1951 Wilkes-Barre Indians Statistics
Team Record: 85-54
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Bill Norman (85-54)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 74,548, Avg. 1,073
Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 4 games, Wilkes-Barre Indians 3
The Wilkes-Barre Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 85 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Indians paced the league with 715 runs. Wilkes-Barre surrendered 594 runs. Dave Pope topped all regular batters with a .309 average. José Santiago led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 1.59 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1951 Wilkes-Barre Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Mossi, José Santiago, Brooks Lawrence, Dave Hoskins and Dave Pope.
Bill Norman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Santiago | 21 | 5 | .808 | 1.59 | 28 | 21 | 187.0 | 149 | 51 | 33 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Vic Stryska | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.18 | 28 | 21 | 186.0 | 169 | 61 | 45 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Len Pillar | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.99 | 29 | 20 | 167.0 | 174 | 94 | 74 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Wood | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.50 | 30 | 22 | 144.0 | 150 | 90 | 72 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Meredith Murray | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.57 | 31 | 6 | 105.0 | 98 | 36 | 30 | 23 | |||||||||||
| George Brown | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.72 | 24 | 12 | 104.0 | 100 | 52 | 43 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.60 | 11 | 7 | 60.0 | 56 | 28 | 24 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Benzel | 4 | 9 | .308 | 2.36 | 36 | 17 | 145.0 | 165 | 110 | 38 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Don Mossi | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.45 | 6 | 33.0 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Brooks Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 1 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 50 | .618 | 2.93 | 224 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1138.0 | 1101 | 536 | 370 | 0 | 462 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Pope | 138 | 512 | 512 | 158 | 27 | 13 | 15 | .309 | .309 | .500 | .809 | 256 | |||||||||||
| Bud Hutson | 136 | 496 | 496 | 147 | 27 | 5 | 24 | .296 | .296 | .516 | .812 | 256 | |||||||||||
| Don Mallott | 140 | 540 | 540 | 131 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .243 | .243 | .335 | .578 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Sid Zomlefer | 133 | 527 | 527 | 127 | 20 | 6 | 5 | .241 | .241 | .330 | .571 | 174 | |||||||||||
| James Halkard | 129 | 461 | 461 | 110 | 20 | 9 | 6 | .239 | .239 | .360 | .599 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Dick Zwainz | 108 | 368 | 368 | 94 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .255 | .255 | .351 | .606 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Milt Stockhausen | 88 | 248 | 248 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .246 | .246 | .319 | .565 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | 77 | 196 | 196 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .352 | .638 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Emilio Cabrera | 55 | 168 | 168 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .286 | .542 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Earl Girard | 57 | 184 | 184 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .212 | .212 | .315 | .527 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Len Pillar | 53 | 89 | 89 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .247 | .247 | .404 | .652 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Peter Deem | 15 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .315 | .315 | .444 | .759 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Aiello | 23 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .473 | .745 | 26 | |||||||||||
| José Santiago | 28 | 57 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .351 | .596 | 20 | |||||||||||
| George Brown | 29 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .386 | .682 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Wood | 40 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .213 | .404 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Vic Stryska | 28 | 65 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .277 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Benzel | 36 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .189 | .351 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Meredith Murray | 34 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1347 | 4173 | 4173 | 0 | 1075 | 187 | 53 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .376 | .634 | 1569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Benzel | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Meredith Murray | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Wood | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Len Pillar | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Vic Stryska | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| José Santiago | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| George Brown | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 206 | 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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