1951 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-71
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Bruno Betzel (82-71)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 150,219, Avg. 1,964

1951 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 1
Finals - Montreal Royals 4 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the IL.

Bruno Betzel 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
Bill Miller	16	10	.615	2.96	35	30		14	4		225.0	204	90	74		118		131	4	1	5
Jack Griffore	14	10	.583	3.64	37	30		14	4		225.0	215	105	91		64		97	2	0	5
Bob Keegan	13	9	.591	3.51	29	21		13	1		177.0	162	77	69		69		86	1	1	7
Art Hartley	13	11	.542	3.20	37	27		12	0		197.0	203	94	70		75		73	0	0	2
Jack Robinson	7	15	.318	3.73	38	23		6	0		188.0	184	92	78		75		53	6	0	4
Bill Houtz	5	5	.500	4.76	27	13		3	1		87.0	86	51	46		80		36	6	2	3
Bill Tanner	2	3	.400	2.78	33	5		1	0		68.0	55	24	21		49		15	4	1	3
Carmine Melignano	1	0	1.000	4.50	6	0		0	0		8.0	10	6	4		3		5	0	0	0
Chuck Eisenmann					19						0.0
Eugene Costello					29						0.0
Dick Libby					11						0.0
James Tote	0	0		5.40	5	0		0	0		5.0	4	3	3		5		2	0	0	0
Jim Vitter	0	0		6.00	4	0		0	0		12.0	12	8	8		11		2	0	0	0
Pete Brunswick	0	1	.000	9.00	4	0		0	0		5.0	8	6	5		3		0	0	0	0
Totals	71	64	.526	3.53	314	149	0	63	10	0	1197.0	1143	556	469	0	552	0	500	23	5	29	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
Loren Babe	153	686	595	88	162	32	1	8	56	4		84	35	.272	.362	.370	.732	220		0	7
Claude Corbitt	135	552	479	72	134	19	3	2	55	2		63	25	.280	.363	.344	.708	165		0	10
Carden Gillenwater	148	616	483	71	130	24	5	9	75	6		126	67	.269	.423	.395	.819	191		3	4
Vic Power	129	488	439	62	129	22	5	6	56	12		32	25	.294	.350	.408	.758	179		6	11
Eddie Shokes	121	449	376	37	89	17	0	6	45	1		64	35	.237	.351	.330	.680	124		2	7
Frank Drews	103	349	284	31	74	13	1	5	39	3		57	44	.261	.391	.366	.758	104		4	4
Bill Baker	103	321	270	27	63	19	1	3	34	0		46	18	.233	.347	.344	.691	93		1	4
Pete Riggan	100	308	264	37	56	5	1	5	36	4		34	44	.212	.309	.295	.604	78		3	7
Benny Zientara	100	321	250	45	55	7	2	1	27	2		59	23	.220	.375	.276	.651	69		3	9
Hank Workman	56	233	205	29	52	9	0	9	40	0		24	23	.254	.338	.429	.767	88		2	2
Charles Weathers	60	233	196	27	48	9	2	0	14	1		32	43	.245	.354	.311	.665	61		1	4
Hank Foiles	85	240	211	27	45	8	2	5	14	0		23	41	.213	.297	.341	.638	72		2	4
Gene Markland	39	166	126	22	25	5	0	2	12	0		38	19	.198	.384	.286	.670	36		0	2
Jack Griffore	37	86	79	5	21	4	0	0	5	0		2	19	.266	.284	.316	.600	25		0	5
Whitey Platt	20	80	73	7	17	2	0	1	8	0		6	7	.233	.291	.301	.593	22		0	1
Augie Bergamo	62	102	82	6	17	1	0	2	20	0		19	7	.207	.356	.293	.649	24		0	1
Bob Keegan	31	73	63	4	14	2	0	0	14	0		7	7	.222	.310	.254	.564	16		1	2
Nino Escalera	20	64	55	7	13	2	0	0	3	0		9	8	.236	.344	.273	.616	15		0	0
Jack Robinson	41	66	61	7	9	2	0	0	0	0		3	20	.148	.188	.180	.368	11		0	2
Red Hayworth	23	46	40	1	7	2	0	0	1	0		4	6	.175	.250	.225	.475	9		0	2
Bill Miller	35	86	74	2	6	0	0	0	4	0		8	33	.081	.171	.081	.252	6		0	4
Alonzo Perry	9	18	18		5									.278	.278	.278	.556	5
Art Hartley	37	72	57	3	5	0	0	0	5	0		5	18	.088	.161	.088	.249	5		0	10
Bill Houtz	31	33	27	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		5	10	.111	.250	.111	.361	3		0	1
Malcolm Mick	5	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Bill Tanner	33	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	6	.083	.083	.167	.250	2		0	1
Pete Brunswick	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Vitter	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1724	5707	4825	617	1182	205	23	64	564	35	0	750	583	.245	.350	.337	.687	1625	0	28	104	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Eddie Shokes	1B	110	936	84	5	93	.995	9.273
Vic Power	1B	42	378	29	1	34	.998	9.690
Augie Bergamo	1B	10	54	5	5	9	.922	5.900
Frank Drews	2B	73	179	165	6	46	.983	4.712
Benny Zientara	2B	56	126	134	8	36	.970	4.643
Gene Markland	2B	37	96	96	3	21	.985	5.189
Loren Babe	3B	143	153	323	32	33	.937	3.329
Frank Drews	3B	13	9	20	4	3	.879	2.231
Bill Baker	C	94	337	36	6	7	.984	3.968	6
Hank Foiles	C	68	281	26	8	1	.975	4.515	3
Red Hayworth	C	18	43	4	2	4	.959	2.611	4
Carden Gillenwater	OF	147	362	11	4	3	.989	2.537
Pete Riggan	OF	78	144	5	2	1	.987	1.910
Vic Power	OF	73	148	7	4	1	.975	2.123
Hank Workman	OF	56	93	2	4	0	.960	1.696
Charles Weathers	OF	56	99	9	8	2	.931	1.929
Whitey Platt	OF	20	29	3	0	1	1.000	1.600
Red Lavigne	OF	19						.000
Benny Zientara	OF	15	15	1	1	0	.941	1.067
Nino Escalera	OF	15	34	1	1	0	.972	2.333
Augie Bergamo	OF	11	11	0	2	0	.846	1.000
Jack Robinson	P	38	13	39	5	2	.912	1.368
Art Hartley	P	37	10	34	3	1	.936	1.189
Jack Griffore	P	37	16	44	1	2	.984	1.622
Bill Miller	P	35	12	51	2	7	.969	1.800
Bill Tanner	P	33	2	9	2	0	.846	.333
Bob Keegan	P	29	9	21	2	5	.938	1.034
Eugene Costello	P	29						.000
Bill Houtz	P	27	2	28	1	2	.968	1.111
Chuck Eisenmann	P	19						.000
Dick Libby	P	11						.000
Carmine Melignano	P	6						.000
James Tote	P	5						.000
Jim Vitter	P	4						.000
Pete Brunswick	P	4						.000
Claude Corbitt	SS	133	258	425	36	96	.950	5.135
Loren Babe	SS	12	16	32	5	5	.906	4.000
Totals		1613	3865	1644	163	415	.971	3.415	13	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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