1951 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-75
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (86-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 180,577, Avg. 2,243

1951 San Antonio Missions Roster

Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 4 games, Dallas Eagles 3
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, San Antonio Missions 0

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 86 wins and 75 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Missions led the league with 780 runs, spearheaded by 98 home runs. San Antonio allowed 720 runs. Mickey Rutner paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .308 average. Bob Turley topped the squad with 20 wins, while Tommy Fine added 15 or more wins, too Tommy Fine recorded a 2.94 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1951 San Antonio Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Fine, Hillis Layne, Joe Frazier, Bobby Balcena, Mickey Rutner, Jim Dyck, Ed Albrecht, Jack Bruner, Babe Martin, Frank Biscan, Joe Lutz, Carl Powis, Darrell Johnson, Bobby Herrera, Roy Sievers, Andy Anderson, Austin Knickerbocker, Pete Taylor, Bob Turley, Frank Mancuso, Billy DeMars and George Hausmann.

Jo-Jo White 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
Bob Turley	20	8	.714	2.96	34	33					268.0	236	109	88		142
Tommy Fine	17	10	.630	2.94	33	30					239.0	252	93	78		62
Homer Gibson	8	4	.667	3.74	48	0					106.0	94	52	44		44
Bill Elbert	8	10	.444	3.14	24	21					146.0	150	59	51		73
John Pavlick	8	11	.421	4.39	31	18					164.0	174	102	80		85
John O'Donnell	7	13	.350	4.66	24	8					145.0	171	86	75		46
Pete Taylor	5	3	.625	3.16	12	10					77.0	66	31	27		43
Donald Robertson	4	5	.444	3.62	16	11					92.0	114	48	37		35
Bobby Herrera	3	1	.750	4.58	13	7					53.0	55	33	27		27
Billy Hyde	2	1	.667	3.00	6	1		0			24.0	25	11	8		15		8
Ed Albrecht	2	4	.333	5.53	19	7					57.0	61	40	35		52
Irvin Tassin	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	0					7.0	6				2
Frank Biscan	1	3	.250	0.00	8	3					19.0	23				14
Austin Knickerbocker	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
Bob Freels	0	0		0.00	4						8.0
Jack Bruner	0	2	.000	0.00	4						18.0
Totals	86	75	.534	3.47	284	149	0	0	0	0	1426.0	1427	664	550	0	640	0	8	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
Jim Dyck	161	587	587		167	30	3	27						.284	.284	.484	.768	284
Omer Tolson	143	532	532		160	29	12	7						.301	.301	.440	.741	234
Mickey Rutner	139	517	517		159	29	5	8						.308	.308	.429	.737	222
Bobby Balcena	141	533	533		145	26	6	9						.272	.272	.394	.666	210
Babe Martin	147	487	487		127	29	4	14						.261	.261	.423	.684	206
George Hausmann	138	439	439		105	16	1	0						.239	.239	.280	.519	123
Billy DeMars	129	408	408		100	14	2	3						.245	.245	.311	.556	127
Austin Knickerbocker	118	306	306		72	10	0	14						.235	.235	.405	.641	124
John O'Donnell	83	241	241		66	11	1	1						.274	.274	.340	.614	82
Danny Baich	68	207	207		53	9	1	2						.256	.256	.338	.594	70
Darrell Johnson	49	169	169		45	8	1	3						.266	.266	.379	.645	64
Roy Sievers	39	138	138		41	8	1	2						.297	.297	.413	.710	57
Juan Perez	63	144	144		32	4	4	0						.222	.222	.306	.528	44
Joe Lutz	36	120	120		24	6	0	4						.200	.200	.350	.550	42
Tommy Fine	35	87	87		21	2	2	0						.241	.241	.310	.552	27
Bob Turley	34	93	93		19	2	0	1						.204	.204	.258	.462	24
Joe Frazier	25	73	73		17	3	1	1						.233	.233	.342	.575	25
Frank Mancuso	21	63	63		14	3	1	2						.222	.222	.397	.619	25
John Pavlick	31	55	55		10	1	0	0						.182	.182	.200	.382	11
Bill Elbert	30	49	49		9	1	0	0						.184	.184	.204	.388	10
Ed Albrecht	19	16	16		7	0	1	0						.438	.438	.562	1.000	9
Pete Taylor	12	27	27		5	2	0	0						.185	.185	.259	.444	7
Hillis Layne	10	29	29		5	3	0	0						.172	.172	.276	.448	8
Billy Hyde	6	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Homer Gibson	52	29	29		3	1	0	0						.103	.103	.138	.241	4
Bobby Herrera	13	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Jack Bruner	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Donald Robertson	16	28	28		1	0	0	0						.036	.036	.036	.071	1
Frank Biscan	8	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Irvin Tassin	6	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Andy Anderson	3	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Carl Powis	8	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1787	5421	5421	0	1413	247	46	98	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.377	.638	2046	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Homer Gibson	P	52					.000
Bob Turley	P	34					.000
Tommy Fine	P	33					.000
John Pavlick	P	31					.000
Bill Elbert	P	24					.000
Ed Albrecht	P	19					.000
Donald Robertson	P	16					.000
Bobby Herrera	P	13					.000
Pete Taylor	P	12					.000
Billy Hyde	P	6					.000
Totals		240	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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