1951 Ponca City Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 85-39
Finished 1st in the KOML
Manager: George Scherger (85-39)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Conoco Park
Attendance: 44,960, Avg. 725
Playoffs - Carthage Cubs 3 games, Ponca City Dodgers 2
The Ponca City Dodgers of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League ended the 1951 season with a record of 85 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the KOML.
The Dodgers paced the league with 772 runs, sparked by 37 home runs. Ponca City allowed 582 runs, least in the league. Jack Denison led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .365 clip. Dick Wiegand, Joe Stanka and Eldon DeRoin topped the team with 16 wins each, while Dick Wiegand recorded a 1.34 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Joe Stanka played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ponca City Dodgers to do so.
George Scherger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wiegand | 16 | 4 | .800 | 1.34 | 31 | 161.0 | 144 | 88 | 24 | 7 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Joe Stanka | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.53 | 33 | 196.0 | 164 | 74 | 55 | 2 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Eldon DeRoin | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.92 | 23 | 154.0 | 155 | 71 | 50 | 8 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Ohr | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.14 | 27 | 166.0 | 132 | 79 | 58 | 4 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Brazda | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.66 | 15 | 96.0 | 93 | 57 | 39 | 6 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Con Causey | 4 | 2 | .667 | 0.00 | 16 | 39.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Hines | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.88 | 12 | 48.0 | 31 | 45 | 42 | 2 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Donald Smith | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.47 | 9 | 51.0 | 42 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 34 | .685 | 2.95 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 911.0 | 761 | 449 | 299 | 32 | 545 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Denison | 115 | 458 | 458 | 167 | 23 | 13 | 1 | .365 | .365 | .478 | .843 | 219 | |||||||||||
| Morris Mack | 119 | 470 | 470 | 146 | 34 | 5 | 6 | .311 | .311 | .443 | .753 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Don Stewart | 106 | 404 | 404 | 118 | 24 | 4 | 6 | .292 | .292 | .416 | .708 | 168 | |||||||||||
| George Scherger | 121 | 419 | 419 | 113 | 24 | 13 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .396 | .666 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Santo | 124 | 452 | 452 | 107 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .319 | .555 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Dolan | 68 | 255 | 255 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .267 | .267 | .404 | .671 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Gravino | 56 | 202 | 202 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .267 | .480 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Boldt | 67 | 203 | 203 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .207 | .207 | .330 | .537 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Jack Wolfe | 50 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .321 | .562 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Mike Singer | 34 | 112 | 112 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .402 | .696 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Hal Zimmer | 40 | 147 | 147 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .252 | .469 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Cascella | 39 | 139 | 139 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .216 | .216 | .381 | .597 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Steve Cavlovic | 31 | 105 | 105 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Wiley | 53 | 115 | 115 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .157 | .157 | .217 | .374 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Robert Henne | 16 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 32 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .217 | .400 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Ohr | 27 | 54 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .185 | .370 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Eldon DeRoin | 23 | 54 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .185 | .370 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Joe Stanka | 33 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .133 | .350 | .483 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Herman Humble | 12 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .186 | .326 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Con Causey | 20 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .333 | .611 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Gene Hines | 13 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Brazda | 15 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .057 | .057 | .114 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1214 | 4033 | 4033 | 0 | 1048 | 188 | 57 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .362 | .622 | 1461 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Stanka | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Wiegand | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Ohr | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Eldon DeRoin | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Con Causey | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Brazda | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Hines | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 157 | 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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