1951 Mobile Bears Statistics
Team Record: 80-74
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Paul Chervinko (80-74)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 132,789, Avg. 1,725
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Mobile Bears 0
The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 80 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the SA.
The Bears plated 758 runs and yielded 735 runs. Walt Moryn led batters with significant playing time with a .299 average. Tom Lakos topped Mobile with 16 wins, while Marion Fricano registered a 2.77 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1951 Mobile Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Nicholas, Spook Jacobs, Walt Moryn, Pete Wojey, Glenn Cox, Bama Rowell, Lee Griffeth, Marion Fricano, John Hall, Wayne Belardi and Steve Lembo.
Paul Chervinko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Lakos | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.24 | 58 | 20 | 228.0 | 196 | 99 | 82 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Cox | 14 | 9 | .609 | 4.52 | 32 | 24 | 195.0 | 204 | 107 | 98 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Robert Ludwick | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.31 | 35 | 20 | 155.0 | 147 | 67 | 57 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Lee Griffeth | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.07 | 23 | 21 | 137.0 | 157 | 78 | 62 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Marion Fricano | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.77 | 33 | 15 | 159.0 | 137 | 55 | 49 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Mills | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.10 | 46 | 18 | 167.0 | 148 | 88 | 76 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Pete Wojey | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.21 | 31 | 24 | 145.0 | 159 | 107 | 84 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Bill Mosser | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 8 | 32.0 | 38 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel Himes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 15.0 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Rene Solis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 7 | 24.0 | 33 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Laban Dean | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0.00 | 13 | 34.0 | 43 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Logue | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 19.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Herb Banton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| John Hall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 10.0 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Samaklis | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 20.0 | 24 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 74 | .523 | 3.38 | 314 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351.0 | 1335 | 601 | 508 | 0 | 690 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Moryn | 155 | 589 | 589 | 176 | 32 | 7 | 24 | .299 | .299 | .499 | .798 | 294 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Belardi | 155 | 597 | 597 | 155 | 23 | 4 | 22 | .260 | .260 | .422 | .682 | 252 | |||||||||||
| Spook Jacobs | 142 | 514 | 514 | 153 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .298 | .298 | .377 | .675 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Russ Rose | 146 | 539 | 539 | 142 | 17 | 10 | 6 | .263 | .263 | .365 | .629 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Bama Rowell | 105 | 412 | 412 | 120 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .291 | .291 | .379 | .670 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Steve Lembo | 115 | 377 | 377 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .260 | .260 | .329 | .589 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Les Barnes | 114 | 382 | 382 | 96 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .251 | .251 | .317 | .568 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Don Nicholas | 67 | 225 | 225 | 75 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .480 | .813 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Frederick Postolese | 103 | 320 | 320 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .356 | .588 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Williams | 72 | 218 | 218 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .266 | .266 | .372 | .638 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Ray Dabek | 75 | 189 | 189 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .328 | .587 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Milt Joffe | 51 | 126 | 126 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .278 | .405 | .683 | 51 | |||||||||||
| James Phillips | 21 | 74 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .216 | .297 | .514 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Mills | 46 | 56 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Cox | 42 | 81 | 81 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .173 | .173 | .247 | .420 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Lee Griffeth | 27 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .157 | .294 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Marion Fricano | 36 | 53 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .208 | .340 | 11 | |||||||||||
| George Caloia | 10 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 58 | 70 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Pete Wojey | 31 | 52 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .135 | .212 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Ludwick | 37 | 46 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Laban Dean | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Frank Logue | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1632 | 5002 | 5002 | 0 | 1306 | 192 | 59 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .371 | .632 | 1856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Lakos | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Gilbert Mills | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Ludwick | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Marion Fricano | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Cox | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Wojey | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Griffeth | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Laban Dean | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Logue | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 282 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
