1951 Vernon Dusters Statistics
Team Record: 67-71
Finished 6th in the LL
Manager: Joe Berry (0-0), Homer Matney (0-0)
Location: Vernon, Texas
Ballpark: Wilbarger Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 36,686, Avg. 532
The Vernon Dusters of the Longhorn League ended the 1951 season with a record of 67 wins and 71 losses, finishing sixth in the LL.
The Dusters tallied 849 runs and surrendered 823 runs. Johnny Follis led batters with significant playing time by hitting .341. Albert Richardson topped Vernon with 19 wins, while Marshall Epperson also added 15 or more victories also Marshall Epperson earned a 3.66 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Joe Berry played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Vernon Dusters to do so.
Joe Berry and Homer Matney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Richardson | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3.86 | 28 | 217.0 | 251 | 132 | 93 | 49 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall Epperson | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.66 | 42 | 231.0 | 182 | 127 | 94 | 151 | ||||||||||||
| Stanley Grzywacz | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.50 | 30 | 170.0 | 194 | 113 | 85 | 93 | ||||||||||||
| Lloyd Trip | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.82 | 12 | 56.0 | 59 | 38 | 30 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Berry | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.75 | 8 | 24.0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| John Reimold | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.95 | 7 | 22.0 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Arthur Herring | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.35 | 8 | 34.0 | 47 | 26 | 24 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Donald Straub | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.38 | 6 | 39.0 | 51 | 26 | 19 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Audie Malone | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.50 | 27 | 108.0 | 153 | 78 | 54 | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Homer Matney | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Shipman | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Elton Dial | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Preston | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Terry | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| James Callaghan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 53 | .495 | 4.22 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 918.0 | 1007 | 588 | 430 | 0 | 446 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Follis | 137 | 536 | 536 | 183 | 26 | 13 | 7 | .341 | .341 | .478 | .819 | 256 | |||||||||||
| John Reimold | 133 | 567 | 567 | 168 | 32 | 2 | 11 | .296 | .296 | .418 | .714 | 237 | |||||||||||
| James Hardin | 132 | 540 | 540 | 166 | 34 | 10 | 5 | .307 | .307 | .435 | .743 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Leon English | 138 | 515 | 515 | 137 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .266 | .266 | .342 | .608 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Herring | 129 | 442 | 442 | 108 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .244 | .244 | .308 | .552 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Louis Ehlinger | 112 | 380 | 380 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .313 | .587 | 119 | |||||||||||
| William Herring | 55 | 215 | 215 | 79 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .367 | .367 | .488 | .856 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Albert Richardson | 66 | 176 | 176 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .341 | .341 | .409 | .750 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Grzywacz | 74 | 217 | 217 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .295 | .553 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Audie Malone | 47 | 127 | 127 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .354 | .630 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Jack Crowe | 27 | 104 | 104 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .375 | .663 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Albert Gulvas | 34 | 123 | 123 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .285 | .520 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Homer Matney | 34 | 107 | 107 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .271 | .505 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Epperson | 45 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .319 | .551 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Elton Dial | 21 | 57 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .298 | .509 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Donald Straub | 7 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .312 | .625 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joe Berry | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Trip | 10 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Callaghan | 8 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Tuttle | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Larry Lattimore | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Brown | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Verucchi | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Raines | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Shipman | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rodney Herring | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Epperson | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| George Ballew | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1249 | 4308 | 4308 | 0 | 1228 | 179 | 49 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .285 | .374 | .659 | 1610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Epperson | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Audie Malone | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Trip | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Berry | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Straub | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Shipman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 97 | 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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