1951 Welch Miners Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 54-74
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Mike Blazo (54-74)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 33,265, Avg. 520

1951 Welch Miners Roster

The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1951 season with a record of 54 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Miners plated 748 runs and surrendered 804 runs. Elmer Westfall paced hitters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Ralph Mason and Daniel Rhame topped Welch with 9 wins each, while Howard Leister registered a 4.24 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bobby Durnbaugh and Don Gross both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Mike Blazo 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
Daniel Rhame	9	4	.692	3.56	17	11					96.0	88	52	38		62
Ralph Mason	9	14	.391	4.77	37	24					215.0	222	152	114		122
Howard Leister	8	14	.364	4.24	41	22					176.0	193	110	83		133
Robert Crook	7	1	.875	2.31	14	12					78.0	63	38	20		47
Henry Liner	6	3	.667	3.43	15	7					63.0	56	39	24		43
Mickey Crossin	3	5	.375	4.78	13	8					81.0	95	48	43		50
Wayne Doyle	3	5	.375	6.46	14	3					46.0	59	42	33		12
Ralph Dollinger	3	6	.333	5.51	21	13					98.0	100	83	60		76
Don Gross	2	1	.667	5.57	3						21.0	20	16	13		14
Totals	50	53	.485	4.41	175	100	0	0	0	0	874.0	896	580	428	0	559	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
Elmer Westfall	109	386	386		121	20	6	16						.313	.313	.521	.834	201
Jim St. Clair	107	383	383		114	23	10	7						.298	.298	.465	.762	178
Maxie Runion	88	310	310		110	20	3	12						.355	.355	.555	.910	172
Bobby Durnbaugh	71	266	266		88	13	2	0						.331	.331	.395	.726	105
Bill Hanna	87	332	332		85	19	2	6						.256	.256	.380	.636	126
James Salinger	112	344	344		83	12	1	4						.241	.241	.317	.558	109
Dave Bristol	64	270	270		73	12	3	0						.270	.270	.337	.607	91
William Bowman	40	143	143		44	10	1	5						.308	.308	.497	.804	71
William Teaster	56	190	190		38	9	1	0						.200	.200	.258	.458	49
Ernie Heckman	50	181	181		32	4	1	1						.177	.177	.227	.403	41
Donald Campbell	37	141	141		31	4	1	1						.220	.220	.284	.504	40
Kenneth Olin	37	125	125		29	6	2	2						.232	.232	.360	.592	45
Kendall Umbach	35	120	120		28	10	1	0						.233	.233	.333	.567	40
James Blakemore	17	64	64		21	6	0	1						.328	.328	.469	.797	30
Henry Liner	28	59	59		20	3	0	0						.339	.339	.390	.729	23
Eugene Emsweller	19	68	68		20	1	1	2						.294	.294	.426	.721	29
Luke Snell	19	69	69		19	2	0	0						.275	.275	.304	.580	21
Mike Blazo	28	71	71		16	2	0	1						.225	.225	.296	.521	21
Mickey Crossin	19	45	45		14	5	2	0						.311	.311	.511	.822	23
Joseph Lamb	18	57	57		14	2	1	5						.246	.246	.579	.825	33
Ralph Mason	37	83	83		13	0	0	0						.157	.157	.157	.313	13
Robert Crook	19	38	38		12	2	1	1						.316	.316	.500	.816	19
Howard Leister	44	55	55		11	1	0	0						.200	.200	.218	.418	12
Daniel Rhame	17	39	39		9	1	0	0						.231	.231	.256	.487	10
Neely Foster	25	62	62		9	1	0	0						.145	.145	.161	.306	10
Elwood Kelly	18	19	19		7	0	0	0						.368	.368	.368	.737	7
Ralph Dollinger	23	36	36		3	0	2	0						.083	.083	.194	.278	7
Virgil Brisson	11	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Mike Rainey	12	23	23		2	0	0	0						.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Wayne Doyle	16	16	16		1	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Totals	1263	4007	4007	0	1069	188	41	64	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.382	.649	1531	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Howard Leister	P	41					.000
Ralph Mason	P	37					.000
Ralph Dollinger	P	21					.000
Daniel Rhame	P	17					.000
Henry Liner	P	15					.000
Wayne Doyle	P	14					.000
Robert Crook	P	14					.000
Mickey Crossin	P	13					.000
Totals		172	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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