1951 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Red Marion (83-71)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 297,366, Avg. 3,862
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Mobile Bears 0
Finals - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Little Rock Travelers 0
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the SA.
The Barons scored 811 runs and surrendered 724 runs. Jim Piersall led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .346 clip. Bobo Newsom topped Birmingham with 16 wins, while Ralph Brickner also added 15 or more wins also Bobo Newsom recorded a 3.04 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Norm Brown, Mickey Haefner, Bobo Newsom, Hersh Freeman, Lefty Wallace, Jim Piersall, Charlie Letchas, Len Schulte, Ray Yochim, Ralph Brickner, Roberto Ortiz, Ike Delock, Ribs Raney, George Wilson, Al Jurisich, Marv Rackley, Homer Spragins and Don Hasenmayer were all players from the 1951 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Red Marion 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobo Newsom | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.04 | 32 | 31 | 237.0 | 228 | 92 | 80 | 71 | |||||||||||
Ralph Brickner | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.91 | 32 | 28 | 212.0 | 232 | 100 | 92 | 42 | |||||||||||
Lefty Wallace | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.80 | 31 | 29 | 180.0 | 228 | 111 | 96 | 67 | |||||||||||
Hersh Freeman | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.63 | 50 | 3 | 107.0 | 113 | 59 | 55 | 32 | |||||||||||
Mickey Haefner | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.45 | 27 | 22 | 172.0 | 186 | 93 | 66 | 54 | |||||||||||
Homer Spragins | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0.00 | 17 | 32.0 | 42 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Ribs Raney | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.72 | 20 | 13 | 103.0 | 105 | 64 | 54 | 60 | |||||||||||
John Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 11 | 34.0 | 30 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Alfred Boresh | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0.00 | 6 | 32.0 | 39 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Roger Higgins | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.14 | 37 | 4 | 84.0 | 106 | 57 | 48 | 46 | |||||||||||
Paul Perry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 16.0 | 21 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Marv Rackley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Al Jurisich | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Ike Delock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.54 | 5 | 13.0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 78 | 65 | .545 | 3.65 | 274 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1229.0 | 1355 | 587 | 499 | 0 | 425 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Ray | 151 | 554 | 554 | 187 | 23 | 8 | 18 | .338 | .338 | .505 | .843 | 280 | |||||||||||
Larry DiPippo | 155 | 568 | 568 | 165 | 27 | 5 | 6 | .290 | .290 | .387 | .678 | 220 | |||||||||||
George Wilson | 143 | 489 | 489 | 159 | 29 | 8 | 29 | .325 | .325 | .595 | .920 | 291 | |||||||||||
Dale Lynch | 124 | 480 | 480 | 153 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .319 | .319 | .392 | .710 | 188 | |||||||||||
Jim Piersall | 121 | 437 | 437 | 151 | 30 | 12 | 15 | .346 | .346 | .572 | .918 | 250 | |||||||||||
Red Mathis | 141 | 479 | 479 | 140 | 26 | 8 | 7 | .292 | .292 | .424 | .716 | 203 | |||||||||||
Marv Rackley | 91 | 319 | 319 | 112 | 17 | 7 | 6 | .351 | .351 | .505 | .856 | 161 | |||||||||||
Roberto Ortiz | 115 | 343 | 343 | 91 | 25 | 3 | 14 | .265 | .265 | .478 | .743 | 164 | |||||||||||
Charlie Letchas | 100 | 335 | 335 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .260 | .260 | .334 | .594 | 112 | |||||||||||
Roy Nicely | 69 | 259 | 259 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .301 | .541 | 78 | |||||||||||
Dick Greco | 27 | 84 | 84 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .321 | .321 | .524 | .845 | 44 | |||||||||||
Ralph Brickner | 32 | 89 | 89 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .360 | .640 | 32 | |||||||||||
Don Hasenmayer | 28 | 107 | 107 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .224 | .224 | .393 | .617 | 42 | |||||||||||
Lefty Wallace | 42 | 64 | 64 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .359 | .359 | .438 | .797 | 28 | |||||||||||
Robert Stewart | 22 | 85 | 85 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .282 | .529 | 24 | |||||||||||
Daniel Ryan | 49 | 114 | 114 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .254 | .439 | 29 | |||||||||||
Bobo Newsom | 32 | 87 | 87 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .207 | .402 | 18 | |||||||||||
Hersh Freeman | 56 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .366 | .366 | .610 | .976 | 25 | |||||||||||
Robert Mosakoski | 22 | 64 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .297 | .531 | 19 | |||||||||||
Len Schulte | 28 | 91 | 91 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .220 | .374 | 20 | |||||||||||
Mickey Haefner | 30 | 67 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .224 | .418 | 15 | |||||||||||
Bob Van Eman | 19 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 18 | |||||||||||
Mike Vukmire | 20 | 57 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .140 | .140 | .193 | .333 | 11 | |||||||||||
Al Van Alstyne | 8 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .348 | .565 | 8 | |||||||||||
John Gilbert | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | |||||||||||
Homer Spragins | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 4 | |||||||||||
Roger Higgins | 37 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
Ribs Raney | 20 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1710 | 5364 | 5364 | 0 | 1560 | 267 | 70 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .291 | .428 | .718 | 2294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hersh Freeman | P | 50 | .000 | |||||
Roger Higgins | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Bobo Newsom | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Ralph Brickner | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Lefty Wallace | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
Mickey Haefner | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Ribs Raney | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Homer Spragins | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
John Gilbert | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 257 | 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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