1951 McAlester Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 91-48
Finished 3rd in the SSL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (91-48)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: McAlester, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Jefferson-Lee Stadium
Attendance: 42,028, Avg. 605
Playoffs - McAlester Rockets 3 games, Shawnee Hawks 0
Finals - McAlester Rockets 4 games, Ardmore Indians 2
The McAlester Rockets of the Sooner State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 91 wins and 48 losses, finishing third in the SSL.
The Rockets allowed 682 runs, least in the league. McAlester tallied 969 runs. Jesse Burris led all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Dee Sanders earned 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Roger Hanners and Leo Evans added 15 or more victories also Dee Sanders recorded a 1.67 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1951 McAlester Rockets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jerry Lumpe, Dee Sanders and Norm Siebern.
Vern Hoscheit 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dee Sanders | 27 | 4 | .871 | 1.67 | 33 | 29 | 281.0 | 226 | 83 | 52 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||
Roger Hanners | 19 | 6 | .760 | 3.23 | 34 | 26 | 231.0 | 194 | 95 | 83 | 11 | 116 | ||||||||||
Leo Evans | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.26 | 40 | 20 | 218.0 | 217 | 107 | 79 | 7 | 93 | ||||||||||
Frank Lucas | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.92 | 24 | 17 | 147.0 | 134 | 89 | 64 | 14 | 107 | ||||||||||
Alfred Kipper | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.32 | 23 | 18 | 148.0 | 131 | 91 | 71 | 10 | 104 | ||||||||||
Ken Dunlap | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.47 | 9 | 7 | 47.0 | 52 | 41 | 39 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
Jack McDonald | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 83 | 40 | .675 | 3.26 | 173 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1072.0 | 954 | 506 | 388 | 51 | 480 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edwin Dickson | 139 | 563 | 563 | 181 | 43 | 14 | 3 | .321 | .321 | .464 | .785 | 261 | |||||||||||
Jerry Morgan | 131 | 523 | 523 | 150 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .287 | .287 | .382 | .669 | 200 | |||||||||||
Raymond Burtner | 134 | 524 | 524 | 147 | 38 | 6 | 18 | .281 | .281 | .479 | .760 | 251 | |||||||||||
Jesse Burris | 108 | 405 | 405 | 137 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .338 | .338 | .417 | .756 | 169 | |||||||||||
Vern Hoscheit | 116 | 373 | 373 | 132 | 28 | 7 | 11 | .354 | .354 | .555 | .909 | 207 | |||||||||||
Doyle Chadwick | 107 | 390 | 390 | 119 | 18 | 10 | 17 | .305 | .305 | .533 | .838 | 208 | |||||||||||
James Carney | 92 | 370 | 370 | 107 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .354 | .643 | 131 | |||||||||||
Norm Siebern | 50 | 175 | 175 | 58 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .331 | .331 | .520 | .851 | 91 | |||||||||||
Carrol Bryant | 49 | 194 | 194 | 55 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .284 | .284 | .381 | .665 | 74 | |||||||||||
Jerry Lumpe | 38 | 141 | 141 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .355 | .355 | .440 | .794 | 62 | |||||||||||
Edward DeGeeter | 49 | 183 | 183 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .361 | .628 | 66 | |||||||||||
Dee Sanders | 44 | 139 | 139 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .331 | .331 | .468 | .799 | 65 | |||||||||||
Willard Evans | 46 | 187 | 187 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .273 | .513 | 51 | |||||||||||
Jerry Jennings | 27 | 99 | 99 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .283 | .283 | .374 | .657 | 37 | |||||||||||
Thomas Flack | 21 | 65 | 65 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .354 | .354 | .477 | .831 | 31 | |||||||||||
John Acklin | 21 | 72 | 72 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .333 | .542 | 24 | |||||||||||
Roger Hanners | 42 | 89 | 89 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .202 | .371 | 18 | |||||||||||
Alfred Kipper | 23 | 63 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .238 | .444 | 15 | |||||||||||
Leo Evans | 44 | 92 | 92 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .152 | .293 | 14 | |||||||||||
Nils Johansson | 14 | 42 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .262 | .500 | 11 | |||||||||||
Abner Deatherage | 21 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .208 | .396 | 10 | |||||||||||
Frank Lucas | 24 | 62 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .177 | .306 | 11 | |||||||||||
Babe Franciscovich | 11 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .233 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
Ken Dunlap | 10 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | |||||||||||
Jack McDonald | 10 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1371 | 4865 | 4865 | 0 | 1419 | 260 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .415 | .707 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Evans | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
Roger Hanners | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Dee Sanders | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Frank Lucas | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Alfred Kipper | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Jack McDonald | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Ken Dunlap | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 173 | 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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