1951 Rock Hill Chiefs Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 84-55
Finished 3rd in the TSL
Manager: Dick Bouknight (84-55)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 71,301, Avg. 1,026

1951 Rock Hill Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Asheville Tourists 3 games, Rock Hill Chiefs 2

The Rock Hill Chiefs of the Tri-State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 84 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the TSL.

The Chiefs scored 814 runs and allowed 720 runs. Dusty Rhodes led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .344. Dave Hillman topped Rock Hill with 20 wins, while John Graney and Tom Vines also added 15 or more victories also Dave Hillman recorded a 3.13 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1951 Rock Hill Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Hillman, Dusty Rhodes and Bob Mabe.

Dick Bouknight 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
Dave Hillman	20	10	.667	3.13	36						233.0	202	99	81	11	97
John Graney	16	10	.615	3.15	31						200.0	205	105	70	4	81
Tom Vines	15	8	.652	4.50	32						194.0	218	114	97	8	82
Eugene Tarabilda	14	9	.609	4.23	32						219.0	238	120	103	10	70
Elmer Tessin	8	7	.533	5.59	32						145.0	189	108	90	10	56
Bob Saban	8	8	.500	4.83	30						166.0	197	107	89	15	70
Bob Mabe	1	0	1.000	11.00	3						9.0	17	13	11		13
Jan Mandel					10						0.0
Totals	82	52	.612	4.18	206	0	0	0	0	0	1166.0	1266	666	541	58	469	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
Dusty Rhodes	135	529	529		182	38	10	31						.344	.344	.629	.974	333
John Smith	139	581	581		162	23	5	3						.279	.279	.351	.630	204
Hank Nasternak	125	476	476		161	17	4	7						.338	.338	.435	.773	207
Dean Padgett	120	474	474		144	14	4	13						.304	.304	.432	.736	205
Basil Butler	120	460	460		122	28	3	10						.265	.265	.404	.670	186
Dick Bouknight	93	316	316		114	26	0	1						.361	.361	.453	.813	143
Bob McKee	115	417	417		113	21	3	2						.271	.271	.350	.621	146
Hal Ivy	125	462	462		104	16	5	20						.225	.225	.411	.636	190
Bob Willard	103	309	309		84	17	4	4						.272	.272	.392	.663	121
Robert Slusarek	43	143	143		46	7	2	1						.322	.322	.420	.741	60
John LaPorta	43	121	121		24	2	4	0						.198	.198	.281	.479	34
John Graney	34	83	83		22	5	4	1						.265	.265	.458	.723	38
Elmer Tessin	32	55	55		19	4	0	0						.345	.345	.418	.764	23
Dave Hillman	51	87	87		19	0	0	0						.218	.218	.218	.437	19
Eugene Tarabilda	33	73	73		9	2	0	0						.123	.123	.151	.274	11
Edward Dubeshko	10	47	47		8	1	0	0						.170	.170	.191	.362	9
Tom Vines	32	70	70		7	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	7
Bob Saban	30	58	58		4	2	0	0						.069	.069	.103	.172	6
Jan Mandel	12	15	15		2	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Totals	1395	4776	4776	0	1346	223	48	93	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.407	.689	1944	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dave Hillman	P	36					.000
Tom Vines	P	32					.000
Elmer Tessin	P	32					.000
Eugene Tarabilda	P	32					.000
John Graney	P	31					.000
Bob Saban	P	30					.000
Jan Mandel	P	10					.000
Totals		203	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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