1951 McAlester Rockets Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
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
1951 McAlester Rockets Roster

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.


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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
Dee Sanders274.8711.673329281.02268352524
Roger Hanners196.7603.233426231.0194958311116
Leo Evans1712.5863.264020218.021710779793
Frank Lucas106.6253.922417147.0134896414107
Alfred Kipper99.5004.322318148.0131917110104
Ken Dunlap13.2507.479747.0524139436
Jack McDonald100.0
Totals8340.6753.2617311700001072.095450638851480000000

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 Dickson13956356318143143.321.321.464.785261
Jerry Morgan1315235231502555.287.287.382.669200
Raymond Burtner13452452414738618.281.281.479.760251
Jesse Burris1084054051372331.338.338.417.756169
Vern Hoscheit11637337313228711.354.354.555.909207
Doyle Chadwick107390390119181017.305.305.533.838208
James Carney923703701071260.289.289.354.643131
Norm Siebern50175175581833.331.331.520.85191
Carrol Bryant4919419455461.284.284.381.66574
Jerry Lumpe3814114150222.355.355.440.79462
Edward DeGeeter49183183491021.268.268.361.62866
Dee Sanders44139139461003.331.331.468.79965
Willard Evans4618718745600.241.241.273.51351
Jerry Jennings27999928411.283.283.374.65737
Thomas Flack21656523311.354.354.477.83131
John Acklin21727215411.208.208.333.54224
Roger Hanners42898915300.169.169.202.37118
Alfred Kipper23636313200.206.206.238.44415
Leo Evans44929213100.141.141.152.29314
Nils Johansson14424210100.238.238.262.50011
Abner Deatherage2148489100.188.188.208.39610
Frank Lucas2462628300.129.129.177.30611
Babe Franciscovich1130305010.167.167.233.4007
Ken Dunlap1020203100.150.150.200.3504
Jack McDonald1016161000.062.062.062.1251
Totals13714865486501419260686800000.292.292.415.707201900000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Leo EvansP40.000
Roger HannersP34.000
Dee SandersP33.000
Frank LucasP24.000
Alfred KipperP23.000
Jack McDonaldP10.000
Ken DunlapP9.000
Totals1730000.000

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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