1951 Fayetteville Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 59-79
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Red Norris (59-79)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Pittman Stadium
Attendance: 55,760, Avg. 808
The Fayetteville Athletics of the Carolina League ended the 1951 season with a record of 59 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Athletics tallied 519 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 633 runs. Jake Spruill led hitters with significant playing time with a .295 average. Bill Harrington topped Fayetteville with 14 wins and a team-best 3.36 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Bill Harrington and Len Matarazzo both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Red Norris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Harrington | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.36 | 38 | 228.0 | 216 | 103 | 85 | 14 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.46 | 31 | 138.0 | 142 | 67 | 53 | 9 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Len Matarazzo | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.81 | 56 | 175.0 | 157 | 83 | 74 | 15 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Harold Mays | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.40 | 34 | 167.0 | 162 | 77 | 63 | 7 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Mitchell | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.25 | 13 | 72.0 | 83 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wood | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.08 | 26 | 139.0 | 154 | 83 | 63 | 11 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Dick Schoonover | 1 | 5 | .167 | 8.25 | 11 | 48.0 | 74 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 63 | .432 | 3.80 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 967.0 | 988 | 505 | 408 | 65 | 384 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Lara | 137 | 482 | 482 | 141 | 30 | 3 | 26 | .293 | .293 | .529 | .822 | 255 | |||||||||||
| Jake Spruill | 117 | 440 | 440 | 130 | 28 | 2 | 8 | .295 | .295 | .423 | .718 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Norman Wilson | 132 | 429 | 429 | 107 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .298 | .548 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Mike Sichko | 87 | 333 | 333 | 105 | 21 | 7 | 10 | .315 | .315 | .511 | .826 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bergeron | 85 | 356 | 356 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .315 | .579 | 112 | |||||||||||
| James Kelly | 86 | 327 | 327 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .346 | .624 | 113 | |||||||||||
| George Suder | 107 | 362 | 362 | 82 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .257 | .483 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Albert Parnell | 53 | 164 | 164 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .262 | .262 | .360 | .622 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Jack Miller | 60 | 193 | 193 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .264 | .477 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Willard Johnson | 40 | 144 | 144 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Rosenwinkel | 38 | 126 | 126 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .230 | .230 | .389 | .619 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Frank Pursell | 66 | 126 | 126 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .238 | .452 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Bill Harrington | 54 | 95 | 95 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .295 | .516 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Edmond Wilson | 24 | 87 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .299 | .506 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Chico Rodriguez | 14 | 61 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .246 | .475 | 15 | |||||||||||
| John Wisniewski | 25 | 67 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .209 | .209 | .313 | .522 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Harry Kallas | 29 | 89 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .157 | .303 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Paul Demont | 18 | 57 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Robert Yaekel | 20 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .217 | .417 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Campbell | 14 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .417 | .722 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Vitti | 23 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .250 | .462 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Harold Mays | 34 | 59 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .220 | .407 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wood | 28 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .204 | .388 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Mitchell | 19 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Luther Barnes | 12 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .341 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Len Matarazzo | 56 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .160 | .300 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Bock | 15 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 33 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .128 | .255 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pancoe | 13 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Gifford | 12 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .176 | .324 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dick Schoonover | 11 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1462 | 4480 | 4480 | 0 | 1118 | 171 | 26 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .341 | .590 | 1527 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Matarazzo | P | 56 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Harrington | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Mays | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Napoles | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Wood | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Wallace Mitchell | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Schoonover | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 209 | 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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