1951 Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals Statistics
Team Record: 80-39
Finished 1st in the VL
Manager: Cecil Tyson (80-39)
Location: Colonial Heights, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Ballpark: Shepherd Stadium
Attendance: 35,146, Avg. 591
Playoffs - Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals 4 games, Suffolk Goobers 1
Finals - Elizabeth City Albemarles 4 games, Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals 1
The Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals of the Virginia League ended the 1951 season with a record of 80 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the VL.
The Generals led the league with 711 runs, fueled by 83 home runs. Colonial surrendered 433 runs, least in the league. Page McGee paced all regular batters by hitting .340. John Brockwell earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, while William Garthwaite as well added 15 or more victories as well John Brockwell registered a 2.05 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Cecil Tyson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals to do so.
Cecil Tyson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brockwell | 25 | 7 | .781 | 2.05 | 35 | 31 | 268.0 | 212 | 80 | 61 | 90 | |||||||||||
| William Garthwaite | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.13 | 23 | 20 | 167.0 | 144 | 64 | 58 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Malcolm Mallory | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.76 | 33 | 12 | 158.0 | 155 | 82 | 66 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Landum | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.39 | 9 | 9 | 77.0 | 72 | 38 | 29 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 19 | .753 | 2.87 | 100 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 670.0 | 583 | 264 | 214 | 0 | 329 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Inge | 115 | 467 | 467 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 19 | .298 | .298 | .507 | .805 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Ken Hatcher | 115 | 400 | 400 | 128 | 20 | 4 | 34 | .320 | .320 | .645 | .965 | 258 | |||||||||||
| Frank Sangalli | 113 | 437 | 437 | 123 | 24 | 4 | 5 | .281 | .281 | .389 | .670 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Page McGee | 86 | 344 | 344 | 117 | 14 | 4 | 18 | .340 | .340 | .561 | .901 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Harry Collias | 106 | 392 | 392 | 98 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .306 | .556 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Cecil Tyson | 101 | 347 | 347 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .314 | .576 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Paul Webb | 81 | 296 | 296 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .240 | .331 | .571 | 98 | |||||||||||
| John Brockwell | 48 | 110 | 110 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .264 | .264 | .327 | .591 | 36 | |||||||||||
| William Garthwaite | 23 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .284 | .507 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Malcolm Mallory | 33 | 68 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .162 | .309 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Morton Conwell | 11 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .216 | .432 | 8 | |||||||||||
| William Laffoon | 13 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 845 | 2984 | 2984 | 0 | 832 | 136 | 23 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .423 | .702 | 1263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brockwell | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Malcolm Mallory | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| William Garthwaite | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 91 | 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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