1951 El Centro Imperials Statistics
Team Record: 59-85
Finished 9th in the SIL
Manager: Red Kress (0-0), Basil Beringhele (0-0)
Location: El Centro, California
Ballpark: Stark Field
Attendance: 23,847, Avg. 331
The El Centro Imperials of the Southwest International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 59 wins and 85 losses, finishing ninth in the SIL.
The Imperials tallied 719 runs and allowed 830 runs. Basil Beringhele paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .335 clip. Ray Fortier topped El Centro with 12 wins and a team-best 2.97 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Red Kress played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the El Centro Imperials to do so.
Red Kress and Basil Beringhele 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Fortier | 12 | 13 | .480 | 2.97 | 29 | 22 | 197.0 | 185 | 88 | 65 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Jack Sanoff | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.44 | 16 | 9 | 81.0 | 81 | 47 | 31 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Robert Andrews | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.79 | 12 | 11 | 77.0 | 74 | 57 | 41 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Basil Beringhele | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.30 | 7 | 5 | 46.0 | 62 | 37 | 22 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 4 | 14.0 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 29 | .408 | 3.90 | 68 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 415.0 | 402 | 229 | 180 | 0 | 238 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basil Beringhele | 134 | 516 | 516 | 173 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .335 | .335 | .419 | .754 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Moore | 138 | 513 | 513 | 160 | 34 | 11 | 17 | .312 | .312 | .520 | .832 | 267 | |||||||||||
| Bob Strader | 139 | 539 | 539 | 140 | 25 | 3 | 8 | .260 | .260 | .362 | .622 | 195 | |||||||||||
| Carl Watts | 65 | 272 | 272 | 82 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .301 | .301 | .357 | .658 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Gene Klingler | 80 | 302 | 302 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .315 | .576 | 95 | |||||||||||
| Richard Renner | 75 | 299 | 299 | 65 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .274 | .492 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Major Williams | 65 | 235 | 235 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .285 | .528 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Frank Stinson | 32 | 128 | 128 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .297 | .297 | .414 | .711 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Al Neufeld | 59 | 172 | 172 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .215 | .215 | .314 | .529 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Charles Lundgren | 32 | 112 | 112 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .277 | .277 | .464 | .741 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Richard Henry | 44 | 118 | 118 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .305 | .534 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Henry Brock | 24 | 91 | 91 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .330 | .593 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Robert Moroni | 33 | 102 | 102 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .235 | .235 | .373 | .608 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Tom Galli | 40 | 132 | 132 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Bennie Guerrero | 25 | 93 | 93 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .237 | .462 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Ray Fortier | 38 | 83 | 83 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .229 | .446 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Ignacio Acosta | 16 | 66 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Joseph DeGaetano | 16 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 | .478 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Robert Andrews | 14 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .300 | .567 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jack Sanoff | 18 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .265 | .441 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dale Billips | 10 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Thomas | 10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1107 | 3927 | 3927 | 0 | 1045 | 157 | 38 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .358 | .624 | 1404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Fortier | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Sanoff | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Andrews | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 57 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
