1951 Charleston Senators Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Ernie White (69-70)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 102,684, Avg. 1,477

1951 Charleston Senators Roster

The Charleston Senators of the Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Senators plated 696 runs and yielded 665 runs. Cyril Pfeifer led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Clarence Zieser topped Charleston with 11 wins, while Ken Polivka recorded a 2.74 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1951 Charleston Senators who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ted Tappe, Don Gross, Jim Bolger, Ernie White and Ken Polivka.

Ernie White 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
Clarence Zieser	11	9	.550	3.19	23						155.0	132	75	55	10	64
Max Sumwalt	10	5	.667	3.45	29						133.0	128	68	51	6	64
Ken Polivka	10	7	.588	2.74	19						148.0	144	64	45	4	40
Jack Walters	9	6	.600	3.30	27						139.0	149	72	51	9	58
Kenneth Lanning	8	7	.533	4.17	24						121.0	119	79	56	9	76
Alfred Boresh	8	13	.381	4.08	23						150.0	169	97	68	15	33
Arthur Applebaum	5	6	.455	47.45	31						11.0	94	70	58	8	90
Roger Wright	3	2	.600	2.08	28						65.0	62	21	15	1	26
Phil Amato	2	4	.333	4.22	13						64.0	66	41	30	2	38
Don Gross	1	3	.250	5.68	7						38.0	47	25	24		22
John Bebber					12						0.0
Ernie White	0	0		0.00	1						3.0
Totals	67	62	.519	3.97	237	0	0	0	0	0	1027.0	1110	612	453	64	511	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
Bobby Wilson	139	562	562		163	14	19	8						.290	.290	.425	.715	239
Cyril Pfeifer	136	507	507		162	31	3	0						.320	.320	.393	.712	199
Bob Carson	140	561	561		136	13	9	0						.242	.242	.298	.540	167
William Bernhardt	133	475	475		125	20	3	4						.263	.263	.343	.606	163
Ted Tappe	118	421	421		103	24	5	16						.245	.245	.439	.684	185
Jim Bolger	104	367	367		93	12	12	3						.253	.253	.376	.629	138
James Reggio	89	310	310		83	12	8	7						.268	.268	.426	.694	132
Keith Schmidt	95	309	309		75	13	2	9						.243	.243	.385	.628	119
James Brown	100	288	288		69	17	2	5						.240	.240	.365	.604	105
Whitey Ries	37	127	127		26	3	1	0						.205	.205	.244	.449	31
Robert Guth	41	128	128		25	6	0	1						.195	.195	.266	.461	34
Hugh Glaze	29	59	59		18	5	2	1						.305	.305	.508	.814	30
Max Sumwalt	36	46	46		12	0	2	1						.261	.261	.413	.674	19
Lloyd Foster	18	57	57		11	2	1	0						.193	.193	.263	.456	15
Ken Polivka	21	50	50		10	0	1	0						.200	.200	.240	.440	12
Alfred Boresh	23	54	54		9	3	0	0						.167	.167	.222	.389	12
Clarence Zieser	23	59	59		9	1	0	0						.153	.153	.169	.322	10
Jack Walters	27	48	48		8	1	0	0						.167	.167	.188	.354	9
Kenneth Lanning	27	50	50		8	2	0	0						.160	.160	.200	.360	10
Arthur Applebaum	31	34	34		7	4	0	0						.206	.206	.324	.529	11
John Bebber	13	12	12		4	2	0	0						.333	.333	.500	.833	6
Roger Wright	28	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Phil Amato	13	21	21		1	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.095	1
Totals	1421	4562	4562	0	1158	185	70	55	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.361	.615	1648	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Arthur Applebaum	P	31					.000
Max Sumwalt	P	29					.000
Roger Wright	P	28					.000
Jack Walters	P	27					.000
Kenneth Lanning	P	24					.000
Clarence Zieser	P	23					.000
Alfred Boresh	P	23					.000
Ken Polivka	P	19					.000
Phil Amato	P	13					.000
John Bebber	P	12					.000
Totals		229	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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