1951 Rome Colonels Statistics

Canadian-American League (CCL) - Class: C
Team Record: 46-71
Finished 5th in the CCL
Manager: Buck Etchison (46-71)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Rome, New York
Ballpark: Colonels Park
Attendance: 23,454, Avg. 401

1951 Rome Colonels Roster

The Rome Colonels of the Canadian-American League ended the 1951 season with a record of 46 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the CCL.

The Colonels scored 575 runs and surrendered 643 runs. Forrest Samson paced Rome with 14 home runs Buck Etchison drove in 65 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .275 average. Sal Arduini led the squad with 13 wins, while Bennie Kiburis registered a 3.62 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Eric MacKenzie and Buck Etchison both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Buck Etchison 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
Sal Arduini	13	9	.591	3.92	31	25		15	4		193.0	173	104	84		103		83	4	1	1
Robert Linskey	10	11	.476	4.36	33	22		8	1		163.0	155	89	79		90		69	8	3	6
Bennie Kiburis	10	16	.385	3.62	33	20		15	0		199.0	196	108	80		98		88	12	1	7
Ollie Byers	5	3	.625	2.81	16	6		2	1		48.0	53	31	15		16		24	0	0	1
John McLaughlin	2	3	.400		11						0.0
Robert Slayman	2	4	.333		14						0.0
David Bash	2	13	.133	4.50	33	17		3	0		148.0	159	98	74		110		58	4	1	5
Marion Scott	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Ray Lutz	1	6	.143	3.82	29	8		0	0		99.0	87	63	42		63		41	5	1	1
James Stevens	0	0			1						0.0
William McLaren	0				2						0.0
Frank Howlan	0				1						0.0
Tony Busco	0	0			1						0.0
Loren Wade	0	0			2						0.0
Norman Pollock	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Richard Fortune	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Theodore Strozyk	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Artie Siccardi	0	2	.000		11						0.0
Totals	46	70	.397	3.96	232	98	0	43	6	0	850.0	823	493	374	0	480	0	363	33	7	21	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
Buck Etchison	117	520	415	68	114	18	1	11	65	18		103	15	.275	.421	.402	.824	167		2	0
Lou Higgins	108	492	408	71	110	21	3	7	43	19		75	54	.270	.391	.387	.778	158		6	3
Raymond Luckett	115	488	420	57	103	21	6	6	56	9		59	63	.245	.342	.367	.709	154		3	6
Joseph Pancoe	90	378	312	56	94	12	1	8	52	15		62	42	.301	.422	.423	.845	132		3	1
Ron Esrang	112	481	390	51	81	17	1	0	43	17		83	54	.208	.348	.256	.605	100		1	7
Forrest Samson	73	320	260	50	78	14	1	14	61	4		58	35	.300	.428	.523	.951	136		0	2
Dick Ramsey	69	258	194	26	37	7	2	3	21	2		60	46	.191	.389	.294	.683	57		3	1
William Polubiatka	29	148	126	28	36	11	3	0	15	6		19	8	.286	.388	.421	.808	53		2	1
Sal Arduini	72	159	148	16	34	8	0	2	20	0		8	16	.230	.274	.324	.598	48		1	2
Richard Busby	34	137	117	16	28	8	1	0	18	4		20	14	.239	.350	.325	.675	38		0	0
Bennie Kiburis	43	104	87	12	25	3	0	2	18	0		13	24	.287	.380	.391	.771	34		0	4
Alfred Dinacci	30	101	91	13	24	1	1	0	7	3		8	11	.264	.330	.297	.627	27		1	1
Leon Molokie	21	95	86	16	22	5	0	0	11	2		8	6	.256	.319	.314	.633	27		0	1
Paul Simmons	17	58	50	9	17	2	2	0	7	1		8	14	.340	.431	.460	.891	23		0	0
Robert Linskey	38	70	60	12	13	1	0	0	3	0		7	22	.217	.309	.233	.542	14		1	2
Joseph Juliano	21	62	55	6	10	2	1	0	4	0		7	11	.182	.274	.255	.529	14		0	0
Stanley Hancock	18	72	63	5	10	2	0	0	3	0		9	6	.159	.264	.190	.454	12		0	0
Thomas Bransfield	13	47	44	4	9	0	1	0	2	1		1	5	.205	.239	.250	.489	11		1	1
James Metcalf	12	48	45	7	9	0	1	1	7	2		3	10	.200	.250	.311	.561	14		0	0
David Bash	38	66	60	3	9	2	0	0	2	1		6	25	.150	.227	.183	.411	11		0	0
Robert Miller	10	38	31	6	6	1	0	0	1	2		5	7	.194	.306	.226	.531	7		0	2
James Stevens	12	43	38	3	6	2	0	0	2	0		5	7	.158	.256	.211	.466	8		0	0
Ollie Byers	17	19	17	4	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	2	.294	.368	.353	.721	6		0	0
John McLaughlin	12	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	1
Eric MacKenzie	11	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.133	.235	.133	.369	2		1	0
Artie Siccardi	15	20	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	.125	.300	.125	.425	2		1	0
Ray Lutz	29	31	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	11	.074	.138	.074	.212	2		0	2
Robert Slayman	16	20	15	2	1	1	0	0	3	0		4	8	.067	.263	.133	.396	2		0	1
Totals	1192	4306	3603	547	889	160	25	54	467	106	0	639	525	.247	.364	.350	.714	1261	0	26	38	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Buck Etchison	1B	117	1036	86	25	99	.978	9.590
Louis Kramberg	1B	1						.000
Ron Esrang	2B	112	317	307	20	84	.969	5.571
Alfred Dinacci	2B	10	23	31	3	6	.947	5.400
Lou Higgins	3B	106	154	233	46	26	.894	3.651
Dick Ramsey	C	64	271	49	16	8	.952	5.000	5
Joseph Niro	C	23						.000
Paul Simmons	C	17	72	11	3	0	.965	4.882	0
Joseph Juliano	C	17	69	14	4	2	.954	4.882	0
Joseph Pancoe	OF	89	237	8	7	0	.972	2.753
Forrest Samson	OF	73	130	8	7	2	.952	1.890
William Polubiatka	OF	29	58	4	2	0	.969	2.138
Louis Kramberg	OF	29						.000
Richard Busby	OF	28	59	4	3	0	.955	2.250
Leon Molokie	OF	20	30	4	3	0	.919	1.700
Stanley Hancock	OF	18	19	1	1	0	.952	1.111
Sal Arduini	OF	13	12	0	0	0	1.000	.923
Joseph Niro	OF	11				0		.000
James Metcalf	OF	11	19	3	1	1	.957	2.000
Thomas Bransfield	OF	11	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.364
James Stevens	OF	10	13	1	2	1	.875	1.400
William McLaren	OF	5				0		.000
Robert Linskey	P	33	12	29	2	1	.953	1.242
Bennie Kiburis	P	33	16	50	3	2	.957	2.000
David Bash	P	33	6	39	4	4	.918	1.364
Sal Arduini	P	31	15	39	2	2	.964	1.742
Ray Lutz	P	29	0	15	0	0	1.000	.517
Ollie Byers	P	16	3	9	1	1	.923	.750
Robert Slayman	P	14	5	12	0	2	1.000	1.214
Artie Siccardi	P	11	0	6	0	0	1.000	.545
John McLaughlin	P	11	1	6	1	1	.875	.636
Marion Scott	P	4						.000
Norman Pollock	P	4						.000
Theodore Strozyk	P	3						.000
Richard Fortune	P	3						.000
Loren Wade	P	2						.000
William McLaren	P	2				0		.000
James Stevens	P	1						.000
Frank Howlan	P	1			0			.000
Tony Busco	P	1						.000
Raymond Luckett	SS	115	228	374	36	76	.944	5.235
Totals		1161	2819	1344	192	318	.956	3.586	5	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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