1951 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Svend Jessen (69-70)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 55,174, Avg. 794

1951 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1951 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Russets scored 882 runs and yielded 776 runs. Svend Jessen and Olney Patterson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .299 clip. George Hughes topped Idaho Falls with 16 wins, while Ken Kimball recorded a 3.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Nick Testa played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Idaho Falls Russets to do so.

Svend Jessen 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
George Hughes	16	12	.571	3.77	36						215.0	234	114	90	14	85
Robert Knudson	14	11	.560	4.38	31						220.0	250	135	107	11	114
Ken Kimball	12	8	.600	3.71	24						177.0	147	89	73	1	107
Rod MacKay	10	6	.625	4.72	33						162.0	196	111	85	9	50
Reno Barbisan	7	11	.389	5.72	21						137.0	160	98	87	7	65
Dick Waibel	6	5	.545	3.42	29						100.0	104	51	38	2	49
James Arbucho	3	7	.300	4.56	19						79.0	94	58	40	2	48
Paul Kirschvink	0	5	.000	4.50	16						60.0	73	42	30	1	49
Totals	68	65	.511	4.30	209	0	0	0	0	0	1150.0	1258	698	550	47	567	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
Svend Jessen	132	481	481		144	27	5	14						.299	.299	.464	.763	223
Les Corcoran	111	490	490		137	21	4	0						.280	.280	.339	.618	166
Olney Patterson	140	418	418		125	25	7	17						.299	.299	.514	.813	215
Bill Rogers	125	480	480		121	19	6	11						.252	.252	.385	.638	185
John Hack	116	426	426		117	16	4	3						.275	.275	.352	.627	150
Nick Muti	107	378	378		107	8	3	0						.283	.283	.320	.603	121
Frank Szekula	103	386	386		99	16	3	4						.256	.256	.345	.601	133
Charles Hansen	89	299	299		69	7	2	0						.231	.231	.268	.498	80
Chuck Balassi	67	237	237		65	13	5	4						.274	.274	.422	.696	100
Nick Testa	65	212	212		56	12	2	0						.264	.264	.340	.604	72
Jim McNamara	53	192	192		46	3	0	0						.240	.240	.255	.495	49
Robert Knudson	33	89	89		29	4	1	0						.326	.326	.393	.719	35
Bennie Guerrero	30	97	97		20	3	2	0						.206	.206	.278	.485	27
George Hughes	37	79	79		15	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.380	15
Ken Kimball	29	69	69		13	3	0	0						.188	.188	.232	.420	16
Ted Drakos	10	40	40		10	1	0	0						.250	.250	.275	.525	11
Dick Waibel	31	35	35		7	1	0	0						.200	.200	.229	.429	8
Laurie Monroe	12	15	15		6	0	2	1						.400	.400	.867	1.267	13
James Arbucho	19	32	32		5	0	0	0						.156	.156	.156	.312	5
Reno Barbisan	22	55	55		5	1	0	0						.091	.091	.109	.200	6
Rod MacKay	33	69	69		3	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	3
Paul Kirschvink	18	20	20		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1382	4599	4599	0	1199	180	46	54	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.355	.616	1633	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
George Hughes	P	36					.000
Rod MacKay	P	33					.000
Robert Knudson	P	31					.000
Dick Waibel	P	29					.000
Ken Kimball	P	24					.000
Reno Barbisan	P	21					.000
James Arbucho	P	19					.000
Paul Kirschvink	P	16					.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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