1951 Sacramento Solons Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 75-92
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Joe Gordon (75-92)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 285,874, Avg. 3,424

1951 Sacramento Solons Roster

The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 75 wins and 92 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.

The Solons scored 714 runs and surrendered 783 runs. Joe Gordon walloped 43 home runs for Sacramento and drove in 136 runs. Bob Boyd topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .342 clip. Glenn Elliott led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.1 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1951 Sacramento Solons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Orval Grove, Jesse Flores, Ralph Hodgin, Ken Keltner, Alex Carrasquel, Jerry Scala, Al Lakeman, Herman Reich, Ed Klieman, Bob Gillespie, Walker Cress, Sam Hairston, Vinnie Smith, Mike Palm, Joe Marty, Bill Powell, Jim Tabor, Fuzz White, Al Benton, Ken Gables, Bob Boyd, Joe Gordon and Glenn Elliott.

Joe Gordon 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
Glenn Elliott	15	14	.517	3.10	33	31		17	3		244.0	251	109	84		69		101	4	1	5
Walt Clough	11	11	.500	3.82	31	25		8	1		191.0	196	98	81		62		58	6	0	5
Ken Gables	11	13	.458	3.53	32	30		18	2		237.0	229	104	93		75		101	3	2	5
Bob Gillespie	9	11	.450	4.24	37	24		8	1		172.0	175	104	81		75		101	3	1	4
Orval Grove	8	9	.471	4.42	32	20		6	0		159.0	178	86	78		82		76	1	0	11
Jesse Flores	4	7	.364	4.02	34	3		1	0		65.0	63	34	29		27		32	1	0	1
Jack Pickart	3	2	.600	3.92	8	7		2	2		39.0	30	26	17		27		18	2	0	2
Ed Klieman	3	3	.500	5.73	32	0		0	0		44.0	47	34	28		23		10	1	2	1
Walker Cress	2	3	.400	5.59	7	6		1	0		37.0	43	25	23		28		17	3	1	0
Al Benton	2	4	.333	4.13	25			2	0		85.0	82	48	39		32		30	1	4	3
Frank Nelson	2	6	.250	4.29	27			1			65.0	63	35	31		28		20	1	1	0
Harry Grubb	2	6	.250	5.24	33	5		0	0		67.0	79	48	39		41		18	1	3	4
Gene Roenspie	1	0	1.000	2.25	5	0		0	0		8.0	5	2	2		3		7	0	0	0
Herman Reich	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1		1	0		7.0	5	2	2		1		2	0	0	0
Alex Carrasquel	1	1	.500	5.79	10	0		0	0		14.0	19	10	9		9		5	0	0	0
Bill Woop	0	0		27.00	1	1		0	0		1.0	0	3	3		5		1	0	0	0
Bill Powell	0	1	.000	7.00	5	1		0	0		9.0	6	8	7		13		6	1	0	1
Mike Palm	0	1	.000	9.00	3	1		0	0		5.0	8	7	5		5		2	0	1	0
Totals	75	92	.449	4.04	356	155	0	65	9	0	1449.0	1479	783	651	0	605	0	605	28	16	42	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
Bob Boyd	145	602	555	82	190	32	11	5	64	41		43	27	.342	.393	.467	.859	259		3	1
Fuzz White	150	620	573	84	152	21	5	0	30	7		41	26	.265	.314	.319	.634	183		0	6
Joe Gordon	148	568	485	97	145	24	3	43	136	2		78	39	.299	.399	.627	1.026	304		3	2
Ralph Hodgin	136	514	462	55	136	26	0	5	58	7		45	22	.294	.362	.383	.745	177		4	3
Jerry Scala	124	471	418	62	113	17	6	2	33	8		50	27	.270	.348	.354	.702	148		0	3
Joe Marty	111	409	370	46	106	24	1	12	81	2		36	35	.286	.355	.454	.809	168		3	0
Herman Reich	134	427	388	58	96	9	1	9	49	3		32	27	.247	.310	.345	.655	134		3	4
Len Ratto	138	516	423	45	89	7	2	1	30	3		81	45	.210	.339	.243	.582	103		1	11
Ken Keltner	101	388	325	36	81	16	0	6	41	1		59	33	.249	.365	.354	.718	115		0	4
Charles Righetti	122	415	352	48	71	14	0	3	27	0		54	56	.202	.311	.267	.578	94		2	7
Vinnie Smith	84	233	216	12	58	4	2	1	18	1		15	39	.269	.316	.319	.635	69		0	2
Sam Hairston	68	209	190	15	48	14	1	0	18	3		18	15	.253	.321	.337	.657	64		1	0
Al Lakeman	60	187	163	10	37	5	2	2	19	0		22	33	.227	.323	.319	.642	52		1	1
Jim Tabor	24	81	78	13	26	9	1	4	22	0		3	6	.333	.358	.628	.986	49		0	0
Sam Kanelos	32	111	105	6	17	2	1	1	8	1		4	28	.162	.193	.229	.421	24		0	2
Ken Gables	32	85	77	3	14	3	0	1	6	0		1	24	.182	.192	.260	.452	20		0	7
Walt Clough	37	71	61	7	8	1	0	0	6	0		7	24	.131	.221	.148	.368	9		0	3
Glenn Elliott	33	95	83	6	8	0	0	0	0	0		6	34	.096	.157	.096	.254	8		0	6
Johnny Moore	4	19	17	6	7	1	0	1	5	1		2	5	.412	.474	.647	1.121	11		0	0
Gene Brocker	14	38	35	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.171	.216	.171	.388	6		0	1
Walker Cress	7	15	13	2	5	1	0	0	5	0		1	4	.385	.429	.462	.890	6		0	1
Orval Grove	32	49	42	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	16	.119	.178	.143	.321	6		0	4
Bob Gillespie	37	65	58	4	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	23	.086	.131	.103	.235	6		0	4
Jack Pickart	8	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429	3		0	1
Art Thrasher	17	39	36	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	3		0	0
Jesse Flores	34	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	1
Gene Roenspie	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0
Bill Powell	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0
Ed Klieman	32	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	1
Frank Nelson	30	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	2
Harry Grubb	33	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	1
Al Benton	25	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	.050	.050	.050	.100	1		0	4
Mike Palm	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Dick Faber	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Andy Piesik	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0
Theodore Del Guercio	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0
Bill Woop	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0					0		0	0
Totals	1976	6309	5595	714	1437	233	36	96	662	81	0	611	618	.257	.332	.363	.695	2030	0	21	82	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Boyd	1B	136	1311	88	18	117	.987	1.287
Herman Reich	1B	35	323	27	0	37	1.000	1.000
Joe Gordon	2B	128	321	355	20	94	.971	5.281
Sam Kanelos	2B	25	56	73	7	17	.949	5.160
Charles Righetti	2B	16	43	42	3	10	.966	5.312
Ralph Hodgin	2B	6	4	5	0	2	1.000	1.500
Len Ratto	2B	4	12	11	0	3	1.000	5.750
Ken Keltner	3B	96	82	195	12	9	.958	2.885
Charles Righetti	3B	55	48	122	12	9	.934	3.091
Sam Kanelos	3B	8	5	14	3	2	.864	2.375
Ralph Hodgin	3B	5	2	3	1	0	.833	1.000
Vinnie Smith	C	68	230	26	9	3	.966	3.765	6
Al Lakeman	C	51	165	27	4	4	.980	3.765	0
Sam Hairston	C	50	193	34	7	7	.970	4.540	6
Art Thrasher	C	11	36	3	1	1	.975	3.545	3
Gene Brocker	C	10	41	2	0	0	1.000	4.300	0
Fuzz White	OF	131	290	6	7	1	.977	2.260
Ralph Hodgin	OF	116	194	14	4	1	.981	1.793
Jerry Scala	OF	107	263	4	5	0	.982	2.495
Joe Marty	OF	97	138	7	6	2	.960	1.495
Herman Reich	OF	63	135	5	0	3	1.000	2.222
Johnny Moore	OF	4	13	0	0	0	1.000	3.250
Art Thrasher	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Gillespie	P	37	5	36	3	1	.932	1.108
Jesse Flores	P	34	5	13	1	0	.947	.529
Harry Grubb	P	33	4	16	2	0	.909	.606
Glenn Elliott	P	33	4	41	2	2	.957	1.364
Ed Klieman	P	32	2	13	1	1	.938	.469
Orval Grove	P	32	10	33	1	0	.977	1.344
Ken Gables	P	32	7	34	2	0	.953	1.281
Walt Clough	P	31	9	40	4	2	.925	1.581
Frank Nelson	P	27						.000
Al Benton	P	25						.000
Alex Carrasquel	P	10	0	1	1	0	.500	.100
Jack Pickart	P	8	1	5	3	0	.667	.750
Walker Cress	P	7	5	7	1	1	.923	1.714
Gene Roenspie	P	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	.200
Bill Powell	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Mike Palm	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Bill Woop	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Herman Reich	P	1	2	6	0	1	1.000	8.000
Len Ratto	SS	124	253	351	26	73	.959	4.871
Charles Righetti	SS	49	79	143	19	36	.921	4.531
Joe Gordon	SS	15	28	35	4	11	.940	4.200
Vinnie Smith	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals		1768	4322	1839	189	450	.970	3.485	15	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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