1951 Quincy Gems Statistics
Team Record: 65-65
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Dutch Zwilling (65-65)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Quincy, Illinois
Ballpark: Q-Stadium
Attendance: 62,503, Avg. 962
Playoffs - Quincy Gems 3 games, Terre Haute Phillies 1
Finals - Quincy Gems 3 games, Cedar Rapids Indians 2
The Quincy Gems of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1951 season with a record of 65 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Gems scored 710 runs, best in the league. Quincy gave up 699 runs, most in the circuit. Hal Smith topped all regular hitters with a .308 average. Jack Urban led the team with 17 wins, while Neil Lettau added 15 or more wins, too Billy Joe Bagwell earned a 2.95 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1951 Quincy Gems who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hal Smith, Jack Urban and Bill Renna.
Dutch Zwilling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Urban | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.63 | 29 | 191.0 | 141 | 97 | 77 | 10 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Neil Lettau | 15 | 10 | .600 | 4.54 | 46 | 232.0 | 231 | 148 | 117 | 20 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Red Crowder | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.67 | 34 | 91.0 | 78 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Billy Joe Bagwell | 6 | 9 | .400 | 2.95 | 23 | 110.0 | 122 | 50 | 36 | 4 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Dick Fiedler | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.16 | 15 | 74.0 | 63 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 42 | |||||||||||
| George VonDrashek | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.01 | 20 | 79.0 | 84 | 64 | 44 | 6 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Harold Clendenin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.88 | 14 | 59.0 | 62 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||||
| John Gages | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.36 | 13 | 58.0 | 64 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Edward Beach | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.43 | 16 | 53.0 | 58 | 40 | 32 | 2 | 28 | |||||||||||
| John Wingo | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 54 | .522 | 4.11 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 947.0 | 903 | 559 | 432 | 54 | 580 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Noga | 129 | 500 | 500 | 139 | 16 | 2 | 16 | .278 | .278 | .414 | .692 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Elder Haapala | 131 | 495 | 495 | 132 | 22 | 8 | 7 | .267 | .267 | .386 | .653 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Ed Barbarito | 110 | 421 | 421 | 128 | 18 | 5 | 15 | .304 | .304 | .477 | .781 | 201 | |||||||||||
| Bill Renna | 117 | 412 | 412 | 122 | 22 | 5 | 26 | .296 | .296 | .563 | .859 | 232 | |||||||||||
| Hal Smith | 109 | 377 | 377 | 116 | 20 | 5 | 7 | .308 | .308 | .443 | .751 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Les Taylor | 99 | 319 | 319 | 94 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .295 | .295 | .401 | .696 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Tom Kelly | 90 | 315 | 315 | 91 | 19 | 4 | 10 | .289 | .289 | .470 | .759 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Paul Tretiak | 106 | 376 | 376 | 89 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .237 | .237 | .309 | .545 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Ray Haley | 58 | 175 | 175 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .320 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Jack Wilkinson | 80 | 202 | 202 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .248 | .248 | .376 | .624 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Donald Reimer | 38 | 132 | 132 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Ray Posipanka | 22 | 84 | 84 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .298 | .298 | .440 | .738 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Jack Urban | 34 | 89 | 89 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .281 | .281 | .449 | .730 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Bob Knoke | 22 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .266 | .516 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Viotto | 17 | 52 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .365 | .635 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Neil Lettau | 46 | 82 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .293 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Billy Joe Bagwell | 24 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Harold Clendenin | 14 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .174 | .174 | .304 | .478 | 7 | |||||||||||
| George VonDrashek | 20 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
| John Wingo | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .455 | .727 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Dick Fiedler | 16 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .217 | .348 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Gages | 16 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Edward Beach | 16 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Red Crowder | 35 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1369 | 4269 | 4269 | 0 | 1166 | 183 | 42 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .405 | .678 | 1730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Lettau | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Red Crowder | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Urban | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Joe Bagwell | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| John Wingo | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| George VonDrashek | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Beach | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Fiedler | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Clendenin | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| John Gages | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 230 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
