1951 Los Angeles Angels Statistics
Team Record: 86-81
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Stan Hack (86-81)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 328,294, Avg. 3,932
Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 2 games, Los Angeles Angels 1
The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 86 wins and 81 losses, finishing third in the PCL.
The Angels topped the circuit with 849 runs, sparked by 167 home runs. Los Angeles surrendered 773 runs. Max West walloped 35 home runs for the team, while Les Layton, Leon Brinkopf and Chuck Connors each added 15 or more, too. Max West recorded 110 runs batted in. Les Layton led all regular batters by connecting at a .305 clip. Bob Spicer paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1951 Los Angeles Angels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Doyle Lade, Bob Talbot, Herman Besse, Ed Chandler, Dee Fondy, Tommy Neill, Leon Brinkopf, Chuck Connors, Dewey Adkins, Les Layton, Jess Dobernic, Gene Baker, Fred Baczewski, Cecil Garriott, Bill Moisan, Tod Davis, Bobby Sturgeon, Ralph Hamner, Bob Spicer, Nelson Burbrink, Max West, Vern Fear, Warren Hacker and Les Peden.
Stan Hack served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Bob Spicer | 17 | 13 | .567 | 3.70 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 248.0 | 262 | 121 | 102 | 98 | 84 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||
Fred Baczewski | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.03 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 232.0 | 206 | 114 | 104 | 121 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Bill Moisan | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.12 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 142.0 | 144 | 76 | 65 | 75 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Herman Besse | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.67 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 98.0 | 101 | 45 | 40 | 53 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Doyle Lade | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.89 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 148.0 | 160 | 79 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||||
Warren Hacker | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3.87 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 193.0 | 161 | 90 | 83 | 54 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Dewey Adkins | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.43 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 70 | 42 | 38 | 26 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Jess Dobernic | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.50 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 57 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Ed Chandler | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.50 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 91 | 64 | 55 | 49 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||
Ralph Hamner | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.37 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 113 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Frank Marino | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Vern Fear | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.88 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Paul Menking | 0 | 0 | 8.25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Totals | 86 | 81 | .515 | 4.26 | 344 | 166 | 0 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 1434.0 | 1442 | 772 | 678 | 0 | 639 | 0 | 624 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Baker | 168 | 737 | 666 | 101 | 185 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 10 | 60 | 62 | .278 | .338 | .384 | .723 | 256 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Jack Hollis | 149 | 629 | 561 | 84 | 158 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 52 | 63 | .282 | .347 | .365 | .712 | 205 | 4 | 12 | ||||
Les Layton | 144 | 551 | 498 | 78 | 152 | 29 | 1 | 23 | 100 | 1 | 39 | 40 | .305 | .357 | .506 | .863 | 252 | 1 | 13 | ||||
Bob Talbot | 159 | 651 | 598 | 80 | 149 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 6 | 35 | 45 | .249 | .292 | .346 | .638 | 207 | 1 | 17 | ||||
Leon Brinkopf | 157 | 628 | 530 | 91 | 148 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 93 | 5 | 79 | 74 | .279 | .381 | .498 | .879 | 264 | 8 | 11 | ||||
Max West | 138 | 578 | 472 | 107 | 133 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 110 | 2 | 95 | 61 | .282 | .413 | .566 | .979 | 267 | 11 | 0 | ||||
Chuck Connors | 98 | 437 | 390 | 75 | 125 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 77 | 8 | 47 | 41 | .321 | .394 | .572 | .965 | 223 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dee Fondy | 70 | 298 | 274 | 46 | 103 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 7 | 22 | 36 | .376 | .422 | .599 | 1.021 | 164 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Les Peden | 117 | 446 | 402 | 42 | 100 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 28 | 42 | .249 | .306 | .368 | .674 | 148 | 5 | 11 | ||||
Tommy Neill | 101 | 329 | 293 | 44 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 28 | 30 | .273 | .339 | .382 | .721 | 112 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Billy Raimondi | 52 | 122 | 107 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .290 | .345 | .327 | .672 | 35 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Tod Davis | 45 | 119 | 109 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .275 | .336 | .440 | .777 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Moisan | 52 | 76 | 74 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .230 | .240 | .311 | .551 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Bob Spicer | 37 | 93 | 80 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .212 | .292 | .325 | .617 | 26 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Doyle Lade | 29 | 60 | 59 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .271 | .283 | .356 | .639 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Dant | 26 | 79 | 74 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .203 | .213 | .257 | .470 | 19 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Ray Cash | 24 | 72 | 66 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .212 | .278 | .364 | .641 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Warren Hacker | 31 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .191 | .191 | .221 | .412 | 15 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Fred Baczewski | 37 | 89 | 76 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .145 | .226 | .184 | .410 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Ed Chandler | 34 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .259 | .259 | .333 | .593 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Cecil Garriott | 26 | 44 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .167 | .318 | .194 | .513 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Herman Besse | 27 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .152 | .200 | .242 | .442 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Dewey Adkins | 22 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Ralph Hamner | 35 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .115 | .115 | .154 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Jess Dobernic | 43 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Nelson Burbrink | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Marino | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .667 | 1.267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Menking | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vern Fear | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bobby Sturgeon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Zuber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ted Sterger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 1858 | 6265 | 5570 | 849 | 1527 | 253 | 40 | 167 | 793 | 44 | 0 | 542 | 668 | .274 | .342 | .424 | .766 | 2361 | 0 | 35 | 118 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Connors | 1B | 98 | 800 | 68 | 9 | 76 | .990 | 8.857 | ||||
Dee Fondy | 1B | 68 | 546 | 59 | 10 | 59 | .984 | 8.897 | ||||
Bob Dant | 1B | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
Jack Hollis | 2B | 149 | 404 | 389 | 22 | 101 | .973 | 5.322 | ||||
Tod Davis | 2B | 21 | 46 | 55 | 3 | 17 | .971 | 4.810 | ||||
Bobby Sturgeon | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Leon Brinkopf | 3B | 156 | 175 | 293 | 17 | 34 | .965 | 3.000 | ||||
Tod Davis | 3B | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
Les Peden | 3B | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Les Peden | C | 103 | 438 | 70 | 4 | 13 | .992 | 4.932 | 8 | |||
Billy Raimondi | C | 40 | 125 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .993 | 3.650 | 2 | |||
Bob Dant | C | 20 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.700 | 2 | |||
Ray Cash | C | 18 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.556 | 2 | |||
Nelson Burbrink | C | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
Bob Talbot | OF | 158 | 425 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .986 | 2.772 | ||||
Les Layton | OF | 139 | 293 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .993 | 2.129 | ||||
Max West | OF | 135 | 229 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .980 | 1.793 | ||||
Tommy Neill | OF | 74 | 128 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 1.757 | ||||
Les Peden | OF | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
Cecil Garriott | OF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
Jess Dobernic | P | 43 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .233 | ||||
Bob Spicer | P | 37 | 21 | 51 | 3 | 8 | .960 | 1.946 | ||||
Fred Baczewski | P | 37 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .909 | 1.081 | ||||
Ralph Hamner | P | 35 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.000 | ||||
Ed Chandler | P | 34 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .676 | ||||
Bill Moisan | P | 31 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.419 | ||||
Warren Hacker | P | 28 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.607 | ||||
Herman Besse | P | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .630 | ||||
Doyle Lade | P | 24 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
Dewey Adkins | P | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Vern Fear | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
Frank Marino | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
Paul Menking | P | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
Gene Baker | SS | 168 | 359 | 501 | 52 | 104 | .943 | 5.119 | ||||
Totals | 1722 | 4294 | 1786 | 148 | 444 | .976 | 3.531 | 14 | 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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