1951 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 99-68
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (99-68)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 465,727, Avg. 5,578

1951 Seattle Rainiers Roster

Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 2 games, Los Angeles Angels 1
Finals - Seattle Rainiers 3 games, Hollywood Stars 2

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 99 wins and 68 losses, finishing first in the PCL.

The Rainiers tallied 809 runs and conceded 707 runs. Wally Judnich paced Seattle with 21 home runs, while Jim Rivera and Al Lyons walloped 20 or more, too. Jim Rivera drove in 112 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .352. Marv Grissom led the squad with 20 wins, and Hal Brown added 15 or more victories as well Jim Davis earned a 2.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1951 Seattle Rainiers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Ramsey, Jim Davis, Bud Sheely, Garvin Hamner, Ray Martin, Alex Garbowski, Rocky Krsnich, Wally Judnich, Charley Schanz, Marv Grissom, Paul Calvert, Bob Hall, Mickey Haefner, Gordon Goldsberry, Jack Albright, Marv Rackley, Hal Brown, Emil Verban, Earl Johnson, Ed McGhee, Sam Vico, Jim Rivera, Joe Erautt, Mike Clark, Steve Nagy and Al Lyons.

Rogers Hornsby 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
Marv Grissom	20	11	.645	3.04	34	31		20	2		252.0	193	98	85		100		146	6	0	5
Hal Brown	16	6	.727	3.05	27	19		13	1		168.0	151	66	57		36		70	2	0	3
Jim Davis	11	6	.647	2.44	28	19		11	1		162.0	155	71	44		46		74	2	1	1
Charley Schanz	9	5	.643	3.87	31	13		6	0		121.0	133	65	52		50		49	2	1	4
Earl Johnson	8	3	.727	3.43	17	14		7	0		97.0	106	40	37		30		40	5	0	4
Al Lyons	8	4	.667	2.78	12	12		11	2		81.0	65	32	25		31		40	3	0	1
Bob Hall	7	8	.467	3.72	21	17		8	1		133.0	137	60	55		51		80	4	5	4
Paul Calvert	6	5	.545	3.51	21	12		5	1		95.0	90	39	37		28		32	0	0	1
Steve Nagy	5	5	.500	4.50	30	9		3	0		104.0	105	59	52		52		74	2	0	2
Mickey Haefner	3	2	.600	5.14	11	2		1	0		28.0	35	18	16		16		20	1	2	1
Art DelDuca	3	2	.600	6.32	20			1	0		47.0	52	42	33		32		20	2	1	1
Bud Guldborg	2	2	.500	3.86	11	2		0	0		28.0	24	14	12		12		8	0	3	2
Dewey Soriano	1	1	.500	5.54	10	0		0	0		26.0	23	18	16		22		13	0	3	0
John Hoffman	0	0		2.25	2	0		0	0		4.0	1	1	1		1		1	2	1	1
Jodie Phipps	0	0		6.75	2	0		0	0		4.0	6	3	3		2		3	0	0	0
Ray Martin	0	1	.000	5.25	9	0		0	0		24.0	27	15	14		19		12	0	0	2
Mike Clark	0	3	.000	5.76	14	3		0	0		25.0	27	17	16		14		12	1	4	1
Vern Kindsfather	0	4	.000	7.66	15	9		0	0		47.0	64	49	40		27		18	2	1	3
Totals	99	68	.593	3.70	315	162	0	86	8	0	1446.0	1394	707	595	0	569	0	712	34	22	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
Jim Rivera	166	739	657	135	231	40	16	20	112	33		67	61	.352	.420	.553	.972	363		10	5
Wally Judnich	147	607	517	93	170	35	8	21	102	4		85	58	.329	.426	.549	.976	284		3	2
Garvin Hamner	165	587	526	54	137	17	6	1	47	5		54	63	.260	.330	.321	.652	169		1	6
Rocky Krsnich	152	591	538	51	135	28	7	4	53	4		49	41	.251	.313	.351	.665	189		0	4
Al Lyons	143	537	447	68	128	24	5	20	94	2		73	88	.286	.391	.497	.888	222		4	13
Gordon Goldsberry	108	465	405	71	97	15	2	12	41	6		52	62	.240	.328	.375	.703	152		1	7
Alex Garbowski	122	508	437	68	97	17	5	3	37	4		63	54	.222	.321	.304	.626	133		1	7
Sam Vico	123	404	344	48	85	15	1	10	62	0		47	42	.247	.344	.384	.728	132		4	9
Joe Montalvo	86	262	230	34	66	16	1	5	49	3		26	37	.287	.364	.430	.795	99		2	4
Bud Sheely	65	217	191	26	65	16	1	5	36	0		21	13	.340	.414	.513	.927	98		3	2
Jack Albright	67	221	186	31	45	10	0	2	17	1		28	25	.242	.344	.328	.672	61		1	6
Joe Erautt	38	147	135	14	41	9	1	1	18	0		10	10	.304	.352	.407	.759	55		0	2
Emil Verban	37	158	145	19	37	7	0	0	4	0		6	8	.255	.294	.303	.598	44		2	5
Claude Christie	59	144	126	14	29	2	0	3	17	0		15	14	.230	.322	.317	.639	40		2	1
Ed McGhee	38	126	114	13	27	4	3	1	13	0		9	21	.237	.298	.351	.649	40		1	2
Marv Rackley	32	102	91	16	25	4	0	2	8	1		7	4	.275	.327	.385	.711	35		0	4
Bob Hall	22	52	48	8	15	3	0	2	3	0		1	11	.312	.327	.500	.827	24		0	3
Hal Brown	27	68	56	7	14	6	0	1	9	0		6	9	.250	.333	.411	.744	23		1	5
Marv Grissom	35	100	85	6	12	2	0	0	8	0		4	22	.141	.207	.165	.371	14		3	8
Charley Schanz	31	41	37	1	11	1	0	1	5	0		2	16	.297	.350	.405	.755	15		1	1
K Chorlton	22	44	34	12	10	1	0	0	3	2		7	9	.294	.415	.324	.738	11		0	3
Jim Davis	29	60	49	7	8	0	0	0	2	0		9	17	.163	.293	.163	.456	8		0	2
Steve Nagy	38	49	44	1	7	0	0	0	3	0		4	8	.159	.229	.159	.388	7		0	1
Bill Ramsey	13	28	23	3	4	0	0	0	1	1		5	5	.174	.321	.174	.495	4		0	0
Paul Calvert	21	32	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.148	.207	.148	.355	4		0	3
Earl Johnson	17	40	34	3	4	2	0	0	2	0		3	11	.118	.211	.176	.387	6		1	2
Ray Martin	9	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	2		0	1
Vern Kindsfather	15	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	1
Mickey Haefner	11	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	2		0	1
Art DelDuca	20	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0
Mike Clark	14	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Gordy Brunswick	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Dewey Soriano	10	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0
Bud Guldborg	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1
Totals	1896	6396	5584	809	1510	275	56	114	749	66	0	660	730	.270	.352	.401	.753	2239	0	41	111	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gordon Goldsberry	1B	107	1010	69	9	92	.992	1.084
Sam Vico	1B	62	499	30	2	53	.996	8.532
Joe Montalvo	1B	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Alex Garbowski	1B	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Gordy Brunswick	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Garvin Hamner	2B	124	306	369	23	46	.967	5.444
Emil Verban	2B	37	109	87	5	31	.975	5.297
Jack Albright	2B	34	47	39	1	8	.989	2.529
Rocky Krsnich	3B	146	156	337	26	38	.950	3.377
Jack Albright	3B	20	18	41	2	7	.967	2.950
Sam Vico	3B	11	6	19	7	2	.781	2.273
Alex Garbowski	3B	1	1	2	1	1	.750	3.000
Joe Montalvo	C	65	254	34	4	6	.986	4.431	2
Bud Sheely	C	55	238	21	2	1	.992	4.709	3
Joe Erautt	C	34	184	16	2	4	.990	5.882	1
Claude Christie	C	32	121	17	1	4	.993	4.312	3
Jim Rivera	OF	166	431	15	16	6	.965	2.687
Wally Judnich	OF	142	240	7	1	0	.996	1.739
Al Lyons	OF	119	202	11	5	3	.977	1.790
Ed McGhee	OF	31	57	1	2	0	.967	1.871
Sam Vico	OF	23	45	2	1	1	.979	2.043
Marv Rackley	OF	23	25	1	0	0	1.000	1.130
K Chorlton	OF	16	12	1	2	0	.867	.812
Bill Ramsey	OF	9	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.222
Marv Grissom	P	34	9	44	1	2	.981	1.559
Charley Schanz	P	31	3	23	1	2	.963	.839
Steve Nagy	P	30	6	16	2	0	.917	.733
Jim Davis	P	28	2	41	5	0	.896	1.536
Hal Brown	P	27	9	42	1	4	.981	1.889
Bob Hall	P	21	7	23	2	2	.938	1.429
Paul Calvert	P	21	4	18	4	1	.846	1.048
Art DelDuca	P	20						.000
Earl Johnson	P	17	4	19	1	0	.958	1.353
Vern Kindsfather	P	15	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.200
Mike Clark	P	14	1	6	0	2	1.000	.500
Al Lyons	P	12	2	12	2	0	.875	1.167
Mickey Haefner	P	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	.273
Bud Guldborg	P	11	2	1	0	0	1.000	.273
Dewey Soriano	P	10						.000
Ray Martin	P	9	0	7	0	0	1.000	.778
Jodie Phipps	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
John Hoffman	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Alex Garbowski	SS	112	205	363	34	55	.944	5.071
Garvin Hamner	SS	42	66	121	14	25	.930	4.452
Rocky Krsnich	SS	5	10	16	1	4	.963	5.200
Totals		1737	4317	1888	180	401	.972	3.572	9	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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