
1951 Waterloo White Hawks Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Fld% | 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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