1951 Roswell Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the LL
Manager: Alex Monchak (79-61)
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Ballpark: Fair Park Stadium
Attendance: 65,361, Avg. 934
Playoffs - Roswell Rockets 4 games, Big Spring Broncs 2
Finals - Odessa Oilers 4 games, Roswell Rockets 2
The Roswell Rockets of the Longhorn League ended the 1951 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the LL.
The Rockets led the circuit with 1157 runs. Roswell allowed 901 runs. Robert West paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .359. Dean Franks earned 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Jess Grimes added 15 or more wins, too Dean Franks recorded a 3.44 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Alex Monchak played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Roswell Rockets to do so.
Alex Monchak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Franks | 30 | 9 | .769 | 3.44 | 44 | 311.0 | 326 | 143 | 119 | 119 | ||||||||||||
| Jess Grimes | 15 | 8 | .652 | 5.97 | 33 | 187.0 | 265 | 160 | 124 | 153 | ||||||||||||
| Billy Hees | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.77 | 34 | 159.0 | 206 | 135 | 102 | 78 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Sawyer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.77 | 12 | 64.0 | 85 | 62 | 41 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Drake | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.89 | 21 | 98.0 | 133 | 99 | 75 | 70 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Morris | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.96 | 12 | 75.0 | 80 | 46 | 33 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Nicholas Buonato | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.32 | 6 | 38.0 | 43 | 18 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Arden Potter | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.00 | 8 | 31.0 | 49 | 36 | 31 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Walt Brickner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.35 | 4 | 17.0 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Mircovich | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.38 | 11 | 61.0 | 81 | 57 | 50 | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Atchley | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 10.0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Monchak | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Streegel | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Albert Shinn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence Hess | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.50 | 3 | 18.0 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Louis Stoops | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.11 | 6 | 19.0 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 54 | .575 | 5.25 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1099.0 | 1377 | 819 | 641 | 0 | 653 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cearley | 125 | 505 | 505 | 180 | 32 | 5 | 24 | .356 | .356 | .582 | .939 | 294 | |||||||||||
| Alex Monchak | 140 | 565 | 565 | 176 | 41 | 5 | 22 | .312 | .312 | .519 | .830 | 293 | |||||||||||
| Robert West | 122 | 471 | 471 | 169 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .359 | .359 | .437 | .796 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Gabby Dellis | 121 | 467 | 467 | 165 | 30 | 6 | 8 | .353 | .353 | .495 | .848 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Robert Souza | 138 | 529 | 529 | 145 | 21 | 5 | 7 | .274 | .274 | .372 | .647 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hill | 130 | 464 | 464 | 144 | 21 | 15 | 17 | .310 | .310 | .530 | .841 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Ray Sanders | 132 | 505 | 505 | 138 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .273 | .273 | .368 | .642 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Edward Whitney | 73 | 296 | 296 | 103 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .348 | .348 | .497 | .845 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Edward Kenna | 70 | 271 | 271 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .303 | .303 | .417 | .720 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Jess Grimes | 75 | 174 | 174 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .368 | .368 | .489 | .856 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Dean Franks | 81 | 192 | 192 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .297 | .297 | .438 | .734 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Carl Hayes | 35 | 118 | 118 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .288 | .500 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Bill Scopetone | 16 | 67 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .373 | .627 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Walt Brickner | 14 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .319 | .319 | .532 | .851 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Billy Hees | 37 | 62 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .258 | .452 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Sawyer | 12 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .310 | .621 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Morris | 14 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ray Drake | 23 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .162 | .297 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Arden Potter | 10 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .471 | .706 | 8 | |||||||||||
| John Grove | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mircovich | 14 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Louis Stoops | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John Mazur | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nicholas Buonato | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Albert Shinn | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Hess | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Streegel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Atchley | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1413 | 4919 | 4919 | 0 | 1529 | 292 | 57 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .311 | .311 | .453 | .764 | 2229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Franks | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Hees | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Drake | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Sawyer | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Morris | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mircovich | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Arden Potter | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Stoops | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Nicholas Buonato | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Atchley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Lawrence Hess | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Streegel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Shinn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 164 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
