1951 Tri-City Braves Statistics
Team Record: 58-87
Finished 8th in the WIL
Manager: Charles Petersen (58-87)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Tri-City Stadium
Attendance: 64,599, Avg. 891
The Tri-City Braves of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 58 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the WIL.
The Braves scored 690 runs and allowed 851 runs, most in the circuit. Buddy Peterson led Tri-City with 13 home runs and accounted for 95 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .331. Lou McCollum topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.02 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Buddy Peterson and Jack Brewer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Charles Petersen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou McCollum | 14 | 16 | .467 | 4.02 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 242.0 | 287 | 141 | 108 | 14 | 62 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Robert Costello | 8 | 14 | .364 | 5.23 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 179.0 | 229 | 133 | 104 | 9 | 107 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Dick Stone | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.35 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 124.0 | 150 | 76 | 60 | 7 | 67 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Joe Nicholas | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.27 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 135.0 | 153 | 80 | 64 | 3 | 61 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Augusto Zande | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.67 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 146.0 | 191 | 103 | 92 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Cy Greenlaw | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.48 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 138.0 | 166 | 100 | 84 | 4 | 75 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Jack Brewer | 4 | 13 | .235 | 5.79 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 112.0 | 158 | 84 | 72 | 8 | 33 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Kenneth Michelson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.64 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 83 | 69 | 59 | 6 | 63 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sam Castro | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 55 | 83 | .399 | 5.01 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 1156.0 | 1417 | 786 | 643 | 58 | 509 | 0 | 458 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Spaeter | 140 | 653 | 581 | 97 | 179 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 65 | 37 | .308 | .380 | .368 | .748 | 214 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Vic Buccola | 145 | 669 | 552 | 102 | 162 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 11 | 99 | 63 | .293 | .405 | .435 | .839 | 240 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Buddy Peterson | 127 | 560 | 483 | 98 | 160 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 95 | 11 | 69 | 28 | .331 | .419 | .522 | .941 | 252 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Neil Bryant | 136 | 590 | 537 | 65 | 156 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 46 | 34 | .291 | .349 | .339 | .688 | 182 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Clint Cameron | 140 | 601 | 482 | 74 | 148 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 90 | 0 | 111 | 38 | .307 | .441 | .442 | .882 | 213 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Nick Pesut | 133 | 537 | 497 | 45 | 129 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 34 | 30 | .260 | .311 | .314 | .625 | 156 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| William Edelstein | 122 | 478 | 416 | 47 | 101 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 55 | 70 | .243 | .333 | .312 | .645 | 130 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Sam Kanelos | 79 | 325 | 287 | 50 | 87 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 40 | .303 | .379 | .422 | .800 | 121 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Arthur Wilson | 44 | 175 | 142 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 30 | 7 | .261 | .393 | .338 | .731 | 48 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Petersen | 40 | 122 | 106 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 6 | .283 | .377 | .368 | .745 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cy Greenlaw | 65 | 173 | 147 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 48 | .204 | .324 | .327 | .650 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou McCollum | 35 | 114 | 100 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .270 | .330 | .330 | .660 | 33 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Kenneth Michelson | 56 | 127 | 121 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 46 | .190 | .228 | .281 | .509 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ruben Navarro | 19 | 61 | 49 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .347 | .467 | .469 | .936 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Brewer | 24 | 46 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .256 | .289 | .279 | .568 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Nicholas | 26 | 64 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .172 | .213 | .224 | .437 | 13 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Augusto Zande | 31 | 67 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .161 | .175 | .177 | .352 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Stone | 33 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .137 | .154 | .157 | .311 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Castro | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .357 | .429 | .786 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clayton Berriesford | 18 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .147 | .293 | .147 | .440 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Costello | 32 | 76 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 38 | .082 | .164 | .098 | .263 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Totals | 1455 | 5546 | 4823 | 677 | 1339 | 217 | 53 | 44 | 622 | 50 | 0 | 627 | 558 | .278 | .364 | .372 | .736 | 1794 | 0 | 26 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Buccola | 1B | 145 | 1183 | 94 | 12 | 127 | .991 | 8.807 | ||||
| Al Spaeter | 2B | 139 | 392 | 373 | 27 | 99 | .966 | 5.504 | ||||
| Sam Kanelos | 3B | 71 | 79 | 145 | 19 | 10 | .922 | 3.155 | ||||
| Neil Bryant | 3B | 55 | 73 | 109 | 18 | 15 | .910 | 3.309 | ||||
| Clint Cameron | 3B | 28 | 16 | 63 | 3 | 4 | .963 | 2.821 | ||||
| Nick Pesut | C | 133 | 512 | 71 | 14 | 14 | .977 | 4.383 | 5 | |||
| William Edelstein | OF | 121 | 395 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .976 | 3.322 | ||||
| Clint Cameron | OF | 104 | 169 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .973 | 1.721 | ||||
| Neil Bryant | OF | 71 | 136 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 2.070 | ||||
| Arthur Wilson | OF | 39 | 93 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 2.615 | ||||
| Charles Petersen | OF | 27 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.963 | ||||
| Cy Greenlaw | OF | 25 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 2.080 | ||||
| Kenneth Michelson | OF | 24 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Ruben Navarro | OF | 18 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 2.056 | ||||
| Dick Stone | P | 32 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .781 | ||||
| Lou McCollum | P | 32 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Robert Costello | P | 32 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .750 | ||||
| Augusto Zande | P | 27 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .889 | ||||
| Kenneth Michelson | P | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .760 | ||||
| Cy Greenlaw | P | 24 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .870 | .833 | ||||
| Jack Brewer | P | 23 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .783 | ||||
| Joe Nicholas | P | 21 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.619 | ||||
| Sam Castro | P | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .786 | 1.100 | ||||
| Buddy Peterson | SS | 125 | 242 | 396 | 31 | 89 | .954 | 5.104 | ||||
| Totals | 1351 | 3513 | 1456 | 173 | 382 | .966 | 3.678 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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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