1951 Superior Blues Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 61-59
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Buster Mills (61-59)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Superior Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 49,703, Avg. 828

1951 Superior Blues Roster

Playoffs - Eau Claire Bears 1 game, Superior Blues 1 - Eau Claire declared winner after five successive rain postponements and Superior cancelled the series

The Superior Blues of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 61 wins and 59 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Blues plated 668 runs and yielded 616 runs. Dan Phalen led batters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Garland Brill topped Superior with 14 wins, while Paul Buckhout recorded a 2.94 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Buster Mills 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
Garland Brill	14	8	.636	3.94	28						169.0	152	102	74	11	94
Paul Buckhout	12	8	.600	2.94	36						141.0	133	68	46	3	74
Robert Mueller	12	9	.571	3.38	29						197.0	184	97	74	3	71
Don Ehlers	5	5	.500	4.34	14						85.0	75	53	41	4	59
Bob Simpson	4	4	.500	3.60	12						70.0	66	39	28	1	40
Russell Miller	4	7	.364	4.64	20						97.0	79	68	50	0	108
Charles Walker	3	4	.429	4.98	22						103.0	96	77	57	3	82
Gerald Speck	1	6	.143	3.57	8						53.0	47	24	21	0	21
Edward Wilson					11						0.0
Totals	55	51	.519	3.85	180	0	0	0	0	0	915.0	832	528	391	25	549	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
Dan Phalen	118	460	460		154	26	6	15						.335	.335	.515	.850	237
Mervin Holbeck	121	474	474		131	30	6	2						.276	.276	.378	.654	179
Terry Thomas	106	423	423		124	24	10	2						.293	.293	.411	.704	174
Arthur Morgan	116	399	399		102	12	6	2						.256	.256	.331	.586	132
Dick Anderson	81	308	308		74	8	2	2						.240	.240	.299	.539	92
Chester Gugala	68	229	229		66	13	0	4						.288	.288	.397	.686	91
Russ Lichti	57	207	207		65	16	4	1						.314	.314	.444	.758	92
Allen Nordgren	91	272	272		57	9	2	4						.210	.210	.301	.511	82
Marty Kaelin	56	205	205		44	3	0	0						.215	.215	.229	.444	47
Frank Ensley	34	101	101		21	1	0	0						.208	.208	.218	.426	22
Donald Butler	29	95	95		20	5	1	0						.211	.211	.284	.495	27
Jacob Charter	19	72	72		19	2	0	0						.264	.264	.292	.556	21
James Janacone	17	66	66		18	3	2	1						.273	.273	.424	.697	28
Bruno Botti	25	74	74		16	0	1	2						.216	.216	.324	.541	24
William Reardon	12	42	42		10	2	0	1						.238	.238	.357	.595	15
Crawford Neal	18	43	43		9	1	1	0						.209	.209	.279	.488	12
Charles Walker	27	52	52		9	1	0	1						.173	.173	.250	.423	13
Garland Brill	28	54	54		9	2	1	0						.167	.167	.241	.407	13
Donald Wysopal	24	50	50		8	2	0	0						.160	.160	.200	.360	10
Robert Mueller	29	63	63		8	0	0	0						.127	.127	.127	.254	8
Russell Miller	20	31	31		7	0	0	0						.226	.226	.226	.452	7
Don Ehlers	14	30	30		6	1	0	0						.200	.200	.233	.433	7
Paul Buckhout	36	49	49		6	0	0	0						.122	.122	.122	.245	6
Robert Vidimus	10	25	25		5	2	0	1						.200	.200	.400	.600	10
Bob Simpson	13	30	30		4	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	4
Thomas Pritchard	15	42	42		4	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	4
Edward Wilson	11	14	14		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1195	3910	3910	0	996	163	42	38	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.347	.602	1357	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Paul Buckhout	P	36					.000
Robert Mueller	P	29					.000
Garland Brill	P	28					.000
Charles Walker	P	22					.000
Russell Miller	P	20					.000
Don Ehlers	P	14					.000
Bob Simpson	P	12					.000
Edward Wilson	P	11					.000
Totals		172	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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