1951 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics
Team Record: 94-57
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Charlie Grimm (94-57)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Borchert Field
Attendance: 245,066, Avg. 3,246
Playoffs - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, Kansas City Blues 1
Finals - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2
The Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 94 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Brewers conceded 597 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Milwaukee plated 808 runs. Jim Basso paced the team with 25 home runs, while Al Unser and George Crowe walloped 15 or more also. George Crowe drove in 119 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .339 clip. Ernie Johnson and Murray Wall led the squad with 15 wins each, and Ernie Johnson recorded a 2.62 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1951 Milwaukee Brewers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Eddie Mathews, Billy Reed, Luis Olmo, Buzz Clarkson, Dick Donovan, Emil Kush, Ernie Johnson, Don Liddle, Billy Klaus, Al Unser, Paul Burris, Bob Chipman, Bert Thiel, Bob Hall, Ted Sepkowski, George Crowe, Normie Roy, Bob Thorpe, Junior Wooten, Sid Schacht, Gene Mauch, Lennie Pearson, Charlie Gorin, Murray Wall, Dick Hoover, Mark Christman, Virgil Jester, Art Fowler, Johnny Logan and Howie Moss.
Charlie Grimm 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Johnson | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.62 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 196.0 | 168 | 62 | 57 | 63 | 133 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Murray Wall | 15 | 5 | .750 | 4.30 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 203.0 | 207 | 108 | 97 | 104 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Bert Thiel | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.71 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 153.0 | 155 | 67 | 63 | 34 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Virgil Jester | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.21 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 107 | 47 | 41 | 38 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Charlie Gorin | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.38 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 152.0 | 140 | 78 | 74 | 108 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Dick Donovan | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.28 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 129.0 | 124 | 55 | 47 | 55 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Dick Hoover | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 91 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sid Schacht | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.09 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 81 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Art Fowler | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 78.0 | 101 | 48 | 46 | 27 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Emil Kush | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.47 | 16 | 0 | 32.0 | 42 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Bob Hall | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.29 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 63.0 | 83 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Bob Chipman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Don Liddle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Normie Roy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Totals | 94 | 57 | .623 | 3.83 | 289 | 148 | 0 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 1297.0 | 1317 | 598 | 552 | 3 | 542 | 0 | 723 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Crowe | 150 | 651 | 557 | 105 | 189 | 41 | 7 | 24 | 119 | 2 | 85 | 61 | .339 | .429 | .567 | .997 | 316 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||
Billy Klaus | 151 | 696 | 621 | 105 | 177 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 64 | 57 | .285 | .355 | .395 | .749 | 245 | 6 | 3 | 8 | |||
Bob Thorpe | 139 | 626 | 578 | 108 | 173 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 77 | 9 | 34 | 75 | .299 | .340 | .429 | .769 | 248 | 11 | 2 | 12 | |||
Jim Basso | 151 | 653 | 605 | 86 | 160 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 114 | 2 | 37 | 81 | .264 | .312 | .461 | .773 | 279 | 17 | 5 | 6 | |||
Billy Reed | 129 | 530 | 469 | 60 | 146 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 52 | 29 | .311 | .385 | .399 | .783 | 187 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||
Al Unser | 122 | 454 | 393 | 57 | 115 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 62 | 1 | 44 | 48 | .293 | .375 | .463 | .838 | 182 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |||
Buzz Clarkson | 97 | 335 | 283 | 52 | 97 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 6 | 43 | 29 | .343 | .440 | .466 | .906 | 132 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |||
Luis Olmo | 82 | 330 | 312 | 38 | 87 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 17 | 32 | .279 | .318 | .407 | .725 | 127 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
Bob Montag | 86 | 232 | 195 | 35 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 34 | .256 | .370 | .451 | .821 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Johnny Logan | 57 | 222 | 189 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 28 | .249 | .343 | .365 | .708 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
Gene Mauch | 37 | 141 | 109 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 10 | .303 | .445 | .349 | .794 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
Paul Burris | 48 | 150 | 129 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 12 | .256 | .360 | .302 | .662 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charlie Gorin | 33 | 67 | 62 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .306 | .348 | .387 | .736 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ernie Johnson | 32 | 78 | 67 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .284 | .314 | .343 | .658 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
Mark Christman | 27 | 82 | 73 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .233 | .309 | .315 | .624 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Howie Moss | 19 | 70 | 58 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .259 | .368 | .431 | .799 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Dick Donovan | 22 | 49 | 43 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .256 | .347 | .465 | .812 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Robert Jaderlund | 37 | 63 | 49 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .224 | .356 | .306 | .662 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bert Thiel | 36 | 54 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .212 | .212 | .212 | .423 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Murray Wall | 40 | 84 | 68 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .162 | .278 | .221 | .499 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Junior Wooten | 39 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .233 | .298 | .395 | .693 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Hall | 9 | 23 | 23 | 7 | .304 | .304 | .304 | .609 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Dick Hoover | 28 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .292 | .370 | .333 | .704 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sid Schacht | 14 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Virgil Jester | 47 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .129 | .156 | .161 | .318 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bob Chipman | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Mathews | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 | .455 | .667 | 1.121 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ted Sepkowski | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Art Fowler | 17 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .125 | .279 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Lennie Pearson | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Emil Kush | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Normie Roy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Don Liddle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Jack Weisenburger | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1703 | 5801 | 5126 | 798 | 1466 | 240 | 52 | 118 | 745 | 33 | 0 | 545 | 618 | .286 | .359 | .422 | .781 | 2164 | 97 | 38 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Crowe | 1B | 150 | 1226 | 119 | 10 | 140 | .993 | 8.967 | ||||
Billy Reed | 2B | 127 | 319 | 365 | 8 | 100 | .988 | 5.386 | ||||
Mark Christman | 2B | 23 | 46 | 55 | 1 | 9 | .990 | 4.391 | ||||
Gene Mauch | 2B | 10 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.200 | ||||
Billy Klaus | 3B | 151 | 119 | 336 | 18 | 44 | .962 | 3.013 | ||||
Al Unser | C | 115 | 594 | 47 | 13 | 9 | .980 | 5.574 | 17 | |||
Paul Burris | C | 46 | 221 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .984 | 5.304 | 3 | |||
Jim Basso | OF | 151 | 367 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .969 | 2.490 | ||||
Bob Thorpe | OF | 138 | 266 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.036 | ||||
Luis Olmo | OF | 82 | 125 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 1.634 | ||||
Bob Montag | OF | 52 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.808 | ||||
Robert Jaderlund | OF | 27 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.222 | ||||
Junior Wooten | OF | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Howie Moss | OF | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
Virgil Jester | P | 47 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .532 | ||||
Bert Thiel | P | 36 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .971 | .917 | ||||
Murray Wall | P | 32 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
Ernie Johnson | P | 32 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 8 | .985 | 2.031 | ||||
Charlie Gorin | P | 32 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
Dick Hoover | P | 27 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .963 | ||||
Dick Donovan | P | 21 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.762 | ||||
Art Fowler | P | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
Emil Kush | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
Sid Schacht | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
Bob Hall | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Liddle | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Normie Roy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Chipman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Buzz Clarkson | SS | 73 | 128 | 197 | 11 | 32 | .967 | 4.452 | ||||
Johnny Logan | SS | 57 | 113 | 145 | 1 | 40 | .996 | 4.526 | ||||
Gene Mauch | SS | 27 | 53 | 65 | 7 | 17 | .944 | 4.370 | ||||
Totals | 1560 | 3849 | 1626 | 105 | 422 | .981 | 3.510 | 20 | 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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