1951 Waycross Bears Statistics
Team Record: 70-55
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: Fred Williams (70-55)
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 54,448, Avg. 871
Playoffs - Waycross Bears 4 games, Albany Cardinals 0
Finals - Waycross Bears 4 games, Tifton Blue Sox 1
The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1951 season with a record of 70 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the GGL.
The Bears scored 671 runs and surrendered 603 runs. Jack Caro topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .298. Harry Raulerson led Waycross with 22 wins and a team-best 1.99 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Fred Williams and Taylor Phillips both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Fred Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Raulerson | 22 | 10 | .688 | 1.99 | 35 | 290.0 | 243 | 100 | 64 | 89 | ||||||||||||
| Herb Reeves | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.79 | 26 | 171.0 | 154 | 87 | 72 | 79 | ||||||||||||
| Taylor Phillips | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.26 | 32 | 167.0 | 110 | 105 | 79 | 162 | ||||||||||||
| Roger Sappenfield | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.21 | 16 | 102.0 | 70 | 38 | 25 | 65 | ||||||||||||
| Kenneth Munroe | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.69 | 24 | 77.0 | 65 | 38 | 23 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| George Bethea | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.03 | 20 | 76.0 | 82 | 49 | 34 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Richard Miller | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.98 | 15 | 47.0 | 47 | 52 | 26 | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Roy Ellis | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.98 | 13 | 47.0 | 42 | 42 | 26 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 49 | .574 | 3.21 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 977.0 | 813 | 511 | 349 | 0 | 560 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Williams | 120 | 465 | 465 | 137 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .353 | .647 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Jack Caro | 115 | 426 | 426 | 127 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .366 | .664 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Charles Webb | 123 | 424 | 424 | 120 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .283 | .283 | .387 | .670 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Bledsoe | 125 | 448 | 448 | 117 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .324 | .585 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Luther Brinson | 114 | 411 | 411 | 109 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .311 | .577 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Robert Meador | 68 | 269 | 269 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .279 | .279 | .372 | .651 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Dembek | 66 | 246 | 246 | 58 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .236 | .236 | .378 | .614 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Moe Bremer | 44 | 150 | 150 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .313 | .313 | .447 | .760 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Harry Raulerson | 56 | 140 | 140 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .329 | .329 | .436 | .764 | 61 | |||||||||||
| William Cloude | 30 | 112 | 112 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .357 | .652 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Ray Parker | 31 | 108 | 108 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .306 | .574 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hall | 40 | 116 | 116 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .267 | .491 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Pizzitola | 34 | 92 | 92 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .272 | .511 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Francis Rogers | 23 | 78 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .218 | .218 | .295 | .513 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Michael Simmons | 28 | 101 | 101 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .168 | .218 | .386 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Digirolomo | 22 | 52 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .308 | .577 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Richard Beaird | 21 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .183 | .183 | .333 | .517 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Pacanowski | 12 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Herb Reeves | 28 | 62 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .210 | .355 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Munroe | 25 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .267 | .500 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Roger Sappenfield | 16 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .176 | .324 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Taylor Phillips | 32 | 53 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .113 | .208 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Miller | 16 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
| George Herrington | 11 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .174 | .304 | 4 | |||||||||||
| George Bethea | 19 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Roy Ellis | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1233 | 3999 | 3999 | 0 | 1049 | 161 | 41 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .335 | .597 | 1340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Raulerson | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Taylor Phillips | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Herb Reeves | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Munroe | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| George Bethea | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Sappenfield | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Miller | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Ellis | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 181 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
