1951 San Francisco Seals Statistics
Team Record: 74-93
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Lefty O'Doul (74-93)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: San Francisco, California
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Attendance: 199,083, Avg. 2,384
The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1951 season with a record of 74 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.
The Seals plated 728 runs and conceded 848 runs, most in the league. Eddie Lake paced San Francisco with 27 home runs, while Dale McCawley and Ray Orteig walloped 15 or more as well. Dale McCawley drove in 73 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .287 clip. Lew Burdette led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.21 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Joe Page, Jim Brideweser, Jack Conway, Dale Long, Frank Barnes, Hank Behrman, Lew Burdette, Archie Wilson, Dario Lodigiani, Jack Graham, John Douglas, Neill Sheridan, Fenton Mole, Mike Baxes, Ed Sauer, Bonnie Serrell, Elmer Singleton, Eddie Lake, Bill Bradford, Bob Thurman, Buster Adams, Chet Johnson, Bill Renna, Ray Hamrick, Paul Hinrichs, Joe Grace, Bob Savage, Wally Hood and Con Dempsey were all players from the 1951 San Francisco Seals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Lefty O'Doul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Burdette | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.21 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 210.0 | 202 | 88 | 75 | 78 | 118 | 14 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Al Lien | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.87 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 179.0 | 195 | 85 | 77 | 39 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Lloyd Dickey | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.90 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 147.0 | 162 | 91 | 80 | 85 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Wally Hood | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.84 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 119.0 | 131 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Con Dempsey | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.91 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 84 | 47 | 40 | 53 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Elmer Singleton | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.04 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 77.0 | 83 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Manny Pérez | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.80 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 137.0 | 160 | 85 | 73 | 58 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Chet Johnson | 5 | 15 | .250 | 5.73 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 132.0 | 165 | 88 | 84 | 63 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Ed Cereghino | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.64 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 75.0 | 79 | 54 | 47 | 49 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Joe Page | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Hank Behrman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.07 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Dewey Soriano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Bob Savage | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.40 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 65 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Eddie Lake | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Leland Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Matt Zidich | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Frank Barnes | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Art DelDuca | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Bill Boemler | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ted Savarese | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Domenichelli | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Jim Russell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Bradford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Hinrichs | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.88 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Guy Fletcher | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.56 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 74 | 93 | .443 | 4.61 | 366 | 125 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 1444.0 | 1567 | 848 | 739 | 0 | 664 | 0 | 623 | 45 | 17 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale McCawley | 164 | 653 | 578 | 76 | 166 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 73 | 3 | 65 | 62 | .287 | .361 | .420 | .782 | 243 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Jim Brideweser | 146 | 643 | 575 | 85 | 163 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 7 | 57 | 52 | .283 | .353 | .362 | .715 | 208 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Eddie Lake | 158 | 704 | 579 | 106 | 151 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 58 | 7 | 112 | 69 | .261 | .385 | .434 | .819 | 251 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Joe Grace | 133 | 516 | 450 | 61 | 136 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 56 | 29 | .302 | .383 | .387 | .770 | 174 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Ray Orteig | 126 | 468 | 417 | 56 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 71 | 0 | 48 | 42 | .285 | .361 | .446 | .807 | 186 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Dario Lodigiani | 120 | 440 | 387 | 36 | 117 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 6 | 42 | 26 | .302 | .376 | .390 | .767 | 151 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Bob Thurman | 104 | 409 | 379 | 63 | 104 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 11 | 25 | 43 | .274 | .323 | .462 | .784 | 175 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ed Sauer | 103 | 396 | 360 | 56 | 98 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 51 | 9 | 31 | 51 | .272 | .337 | .444 | .781 | 160 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Buster Adams | 99 | 261 | 228 | 31 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 46 | .254 | .339 | .408 | .746 | 93 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tony Tornay | 80 | 227 | 208 | 17 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 14 | .240 | .295 | .269 | .564 | 56 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John Douglas | 57 | 200 | 179 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .246 | .318 | .330 | .648 | 59 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Bonnie Serrell | 62 | 177 | 169 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 11 | .243 | .273 | .320 | .592 | 54 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Graham | 44 | 180 | 149 | 24 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 27 | 14 | .248 | .371 | .450 | .820 | 67 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Dale Long | 36 | 138 | 128 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .266 | .314 | .406 | .720 | 52 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fenton Mole | 27 | 99 | 86 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 15 | .198 | .296 | .291 | .587 | 25 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gene Valla | 20 | 69 | 62 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .258 | .333 | .258 | .591 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Al Jacinto | 22 | 63 | 55 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .236 | .311 | .255 | .566 | 14 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lloyd Dickey | 42 | 61 | 57 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .175 | .217 | .281 | .497 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Al Lien | 34 | 63 | 49 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .184 | .298 | .204 | .502 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Archie Wilson | 9 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .381 | .381 | .714 | 1.095 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Baxes | 8 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .381 | .480 | .905 | 1.385 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lew Burdette | 30 | 80 | 75 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .107 | .141 | .147 | .288 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy Moran | 11 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .300 | .464 | .764 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Hamrick | 13 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .250 | .233 | .483 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Elmer Singleton | 20 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .217 | .250 | .261 | .511 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Conway | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Neill Sheridan | 7 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Cereghino | 13 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chet Johnson | 26 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .111 | .220 | .139 | .358 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Wally Hood | 28 | 47 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .093 | .133 | .116 | .250 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Con Dempsey | 32 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Savage | 20 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Manny Pérez | 42 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .067 | .222 | .067 | .289 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Russell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Evert Pearson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Matt Zidich | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Guy Fletcher | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Page | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .375 | .597 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Briskey | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hank Behrman | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Art DelDuca | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Hinrichs | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dewey Soriano | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernie Domenichelli | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Eastwood | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leland Ferguson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Malmberg | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Renna | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Bradford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1934 | 6302 | 5576 | 728 | 1459 | 222 | 32 | 126 | 671 | 49 | 0 | 610 | 691 | .262 | .338 | .381 | .719 | 2123 | 0 | 32 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Douglas | 1B | 50 | 381 | 40 | 6 | 30 | .986 | 8.420 | ||||
| Joe Grace | 1B | 45 | 372 | 28 | 9 | 38 | .978 | 8.889 | ||||
| Dale Long | 1B | 24 | 226 | 14 | 3 | 19 | .988 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fenton Mole | 1B | 23 | 210 | 18 | 3 | 24 | .987 | 9.913 | ||||
| Bonnie Serrell | 1B | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.833 | ||||
| Eddie Lake | 2B | 84 | 241 | 215 | 17 | 51 | .964 | 5.429 | ||||
| Bonnie Serrell | 2B | 38 | 106 | 91 | 10 | 20 | .952 | 5.184 | ||||
| Dario Lodigiani | 2B | 24 | 50 | 62 | 4 | 11 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Al Jacinto | 2B | 12 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Gene Valla | 2B | 7 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.143 | ||||
| Dario Lodigiani | 3B | 90 | 69 | 181 | 11 | 18 | .958 | 2.778 | ||||
| Eddie Lake | 3B | 73 | 65 | 131 | 12 | 22 | .942 | 2.685 | ||||
| Gene Valla | 3B | 10 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Bonnie Serrell | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Orteig | C | 115 | 476 | 51 | 8 | 11 | .985 | 4.583 | 4 | |||
| Tony Tornay | C | 64 | 230 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 3.891 | 1 | |||
| Harry Eastwood | C | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Dale McCawley | OF | 159 | 444 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .985 | 2.881 | ||||
| Bob Thurman | OF | 95 | 170 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .967 | 1.842 | ||||
| Joe Grace | OF | 78 | 148 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 1.936 | ||||
| Dale Long | OF | 9 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.667 | ||||
| Archie Wilson | OF | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Bill Renna | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Evert Pearson | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Manny Pérez | P | 42 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .970 | .762 | ||||
| Lloyd Dickey | P | 36 | 11 | 39 | 2 | 6 | .962 | 1.389 | ||||
| Al Lien | P | 34 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .618 | ||||
| Con Dempsey | P | 32 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Lew Burdette | P | 30 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 1.867 | ||||
| Wally Hood | P | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chet Johnson | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hank Behrman | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elmer Singleton | P | 20 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| Bob Savage | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
| Ed Cereghino | P | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Ernie Domenichelli | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Matt Zidich | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Dewey Soriano | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Guy Fletcher | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Page | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Paul Hinrichs | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Art DelDuca | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Bradford | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Russell | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Leland Ferguson | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Savarese | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eddie Lake | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Boemler | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Brideweser | SS | 146 | 335 | 507 | 47 | 78 | .947 | 5.767 | ||||
| Mike Baxes | SS | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Eddie Lake | SS | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jack Conway | SS | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Dick Briskey | SS | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Chuck Malmberg | SS | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1548 | 3784 | 1697 | 172 | 368 | .970 | 3.541 | 5 | 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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