1951 Tacoma Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 63-82
Finished 6th in the WIL
Manager: Jim Brillheart (63-82)
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 42,463, Avg. 586
The Tacoma Tigers of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 63 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the WIL.
The Tigers tallied 699 runs and allowed 700 runs. Butch Moran drove in 103 runs. John Kovenz led hitters with significant playing time with a .315 average. Garry Clark topped the team with 16 wins, while Hal Dodeward recorded a 3.42 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Vince DiMaggio and Jim Brillheart both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Brillheart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Clark | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.61 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 247.0 | 240 | 111 | 99 | 3 | 83 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Tom Kipp | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.57 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 185.0 | 200 | 109 | 94 | 1 | 89 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Mel Knezovich | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.34 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 170.0 | 180 | 96 | 82 | 6 | 111 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Bob Schulte | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4.88 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 199.0 | 189 | 114 | 108 | 2 | 164 | 150 | 15 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Hal Dodeward | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.42 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 129.0 | 117 | 62 | 49 | 0 | 75 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Joe Mishasek | 29 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brillheart | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manny Fierro | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 58 | .473 | 4.14 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 938.0 | 926 | 492 | 432 | 12 | 522 | 0 | 433 | 40 | 5 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Moran | 145 | 617 | 570 | 90 | 178 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 103 | 8 | 44 | 59 | .312 | .363 | .433 | .796 | 247 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| John Kovenz | 139 | 614 | 531 | 104 | 167 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 26 | 58 | 50 | .315 | .390 | .443 | .833 | 235 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| Jose Bache | 140 | 573 | 505 | 54 | 139 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 9 | 49 | 13 | .275 | .352 | .323 | .675 | 163 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Solomon Israel | 133 | 574 | 469 | 88 | 130 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 52 | 6 | 89 | 72 | .277 | .395 | .409 | .804 | 192 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Mike Catron | 137 | 566 | 485 | 71 | 130 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 66 | 34 | .268 | .364 | .301 | .665 | 146 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Merv Dubbers | 129 | 489 | 416 | 54 | 113 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 62 | 44 | .272 | .369 | .346 | .715 | 144 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Marion Watson | 84 | 284 | 262 | 21 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 32 | .279 | .332 | .332 | .664 | 87 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Vince DiMaggio | 74 | 298 | 236 | 35 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 6 | 59 | 41 | .225 | .384 | .356 | .740 | 84 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Don Lundberg | 76 | 241 | 214 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 26 | 32 | .229 | .312 | .313 | .626 | 67 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Scherting | 39 | 145 | 138 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 18 | .275 | .310 | .413 | .723 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Schulte | 46 | 88 | 76 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .237 | .301 | .250 | .551 | 19 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Garry Clark | 49 | 100 | 82 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .183 | .264 | .232 | .495 | 19 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Mel Knezovich | 47 | 71 | 56 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .161 | .299 | .179 | .477 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Hal Dodeward | 19 | 51 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .182 | .234 | .227 | .461 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Lee Smith | 11 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .233 | .281 | .333 | .615 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tom Kipp | 31 | 75 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .115 | .169 | .131 | .300 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Charles Funk | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmie McDaniel | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Guzman Amador | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1331 | 4857 | 4208 | 610 | 1140 | 163 | 60 | 27 | 560 | 71 | 0 | 515 | 495 | .271 | .356 | .357 | .713 | 1504 | 0 | 38 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Moran | 1B | 144 | 1273 | 80 | 16 | 148 | .988 | 9.396 | ||||
| Merv Dubbers | 2B | 122 | 331 | 374 | 25 | 79 | .966 | 5.779 | ||||
| Jose Bache | 2B | 16 | 38 | 44 | 2 | 14 | .976 | 5.125 | ||||
| Mike Catron | 3B | 120 | 136 | 202 | 14 | 21 | .960 | 2.817 | ||||
| Don Lundberg | C | 69 | 250 | 45 | 12 | 7 | .961 | 4.275 | 5 | |||
| Marion Watson | C | 66 | 244 | 28 | 12 | 3 | .958 | 4.121 | 11 | |||
| John Kovenz | OF | 136 | 247 | 18 | 12 | 2 | .957 | 1.949 | ||||
| Solomon Israel | OF | 121 | 279 | 25 | 4 | 5 | .987 | 2.512 | ||||
| Vince DiMaggio | OF | 72 | 122 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .977 | 1.806 | ||||
| Harry Scherting | OF | 36 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .935 | 1.611 | ||||
| Garry Clark | P | 44 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.159 | ||||
| Mel Knezovich | P | 43 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 1 | .931 | 1.256 | ||||
| Bob Schulte | P | 38 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Kipp | P | 31 | 11 | 51 | 3 | 3 | .954 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Mishasek | P | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Dodeward | P | 19 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.579 | ||||
| Jose Bache | SS | 127 | 257 | 411 | 17 | 86 | .975 | 5.260 | ||||
| Totals | 1233 | 3278 | 1446 | 128 | 379 | .974 | 3.831 | 16 | 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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