1951 Muskegon Clippers Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Jim Gleeson (86-54)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Muskegon, Michigan
Ballpark: Marsh Field
Attendance: 44,773, Avg. 640

1951 Muskegon Clippers Roster

The Muskegon Clippers of the Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Clippers paced the league with 925 runs, ignited by 154 home runs. Muskegon yielded 715 runs. Nino Escalera led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .374 clip. Emil Patrick topped the squad with 20 wins, while Frank Barnes, too added 15 or more wins, too Fred Robbins recorded a 3.19 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1951 Muskegon Clippers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Greengrass, Jim Gleeson, Jim Robertson, Nino Escalera and Frank Barnes.

Jim Gleeson 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
Emil Patrick	20	13	.606	3.79	41						268.0	277	149	113	27	123
Frank Barnes	15	6	.714	3.22	25						176.0	141	80	63	7	111
Fred Robbins	14	8	.636	3.19	28						189.0	146	97	67	12	146
Luther Hamilton	13	9	.591	4.12	43						144.0	153	87	66	8	70
Denis Jent	6	3	.667	3.38	14						80.0	76	45	30	2	55
Howard Schermerhorn	5	3	.625	4.97	33						87.0	100	62	48	10	49
Thomas McCarthy	5	4	.556	5.59	18						95.0	96	61	59	10	67
Tony Brzezowski	2	1	.667	3.26	7						47.0	41	23	17	1	33
Bill Boemler	1	1	.500	0.00	2						12.0	12				6
Totals	81	48	.628	3.80	211	0	0	0	0	0	1098.0	1042	604	463	77	660	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
Ron Bowen	139	571	571		172	43	4	25						.301	.301	.522	.823	298
Charles Bell	137	561	561		168	31	0	21						.299	.299	.467	.766	262
Nino Escalera	110	447	447		167	25	1	16						.374	.374	.541	.915	242
Edward Krage	136	484	484		156	22	5	31						.322	.322	.581	.903	281
Jim Greengrass	99	377	377		143	22	9	18						.379	.379	.629	1.008	237
Jim Robertson	104	378	378		109	22	7	11						.288	.288	.471	.759	178
Richard Honacki	124	424	424		98	13	3	5						.231	.231	.311	.542	132
James Mellinger	56	215	215		64	13	1	5						.298	.298	.437	.735	94
George Prigge	48	173	173		55	9	1	9						.318	.318	.538	.855	93
Robert Schlemmer	67	200	200		41	10	1	2						.205	.205	.295	.500	59
Richard Welker	37	135	135		37	5	1	3						.274	.274	.393	.667	53
Peter Gentile	23	91	91		35	11	0	5						.385	.385	.670	1.055	61
James Durkin	58	168	168		29	4	1	2						.173	.173	.244	.417	41
Emil Patrick	42	113	113		20	7	3	0						.177	.177	.292	.469	33
Fred Robbins	29	68	68		17	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	17
Luther Hamilton	44	54	54		16	1	0	0						.296	.296	.315	.611	17
Frank Barnes	25	71	71		15	1	1	0						.211	.211	.254	.465	18
Samuel Herman	15	39	39		13	2	0	1						.333	.333	.462	.795	18
Thomas McCarthy	18	38	38		10	0	1	0						.263	.263	.316	.579	12
Denis Jent	14	28	28		9	1	0	0						.321	.321	.357	.679	10
Howard Schermerhorn	33	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Totals	1358	4659	4659	0	1377	242	39	154	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.463	.759	2159	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Luther Hamilton	P	43					.000
Emil Patrick	P	41					.000
Howard Schermerhorn	P	33					.000
Fred Robbins	P	28					.000
Frank Barnes	P	25					.000
Thomas McCarthy	P	18					.000
Denis Jent	P	14					.000
Totals		202	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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