1951 Shreveport Sports Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 63-98
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Salty Parker (63-98)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 76,073, Avg. 945

1951 Shreveport Sports Roster

The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.

The Sports scored 615 runs and yielded 785 runs, most in the circuit. Grant Dunlap led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .324 clip. Jim Willis and Hugh Sooter topped Shreveport with 15 wins each, while Hugh Sooter recorded a 2.86 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1951 Shreveport Sports who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Henry, Grant Dunlap, Joe Szekely, Harry Elliott, Billy Muffett, Jackie Sullivan, Bobby Wilkins, Bill Tremel, Jim Willis and Chico García.

Salty Parker 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
Jim Willis	15	10	.600	3.65	53	22					212.0	208	107	86		123
Hugh Sooter	15	13	.536	2.86	46	25					236.0	225	85	75		81
Bill Henry	12	15	.444	4.44	42	33					229.0	210	131	113		125
Clifford Coggin	12	18	.400	3.59	43	31					256.0	213	118	102		172
Joe Budny	6	10	.375	4.28	42	22					181.0	206	105	86		96
Gale Pringle	1	1	.500	0.00	5	1					9.0	11				5
Ronald Lurk	1	5	.167	0.00	13	0					38.0	37				19
Bill Tremel	1	8	.111	5.08	18	9		2			62.0	62	42	35		33		20
Joe Payne	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
Howard Auman	0	0		0.00	10	0					17.0	25				16
Jim Burns	0	0		0.00	5	1					10.0	6				5
Junior Bunch	0	0		0.00	6	1					10.0	10				7
Bill Boyce	0	1	.000	0.00	2						10.0
Milton Marshall	0	1	.000	0.00	5	1					6.0	8				6
Billy Muffett	0	1	.000	2.25	4						8.0	7	8	2		12
Albert Point	0	2	.000	0.00	16	4					40.0	38				30
Donald Striegel	0	2	.000	0.00	3						6.0
Robert Brake	0	11	.000	5.57	20	8					76.0	107	63	47		32
Totals	63	98	.391	3.49	335	158	0	2	0	0	1408.0	1373	659	546	0	762	0	20	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
William Evans	154	618	618		171	21	5	1						.277	.277	.332	.608	205
Grant Dunlap	138	510	510		165	35	4	16						.324	.324	.502	.825	256
Fred Harrington	133	472	472		112	22	2	2						.237	.237	.305	.542	144
Bobby Wilkins	154	477	477		110	18	1	1						.231	.231	.279	.509	133
Vernon Petty	104	361	361		98	16	2	6						.271	.271	.377	.648	136
George Brown	96	338	338		84	15	3	6						.249	.249	.364	.612	123
Robert Belford	97	297	297		79	14	4	0						.266	.266	.340	.606	101
Bill Boyce	90	285	285		77	13	3	2						.270	.270	.358	.628	102
Neb Wilson	82	263	263		74	9	2	11						.281	.281	.456	.738	120
Alton McAfee	90	296	296		70	14	3	1						.236	.236	.314	.551	93
Thaddeus Bosiack	92	297	297		59	10	0	2						.199	.199	.253	.451	75
Chico García	77	235	235		57	10	1	0						.243	.243	.294	.536	69
Robert Nelson	69	200	200		49	5	2	0						.245	.245	.290	.535	58
Bill Henry	55	89	89		22	4	1	0						.247	.247	.315	.562	28
Frank Benites	36	90	90		19	2	0	4						.211	.211	.367	.578	33
Clifford Coggin	61	98	98		19	2	0	0						.194	.194	.214	.408	21
Joe Budny	42	52	52		10	0	0	3						.192	.192	.365	.558	19
Jim Willis	58	63	63		10	1	0	0						.159	.159	.175	.333	11
Hugh Sooter	46	73	73		10	1	0	0						.137	.137	.151	.288	11
Harry Elliott	6	21	21		9	4	0	0						.429	.429	.619	1.048	13
Leonard Morrison	11	25	25		6	1	0	0						.240	.240	.280	.520	7
Al Kubski	13	32	32		6	1	0	0						.188	.188	.219	.406	7
Jackie Sullivan	19	43	43		5	2	0	0						.116	.116	.163	.279	7
Robert Brake	21	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Ronald Lurk	13	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Joe Szekely	4	18	18		3									.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Cliff McClain	6	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Bill Tremel	19	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
J. W. Jones	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Howard Auman	10	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Gale Pringle	5	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Albert Point	16	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Milton Marshall	5	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Michael Hafenecker	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Burns	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Junior Bunch	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1838	5348	5348	0	1337	220	33	55	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.334	.584	1788	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Willis	P	53					.000
Hugh Sooter	P	46					.000
Clifford Coggin	P	44					.000
Bill Henry	P	42					.000
Joe Budny	P	42					.000
Robert Brake	P	20					.000
Bill Tremel	P	18					.000
Albert Point	P	16					.000
Ronald Lurk	P	13					.000
Howard Auman	P	10					.000
Totals		304	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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