1951 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-85
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (83-85)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: Vaughn Street Park
Attendance: 304,152, Avg. 3,621

1951 Portland Beavers Roster

Playoffs - Hollywood Stars 2 games, Portland Beavers 0

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 83 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.

The Beavers scored 783 runs and yielded 816 runs. Joe Brovia walloped 32 home runs for Portland, while Leo Thomas and Eddie Basinski swatted 15 or more as well. Joe Brovia drove in 133 runs. Leo Thomas led batters with significant playing time by hitting .310. Marino Pieretti topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Frankie Austin, Joe Lafata, Eddie Bockman, Red Lynn, Bill Fleming, Bill Salkeld, Joe Brovia, John Ritchey, Joe Rossi, Marino Pieretti, Jack Creel, Red Adams, Don White, Eddie Basinski, Mickey Rocco, Lyman Linde and Leo Thomas were all players from the 1951 Portland Beavers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Sweeney 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
Marino Pieretti	18	13	.581	3.30	40	34		19	1		256.0	252	110	94		75		86	1	3	3
Red Lynn	13	12	.520	3.75	41	26		10	3		192.0	190	97	80		87		68	3	0	3
Lyman Linde	12	12	.500	4.29	37	32		12	1		212.0	224	115	101		68		75	2	1	3
Red Adams	11	9	.550	4.06	37	18		5	0		153.0	149	96	69		53		80	1	0	0
Jack Creel	9	9	.500	4.28	34	12		1	0		120.0	116	68	57		60		43	2	0	1
Roy Helser	8	16	.333	4.64	34	25		12	2		161.0	167	94	83		73		68	4	2	1
Larry Ward	7	7	.500	4.54	34	12		6	2		121.0	125	69	61		60		62	2	0	2
Bob Drilling	4	3	.571	5.27	39	7		1	0		111.0	134	75	65		40		34	0	0	2
Vincent DeBiasi	1	1	.500	4.64	25	3		1	0		66.0	63	41	34		29		26	1	1	1
Cal McIrvin	0	0		6.00	11	0		0	0		18.0	22	14	12		8		6	0	0	0
Bill Elbert	0	1	.000	3.00	6	0		0	0		6.0	3	2	2		5		2	1	0	0
Bill Fleming	0	2	.000	6.00	24	0		0	0		42.0	44	35	28		20		14	0	0	3
Totals	83	85	.494	4.23	362	169	0	67	9	0	1458.0	1489	816	686	0	578	0	564	17	7	19	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
Leo Thomas	168	750	638	119	198	33	5	27	106	1		77	43	.310	.401	.505	.905	322		19	16
Eddie Basinski	169	774	687	109	183	32	6	16	73	3		65	77	.266	.332	.400	.732	275		2	20
Frankie Austin	167	684	597	64	175	35	3	4	70	1		48	26	.293	.350	.382	.732	228		4	35
Joe Brovia	161	656	574	76	174	25	2	32	133	2		77	50	.303	.390	.521	.911	299		5	0
Ed Barr	151	660	574	90	149	21	5	12	55	12		76	101	.260	.348	.376	.724	216		2	8
Brooks Holder	125	476	377	65	115	20	1	6	54	0		91	26	.305	.443	.411	.854	155		2	6
Joe Rossi	115	437	369	62	112	14	1	10	57	0		59	50	.304	.405	.428	.833	158		4	5
Joe Lafata	119	417	371	38	79	18	3	8	52	4		35	37	.213	.284	.342	.627	127		2	9
Don White	80	222	204	28	58	6	0	5	22	0		11	12	.284	.327	.387	.714	79		2	5
Granny Gladstone	90	183	161	31	37	6	1	1	14	2		20	36	.230	.319	.298	.617	48		1	1
Mark Marcucci	39	134	121	7	28	3	0	2	12	1		9	6	.231	.295	.306	.601	37		2	2
Cal McIrvin	53	115	101	9	25	4	0	0	11	0		12	10	.248	.327	.287	.615	29		0	2
Eddie Bockman	79	95	77	8	20	5	0	1	15	0		17	19	.260	.400	.364	.764	28		1	0
Marv Diercks	29	88	74	12	18	1	0	5	10	0		13	21	.243	.364	.459	.823	34		1	0
Dick Bartle	12	51	46	9	15	3	0	0	5	0		5	4	.326	.392	.391	.783	18		0	0
Bill Salkeld	32	106	78	13	15	4	1	1	9	0		25	13	.192	.394	.308	.702	24		1	2
Roy Helser	35	63	56	7	14	3	0	0	6	0		4	4	.250	.300	.304	.604	17		0	3
Lyman Linde	37	81	70	9	13	1	0	2	7	0		10	18	.186	.288	.286	.573	20		0	1
Mickey Rocco	24	76	62	9	11	2	0	0	6	1		12	5	.177	.311	.210	.520	13		0	2
Red Lynn	44	74	62	9	10	3	0	0	7	0		3	13	.161	.212	.210	.422	13		1	8
Marino Pieretti	45	109	96	5	10	3	0	0	3	0		4	5	.104	.165	.135	.300	13		3	6
Bob Drilling	39	39	34	1	7	0	0	0	1	0		3	12	.206	.270	.206	.476	7		0	2
Larry Ward	34	43	39	0	7	2	0	0	4	0		2	6	.179	.220	.231	.450	9		0	2
Red Adams	37	53	52	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		0	18	.096	.096	.115	.212	6		0	1
Bill Fleming	24	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	3		0	0
Vincent DeBiasi	25	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	1
Milt Martin	4	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	1		0	0
Jack Creel	34	41	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	12	.025	.025	.025	.050	1		0	1
John Ritchey	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Harold Jackson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Bill Elbert	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	1980	6469	5598	783	1485	245	28	132	735	27	0	681	633	.265	.350	.390	.740	2182	0	52	138	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Cal McIrvin	1B	38	241	24	7	32	.974	6.974
Mickey Rocco	1B	21	170	14	2	8	.989	8.762
Dick Bartle	1B	12	115	10	0	9	1.000	1.417
Leo Thomas	1B	4	21	1	0	1	1.000	5.500
Eddie Basinski	2B	169	452	490	25	120	.974	5.574
Leo Thomas	3B	166	190	317	17	31	.968	3.054
Eddie Bockman	3B	6	4	9	1	0	.929	2.167
Joe Rossi	C	109	418	47	9	8	.981	4.266	9
Mark Marcucci	C	35	117	11	4	2	.970	3.657	1
Bill Salkeld	C	29	94	8	1	0	.990	3.517	1
Milt Martin	C	4	4	2	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
John Ritchey	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Joe Brovia	OF	154	278	5	13	2	.956	1.838
Ed Barr	OF	147	422	10	13	3	.971	2.939
Brooks Holder	OF	119	233	3	6	1	.975	1.983
Granny Gladstone	OF	74	135	5	8	3	.946	1.892
Marv Diercks	OF	28	41	1	1	0	.977	1.500
Eddie Bockman	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Red Lynn	P	41	12	29	1	1	.976	1.000
Marino Pieretti	P	40	20	53	5	1	.936	1.825
Bob Drilling	P	39	5	29	1	0	.971	.872
Lyman Linde	P	37	12	23	2	2	.946	.946
Red Adams	P	37	8	21	2	0	.935	.784
Larry Ward	P	34	6	21	0	1	1.000	.794
Roy Helser	P	34	8	31	2	0	.951	1.147
Jack Creel	P	34	6	31	1	2	.974	1.088
Vincent DeBiasi	P	25	2	16	1	2	.947	.720
Bill Fleming	P	24	3	6	0	0	1.000	.375
Cal McIrvin	P	11	2	6	0	1	1.000	.727
Bill Elbert	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Frankie Austin	SS	167	317	529	48	101	.946	5.066
Eddie Bockman	SS	3	8	11	2	3	.905	6.333
Totals		1649	3348	1764	172	335	.967	3.100	11	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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