1951 Lakeland Patriots Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 4th in the FIL
Manager: Roy Hughes (71-68)
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Henley Stadium
Attendance: 81,878, Avg. 1,178
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 3 games, Lakeland Patriots 2
The Lakeland Patriots of the Florida International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the FIL.
The Patriots scored 641 runs and yielded 615 runs. Ted Cieslak led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .332 clip. Roberto Vargas topped Lakeland with 18 wins and a team-best 2.69 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1951 Lakeland Patriots who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Roberto Vargas, Ted Cieslak, Roy Hughes, Bill Burgo and Ted Pawelek.
Roy Hughes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Vargas | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.69 | 40 | 244.0 | 232 | 102 | 73 | 7 | 126 | |||||||||||
| Joe Pipak | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.71 | 36 | 182.0 | 171 | 93 | 75 | 7 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Alois Zilian | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.28 | 32 | 181.0 | 149 | 88 | 66 | 5 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Leslie Kash | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.37 | 55 | 131.0 | 117 | 60 | 49 | 4 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Billy Boyette | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.03 | 37 | 208.0 | 181 | 101 | 70 | 7 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Mike Mikan | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.21 | 21 | 56.0 | 52 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Peter Angell | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.44 | 17 | 81.0 | 98 | 51 | 40 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Monk Webb | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.14 | 16 | 50.0 | 71 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 57 | .555 | 3.30 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1133.0 | 1071 | 548 | 416 | 35 | 574 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Cieslak | 117 | 452 | 452 | 150 | 27 | 5 | 9 | .332 | .332 | .473 | .805 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Pete Williams | 136 | 504 | 504 | 125 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .248 | .248 | .319 | .567 | 161 | |||||||||||
| Andy Piesik | 106 | 390 | 390 | 120 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .408 | .715 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Jack Rothenhausler | 90 | 346 | 346 | 102 | 20 | 5 | 7 | .295 | .295 | .442 | .737 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Woody Fair | 89 | 328 | 328 | 93 | 24 | 2 | 8 | .284 | .284 | .442 | .726 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Roy Hughes | 61 | 188 | 188 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .346 | .346 | .457 | .803 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Jose Burgos | 77 | 286 | 286 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .241 | .455 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hickernell | 80 | 256 | 256 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 10 | .234 | .234 | .402 | .637 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Casanova | 76 | 222 | 222 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .230 | .428 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Taylor | 63 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .321 | .586 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Bill Burgo | 46 | 187 | 187 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .305 | .529 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Bob Pearson | 47 | 177 | 177 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .294 | .508 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Ted Pawelek | 48 | 153 | 153 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .248 | .464 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Vargas | 56 | 111 | 111 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .306 | .541 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Robert Ritter | 42 | 113 | 113 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .301 | .513 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Harry Randolph | 18 | 59 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .305 | .305 | .390 | .695 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Alois Zilian | 33 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .266 | .516 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Astbury | 17 | 58 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .310 | .517 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Joe Pipak | 38 | 67 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .224 | .403 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Harry Schmiel | 19 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .233 | .417 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Billy Boyette | 41 | 71 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .155 | .169 | .324 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Peter Angell | 20 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .312 | .531 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Monk Webb | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Chino Bernal | 14 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .312 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Mike Mikan | 21 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Leslie Kash | 55 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .024 | .024 | .024 | .049 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1426 | 4393 | 4393 | 0 | 1127 | 210 | 37 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .349 | .605 | 1531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Kash | P | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Roberto Vargas | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Boyette | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Pipak | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Alois Zilian | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Mikan | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Angell | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Monk Webb | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 254 | 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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