1951 Mount Vernon Kings Statistics
Team Record: 60-59
Finished 3rd in the MOVL
Manager: Chuck Hawley (0-0), Charles Popovich (0-0)
Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois
Ballpark: Veterans Park
Attendance: 39,665, Avg. 667
Playoffs - Mount Vernon Kings 2 games, Centralia Zeros 0
Finals - Danville Dans 2 games, Mount Vernon Kings 0
The Mount Vernon Kings of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1951 season with a record of 60 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the MOVL.
The Kings scored 753 runs and conceded 648 runs. Oscar Solorzano paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .338 clip. Frank Brookman topped Mount Vernon with 16 wins, while Charles Heistand registered a 4.16 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers. Chuck Hawley and Charles Popovich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Brookman | 16 | 7 | .696 | 4.33 | 36 | 218.0 | 267 | 139 | 105 | 13 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Ray Cassidy | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.40 | 17 | 110.0 | 135 | 81 | 66 | 7 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Charles Heistand | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.16 | 21 | 106.0 | 126 | 70 | 49 | 6 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Aiken | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.82 | 8 | 51.0 | 51 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Walker | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.85 | 7 | 52.0 | 45 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 36 | 29 | .554 | 4.42 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 537.0 | 624 | 346 | 264 | 29 | 236 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Given | 114 | 432 | 432 | 142 | 33 | 15 | 4 | .329 | .329 | .502 | .831 | 217 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Solorzano | 117 | 397 | 397 | 134 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .338 | .338 | .401 | .738 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Charles Popovich | 115 | 431 | 431 | 134 | 25 | 8 | 2 | .311 | .311 | .420 | .731 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Aureliano Patino | 116 | 439 | 439 | 133 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .392 | .695 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Lee Fichtel | 106 | 427 | 427 | 112 | 21 | 13 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .372 | .635 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Pete Milinkov | 82 | 314 | 314 | 82 | 16 | 6 | 5 | .261 | .261 | .398 | .659 | 125 | |||||||||||
| John Finigan | 73 | 259 | 259 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .278 | .351 | .629 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Ken Robinett | 60 | 190 | 190 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .337 | .337 | .421 | .758 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Howard Bodell | 45 | 171 | 171 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .322 | .596 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Don Gaebe | 56 | 175 | 175 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .320 | .543 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Frank Vaselenak | 34 | 102 | 102 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .314 | .569 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Stan Sadich | 23 | 78 | 78 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .269 | .269 | .462 | .731 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Ray Cassidy | 42 | 105 | 105 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .238 | .438 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Vern Schmall | 16 | 56 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .393 | .679 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bill Stevens | 14 | 51 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .314 | .588 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Frank Brookman | 36 | 79 | 79 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .228 | .405 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Charles Heistand | 28 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .033 | .033 | .033 | .067 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1077 | 3736 | 3736 | 0 | 1072 | 176 | 64 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .387 | .674 | 1445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Brookman | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Heistand | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 57 | 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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