1951 Bakersfield Indians Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 58-89
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Wimpy Quinn (58-89)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 67,680, Avg. 921

1951 Bakersfield Indians Roster

The Bakersfield Indians of the California League ended the 1951 season with a record of 58 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.

The Indians scored 760 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 939 runs, most in the circuit. Joe Borich led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Keith Bowman topped Bakersfield with 11 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1951 Bakersfield Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Wimpy Quinn, Bud Daley and Jess Pike.

Wimpy Quinn 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
Keith Bowman	11	13	.458	3.39	30	22					183.0	149	101	69		108
Manny Fierro	10	13	.435	3.93	30	22					199.0	243	122	87		64
Bud Daley	9	10	.474	5.54	25	23					156.0	181	123	96		80
Pete Mesa	8	8	.500	4.20	23	15					150.0	146	94	70		103
Clyde Thomas	4	3	.571	4.65	17	6					62.0	80	39	32		31
Jim Dawson	4	10	.286	5.86	23	15					126.0	128	98	82		105
Michael Gazella	3	7	.300	4.86	16	7					76.0	75	49	41		50
Chuck Herman	2	5	.286	6.31	16	8					67.0	85	55	47		44
Jack Sanoff	2	8	.200	5.72	18	12					85.0	98	64	54		65
Hal Dodeward					12						0.0
Totals	53	77	.408	4.71	210	130	0	0	0	0	1104.0	1185	745	578	0	650	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
Joe Borich	143	512	512		164	22	2	14						.320	.320	.453	.773	232
John Herman	146	554	554		163	39	5	14						.294	.294	.458	.753	254
Wimpy Quinn	146	559	559		160	33	0	11						.286	.286	.404	.691	226
Sal Taormina	147	506	506		145	24	6	25						.287	.287	.506	.792	256
Richard Gentry	113	404	404		85	9	4	3						.210	.210	.275	.485	111
Lee Smith	94	288	288		79	9	2	8						.274	.274	.403	.677	116
Bob Bell	101	316	316		64	9	1	6						.203	.203	.294	.497	93
Dennis Luby	74	271	271		62	8	1	2						.229	.229	.288	.517	78
Edward Fairman	53	206	206		48	5	3	5						.233	.233	.359	.592	74
Willie Moore	50	165	165		32	3	1	0						.194	.194	.224	.418	37
John Morse	31	110	110		19	4	0	0						.173	.173	.209	.382	23
Vernon Rhinehart	22	55	55		12	3	0	1						.218	.218	.327	.545	18
Bud Daley	26	48	48		11	2	0	0						.229	.229	.271	.500	13
Pete Mesa	27	56	56		9	4	0	0						.161	.161	.232	.393	13
Keith Bowman	30	66	66		9	0	1	0						.136	.136	.167	.303	11
Jack Sanoff	20	34	34		8	2	0	1						.235	.235	.382	.618	13
Manny Fierro	32	71	71		7	1	0	0						.099	.099	.113	.211	8
Jim Dawson	25	45	45		6	2	0	0						.133	.133	.178	.311	8
Richard Renner	11	47	47		5	1	0	0						.106	.106	.128	.234	6
Walter Graves	10	23	23		4	1	0	0						.174	.174	.217	.391	5
Clyde Thomas	21	26	26		4	1	0	0						.154	.154	.192	.346	5
Chuck Herman	16	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Jimmie McDaniel	5	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Michael Gazella	16	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Hal Dodeward	12	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1371	4421	4421	0	1100	182	26	90	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.249	.363	.612	1604	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Manny Fierro	P	30					.000
Keith Bowman	P	30					.000
Bud Daley	P	25					.000
Pete Mesa	P	23					.000
Jim Dawson	P	23					.000
Jack Sanoff	P	18					.000
Clyde Thomas	P	17					.000
Chuck Herman	P	16					.000
Michael Gazella	P	16					.000
Hal Dodeward	P	12					.000
Totals		210	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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