1951 Allentown Cardinals Statistics

Inter-State League (ISL) - Class: B
Team Record: 91-47
Finished 2nd in the ISL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (91-47)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Max Hess Stadium
Attendance: 71,822, Avg. 1,041

1951 Allentown Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Sunbury Giants 4 games, Allentown Cardinals 1

The Allentown Cardinals of the Inter-State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 91 wins and 47 losses, finishing second in the ISL.

The Cardinals surrendered 453 runs, least in the league. Allentown plated 657 runs. William Killinger paced the squad with 14 home runs and recorded 85 runs batted in. Ev Joyner topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .316 clip. Dan Lewandowski recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Douglas Clark and Hamilton Graham, too added 15 or more wins, too Ralph Beard recorded a 1.69 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1951 Allentown Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dan Lewandowski, Ralph Beard, Whitey Kurowski and Neal Hertweck.

Whitey Kurowski served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dan Lewandowski	24	6	.800	2.02	34	28		24	4		249.0	225	75	56		62		136	4	1	4
Hamilton Graham	16	8	.667	2.40	31	25		16	4		206.0	192	62	55		61		95	4	1	1
Douglas Clark	15	11	.577	2.57	43	19		10	3		210.0	196	82	60		83		98	6	0	8
Ralph Beard	13	4	.765	1.69	24	15		11	2		144.0	97	39	27		45		67	5	0	5
David Manier	12	6	.667	2.56	29	22		12	2		176.0	123	58	50		109		118	1	1	7
Robert Bills	10	5	.667	3.89	27	18		7	3		141.0	131	68	61		85		71	2	0	5
Hal Noll	0	2	.000	0.00	11						23.0
Totals	90	42	.682	2.42	199	127	0	80	18	0	1149.0	964	384	309	0	445	0	585	22	3	30	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
Ev Joyner	137	592	554	78	175	20	14	1	59	6		32	23	.316	.358	.408	.766	226		4	2
Al Cummins	134	582	510	75	139	26	8	6	70	10		59	15	.273	.354	.390	.744	199		5	8
William Killinger	121	528	446	89	129	27	9	14	85	7		80	48	.289	.400	.484	.884	216		2	0
Barney Elser	113	480	415	67	121	14	7	1	44	4		52	16	.292	.376	.366	.742	152		4	9
Russell McGovern	133	612	492	69	109	13	5	4	37	16		101	61	.222	.362	.293	.654	144		7	12
Ed Polak	118	454	383	56	97	19	2	5	66	1		59	49	.253	.363	.352	.716	135		7	5
Neal Hertweck	90	420	357	52	90	16	5	3	35	4		60	29	.252	.361	.350	.711	125		1	2
Wendell Forbes	81	352	310	31	82	8	3	3	37	2		37	33	.265	.347	.339	.685	105		2	3
Joseph Penczak	56	224	190	24	53	10	0	2	21	1		26	22	.279	.369	.363	.732	69		1	7
Frank Porreca	35	169	134	29	37	6	0	0	19	2		28	16	.276	.423	.321	.744	43		6	1
George Kremer	26	111	90	18	27	6	1	0	15	0		19	12	.300	.422	.389	.811	35		0	2
James Kirk	29	123	111	10	27	3	4	0	13	3		9	30	.243	.311	.342	.654	38		2	1
Edward Christoff	32	106	97	10	26	4	2	3	14	1		8	18	.268	.324	.443	.767	43		0	1
Dan Lewandowski	42	110	100	17	26	9	0	0	18	0		6	31	.260	.308	.350	.658	35		1	3
David Manier	29	75	65	6	18	3	0	0	4	0		6	7	.277	.347	.323	.670	21		1	3
Robert Bills	33	65	59	7	15	4	1	0	7	0		5	2	.254	.312	.356	.668	21		0	1
Douglas Clark	43	79	72	9	15	2	1	0	7	0		4	15	.208	.250	.264	.514	19		0	3
Hamilton Graham	32	81	79	4	14	2	1	0	6	1		2	21	.177	.198	.228	.425	18		0	0
Ralph Beard	24	57	49	4	12	0	0	0	4	0		5	13	.245	.315	.245	.560	12		0	3
Tony Ferrara	13	36	35	0	8	0	1	0	5	0		0	5	.229	.229	.286	.514	10		0	1
Bob Comiskey	14	27	23	2	4	1	0	1	3	1		2	1	.174	.269	.348	.617	8		1	1
Hal Noll	11	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0
Totals	1346	5290	4578	657	1225	193	64	43	569	59	0	600	467	.268	.358	.366	.724	1675	0	44	68	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Neal Hertweck	1B	98	863	44	10	85	.989	9.255
Frank Porreca	1B	34	313	15	4	37	.988	9.647
Al Cummins	2B	134	355	389	33	91	.958	5.552
Wendell Forbes	3B	80	66	142	27	5	.885	2.600
Joseph Penczak	3B	54	64	113	15	9	.922	3.278
Ed Polak	C	112	536	57	17	7	.972	5.295	16
Edward Christoff	C	28	141	16	3	1	.981	5.607	4
Ev Joyner	OF	136	256	15	12	3	.958	1.993
Russell McGovern	OF	133	352	12	0	1	1.000	2.737
William Killinger	OF	121	249	14	6	7	.978	2.174
James Kirk	OF	19	27	3	2	0	.938	1.579
Douglas Clark	P	43	5	50	3	1	.948	1.279
Dan Lewandowski	P	34	8	45	1	1	.981	1.559
Hamilton Graham	P	31	11	45	3	1	.949	1.806
David Manier	P	29	3	19	2	1	.917	.759
Robert Bills	P	28	9	23	0	1	1.000	1.143
Ralph Beard	P	24	8	27	1	3	.972	1.458
Hal Noll	P	11	0	12	0	1	1.000	1.091
Barney Elser	SS	108	202	271	37	69	.927	4.380
George Kremer	SS	26	59	89	16	18	.902	5.692
Totals		1283	3527	1401	192	342	.962	3.841	20	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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