
1951 San Antonio Missions Statistics
Team Record: 86-75
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (86-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 180,577, Avg. 2,243
Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 4 games, Dallas Eagles 3
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, San Antonio Missions 0
The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 86 wins and 75 losses, finishing second in the TL.
The Missions led the league with 780 runs, spearheaded by 98 home runs. San Antonio allowed 720 runs. Mickey Rutner paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .308 average. Bob Turley topped the squad with 20 wins, while Tommy Fine, too added 15 or more wins, too Tommy Fine recorded a 2.94 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1951 San Antonio Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Biscan, Joe Lutz, Darrell Johnson, Jack Bruner, Ed Albrecht, Babe Martin, Carl Powis, Pete Taylor, Tommy Fine, Hillis Layne, Joe Frazier, Jim Dyck, Mickey Rutner, Bobby Balcena, Billy DeMars, George Hausmann, Frank Mancuso, Bobby Herrera, Bob Turley, Roy Sievers, Austin Knickerbocker and Andy Anderson.
Jo-Jo White 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Turley | 20 | 8 | .714 | 2.96 | 34 | 33 | 268.0 | 236 | 109 | 88 | 142 | |||||||||||
Tommy Fine | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.94 | 33 | 30 | 239.0 | 252 | 93 | 78 | 62 | |||||||||||
Homer Gibson | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.74 | 48 | 0 | 106.0 | 94 | 52 | 44 | 44 | |||||||||||
Bill Elbert | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.14 | 24 | 21 | 146.0 | 150 | 59 | 51 | 73 | |||||||||||
John Pavlick | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.39 | 31 | 18 | 164.0 | 174 | 102 | 80 | 85 | |||||||||||
John O'Donnell | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.66 | 24 | 8 | 145.0 | 171 | 86 | 75 | 46 | |||||||||||
Pete Taylor | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.16 | 12 | 10 | 77.0 | 66 | 31 | 27 | 43 | |||||||||||
Donald Robertson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.62 | 16 | 11 | 92.0 | 114 | 48 | 37 | 35 | |||||||||||
Bobby Herrera | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.58 | 13 | 7 | 53.0 | 55 | 33 | 27 | 27 | |||||||||||
Billy Hyde | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 8 | |||||||||
Ed Albrecht | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.53 | 19 | 7 | 57.0 | 61 | 40 | 35 | 52 | |||||||||||
Irvin Tassin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Frank Biscan | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0.00 | 8 | 3 | 19.0 | 23 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Austin Knickerbocker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Freels | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jack Bruner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 18.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 86 | 75 | .534 | 3.47 | 284 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1426.0 | 1427 | 664 | 550 | 0 | 640 | 0 | 8 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Dyck | 161 | 587 | 587 | 167 | 30 | 3 | 27 | .284 | .284 | .484 | .768 | 284 | |||||||||||
Omer Tolson | 143 | 532 | 532 | 160 | 29 | 12 | 7 | .301 | .301 | .440 | .741 | 234 | |||||||||||
Mickey Rutner | 139 | 517 | 517 | 159 | 29 | 5 | 8 | .308 | .308 | .429 | .737 | 222 | |||||||||||
Bobby Balcena | 141 | 533 | 533 | 145 | 26 | 6 | 9 | .272 | .272 | .394 | .666 | 210 | |||||||||||
Babe Martin | 147 | 487 | 487 | 127 | 29 | 4 | 14 | .261 | .261 | .423 | .684 | 206 | |||||||||||
George Hausmann | 138 | 439 | 439 | 105 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .280 | .519 | 123 | |||||||||||
Billy DeMars | 129 | 408 | 408 | 100 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .245 | .245 | .311 | .556 | 127 | |||||||||||
Austin Knickerbocker | 118 | 306 | 306 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 14 | .235 | .235 | .405 | .641 | 124 | |||||||||||
John O'Donnell | 83 | 241 | 241 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .340 | .614 | 82 | |||||||||||
Danny Baich | 68 | 207 | 207 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .256 | .256 | .338 | .594 | 70 | |||||||||||
Darrell Johnson | 49 | 169 | 169 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .266 | .266 | .379 | .645 | 64 | |||||||||||
Roy Sievers | 39 | 138 | 138 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .297 | .297 | .413 | .710 | 57 | |||||||||||
Juan Perez | 63 | 144 | 144 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .306 | .528 | 44 | |||||||||||
Joe Lutz | 36 | 120 | 120 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .350 | .550 | 42 | |||||||||||
Tommy Fine | 35 | 87 | 87 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | 27 | |||||||||||
Bob Turley | 34 | 93 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .204 | .204 | .258 | .462 | 24 | |||||||||||
Joe Frazier | 25 | 73 | 73 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .342 | .575 | 25 | |||||||||||
Frank Mancuso | 21 | 63 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .397 | .619 | 25 | |||||||||||
John Pavlick | 31 | 55 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 11 | |||||||||||
Bill Elbert | 30 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .204 | .388 | 10 | |||||||||||
Ed Albrecht | 19 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .438 | .438 | .562 | 1.000 | 9 | |||||||||||
Pete Taylor | 12 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .444 | 7 | |||||||||||
Hillis Layne | 10 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .276 | .448 | 8 | |||||||||||
Billy Hyde | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Homer Gibson | 52 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .138 | .241 | 4 | |||||||||||
Bobby Herrera | 13 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
Jack Bruner | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Donald Robertson | 16 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .036 | .036 | .036 | .071 | 1 | |||||||||||
Frank Biscan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Irvin Tassin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Andy Anderson | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Carl Powis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1787 | 5421 | 5421 | 0 | 1413 | 247 | 46 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .377 | .638 | 2046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Homer Gibson | P | 52 | .000 | |||||
Bob Turley | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Tommy Fine | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
John Pavlick | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
Bill Elbert | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Ed Albrecht | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Donald Robertson | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Bobby Herrera | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Pete Taylor | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Billy Hyde | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 240 | 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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