1951 Roanoke Ro-Sox Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 49-91
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Wally Millies (49-91)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Ballpark: Maher Field
Attendance: 58,697, Avg. 839

1951 Roanoke Ro-Sox Roster

The Roanoke Ro-Sox of the Piedmont League ended the 1951 season with a record of 49 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.

The Ro-Sox plated 567 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 760 runs, most in the league. Jack Kaiser led all regular batters by hitting .303. John Gilbert topped Roanoke with 9 wins and a team-best 2.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1951 Roanoke Ro-Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Umphlett, Russ Kemmerer, Ted Lepcio, Neil Chrisley, Bob Smith and Joe Albanese.

Wally Millies 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
John Gilbert	9	10	.474	2.97	31	16					179.0	162	78	59		63
Paul Perry	8	15	.348	4.09	34	21					196.0	188	110	89		143
Russ Kemmerer	6	11	.353	4.69	35	19					167.0	162	104	87		118
Bob Smith	6	14	.300	3.71	29	18					153.0	138	89	63		105
Del Norwood	5	10	.333	5.92	22	17					117.0	108	95	77		128
Thomas Swanson	4	5	.444	4.76	11	10					51.0	66	40	27		44
Joe Albanese	3	7	.300	5.10	21	10					90.0	102	60	51		63
John Wall					11						0.0
William Zonner	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Totals	41	72	.363	4.27	195	111	0	0	0	0	954.0	926	576	453	0	664	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
Jack Kaiser	131	479	479		145	20	7	3						.303	.303	.392	.695	188
Matthew Daskalakis	138	508	508		138	29	8	6						.272	.272	.396	.667	201
Frank Arcoleo	126	420	420		117	13	2	0						.279	.279	.319	.598	134
Herbert Rossman	79	308	308		92	23	4	0						.299	.299	.399	.698	123
Neil Chrisley	74	266	266		67	15	3	4						.252	.252	.376	.628	100
George Toepfer	58	203	203		56	9	2	4						.276	.276	.399	.675	81
James Ollis	81	267	267		55	10	1	5						.206	.206	.307	.513	82
Ted Lepcio	54	190	190		51	4	0	7						.268	.268	.400	.668	76
Edward Irons	59	177	177		50	10	1	5						.282	.282	.435	.718	77
Edwin Bryan	55	180	180		43	4	1	4						.239	.239	.339	.578	61
Vincent Furfaro	29	106	106		41	3	4	6						.387	.387	.660	1.047	70
Joseph Malinowski	40	139	139		37	5	2	2						.266	.266	.374	.640	52
Raymond Tully	76	209	209		34	4	1	0						.163	.163	.191	.354	40
Regis Shannahan	40	121	121		30	4	1	1						.248	.248	.322	.570	39
Robert Baumler	43	140	140		28	2	6	4						.200	.200	.386	.586	54
Donald Kimits	58	155	155		25	5	2	0						.161	.161	.219	.381	34
Paul Perry	42	84	84		22	4	0	3						.262	.262	.417	.679	35
Earl Edwards	21	69	69		15	2	2	0						.217	.217	.304	.522	21
Del Norwood	23	44	44		13	2	1	0						.295	.295	.386	.682	17
Harry Bushkar	19	52	52		10	0	0	1						.192	.192	.250	.442	13
John Liprando	25	87	87		10	2	0	0						.115	.115	.138	.253	12
Russ Kemmerer	38	55	55		8	1	0	0						.145	.145	.164	.309	9
John Gilbert	31	65	65		6	0	0	0						.092	.092	.092	.185	6
Thomas Swanson	14	23	23		3	1	0	0						.130	.130	.174	.304	4
Bob Bartlett	11	30	30		3	0	0	1						.100	.100	.200	.300	6
Bob Smith	30	51	51		3	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	3
John Wall	12	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Tom Umphlett	3	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Joe Albanese	21	25	25		1	0	0	0						.040	.040	.040	.080	1
Totals	1431	4472	4472	0	1105	172	48	56	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.247	.345	.592	1541	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Russ Kemmerer	P	35					.000
Paul Perry	P	34					.000
John Gilbert	P	31					.000
Bob Smith	P	29					.000
Del Norwood	P	22					.000
Joe Albanese	P	21					.000
John Wall	P	11					.000
Thomas Swanson	P	11					.000
Totals		194	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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