1951 Big Stone Gap Rebels Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 49-75
Finished 7th in the MSL
Manager: Ham Schulte (0-0), Lew Flick (0-0)
Location: Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Ballpark: Bullitt Park
Attendance: 13,737, Avg. 222

1951 Big Stone Gap Rebels Roster

The Big Stone Gap Rebels of the Mountain States League ended the 1951 season with a record of 49 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the MSL.

The Rebels scored 762 runs and conceded 938 runs. Earl Motsinger paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .380 average. Jack Bennett topped Big Stone Gap with 12 wins and a team-best 5.06 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Lew Flick and Ham Schulte both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ham Schulte and Lew Flick 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
Jack Bennett	12	15	.444	5.06	33	22					194.0	229	125	109		79
Robert Hathaway	11	11	.500	5.42	35	19					191.0	195	142	115		127
James Mertlik	8	17	.320	6.21	38	22					158.0	138	129	109		171
Andrew Mascia	5	7	.417	7.20	22	16					125.0	165	130	100		95
Richard Callison	3	1	.750	4.73	11	7					59.0	62	39	31		33
Gordon Robinson					12						0.0
Al Corum					13						0.0
John Sulfaro					11						0.0
Totals	39	51	.433	5.74	175	86	0	0	0	0	727.0	789	565	464	0	505	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
Lew Flick	121	526	526		186	31	5	6						.354	.354	.466	.819	245
Earl Motsinger	115	437	437		166	36	5	15						.380	.380	.588	.968	257
Peter Choukalas	95	349	349		117	20	3	13						.335	.335	.521	.857	182
Richard Lough	110	421	421		115	17	3	4						.273	.273	.356	.629	150
Powell King	80	319	319		82	14	6	8						.257	.257	.414	.671	132
Kelly Lunn	57	226	226		80	13	2	4						.354	.354	.482	.836	109
James Gingerella	93	305	305		75	10	3	10						.246	.246	.397	.643	121
John Andrus	68	280	280		73	16	0	2						.261	.261	.339	.600	95
Ham Schulte	67	203	203		62	11	0	1						.305	.305	.374	.680	76
Bob Scholten	43	141	141		42	4	1	0						.298	.298	.340	.638	48
Alfred Schindler	39	144	144		39	3	1	1						.271	.271	.326	.597	47
George Gomez	43	138	138		20	3	1	5						.145	.145	.290	.435	40
Richard D'Amura	27	90	90		19	1	1	0						.211	.211	.244	.456	22
Jack Bennett	36	78	78		16	3	0	0						.205	.205	.244	.449	19
Bernard Bolha	15	56	56		13	1	0	0						.232	.232	.250	.482	14
John Stoner	17	59	59		12	1	0	0						.203	.203	.220	.424	13
Robert Hathaway	35	67	67		11	1	0	1						.164	.164	.224	.388	15
Andrew Mascia	25	58	58		10	1	0	0						.172	.172	.190	.362	11
James Mertlik	42	60	60		10	1	1	0						.167	.167	.217	.383	13
Richard Callison	11	21	21		6	1	0	0						.286	.286	.333	.619	7
Gordon Robinson	12	17	17		4	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.471	4
John Sulfaro	15	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	2
Al Corum	13	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Totals	1179	4038	4038	0	1161	188	32	70	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.402	.689	1623	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
James Mertlik	P	38					.000
Robert Hathaway	P	35					.000
Jack Bennett	P	33					.000
Andrew Mascia	P	22					.000
Al Corum	P	13					.000
Gordon Robinson	P	12					.000
John Sulfaro	P	11					.000
Richard Callison	P	11					.000
Totals		175	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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