1951 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 83-85
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (83-85)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: Vaughn Street Park
Attendance: 304,152, Avg. 3,621
Playoffs - Hollywood Stars 2 games, Portland Beavers 0
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 83 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.
The Beavers scored 783 runs and yielded 816 runs. Joe Brovia walloped 32 home runs for Portland, while Leo Thomas and Eddie Basinski swatted 15 or more as well. Joe Brovia drove in 133 runs. Leo Thomas led batters with significant playing time by hitting .310. Marino Pieretti topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Joe Lafata, Frankie Austin, Eddie Bockman, Red Lynn, Bill Fleming, John Ritchey, Joe Brovia, Bill Salkeld, Marino Pieretti, Joe Rossi, Jack Creel, Red Adams, Eddie Basinski, Don White, Leo Thomas, Mickey Rocco and Lyman Linde were all players from the 1951 Portland Beavers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Sweeney 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marino Pieretti | 18 | 13 | .581 | 3.30 | 40 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 256.0 | 252 | 110 | 94 | 75 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Red Lynn | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.75 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 192.0 | 190 | 97 | 80 | 87 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Lyman Linde | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.29 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 212.0 | 224 | 115 | 101 | 68 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Red Adams | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.06 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 153.0 | 149 | 96 | 69 | 53 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jack Creel | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.28 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 116 | 68 | 57 | 60 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Roy Helser | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4.64 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 161.0 | 167 | 94 | 83 | 73 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Larry Ward | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.54 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 121.0 | 125 | 69 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Bob Drilling | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.27 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 111.0 | 134 | 75 | 65 | 40 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Vincent DeBiasi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.64 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 63 | 41 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Cal McIrvin | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bill Elbert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bill Fleming | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 35 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Totals | 83 | 85 | .494 | 4.23 | 362 | 169 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 1458.0 | 1489 | 816 | 686 | 0 | 578 | 0 | 564 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Thomas | 168 | 750 | 638 | 119 | 198 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 106 | 1 | 77 | 43 | .310 | .401 | .505 | .905 | 322 | 19 | 16 | ||||
Eddie Basinski | 169 | 774 | 687 | 109 | 183 | 32 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 3 | 65 | 77 | .266 | .332 | .400 | .732 | 275 | 2 | 20 | ||||
Frankie Austin | 167 | 684 | 597 | 64 | 175 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 48 | 26 | .293 | .350 | .382 | .732 | 228 | 4 | 35 | ||||
Joe Brovia | 161 | 656 | 574 | 76 | 174 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 133 | 2 | 77 | 50 | .303 | .390 | .521 | .911 | 299 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Ed Barr | 151 | 660 | 574 | 90 | 149 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 12 | 76 | 101 | .260 | .348 | .376 | .724 | 216 | 2 | 8 | ||||
Brooks Holder | 125 | 476 | 377 | 65 | 115 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 91 | 26 | .305 | .443 | .411 | .854 | 155 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Joe Rossi | 115 | 437 | 369 | 62 | 112 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 59 | 50 | .304 | .405 | .428 | .833 | 158 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Joe Lafata | 119 | 417 | 371 | 38 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 4 | 35 | 37 | .213 | .284 | .342 | .627 | 127 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Don White | 80 | 222 | 204 | 28 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .284 | .327 | .387 | .714 | 79 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Granny Gladstone | 90 | 183 | 161 | 31 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 36 | .230 | .319 | .298 | .617 | 48 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Mark Marcucci | 39 | 134 | 121 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .231 | .295 | .306 | .601 | 37 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Cal McIrvin | 53 | 115 | 101 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .248 | .327 | .287 | .615 | 29 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Eddie Bockman | 79 | 95 | 77 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .260 | .400 | .364 | .764 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Marv Diercks | 29 | 88 | 74 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .243 | .364 | .459 | .823 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Dick Bartle | 12 | 51 | 46 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .326 | .392 | .391 | .783 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Salkeld | 32 | 106 | 78 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 13 | .192 | .394 | .308 | .702 | 24 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Roy Helser | 35 | 63 | 56 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .300 | .304 | .604 | 17 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Lyman Linde | 37 | 81 | 70 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .186 | .288 | .286 | .573 | 20 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Mickey Rocco | 24 | 76 | 62 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .177 | .311 | .210 | .520 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Red Lynn | 44 | 74 | 62 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .161 | .212 | .210 | .422 | 13 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Marino Pieretti | 45 | 109 | 96 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .104 | .165 | .135 | .300 | 13 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Bob Drilling | 39 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .206 | .270 | .206 | .476 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Larry Ward | 34 | 43 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .179 | .220 | .231 | .450 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Red Adams | 37 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .096 | .096 | .115 | .212 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Bill Fleming | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vincent DeBiasi | 25 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Milt Martin | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Creel | 34 | 41 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .025 | .025 | .025 | .050 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
John Ritchey | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harold Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Elbert | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1980 | 6469 | 5598 | 783 | 1485 | 245 | 28 | 132 | 735 | 27 | 0 | 681 | 633 | .265 | .350 | .390 | .740 | 2182 | 0 | 52 | 138 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cal McIrvin | 1B | 38 | 241 | 24 | 7 | 32 | .974 | 6.974 | ||||
Mickey Rocco | 1B | 21 | 170 | 14 | 2 | 8 | .989 | 8.762 | ||||
Dick Bartle | 1B | 12 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
Leo Thomas | 1B | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
Eddie Basinski | 2B | 169 | 452 | 490 | 25 | 120 | .974 | 5.574 | ||||
Leo Thomas | 3B | 166 | 190 | 317 | 17 | 31 | .968 | 3.054 | ||||
Eddie Bockman | 3B | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
Joe Rossi | C | 109 | 418 | 47 | 9 | 8 | .981 | 4.266 | 9 | |||
Mark Marcucci | C | 35 | 117 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .970 | 3.657 | 1 | |||
Bill Salkeld | C | 29 | 94 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 3.517 | 1 | |||
Milt Martin | C | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
John Ritchey | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
Joe Brovia | OF | 154 | 278 | 5 | 13 | 2 | .956 | 1.838 | ||||
Ed Barr | OF | 147 | 422 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .971 | 2.939 | ||||
Brooks Holder | OF | 119 | 233 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 1.983 | ||||
Granny Gladstone | OF | 74 | 135 | 5 | 8 | 3 | .946 | 1.892 | ||||
Marv Diercks | OF | 28 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
Eddie Bockman | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Red Lynn | P | 41 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.000 | ||||
Marino Pieretti | P | 40 | 20 | 53 | 5 | 1 | .936 | 1.825 | ||||
Bob Drilling | P | 39 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .872 | ||||
Lyman Linde | P | 37 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .946 | .946 | ||||
Red Adams | P | 37 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .784 | ||||
Larry Ward | P | 34 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .794 | ||||
Roy Helser | P | 34 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.147 | ||||
Jack Creel | P | 34 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.088 | ||||
Vincent DeBiasi | P | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .720 | ||||
Bill Fleming | P | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
Cal McIrvin | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Bill Elbert | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
Frankie Austin | SS | 167 | 317 | 529 | 48 | 101 | .946 | 5.066 | ||||
Eddie Bockman | SS | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 6.333 | ||||
Totals | 1649 | 3348 | 1764 | 172 | 335 | .967 | 3.100 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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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