1951 Richmond Colts Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Billy Herman (0-0), Roy Allen (0-0)
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Mooers Field
Attendance: 97,761, Avg. 1,397
1951 Richmond Colts Roster

Playoffs - Richmond Colts 4 games, Newport News Dodgers 2
Finals - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Richmond Colts 2

The Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Colts scored 723 runs and allowed 692 runs. Jesse Cox topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .284. Salvatore Federico led Richmond with 17 wins, while Robert Ennis, Wade Browning and Dewey Wilkins each added 15 or more victories also Wade Browning recorded a 3.19 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Ray Poole played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Richmond Colts to do so.

Billy Herman and Roy Allen 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
Salvatore Federico1711.6073.583528244.02551189796
Dewey Wilkins169.6403.483327220.0207998593
Wade Browning1612.5713.193529226.01859380139
Robert Ennis1511.5774.043326194.017110387111
Stanley Grocki22.5006.2718456.070543959
Edward Landrum27.2225.9617783.089765570
Hank Bruder03.0004.8820359.064383241
Totals6855.5533.9519112400001082.010415814750609000000

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
Jesse Cox1395005001422792.284.284.386.670193
Ralph Davis13754354314236415.262.262.425.687231
Desmond Charouhas1304884881352844.277.277.375.652183
Nicholas Purchia1364704701092232.232.232.304.536143
Arnold Davis1344264261041724.244.244.322.566137
Raymond Jacobs9729929965857.217.217.348.565104
Roy Allen73270270641726.237.237.381.619103
Lauritz Jensen76245245591314.241.241.351.59286
Nick Malfara5520920949821.234.234.306.54164
Thomas O'Connell56192192451200.234.234.297.53157
Ray Poole4114614644513.301.301.411.71260
Wade Browning8215915941901.258.258.333.59153
John Sivinski3812612631502.246.246.333.57942
Salvatore Federico38909022205.244.244.433.67839
Dewey Wilkins34767617710.224.224.342.56626
Jack Hull3048489100.188.188.208.39610
Robert Ennis3366668100.121.121.136.2589
Page McGee1625256001.240.240.360.6009
Stanley Grocki2017174000.235.235.235.4714
Edward Landrum1730303000.100.100.100.2003
Hank Bruder2110101000.100.100.100.2001
Totals14034435443501100218345700000.248.248.351.599155700000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Salvatore FedericoP35.000
Dewey WilkinsP33.000
Robert EnnisP33.000
Hank BruderP20.000
Stanley GrockiP18.000
Edward LandrumP17.000
Totals1560000.000

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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