1951 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 52-102
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 314,181, Avg. 5,067
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Zack Taylor (52-102)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1951 St. Louis Browns Roster
1951 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1951 season with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Browns scored 611 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 882 runs, most in the circuit. Ken Wood led St. Louis with 15 home runs Ray Coleman drove in 55 runs. Bobby Young paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .260. Ned Garver topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Zack Taylor coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ned Garver	20	12	.625	3.73	33	30	3	24	1	0	246.0	237	114	102	17	96	84	5	0	6	1044
Duane Pillette	6	14	.300	4.99	35	24	5	6	1	0	191.0	205	113	106	14	115	65	5	0	5	871
Jim McDonald	4	7	.364	4.07	16	11	2	5	0	1	84.0	84	48	38	5	46	28	2	0	1	375
Al Widmar	4	9	.308	6.52	26	16	6	4	0	0	107.7	157	84	78	19	52	28	2	0	2	519
Tommy Byrne	4	10	.286	3.82	19	17	2	7	2	0	122.7	104	56	52	5	114	57	12	0	2	577
Satchel Paige	3	4	.429	4.79	23	3	16	0	0	5	62.0	67	39	33	6	29	48	1	1	1	278
Fred Sanford	2	4	.333	10.21	9	7	0	1	0	0	27.3	37	33	31	6	23	7	0	0	0	143
Bob Mahoney	2	5	.286	4.44	30	4	16	0	0	0	81.0	86	47	40	7	41	30	0	0	3	360
Dick Starr	2	5	.286	7.40	15	9	1	0	0	0	62.0	66	55	51	10	42	26	2	1	1	286
Bobby Hogue	1	1	.500	5.16	18	0	9	0	0	1	29.7	31	17	17	1	23	11	0	0	0	137
Duke Markell	1	1	.500	6.33	5	2	1	1	0	0	21.3	25	16	15	3	20	10	0	0	0	104
Bill Kennedy	1	5	.167	5.79	19	5	4	1	0	0	56.0	76	37	36	4	37	29	1	0	1	272
Stubby Overmire	1	6	.143	3.54	8	7	1	3	0	0	53.3	61	26	21	5	21	13	0	0	1	239
Lou Sleater	1	9	.100	5.11	20	8	9	4	0	1	81.0	88	53	46	7	53	33	5	0	1	384
Irv Medlinger	0	0		8.38	6	0	2	0	0	0	9.7	10	10	9	1	12	5	0	0	1	50
Sid Schacht	0	0		21.00	6	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	14	15	14	1	5	4	0	0	0	36
Bobby Herrera	0	0		27.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.3	6	7	7	2	4	1	1	0	0	18
Bob Turley	0	1	.000	7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.3	11	6	6	0	3	5	0	0	0	34
Don Johnson	0	1	.000	12.60	6	3	1	0	0	0	15.0	27	26	21	4	18	8	1	0	0	91
Cliff Fannin	0	2	.000	6.46	7	1	5	0	0	0	15.3	20	16	11	6	5	11	0	0	0	70
Jim Suchecki	0	6	.000	5.42	29	6	11	0	0	0	89.7	113	64	54	8	42	47	1	0	1	428
Totals	52	102	.338	5.18	334	154	98	56	4	9	1370.3	1525	882	788	131	801	550	38	2	26	6316

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bobby Young	147	674	611	75	159	13	9	1	31	8	7	44	51	.260	.310	.316	.626	193	14	0	19
Jim Delsing	131	512	449	59	112	20	2	8	45	2	9	56	39	.249	.338	.356	.694	160	16	4	3
Fred Marsh	130	483	445	44	108	21	4	4	43	4	4	36	56	.243	.299	.335	.634	149	9	0	2
Ray Coleman	91	367	341	41	96	16	5	5	55	3	4	24	32	.282	.329	.402	.731	137	10	0	2
Hank Arft	112	390	345	44	90	16	5	7	42	4	6	41	34	.261	.339	.397	.736	137	5	0	4
Ken Wood	109	367	333	40	79	19	0	15	44	1	2	27	49	.237	.296	.429	.726	143	11	1	6
Sherm Lollar	98	359	310	44	78	21	0	8	44	1	0	43	26	.252	.350	.397	.747	123	20	4	2
Matt Batts	79	274	248	26	75	17	1	5	31	2	0	21	21	.302	.357	.440	.796	109	9	0	5
Cliff Mapes	56	229	201	32	55	7	2	7	30	0	1	26	33	.274	.360	.433	.792	87	6	1	1
Bill Jennings	64	224	195	20	35	10	2	0	13	1	0	26	42	.179	.276	.251	.527	49	4	0	3
Johnny Bero	61	189	160	24	34	5	0	5	17	1	1	26	30	.213	.323	.338	.660	54	3	0	3
Earl Rapp	26	110	98	14	32	5	3	2	14	1	0	11	11	.327	.394	.500	.894	49	1	0	1
Jack Maguire	41	140	127	15	31	2	1	1	14	1	0	12	21	.244	.309	.299	.609	38	5	0	1
Ned Garver	49	109	95	8	29	6	1	1	9	0	0	9	9	.305	.365	.421	.786	40	1	0	5
Don Lenhardt	31	109	103	9	27	3	0	5	18	1	0	6	13	.262	.303	.437	.740	45	1	0	0
Johnny Berardino	39	137	119	13	27	7	1	0	13	1	1	17	18	.227	.324	.303	.626	36	3	0	1
Tom Upton	52	149	131	9	26	4	3	0	12	1	1	12	22	.198	.271	.275	.546	36	5	1	5
Dale Long	34	116	105	11	25	5	1	2	11	0	0	10	22	.238	.310	.362	.672	38	1	1	0
Ben Taylor	33	104	93	14	24	2	1	3	6	1	1	9	22	.258	.337	.398	.734	37	3	2	0
Roy Sievers	31	99	89	10	20	2	1	1	11	0	0	9	21	.225	.303	.303	.606	27	4	1	0
Bob Nieman	12	47	43	6	16	3	1	2	8	0	0	3	5	.372	.413	.628	1.041	27	1	0	1
Tommy Byrne	34	63	57	7	16	3	0	1	12	0	0	4	8	.281	.328	.386	.714	22	3	0	2
Kermit Wahl	8	27	27	2	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.444	.778	12	1	0	0
Paul Lehner	21	75	67	2	9	5	0	1	2	0	1	6	5	.134	.205	.254	.459	17	2	0	2
Les Moss	16	53	47	5	8	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	8	.170	.264	.277	.541	13	3	0	0
Duane Pillette	41	71	59	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	12	.136	.215	.136	.351	8	3	0	6
Bud Thomas	14	20	20	3	7	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	.350	.350	.500	.850	10	0	0	0
Lou Sleater	25	33	31	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	.226	.273	.290	.563	9	0	0	0
Jim McDonald	17	31	29	1	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	7	.207	.233	.310	.544	9	0	0	1
Joe Lutz	14	42	36	7	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	9	.167	.286	.222	.508	8	0	0	0
Al Widmar	26	39	30	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.167	.242	.200	.442	6	0	0	6
Bob Mahoney	30	21	18	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.222	.300	.222	.522	4	0	0	1
Dick Starr	15	20	18	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.222	.263	.333	.596	6	1	0	1
Bobby Hogue	18	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.667	.800	.667	1.467	2	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3	0	0	0
Fred Sanford	9	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.286	.444	.286	.730	2	0	0	0
Mike Goliat	5	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	2
Satchel Paige	23	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	2	0	1
Bill Kennedy	19	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	0
Jim Suchecki	29	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	1	0	2
Don Johnson	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1
Billy DeMars	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0
Cliff Fannin	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Duke Markell	5	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0	0
Frank Saucier	18	18	14	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.071	.278	.143	.421	2	1	1	0
Stubby Overmire	8	20	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.071	.235	.143	.378	2	2	0	3
Jim Dyck	4	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	0	0
Bob Turley	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Irv Medlinger	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Eddie Gaedel	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Bobby Herrera	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Sid Schacht	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1861	5848	5219	611	1288	223	47	86	555	35	38	521	692	.247	.317	.357	.674	1863	151	16	92

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ben Taylor	1B	25	195	14	6	21	.972	8.360	0
Joe Lutz	1B	11	76	4	0	9	1.000	7.273	0
Dale Long	1B	28	227	19	3	23	.988	8.786	0
Don Lenhardt	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Johnny Berardino	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Hank Arft	1B	97	820	86	10	100	.989	9.340	0
Bobby Young	2B	147	361	462	17	118	.980	5.599	0
Fred Marsh	2B	2	3	6	1	2	.900	4.500	0
Jack Maguire	2B	2	7	5	1	0	.923	6.000	0
Mike Goliat	2B	2	6	7	0	2	1.000	6.500	0
Johnny Bero	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Berardino	2B	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000	0
Kermit Wahl	3B	6	7	12	1	3	.950	3.167	0
Fred Marsh	3B	117	137	225	28	31	.928	3.094	0
Jack Maguire	3B	5	5	6	1	0	.917	2.200	0
Sherm Lollar	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jim Dyck	3B	4	7	6	0	1	1.000	3.250	0
Johnny Berardino	3B	31	44	44	8	6	.917	2.839	0
Les Moss	C	12	50	8	2	1	.967	4.833	0
Sherm Lollar	C	85	361	48	2	8	.995	4.812	6
Clyde Kluttz	C	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Matt Batts	C	64	259	30	12	6	.960	4.516	9
Ken Wood	OF	100	179	7	8	0	.959	1.860	0
Roy Sievers	OF	25	63	1	1	0	.985	2.560	0
Frank Saucier	OF	3	5	0	2	0	.714	1.667	0
Earl Rapp	OF	25	45	2	1	0	.979	1.880	0
Bob Nieman	OF	11	24	1	1	0	.962	2.273	0
Cliff Mapes	OF	53	111	4	2	1	.983	2.170	0
Jack Maguire	OF	26	61	2	2	1	.969	2.423	0
Dale Long	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	27	54	0	1	0	.982	2.000	0
Paul Lehner	OF	18	44	0	0	0	1.000	2.444	0
Jim Delsing	OF	124	340	15	6	5	.983	2.863	0
Ray Coleman	OF	87	185	9	5	1	.975	2.230	0
Johnny Berardino	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Widmar	P	26	10	22	1	3	.970	1.231	0
Bob Turley	P	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Jim Suchecki	P	29	4	11	1	1	.938	.517	0
Dick Starr	P	15	4	7	0	1	1.000	.733	0
Lou Sleater	P	20	2	10	1	1	.923	.600	0
Sid Schacht	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Fred Sanford	P	9	1	4	0	0	1.000	.556	0
Duane Pillette	P	35	19	25	1	1	.978	1.257	0
Satchel Paige	P	23	2	5	0	0	1.000	.304	0
Stubby Overmire	P	8	3	6	2	0	.818	1.125	0
Irv Medlinger	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167	0
Jim McDonald	P	16	9	16	2	1	.926	1.563	0
Duke Markell	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Bob Mahoney	P	30	3	12	1	2	.938	.500	0
Bill Kennedy	P	19	3	14	1	2	.944	.895	0
Don Johnson	P	6	0	3	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Bobby Hogue	P	18	2	8	0	2	1.000	.556	0
Bobby Herrera	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ned Garver	P	33	26	42	3	6	.958	2.061	0
Cliff Fannin	P	7	2	2	0	0	1.000	.571	0
Tommy Byrne	P	19	5	18	1	2	.958	1.211	0
Tom Upton	SS	47	80	105	10	33	.949	3.936	0
Bud Thomas	SS	14	12	18	0	4	1.000	2.143	0
Fred Marsh	SS	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bill Jennings	SS	64	141	165	15	39	.953	4.781	0
Billy DeMars	SS	1	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Johnny Bero	SS	55	91	137	11	30	.954	4.145	0
Totals		1664	4108	1665	172	470	.971	3.469	15

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