1951 Wilmington Blue Rocks Statistics
Team Record: 83-52
Finished 3rd in the ISL
Manager: Danny Carnevale (83-52)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Ballpark: Wilmington Park
Attendance: 43,135, Avg. 639
Playoffs - Wilmington Blue Rocks 4 games, Hagerstown Braves 1
Finals - Wilmington Blue Rocks 4 games, Sunbury Giants 0
The Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Inter-State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 83 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the ISL.
The Blue Rocks tallied 659 runs and yielded 506 runs. Charles Hood paced Wilmington with 12 home runs Danny Carnevale accounted for 89 RBI. Joseph Tesauro topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .289 average. Niles Jordan led the squad with 21 wins, while John Walz as well added 15 or more victories as well Niles Jordan recorded a 2.18 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1951 Wilmington Blue Rocks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Miller, Al Gardella and Niles Jordan.
Danny Carnevale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles Jordan | 21 | 3 | .875 | 2.18 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 206.0 | 164 | 61 | 50 | 56 | 161 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| John Walz | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.67 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 189.0 | 176 | 91 | 77 | 79 | 99 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.48 | 22 | 18 | 156 | 4 | 149.0 | 102 | 49 | 41 | 61 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Dick England | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.31 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 204.0 | 190 | 83 | 75 | 67 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Robert Nemes | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.86 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 110.0 | 108 | 44 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Bob Miller | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.86 | 5 | 42.0 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Donald Johnston | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.40 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 115.0 | 126 | 76 | 69 | 79 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| George Kowalski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.62 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 53 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 80 | 47 | .630 | 3.23 | 166 | 120 | 0 | 225 | 19 | 0 | 1063.0 | 949 | 447 | 381 | 0 | 429 | 0 | 650 | 39 | 8 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Hood | 131 | 562 | 494 | 77 | 141 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 74 | 9 | 58 | 37 | .285 | .365 | .447 | .812 | 221 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Joseph Tesauro | 130 | 582 | 463 | 87 | 134 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 17 | 115 | 65 | .289 | .432 | .408 | .840 | 189 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Danny Carnevale | 133 | 548 | 467 | 75 | 133 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 89 | 12 | 76 | 45 | .285 | .386 | .390 | .776 | 182 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Gerald Claycomb | 136 | 592 | 523 | 99 | 132 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 60 | 107 | .252 | .330 | .356 | .686 | 186 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| James Turner | 106 | 389 | 352 | 31 | 84 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 25 | 44 | .239 | .298 | .312 | .611 | 110 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Tom Marier | 91 | 417 | 330 | 68 | 81 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 3 | 80 | 52 | .245 | .394 | .379 | .773 | 125 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | 73 | 294 | 262 | 42 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 7 | 29 | 61 | .282 | .358 | .435 | .793 | 114 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 85 | 323 | 265 | 41 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 52 | 60 | .238 | .367 | .358 | .725 | 95 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Al Gardella | 76 | 278 | 242 | 21 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 19 | .219 | .308 | .252 | .560 | 61 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Donald Marshall | 44 | 193 | 162 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 28 | 23 | .290 | .398 | .519 | .916 | 84 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Jankowski | 34 | 133 | 119 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 13 | .353 | .417 | .496 | .912 | 59 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Mayer | 34 | 146 | 125 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | .208 | .312 | .296 | .608 | 37 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| John Walz | 32 | 92 | 82 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .268 | .318 | .366 | .684 | 30 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mickey Kondrack | 43 | 124 | 108 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .167 | .274 | .204 | .478 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Niles Jordan | 41 | 102 | 84 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 28 | .167 | .286 | .179 | .464 | 15 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| William Hoffman | 17 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .286 | .412 | .286 | .697 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Johnston | 27 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .244 | .261 | .244 | .505 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick England | 29 | 87 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .147 | .200 | .147 | .347 | 11 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| George Kowalski | 14 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .278 | .381 | .278 | .659 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Nemes | 17 | 47 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .075 | .140 | .075 | .215 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Richard Shutt | 10 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Warney | 10 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .069 | .270 | .069 | .339 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1313 | 5082 | 4340 | 654 | 1110 | 191 | 46 | 61 | 553 | 59 | 0 | 644 | 678 | .256 | .355 | .363 | .718 | 1576 | 0 | 26 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gardella | 1B | 74 | 569 | 34 | 5 | 5 | .992 | 8.149 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 1B | 45 | 382 | 24 | 11 | 31 | .974 | 9.022 | ||||
| Bill Jankowski | 1B | 15 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 8.400 | ||||
| Gerald Claycomb | 2B | 128 | 368 | 356 | 27 | 76 | .964 | 5.656 | ||||
| Tom Marier | 3B | 91 | 87 | 179 | 19 | 15 | .933 | 2.923 | ||||
| Joe Mayer | 3B | 32 | 42 | 61 | 7 | 5 | .936 | 3.219 | ||||
| James Turner | C | 91 | 512 | 40 | 8 | 7 | .986 | 6.066 | 16 | |||
| Mickey Kondrack | C | 39 | 178 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 4.949 | 8 | |||
| William Hoffman | C | 14 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 4.929 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Tesauro | OF | 130 | 314 | 15 | 10 | 2 | .971 | 2.531 | ||||
| Charles Hood | OF | 116 | 288 | 37 | 10 | 7 | .970 | 2.802 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | OF | 73 | 123 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .941 | 1.753 | ||||
| Donald Marshall | OF | 44 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .961 | 1.682 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | OF | 17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Thomas Warney | OF | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Walz | P | 29 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.241 | ||||
| Niles Jordan | P | 28 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.036 | ||||
| Dick England | P | 28 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.786 | ||||
| Donald Johnston | P | 27 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .852 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | P | 21 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.095 | ||||
| Robert Nemes | P | 15 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
| George Kowalski | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Danny Carnevale | SS | 130 | 195 | 369 | 36 | 61 | .940 | 4.338 | ||||
| Totals | 1209 | 3391 | 1301 | 160 | 230 | .967 | 3.881 | 25 | 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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