1951 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 2nd in the TSL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (85-55)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 71,248, Avg. 1,018

1951 Asheville Tourists Roster

Playoffs - Asheville Tourists 3 games, Rock Hill Chiefs 2
Finals - Spartanburg Peaches 4 games, Asheville Tourists 0

The Asheville Tourists of the Tri-State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the TSL.

The Tourists scored 852 runs and conceded 647 runs. William Kerr led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .339 clip. Ralph Butler topped Asheville with 21 wins, while Jim Cater as well added 15 or more victories as well Ralph Butler recorded a 2.68 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1951 Asheville Tourists who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norm Larker, Ray Shearer, Chris Kitsos and Fred Waters.

Ray Hathaway 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
Ralph Butler	21	13	.618	2.68	42						265.0	217	91	79	12	108
Jim Cater	16	7	.696	3.45	39						211.0	168	97	81	5	182
Don Brate	13	8	.619	4.44	34						160.0	132	95	79	4	113
Tom Bigham	9	4	.692	4.37	30						134.0	107	79	65	5	130
William Ketcham	8	6	.571	4.18	30						142.0	144	83	66	5	77
Rudolph Dillard	4	5	.444	4.15	19						52.0	49	25	24	2	40
Fred Waters	2	0	1.000	3.43	3	2					21.0	15	9	8		13
George Skordian	2	3	.400	6.36	18						58.0	63	44	41	5	54
Donald Jones					11						0.0
Totals	75	46	.620	3.82	226	2	0	0	0	0	1043.0	895	523	443	38	717	0	0	0	0	0	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
William Kerr	135	510	510		173	36	10	15						.339	.339	.537	.876	274
Chris Kitsos	134	494	494		165	43	9	7						.334	.334	.500	.834	247
Robert Crain	140	573	573		164	33	6	7						.286	.286	.401	.688	230
Norm Larker	140	548	548		163	41	9	17						.297	.297	.498	.796	273
Ray Shearer	138	522	522		147	31	12	12						.282	.282	.456	.738	238
Joe Kwiatkowski	127	464	464		131	23	5	2						.282	.282	.366	.649	170
Claude Siple	99	383	383		113	16	8	3						.295	.295	.402	.697	154
George Tesnow	71	213	213		63	6	1	2						.296	.296	.362	.657	77
Angelo Prestamo	80	202	202		56	12	2	1						.277	.277	.371	.649	75
Frank McCluskey	43	150	150		42	3	4	0						.280	.280	.353	.633	53
Gil Hawkins	42	126	126		36	8	1	4						.286	.286	.460	.746	58
Gerard Orleman	29	92	92		23	4	0	0						.250	.250	.293	.543	27
Jim Cater	39	70	70		12	2	0	0						.171	.171	.200	.371	14
Ralph Butler	44	85	85		12	0	0	0						.141	.141	.141	.282	12
Tom Bigham	30	48	48		9	3	0	0						.188	.188	.250	.438	12
Don Brate	36	52	52		8	0	1	0						.154	.154	.192	.346	10
Bill Kearns	22	52	52		8	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	8
William Ketcham	31	46	46		6	2	0	0						.130	.130	.174	.304	8
Bob Loddeke	10	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Rudolph Dillard	20	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Robert Sweeney	12	19	19		3	2	0	0						.158	.158	.263	.421	5
Donald Jones	11	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Skordian	18	18	18		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1451	4702	4702	0	1340	265	68	70	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.415	.700	1951	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Ralph Butler	P	42					.000
Jim Cater	P	39					.000
Don Brate	P	34					.000
William Ketcham	P	30					.000
Tom Bigham	P	30					.000
Rudolph Dillard	P	19					.000
George Skordian	P	18					.000
Donald Jones	P	11					.000
Totals		223	0	0	0	0	.000

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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