1951 Fort Lauderdale Braves Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 38-102
Finished 8th in the FIL
Manager: Lloyd Brown (0-0), Eddie Goostree (0-0), Chuck Aleno (0-0)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Westside Ball Park
Attendance: 32,739, Avg. 468

1951 Fort Lauderdale Braves Roster

The Fort Lauderdale Braves of the Florida International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 38 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the FIL.

The Braves plated 526 runs and surrendered 944 runs, most in the circuit. Bruno Zelasko led all regular batters with a .214 average. Rolando Viadero topped Fort Lauderdale with 8 wins, while Stan Coulling recorded a 2.64 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Lloyd Brown, Chet Covington, Ray Yochim, Jorge Comellas, Chuck Aleno, Bill Nagel and Stan Andrews were all players from the 1951 Fort Lauderdale Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.

Lloyd Brown, Eddie Goostree and Chuck Aleno 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
Rolando Viadero	8	9	.471	4.29	30						153.0	192	105	73	18	53
Stan Coulling	7	7	.500	2.64	21						140.0	128	47	41	5	26
Bill Wigle	4	8	.333	4.08	18						97.0	97	55	44	5	46
Graham	3	4	.429	5.65	7						51.0	65	44	32	6	22
Richard Wentworth	2	4	.333	5.76	8						50.0	55	42	32	2	28
Catayo Gonzalez	2	8	.200	5.86	25						106.0	122	89	69	12	69
Edward Sundra	2	10	.167	5.71	16						104.0	109	77	66	2	76
Ray Yochim	2	13	.133	7.71	16						77.0	94	80	66	8	45
Quinn Buckley	1	4	.200	7.47	11						47.0	61	45	39	1	33
Chet Covington	0	1	.000	7.71	5						14.0	27	22	12		12
Lloyd Brown	0	2	.000	6.92	8						26.0	43	27	20		8
Leonardo Goicoechea	0	9	.000	7.17	13						69.0	75	65	55	4	56
Totals	31	79	.282	5.29	178	0	0	0	0	0	934.0	1068	698	549	63	474	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
Bruno Zelasko	136	501	501		107	25	1	2						.214	.214	.279	.493	140
Harry Anderson	72	277	277		81	16	1	4						.292	.292	.401	.693	111
Jack Tanner	68	245	245		75	11	1	19						.306	.306	.592	.898	145
Stan Andrews	54	184	184		68	10	0	3						.370	.370	.473	.842	87
Charles Samson	86	289	289		67	12	3	9						.232	.232	.388	.619	112
Joe Tuminelli	59	224	224		59	17	1	8						.263	.263	.455	.719	102
Al Simononis	79	258	258		59	8	3	13						.229	.229	.434	.663	112
Don Phipps	76	245	245		50	6	0	0						.204	.204	.229	.433	56
John Stefanik	52	179	179		38	9	1	3						.212	.212	.324	.536	58
Bill Nagel	38	146	146		37	6	0	5						.253	.253	.397	.651	58
Roberto Gonzalez	55	168	168		36	5	1	1						.214	.214	.274	.488	46
Cart Howerton	31	122	122		30	10	1	1						.246	.246	.369	.615	45
Michael Fernandez	30	82	82		18	2	0	2						.220	.220	.317	.537	26
Frank Gallucci	36	92	92		18	4	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	22
Rene Valois	33	97	97		14	4	0	3						.144	.144	.278	.423	27
Stan Coulling	34	83	83		12	3	0	1						.145	.145	.217	.361	18
Rolando Viadero	43	83	83		10	1	0	0						.120	.120	.133	.253	11
Richard Wentworth	25	59	59		9	2	0	0						.153	.153	.186	.339	11
Robert Adcock	16	47	47		8	1	2	1						.170	.170	.340	.511	16
Edward Sundra	18	36	36		7	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.389	7
Catayo Gonzalez	30	48	48		7	1	0	0						.146	.146	.167	.312	8
Ray Yochim	23	30	30		5	0	0	1						.167	.167	.267	.433	8
Lloyd Brown	14	25	25		4	2	0	0						.160	.160	.240	.400	6
Quinn Buckley	15	17	17		3	0	1	0						.176	.176	.294	.471	5
Leonardo Goicoechea	16	22	22		3	1	0	0						.136	.136	.182	.318	4
Bill Wigle	28	43	43		3	0	0	0						.070	.070	.070	.140	3
Totals	1167	3602	3602	0	828	156	16	76	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.230	.345	.575	1244	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Stefanik	OF	51	111	3	5		.958	2.235
Rolando Viadero	P	30						.000
Catayo Gonzalez	P	25						.000
Stan Coulling	P	21						.000
Bill Wigle	P	18						.000
Ray Yochim	P	16						.000
Edward Sundra	P	16						.000
Leonardo Goicoechea	P	13						.000
Quinn Buckley	P	11						.000
Lloyd Brown	P	8						.000
Totals		209	111	3	5	0	.958	.545

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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