1951 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 2nd in the WA
Manager: Billy Holm (77-48)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Ballpark: Miners Park II
Attendance: 46,921, Avg. 751

1951 Joplin Miners Roster

The Joplin Miners of the Western Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the WA.

The Miners led the league with 740 runs. Joplin allowed 591 runs, least in the league. Dick Tettelbach paced hitters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Merlin Nehring topped the squad with 20 wins, while Mel Wright, too added 15 or more wins, too Merlin Nehring registered a 3.26 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1951 Joplin Miners who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mel Wright, Dick Tettelbach, Lloyd Merritt, Whitey Herzog and John Gabler.

Billy Holm 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
Merlin Nehring	20	4	.833	3.26	26						196.0	178	82	71	10	126
Mel Wright	15	9	.625	3.67	28						206.0	199	97	84	5	77
Larry Hoover	11	3	.786	3.29	18						123.0	111	53	45	1	59
Daniel Ferber	7	10	.412	3.70	22						168.0	142	92	69	1	114
Michael Santoro	5	2	.714	3.97	10						77.0	80	38	34	3	45
Lloyd Merritt	5	5	.500	4.37	23						68.0	56	39	33	3	36
Leonard Strickler	4	1	.800	3.33	7						46.0	41	20	17	1	32
John Gabler	3	2	.600	5.29	13						34.0	31	22	20		21
Robert Tuminello	3	9	.250	4.14	25						111.0	117	70	51	2	77
Totals	73	45	.619	3.71	172	0	0	0	0	0	1029.0	955	513	424	26	587	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
Dick Tettelbach	125	488	488		155	31	5	7						.318	.318	.445	.762	217
Elmer Balzer	125	530	530		154	17	11	6						.291	.291	.398	.689	211
Whitey Herzog	113	418	418		119	14	8	7						.285	.285	.407	.691	170
Lavern Schiltz	119	427	427		119	15	5	2						.279	.279	.351	.630	150
Joseph Clark	111	449	449		118	25	3	5						.263	.263	.365	.628	164
Billie Bullock	120	428	428		110	13	4	8						.257	.257	.362	.619	155
Michael Morrongiello	106	358	358		106	18	9	14						.296	.296	.514	.810	184
Al Weygandt	42	140	140		49	11	1	1						.350	.350	.464	.814	65
Tom Venditelli	41	143	143		45	7	4	1						.315	.315	.441	.755	63
Jack Mallory	43	157	157		34	10	2	0						.217	.217	.306	.522	48
Mel Wright	33	86	86		23	1	5	1						.267	.267	.430	.698	37
Merlin Nehring	30	79	79		17	0	0	0						.215	.215	.215	.430	17
Andy Fronduto	29	98	98		16	4	0	0						.163	.163	.204	.367	20
Pete Vitale	21	61	61		12	4	0	0						.197	.197	.262	.459	16
Michael Santoro	10	30	30		7	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.467	7
Jack Taylor	18	33	33		7	1	1	0						.212	.212	.303	.515	10
Daniel Ferber	22	56	56		6	0	0	0						.107	.107	.107	.214	6
John Gabler	13	10	10		4	1	0	0						.400	.400	.500	.900	5
Ken Dunlap	10	12	12		4	2	0	1						.333	.333	.750	1.083	9
Larry Hoover	18	47	47		4	0	0	0						.085	.085	.085	.170	4
Lloyd Merritt	23	22	22		3	1	0	0						.136	.136	.182	.318	4
Robert Tuminello	25	36	36		3	2	0	0						.083	.083	.139	.222	5
Totals	1197	4108	4108	0	1115	177	58	53	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.381	.653	1567	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mel Wright	P	28					.000
Merlin Nehring	P	26					.000
Robert Tuminello	P	25					.000
Lloyd Merritt	P	23					.000
Daniel Ferber	P	22					.000
Larry Hoover	P	18					.000
John Gabler	P	13					.000
Michael Santoro	P	10					.000
Totals		165	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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