1951 Headland Dixie Runners Statistics
Team Record: 84-36
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Bubba Ball (84-36)
Location: Headland, Alabama
Ballpark: Peanut Stadium
Attendance: 13,675, Avg. 228
Playoffs - Tallahassee Citizens 4 games, Headland Dixie Runners 3
The Headland Dixie Runners of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1951 season with a record of 84 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Dixie Runners led the league with 781 runs, ignited by 35 home runs. Headland surrendered 543 runs. John McPherson paced all regular batters with a .369 average. Thomas Stone earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while William Williams and Jack Clifton added 15 or more wins, too. Bubba Ball 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stone | 23 | 9 | .719 | 0.00 | 34 | 31 | 255.0 | 210 | 122 | 155 | ||||||||||||
| Jack Clifton | 22 | 6 | .786 | 0.00 | 31 | 27 | 237.0 | 137 | 110 | 195 | ||||||||||||
| William Williams | 21 | 7 | .750 | 0.00 | 35 | 29 | 257.0 | 214 | 140 | 132 | ||||||||||||
| Clyde Liedtke | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.00 | 20 | 15 | 112.0 | 102 | 71 | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Clay Jordan | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0.00 | 17 | 7 | 67.0 | 62 | 43 | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Warren Bourgeois | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 19.0 | 21 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Frank Howton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 19 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Aubrey Baker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 4 | 3 | 18.0 | 16 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Bubba Ball | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| John McPherson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Herbert Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Amery Frezza | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Roger Farrar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Cronin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 33 | .711 | 0.00 | 159 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1014.0 | 829 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 690 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Rivenbark | 115 | 498 | 498 | 175 | 29 | 20 | 5 | .351 | .351 | .520 | .871 | 259 | |||||||||||
| John McPherson | 109 | 445 | 445 | 164 | 39 | 3 | 8 | .369 | .369 | .524 | .892 | 233 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Marshall | 111 | 462 | 462 | 151 | 27 | 7 | 9 | .327 | .327 | .474 | .801 | 219 | |||||||||||
| Leon Hilyer | 115 | 484 | 484 | 129 | 23 | 7 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .355 | .622 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Bubba Ball | 108 | 412 | 412 | 113 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .330 | .604 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Aubrey Baker | 89 | 359 | 359 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .240 | .240 | .318 | .557 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Jack Clifton | 63 | 247 | 247 | 73 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .296 | .296 | .405 | .700 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Pettus | 66 | 238 | 238 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .324 | .597 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Larson Beck | 48 | 175 | 175 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .309 | .309 | .440 | .749 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Omer Glover | 41 | 173 | 173 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .347 | .618 | 60 | |||||||||||
| George Johnson | 37 | 136 | 136 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .301 | .301 | .449 | .750 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Wiley | 56 | 157 | 157 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .306 | .522 | 48 | |||||||||||
| William Williams | 44 | 109 | 109 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .284 | .284 | .376 | .661 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Stone | 39 | 113 | 113 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .274 | .522 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Clay Jordan | 17 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .280 | .560 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Liedtke | 20 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Amery Frezza | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Warren Bourgeois | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bob Cronin | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Culpepper | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Emerson Moreland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roger Farrar | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Frank Howton | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1095 | 4099 | 4099 | 0 | 1206 | 212 | 60 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .401 | .695 | 1643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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