1951 Yakima Bears Statistics
Team Record: 63-80
Finished 5th in the WIL
Manager: Bill Brenner (63-80)
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 60,018, Avg. 839
The Yakima Bears of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 63 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the WIL.
The Bears scored 573 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 703 runs. Jerry Zuvela drove in 77 runs. Mike Baxes led hitters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Bill Boemler topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.27 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1951 Yakima Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Barrett, Mike Baxes and Bonnie Serrell.
Bill Brenner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Boemler | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.27 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 231.0 | 219 | 98 | 84 | 4 | 118 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Ted Savarese | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.71 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 206.0 | 246 | 101 | 85 | 8 | 63 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Larry Powell | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.28 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 170.0 | 177 | 75 | 62 | 3 | 87 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Tom Del Sarto | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.98 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 141.0 | 147 | 93 | 78 | 2 | 97 | 86 | 0 | 5 | 13 | |||||
| Matt Zidich | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 57.0 | 66 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dave Anderson | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.64 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 126.0 | 164 | 95 | 79 | 4 | 67 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Bill Brenner | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.43 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 63.0 | 62 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Thompson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 57.0 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 1 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dick Barrett | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Aubertin | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 66 | .441 | 4.09 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 1051.0 | 1147 | 574 | 478 | 24 | 504 | 0 | 372 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Baxes | 143 | 627 | 531 | 96 | 169 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 10 | 80 | 31 | .318 | .411 | .460 | .871 | 244 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| William Andring | 140 | 609 | 544 | 73 | 156 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 9 | 59 | 51 | .287 | .358 | .373 | .731 | 203 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Jerry Zuvela | 139 | 601 | 528 | 69 | 151 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 77 | 6 | 66 | 62 | .286 | .369 | .424 | .793 | 224 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Will Tiesiera | 111 | 450 | 411 | 34 | 119 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 35 | 18 | .290 | .348 | .336 | .684 | 138 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Briskey | 123 | 493 | 418 | 43 | 104 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 67 | 51 | .249 | .358 | .354 | .712 | 148 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Al Jacinto | 100 | 441 | 370 | 60 | 96 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 57 | 29 | .259 | .363 | .308 | .671 | 114 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Philip Steinberg | 102 | 402 | 344 | 34 | 92 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 39 | 40 | .267 | .351 | .311 | .662 | 107 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| Earl Richmond | 89 | 349 | 302 | 30 | 84 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 36 | 34 | .278 | .359 | .351 | .710 | 106 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Bonnie Serrell | 43 | 199 | 179 | 31 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 18 | .302 | .365 | .453 | .818 | 81 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Brenner | 63 | 205 | 175 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 28 | 17 | .211 | .324 | .314 | .638 | 55 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Neal | 27 | 97 | 74 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 10 | .203 | .392 | .338 | .730 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Savarese | 38 | 89 | 83 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .169 | .207 | .181 | .388 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Moniz | 14 | 61 | 55 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .236 | .300 | .291 | .591 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dave Anderson | 34 | 50 | 47 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .234 | .234 | .234 | .468 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Boemler | 33 | 96 | 84 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 44 | .119 | .178 | .190 | .368 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Matt Zidich | 19 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .220 | .304 | .293 | .597 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mansell Travis | 16 | 63 | 56 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .161 | .242 | .214 | .456 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tom Del Sarto | 32 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .174 | .283 | .196 | .479 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Larry Powell | 30 | 65 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .125 | .169 | .125 | .294 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 20 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Thompson | 13 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1329 | 5053 | 4392 | 539 | 1167 | 175 | 60 | 30 | 498 | 56 | 0 | 548 | 485 | .266 | .351 | .353 | .704 | 1552 | 0 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Richmond | 1B | 85 | 771 | 45 | 7 | 65 | .991 | 9.600 | ||||
| Charles Neal | 1B | 26 | 202 | 7 | 3 | 15 | .986 | 8.038 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 1B | 11 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .983 | 5.273 | ||||
| Al Jacinto | 2B | 100 | 287 | 290 | 12 | 65 | .980 | 5.770 | ||||
| Bonnie Serrell | 2B | 43 | 138 | 111 | 6 | 24 | .976 | 5.791 | ||||
| Mike Baxes | 3B | 123 | 165 | 294 | 25 | 25 | .948 | 3.732 | ||||
| Bob Moniz | 3B | 13 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | .860 | 3.308 | ||||
| Mansell Travis | 3B | 11 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 5 | .902 | 3.364 | ||||
| Will Tiesiera | C | 106 | 440 | 75 | 12 | 10 | .977 | 4.858 | 9 | |||
| Bill Brenner | C | 41 | 154 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 4.366 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Zuvela | OF | 139 | 257 | 19 | 15 | 4 | .948 | 1.986 | ||||
| William Andring | OF | 135 | 253 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .956 | 1.919 | ||||
| Philip Steinberg | OF | 101 | 271 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .980 | 2.871 | ||||
| Ted Savarese | P | 34 | 10 | 48 | 5 | 2 | .921 | 1.706 | ||||
| Tom Del Sarto | P | 32 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .656 | ||||
| Bill Boemler | P | 32 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.344 | ||||
| Dave Anderson | P | 32 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .900 | .844 | ||||
| Larry Powell | P | 30 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jack Thompson | P | 13 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Dick Barrett | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Zidich | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Brenner | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Aubertin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Briskey | SS | 123 | 216 | 353 | 36 | 59 | .940 | 4.626 | ||||
| Mike Baxes | SS | 21 | 36 | 71 | 13 | 10 | .892 | 5.095 | ||||
| Totals | 1284 | 3311 | 1536 | 179 | 302 | .964 | 3.775 | 9 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
