1951 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 5th in the TSL
Manager: Jack Aragón (60-79)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 55,142, Avg. 793

1951 Knoxville Smokies Roster

The Knoxville Smokies of the Tri-State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the TSL.

The Smokies plated 716 runs and allowed 820 runs. Ralph Lucas led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .331 clip. Red McCafferty topped Knoxville with 10 wins and a team-best 3.29 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1951 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gail Harris, Jim Constable, Pete Burnside, Eric Rodin and Jack Aragón.

Jack Aragón 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
Red McCafferty	10	10	.500	3.29	23						167.0	171	81	61	5	81
Bobby Bickford	8	8	.500	5.89	23						113.0	129	86	74	11	67
Jack Larson	8	11	.421	5.60	27						143.0	137	107	89	4	147
Pete Burnside	6	7	.462	4.25	14						91.0	70	52	43	5	101
Klon Greene	6	8	.429	4.15	49						130.0	134	88	60	6	77
Bob Purcell	6	9	.400	5.39	24						132.0	120	100	79	6	123
Donald McMillen	6	13	.316	4.69	44						169.0	182	109	88	8	103
Herman West	3	2	.600	6.65	8						46.0	55	37	34	1	35
John Boback	3	5	.375	5.26	16						77.0	74	49	45	3	60
Erby Colley					14						0.0
Carl Swiderski					10						0.0
Jim Constable	0	0		4.50	1						6.0	6	7	3		7
Totals	56	73	.434	4.83	253	0	0	0	0	0	1074.0	1078	716	576	49	801	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
Ralph Lucas	134	522	522		173	30	5	4						.331	.331	.431	.762	225
Bobby Brown	128	514	514		132	24	3	1						.257	.257	.321	.578	165
Nicholas Romeo	135	466	466		123	20	7	12						.264	.264	.414	.678	193
Oscar Fernandez	119	411	411		108	16	2	4						.263	.263	.341	.603	140
John Olsen	90	346	346		95	27	6	9						.275	.275	.465	.740	161
Eric Rodin	73	256	256		82	12	4	14						.320	.320	.562	.883	144
Gail Harris	48	178	178		61	10	3	6						.343	.343	.534	.876	95
James Mitchell	67	221	221		56	6	1	0						.253	.253	.290	.543	64
Charles Weymann	64	216	216		54	7	0	1						.250	.250	.296	.546	64
Jack Aragón	82	170	170		49	11	1	5						.288	.288	.453	.741	77
John Fedorko	65	186	186		49	3	1	0						.263	.263	.290	.554	54
Raymond Wiese	52	181	181		46	4	2	1						.254	.254	.315	.569	57
Peter Brozovich	40	142	142		45	13	1	3						.317	.317	.486	.803	69
Carl Hosler	25	86	86		18	4	0	3						.209	.209	.360	.570	31
Harry Bell	17	59	59		17	2	1	1						.288	.288	.407	.695	24
Robert Featherstone	21	64	64		16	4	0	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	20
Walter Alexander	32	93	93		16	2	0	0						.172	.172	.194	.366	18
Matt Maetozo	15	46	46		12	1	1	0						.261	.261	.326	.587	15
Herman West	16	49	49		11	1	0	0						.224	.224	.245	.469	12
Bob Purcell	26	52	52		10	2	0	1						.192	.192	.288	.481	15
Klon Greene	49	38	38		5	0	1	0						.132	.132	.184	.316	7
Red McCafferty	23	53	53		5	0	0	0						.094	.094	.094	.189	5
Donald McMillen	45	54	54		5	1	0	0						.093	.093	.111	.204	6
John Boback	16	29	29		4	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Jack Larson	28	50	50		4	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	4
Bobby Bickford	24	35	35		3	0	0	0						.086	.086	.086	.171	3
Erby Colley	14	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Carl Swiderski	10	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Pete Burnside	14	28	28		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1472	4560	4560	0	1199	200	39	65	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.367	.630	1672	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Klon Greene	P	49					.000
Donald McMillen	P	44					.000
Jack Larson	P	27					.000
Bob Purcell	P	24					.000
Red McCafferty	P	23					.000
Bobby Bickford	P	23					.000
John Boback	P	16					.000
Erby Colley	P	14					.000
Pete Burnside	P	14					.000
Carl Swiderski	P	10					.000
Totals		244	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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