1951 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Joseph Banicki | L | L | June 5, 1926 | 6'2" | 185 | |
Patrick Brosnan | R | R | February 9, 1932 | 6'3" | 205 | |
Jack Conrad | R | R | 6'2" | 200 | ||
Philip Costa | L | 5'9" | 180 | |||
William Courtney | R | May 6, 1931 | 6'2" | 165 | Dover, DE US | |
Lee Eilbracht | R | March 22, 1924 | 5'10" | 185 | St. Louis, MO US | |
Don Elston | R | R | April 6, 1929 | 6'0" | 165 | Campbellstown, OH US |
Joe Farmer | R | R | 6'1" | 190 | ||
Lewis Gisinger | R | R | 6'2" | 181 | ||
Arnold Green | L | 6'2" | 175 | |||
Gary Hicks | L | August 3, 1931 | 5'9" | 160 | Sioux City, IA US | |
Roy Hollingshead | R | 5'9" | 160 | |||
Bobby Howard | R | May 6, 1932 | 5'11" | 165 | ||
Chuck Jorgensen | L | L | March 13, 1932 | 6'1" | 180 | Rockford, MI US |
George Judkins | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
Richard Lloyd | L | 5'10" | 165 | |||
Daniel Lobitz | R | R | September 13, 1932 | 6'3" | 195 | Cincinnati, OH US |
Richard Marrs | S | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
Bob Mather | R | March 1, 1928 | 6'2" | 190 | ||
Bud McClure | L | L | July 23, 1931 | 6'1" | 195 | Troy, NY US |
Robert Murray | R | 6'1" | 190 | |||
Hank Paskiewicz | R | April 28, 1930 | 5'9" | 165 | ||
John Rennicke | August 11, 1929 | |||||
John Tabor | R | 6'0" | 185 | |||
Sam Wattles | L | 6'0" | 170 | |||
Dick Wright | L | R | June 12, 1932 | 6'2" | 180 | Memphis, 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.