1951 Wenatchee Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 68-75
Finished 4th in the WIL
Manager: Tommy Thompson (68-75)
Location: Wenatchee, Washington
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 64,482, Avg. 902
The Wenatchee Chiefs of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 68 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the WIL.
The Chiefs plated 736 runs and yielded 776 runs. Will Hafey paced Wenatchee with 24 home runs and drove in 102 runs. Anthony Arnerich topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Tom Breisinger led the team with 17 wins, while Lou Tost earned a 2.77 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1951 Wenatchee Chiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Lou Tost, Jim Marshall, Tommy Thompson and Charlie Gassaway.
Tommy Thompson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Breisinger | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.66 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 263.0 | 247 | 133 | 107 | 1 | 154 | 210 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Al Treichel | 13 | 17 | .433 | 5.05 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 246.0 | 300 | 173 | 138 | 7 | 134 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Lou Tost | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.77 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 117.0 | 131 | 52 | 36 | 6 | 35 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Walt Raimondi | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.00 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 162.0 | 182 | 107 | 72 | 6 | 95 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Charlie Gassaway | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.11 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 184.0 | 250 | 132 | 84 | 5 | 56 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Mike Kanshin | 6 | 15 | .286 | 5.37 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 139.0 | 149 | 108 | 83 | 3 | 108 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Dave Dahle | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.50 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 66.0 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 66 | 74 | .471 | 4.23 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 1177.0 | 1330 | 743 | 553 | 30 | 599 | 0 | 612 | 21 | 17 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Pocekay | 143 | 647 | 590 | 97 | 181 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 84 | 10 | 55 | 20 | .307 | .368 | .385 | .753 | 227 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Bud Hjelmaa | 137 | 600 | 532 | 81 | 147 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 57 | 31 | .276 | .353 | .325 | .678 | 173 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Lyle Palmer | 127 | 530 | 445 | 66 | 131 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 77 | 30 | .294 | .403 | .384 | .787 | 171 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Anthony Arnerich | 109 | 466 | 404 | 72 | 129 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 44 | 56 | .319 | .394 | .406 | .800 | 164 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Will Hafey | 118 | 504 | 444 | 85 | 125 | 26 | 6 | 24 | 102 | 3 | 56 | 44 | .282 | .366 | .529 | .895 | 235 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Foster Roberson | 113 | 431 | 408 | 38 | 115 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 34 | .282 | .312 | .358 | .670 | 146 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Lenny Neal | 83 | 338 | 303 | 47 | 106 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 8 | 31 | 17 | .350 | .414 | .436 | .849 | 132 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ross McCormack | 106 | 434 | 399 | 49 | 104 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 49 | .261 | .319 | .316 | .634 | 126 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Marshall | 95 | 409 | 360 | 62 | 94 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 6 | 44 | 53 | .261 | .346 | .444 | .791 | 160 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Lyle Lake | 49 | 224 | 195 | 35 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 35 | .272 | .360 | .390 | .750 | 76 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Larry Neal | 38 | 189 | 159 | 23 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 28 | .289 | .392 | .396 | .789 | 63 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Walt Raimondi | 33 | 101 | 93 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .290 | .327 | .387 | .714 | 36 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Al Treichel | 40 | 114 | 105 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .229 | .270 | .305 | .575 | 32 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tom Breisinger | 47 | 123 | 118 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 39 | .203 | .217 | .339 | .556 | 40 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Don Fracchia | 21 | 80 | 73 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .301 | .354 | .411 | .765 | 30 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 40 | 101 | 77 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 3 | .221 | .406 | .286 | .692 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Gassaway | 30 | 89 | 81 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 36 | .160 | .218 | .198 | .416 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dave Dahle | 11 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Kanshin | 34 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .159 | .213 | .159 | .372 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lou Tost | 19 | 48 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .133 | .152 | .156 | .308 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Stanley Budin | 15 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .143 | .268 | .171 | .440 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1408 | 5550 | 4936 | 741 | 1384 | 203 | 65 | 54 | 650 | 66 | 0 | 516 | 545 | .280 | .353 | .381 | .734 | 1879 | 0 | 41 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Marshall | 1B | 94 | 811 | 38 | 14 | 68 | .984 | 9.032 | ||||
| Foster Roberson | 1B | 40 | 319 | 21 | 10 | 27 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
| Will Hafey | 1B | 11 | 95 | 9 | 3 | 7 | .972 | 9.455 | ||||
| Bud Hjelmaa | 2B | 51 | 152 | 119 | 8 | 32 | .971 | 5.314 | ||||
| Anthony Arnerich | 2B | 41 | 109 | 108 | 18 | 17 | .923 | 5.293 | ||||
| Lyle Lake | 2B | 27 | 71 | 64 | 12 | 19 | .918 | 5.000 | ||||
| Will Hafey | 2B | 13 | 31 | 37 | 4 | 6 | .944 | 5.231 | ||||
| Walt Pocekay | 3B | 142 | 140 | 299 | 33 | 27 | .930 | 3.092 | ||||
| Lenny Neal | C | 83 | 409 | 45 | 11 | 10 | .976 | 5.470 | 3 | |||
| Foster Roberson | C | 53 | 258 | 23 | 10 | 4 | .966 | 5.302 | 8 | |||
| Lyle Palmer | OF | 125 | 268 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .972 | 2.256 | ||||
| Ross McCormack | OF | 103 | 179 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .945 | 1.845 | ||||
| Will Hafey | OF | 97 | 201 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .963 | 2.144 | ||||
| Anthony Arnerich | OF | 60 | 164 | 10 | 14 | 1 | .926 | 2.900 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | OF | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Lyle Lake | OF | 14 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 2.929 | ||||
| Stanley Budin | OF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Tom Breisinger | P | 36 | 15 | 46 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.694 | ||||
| Al Treichel | P | 35 | 12 | 49 | 3 | 1 | .953 | 1.743 | ||||
| Mike Kanshin | P | 31 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .774 | ||||
| Charlie Gassaway | P | 28 | 7 | 54 | 7 | 2 | .897 | 2.179 | ||||
| Walt Raimondi | P | 21 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .895 | 1.619 | ||||
| Lou Tost | P | 19 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 1.158 | ||||
| Dave Dahle | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bud Hjelmaa | SS | 88 | 131 | 251 | 30 | 33 | .927 | 4.341 | ||||
| Larry Neal | SS | 38 | 63 | 131 | 16 | 30 | .924 | 5.105 | ||||
| Don Fracchia | SS | 17 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 8 | .959 | 4.118 | ||||
| Totals | 1303 | 3554 | 1444 | 239 | 309 | .954 | 3.836 | 11 | 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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