1951 Waterloo White Hawks Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 60-69
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Otto Denning (0-0), Edward Taylor (0-0), Skeeter Webb (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 79,687, Avg. 1,235

1951 Waterloo White Hawks Roster

The Waterloo White Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1951 season with a record of 60 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.

The White Hawks scored 643 runs and allowed 631 runs. Jay Porter led batters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Donald Schmudlach topped Waterloo with 15 wins, while Henry Ptak recorded a 2.92 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1951 Waterloo White Hawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gideon Applegate, Gene Collins, Bill Fischer, Ray Poole and Jay Porter.

Otto Denning, Edward Taylor and Skeeter Webb served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Donald Schmudlach	15	10	.600	3.56	33						177.0	157	93	70	8	108
Henry Ptak	14	8	.636	2.92	26						157.0	153	81	51	8	69
Floyd Penfold	11	12	.478	3.92	30						200.0	193	107	87	17	105
Gene Collins	7	2	.778	3.27	11						77.0	45	37	28	0	93
Gideon Applegate	5	3	.625	4.57	13						63.0	51	35	32	1	58
Frank Hamlen	5	4	.556	5.74	25						102.0	111	70	65	8	79
Bill Fischer	5	10	.333	3.77	24	24					124.0	121	66	52	8	63
Jack Virkstis	4	5	.444	2.96	18						85.0	56	29	28	2	41
Ray Preston	2	1	.667	3.35	16						51.0	43	25	19	4	34
Donald Tierney	1	5	.167	5.55	16						60.0	61	44	37	5	34
Ray Baer					11						0.0
Edward Wilson					10						0.0
Totals	69	60	.535	3.85	233	24	0	0	0	0	1096.0	991	587	469	61	684	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
Andrew Baud	124	472	472		132	23	3	4						.280	.280	.367	.646	173
Jay Porter	117	424	424		128	19	7	15						.302	.302	.486	.788	206
Alex Cosmidis	124	465	465		123	13	0	2						.265	.265	.305	.570	142
William Close	129	477	477		123	16	13	3						.258	.258	.365	.623	174
George Verespy	84	307	307		83	10	3	6						.270	.270	.381	.651	117
Bill Wells	54	186	186		66	10	0	1						.355	.355	.425	.780	79
William Newman	82	267	267		64	11	2	7						.240	.240	.375	.614	100
Fred Boseo	70	220	220		60	15	1	3						.273	.273	.391	.664	86
Earl Edwards	40	149	149		41	3	1	0						.275	.275	.309	.584	46
Dick Anderson	32	119	119		35	2	0	1						.294	.294	.336	.630	40
Richard Johnson	31	125	125		33	4	2	3						.264	.264	.400	.664	50
Ray Poole	32	112	112		31	5	0	1						.277	.277	.348	.625	39
Joseph Delock	40	123	123		27	4	1	1						.220	.220	.293	.512	36
James Parker	38	138	138		26	1	1	6						.188	.188	.341	.529	47
Bill Fischer	30	53	53		13	5	0	0						.245	.245	.340	.585	18
Thomas Brophy	23	60	60		13	2	0	1						.217	.217	.300	.517	18
Art Thrasher	17	36	36		10	1	1	0						.278	.278	.361	.639	13
Allen Nordgren	16	47	47		10	3	0	2						.213	.213	.404	.617	19
Gideon Applegate	24	44	44		9	2	0	2						.205	.205	.386	.591	17
Gene Collins	25	59	59		9	4	0	1						.153	.153	.271	.424	16
Donald Tierney	21	33	33		8	2	0	0						.242	.242	.303	.545	10
Floyd Penfold	31	68	68		7	1	0	0						.103	.103	.118	.221	8
Ray Preston	16	18	18		6	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	6
Frank Hamlen	27	34	34		6	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	6
Donald Schmudlach	33	53	53		6	0	0	0						.113	.113	.113	.226	6
Henry Ptak	26	55	55		6	0	0	0						.109	.109	.109	.218	6
Jack Virkstis	18	30	30		4	2	0	0						.133	.133	.200	.333	6
Edward Wilson	10	6	6		2	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Ray Baer	11	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Gingerich	10	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1361	4279	4279	0	1109	164	37	63	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.359	.618	1536	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Donald Schmudlach	P	33					.000
Floyd Penfold	P	30					.000
Henry Ptak	P	26					.000
Frank Hamlen	P	25					.000
Bill Fischer	P	24					.000
Jack Virkstis	P	18					.000
Donald Tierney	P	16					.000
Ray Preston	P	16					.000
Gideon Applegate	P	13					.000
Ray Baer	P	11					.000
Edward Wilson	P	10					.000
Totals		222	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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