1951 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 46-75
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Lee Eilbracht (0-0), Richard Lloyd (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Howard Wood Field
Attendance: 50,466, Avg. 834
1951 Sioux Falls Canaries Statistics

The Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League ended the 1951 season with a record of 46 wins and 75 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Canaries plated 547 runs and yielded 676 runs. Daniel Lobitz led hitters with significant playing time with a .297 average. Chuck Jorgensen topped Sioux Falls with 10 wins, while George Judkins registered a 3.18 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Don Elston played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sioux Falls Canaries to do so.

Lee Eilbracht and Richard Lloyd served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Joseph BanickiLLJune 5, 19266'2"185
Patrick BrosnanRRFebruary 9, 19326'3"205
Jack ConradRR6'2"200
Philip CostaL5'9"180
William CourtneyRMay 6, 19316'2"165Dover, DE US
Lee EilbrachtRMarch 22, 19245'10"185St. Louis, MO US
Don ElstonRRApril 6, 19296'0"165Campbellstown, OH US
Joe FarmerRR6'1"190
Lewis GisingerRR6'2"181
Arnold GreenL6'2"175
Gary HicksLAugust 3, 19315'9"160Sioux City, IA US
Roy HollingsheadR5'9"160
Bobby HowardRMay 6, 19325'11"165
Chuck JorgensenLLMarch 13, 19326'1"180Rockford, MI US
George JudkinsRR6'0"185
Richard LloydL5'10"165
Daniel LobitzRRSeptember 13, 19326'3"195Cincinnati, OH US
Richard MarrsSR6'0"190
Bob MatherRMarch 1, 19286'2"190
Bud McClureLLJuly 23, 19316'1"195Troy, NY US
Robert MurrayR6'1"190
Hank PaskiewiczRApril 28, 19305'9"165
John RennickeAugust 11, 1929
John TaborR6'0"185
Sam WattlesL6'0"170
Dick WrightLRJune 12, 19326'2"180Memphis, TN US

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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