1951 Oakland Oaks Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-88
Finished 5th in the PCL
Manager: Mel Ott (80-88)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 193,822, Avg. 2,307

1951 Oakland Oaks Roster

The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 80 wins and 88 losses, finishing fifth in the PCL.

The Oaks plated 817 runs and conceded 828 runs. Augie Galan paced Oakland with 13 home runs Loyd Christopher accounted for 83 RBI. Pete Pavlick led all regular hitters with a .271 average. Bill Ayers topped the squad with 20 wins, while Earl Harrist, too added 15 or more wins, too Lloyd Hittle recorded a 3.74 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1951 Oakland Oaks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ray Hamrick, Bill Jennings, Augie Galan, Johnny Vander Meer, Artie Wilson, Albert Zachary, Chet Johnson, Bert Haas, Lorenzo Davis, Roy Weatherly, Eddie Malone, Red Hardy, Loyd Christopher, Earl Rapp, Clyde Shoun, Earl Harrist, Spider Jorgensen, Charlie Gassaway, Al Gettel, Charlie Bishop, Ray Lamanno, Joe Lafata, Don Padgett, Ken Burkhart, Lloyd Hittle, Hank Behrman, Bill Ayers, Ben Guintini, Jim Marshall, Dick Wakefield and Lorenzo Cabrera.

Mel Ott 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
Bill Ayers	20	13	.606	3.85	40	30		17	3		222.0	224	104	95		88		91	3	2	15
Earl Harrist	16	16	.500	3.78	49	28		9	2		207.0	180	94	87		99		130	6	0	9
Jay Ragni	9	7	.562	4.17	21	17		8	2		138.0	134	73	64		70		64	9	0	10
Wes Bailey	9	8	.529	4.35	42	22		5	1		147.0	185	96	71		60		61	3	4	5
Al Gettel	4	6	.400	5.25	14	10		5	0		72.0	74	46	42		26		42	3	1	0
Lloyd Hittle	3	3	.500	3.74	61	6		2	1		137.0	139	62	57		45		64	1	0	0
Red Hardy	3	5	.375	5.56	14	9		2	0		68.0	74	43	42		28		29	4	1	1
Frank Nelson	2	0	1.000	2.83	16			1			54.0	42	17	17		30		24	1	1	2
Ken Burkhart	2	0	1.000	6.23	18	1		0	0		39.0	46	30	27		15		12	0	3	0
Albert Zachary	2	2	.500	5.00	18	1		0	0		45.0	49	36	25		24		23	2	2	2
Chet Johnson	2	3	.400	5.51	14			2	0		49.0	58	38	30		35		28	1	0	1
Clyde Shoun	2	4	.333	5.49	7	7		2	0		41.0	44	30	25		12		16	2	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	2	6	.250	5.14	13	13		3	1		63.0	78	38	36		35		37	1	0	2
Charlie Bishop	2	8	.200	5.88	15	9		2	1		52.0	64	40	34		35		35	1	0	2
Hank Behrman	1	0	1.000	7.00	6			0	0		9.0	11	8	7		7		1	0	0	1
Dave Dahle	1	4	.200	3.43	28	2		0	0		63.0	58	30	24		29		26	2	0	2
Ray Hamrick	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0		2.0	5	5	1		1		2	0	0	1
Bill Tanner	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	4	3	2		2		1	0	0	0
Tom Breisinger	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	4	4	4		2		0	0	0	0
Charlie Gassaway	0	1	.000	12.00	4	2		0	0		9.0	16	13	12		8		2	0	0	0
Raul Lopez	0	2	.000	22.50	4	0		0	0		6.0	13	17	15		12		3	0	0	1
Totals	80	88	.476	4.52	389	157	0	58	11	0	1428.0	1502	827	717	0	663	0	691	39	14	54	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
Pete Pavlick	155	673	569	97	154	19	2	4	29	19		78	45	.271	.360	.332	.692	189		1	25
Loyd Christopher	123	432	375	43	116	25	2	11	83	0		52	36	.309	.396	.475	.871	178		2	3
Earl Rapp	97	412	357	66	115	15	8	10	74	5		51	37	.322	.411	.493	.904	176		3	1
Bert Haas	86	372	332	67	110	28	5	10	59	3		37	18	.331	.400	.536	.936	178		1	2
Augie Galan	118	397	323	69	99	15	1	13	64	4		68	23	.307	.430	.480	.910	155		2	4
Artie Wilson	81	370	349	39	89	8	1	0	22	6		14	36	.255	.288	.284	.571	99		2	5
Bill Jennings	85	376	326	69	84	7	2	9	36	1		43	48	.258	.346	.374	.720	122		1	6
Jay Ragni	97	288	275	35	82	16	2	2	38	0		10	15	.298	.323	.393	.716	108		0	3
Spider Jorgensen	69	297	260	51	80	14	2	5	27	4		33	9	.308	.390	.435	.824	113		2	2
Roy Weatherly	58	245	230	37	78	14	1	8	60	0		14	22	.339	.377	.513	.890	118		0	1
Jimmy Moran	80	280	266	29	77	9	1	1	29	1		13	16	.289	.323	.342	.665	91		0	1
Lorenzo Davis	79	311	289	38	77	16	1	4	35	5		16	24	.266	.305	.370	.675	107		0	6
Don Padgett	96	261	241	27	73	12	0	6	25	1		17	13	.303	.351	.427	.779	103		1	2
Ray Lamanno	87	219	200	17	54	7	2	5	35	0		17	36	.270	.330	.400	.730	80		1	1
Jim Marshall	57	232	209	27	47	3	2	9	30	1		21	38	.225	.296	.388	.683	81		0	2
Mel Duezabou	85	214	187	21	45	7	1	3	19	3		25	24	.241	.333	.337	.670	63		1	1
Eddie Malone	63	187	162	19	42	14	0	4	25	0		24	15	.259	.355	.420	.775	68		0	1
Joe Lafata	22	76	71	12	17	1	1	2	11	0		3	11	.239	.280	.366	.646	26		1	1
Bill Ayers	40	88	78	6	17	3	0	0	7	1		2	17	.218	.238	.256	.494	20		0	8
Ben Guintini	24	91	79	7	17	2	0	1	10	0		9	15	.215	.303	.278	.582	22		1	2
Lorenzo Cabrera	20	76	73	5	15	1	1	0	5	0		1	6	.205	.216	.247	.463	18		0	2
Will Hafey	17	57	51	7	12	1	0	4	11	0		6	4	.235	.316	.490	.806	25		0	0
Wes Bailey	42	51	43	2	9	0	0	0	4	0		3	13	.209	.261	.209	.470	9		0	5
Earl Harrist	49	74	68	2	8	0	0	0	3	1		3	17	.118	.155	.118	.273	8		0	3
Lloyd Hittle	61	33	30	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		2	6	.233	.281	.267	.548	8		0	1
Theodore Del Guercio	25	40	34	4	7	1	0	0	0	0		3	9	.206	.308	.235	.543	8		2	1
Lenny Neal	17	35	34	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		0	4	.176	.200	.206	.406	7		1	0
Clyde Shoun	7	15	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.357	.357	.357	.714	5		0	1
Ray Hamrick	9	17	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.267	.312	.267	.579	4		0	1
Frank Nelson	17	18	17	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	4		0	1
Albert Zachary	18	13	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.273	.333	.273	.606	3		0	1
Dave Dahle	29	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	3		0	2
Red Hardy	15	20	19	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	5	.158	.158	.211	.368	4		0	1
Chet Johnson	14	17	16	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		1	6	.125	.176	.188	.364	3		0	0
Hank Behrman	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0
Ken Burkhart	18	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	1		0	0
Charlie Bishop	15	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	14	20	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.050	.050	.050	.100	1		0	0
Al Gettel	15	29	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.040	.077	.040	.117	1		1	3
Dick Wakefield	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0
Charlie Gassaway	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Raul Lopez	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0
Bill Tanner	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	2026	6386	5691	816	1566	242	35	111	749	55	0	573	603	.275	.344	.389	.732	2211	0	23	99	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Marshall	1B	54	472	19	8	44	.984	9.093
Augie Galan	1B	41	315	19	0	12	1.000	8.146
Lorenzo Cabrera	1B	20	172	8	1	18	.994	9.000
Lorenzo Davis	1B	19	150	10	2	22	.988	8.421
Bert Haas	1B	6	44	3	1	7	.979	7.833
Pete Pavlick	2B	147	389	399	22	111	.973	5.361
Lorenzo Davis	2B	6	10	19	0	2	1.000	4.833
Bert Haas	3B	81	100	193	10	20	.967	3.617
Spider Jorgensen	3B	68	70	174	9	23	.964	3.588
Lorenzo Davis	3B	6	6	14	0	0	1.000	3.333
Bill Jennings	3B	1	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.000
Augie Galan	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Don Padgett	C	71	250	19	7	4	.975	3.789	6
Ray Lamanno	C	67	260	19	2	5	.993	4.164	3
Lenny Neal	C	11	39	1	0	0	1.000	3.636	0
Loyd Christopher	OF	105	234	4	1	0	.996	2.267
Earl Rapp	OF	96	191	11	6	1	.971	2.104
Roy Weatherly	OF	56	75	4	2	0	.975	1.411
Mel Duezabou	OF	56	107	1	4	0	.964	1.929
Jay Ragni	OF	55	137	4	2	1	.986	2.564
Augie Galan	OF	55	77	3	3	0	.964	1.455
Lorenzo Davis	OF	45	89	5	2	1	.979	2.089
Ben Guintini	OF	24	61	0	0	0	1.000	2.542
Theodore Del Guercio	OF	21	36	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
Will Hafey	OF	15	35	1	1	0	.973	2.400
Lenny Neal	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Artie Wilson	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jimmy Moran	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Spider Jorgensen	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Dahle	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Lloyd Hittle	P	61	4	18	0	1	1.000	.361
Earl Harrist	P	49	6	41	5	2	.904	.959
Wes Bailey	P	42	7	27	2	2	.944	.810
Bill Ayers	P	40	8	36	1	3	.978	1.100
Dave Dahle	P	28	3	14	0	0	1.000	.607
Jay Ragni	P	21	4	32	0	1	1.000	1.714
Albert Zachary	P	18	4	7	0	0	1.000	.611
Ken Burkhart	P	18	0	5	0	0	1.000	.278
Frank Nelson	P	16						.000
Charlie Bishop	P	15	5	7	1	1	.923	.800
Chet Johnson	P	14						.000
Red Hardy	P	14	4	9	1	0	.929	.929
Al Gettel	P	14	5	18	0	1	1.000	1.643
Johnny Vander Meer	P	13	6	11	1	1	.944	1.308
Clyde Shoun	P	7	0	5	0	0	1.000	.714
Hank Behrman	P	6						.000
Raul Lopez	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Charlie Gassaway	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Bill Tanner	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Ray Hamrick	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Tom Breisinger	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Artie Wilson	SS	80	160	234	19	44	.954	4.925
Totals		1602	3544	1401	113	328	.978	3.087	9	0	0

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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