1951 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-59
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Travis Jackson (0-0), Xavier Rescigno (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 45,464, Avg. 710

1951 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 2 games, Johnson City Cardinals 1
Finals - Kingsport Cherokees 3 games, Bluefield Blue-Grays 2

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1951 season with a record of 69 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Blue-Grays plated 827 runs and conceded 737 runs. George Owen led hitters with significant playing time with a .368 average. Tom Heys topped Bluefield with 16 wins, while Stephen Sandor registered a 4.25 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1951 Bluefield Blue-Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Malkmus, Johnny Goryl and Xavier Rescigno.

Travis Jackson and Xavier Rescigno 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
Tom Heys	16	9	.640	4.66	27	22					203.0	230	128	105		93
Angie Bazydlo	13	10	.565	4.54	31	27					210.0	239	145	106		105
Bob Lucas	10	10	.500	4.85	32	21					165.0	192	104	89		68
William DuBrava	7	5	.583	6.68	26	11					97.0	115	80	72		80
Carmine Giordano	7	7	.500	5.83	28	11					105.0	93	77	68		100
Stephen Sandor	5	6	.455	4.25	22	12					108.0	114	65	51		56
Ron Otten	4	6	.400	5.16	13	8					68.0	77	45	39		55
Raymond Sarver					14						0.0
Totals	62	53	.539	4.99	193	112	0	0	0	0	956.0	1060	644	530	0	557	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
Lantz Blaney	122	505	505		184	27	3	7						.364	.364	.471	.836	238
George Owen	96	348	348		128	39	3	15						.368	.368	.626	.994	218
John Hayes	127	469	469		128	32	1	16						.273	.273	.448	.721	210
Bobby Malkmus	114	469	469		128	18	8	10						.273	.273	.409	.682	192
Tyler Robinson	109	391	391		118	25	1	0						.302	.302	.371	.673	145
Arthur Howard	120	419	419		103	19	6	3						.246	.246	.341	.587	143
Michael Walsh	100	354	354		79	15	2	8						.223	.223	.345	.568	122
John Dobek	90	309	309		78	16	6	5						.252	.252	.392	.644	121
Dale McMullin	60	210	210		57	13	1	7						.271	.271	.443	.714	93
Johnny Goryl	50	169	169		53	10	5	2						.314	.314	.467	.781	79
Angie Bazydlo	33	91	91		31	4	0	0						.341	.341	.385	.725	35
Frank Benevides	31	107	107		27	6	0	2						.252	.252	.364	.617	39
Alan Wilcox	28	82	82		23	4	1	2						.280	.280	.427	.707	35
Charlie Chronopoulos	37	131	131		22	2	2	4						.168	.168	.305	.473	40
Ralph Twite	42	94	94		21	3	0	1						.223	.223	.287	.511	27
Tom Heys	27	76	76		16	6	0	0						.211	.211	.289	.500	22
Bob Lucas	33	66	66		15	6	1	0						.227	.227	.348	.576	23
Stephen Sandor	24	35	35		14	2	0	0						.400	.400	.457	.857	16
Ron Otten	13	22	22		5	2	0	0						.227	.227	.318	.545	7
Raymond Sarver	17	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
William DuBrava	26	32	32		4	1	0	0						.125	.125	.156	.281	5
Carmine Giordano	28	34	34		4	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	4
Totals	1327	4440	4440	0	1243	251	40	82	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.410	.690	1820	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Lucas	P	32					.000
Angie Bazydlo	P	31					.000
Carmine Giordano	P	28					.000
Tom Heys	P	27					.000
William DuBrava	P	26					.000
Stephen Sandor	P	22					.000
Raymond Sarver	P	14					.000
Ron Otten	P	13					.000
Totals		193	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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