1951 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-84
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Don Gutteridge (68-84)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 181,241, Avg. 2,385

1951 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 68 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Indians scored 752 runs and surrendered 823 runs. Frank Kalin led Indianapolis with 18 home runs, and Nanny Fernandez walloped 15 or more also. Jack Merson drove in 94 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .295 average. Woody Main paced the squad with 12 wins, while Royce Lint recorded a 3.91 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Jim Clark, Joe Muir, Dom Dallessandro, Nanny Fernandez, Ted Beard, Royce Lint, Monty Basgall, Ed McGhee, Lloyd Gearhart, Tom Saffell, Earl Turner, Harry Fisher, Jim Mangan, Paul LaPalme, Frank Papish, Ed Stevens, Frank Kalin, Elmer Riddle, Dick Cole, Rusty Peters, Jack Merson, Woody Main, Paul Pettit, Johnny Hutchings, Whitey Platt, Culley Rikard and Windy McCall were all players from the 1951 Indianapolis Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.

Don Gutteridge 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
Woody Main	12	13	.480	4.22	60	6		2	0		143.0	144	83	67		54		109	1	0	5
Royce Lint	11	11	.500	3.91	38	26		11	2		205.0	215	112	89		75		106	4	0	3
Windy McCall	10	9	.526	4.53	28	26		10	0		171.0	173	97	86		92		111	3	0	2
Frank Papish	9	12	.429	5.25	28	27		10	3		156.0	175	104	91		73		80	1	1	0
Joe Muir	7	5	.583	5.65	23	17		7	2		113.0	137	75	71		30		51	0	0	1
Harry Fisher	6	9	.400	5.15	23	18		7	0		131.0	149	83	75		68		60	2	0	5
Johnny Hutchings	4	1	.800	5.07	38	0		0	0		55.0	66	36	31		26		21	2	1	0
Wes Curtis	3	8	.273	6.88	14	13		2	0		68.0	86	61	52		39		39	4	1	1
Lamar Chambers	2	4	.333	4.33	34	1		0	0		79.0	104	45	38		32		20	1	0	0
Fred Strobel	2	8	.200	6.12	28	11		2	0		97.0	114	77	66		55		44	1	1	2
Paul LaPalme	1	1	.500	3.68	5			2			22.0	19	9	9	4	8		18	0	0	0
Elmer Riddle	1	2	.333	9.53	4			1			17.0	31	20	18	1	16		8	0	0	1
Paul Pettit	0	0		0.00	4						6.0
Stan Milankovich	0	1	.000	7.80	6			0			15.0	26	16	13	1	8		7	0	0	0
Totals	68	84	.447	4.97	333	145	0	54	7	0	1278.0	1439	818	706	6	576	0	674	19	4	20	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
Jack Merson	147	630	600	86	177	36	4	10	94	1		25	64	.295	.323	.418	.742	251	22	0	5
Ed Stevens	152	628	575	55	150	21	7	12	91	0		50	52	.261	.322	.384	.707	221	5	2	1
Nanny Fernandez	147	592	530	77	137	20	2	15	76	4		57	63	.258	.332	.389	.720	206	10	1	4
Frank Kalin	111	440	408	54	120	20	3	18	89	1		31	50	.294	.345	.490	.836	200	9	1	0
Ted Beard	117	503	396	101	108	17	9	8	30	17		101	61	.273	.424	.422	.846	167	1	3	3
Jim Mangan	100	331	299	39	87	14	4	9	51	0		31	51	.291	.358	.455	.812	136	10	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	99	373	297	56	86	22	4	9	61	0		75	20	.290	.433	.481	.914	143	6	0	1
Earl Turner	78	279	256	30	69	9	3	10	33	0		18	41	.270	.322	.445	.768	114	11	2	3
Mel Rue	72	248	216	30	61	12	1	0	13	1		32	18	.282	.375	.347	.722	75	6	0	0
Dick Cole	57	229	195	37	58	8	5	2	28	2		31	18	.297	.394	.421	.814	82	6	0	3
Ed McGhee	32	149	144	29	51	5	7	2	17	1		5	13	.354	.376	.528	.904	76	5	0	0
Tom Saffell	42	171	150	29	48	5	0	1	14	10		19	19	.320	.404	.373	.777	56	0	2	0
Whitey Platt	57	164	150	18	37	10	1	2	16	1		12	24	.247	.302	.367	.669	55	3	0	2
Harry Fisher	80	120	115	15	34	6	2	6	26	0		4	10	.296	.325	.539	.864	62	2	1	0
Lloyd Gearhart	86	159	137	22	31	8	0	4	17	0		17	34	.226	.333	.372	.706	51	5	5	0
Monty Basgall	37	124	106	15	27	5	1	1	13	0		15	11	.255	.363	.349	.712	37	3	3	0
Joe Rowell	28	107	98	10	24	3	0	2	7	0		9	6	.245	.308	.337	.645	33	5	0	0
Windy McCall	29	72	66	7	17	4	1	0	8	0		5	15	.258	.310	.348	.658	23	2	0	1
Royce Lint	49	75	64	15	13	3	1	0	6	1		6	11	.203	.271	.281	.553	18	1	0	5
Woody Main	60	44	39	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		2	11	.179	.220	.231	.450	9	0	0	3
Joe Muir	26	42	39	4	5	0	0	0	6	0		3	8	.128	.190	.128	.319	5	0	0	0
Rusty Peters	22	44	40	4	5	3	0	0	3	0		4	8	.125	.205	.200	.405	8	2	0	0
Frank Papish	28	60	54	3	5	0	0	1	3	0		2	12	.093	.140	.148	.288	8	1	1	3
Lamar Chambers	41	14	13	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.308	.308	.308	.615	4	0	0	1
Culley Rikard	8	7	7		3									.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Elmer Riddle	4	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Jim Clark	10	19	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	2	0	0	0
Wes Curtis	14	23	23	2	2	0	0	2	2	0		0	9	.087	.087	.348	.435	8	1	0	0
Fred Strobel	28	32	29	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	10	.069	.129	.069	.198	2	1	0	1
Johnny Hutchings	38	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Donald Hedrick	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul LaPalme	5	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Stan Milankovich	6	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1812	5701	5084	749	1372	233	55	114	706	39	0	559	645	.270	.345	.405	.749	2057	117	21	37	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Stevens	1B	151	1155	90	12	150	.990	8.245
Jack Merson	2B	147	403	402	25	115	.970	5.476
Nanny Fernandez	3B	145	127	245	29	30	.928	2.566
Rusty Peters	3B	10	10	6	0	1	1.000	1.600
Jim Mangan	C	88	424	35	7	6	.985	5.216	7
Earl Turner	C	75	359	29	8	4	.980	5.173	8
Ted Beard	OF	115	272	9	11	2	.962	2.443
Frank Kalin	OF	103	166	5	12	2	.934	1.660
Dom Dallessandro	OF	86	143	2	5	0	.967	1.686
Lloyd Gearhart	OF	60	66	2	4	0	.944	1.133
Whitey Platt	OF	48	66	8	4	0	.949	1.542
Tom Saffell	OF	40	106	6	4	2	.966	2.800
Ed McGhee	OF	32	83	3	3	1	.966	2.688
Joe Rowell	OF	24	48	2	1	0	.980	2.083
Woody Main	P	60	6	23	4	2	.879	.483
Royce Lint	P	38	17	46	4	6	.940	1.658
Johnny Hutchings	P	38	3	8	0	1	1.000	.289
Lamar Chambers	P	34	5	11	1	1	.941	.471
Fred Strobel	P	28	5	14	0	1	1.000	.679
Frank Papish	P	28	8	20	7	0	.800	1.000
Windy McCall	P	28	3	15	4	0	.818	.643
Joe Muir	P	23	8	25	3	4	.917	1.435
Harry Fisher	P	23	9	15	1	0	.960	1.043
Wes Curtis	P	14	3	7	1	0	.909	.714
Stan Milankovich	P	6						.000
Paul LaPalme	P	5						.000
Elmer Riddle	P	4						.000
Paul Pettit	P	4						.000
Mel Rue	SS	67	106	175	22	44	.927	4.194
Dick Cole	SS	57	109	178	7	39	.976	5.035
Monty Basgall	SS	31	42	73	11	17	.913	3.710
Totals		1612	3752	1454	190	428	.965	3.230	15	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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