.268	.268	.341	.610	14
Hugh King	48	61	61		10	6	0	0						.164	.164	.262	.426	16
Kenny Jones	8	30	30		8									.267	.267	.267	.533	8
Jake Henson	46	41	41		8	2	0	0						.195	.195	.244	.439	10
Stanley Hughes	15	42	42		7	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	7
Vern Kennedy	62	44	44		7	1	0	0						.159	.159	.182	.341	8
Johnny Beazley	15	29	29		4	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Vance Carlson	20	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Leon Hayes	20	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Hank Behrman	11	24	24		1	0	0	0						.042	.042	.042	.083	1
Robert Leonhard	4	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1806	5336	5336	0	1399	262	36	58	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.357	.620	1907	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Al Gerheauser	P	55					.000
Vern Kennedy	P	54					.000
Jake Henson	P	46					.000
Duke Markell	P	45					.000
Rudy Paynich	P	43					.000
Hugh King	P	40					.000
Leon Hayes	P	20					.000
Vance Carlson	P	20					.000
Johnny Beazley	P	15					.000
Hank Behrman	P	11					.000
Totals		349	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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