1951 Spokane Indians Statistics
Team Record: 93-49
Finished 1st in the WIL
Manager: Alan Strange (93-49)
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 145,739, Avg. 2,053
The Spokane Indians of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 93 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the WIL.
The Indians scored 860 runs, best in the league. Spokane yielded 686 runs. Ken Richardson led the team with 12 home runs Jimmy Wert drove in 122 runs. Edo Vanni topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .332. Richard Bishop paced the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 3.08 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Ken Richardson and Steve Mesner both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Alan Strange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bishop | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.08 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 240.0 | 238 | 109 | 82 | 6 | 87 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Jim Holder | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3.73 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 128.0 | 114 | 62 | 53 | 2 | 92 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Robert Roberts | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.99 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 74 | 54 | 51 | 5 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Ward Rockey | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.66 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 112.0 | 127 | 62 | 58 | 2 | 61 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Kenneth Wyatt | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.30 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 112.0 | 143 | 90 | 66 | 3 | 56 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Gordon Palm | 6 | 1 | .857 | 4.10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 68.0 | 66 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Art Worth | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 4 | 12.0 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Aubertin | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 32 | .648 | 4.02 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 764.0 | 772 | 414 | 341 | 22 | 408 | 0 | 321 | 25 | 3 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edo Vanni | 136 | 662 | 588 | 123 | 195 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 62 | 30 | 56 | 28 | .332 | .395 | .422 | .817 | 248 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Jimmy Wert | 142 | 626 | 544 | 81 | 177 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 122 | 17 | 66 | 34 | .325 | .404 | .395 | .799 | 215 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Eddie Murphy | 142 | 699 | 579 | 124 | 172 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 90 | 105 | 48 | .297 | .414 | .363 | .777 | 210 | 11 | 4 | ||||
| Steve Mesner | 132 | 606 | 492 | 97 | 156 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 94 | 16 | 111 | 46 | .317 | .444 | .407 | .850 | 200 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| James Brown | 142 | 612 | 524 | 75 | 152 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 80 | 8 | 76 | 43 | .290 | .384 | .382 | .766 | 200 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Mel Wasley | 140 | 647 | 521 | 115 | 151 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 90 | 7 | 120 | 37 | .290 | .424 | .393 | .817 | 205 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Ken Richardson | 126 | 563 | 435 | 108 | 140 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 108 | 21 | 124 | 34 | .322 | .475 | .510 | .985 | 222 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Edward Nulty | 78 | 273 | 221 | 30 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 48 | 36 | .235 | .374 | .348 | .722 | 77 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Moose Johnson | 46 | 133 | 107 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 16 | .271 | .414 | .346 | .759 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ward Rockey | 22 | 50 | 44 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .250 | .312 | .273 | .585 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Holder | 19 | 61 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .200 | .298 | .240 | .538 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Richard Bishop | 32 | 105 | 87 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .115 | .189 | .115 | .304 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Robert Reynolds | 19 | 55 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | .237 | .473 | .316 | .789 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Roberts | 40 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .211 | .268 | .211 | .479 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gordon Palm | 17 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .130 | .200 | .130 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kenneth Wyatt | 34 | 40 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .088 | .184 | .088 | .272 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1267 | 5201 | 4325 | 807 | 1278 | 182 | 65 | 28 | 678 | 191 | 0 | 776 | 420 | .295 | .407 | .387 | .794 | 1674 | 0 | 34 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Wert | 1B | 142 | 1372 | 51 | 18 | 135 | .988 | 1.021 | ||||
| James Brown | 2B | 142 | 409 | 476 | 34 | 119 | .963 | 6.232 | ||||
| Ken Richardson | 3B | 126 | 121 | 271 | 32 | 33 | .925 | 3.111 | ||||
| Moose Johnson | 3B | 25 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 8 | .925 | 1.960 | ||||
| Edward Nulty | C | 64 | 225 | 25 | 16 | 4 | .940 | 3.906 | 3 | |||
| Eddie Murphy | OF | 142 | 377 | 17 | 6 | 5 | .985 | 2.775 | ||||
| Mel Wasley | OF | 140 | 280 | 18 | 10 | 3 | .968 | 2.129 | ||||
| Edo Vanni | OF | 136 | 242 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .953 | 1.801 | ||||
| Moose Johnson | OF | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Robert Roberts | P | 35 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .486 | ||||
| Kenneth Wyatt | P | 33 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .864 | .576 | ||||
| Richard Bishop | P | 31 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 1.710 | ||||
| Jim Holder | P | 19 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.526 | ||||
| Ward Rockey | P | 16 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Gordon Palm | P | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Dick Aubertin | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Mesner | SS | 132 | 236 | 422 | 36 | 75 | .948 | 4.985 | ||||
| Robert Reynolds | SS | 13 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 6 | .828 | 4.077 | ||||
| Totals | 1236 | 3333 | 1488 | 187 | 397 | .963 | 3.900 | 3 | 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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