1951 San Jose Red Sox Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-67
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Marv Owen (80-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 86,244, Avg. 1,173

1951 San Jose Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Visalia Cubs 3 games, San Jose Red Sox 1

The San Jose Red Sox of the California League ended the 1951 season with a record of 80 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Red Sox plated 778 runs and conceded 708 runs. Edward Sobczak paced all regular batters by hitting .313. Stan McWilliams earned 23 wins on the mound for San Jose, while Jack Heinen, too added 15 or more wins, too Stan McWilliams registered a 2.55 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1951 San Jose Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ken Aspromonte, Troy Herriage, Al Schroll and Joe Stephenson.

Marv Owen 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
Stan McWilliams	23	10	.697	2.55	39	30					258.0	220	94	73		107
Jack Heinen	17	7	.708	2.81	33	28					224.0	184	109	70		127
Marv Eyre	13	13	.500	4.04	37	20					207.0	195	110	93		120
George Storti	10	8	.556	3.70	30	19					158.0	134	93	65		130
Al Curtis	9	13	.409	4.66	37	19					166.0	113	100	86		141
Red Whitson	3	6	.333	4.62	13	11					76.0	61	51	39		57
Al Schroll	2	7	.222	5.47	20	15					97.0	86	79	59		84
Troy Herriage	1	1	.500	5.91	12						32.0	35	26	21		22
Arthur Camara					19						0.0
Don Barnett	0	2	.000	4.80	2						15.0			8
Totals	78	67	.538	3.75	242	142	0	0	0	0	1233.0	1028	662	514	0	788	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
Edward Sobczak	147	578	578		181	29	9	25						.313	.313	.524	.837	303
Harold Buckwalter	116	498	498		150	21	15	2						.301	.301	.416	.717	207
Jack Kinney	123	499	499		144	17	4	9						.289	.289	.393	.681	196
Al Van Alstyne	113	440	440		134	23	10	8						.305	.305	.457	.761	201
Ken Aspromonte	93	348	348		104	14	2	7						.299	.299	.411	.710	143
Mel Stein	68	258	258		80	9	5	2						.310	.310	.407	.717	105
Dick Pedrotti	71	271	271		79	17	2	13						.292	.292	.513	.804	139
Joe Stephenson	74	227	227		60	13	0	4						.264	.264	.374	.639	85
Lou Tamone	50	185	185		59	6	2	0						.319	.319	.373	.692	69
Syl McNinch	71	262	262		54	11	1	3						.206	.206	.290	.496	76
Sylvan Lucas	86	224	224		39	9	0	3						.174	.174	.254	.429	57
Frank Volpi	41	127	127		32	4	0	0						.252	.252	.283	.535	36
Marv Eyre	53	97	97		29	2	0	0						.299	.299	.320	.619	31
E. J. Buck	31	101	101		28	4	1	1						.277	.277	.366	.644	37
Ernie Sierra	41	132	132		27	1	0	0						.205	.205	.212	.417	28
George Storti	41	82	82		19	3	0	0						.232	.232	.268	.500	22
Floyd Warr	47	111	111		17	2	0	0						.153	.153	.171	.324	19
Jack Heinen	34	75	75		14	1	1	1						.187	.187	.267	.453	20
Al Curtis	37	54	54		12	1	1	0						.222	.222	.278	.500	15
Bill Kahler	20	72	72		11	1	1	1						.153	.153	.236	.389	17
Stan McWilliams	39	76	76		10	2	0	0						.132	.132	.158	.289	12
Melvin Reeves	12	33	33		9	1	0	1						.273	.273	.394	.667	13
Stanley Roseboro	12	31	31		6	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.387	6
Al Schroll	20	33	33		6	1	1	0						.182	.182	.273	.455	9
Howard Cluff	10	19	19		5	1	0	0						.263	.263	.316	.579	6
Ronald Root	11	20	20		5	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	5
Red Whitson	15	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Arthur Camara	23	14	14		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Troy Herriage	12	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1511	4901	4901	0	1317	193	55	80	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.380	.648	1860	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stan McWilliams	P	39					.000
Marv Eyre	P	37					.000
Al Curtis	P	37					.000
Jack Heinen	P	33					.000
George Storti	P	30					.000
Al Schroll	P	20					.000
Arthur Camara	P	19					.000
Red Whitson	P	13					.000
Troy Herriage	P	12					.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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