1951 Amsterdam Rugmakers Statistics
Team Record: 62-56
Finished 3rd in the CCL
Manager: Frank Novosel (62-56)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Amsterdam, New York
Ballpark: Mohawk Mills Park
Attendance: 30,837, Avg. 523
Playoffs - Oneonta Red Sox 3 games, Amsterdam Rugmakers 1
The Amsterdam Rugmakers of the Canadian-American League ended the 1951 season with a record of 62 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the CCL.
The Rugmakers plated 827 runs, tops in the circuit. Amsterdam conceded 778 runs, most in the league. John Jones paced the squad with 18 home runs and drove in 127 runs. Bill Casanova led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .354 clip. Thomas Mollica topped the team with 14 wins, while Lou Paz earned a 3.93 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1951 Amsterdam Rugmakers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Zeke Bella, Johnny Blanchard and Danny McDevitt.
Frank Novosel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Mollica | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4.29 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128.0 | 91 | 78 | 61 | 145 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Lou Paz | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.93 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 149.0 | 144 | 92 | 65 | 64 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Stephen Krall | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.19 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 116.0 | 90 | 74 | 54 | 109 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Richard Marshall | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.24 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 115.0 | 115 | 83 | 67 | 131 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 16 | |||||
| James Wallace | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.60 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 48 | 34 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Donald Sundlov | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 68 | 45 | 38 | 57 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Andrew DeAngelo | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 101 | 85 | 75 | 117 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Richard Ostrander | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leonard Strickler | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.64 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 59 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Willard Ford | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.33 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 54.0 | 57 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| James Aiello | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Sullivan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.07 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 56 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Jerry Buchanan | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7.15 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 57 | 69 | 54 | 129 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Harold Knight | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Posipanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Novosel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Watson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny McDevitt | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Leo Rozyla | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas McCarthy | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 56 | .525 | 5.30 | 266 | 104 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 931.0 | 870 | 684 | 548 | 0 | 913 | 0 | 551 | 52 | 5 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Casanova | 115 | 553 | 438 | 121 | 155 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 87 | 14 | 103 | 40 | .354 | .482 | .502 | .984 | 220 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| John Jones | 120 | 561 | 476 | 93 | 146 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 127 | 14 | 80 | 21 | .307 | .410 | .485 | .895 | 231 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| John Miastkowski | 110 | 438 | 412 | 59 | 119 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 7 | 19 | 32 | .289 | .330 | .379 | .708 | 156 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Oscar Barham | 106 | 485 | 406 | 63 | 101 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 70 | 22 | .249 | .363 | .318 | .681 | 129 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| David Krings | 76 | 359 | 304 | 64 | 96 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 49 | 30 | .316 | .412 | .431 | .843 | 131 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Zeke Bella | 58 | 289 | 233 | 73 | 89 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 51 | 19 | .382 | .498 | .528 | 1.026 | 123 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Wehner | 82 | 376 | 288 | 71 | 88 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 76 | 3 | 82 | 24 | .306 | .464 | .486 | .950 | 140 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Ray Posipanka | 92 | 391 | 307 | 66 | 86 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 81 | 38 | .280 | .432 | .394 | .826 | 121 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Lege | 37 | 156 | 131 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 13 | .229 | .336 | .252 | .587 | 33 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| James Cacciola | 31 | 106 | 93 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .226 | .308 | .258 | .566 | 24 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Allan Stuhlmiller | 33 | 104 | 90 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 15 | .211 | .317 | .244 | .562 | 22 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Gladstone Smith | 15 | 63 | 56 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .250 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Paz | 38 | 67 | 58 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .207 | .270 | .224 | .494 | 13 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jimmy Ludtka | 18 | 84 | 70 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .143 | .286 | .171 | .457 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Venditelli | 10 | 50 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | .233 | .540 | .233 | .773 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Blanchard | 9 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .206 | .206 | .529 | .735 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Donald Sundlov | 12 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Andrew DeAngelo | 24 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .176 | .333 | .235 | .569 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Marshall | 31 | 46 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .171 | .237 | .171 | .408 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Thomas Mollica | 51 | 54 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .150 | .292 | .225 | .517 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Willard Ford | 11 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .499 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Buchanan | 14 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Stephen Krall | 24 | 46 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .108 | .214 | .135 | .349 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| James Wallace | 12 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .176 | .300 | .176 | .476 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 11 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Leonard Strickler | 15 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Alfred DePhillips | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .077 | .294 | .077 | .371 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1166 | 4470 | 3714 | 724 | 1046 | 163 | 44 | 52 | 629 | 78 | 0 | 658 | 390 | .282 | .394 | .391 | .785 | 1453 | 0 | 31 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jones | 1B | 120 | 970 | 60 | 11 | 104 | .989 | 8.583 | ||||
| David Krings | 2B | 47 | 99 | 126 | 9 | 30 | .962 | 4.787 | ||||
| John DiFresco | 2B | 37 | 107 | 103 | 19 | 30 | .917 | 5.676 | ||||
| Oscar Barham | 2B | 19 | 48 | 49 | 3 | 15 | .970 | 5.105 | ||||
| Tom Venditelli | 2B | 10 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .940 | 4.700 | ||||
| Ray Posipanka | 3B | 86 | 105 | 166 | 16 | 19 | .944 | 3.151 | ||||
| Oscar Barham | 3B | 37 | 38 | 68 | 6 | 10 | .946 | 2.865 | ||||
| John DiFresco | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Miastkowski | C | 97 | 554 | 57 | 20 | 11 | .968 | 6.299 | 14 | |||
| Allan Stuhlmiller | C | 20 | 118 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 6.250 | 7 | |||
| Bill Casanova | OF | 111 | 208 | 17 | 8 | 2 | .966 | 2.027 | ||||
| Frank Wehner | OF | 82 | 213 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 2.695 | ||||
| Zeke Bella | OF | 58 | 122 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .951 | 2.362 | ||||
| James Cacciola | OF | 24 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .872 | 1.708 | ||||
| David Krings | OF | 21 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.429 | ||||
| Gladstone Smith | OF | 14 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thomas Mollica | P | 50 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .955 | .840 | ||||
| Lou Paz | P | 37 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .784 | ||||
| Richard Marshall | P | 31 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .935 | ||||
| Stephen Krall | P | 24 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Andrew DeAngelo | P | 22 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .870 | .909 | ||||
| Leonard Strickler | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Jerry Buchanan | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .789 | 1.071 | ||||
| James Wallace | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Donald Sundlov | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| John Sullivan | P | 11 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 1.091 | ||||
| Willard Ford | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Knight | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Ostrander | P | 6 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| Thomas McCarthy | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Aiello | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Watson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Rozyla | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Novosel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Posipanka | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny McDevitt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Barham | SS | 51 | 77 | 118 | 22 | 18 | .899 | 3.824 | ||||
| Bill Lege | SS | 36 | 60 | 92 | 13 | 24 | .921 | 4.222 | ||||
| Jimmy Ludtka | SS | 17 | 37 | 61 | 15 | 13 | .867 | 5.765 | ||||
| Nicholas Marinos | SS | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John DiFresco | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1168 | 2904 | 1159 | 190 | 299 | .955 | 3.479 | 21 | 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.
