1951 Spartanburg Peaches Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 4th in the TSL
Manager: Harry Griswold (73-67)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 67,135, Avg. 959

1951 Spartanburg Peaches Roster

Playoffs - Spartanburg Peaches 3 games, Charlotte Hornets 1
Finals - Spartanburg Peaches 4 games, Asheville Tourists 0

The Spartanburg Peaches of the Tri-State League ended the 1951 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the TSL.

The Peaches plated 797 runs and yielded 736 runs. Al Neil topped all regular batters by connecting at a .324 clip. Isben Seif led Spartanburg with 16 wins, while Stan Pitula added 15 or more wins, too Isben Seif recorded a 3.24 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Stan Pitula played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Spartanburg Peaches to do so.

Harry Griswold 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
Isben Seif	16	17	.485	3.24	36						242.0	224	137	87	5	149
Stan Pitula	15	11	.577	3.43	37						252.0	253	125	96	8	108
Walter Rush	14	6	.700	3.68	27						164.0	172	80	67	7	69
Donald Van Nest	12	7	.632	4.01	20						157.0	179	83	70	4	72
Alfred Aldridge	8	7	.533	4.59	30						147.0	163	96	75	3	100
Eugene Summa	3	6	.333	4.70	24						88.0	96	59	46	8	37
Jim Drummer	2	4	.333	7.53	11						49.0	61	51	41	3	38
Eddie Gasque	2	8	.200	7.15	27						102.0	127	86	81	10	70
Totals	72	66	.522	4.22	212	0	0	0	0	0	1201.0	1275	717	563	48	643	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
Al Neil	140	509	509		165	36	6	44						.324	.324	.678	1.002	345
Harold Conn	127	465	465		139	20	8	2						.299	.299	.389	.688	181
Tex Dargiewicz	133	498	498		130	26	9	12						.261	.261	.422	.683	210
Len Heinbigner	138	503	503		128	25	3	4						.254	.254	.340	.594	171
John Hurtt	140	575	575		122	18	5	2						.212	.212	.271	.483	156
Al Smith	87	316	316		105	25	6	1						.332	.332	.459	.791	145
Bob Zubeck	83	306	306		76	10	7	0						.248	.248	.327	.575	100
Vern Watercutter	82	226	226		61	11	4	4						.270	.270	.407	.677	92
Bob Wortman	100	274	274		59	12	3	3						.215	.215	.314	.529	86
Robert Aiello	45	157	157		35	8	4	3						.223	.223	.382	.605	60
Vance Logan	35	121	121		34	5	3	0						.281	.281	.372	.653	45
Stan Pitula	39	101	101		22	5	1	4						.218	.218	.406	.624	41
Isben Seif	41	98	98		21	4	0	1						.214	.214	.286	.500	28
Donald Van Nest	37	81	81		18	2	0	2						.222	.222	.321	.543	26
Walter Rush	28	70	70		16	2	0	0						.229	.229	.257	.486	18
John Kall	23	76	76		14	6	0	1						.184	.184	.303	.487	23
Alfred Aldridge	30	50	50		11	1	0	0						.220	.220	.240	.460	12
Jim Drummer	11	21	21		8	1	0	0						.381	.381	.429	.810	9
Eddie Gasque	30	39	39		7	1	0	1						.179	.179	.282	.462	11
Eugene Summa	24	30	30		5	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	5
Totals	1373	4516	4516	0	1176	218	59	84	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.391	.651	1764	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stan Pitula	P	37					.000
Isben Seif	P	36					.000
Alfred Aldridge	P	30					.000
Walter Rush	P	27					.000
Eddie Gasque	P	27					.000
Eugene Summa	P	24					.000
Donald Van Nest	P	20					.000
Jim Drummer	P	11					.000
Totals		212	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.