1951 Newton-Conover Twins Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-48
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Eddie Yount (63-48)
Location: Conover, North Carolina; Newton, North Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 31,625, Avg. 570

1951 Newton-Conover Twins Roster

Playoffs - Shelby Farmers 4 games, Newton-Conover Twins 2

The Newton-Conover Twins of the Western Carolina League ended the 1951 season with a record of 63 wins and 48 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Newton- Twins scored 590 runs and yielded 556 runs. Don Stafford led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .372 average. Norman Reinhardt topped Conover with 17 wins and a team-best 3.99 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Hal Griggs and Eddie Yount both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Eddie Yount 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
Norman Reinhardt	17	10	.630	3.99	36	26					219.0	192	109	97		105
John White	14	12	.538	4.11	34	27					208.0	239	115	95		54
Ray Lindsay	4	1	.800	2.54	6						39.0	40	14	11		12
Hal Griggs	2	2	.500	5.33	5						27.0	34	18	16		19
Hubert Poovey					12						0.0
Totals	37	25	.597	4.00	93	53	0	0	0	0	493.0	505	256	219	0	190	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
Don Stafford	106	401	401		149	32	13	8						.372	.372	.576	.948	231
John Harrington	101	423	423		132	26	8	1						.312	.312	.418	.730	177
Charles Bost	101	408	408		131	29	1	3						.321	.321	.419	.740	171
Sammy Bell	103	378	378		115	27	9	1						.304	.304	.431	.735	163
Frank Little	97	340	340		89	26	0	4						.262	.262	.374	.635	127
Leo Kantorski	81	318	318		82	15	2	1						.258	.258	.327	.585	104
Jack Furr	74	253	253		64	9	3	0						.253	.253	.312	.565	79
Floyd Laney	88	295	295		64	13	3	3						.217	.217	.312	.529	92
Eddie Yount	51	174	174		53	11	1	4						.305	.305	.448	.753	78
Norman Reinhardt	47	117	117		35	2	2	3						.299	.299	.427	.726	50
Stanley Reichert	33	98	98		22	6	2	1						.224	.224	.357	.582	35
Homer Daugherty	22	82	82		19	3	2	2						.232	.232	.390	.622	32
John White	36	79	79		15	3	0	1						.190	.190	.266	.456	21
Tony Ferrara	18	58	58		13	2	0	0						.224	.224	.259	.483	15
Philip Icenhour	14	56	56		10	1	1	0						.179	.179	.232	.411	13
Hubert Poovey	16	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Totals	988	3503	3503	0	997	205	47	32	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.397	.682	1392	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Norman Reinhardt	P	36					.000
John White	P	34					.000
Hubert Poovey	P	12					.000
Totals		82	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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