1951 Richmond Colts Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Billy Herman (0-0), Roy Allen (0-0)
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Mooers Field
Attendance: 97,761, Avg. 1,397

1951 Richmond Colts Roster

Playoffs - Richmond Colts 4 games, Newport News Dodgers 2
Finals - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Richmond Colts 2

The Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Colts scored 723 runs and allowed 692 runs. Jesse Cox topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .284. Salvatore Federico led Richmond with 17 wins, while Robert Ennis, Dewey Wilkins and Wade Browning each also added 15 or more victories also Wade Browning recorded a 3.19 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Ray Poole played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Richmond Colts to do so.

Billy Herman and Roy Allen 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
Salvatore Federico	17	11	.607	3.58	35	28					244.0	255	118	97		96
Dewey Wilkins	16	9	.640	3.48	33	27					220.0	207	99	85		93
Wade Browning	16	12	.571	3.19	35	29					226.0	185	93	80		139
Robert Ennis	15	11	.577	4.04	33	26					194.0	171	103	87		111
Stanley Grocki	2	2	.500	6.27	18	4					56.0	70	54	39		59
Edward Landrum	2	7	.222	5.96	17	7					83.0	89	76	55		70
Hank Bruder	0	3	.000	4.88	20	3					59.0	64	38	32		41
Totals	68	55	.553	3.95	191	124	0	0	0	0	1082.0	1041	581	475	0	609	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
Jesse Cox	139	500	500		142	27	9	2						.284	.284	.386	.670	193
Ralph Davis	137	543	543		142	36	4	15						.262	.262	.425	.687	231
Desmond Charouhas	130	488	488		135	28	4	4						.277	.277	.375	.652	183
Nicholas Purchia	136	470	470		109	22	3	2						.232	.232	.304	.536	143
Arnold Davis	134	426	426		104	17	2	4						.244	.244	.322	.566	137
Raymond Jacobs	97	299	299		65	8	5	7						.217	.217	.348	.565	104
Roy Allen	73	270	270		64	17	2	6						.237	.237	.381	.619	103
Lauritz Jensen	76	245	245		59	13	1	4						.241	.241	.351	.592	86
Nick Malfara	55	209	209		49	8	2	1						.234	.234	.306	.541	64
Thomas O'Connell	56	192	192		45	12	0	0						.234	.234	.297	.531	57
Ray Poole	41	146	146		44	5	1	3						.301	.301	.411	.712	60
Wade Browning	82	159	159		41	9	0	1						.258	.258	.333	.591	53
John Sivinski	38	126	126		31	5	0	2						.246	.246	.333	.579	42
Salvatore Federico	38	90	90		22	2	0	5						.244	.244	.433	.678	39
Dewey Wilkins	34	76	76		17	7	1	0						.224	.224	.342	.566	26
Jack Hull	30	48	48		9	1	0	0						.188	.188	.208	.396	10
Robert Ennis	33	66	66		8	1	0	0						.121	.121	.136	.258	9
Page McGee	16	25	25		6	0	0	1						.240	.240	.360	.600	9
Stanley Grocki	20	17	17		4	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Edward Landrum	17	30	30		3	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	3
Hank Bruder	21	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1403	4435	4435	0	1100	218	34	57	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.248	.351	.599	1557	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Salvatore Federico	P	35					.000
Dewey Wilkins	P	33					.000
Robert Ennis	P	33					.000
Hank Bruder	P	20					.000
Stanley Grocki	P	18					.000
Edward Landrum	P	17					.000
Totals		156	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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