1951 Sioux City Soos Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-71
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Chick Genovese (77-71)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Soos Park
Attendance: 104,247, Avg. 1,409

1951 Sioux City Soos Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1
Finals - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Denver Bears 1

The Sioux City Soos of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.

The Soos plated 736 runs and surrendered 764 runs. Mike Colombo led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .303. Mario Picone topped Sioux City with 15 wins, while Bob Giddings recorded a 3.38 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Eddie Bressoud, Marv Blaylock, Gail Henley, Ron Samford, Mario Picone, Rinty Monahan, Hal Toenes and Cy Buker were all players from the 1951 Sioux City Soos who played in the Majors during their careers.

Chick Genovese 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
Mario Picone	15	15	.500	4.75	33						220.0	209	128	116	16	152
Sam Brewer	11	9	.550	4.48	35						189.0	194	118	94	16	116
Bob Giddings	10	5	.667	3.38	59						141.0	129	64	53	10	61
John Uber	9	2	.818	2.64	15						99.0	77	38	29	6	43
David Sayers	8	7	.533	4.28	40						122.0	126	67	58	8	70
Jack Bell	7	8	.467	4.76	22						121.0	112	78	64	7	98
Rinty Monahan	6	12	.333	4.67	26						135.0	132	84	70	10	80
Leonard Fassler	4	5	.444	7.48	13						65.0	69	63	54	8	64
Bob Easterbrook	3	3	.500	5.79	16						84.0	75	61	54	2	83
Hal Toenes	3	3	.500	5.87	12						46.0	48	37	30	4	41
Totals	76	69	.524	4.58	271	0	0	0	0	0	1222.0	1171	738	622	87	808	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
Ron Samford	141	575	575		170	22	7	15						.296	.296	.437	.732	251
Ray Berns	135	489	489		143	25	4	14						.292	.292	.446	.738	218
Mike Colombo	135	465	465		141	18	10	1						.303	.303	.391	.695	182
Eddie Bressoud	149	508	508		117	20	2	5						.230	.230	.307	.537	156
Gip Dickens	87	301	301		102	24	4	16						.339	.339	.605	.944	182
Robert Reid	122	339	339		82	11	3	16						.242	.242	.434	.676	147
Amado Ibanez	73	267	267		78	10	3	0						.292	.292	.352	.644	94
Robert Myers	88	318	318		77	13	2	5						.242	.242	.343	.585	109
William Biddle	93	279	279		75	16	0	8						.269	.269	.412	.681	115
Gail Henley	61	235	235		66	14	5	6						.281	.281	.460	.740	108
Joseph Konitzki	84	260	260		62	7	1	3						.238	.238	.308	.546	80
Marv Blaylock	44	157	157		49	11	2	6						.312	.312	.522	.834	82
Sid Langston	40	119	119		29	2	0	5						.244	.244	.387	.630	46
Bob Easterbrook	54	98	98		28	5	1	2						.286	.286	.418	.704	41
Mario Picone	51	95	95		22	2	0	0						.232	.232	.253	.484	24
Richard Bornholdt	29	90	90		20	1	1	1						.222	.222	.289	.511	26
Sam Brewer	35	64	64		10	2	0	0						.156	.156	.188	.344	12
Charles Weymann	10	33	33		9	0	1	1						.273	.273	.424	.697	14
Bob Giddings	60	40	40		7	2	0	0						.175	.175	.225	.400	9
Rinty Monahan	31	47	47		7	1	0	0						.149	.149	.170	.319	8
Jack Bell	23	35	35		5	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Leonard Fassler	13	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
David Sayers	40	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	3
Hal Toenes	13	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
John Uber	15	32	32		2	1	0	0						.062	.062	.094	.156	3
Totals	1626	4923	4923	0	1309	207	46	104	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.390	.656	1920	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Giddings	P	59					.000
David Sayers	P	40					.000
Sam Brewer	P	35					.000
Mario Picone	P	33					.000
Rinty Monahan	P	26					.000
Jack Bell	P	22					.000
John Uber	P	15					.000
Leonard Fassler	P	13					.000
Hal Toenes	P	12					.000
Totals		255	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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