1951 Sioux Falls Canaries Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 46-75
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Lee Eilbracht (0-0), Richard Lloyd (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Howard Wood Field
Attendance: 50,466, Avg. 834

1951 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster

The Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 46 wins and 75 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Canaries plated 547 runs and yielded 676 runs. Daniel Lobitz led hitters with significant playing time with a .297 average. Chuck Jorgensen topped Sioux Falls with 10 wins, while George Judkins registered a 3.18 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Don Elston played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sioux Falls Canaries to do so.

Lee Eilbracht and Richard Lloyd 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
Chuck Jorgensen	10	13	.435	4.71	29						168.0	161	115	88	8	138
George Judkins	8	12	.400	3.18	24						147.0	139	68	52	5	52
Lewis Gisinger	8	14	.364	3.75	25						173.0	182	93	72	10	70
Don Elston	7	8	.467	4.36	22						130.0	134	76	63	4	66
Pat Brosnan	4	5	.444	4.70	13						69.0	86	49	36	1	34
Jack Conrad	3	7	.300	4.79	17						92.0	118	59	49	2	36
Joe Farmer	2	7	.222	5.25	27						120.0	143	100	70	12	57
Bud McClure					10						0.0
Totals	42	66	.389	4.30	167	0	0	0	0	0	899.0	963	560	430	42	453	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
Bobby Howard	121	456	456		120	23	5	8						.263	.263	.388	.651	177
Daniel Lobitz	98	347	347		103	13	2	6						.297	.297	.398	.695	138
John Rennicke	92	332	332		86	13	2	1						.259	.259	.319	.578	106
Bob Mather	89	312	312		81	10	1	1						.260	.260	.308	.567	96
Lee Eilbracht	98	270	270		71	14	3	9						.263	.263	.437	.700	118
William Courtney	84	291	291		69	8	1	2						.237	.237	.292	.529	85
Dick Wright	59	212	212	25	49	5	1	3	25	3				.231	.231	.307	.538	65
Richard Lloyd	46	168	168		48	12	2	2						.286	.286	.417	.702	70
Sam Wattles	58	194	194		47	6	1	2						.242	.242	.314	.557	61
Robert Murray	58	187	187		45	12	0	5						.241	.241	.385	.626	72
Roy Hollingshead	39	146	146		38	3	1	0						.260	.260	.295	.555	43
Hank Paskiewicz	33	133	133		29	7	0	1						.218	.218	.293	.511	39
Philip Costa	29	104	104		26	2	0	3						.250	.250	.356	.606	37
Joe Farmer	51	90	90		22	2	2	0						.244	.244	.311	.556	28
Arnold Green	21	86	86		21	3	1	0						.244	.244	.302	.547	26
Chuck Jorgensen	36	68	68		17	2	0	0						.250	.250	.279	.529	19
Gary Hicks	33	111	111		17	6	0	1						.153	.153	.234	.387	26
Joseph Banicki	16	53	53		12	1	0	1						.226	.226	.302	.528	16
Richard Marrs	12	37	37		9	2	0	0						.243	.243	.297	.541	11
Don Elston	25	50	50		9	0	0	0						.180	.180	.180	.360	9
Lewis Gisinger	27	52	52		9	0	0	0						.173	.173	.173	.346	9
John Tabor	13	40	40		7	2	0	0						.175	.175	.225	.400	9
George Judkins	24	46	46		7	1	1	0						.152	.152	.217	.370	10
Pat Brosnan	17	30	30		5	2	0	0						.167	.167	.233	.400	7
Jack Conrad	18	38	38		3	0	0	0						.079	.079	.079	.158	3
Bud McClure	17	10	10		1	1	0	0						.100	.100	.200	.300	2
Totals	1214	3863	3863	25	951	150	23	45	25	3	0	0	0	.246	.246	.332	.578	1282	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Chuck Jorgensen	P	29					.000
Joe Farmer	P	27					.000
Lewis Gisinger	P	25					.000
George Judkins	P	24					.000
Don Elston	P	22					.000
Jack Conrad	P	17					.000
Pat Brosnan	P	13					.000
Bud McClure	P	10					.000
Totals		167	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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